2015 Calendar

  • 05
    Jan
    Ulster Orchestra
    Venue: Ulster Hall
    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra
    Featuring: Michael McHale (piano)
    Grieg / Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 No. 6 (Klokkeklang)
    Hammond / Piano Concerto (world premiere)
    Stravinsky / Firebird Suite (1945)
  • 16
    Jan
    Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
    Venue: Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music
    Orchestra: Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
    Featuring: Constanze Principe (piano)
    Prokofiev / Piano Concerto No. 2
    Ravel / Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2
  • 06
    Feb
    Spanish National Orchestra
    Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Musica
    Orchestra: Spanish National Orchestra
    Featuring: Nadia Sirota (viola), Ekaterina Metlova (soprano)
    Wagner / Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
    Muhly / Viola Concerto (world premiere)
    Sibelius / Symphony No. 2
  • 07
    Feb
    Spanish National Orchestra
    Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Musica
    Orchestra: Spanish National Orchestra
    Featuring: Nadia Sirota (viola), Ekaterina Metlova (soprano)
    Wagner / Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
    Muhly / Viola Concerto (world premiere)
    Sibelius / Symphony No. 2
  • 08
    Feb
    Spanish National Orchestra
    Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Musica
    Orchestra: Spanish National Orchestra
    Featuring: Nadia Sirota (viola), Ekaterina Metlova (soprano)
    Wagner / Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
    Muhly / Viola Concerto (world premiere)
    Sibelius / Symphony No. 2
  • 11
    Feb
    Ulster Orchestra
    Venue: Ulster Hall
    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra
    Featuring: Tamás Kocsis (violin)
    Berlioz / Le Corsaire Overture
    Ravel / Tzigane
    Bizet / Symphony No. 1 in C
  • 14
    Feb
    Ulster Orchestra
    Venue: Ulster Hall
    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra
    Featuring: Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
    Wagner / Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
    Schumann / Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
    Korngold / Much Ado About Nothing: Suite
    Tchaikovsky / Romeo and Juliet
  • 20
    Feb
    Warsaw Philharmonic
    Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall
    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic
    Featuring: Ingrid Jacoby (piano)
    Mozart / Idomeneo (complete ballet music) K367
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No 27 K595 in Bb major
    Mozart / Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550
  • 21
    Feb
    Warsaw Philharmonic
    Venue: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall
    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic
    Featuring: Ingrid Jacoby (piano)
    Mozart / Idomeneo (complete ballet music) K367
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No 27 K595 in Bb major
    Mozart / Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550
  • 25
    Feb
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Venue: The Younger Hall, St Andrews
    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Featuring: Mark Stone (baritone)
    Mahler / What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (arr. Britten)
    Martin Suckling / Candlebird
    Brahms / Serenade No. 1 in D major Op. 11
  • 27
    Feb
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Venue: City Halls, Glasgow
    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Featuring: Mark Stone (baritone)
    Mahler / What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (arr. Britten)
    Martin Suckling / Candlebird
    Brahms / Serenade No. 1 in D major Op. 11
  • 28
    Feb
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Venue: Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Featuring: Mark Stone (baritone)
    Mahler / What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (arr. Britten)
    Martin Suckling / Candlebird
    Brahms / Serenade No. 1 in D major Op. 11
  • 05
    Mar
    Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
    Venue: Fruchthalle, Saarbrucken, Germany
    Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
    Featuring: Christine Rauh (cello)
    Kapustin / Cello Concerto No. 2
    Sibelius / Symphony No. 7
  • 14
    Mar
    Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Venue: Montgeron L’Astral
    Orchestra: Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Featuring: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
    Schubert / Overture in C ‘Italian'
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 26 in C
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
  • 15
    Mar
    Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Venue: Centre Culturel Jacques Prevert, Villeparisis
    Orchestra: Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Featuring: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
    Schubert / Overture in C ‘Italian'
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 26 in C
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
  • 24
    Mar
    L’Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Palermo
    Venue: Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Sicily
    Orchestra: L’Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Palermo
    Featuring: Benedetto Lupo (piano)
    Beethoven / Konig Stephan, Op. 117 (incidental music)
    Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 4
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 6
  • 28
    Mar
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Kings Place
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Miriam Allan (soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Tortise (tenor), George Humphreys (bass), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Dir | Graham Ross)
    W A Mozart Requiem
  • 14
    Apr
    Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Venue: Théâtre de l’Arc en ciel, Rungis
    Orchestra: Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Featuring: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
    Schubert / Overture in C ‘Italian'
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 26 in C
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
  • 15
    Apr
    Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Venue: Théâtre Victor Hugo, Bagneux
    Orchestra: Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Featuring: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
    Schubert / Overture in C ‘Italian'
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 26 in C
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
  • 16
    Apr
    Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Venue: Philharmonie, Paris
    Orchestra: Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Featuring: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
    Schubert / Overture in C ‘Italian'
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 26 in C
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
  • 17
    Apr
    Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Venue: Le Chesney
    Orchestra: Orchestre national d’Ile de France
    Featuring: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
    Schubert / Overture in C ‘Italian'
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 26 in C
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
  • 30
    Apr
    Brussels Philharmonic
    Venue: Bruges Concertgebouw
    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic
    Featuring: Severin von Eckardstein (piano)
    Varese / Ameriques (1929)
    Ravel / Concerto in D major for the left hand
    Prokofiev / Symphony No. 2
  • 02
    May
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Theatre Royal Glasgow
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Colin Currie, percussion
    Steve Martland Starry Night for marimba & string quartet
    John Adams Chamber Symphony
    Dave Maric Trilogy
    Henry Purcell 'Fantasia Upon One Note'
    Steve Martland Horses of Instruction
  • 04
    May
    Brussels Philharmonic
    Venue: Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic
    Featuring: Severin von Eckardstein (piano)
    Varese / Ameriques (1929)
    Ravel / Concerto in D major for the left hand
    Prokofiev / Symphony No. 2
  • 20
    May
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: St George’s Bristol
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Man Overboard, Thomas Gould, violin
    Rameau Les Indes Galantes
    Duke Ellington (arr. Iain Farrington) Jubilee Stomp
    J C Johnson (arr. Dave O’Brien) Travellin’ All Alone
    Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (‘Dumbarton Oaks’)
    Paganini Caprice No 5 in A minor
    Original Dixieland Jazz Band (arr. Iain Farrington) Tiger Rag
    Traditional (arr. Iain Farrington) St James Infirmary
    Gershwin (arr. Iain Farrington) Porgy and Bess Fantasy
  • 21
    May
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: The Apex Bury St Edmunds
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Man Overboard, Thomas Gould, violin
    Rameau Les Indes Galantes
    Duke Ellington (arr. Iain Farrington) Jubilee Stomp
    J C Johnson (arr. Dave O’Brien) Travellin’ All Alone
    Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (‘Dumbarton Oaks’)
    Paganini Caprice No 5 in A minor
    Original Dixieland Jazz Band (arr. Iain Farrington) Tiger Rag
    Traditional (arr. Iain Farrington) St James Infirmary
    Gershwin (arr. Iain Farrington) Porgy and Bess Fantasy
  • 22
    May
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Man Overboard, Thomas Gould, violin
    Rameau Les Indes Galantes
    Duke Ellington (arr. Iain Farrington) Jubilee Stomp
    J C Johnson (arr. Dave O’Brien) Travellin’ All Alone
    Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (‘Dumbarton Oaks’)
    Paganini Caprice No 5 in A minor
    Original Dixieland Jazz Band (arr. Iain Farrington) Tiger Rag
    Traditional (arr. Iain Farrington) St James Infirmary
    Gershwin (arr. Iain Farrington) Porgy and Bess Fantasy
  • 06
    Jun
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Wigmore Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
    Mendelssohn Octet in E flat
    Judith Weir Good Morning, Midnight
    Copland Appalachian Spring
  • 07
    Jul
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Wigmore Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Claire Booth, soprano
    Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet
    Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics
    Ravel Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
    Julian Anderson Poetry Nearing Silence
    Augusta Read Thomas New work for voice and ensemble (world premiere)
    Sir Harrison Birtwistle Tragoedia

  • 02
    Aug
    BBC Proms
    Venue: Royal Albert Hall
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
    Brett Dean / Pastoral Symphony
    Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 26 (K537)
    Anna Meredith / Smatter Hauler (world premiere)
    Beethoven / Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
  • 07
    Aug
    BBC Proms
    Venue: Royal Albert Hall
    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Featuring: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
    Mozart / Complete ballet music from 'Idomeneo'
    Ravel / Piano Concerto in G major
    Messiaen (arr. Dingle) / Oiseau Tui (world premiere)
    Ravel (arr. C. Matthews) / Oiseaux tristes from ‘Miroirs’ (world premiere)
    Stravinsky / Symphony in Three Movements
    Ravel / La Valse
  • 28
    Aug
    BBC Proms
    Venue: Royal College of Music
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Compositions by the winners of the Proms Inspire Composers' Competition
  • 07
    Sep
    Les Siècles
    Venue: Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli - Lingotto, Turin
    Orchestra: Les Siècles
    Featuring: Adrien La Marca (viola)
    BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy
    BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
  • 08
    Sep
    Les Siècles
    Venue: Sala Verdi, Milan
    Orchestra: Les Siècles
    Featuring: Adrien La Marca (viola)
    BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy
    BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
  • 18
    Sep
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Venue: Eglise du Temple Neuf
    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Featuring: Sébastien Giot (oboe)
    BARBER: Adagio for Strings
    CORIGLIANO: Oboe Concerto
    COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (suite)
  • 19
    Sep
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Venue: La Castine
    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Featuring: Sébastien Giot (oboe)
    BARBER: Adagio for Strings
    CORIGLIANO: Oboe Concerto
    COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (suite)
  • 20
    Sep
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Venue: Dome de Mutzig
    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Featuring: Sébastien Giot (oboe)
    BARBER: Adagio for Strings
    CORIGLIANO: Oboe Concerto
    COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (suite)
  • 22
    Sep
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Venue: Wissembourg
    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Featuring: Sébastien Giot (oboe)
    BARBER: Adagio for Strings
    CORIGLIANO: Oboe Concerto
    COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (suite)
  • 03
    Oct
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Science Museum, London
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Tim Hopkins, director
    GERALD BARRY: The One-Armed Pianist
    BARRY GUY: Mr Babbage is Coming to Dinner
    CHRIS MAYO: Supermarine
    CLAUDIA MOLITOR: 2TwoLO
    THEA MUSGRAVE: Power Play
    DAVID SAWER: Coachman Chronos
  • 14
    Oct
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Featuring: Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
    MOZART: Ballet music from ‘Idomeneo’
    NIELSEN: Violin Concerto
    DVORAK: Symphony No 6
  • 22
    Oct
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Venue: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
    Featuring: Kari Krikkuu (clarinet), Alwyn Mellor (soprano)
    STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
    CHIN: Clarinet Concerto
    WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
    LIGETI: Atmosphères
    RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2
  • 24
    Oct
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Snape Maltings
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Sophie Bevan (Governess), Ann Murray DBE (Mrs Grose), Andrew Staples (Quint), Jane Irwin (Miss Jessel), Louise Moseley (Flora), Thomas Delgado-Little (Miles), Sophie Hunter and Andrew Staples (directors)
    BRITTEN: The Turn of the Screw
  • 26
    Oct
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: LSO St Luke’s, London
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Sophie Bevan (Governess), Ann Murray DBE (Mrs Grose), Andrew Staples (Quint), Jane Irwin (Miss Jessel), Louise Moseley (Flora), Thomas Delgado-Little (Miles), Sophie Hunter and Andrew Staples (directors)
    BRITTEN: The Turn of the Screw
  • 07
    Nov
    Hallé
    Venue: City Hall, Sheffield
    Orchestra: Hallé
    Featuring: Jian Wang (cello)
    STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
    SAINT-SAENS: Concerto for Cello No 1
    DVORAK: Silent Woods
    BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7
  • 11
    Nov
    Hallé
    Venue: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
    Orchestra: Hallé
    Featuring: Jian Wang (cello)
    STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
    SAINT-SAENS: Concerto for Cello No 1
    DVORAK: Silent Woods
    BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7
  • 12
    Nov
    Hallé
    Venue: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
    Orchestra: Hallé
    Featuring: Jian Wang (cello)
    STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
    SAINT-SAENS: Concerto for Cello No 1
    DVORAK: Silent Woods
    BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7
  • 15
    Nov
    Hallé
    Venue: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
    Orchestra: Hallé
    Featuring: Jian Wang (cello)
    STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
    SAINT-SAENS: Concerto for Cello No 1
    DVORAK: Silent Woods
    BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7
  • 25
    Nov
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Venue: Berlin Philharmonie
    Orchestra: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Featuring: Adam Laloum (piano) and Andrei Ionita (cello)
    STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
    MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 K488 in A major
    SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 1
    BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 27
    Nov
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Kings Place
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Thomas Gould (violin), John Reid (piano)
    TAVENER: The Protecting Veil for solo cello and strings
    ADAMS: Shaker Loops
    PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel for violin and piano
  • 30
    Nov
    Aurora Orchestra Mexico Tour
    Venue: Guadalajara
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Sam Swallow (voice & piano)
    PIAZZOLLA (arr. Watson): Libertango
    PURCELL (arr. Farrington): Dido's Lament
    GARDEL: Por una Cabeza
    MAHLER (arr. Colnot): Adagio from Symphony No. 10
    SAM SWALLOW: Rinse it Out
    OSVALDO PUGLIESE (arr. Watson): Recuerdo
    BERNSTEIN (arr. Farrington): Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
    LENNON (arr. Oliver Weeks): Jealous Guy
  • 08
    Dec
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s), Spitalfields Music Winter Festival
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Allan Clayton (tenor)
    SCHUBERT (arr. Hans Zender): Winterreise
  • 10
    Dec
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: St George’s Bristol
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    Featuring: Allan Clayton (tenor)
    SCHUBERT (arr. Hans Zender): Winterreise
  • 20
    Dec
    Aurora Orchestra
    Venue: Kings Place
    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
    TERRY RILEY: In C
    BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1