Following concerts in Canterbury and the Royal Festival Hall Nicholas takes the Philharmonia, with soloist Alisa Weilerstein to the Concertgebouw Bruges. The concert features the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Passchendaele and the First World War commemoration concert is completed with Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Vaughan Williams Symphony No 3 Pastoral.
Nicholas then travels with his own orchestra Aurora to Australia where they will be in residence at the Melbourne Festival. They take three of their well known programmes – Testament featuring the Australian premiere of John Frank’s film commissioned by Aurora for Ives’ Three Places in New England alongside works by Brett Dean and Beethoven; Road Trip featuring music by John Adams, Copland, Barber and folksong arrangements by Nico Muhly and Insomia centered around Allan Clayton’s sublime performance of Britten’s Nocturne – the programme also features works by Vivaldi, Ivor Gurney, Ligeti, Couperin and Brett Dean.