2006 Diary
January 24 - 27
Het Gelders Orkest
Two Concerts in Nijmegen & Arnhem
to celebrate my 55th birthday,
Michael Collins (clarinet) 44th birthday,
and Mozart's 250th!!!
MOZART Symphony 1 K16 in Eb
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
MOZART Adagio & Fugue in c minor for strings
MOZART Symphony 41 ‘Jupiter’
February 2
Västerås Sinfonietta Sweden
Concert with Vilde Frang Bjaerke (violin)
EBERL Symphony in C
MOZART Violin Concerto 5 in A
MOZART Symphony 38 in D ‘Prague’
February 4
Västerås Sinfonietta Sweden
Concert with Vilde Frang Bjaerke (violin)
MOZART Symphony 1 K16 in Eb
HAYDN Violin Concerto in C
MOZART Symphony 38 in D ‘Prague’
February 7 - 9
Presenting a documentary in Rome in Cambridge for BBC Radio 4 about the Allegri Miserere.
February 10 - 18
SKIING WEEK IN MÉRIBEL France
February 20 - 25
Three Concerts with Het Gelders Orkest Arnhem
and Karolinka de Bree (piano)
in Nijmegen, Ede & Apeldoorn
MOZART Symphony 31 ‘Paris’
MOZART Piano Concerto 9 in Eb ‘Jenamy’
HAYDN Symphony 86 in D ‘Paris’
February 27 - March 5
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Three Concerts in Concertgebouw Amsterdam
with Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
VERHULST Overture Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
HAYDN Symphony 103 ‘Drum Roll’
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
March 17 - 21
RECREATION: Grosses Orchester, Graz, Austria
Two concerts with Markus Schirmer (piano)
MOZART Overture Clemenza di Tito
MOZART Piano Concerto in d K466
MOZART 6 German Dances K509
MOZART Symphony 38 in D ‘Prague’
March 23 - April 5
Holland Symfonia
Four Concerts in Hoorn, Philharmonie Haarlem,
Hoofdoorp & Alkmaar
with Martijn van den Hoek (piano)
MOZART Overture Die Zauberflöte
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto 3
BEETHOVEN Symphony 6 ‘Pastoral’
April 4 - 14
Five Performances with Bachkoor Holland and
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
in Groningen, Doesburg, Lochem and
Pieterskerk Leiden with
Maarten Koningsberger/Hans de Vries (Christus), Matthew Beale (Evangelist), Caroline Stam, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Patrick Henckens/Sebastiaan Brouwer/Jean-Léon Klostermann &
Wolf Matthias Friedrich
JS BACH St Matthew Passion
May 6
English Chamber Orchestra
Newbury Festival with Festival Chorus
Concert in St Nicholas' Church with
Sally Matthews, Mary Nelson,
Matthew Beale and Brindley Sherrat
MOZART Exsultate Jubilate
MOZART Symphony 38 ‘Prague’
MOZART Mass in c minor K.427
May 16 - July 2
San Francisco Opera
with Ruth Ann Swenson/Twyla Robinson,
Camilla Tilling/Cora Burggraaf, Claudia Mahnke, Peter Mattei/Tommi Hakala, John Relyea/Christopher Feigum, Dale Travis, Greg Fedderly,
John Easterlin & Catherine Cook
Ten performances June 10, 13, 15, 17, 20,
24, 27, 29, 30 & July 2
MOZART Le nozze di Figaro
(Director John Copley)
July 11 - 14
English Chamber Orchestra
Three Concerts at Schlossfestspiele Ludwigsburg, Rheingau Festival Wisebaden) and The Barbican London as part of Mostly Mozart Festival
with Hilary Hahn (violin)
ELGAR Introduction & Allegro for strings
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in e
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
MOZART Symphony 41 ‘Jupiter’
July 16-18
English Chamber Orchestra
Two Concerts at St Riquier (Abbeville) France & Montpellier Festival with Hilary Hahn (violin)
ELGAR Introduction & Allegro for strings
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in e
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
SCHUBERT Symphony 6
August 21 - 26
Grand Teton Music Festival
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Two concerts with Gail Williams (horn)
MOZART Overture & Ballet Idomeneo
MOZART Horn Concerto K.447
MOZART Symphony 39 in Eb
September 25 - 26
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Concert in Espoo Finland
with Karita Mattila (soprano)
MOZART Overture Die Zauberflöte
MOZART Bella mia fiamma, addio
FAURÉ Sicilienne
Lloyd WEBBER Memory &
Don't cry for me Argentina
LOEWE I could have danced all night
KLOSE & LUKESCH Violetta-tango
MACKEBEN Nicht nur aus Liebe weinen
LEANDROS Tango d'amor
(Encore: Wunderbar)
September 27 - 29
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Concert in Espoo Finland
with Andrew Watts (counter-tenor)
MOZART Overture Die Zauberflöte
TAVENER Supernatural Songs
MOZART Symphony 38 Prague
October 11
English Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Cadogan Hall London
recorded for BBC Radio 3
with Stephanie Gonley (violin),
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) and
Measha Brüggergosman (soprano)
BARBER Knoxville, Summer of 1915
MOZART Piano Concerto in A K488
Richard Rodney BENNETT Nocturnes for chamber orchestra
BERNSTEIN Serenade for violin and orchestra
October 30 - November 5
Residentie Orkest, Den Haag
Three Concerts with Martin Fröst (clarinet)
MOZART Adagio & Fugue in c for strings
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
MOZART Gran Partita
November 13-17
WDR Symphony Orchestra Köln
Radio Concert in Cologne
HAYDN Overture ‘Windsor Castle’
Anton EBERL Symphony in C
BEETHOVEN complete Ballet ‘Prometheus’
November 28 - December 2
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Concert in University Hall Oslo
with Catherine Bott (soprano)
HAYDN Symphony 22 ‘Philosopher’
FINZI Dies natalis
RAMEAU Suite and scena from Dardanus
HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks
December 13
English Chamber Orchestra
Cadogan Hall, London
with Tallis Chamber Choir, and
Sophie Bevan (soprano), Catherine King (contralto), Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
& George Mosely (bass)
HANDEL Messiah
December 22
Concert in Pieterskerk Leiden
with Bachkoor Holland and
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
Caroline Stam (soprano), Judit Németh (contralto),
Robert Getchell (tenor) & Roman Grübner (bass)
JS BACH Christmas Oratorio parts I-VI