2008 Diary
January 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus
Concert in Glasgow with
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Mark Wilde (tenor)
& James Gower (bass)
HANDEL Messiah
January 21 - 27
Concert with ARION Ensemble
in Montréal, Canada with
Nathalie Paulin (soprano) & Michael George (bass)
AVISON Concerto Grosso 1 in A (after Scarlatti)
ARNE Cantata The Morning
Capel BOND Bassoon Concerto
BLOW excerpts from Venus & Adonis
BOYCE Symphony 1 in Bb
HANDEL Three arias for bass
PURCELL excerpts from Dido & Aeneas
January 21 - 27
Concert with ARION Ensemble
in Montréal, Canada with
Nathalie Paulin (soprano) & Michael George (bass)
AVISON Concerto Grosso 1 in A (after Scarlatti)
ARNE Cantata The Morning
Capel BOND Bassoon Concerto
BLOW excerpts from Venus & Adonis
BOYCE Symphony 1 in Bb
HANDEL Three arias for bass
PURCELL excerpts from Dido & Aeneas
March 3 - 6
Concert with Uppsala Chamber Orchestra Sweden in new Uppsala Concert Hall
Franz SCHREKER Chamber Symphony
SCHÖNBERG Chamber Symphony no. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony 1
March 7 - 21
Five Performances with
Bachkoor Holland and Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest including Groningen, Doesberg,
Zwolle & Pieterskerk Leiden with
Caroline Stam, Franziska Gottwald,
Andreas Weller/Adrian Strooper, Sebastian Noack, Markus Brutscher & Maarten Koningsberger
JS BACH St Matthew Passion
March 27 - April 9
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Winnipeg (1 April) with the
Winnipeg Singers
[Skiing trip in Banff before and after!]
CORELLI Concerto grosso in D opus 6/4
HANDEL Dixit Dominus
RAMEAU Suite from Dardanus
Capel BOND Concerto grosso 5 in g minor
JS BACH/Kuhnau Der Gerechte kommt um
April 14 - 18
Kristiansand Symfoniorkester Norway
Two Concerts in Kristiansand Cathedral
and Grimstad
TELEMANN Overture & Conclusion in D for trumpet, oboe & strings (Tafelmusik II)
Capel BOND Concerto grosso 5 in g minor
JS BACH Concerto in D for flute, oboe & violin
(arr. Goodman from BWV 1064)
HANDEL Water Music Suite in F
May 5 - 11
Two Concerts with Rotterdam Conservatory
Codarts Instrumental Ensemble
in De Doelen (small hall )Rotterdam
BACH/WEBERN Ricercare
WEBERN Concerto opus 24
JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto 3
SCHUBERT/WEBERN Deutsche Tänze
JS BACH Cantata 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden
Katarzyna SZWED High tides and blossomings (new commission)
BACH/WEBERN Ricercare (reprise)
May 13 - 18
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Two Concerts in Schwetzingen& Bad Mergentheim with Thomas Hammes (trumpet)
JC BACH Overture Endimione
HAYDN Trumpet Concerto
CHERUBINI Concert Overture (1815)
BEETHOVEN Symphony 3 in Eb ‘Eroica’
September 11 - 13
English Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Istanbul with Segej Krylov (violin)
HAYDN Symphony 6 ‘Le Matin’
VIVALDI The Four Seasons
SCHUBERT Symphony 5 in Bb
October 4 - 21
Two 25th Anniversary Concerts with
Bachkoor Holland and
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest in Pieterskerk Leiden and Naarden
with Caroline Stam, Katharina Peetz,
Jean-Léon Klostermann & Frans Fiselier
JS BACH Mass in B minor
October 31 - November 4
RECREATION: Grosses Orchester, Graz, Austria
Two Concerts with
Markus Schirmer (piano) & Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
ELGAR Alassio (In the South)
Páll Pamlicher PÁLSSON Südlicht for piano, cello & orchestra (world première)
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien
November 6 - 22
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Seven Concert Tour of France, Luxembourg, Germany, Bulgaria & Spain
RAMEAU Suite Platée
LECLAIR Violin Concerto in a opus 7/5
REBEL Les caractères de la danse
BOISMORTIER Bassoon Concerto in D opus 26
RAMEAU Suite Pigmalion
REBEL Chaconne from Les elemens
November 28
Concert with English Chamber Orchestra
at the Hexagon, Reading with
Susanna Hurrell (soprano),
Sarah-Jane Lewis (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor)
& Stephen Kennedy (bass)
HANDEL Messiah
December 7 - 12
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Two concerts in Musikhuset Aarhus and Aarhus Cathedral with Vokalensemblet GAIA and
Vibeke Kristensen (soprano), Johanne Bock (alto), Mathias Hedegaard (tenor) & Yngve Søberg (bass)
JS BACH Christmas Oratorio parts 1-3 & 6
December 17
Concert with English Chamber Orchestra
at Cadogan Hall, London with
Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Sarah-Jane Lewis (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor)
& Stephen Kennedy (bass)
HANDEL Messiah
December 20
Bachkoor Holland and
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
Concert in Pieterskerk Leiden with
Caroline Stam, Judith Németh, Andreas Post & Maarten Koningsberger
JS BACH Christmas Oratorio I-VI