2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012

January 9th-10th, Watford Town Hall

Recording of works by Ramon Humet

London Sinfonietta

January 13th, Concert in Hall One, Sage, Gateshead, 9pm

David Lang / Eugene Debs Statement to the Court
Richard Ayres / No. 42 'In the Alps'

Northern Sinfonia

January 26th, Concert at The Anvil, Basingstoke, 7.45pm

Stravinsky / Danses Concertantes
Celia McDowall / Theatre of Tango (world premiere)
Beethoven / Symphony No. 6

London Mozart Players

January 27th, Concert in St John's Smith Square, 7.30pm

Stravinsky / Danses Concertantes
Celia McDowall / Theatre of Tango
Beethoven / Symphony No. 6

London Mozart Players

January 28th, Concert at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 7.30pm

Stravinsky / Danses Concertantes
Celia McDowall / Theatre of Tango
Beethoven / Symphony No. 6

London Mozart Players

February 10th, Concert in Auditorio Leon de Greiff

York Bowen / Viola Concerto
Elgar / Symphony No. 1
Elgar / Sospiri

Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá

February 11th, Concert in Auditorio Leon de Greiff

York Bowen / Viola Concerto
Elgar / Symphony No. 1
Elgar / Sospiri

Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá

February 20th, Concert in Wigmore Hall, London

Britten / Phaedra
Satie / Death of Socrates

Angelika Kirschlager (soprano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)

Aurora Orchestra

February 25th, Concert in Roundhouse, London

Strauss / Metamorphosen
Michael Gordon / Gotham
Bernstein / Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story' (arr. Farrington)

Aurora Orchestra

March 3rd, Concert in Assembly Rooms, Derby, 7.30pm

Tunde Jegede / 'Invocation' (world premiere)
Stravinsky / Rite of Spring

Matthew Barley (cello)

Sinfonia Viva

March 4th, Concert in St Georges, Bristol, 3pm

Mozart / Adagio and Fugue
Strauss / Metamorphosen
Mozart / Symphony No. 31 ('Paris')
Bernstein / Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story' (arr. Farrington)

Aurora Orchestra

March 7th, Cardiff

Studio recording

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

March 13th, Concert in LSO St Luke's, 7.30pm

Wagner / Siegfried Idyll
Julian Anderson / Alhambra Fantasy
Copland / Appalachian Spring
New works by Hannah Dilkes, George Rimmer and Jack Sheen
New original music by Harry Oakwood

Aurora Orchestra

This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

March 20th, Bright Sparks Concert in Royal Festival Hall, am

Beethoven / Violin Concerto (2nd Mvt)
Vivaldi / Four Seasons, Summer & Winter
Bach: Violin Sonata No.1 in G major (adagio)
Messiaen / Quartet for the End of Time
Strauss / Blue Danube Waltz
Mozart / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 2nd Mvt
Mozart / Violin Concerto in D, 1st Mvt

London Philharmonic Orchestra

March 29th, Concert in Hall One, Sage, Gateshead, 7.30pm

Copland / Quiet City
Barber / Cello Concerto
Ives / Three Places in New England
Copland / Appalachian Spring

Louisa Tuck (cello)

Northern Sinfonia

April 8th, Royal Festival Hall, 2pm & 4pm

Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf

With live screening of film by Suzie Templeton
Narrator / Mackenzie Crook

Aurora Orchestra

April 9th, Royal Festival Hall, 2pm & 4pm

Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf

With live screening of film by Suzie Templeton
Narrator / Mackenzie Crook

Aurora Orchestra

April 21st, Concert in Hall One, Kings Place, 7.30pm

Brahms / Clarinet Trio (with Maxim Rysanov)
Brahms / Serenade No. 1

Aurora Orchestra

April 23rd, Concert in Assembly Rooms, Derby, 7.30pm

Berlioz / Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet
Britten / Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Walton / Two pieces from Henry V
Vaughan-Williams / Symphony No. 5

Richard Watkins (horn)
Allan Clayton (tenor)

Sinfonia Viva

May 8th, Concert in Prinzregententheater, Munich, 8pm

John Cage / Ryoanji
Mozart / Violin Concerto No. 4
Dai Fujikura / New Work
Schreker / Kammersymphonie

Alina Ibragimova (violin)

Munich Chamber Orchestra

May 12th, Concert in Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm

György Ligeti / Melodien
George Benjamin / Flight
George Benjamin / Duet
György Ligeti / Hamburg Concerto
George Benjamin / Antara

Tamara Stefanovich (piano)
Michael Thompson (horn)
Michael Cox (flute)

London Sinfonietta

May 20th, Concert in St Andrew's Hall (Norfolk & Norwich Festival), 7.30pm

Purcell / 'Dido's Lament'
Piazzolla / Libertango
Carlos Gardel / Por una Cabeza
Lennon / Jealous Guy
Mahler (arr. Colnot) / Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Bernstein (arr. Farrington) / Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'

Dante Culcuy and Miriam Orcutt (dancers)
Sam Swallow (voice/piano)
Ian Watson (accordion)

Aurora Orchestra

May 24th, Concert in City Halls, Glasgow, 7.30pm

Richard Strauss / Tod und Verklärung
Philip Glass / Symphony No.6 'Plutonian Ode' (UK Premiere)

Lauren Flanigan (soprano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

June 14th, Performance at Britten Studio, Snape (Aldeburgh Festival), 8pm

Britten / Complete film music (with live films)

Samuel West (narrator)
Aldeburgh Voices
Jubilee Opera Chorus

Aurora Orchestra

June 20th, Performance in Shoreditch Church (Spitalfields Festival), 9.30pm

Taverner / The Protecting Veil

Matthew Barley (cello)

Royal Academy of Music String Ensemble

July 3rd, Concert in Dover Town Hall (Deal Festival), 7.30pm

Biber / Battalia
Shostakovich (arr. Barshai) / String Quartet No. 3
Holst / 'Mars' and 'Venus' from The Planets (arr. Farrington)
Julian Philips / New work for chamber orchestra and breakers
Plus B-Boy / Orchestral Battle (live crew battle with orchestrated hip-hop)

B-Boy's Attic and Company Decalage (breakers)
Mickael 'Marso' Riviere (choreographer)

Aurora Orchestra

July 11th, Concert in Chichester Cathedral, 7.30pm

Mendelssohn / Hebrides Overture
Dvorak / Cello Concerto
Brahms / Symphony No 2

Mikhail Nemtsov (cello)

Philharmonia Orchestra

July 13th, Concert in LSO St Luke's (New Moves Series), 7.30pm

Biber / Battalia
Shostakovich (arr. Barshai) / String Quartet No. 3
Holst / 'Mars' and 'Venus' from The Planets (arr. Farrington)
Julian Philips / New work for chamber orchestra and breakers
Plus B-Boy / Orchestral Battle (live crew battle with orchestrated hip-hop)

B-Boy's Attic and Company Decalage (breakers)
Mickael 'Marso' Riviere (choreographer)

Aurora Orchestra

July 20th, Concert in Oundle School Chapel, 7.30pm

Mozart / Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Walton / Two pieces from Henry V
Poulenc / Organ Concerto
Dvorak / Serenade for Strings in E

Robert Quinney (organ)

Aurora Orchestra

July 29th, Concert in BBC Proms: Royal Albert Hall ('Wallace & Gromit Prom'), 3.30pm

To include:

John Adams / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Vittorio Monti / Csárdás
Igor Stravinsky / 'The Infernal Dance of King Kastchei' from The Firebird
Claude Debussy (arr. Caplet) / Clair de Lune
Shostakovich / Fugue from first movement of Symphony No. 4
Wallace / My Concerto in Ee, Lad
Julian Nott A Matter of Loaf and Death (with live Wallace & Gromit film)

Tasmin Little (violin)

Aurora Orchestra

August 4th, Concert in BBC Proms: Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, 5.30pm

The winning compositions from the 2012 BBC Proms 'Inspire' Young Composers Competition.

Aurora Orchestra

August 18th, Concert in BBC Proms: Cadogan Hall, 3pm

Alexander Goehr / … a musical offering (J.S.B. 1985) …
Oliver Knussen / Ophelia Dances
Simon Bainbridge / The Garden of Earthly Delights (World Premiere)

Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Watts (counter-tenor)
Huw Watkins (piano)
London Sinfonietta Voices

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

September 14th, Concert in Musikfest Bremen, Germany, 9pm

Purcell / 'Dido's Lament'
Piazzolla / Libertango
Carlos Gardel / Por una Cabeza
Lennon / Jealous Guy
Mahler (arr. Colnot) / Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Bernstein (arr. Farrington) / Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'

Dante Culcuy and Miriam Orcutt (dancers)
Sam Swallow (voice/piano)
Ian Watson (accordion)

Aurora Orchestra

September 13th, 15th, 21st, 23rd (3pm), 26th & October 6th (6.30pm), 11th, 13th (3pm),15th, 18th [All performances at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated]

Performances at The Coliseum, English National Opera

Mozart / The Magic Flute

Tamino Shawn Mathey (performances Sep 13 - 26) / Robert McPherson (performances Oct 6 - 18)
Pamina Elena Xanthoudakis
Papageno Duncan Rock
Papagena Rhian Lois
Sarastro Robert Lloyd
Speaker Roland Wood
Monostatos Adrian Thompson
First Lady Elizabeth Llewellyn
Second Lady Catherine Young
First priest/First Armed Man Nathan Vale
Second Priest/Second Armed Man Barnaby Rea

September 29th, Concert in Dorset, 9pm

Strauss / Suite for 13 Wind Instruments in B flat
Mozart / Serenade for Winds ('Gran Partita')

Aurora Orchestra

October 2nd, Concert in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2.15pm

Berlioz / Beatrice and Benedict - Overture
Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 20
Dvorák / Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)

Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

October 14th, Concert in Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm

Michael Gordon / Decasia (with film by Bill Morrison)

Aurora Orchestra

October 18th, Concert in Royal Festival Hall, 6pm

York Höller / Ex tempore
York Höller / Improvisation sur le nom de Boulez
York Höller / Feuerwerk

Philharmonia Orchestra

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