Conducting

The joys of conducting are twofold:

  • Connecting intimately with orchestra players through sharing the moment and communicating a direction, a feeling, an intention that matters there and then. No words needed.
  • Learning from composers’ inner worlds, their ideas, experiences and frames of mind through score study.

Below are some samples of my conducting. My repertoire ranges from Bach to Thorvaldsdottir, my comfort zone is the classical period and new music. I’m interested in bringing together new and old works in thoughtful combinations.

Contact me for the password to watch the BBC Philharmonic videos. Unfortunately I cannot allow free public access to those.

A. Thorvaldsdottir – Dreaming
Beethoven – Symphony nº2, 1st mov. – New Sinfonia
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Repertoire

  • Bach, J. S. – Mass in A Major
  • Barber, S. – 2nd Essay for Orchestra
  • Bartok, B. – Concerto for Orchestra
  • Beethoven, L. V. – Symph. nº1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Piano Concerto nº 3; Romance for Violin and Orchestra nº2; Leonore Overture nº3; Coriolan
  • Berlioz, H. – Les Nuits d’Eté
  • Brahms, J. – Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Symph. nº2, 3; Violin Concerto
  • Binge, Ronald – Saxophone Concerto
  • Britten, B. – Violin Concerto
  • Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel – Othello Suite
  • Connor, Bill – Concerto for Piano and Brass Band;
  • Debussy, C. – Prelude à L’aprés midi d’un Faune; La Mer
  • Dvorak, A. – Symph. Nº9; Rondo for Cello and Orchestra
  • Elgar, E. – Enigma Variations
  • Fauré, G. – Elegie op.24; Berceuse op.16
  • Franck, C. – Symph. in D minor
  • Gershwin, G. – An American in Paris
  • Grieg, E. – “Peer Gynt” Suites
  • Haydn, J. – Symph. nº99, 100
  • Honneger, A. – Symph. nº2
  • Laidlow, Robert – Chromodynamics
  • Liszt, F. – Dante Symphony
  • Mahler, G – Symphony nº4
  • Mendelssohn, F. – Symph. Nº1, 3, 4; Overture “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; Overture “The Hebrides”
  • Menotti, G. C. – “The Medium”
  • Morgan-Williams, Bethan – Voices go with You
  • Mozart, W. A. – Symph. nº29, 35, 36, 38,41; Missa Longa in C (K.262); Overture to Don Giovanni; Overture to Seraglio; Andante for flute and orchestra; Piano Concerto nº24
  • Mussorgsky, M. – Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Peixinho, Jorge – Remake; Serenata per A; Sine Nomine
  • Pierce, Eseld – A Name Perpetual
  • Prokofiev, S. – Overture on Hebrew Themes op.34ª
  • Ravel, M. – Le Tombeau de Couperin; Ma Mére L’oye; Pavane pour une infante défunte
  • Respighi, O. – Fountains of Rome
  • Saint-Saëns, C. – Cello Concerto nº1 in A minor
  • Schoenberg, A. – Chamber Symphony nº2
  • Schumann, R. – Symph. nº2; Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto
  • Schubert, F. – Symph. nº5, 8 (Unfinished); Songs arranged for Orchestra – Erlkönig, Ständchen, Gretchen am Spinnrade (arr. Max Reger)
  • Shostakovitch, D. – Symph. nº5
  • Smyth, Ethel – “On the Cliffs of Cornwall” – Prelude to act 2 of The Wreckers
  • Stravinsky, I. – The Rite of Spring; Soldier’s Tale; Danses Concertantes
  • Tchaikovsky, P. I. – Symphony nº6, Serenade for Strings; The Nutcracker (Excerpts)
  • Thorvaldsdottir, Anna – Dreaming, Aequilibria
  • Verdi, G. – Overture to “La Forza del Destino”
  • Weber, C. M. – Overture to “Der Freischütz”; Clarinet Concertino Op. 26; Clarinet Concerto nº1
  • Webster, Adam – For the Remainder of the Day
  • Wagner, Richard – Siegfried Idyll
  • Witter-Johnsson, Ayanna – Fairtrade?
  • Yao, Songhao – Samsara