| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2013 Bridgewater Hall | MacMillan, Britten and Stravinsky with the BBC Philharmonic and H.K. Gruber |
 Conductor H.K. Gruber’s visits to the BBC Philharmonic are guaranteed to be unmissable concerts of the season; with unquenchable enthusiasm and pride in the music he programmes, Gruber, (known affectionately to all as “Nali”), always assures a stirring performance.
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| 12-Jan-2013 Sage: Hall One | Three Baroque tenors and an orcherstra: Ian Bostridge with Northern Sinfonia |
 Sometimes, glancing through reviews and recordings of Baroque opera arias, one might be forgiven for wondering whether tenors and basses ever appeared on the 18th-century stage – the genre seems dominated by the exotic lives of the castrati and the incredibly exciting music that was written for them. This evening’s concert by tenor Ian Bostridge and Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Bernard Labadie attempted to redress the balance, and showed that in fact the sopranos, mezzos and countertenors don’t have all the fun.
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| 4-Oct-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Mozart and Mahler make for an enigmatic evening with the London Symphony Orchestra |
 Why would the London Symphony Orchestra pair Mozart’s Symphony no. 41 in C major, “Jupiter” and Mahler’s songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn? There seemed to be no direct link between them other than that both demonstrate their composers’ fondness for mystery. However, it was a programme that worked for me on Thursday; after a delightful Mozart symphony, I was ready to be engaged by the darker, mysterious Mahler.
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| 7-Jul-2012 Wigmore Hall | Monteverdi meets Stravinsky: Old and new at the Wigmore Hall |
 It is not often you find Monteverdi and Stravinsky snuggled side-by-side on the same programme, but that was exactly what was packed into the latest instalment of The Bostridge Project: ‘Ancient and Modern’ series at the Wigmore Hall. Joined by mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager, the English Concert (directed by Harry Bicket) and a number of different guest singers and instrumentalists, Ian Bostridge constructed a programme set to be a feast of the old and new combined, a mix of musical offerings from madrigals to cantatas from the 1590s to the 1950s.
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