| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2013 Perth Concert Hall (Horsecross) | Scottish première of James MacMillan's Oboe Concerto with the SCO |
 Written for oboist Nicholas Daniel and first performed in Birmingham in 2010, there was excitement and anticipation in Perth for James MacMillan’s Oboe Concerto receiving its Scottish première.
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| 11-Aug-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 39: Thierry Fischer ends his BBC NOW tenure with the Berlioz Requiem |
 It’s been a busy couple of months for Berlioz’s Requiem in London. First there was Sir Colin Davis’s June performance at St. Paul’s, with the reinforced London Symphony Orchestra’s brass bands arrayed around the dome. Now, on an unofficial Big Choral Weekend at the Proms there was this valedictory effort from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and their outgoing music director, Thierry Fischer.
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| 15-Jun-2012 St David's Hall | BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer: Strauss' Alpine Symphony |
 A lengthy standing ovation followed Thierry Fischer’s final St David’s Hall concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, concluding his sixth season with Richard Strauss’ monumental Alpine Symphony after a refined performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 22 with pianist Angela Hewitt.
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| 24-Jan-2012 Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall | Of Rihm: A 60th birthday gift from the London Sinfonietta |
 Eric Marinitsch.jpg) It’s quite rare nowadays to rock up to a concert having absolutely no prior knowledge of the music you’re about to hear. Ticket prices, an abundance of established concert repertoire, and an understandable reflex to ‘play it safe’ all contribute to our penchant for the known in the concert hall. And yet, there can be no truer place to discover a work or a composer’s compositional voice than in front of a band of top musicians as they craft this unknown music out of nothing into something.Read full review... | |
