| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2013 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder: Mahler and the Military Symphony |
 At the end of a successful week in which the orchestra’s recording of The Apostles won BBC Music Magazine’s Disc of the Year award, Sir Mark Elder conducted the Hallé in a joyfully youthful account of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, followed by graphic Janáček and Hadyn.
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| 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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| 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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| 15-Jun-2011 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall | Overwhelming despair in Britten's Rape of Lucretia |
 The Holland Festival boasts quite an impressive relationship with Britten and his works. Tonight’s chamber opera, The Rape of Lucretia was first performed at the festival in 1947 with Britten, Peter Pears and Kathleen Ferrier (for whom the opera was written) and the English Opera Group. Tonight’s performance with Oliver Knussen at the helm is another proud continuation of this tradition.
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