2004 Diary
January 4 - 6
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Westminster Church Winnipeg
with Measha Brüggergosman (soprano)
January 7/8
CD recording for CBC Records with
Measha Brüggergosman (soprano)
January 12 - 15
Swedish Northern Opera Symphony Orchestra
Concert in Umeå for Swedish Radio
with Claes Gunnarsson (cello)
January 23 - 31
Skiing Holiday in Méribel, France
February 16 - 19
Västerås Sinfonietta Sweden
Concerts in Arboga and Västerås
February 23 - 25
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Winnipeg for CBC Radio
with Heather Schmidt (piano)
March 3 - 6
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Concert in Oslo with Atle Sponberg (violin)
March 7/8
English Chamber Orchestra
Concert at The Barbican, London with
Tallis Chamber Choir, John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
and Josephine Knight (cello)
March 9 - April 4
Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia
Choreography by George Balanchine
at Muziektheater Amsterdam
Eleven performances March 18, 19, 21, 24, 25,
27, 28 & 31 and April 2, 3 & 4
April 14 - 17
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Orebrö Sweden with
Karin Ingebäck, Maria Sanner,
Johan Christensson & John Erik Eleby
April 19 - 25
Het Gelders Orkest Arnhem
Five concerts in Enschede, Apeldoorn, Arnhem,
Zutphen & Nijmegen
with Robert van der Vorst (piano)
April 26 - 28
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Westminster Church Winnipeg
with Rosemary Vanderhooft (mezzo-soprano)
May 3 - 4
My Final Concert with the
European Union Baroque Orchestra
for the newly enlarged European Commission
in Lancaster House, London
May 9 - 11
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Westminster Church Winnipeg
with Yuri Hooker (cello)
May 13
Prima la Musica Belgium
Concert in Schilde with Roel Dieltiens (cello)
May 15
Prima la Musica Belgium
Concert for Haydn 'Hoboken' Festival in
Rhoon Netherlands with Roel Dieltiens (cello)
May 17 - June 24
Stuttgart Opera rehearsals from May 17
Six performances on June 3, 6, 12, 16, 18 & 24
with Catriona Smith, Helen Schneiderman
June 9 - 11
West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra
Concert in Motherwell
July 18 - 20
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert for the Canadian Organ Club with
Naji Hakim (organ) & Valdine Anderson (soprano)
August 23 - 27
Holland Symfonia Start-Up Week
August 31- September 26
Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia
Eleven performances Muziektheater Amsterdam
September 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19 & 26
Eindhoven Sept 22 and Groningen Sept 24
September 28 - October 7
Holland Symfonia Amsterdam
Three Concerts Zoetermeer, Hoorn & Haarlem
with David Kuyken (piano)
October 10 - 14
Opening Concert of the Espoo International
Choral Festival Finland with Tapiola Sinfonietta
and Debreceny Kodaly Chorus (Hungary)
October 16 - 21
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Westminster Church Winnipeg
with Suzie LeBlanc and Daniel Taylor
October 22 - 28
Grosses Orchester, Graz, Austria
Two concerts with Markus Schirmer (piano)
October 30 - November 2
English Chamber Orchestra
Two Concerts in Oviedo & Gijon Spain
November 21 - 26
Swedish Northern Opera Symphony Orchestra
Concert in Umeå with Janne Virkkala (cello)
November 29 - December 8
Holland Symfonia Amsterdam
Two Concerts in Alkmaar and Haarlem
December 9 - 23
Holland Symfonia Amsterdam
‘Christmas with Liza’ Ferschtman (violin)
and Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir
Six Concerts in Zaandam, Alkmaar,
Hoofddorp x2, Leiden & Gouda
December 18
Concert in Pieterskerk Leiden / Bachkoor Holland
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
with Caroline Stamm, Judit Németh,
Marcus Brutscher and Werner van Mechelen
Frank MARTIN Concerto for 7 winds & strings
COPLAND Eight poems of Emily Dickinson
GERSHWIN Three songs
(arranged by Adrian Williams)
STRAVINSKY Danses Concertantes
BARBER Knoxville, Summer of 1915
COPLAND Eight poems of Emily Dickinson
GERSHWIN Three songs
(arranged by Adrian Williams)
BARBER Serenade for strings opus 1
COPLAND Prelude for chamber orchestra
CELEBRATION OF DVORAK (died 1904)
DVORAK Overture My Home
DVORAK Cello Concerto
DVORAK Symphony 6 in D
DVORAK Serenade for winds
DVORAK Serenade for strings
VORISEK Symphony in D
CHADWICK Serenade for strings
Heather SCHMIDT Piano Concerto
(new commission)
DVORAK Serenade for strings
EBERL Symphony in C
MOZART Violin Concerto 5 in A
MAXWELL-DAVIES Concerto for Orchestra
(Strathclyde Concerto 10)
MENDELSSOHN Overture Hebrides
TAVENER Svyati
BRITTEN Nocturne
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
HAYDN Symphony 92 'Oxford'
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite 3 (Tema con variazione)
STRAVINSKY Agon
GERSHWIN Who Cares?
HANDEL Messiah
EBERL Symphony in C
MOZART Piano Concerto 17 in G KV 453
BIZET Symphony in C
JS BACH Cantata 54 Widerstehe
VASKS Cantabile for strings
James ROLFE Song settings of Walt Whitman
Frank BRIDGE No. 2 from Three Idylls
BRITTEN Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
HANDEL Concerto grosso opus 3/2
JS BACH Concerto in d minor for two violins
ZELENKA Simphonia a8 concertanti in a minor
RAMEAU Suite from Dardanus
HAYDN Overture ‘Windsor Castle’
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony 2
BARTOK Rumanische Volkstänze
HAYDN Cello Concerto in D
HAYDN Symphony 73 ‘La Chasse’
STRAVINSKY Danses Concertantes
HAYDN Symphony 53
HAYDN Cello Concerto in D
MOZART Symphony 36 ‘Linz’
HAYDN Symphony 73 ‘La Chasse’
MOZART Figaro
(Director: Nigel Lowery)
WAGNER Overture Die Meistersinger
DVORAK One movement each from
Serenade for Strings and Wind Serenade
RACHMANINOV Symphony 2
NAJI HAKIM Concerto no.3 for organ & strings
(world première)
MOZART Exsultate Jubilate
HANDEL Organ Concerto in F (opus 4/4)
MICHAEL TORKE Pentecost for soprano,
organ & strings
HANDEL Concerto Grosso op 6/7
DVORAK Serenade for strings
BRITTEN Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL La Valse
MENDELSSOHN Midsummer Night's Dream
(as fully staged Ballet)
CPE BACH Symphony 1 in D
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto 1 in C
BRAHMS Symphony 1 in c minor
HAYDN Symphony 103 ‘Drum Roll’
BEETHOVEN Mass in C
ALL HANDEL programme
Overture Giulio Cesare, Scherzano sul tuo volto,
Prelude,Cara sposa, Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
Si fuggano i tormenti (Scipione)
Crudel, tu non farai (Amadigi)
Overture Lotario, Se il cor ti perde (Tolomeo)
Domerò la tua fierezza (Giulio Cesare)
Ah! Ruggiero (Alcina) Caro! Bella! (Giulio Cesare)
Concerti Grossi op. 3/2, op. 6/5 and op. 6/11
HAYDN Symphony 100 ‘Military’
MOZART Piano Concerto in A K488
BEETHOVEN Symphony 3 ‘Eroica’
TELEMANN Darmstadt Ouverture in C
CORELLI Concerto Grosso op 6/4 in D
VIVALDI Concerto for two horns in F (RV 569)
HANDEL Sonata à5 in Bb for violin
JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto 1
STRAVINSKY Jeu de cartes
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony 7
MESSIAEN L'Ascension
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
ELGAR Enigma Variations
GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto
BORODIN Prince Igor Overture
and the Polovtsian Dances
JS BACH Christmas Oratorio 1-6 Complete