2012 Diary
December 30 - January 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus
Concert in GRCH Glasgow with
Ailish Tynan, Catherine Denley,
Thomas Hobbs & Matthew Brook
HANDEL Messiah
January 20 - 22
Guest of Honour for Burn's Night Supper at the Forth Corinthian Yacht Club Edinburgh
O, my luve's like a red, red rose!
January 24 - 31
One week holiday in Spain (Costa Blanca)
for my 61st birthday - also looking at
marinas between Barcelona and Gibraltar!
ELGAR Serenade for strings
MOZART Piano Concerto 9 in Eb K271
HAYDN Cello Concerto in D
MOZART Symphony 29 in A
March 14 - 16
English Chamber Orchestra
Concert in Istanbul with Plamena Mangova (piano) and Caroline Dale (cello)
SCHUBERT complete Symphonies
March 17 - 28
Ten days skiing holiday in Méribel, France!
March 23 - 31
BBC Radio 3 pre-recorded programmes
Invited as 'Expert Guide' as part of
BBC Radio 3 SCHUBERT SEASON
JS BACH St Matthew Passion
March 29 - April 6
Four St Matthew Passions with Amsterdam Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra and
Bachkoor Holland in Lochem, Groningen and the wonderful Pieterskerk in Leiden
[for the Dutch Prime Minister]
Virgil Hartinger (Evangelist), Niklaus Kost (Christus), Lenneke Ruiten,
Clare Wilkinson, Vincent Lesage/Ulrich Cordes, Frans Fiselier, Roder Jongenskoor and Haags Matrozenkoor.
ZELENKA Simphonia à8 concertanti in a
RAMEAU Suite Pigmalion
JS BACH Ricercare à6 (arr. Goodman)
VORISEK Symphony in D
May 2 - 6
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Two Concerts in Schwetzingen and
Stuttgart Liederhalle
ROSSINI Overture Barber of Seville
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante K297b
SCHUBERT Symphony 4 (Tragic)
plus alternative 2nd half for two concerts:
BEATLES Sargent Pepper Suite
QUEEN Bohemian Rhapsody
ROLLING STONES Stoned Suite
BEATLES Medley of Hits
Summer
Sailing from Plymouth on my
Delphia 37 yacht CREDEAU
September 3 - 9
Three concerts in Enschede, Holland with
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and
Erna de Koning (oboe), André Kerver
(clarinet), Corina Liefers (horn) and
Dorian Cooke (bassoon) + TV recording
(for indisposed Jan Willem de Vriend)
WEBER Overture Euryanthe
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto 1 in C
SCHUMANN Symphony 2 in C
November 6 - 9
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Finland
Concert with Ronald Brautigam (piano)
HANDEL Messiah
(complete Dublin version 1742)
December 4 - 8
Irish Baroque Orchestra with
Resurgam Chamber Choir
and Roisin O’Grady, Sharon Carty,
Oliver Mercer & Nathan James Morrison.
Three concerts in Cork, Dublin & Galway