2012 Diary

December 30 - January 2  

Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus

Concert in GRCH Glasgow with

Ailish Tynan, Catherine Denley,

Thomas Hobbs & Matthew Brook

January 20 - 22

Guest of Honour for Burn's Night Supper at the

Forth Corinthian Yacht Club Edinburgh

with Commodore sailing friend Paul Taylor

January 24 - 31

One week holiday in Spain (Costa Blanca)

for my 61st birthday - also checking-out

marinas between Barcelona and Gibraltar!

March 14 - 16

English Chamber Orchestra

Concert in Istanbul with Plamena Mangova (piano)

and Caroline Dale (cello)

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

March 29 - April 6

My last four St Matthew Passions with

Amsterdam Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

and my Bachkoor Holland in Lochem, Groningen

and the wonderful Pieterskerk in Leiden

[for the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is

now Secretary General of NATO]

Virgil Hartinger (Evangelist), Niklaus Kost

(Christus), Lenneke Ruiten, Clare Wilkinson,

Vincent Lesage/Ulrich Cordes, Frans Fiselier,

Roder Jongenskoor and Haags Matrozenkoor.

May 2 - 6

SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Two Concerts in Schwetzingen and

Stuttgart Liederhalle

Summer

Extensive Sailing Holiday from PLYMOUTH on my

Delphia 37 yacht CREDEAU to Brest NW Brittany,

Concarneau and South to La Rochelle & Rochefort

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 conductor Jan Willem de Vriend)

November 6 - 9

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Finland

Concert with Ronald Brautigam (piano)

December 4 - 8

Three concerts in Cork, Dublin and Galway

Irish Baroque Orchestra with

Resurgam Chamber Choir

and Roisin O’Grady, Sharon Carty,

Oliver Mercer & Nathan James Morrison.

HANDEL Messiah

O, my luve's like a red, red rose!

ELGAR Serenade for strings

MOZART Piano Concerto 9 in Eb K271

HAYDN Cello Concerto in D

MOZART Symphony 29 in A

SCHUBERT complete Symphonies

JS BACH St Matthew Passion

ZELENKA Simphonia à8 concertanti in a

RAMEAU Suite Pigmalion

JS BACH Ricercare à6 (arr. Goodman)

VORISEK Symphony in D

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

WEBER Overture Euryanthe

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto 1 in C

SCHUMANN Symphony 2 in C

HANDEL Messiah

Complete DUBLIN version 1742