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JONATHANBERMANCONDUCTOR

TherisingstaroftheBritishclassicalmusic…thecharismaticBritishmasterofthebatonLithuanianArtsNews

“Oneofthemoststrikingelementshasbeenhisopenandwarmwayofcommunicating…Inhishandsthemusicgetsagoodchancetodevelopexpressivelyandhisaccurateconducting,incombinationwith

thejoythisyoungmanshows,isaguaranteeofthebestpossibleperformance.”JacvanSteen

“[Jonathan]isamostgiftedyoungconductorandanexcellentmusician,alsoapersonofexceptionallythoughtfulcharacter…Heis,simply,anexceptionalperson,highlytalented,quietlypassionateinhis

desiretodothebestformusicinanywayhecan.”OliverKnussen

Jan2017

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BIOGRAPHY Jonathan Bermanis an award winning conductor acclaimed for his operatic, orchestral, andcontemporary repertoire. He has an international reputation working in Germany, UK, US, Italy, theNetherlandsandScandinaviaandisbroadcastandregularlyonradioandtelevision.

Jonathan was the winner of the prestigious Kempinski Young Artist Programme 2014 in Berlin. Thisenabled him to spend time with FranzWelser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra, and withMichaelTilsonThomasandtheNewWorldSymphonyOrchestra.HewasthefirstconductorandfirstBrittowintheprize.

Jonathan is much sought after in repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary. His recent andupcoming engagements include City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam PhilharmonicOrchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic, BaselSinfonietta, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, TanglewoodFestival,BrittenSinfonia,HagenPhilharmonicOrchestra,SouthbankSinfonia,CityChamberOrchestraofHongKong,andtheAldeburghFestivalOrchestra.

JonathanconductingatTanglewoodintheworldpremierofGuntherSchuller’sMagicalTrumpets

Jonathan is a tireless championofnewmusicworking closelywith the composersof today:Knussen,Goehr, Birtwistle, Maxwell Davies, Benjamin, Anderson, Harbison, Gandolfi, Turnage, Schuller,Wuorinenandmanymorefromhisowngeneration.HeworkswiththeLondonSinfonietta,BirminghamContemporary Music Group, New European Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, KNM Berlin, The LigetiAcademy,theBrittenPearsEnsembleandtheCrashEnsembleDublin.HemadehisBBCPromsdebutin2014withtheLondonSinfonietta inaMaxwellDaviesPortrait,andhereturned in2016withtheBBCSymphony Orchestra and Oliver Knussen in a premiere by Reinbert de Leeuw, which required twoconductors.HemadehisWigmoreHalldebutin2015withBCMGandreturnedin2016withEnsembleModernwithwhomhehasalsomadehisdebutattheAlteOper,Frankfurt.InSeptember2016,hewasinvitedtoopentheGAIDAFestivalinLithuania,whereheconductedtheLithuanianNationalSymphonyorchestra, including world premiers of Lithuanian works from Baltakas and pieces by Liza Lim.

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Inadditiontoconcertwork,operaisasignificantpartofJonathan’sperformances.Attheageof18hewas invited by Antonio Pappano to observe productions at the Royal Opera House, London.Subsequently,heassistedonhisfirstoperainItalyandconductedhisfirststagedproductionthenextyear. HehassincedirectedproductionsrangingfromMaxwellDavies’sTheLighhousetoMozart’sLaClemenzadiTito,andmostrecentlyahighlyacclaimedproductionofDebussy’sPelléasetMélisande.

JonathanBermanconductswithgreatcareandelegance.It’sabrave,deeplyaffectingachievement.

GuardianonDebussyPelléasetMélisande

JonathanBermanexpertlyconductsDebussy’senigmaticmasterpiece.

FinancialTimesonDebussyPelléasetMélisande

HehasconductedproductionsfortheNationaleReisOpera,EnglishTouringOpera,AldeburghFestival,GrachtenFestival,OperaStudioNetherlands,DutchNationalOperaAcademy,CentreforOperaStudiesinItaly;hehasassistedattheRoyalOperaHouse,BarbicanCentre,HollandFestival,andhasleadoperacoursesatDartingtonSummerSchoolandtheJerwoodOperawritingcourseattheAldeburghFestival.Hisoperaticrepertoireincludesover30operasbyMozart,Puccini,Verdi,Mussorsky,Debussy,Poulenc,Britten, Knussen, Maxwell Davies, George Benjamin, Turnage, Benjamin Scheuer and Gerald Barry.UpcomingoperaproductionsincludeMahoganyOperaandtheRoyalOperaHouseLinburyStudio.

Jonathan’sbigbreakcameinwhenhetookovertwoconcertsatTanglewoodfromtheindisposedOliverKnussen and StefanAshbury. The concerts included a posthumous premiere ofGunter Schuller (whowasasupporterofJonathan’s),worksbyBrunoMaderna,OliverKnussen,MarkAntonyTurnage,ElliotCarterandapremierebyCharlesWuorinenwithsoloistPeterSerkin.

Butall thisprovedgoodnewsfortheyoungBritishconductorJonathanBerman,whopickedupall theworksMr.KnussenandMr.Asburyweretohaveled,anddidsowiththekindofclarityandassurancethatmighthavemadeheadlineshadhebeen thrust suddenlyonto theBostonSymphony’spodium inaprogramof repertorystaples.

WallStreetJournal

Jonathan Berman, a young English conductor with a sizable contemporary-music résumé, was scheduled toconduct only Megalith, but somehow managed to step in for all five works and did a spectacular job, hisperformancesconfidentandshapelyandalive.

BostonMusicalIntelegencia

Jonathan Berman, a rising star in Europe and a 2012 Tanglewood conducting fellow, became one of thefestival’sheroesbyconducting,atshortnotice, thisentireprogram—oneof thepiecesatsuchshortnotice itdidn’thaveasinglerehearsal.

BerkshireReview

A particular strength is Jonathan’s creative programming. Jonathan curated a series of concerts atLondon’s Southbank Centre for the ‘Changing Britain’ festival, which was critically acclaimed as ‘themostexcitingconcertsinLondonfor10years’.

Upcoming projects include an evening around Bruckner’s Symphony No.4 with texts combiningspirituality and nature; concerts for the KNM Berlin looking at various aspects of what definesindividuality and groups; and Jonathan is also Artistic Director of a festival betweenAmsterdam andBerlintocelebratethe85thBirthdayofAlexanderGoehr.

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He studied in Holland with Jac van Steen, with whom he completed both Bachelor's and Master’sdegrees. Jonathan was a conducting Fellow at Tanglewood and has also studied with KennethMontgomery, Lucas Vis, George Hurst, and Leonid Korchmar (Mariinsky theatre, St Petersburg).JonathanoriginallystudiedvioloncellowithSueLoweandDimitriFerschtman.

AspartofhisstudiesJonathanworkedasanassistantconductorseekingoutconductorsandorchestrasto learn from, including: Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra where he wasassistantfor14/15season,regularlywithmentorOliverKnussen(StPaul'sChamberOrchestra,AtlantaSymphony,National SymphonyOrchestraWashington, SeattleSymphony,AldeburghFestival,HollandFestival), JacvanSteen(DortmundPhilharmonic,CBSO,BBCNOW,OperaNorth),SirRogerNorrington(SWROrchestra Stuttgart), KennethMontgomery (Ulster Orchestra), and RyanWigglesworth (BrittenSinfonia),assistantconductor for theSaariahoFestival inDenHaag,andStanislawSkrowacewskiwhocontinuedtofeedJonathan’spassionforBruckner.

JonathanBermanisafellowoftheKempinskiYoungArtistProgram.

BIOGRAFIE

Jonathan Berman ist ein mehrfach preisgekrönter Dirigent, bekannt für sein Opern-, Konzert- undzeitgenössischesRepertoire.ErhateinenexzellenteninternationalenRuf,arbeitet inDeutschland,UK,Italien,denNiederlandenundSkandinavienundistregelmässigimRundfunkundFernsehenvertreten.Berman istsehr gefragt als Interpret von derMusik derWiener Klassik bis zurGegenwart. Zu seinenjüngsten zukünftigen Auftritten gehören Konzertemit dem Cityof BirminghamOrchestra, RotterdamPhilharmonicOrchestra,LondonPhilharmonicOrchestra,BBCSymphonyOrchestra,TurkuPhilharmonic,Basel Sinfonietta,BilkentSymphonyOrchestra, LithuanianNational SymphonyOrchestra, TanglewoodFestival,BrittenSinfonia,HagenPhilharmonicOrchestra,SouthbankSinfonia,CityChamberOrchestraofHongKong,undtheAldeburghFestivalOrchestra.

NebendenvielenKonzertenistderjungeBriteaberauchinderOperzuerleben.Mit18Jahrenwurdeervon Sir Antonio Pappano eingeladen, bei denProduktionen desRoyal Opera House inLondon zuhospitieren. Anschliessend assistierteer zum ersten Mal ineiner Opernproduktionin Italien,undimfolgenden Jahr dirigierteer seine erste Bühnenaufführung. Er hat seitdem Produktionen von TheLighthouse von Maxwell Davies biszu Mozarts LaClemenza di Tito geleitetund neulicheine hochanerkannteProduktionvonDebussysPelléasetMélisandedirigiert.

Jonathan setzt sich unermüdlich ein für Neue Musikund arbeitet eng zusammen mit Komponistenunserer Zeit wieKnussen, Goehr, Birtwistle,Maxwell Davies, Benjamin,Anderson, Harbison, Gandolfi,Turnage,Schuller,WuorinenundvielenanderenausseinereigenenGeneration.ErarbeitetmitLondonSinfonietta, BirminghamContemporary Music Group, New European Ensemble, Ensemble Modern,KNM Berlin, The Ligeti Academy, the Britten Pears Ensemble unddem Crash Ensemble Dublin. SeinDebüt bei den BBC Proms gab er2014mit derLondon Sinfonietta imRahmen einesMaxwell DaviesPorträts,underwarderzweiteDirigentmitdemBBCSymphonyOrchestraundOliverKnussen inderUraufführungeinesWerkesvonReinbertdeLeeuwbeidenBBCProms2016.ErgabseinWigmoreHallDebutim2015mitderBirminghamContemporaryMusicGroupundkehrteim2016mitdemEnsembleModerndorthinzurück.

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Berman war Gewinner des renommierten Kempinski Young Artist Programms 2014 in Berlin. DasProgramm hat ihm ermöglicht,Franz Welser-Möst mit dem Cleveland OrchestraundMichael TilsonThomasmitdemNewWorldSymphonyOrchestrabeiderArbeitzubegleiten.ErwarderersteDirigentundderersteBrite,derdiesenPreisgewonnenhat.

JonathanBermandirigiertmitgrosserSorgfaltundEleganz.EswareinemutigeundtiefbewegendeLeistung.GuardianüberPelléasetMélisandevonDebussyJonathanBermandirigiertDebussysrätselhaftesMeisterwerkmitGeschick.FinancialTimesüberPelléasetMélisandevonDebussy

ErdirigierteanderNationaleReisOpera,EnglishTouringOpera,AldeburghFestival,GrachtenFestival,Opera Studio Netherlands, Dutch National Opera Academy, Centre for Opera Studies in Italien,assistierteam Royal Opera House, BarbicanCentre, Holland Festival, und leiteteOpernkurse bei derDartington Summer School und dem Jerwood Opera writing course beim Aldeburgh Festival. SeinOpernrepertoire umfasst über 30 Opern aus dem Schaffenvon Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Mussorsky,Debussy,Poulenc,Britten,Knussen,MaxwellDavies,GeorgeBenjamin,Turnage,BenjaminScheuerundGeraldBarry.UnterdenbevorstehendenProduktionensinddieManoganyOperaGroupunddasLinburyStudiodesRoyalOperaHouse.

JonathansDurchbruchkamalserzweiKonzerteinTanglewoodübernahmvondenindisponiertenOlverKnussenundStefanAsbury. SeinenDurchbruch feierteBermanalser zweiKonzerte fürdie zeitgleicherkranktenDirigentenOliverKnussenundStefanAsburyübernahm.EineposthumeUraufführungvon‘MagicalTrumpets’vonGunterSchuller(einemseinerUnterstützer),WerkevonBrunoMaderna,OliverKnussen,MarkAntonyTurnage,ElliotCarterundeineUraufführungvonCharlesWuorinenmit PeterSerkinalsSoliststandenaufdemProgramm.

AberalldaswareinglücklicherUmstandfürdenjungenbritischenDirigentJonathanBerman,deralleWerkeübernahmdieHerrKnussenundHerrAsburygeleitethätten,undesmitderartigerKlarheitundSicherheittatdasserSchlagzeilengemachthätte,wäreermiteinemStandardrepertoirefürdasBostonSymphonyOrchestraeingesprungen.WallStreetJournalJonathanBerman,einjungerenglischerDirigentmitbeträchtlichenErfahrungeninderzeitgenössischenMusik,warnurfürMegalithvorgesehen,aberhatirgendwiegeschafftfürallefünfWerkeeinzuspringenundesspektakulärgemacht,seineAufführungensicher,wohlproportioniertundlebendig.BostonMusicalIntelegenciaJonathanBerman,einRisingStarinEuropaundein2012Tanglewoodconductingfellow,wurdeeinerderHeldenvondemFestivalalserkurzfristigdasganzeProgrammübernahm-eskamsokurzfristigdassesnichtmaleineProbegabfüreinesderStücke.BirkshireReview

JonathansbesondereStärkeisteinekreativeProgramm-Gestaltung.GefeiertvondenKritikernals‘einesderaufregendstenKonzerteinLondonseit10Jahren’,das‘ChangingBritain’Festivalwareinevonihmkonzipierte und dirigierte Konzertserie im Queen Elisabeth Hall von Londons Southbank Centre, dieMusik, Politik, Film und Gedichte aus Grossbritannien von 1944 bis zur allgemeinen Wahl im 2015zusammenbrachte.

Unter den bevorstehenden Projekten ist ein Abendmit Bruckners vierter Symphonie verbundenmitTextenüberSpiritualitätundNatur;KonzertefürdasKammerensembleNeueMusikBerlin,diesichmitverschiedenen Aspekten der Individulaität und der Gruppe beschäftigen. Jonathan ist ausserdam

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künstlerischer Leiter eines Festival der beiden Städte Amsterdamund Berlin zum 85. Geburtstag desKomponistenAlexanderGoehr-seineMusikwirdkombiniertmitTextenundMusikausdemKanon.

Jonathan studierte mit Jac van Steen in den Niederlanden und schloss mit Diplom und Master ab.JonathanwareinDirigier-StipendiatinTanglewoodundhatauchmitKennethMontgomery,LucasVis,George Hurst, and Leonid Korchmar (Mariinsky Theater, St Petersburg) studiert. Er hat ursprünglichVioloncellostudiertmitSueLoweandDimitriFerschtman.

Als Teil seines Studiums, Jonathan hat als Assistent gearbeitet und Dirigenten und Orchesternausgesuchtumsichweiterzuentwickeln,unterandern:VladimirJurowskiunddasLondonPhilharmonicOrchestra wo er Assistent war für die 14/15 Saison, seinMentor Oliver Knussen (St Paul's ChamberOrchestra,AtlantaSymphony,NationalSymphonyOrchestraWashington,SeattleSymphony,AldeburghFestival, Holland Festival), Jac van Steen (DortmundPhilharmonic, CBSO, BBCNOW,OperaNorth), SirRoger Norrington (SWR Orchestra Stuttgart), Kenneth Montgomery (Ulster Orchestra), und RyanWigglesworth (Britten Sinfonia), Saariaho Festival in Den Haag, und Stanislaw Skrowacewski, derdauerndeInspirationgabfürJonathansLeidenschaftfürBruckner.

JonathanisteinStipendiatdesKempinskiYoungArtistProgramms.

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PRESSCOMMENTS

JonathanconductingatTanglewoodwithSoloistPeterSerkin

GAIDAFestival,Lithuania,Sept2016:

Bermanreallyknewhowtogetthemostoutofthisfineorchestra

BalticMusicalGems,Oct2016

TherisingstaroftheBritishclassicalmusic…thecharismaticBritishmasterofthebaton

LithuanianArtsNews,Sept2016

BermanisoneofthemostoutstandingBritishconductorsoftheyoungergeneration

Delfi.lt,2016

EnsembleModern,Nov2016:

JonathanBermansecuringadedicatedresponsefromEnsembleModern

ClassicalSource,2016

Vibrantworldpremier…aprogrammeofmodernclassics

TheGuardian,2016

PelléasetMelisande,EnglishTouringOpera,Oct2015:

JonathanBermanexpertlyconductsDebussy’senigmaticmasterpiece

TheFinancialTimes,Oct2015

ThechancetohearaPelléasthisgoodatvenuesrightacrossthecountryisarareone,andonethatshouldbeseized.

TheArtsDesk,Oct2015

JonathanBermanconductedwithenergy,clarityandadmirablephrasing………..PelléasetMélisandecontainsagreatdealofravishingmusic,and…isbeautifullyplayedandsunginthisproduction

BackTrack,Oct2015

JonathanBermanconductswithgreatcareandelegance.It’sabrave,deeplyaffectingachievement.

GuardianOct2015

Inthepit,JonathanBermanconductsthereducedscoreexpertly.

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FinancialTimesOct2015

Texturallyit’samiracleofallusiveflexibility,ifanythingintensifyingthework’sFrenchaccent

ArtsDeskOct2015

JonathanBermanconductstheensemblefirmly

TelegraphOct2015

TheorchestralensembleconductedbyJonathanBermangaveussomenicelyatmosphericmomentsandtheorchestralinterludesmademusicalsenseontheirownterms,ratherthanseemingtobejusthand-me-downversionsofthefullscorePlanetHugillOct2015

JonathanBerman’sconductingwasanotherstrength…TheebbandflowofDebussy’sscoreratherseemed–and‘seemed’issurelytheoperativewordhere–totakecareofthemselves…thiswasmoreamatterofsubtlyenablingand,yes,leadingacompanyeffort.Inthatandmuchelse,itprovedagreatsuccess.SeenandheardinternationalOct2015

JonathanBermanconductswithapalpablesenseofmomentum……thedistinctivemusicalcharacterofthepieceregistersstrongly.ThestageOct2015

TheyoungconductorJonathanBermanshapesthescorepoeticallyandhisplayersbringouttheredolenceofDebussy'sownchambermusic.What’sonstage,Oct2015

ThereducedorchestralforcesintroduceaneleganceandrefinementtothescorethatmakeitseemvaguelyreminiscentofDebussy’schambermusic,andconductorJonathanBermanensuresahighdegreeofprecisionMusicMOH,Oct2015

TanglewoodFestival-GuntherSchuller(WP),CharlesWuorinen(WP),ElliottCarter,Maderna,Knussen,TurnageJuly2015:

Thebrassensemble,underconductorJonathanBerman,reveledinthecompendiumof12-tone,jazzandjustplaingorgeousproclamations.BerkshireEagle,July2015

Theperformers,whichincludedfiveBSOplayers,principaltrumpetThomasRolfsamongthem,nailedthefirstperformance.Berman,whilethecrowdvigorouslyapplauded,heldthescorealoft.BostonGlobe,July2015

Mr.Schullerwouldsurelyhaveappreciated—afitting75thanniversarytributeindeed.NewYorkTimes,July2015

ButallthisprovedgoodnewsfortheyoungBritishconductorJonathanBerman,whopickedupalltheworksMr.KnussenandMr.Asburyweretohaveled,anddidsowiththekindofclarityandassurancethatmighthavemadeheadlineshadhebeenthrustsuddenlyontotheBostonSymphony’spodiuminaprogramofrepertorystaples.WallStreetJournalJuly2015

JonathanBerman,ayoungEnglishconductorwithasizablecontemporary-musicrésumé,wasscheduledtoconductonlyMegalith,butsomehowmanagedtostepinforallfiveworksanddidaspectacularjob,hisperformancesconfidentandshapelyandalive.

BostonMusicalIntelligencerJuly2015

JonathanBermanconductedallfiveofthelargeworks,aheroicfeat.

BostonMusicalIntelligencerJuly2015

Fortunately,theyoungEnglishconductorJonathanBermanwasabletostepintothebreach,leadingpersuasiveperformancesofseveralchallengingworksincludingthepremiereofSchuller’sbrilliant“MagicalTrumpets.”

ElliottCarter’s“ASunbeam’sArchitecture”featuredtenorNicholasPhan,whosensitivelynegotiatedtheselapidarysettingsofpoemsbyE. E.Cummings,supportedbyanotherlargeensemblebravelyledbyBermanonnorehearsal.

BostonGlobeJuly2015

JonathanBerman,arisingstarinEuropeanda2012Tanglewoodconductingfellow,becameoneofthefestival’s

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heroesbyconducting,atshortnotice,thisentireprogram—oneofthepiecesatsuchshortnoticeitdidn’thaveasinglerehearsal.

Bermanandthechamberorchestracapturedsobeautifully—themercurialtendernessandwitofCarter’sendlesslymorphingsmallensembles,andtheteasingandseriousinterplayofCummings’swords.

…thedarkdreamworldofKnussen’sTwoOrgana,Opus27(1995),withBermanagainbrilliantlysteppinginatthelastminuteforAsbury.BerkshireReviewJuly2015

OlderReviews:

“ConductorJonathanBermankeptthejewelledgearswoundandspinning.Abrawnyreadingof“DarkCrossing,”byMark-AnthonyTurnage—anotherTMCstudent-then-teacher—provedamoreprimevalgenesis,anevolvingthicketofheavyrhythmsandreiteratedmotives.”BostonGlobeJuly2014

"Theperformances,bythefellowsoftheTanglewoodMusicCenter,theNewFrommPlayersandguests,wereconsistentlyenergeticandpolishedwithJonathanBermanconducting."

Bedford,OrVoitToutenAventure,Shepherd,TheseParticularCircumstances-NewYorkTimes,August2012

"TheTanglewoodMusicCenterFellowsandNewFrommPlayerswereunsurprisinglysuperb,aswastheconductor,Knussen’sassistantJonathanBerman.Fewnew-musicconcertsmakenewmusicsoundsogood."

Ives-BostonPhoenix,July2012

RisingstarJonathanBermanexpertlyassistingKnussenatconstructivecross-purposesinthisoutstandingperformanceoftremendousclarityandbrilliance,inspiteofthe(intended)raucouscacophony.

ZBlog,zoemartlew.com

JonathanBermandirigeertmetflairengezagdeexpressievemuziekvanDavies

JonathanBermanconductswithflairandauthoritytheexpressivemusicfromDavies.TRANSL.

MaxwellDaviesTheLighthouse-NRCHandelslad,August2010

HetintensspelendeinstrumentalensembleendeevenbeheerstealsspannendeleidingvanJonathanBermaneennaamomteonthouden.

TRANSL.Theintenseplayingfromtheinstrumentalensemble,andtheequallycommandingandexcitingleadingfromJonathanBerman,anametoremember.

MaxwellDaviesTheLighthouse-DeTelegraaf,August2010

JonathanInterviewedonLondonLiveTelevision

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REPERTOIRE

Opera/StageWorksRepertoire

Barry–ImportanceofBeingEarnest

Bizet–LaTragediedeCarmen

Britten–AlbertHerring

Britten–RapeofLucretia

Benjamin–IntotheLittleHill

DeFalla–ElretablodemaesePedro

Debussy–MartyrdomofStSebastien

Debussy–Pelleas&Mellisande

Higgins–UncleDima

Knussen–WheretheWildThingsAre

Knussen–HiggletyPiggletyPop

MaxwellDavies–TheLighthouse

Mozart–LeNozzediFigaro

Mozart–LaClemenzadiTitoMussorgsky–BorisGodunov(Prelude)

Nelson–SongoftheFisherman

Poulenc–DialoguesDesCarmelites

Poulenc–LaVoixHumaine

Puccini–LaBoheme

Puccini–MadameButterfly

Puccini–GianniSchicchi

Rossini–IlBarbierediSiviglia,

Turnage–TwiceThroughtheHeart

Vir–BlackFeatherRising

Wagner-FliegenderHollander

Wagner-DieWalküre(ActI)

ConcertRepertoire

Abrahamsen–Winternacht

Adams–ChamberSymphony

Adams–SonofChamberSymphony

Adams–ShortRideinaFastMachine

Adés–LifeStory

Anderson–TheComedyofChange

Anderson–HeavenisShyofEarth

Babbitt–Quatrains

Bach–MatthewPassion

Barnacle–Ripple

Barnacle–WindQuintet

Barnacle–AureoleElipsis

Bartok–ConcertoforOrchestra

Bartok–Violaconcerto(T.Serly)

Bray–CaughtinTreeTops

Bray–DawnHorizon

Bedford–OrvoittoutenAventure

Bedford–OutblazetheSky

Beethoven–SymphonyNo.1

Beethoven–SymphonyNo.2

Beethoven–SymphonyNo.3

Beethoven–SymphonyNo.4

Beethoven–SymphonyNo.5

Beethoven–SymphonyNo.7

Beethoven–SymphonyNo.8

Beethoven–LeonoraNo.3

Beethoven–FidelioOverture

Beethoven–PrometheusOverture

Beethoven–EgmontOverture

Beethoven–PianoConcertono.3

Beethoven–Pianoconcertono.4

Benjamin–RingedbytheFlat

Horizon

Benjamin-Duet

Benjamin-Olicantus

Berg–DrieOrkeststucke

Berg–SiebenFruheLieder

Berg–ViolinConcerto

Berg–ChamberConcerto

Berio–Sinfonia

Berio–FolkSongs

Berlioz–HaroldinItaly

Berlioz–SymphonieFantastique

Berlioz–RomanCarnival

Berlioz–Nuits’D’ete

Berkeley–OrShallwedie?

Berkeley–OrganConcerto

Birtwistle–CarmenArcadiaeMechanicaePerpetuum

Birtwistle–SilburyAir

Birtwistle–Fantasiaupononenote

Birtwistle–PianoConcerto

Birtwistle–WhiteandLight

Birtwistle–Night

Birtwistle–Tenebrae

Birtwistle–RefrainsandChoruses

Bizet–L’ArlessienneSuite1&2

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Boulez–PetiteEchoenDerive

Brahms–SymphonyNo.1

Brahms–SymphonyNo.2

Brahms–SymphonyNo.3

Brahms–SymphonyNo.4

Brahms–VariationsonathemeofHaydn

Brahms–AcademicFestivalOverture

Brahms–TragicOverture

Brahms–ViolinConcerto

Brahms–PianoConcertono.1

Brahms–PianoConcertono.2

Britten–Youngperson’sGuidetotheOrchestra

Britten–TheBuidlingoftheHouse

Britten–CanadianOverture

Britten–SpringSymphony

Britten–CantataAcademica

Britten–SerenadeforTenor,Hornandstrings

Britten–SpringSymphony

Britten–TheHousethatHebuilt

Britten–4SeaInterludes

Britten–Passacaglia(fromPeterGrimes)

Britten–SinfoniadaRequiem

Bruckner–ThreePieces

Bruckner–SymphonyNo.3

Bruckner–SymphonyNo.4

Bruckner–SymphonyNo.6

Bruckner–SymphonyNo.7

Bruckner–SymphonyNo.9

Carter–AskoConcerto

Carter–ArchitectureofaSunbeam

Castiglioni–Tropi

Castiglioni–VallisClausa

Castiglioni–InvernoInver

Causton–ChamberSymphony

Clementi-WiegenliedCopland–AppalachianSpring(orchestral&Ensemble)

Copland–8SongsofEmilyDickinson

DaFalla–ElSombreroSuite1

MaxwellDavies–Antichrist

MaxwellDavies–RunesfromAHolyIsland

MaxwellDavies–Pavaneand2Fantasias

Debussy(arr.Holloway)–EnBlancetNoire

Debussy–LaMer

Debussy–PreludeaL’ApresMidiD’unFaune

Delibes–CoppeliiaSuite2

Donatoni–AnAngelwithinmyHeart

Donatoni–Tema

Donatoni–Rasch

Dukas–Sorcerer’sApprentice

Dvorak–LegendsNo.1–5

Dvorak–SymphonyNo.6

Dvorak–SymphonyNo.7

Dvorak–SymphonyNo.8

Dvorak–SymphonyNo.9

Dvorak–AusdemNature

Dvorak–CarnivalOverture

Dvorak–Hamlet

Dvorak–ViolinConcerto

Dvorak–NoonDayWitch

Dvorak–CelloConcerto

Elgar–ConcertforVioloncello

Elgar–Serenade

Elgar–Elegy

Elgar–TheMusicMakers

Feldman–ViolainmyLife2

Feldman–ForFrankO’Hara

Glanert–ContemplatedbyaPortraitoftheDivine

Glinka–RusslanandLudmilla(Overture)

Goehr–SingAriel

Goehr–BetweentheLines

Goehr–StillLands

Goliov-Alone

Haydn–SymphonyNo.86

Haydn–SymphonyNo.101

Handel–CoronationAnthems

Handel–ParnassoinFesta

Handel–ThisistheDay

Harvey-You

Henze–Sonate

Henze–Symphony1

Henze–Symphony8

Henze–NeapolitanSongs

Holt–TroubledLight

Holst–ThePlanets

Hoddinott–Lizard

Ives–4thofJuly

Ives–ThreePlacesinNewEngland

Joubert–CelloConcerto

Knussen–SongswithoutVoices

Knussen–TwoOrgana

Knussen–TheWaytoCastleYonder

Knussen–ViolinConcerto

Knussen-SymphonyinOneMovement

Knussen–OpheliaDances

Knussen–RequiemforSue

Knussen–Coursing

Knussen–HumsandSongsofWhinniethePooh

Knussen–FanfaresforTanglewood

Knussen–ScriabinSettings

Ketting–Capriccio

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Ketting–MusikzueinemTonfilim

Lindberg–Choral

Lutoslawski–ConcertoforOrchestra

Lutoslawski–Chain1

Macmillan–Veni,Veni,Emanuel

Macmillan–Quickening

Maderna–SeranataNo.2Martinu-ConcertoforDoublestringorchestra,PianoandTimpani

Maw–TheWorldintheevening

Mahler–Symphonyno.2

Mahler–Kindertotenlieder

Mahler–Symphonyno.6

Mahler–Symphonyno.7

MatthewsC.–GrandBarcarolle

MatthewsC.–LBent

McPhee–TabuhaTabuhan

Mendelssohn–MidsommernachtTraum(complete)

Mendelssohn–Symphonyno.1

Mendelssohn–Symphonyno.4

Messiaen–LesOffrandesOubliees

Messiaen–L’OiseauxExotiques

Messiean–ReveilledesOiseaux

Mozart–AdagioandFugueinCMinor,

Mozart–Requiem

Mozart–MassinCminor

Mozart–SymphonyinCmajor‘No46’

Mozart–SymphonyNo.22

Mozart–SymphonyNo.32

Mozart–SymphonyNo.36‘Linz’

Mozart–SymphonyNo.38

Mozart–SymphonyNo.40

Mozart–SymphonyNo.41

Mozart–VesperaeSolennesdiConfessore

Mozart–ViolinConcertoNo.DMajor

Mussorgsky-Ravel–PicturesatanExhibition

Mussorgsky–NightonaBareMountain

Neuwirth–CartographersSong

Nielsen–KlienerSuite

Nielsen–AlladinSuite

Nono–DueEsspresione

Perle–CriticalMoments

Perle–CriticalMoments2

Prokofiev–SymphonyNo.5

Prokofiev–PianoconcertoNo.3

Prokofiev–ViolinConcertoNo.2Rachmaninoff–PianoConcertono.1(originalversion)

Rachmaninoff–SymphonicDances

Rachmaninoff–Symphonyno.1

Rachmaninoff–IsleoftheDead

Ravel–LaValse

Ravel–ValseNoblesetSentimentales

Ravel–RapsodieEspagnol

Reich–TheDesertMusic

Rimsky-Korsakov–CapriccioEspagnol

Rimsky-Korsakov–Shéhérazade

Rihm–EnPleinAir

Ruders-Alone

Saariaho–NotesonLight

Saariaho–Aer(fromMaa)

Saariaho–TheatreGraahl

Saariaho–Lichtbogen

Saariaho–Amers

Saariaho–Orion

Saariaho–L’aileDuSongeSciarino–DueRisvelgieilVentoScriabin–Prometheus

Scriabin–PianoConcerto

Scriabin–PoemD’extase

Schoenberg–ChamberSymphonyNo.2

Schoenberg–PierrotLunnaireSchoenberg-BegleitungsmusikzueinerLichtspielscene

Schoenberg–5OrchestralPieces

Schoenberg–PianoConcerto

Schubert–SymphonyNo.2

Schubert–SymphonyNo.4

Schubert–SymphonyNo.5

Schubert–SymphonyNo.8

Schubert–SymphonyNo.9

Schuller–MagicalTrumpets

Schuller–Games

Schuller–7StudiesonPaulKlee

Schuller–ConcertinodaCamera

Schumann–PianoConcerto

Schumann–IntroductionandAllegro

Schumann–SymphonyNo.2

Schumann–SymphonyNo.3

Schumann–SymphonyNo.4

Schwertsik-DerHerrweiswasderWi

Schwertsik–HumanExistance

Schwertsik–SingtmeineSchwane

Shepherd–Wanderlust

Shepherd–TheseParticularCircumstances

Shepherd–Metamorphoses

Shostakovich–SymphonyNo.5

Shostakovich–SymphonyNo.8

Shostakovich–SymphonyNo.9

Shostakovich–PianoConcertoNo.2

Sibelius–Finlandia

Sibelius–SymphonyNo.2

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Sibelius–SymphonyNo.3

Sibelius–SymphonyNo.4

Sibelius–SymphonyNo.5

Sibelius-SymphonyNo.7

Sibelius–LeminkainenSuite

Sibelius–ValseTriste

Sibelius–ViolinConcerto

Sibelius–Tapiola

Siwy–ViolinConcerto

J.Strauss–EmperorWaltz

R.Strauss–DonJuan

R.Strauss–Metamorphonsen

R.Strauss–AlsosprachtZarathustra

Stravinsky–PulcinellaSuite

Stravinsky–JeudeCartes

Stravinsky–OrpheusBalletMusic

Stravinsky–Symphonyin3Movements

Stravinsky–SymphonyinC

Stravinsky–FirebirdSuite(1919&1945)

Stravinsky–SymphonyofWinds(Bothversions)

Stravinsky–SoldiersTale

Stravinsky–RiteofSpring

Suckling–ViolinConcerto

Szymanowski–ConcertOverture

Takamitsu–RainComing

Tchaikovsky–ViolinConcerto

Tchaikovsky–RococoVariations

Tchaikovsky–RomeoandJuliet

Tchaikovsky–SymphonyNo.4

Tchaikovsky–SymphonyNo.5

Tchaikowsky–SymphonyNo.6

Tchaikovsky–SerenadeforStrings

Turnage–DarkCrossing

Varese–Octandre

Vivaldi–Concertofor2Trumpets

Wagner–TristanundIsolde(PreludeandLiebestot)

Wagner–SiegfriedIdyll

Wagner–WesendonckLeider

Weber–OberonOverture

Weber–FreischutzOverture

Webern–Op.16Songs

Webern–Op.14Songs

Webern–5Pieces

Widmann–TeufelAmor

Widmann–FieberFantasie

Wigglesworth–Locke’sTheatre

Wuorinen-Megalith

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