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Published: 05 May 2013
This month, Mark Wigglesworth travels to Australia where he makes his debut with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra on 10 May. The concert at the Federation Concert Hall in Hobart opens with Elgar’s Symphony No.1. The programme also features Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, in which the TSO is be joined by musicians from the Australian Youth Orchestra.The following week sees Wigglesworth return to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, with...
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Published: 08 April 2013
On 19 April, Mark Wigglesworth makes his debut performance conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg. The concert opens with Tippett’s Ritual Dances followed by excerpts from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung in which he is joined by soprano, Christine Brewer. Click here for further information.
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Published: 01 January 2013
At the beginning of this month, Mark Wigglesworth travels to Amsterdam to give three performances with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw on 5, 6 and 8 January. The programme will feature works by Wagner, Mahler, Ravel and Prokofiev with soloists Birgit Remmert, Eva-Maria Westbroek and Ronald Brautigam. The final concert will mark the start of a series of special concerts to celebrate the Concertgebouw’s 125th...
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Published: 22 October 2012
Mark Wigglesworth has received great critical acclaim for his performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on 19 October at London’s Barbican Hall. Wigglesworth returned to the BBC Symphony Orchestra after his huge success with the orchestra at last year’s BBC Proms.
Wigglesworth conducted Tippett’s Triple Concerto with the Leopold Trio, followed by an arrangement of Wagner’s Ring by Dutch percussionist Henk de Vlieger entitled The Ring – An...
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Published: 21 September 2012
On 3 October, Mark Wigglesworth will begin his UK tour of Mozart Così fan tutte with Welsh National Opera. Wigglesworth will conduct two performances at Wales Millennium Centre on 3 and 6 October with a cast including Elizabeth Watts and Andrew Tortise, before touring the production to Swansea, Oxford, Southampton, Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol.He breaks off from his Cosi performances in mid-October to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra at...
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Published: 05 March 2012
Mark Wigglesworth’s latest CD release for Melba Recordings has received huge critical praise from the international press. The disc features Wigglesworth and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in all-British programme of Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Flos Campi and On Wenlock Edge together with Benjamin Britten Sinfonia da Requiem. Described by the US Classical Review as “in the luxury class”, the recording has received universal critical...
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Published: 06 February 2012
This month Mark Wigglesworth will return to the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra for two performances, including a concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on 12 February. Wigglesworth will conduct a programme including Ravel La Valse, Berg '3 Bruchstücke' from Wozzeck, Sibelius Swan of Tuonela and Ravel Boléro, and will be joined by soprano soloist Susan Gritton.
The following week, Wigglesworth will return to the Bayerische...
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Published: 29 November 2011
On December 4, Mark Wigglesworth will make his debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo.
Wigglesworth will conduct the orchestra in a performance of Mahler's Symphony No.2 in Monte Carlo's Grimaldi Forum, for which they will be joined by the soprano Malin Hartelius, the contralto Nathalie Stutzmann and the Rundfunkchor Berlin.
Mark Wigglesworth blogs on Gramophone magazine's website. Click here to read his most recent article,...
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Published: 02 November 2011
This month, Mark Wigglesworth will make his debut with the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Wigglesworth will conduct Mozart’s Così fan tutte with a cast including Thomas Allen as Don Alfonso and Miah Persson as Fiordiligi.
The opening night is November 15 at the Nationaltheater in Munich, and there will also be a performance on November 19.
Mark Wigglesworth writes a blog on the Gramophone website. Click here to read his latest entries.
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Published: 06 September 2011
In September, Mark Wigglesworth will return to Opera Australia for eight performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Sydney Opera House. The cast includes Teddy Tahu Rhodes in the title role, as well as Daniel Sumegi, Conal Coad and Rachelle Durkin.