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Published: 05 May 2013
This month, Rory Macdonald travels to China with the Aurora Orchestra for three concerts at the Shanghai Concert Hall exploring the music of the twentieth century.
The visit is staged in collaboration with Southbank Centre and includes performances of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf (with Suzie Templeton’s Oscar-winning film), Debussy’s (arr. Iain Farrington) Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances, Ligeti’s...
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Published: 01 April 2013
Rory Macdonald makes his debut with the Northern Sinfonia this week when he gives two performances with the orchestra at Middlesbrough Town Hall on 3 April and at the Sage Gateshead on 4 April. The programme for both concerts opens with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No.3, followed by Grieg’s Piano Concerto with pianist Denis Kozhukhin. The second half features Sibelius Rakastava and the performances conclude with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4.Later...
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Published: 07 January 2013
At the end of this month, Rory Macdonald will record for Chandos Records the rare Sullivan opera The Beauty Stone with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.Macdonald will be joined by a cast which will include, Toby Spence, Rebecca Evans, Catherine Wyn Rogers, Alan Opie and Elin Manahan-Thomas.
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Published: 01 November 2012
Following his highly successful debut with the orchestra last season, Rory Macdonald returns this month to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for two performances at the Warwick Arts Centre on 28 November and at London’s Cadogan Hall on 29 November.
The concerts will open with Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, followed by Shostakovich’s Concerto for Trumpet and Piano with soloists Natasha Paremski and Mike Allen....
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Published: 08 October 2012
This month, Rory Macdonald will make his debut at Wexford Festival conducting Delius’s A Village Romeo and Juliet.On 26 and 29 October, and 1 and 4 November, Macdonald will give performances of the Delius opera in the year which marks the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Macdonald will be joined by director Stephen Medcalf, designer Jamie Vartan and a cast including John Bellemer, Jessica Muirhead and Quentin Hayes.
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Published: 01 June 2012
This month, British conductor Rory Macdonald will make his debut at the San Francisco Opera in a new production of Mozart’s Magic Flute designed by the Japanese visual artist Jun Kaneko. Macdonald will conduct nine performances; the opening night is Wednesday 13 June.
Having made his North American opera debut at the Canadian Opera (Carmen) and engagements with the Lyric Opera of Chicago in December 2010 (Midsummer Night’s Dream) and...
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Published: 01 May 2012
This month, Rory Macdonald will return to the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, where he will conduct two performances at Hämeenlinna and at the Sibelius Hall, Lahti.
The programme will open with Webern Passacaglia, followed by Ravel’s Piano Concerto with soloist Alexander Toradze. The concerts will close with Elgar’s Symphony No. 1.
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Published: 09 April 2012
This month, Rory Macdonald will make his Japanese debut with the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra. Macdonald will conduct the orchestra in two performances at the Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre in Nagoya on 20 and 21 April. The programme will open with Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel Overture, followed by Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 with soloist Hibiki Tamura. The concerts will close with Sibelius Legends.
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Published: 29 February 2012
Rory Macdonald will make his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on Sunday 4 March.
Macdonald will conduct the orchestra at the Barbican Centre in a Shakespeare-inspired programme that will include the UK premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Five Shakespeare Sonnets. Macdonald will also perform John Adams Lollapalooza, Korngold Much Ado About Nothing Suite and Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite.
The evening, which will also feature readings of the...
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Published: 03 February 2012
After a busy month of rehearsals in January, February will see Rory Macdonald give five performances of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with Houston Grand Opera (February 3 to 11).
The following week, Rory will return to the Hallé Orchestra with whom he will give six performances over the course of ten days, including three concerts at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. The programmes will include orchestral works by Mozart, Sibelius and...
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