Opera della Luna, directed by Jeff Clark, presents the first professional UK production of an enchanting operetta by Johann Strauss; a story of political intrigue, royal adultery, and a bullfight.

Das Spitzentuch der Konigin was a huge success in Vienna and New York in the 1880s but was never presented in London. Many of its tunes are now well-known to us, as Strauss later re-used them in his famous orchestral waltzes. ‘Roses of the South’ is just one of the many well-loved melodies contained within the show’s sparkling score.

Tickets £15- £25
http://wiltons.org.uk/whatson/346-the-queen-s-lace-handkerchief

Concerts with Orion Orchestra on Wed 26 and Sat 29th, alongside running my conductors’ course.

Featuring Saint-Seans Symphony No.3 'Organ', music by Rossini, Lehar, and traditional last night of the Proms favourites.
Starring mezzo soprano Victoria Simmons

Full Details and Program of Events now at:  http://www.marylebonemusicfestival.com/

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Assistant Conductor to Anthony Negus

Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
Assistant Conductor to Edward Gardner

Manchester Concert Orchestra

Adrian Dwyer- tenor
Nicholas Lester- baritone

http://www.raymondgubbay.co.uk/whats-on/spectacular-classics

Raymond Yiu- Butofleoge (world premiere)

Symphony No.1 in E flat, K.16
Alleluia, from Exsultate, Jubilate
Arias and Duets from Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote and Le Nozze di Figaro

Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra
Toby Purser conductor
Jamie Campbell violin
Meghan Cassidy viola
Nicola Said Soprano
Julien van Mellaerts Baritone

A programme celebrating the diversity of Mozart's genius, beginning with his first symphony and stretching to opera from his final year. They are joined by two of the UK's finest New Generation Instrumental Soloists, and two opera singers from the Peace and Prosperity Trust.

Symphony No.1 in E-flat, K.16
Operatic Arias
Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313

Orion Orchestra
Alena Lugovkina - flute
Sarah-Jane Lewis - soprano

Email:  socialevents@queensclub.co.uk

Bach ‘Ave Maria’
Darke ‘In the bleak midwinter’
Rutter ‘Shepherd’s Pipe Carol’
Gruber ‘Silent Night’
Anderson ‘A Christmas Festival ‘
A selection of carols including: ‘O little town of Bethlehem’, ‘O come, all ye faithful’, ‘The first Nowell’ and ‘Hark! the herald angels sing’

Part of the Beirut Chants Festival. Free Admission.

Strauss - Overture to Die Fledermaus
Dvorak- Slavonic Dance in E minor. op.72 no.2 Rachmaninov- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Bizet - Excerpts from the Carmen Suite
Bizet - Flower Song
Delibes- Prelude and Mazurka from Coppélia
Puccini - Nessun Norma, from Turandot
De Curtis - Non ti scordar di me
Tchaikovsky- Capriccio Italien

Simon Trpceski - piano
Streetwise Opera
Orion Orchestra
www.cadoganhall.com/event/london-international-orchestra-161207/

Works include (TBC):
Bernstein - Candide Overture
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin - Summertime, from Porgy and Bess
Barber - Adagio
Bernstein - Scenes from West Side Story

Simon Trpceski - piano
Streetwise Opera
Orion Orchestra
www.anightunderthestars.co.uk

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Rachmaninov Piano Concert No.2
Beethoven Symphony No.5

Piano : Natasha Kudritskaya
Conductor: Toby Purser

http://www.westroad.org/event-info/east-anglia-chamber-orchestra-7/

Programme to include Beethoven Violin Concerto

East Anglia Chamber Orchestra
http://eacho.org.uk

Including concerts with Orion Orchestra as follows, repertoire TBC:
Wednesday 27th July, 20.00 - The Great Hall Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Saturday 30th July, 20.00 - The Great Hall Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Guy Johnson - cello (TBC)
Tom Poster - piano
Orion Orchestra

http://musicfestaberystwyth.org

Mozart : Overture to le Nozze di Figaro
Beethoven: Violin concerto
Operatic tenor arias
Last Night of the Proms favourites, including: Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Arne: Rule Britannia
Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Tenor: David Butt Philip
Violin: Elena Urioste
Conductor: Toby Purser

Chelsea Opera Group

Ibert - Homage a Mozart
Delius - On Hearing the first cuckoo in Spring
Dvorak - Czech Suite
Beethoven Symphony No.4

Helix Ensemble

Schubert arr Mahler - Death and the Maiden
Strauss - Metamorphosen

Orion Orchestra
Toby Purser, conductor

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Marche Slave
Scenes from Swan Lake
Piano Concerto N.1 in B-flat
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
1812 Overture (with fireworks)

Noriko Ogawa - Piano
London Concert Orchestra

Programme includes:
Mozart - Coronation Mass
Mozart - Alleluia, from Exsultate Jubilate.
Mozart - I will call upon the Lord
Mendelssohn - I waited for the Lord
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Handel - For unto us a child in Born
and carols including: Once in Royal David's City, Silent Night, Deck the Hall, and others.

Corinne Metni, Samar Salame, Miranda Heldt - Sopranos
Angela Simkin - Mezzo
Julian Issa - Tenor
Julian Van Mellaerts, Rajai Khouri- Baritones
Toufic Maatouk - Co-Conductor
Antonine University Choir

http://beirutchants.com/concert/a-tribute-to-beirut-orpheus-choir/
Admission Free

Programme includes:
Dvorak - Scherzo Capriccioso
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves
Puccini/arr.Langford: Fantasy on La Boheme
Tchaikovsky March Slave
Baritone Arias and show tunes including 'Some Enchanted Evening'
Carols incuding 'Silent Night', 'Ding Dong Merrily on High' and 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'.

Njabulo Madlala - baritone
Sarah Aaronson - Piano Accordion
Bibs Ekkel - Balalaika

London International Orchestra
http://www.lio.org.uk/concerts-diary.htm

Starring:
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Joanne McGahon - soprano
English Chamber Choir

Orion Orchestra

Ibert - Homage a Mozart
Faure - Masques et Bergamasques
Vaughan Williams : Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus; Fantasia on Greensleeves
Elgar - Sospiri
Poulenc - Sinfonietta

Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra
www.cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk  

Enas Massalha - mother
Libretto - Emeanor Knight
Co-Directors - Michael Moxham, Maria Koripas
Designer - Giulia Scrimieri
Ensemble Zar

Matthew Barley : cello
Laura Mitchell : soprano
Angela Simkin : mezzo-soprano
Peter Kirk : tenor
James Oldfield : bass
Michael Gurevich - violin

Schola Cabtorum
Orion Orchestra, Toby Purser : conductor

Celebrating ‘2015 the Year of Mexico in the UK’, a musical and visual programme of works from both countries. Alongside established greats such as Danzón No. 2 by Márquez and Moncayo's Huapango, the programme features the world première of Gonzalez Orduña’s piano concerto, and Thomas Adès’ Polaris performed with video projections designed by BAFTA-award winning artist Tal Rosner. The charity Ojos che Sieten will also feature, with specially commissioned images by blind and partially sighted photographers inspired by listening to the Danzón No. 2 projected during its performance. In the presence of HE The Mexican Ambassador to London, and patrons The Rt. Hon Nick Clegg MP and Miriam González Durántez.

Raul Jimenez - piano
Tal Rosner - video artist
Toby Purser - conductor

Dvorak - Carnival Overture
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Elgar - Enigma Variations: Nimrod
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Bizet - Carmen: Prelude, Aragonaise & Les Toreadors
Sibilius - Karalia Suite: March
Massenet - Thais: Meditation
Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Brahams - Hingarian Dance No.5
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture

Violin - Duncan Riddell
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Toby Purser

Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No.1
Liszt - Piano Concerto No.2
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.3

Evanne Puzaite - piano
Aisa Ijiri - piano
Grace Mo - piano
Orion Orchestra
Conductoe - Toby Purser

Mozart - Overture to Le Nozze de Figaro
Elizabeth Winters - The Serious Side of Madness
Winning work of 'Orion Composers Competition' (world premier)
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.7

Jennifer Pike - violin
Orion Orchestra

Mozart - Overture to Le Nozze de Figaro
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.7
Premier of the winning entry in 'The Orion Composers Competition 2015'.
(This programme then tours to Singapore for performance on March 7th.)
Michael Gurevich - violin

Orion Orchestra
Toby Purser, conductor

Directed by Fiona Shaw, designed by Peter McKintosh
Cast including:

David Stout - Figaro
Mary Bevan - Susanna
Benedict Nelson - Count

Toby Purser, conductor

Walton - Scapino Overture
John Adams - 'Absolute Jest', for string quartet and orchestra
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Bernstein - Three Dance Episodes from On The Town

Doric String Quartet
Orion Orchestra
Toby Purser, conductor

Guy Johnston - cello
Tom Poster - piano

Toby Purser - Conductor
Suzanne Shakespeare
Jesus Alvarez
Katherine Taylor-Jones
Adrian Clarke
Orchestra of Opera della Luna

Elgar   Introduction and Allegro
Tchaikovsky   Serenade for Strings
Rachmaninov   Vocalise
Britten   Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

Orion Orchestra Strings
Toby Purser, conductor

Elgar   Serenade for Strings
Mozart   Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364
Holst   St Paul's Suite
Mozart   Symphony No.29 in A, K.201

Jamie Campbell - violin
Meghan Cassidy - viola
Toby Purser - conductor
Orion Chamber Orchestra

Steinkellner - Sister Act
Performed by Pimlico Opera and the female inmates of HMP Bronzefield

Michael Moody - director

Tchaikovsky   Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Greig   Piano Concerto in A Minor
Bizet   Carmen Suite
Mascagni   Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Strauss   Roses from the South Waltz
Ravel   Bolero

Viv McLean - Piano
Toby Purser - Conductor
London Concert Orchestra

Helix Ensemble

Programme to include:
Poulenc Organ Concerto
Britten les Illuminations

Christian Schmitt - Organ
Julien Behr - Tenor

Evian Festival Orchestra

Gershwin - Cuban Overture
Gardel - Por una Cabeza;Il dia que me quieras
Freire - ‘Ay, ay, ay’
Piazzolla – Oblivion Tango; Libertango

Ave Maria - Juan Carlos Gonzalez

Romero - Fuga con Pajarillo
Ginastera: Danzas de ballet ‘Estancias’

Ponce: Estrellita
Lara: Granada
Velasquez: Besame Mucho
Marquez: Danzon No.2

Starring:
Jesus Leon – tenor
Lizzie Ball – violin
The James Pearson Trio
Sally Silver - Soprano

Suzie Thorn - Oboe

Orion Orchestra

Mozart Symphony No.29 K.201 in A
Haydn - Overture in D
Haydn - La Cantarina

Bampton Opera

Mozart Symphony No.29 K.201 in A
Haydn - Overture in D
Haydn - La Cantarina

Bampton Opera

Works by Mozart include
Clarinet Concerto
Overture to le Nozze di Figaro
Finale of Jupiter Symphony
and favourite operatic arias fron Don Giovanani,The Magic Flute and Le Nozze di Figaro.

Michael Collins - clarinet
Christopher Maltman - baritone
Lucy Crowe - soprano

Orion Orchestra

Including The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Disney Projection
Music from:
Harry Potter
Les Miserables
Mission Impossiblr
and much more
Sibelius - Symphony No.5

Presented and co-conducted by Sue Perkins
Orion Orchestra

Nielsen - Overture 'Masquerade'
Wiren - Serenade for Strings
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto
Sibelius - Symphony No.5

Orpheus Sinfonia

Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No.2
Haydn- Cello concerto in D major
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante, for violin, viola and orchestra
Brahms - ‘St Anthony’ Variations

Guy Johnston - cello
Jamie Campbell - violin
Mrghan Cassidy - viola
Orion Orchestra

Beethoven - Overture  'Coriolan'
Gareth Churchill-  'Oxbow'  (world premier)
Mozart  -  Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
Beerhoven Piano Concerto No.5  'Emperor'

Tom Poster - piano
Orion Orchestra

Messager – Fortunio

Daniel Slater - director
Francis O’Connor - designer
Nick Winston - choreographer

Cast includes Ilona Domnich as Jacqueline and Timothy Dawkins as Maitre Andre.

Goss Triple Concerto

Graham Caskie - piano
Thomas Carroll - cello
Orpheus Sinfonia

Bax – Tintagel
Britten – Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6, ‘Pathetique’

Thomas Gould - violin
Orion Orchestra

Ligeti – Romanian Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No.8
Beethoven – Triple Concerto, for piano, violin and cello

Anthony Hewitt – Piano
Alexei Kiseliov – cello
Tbc - violin
Orpheus Sinfonia

Bernstein -West Side Story

Performed by Pimlico Opera and the inmates of HMP Erlestoke.

Nikki Woolaston – director
Philip Engleheart – designer  

http://www.grangeparkopera.co.uk/programme/west-side-story  

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