New releases
Grace Williams: Orchestra Works, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is released in October 2024 on Resonus Classics; Spring 2025 sees the release of Errollyn Wallen’s Orchestral Works with the BBC Concert Orchestra as well as Kennedy-Fraser and Granville Bantock’s Hebridean chamber opera The Seal Woman for Retrospect Opera with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera.
FUTURE RECORDINGS
In January 2025, John returns to the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester with pianist Samantha Ege to record a disc of works by Avril Coleridge-Taylor including her ‘Piano Concerto’.
SUMMER 2025
John will conduct Bellini’s ‘I Capuleti e I Montecchi’ together with a gala broadcast of Leoncavallo, Puccini, Donizetti and Verdi with the BBC Concert Orchestra at West Green Opera. followed by performances of ‘The Pirates Penzance’ and ‘Princess Ida’ at Buxton Opera House.
BBC Concert ORChestra Christmas Broadcast
John’s Opera Gala concert recorded with Nicky Spence, Soraya Mafi and the BBC Concert Orchestra, featuring music from Handel through to Bernstein, will be broadcast on Radio 3 on December 13th.
BBC Music Magazine award
John’s recording of piano concertante works by three of Britain’s greatest female composers, featuring Rebeca Omordia and Martin Jones with the BBC Concert Orchestra has won the ‘Premiere ‘ category in the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024. This follows Awards in the ‘Best Opera Recording’ Category for ‘The Dragon of Wantley’ (2023) and ‘The Dancing Master’ (2021)
Winner: ‘resiscovery of the year’
John’s recording of Ethel Smyth’s opera ‘Der Wald’, with a fantastic team soloists, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers has won ‘Rediscovery of the Year, 2023’ from Presto Music.
opera Holland Park
In July, 2024, John returned to Opera Holland Park to conduct the revival of the Opera Awards-nominated production of Wolf-Ferrari’s ‘il segreto di Susanna’ with the original cast and the City of London Sinfonia. It received a shower of five-star reviews, and John will be returning to conduct concerts in the 2025 season.
KINGS AND QUEENS
John’s Recording of Debbie Wiseman’s ‘The Music of Kings and Queens’ with The National Symphony Orchestra has reached the Classic FM Hall of Fame for the second year.
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