Below are some of the programmes I strive to make room for

Danish Symphony

Danish Symphony explores ideas of national identity and belonging through two composers looking at a country from an outside perspective. Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony is paired with Matthew Grouse’s Danish Symphony, a new work written from the perspective of a British composer living in Denmark. Together, the two works offer different perspectives on the idea of national identity
Repertoire
Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 “Scottish Symphony”
Matthew Grouse – A Danish Symphony

Finale

This programme brings together two works that explore the theatrical possibilities of the concert stage, gradually blurring the boundaries between orchestra, conductor and performer.
Anne Sophie Andersen’s Violin Concerto sees the orchestra gradually dissolve, while the conductor is left practising basic conducting gestures in a mirror before the musicians leave the stage. In the second half, Mauricio Kagel’s Finale takes the conductor into a different kind of drama, where his physical presence and authority gradually break down, ultimately leaving the orchestra to continue without him.
Repertoire
Anne Sophie Andersen – Violin Concerto
Mauricio Kagel – Finale

Music of the World Leaders

Music of World Leaders explores the connections between music, politics and ideology through the musical worlds of Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Through Mozart, Ravel, Wagner and Shostakovich, the programme brings together four very different stories of how music intersects with power, identity and history.
Repertoire
[Merkel] Mozart – Oboe Concerto
[Obama] Ravel – Pavane for a Dead Princess
[Hitler] Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
[Stalin] Shostakovich – Waltz No.2 in c-minor