Brian Wright - Conductor

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ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - In 2005/6 Brian conducted four major concerts with the RPO including Britten’s War Requiem, and a concert in the RPO’s Cadogan Hall series. In  2006/7 he conducted an acclaimed broadcast performance of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts, and in 2007/8 Elgar’s The Dream Of Gerontius. In the 2000/1 season, Brian conducted the RPO in a highly successful tour of China, including the Shanghai International Festival. The Shanghai Morning Express wrote: "A great interpretation from a world class conductor and orchestra". The Xinmin Evening News, wrote: "A concert on the highest level in China in recent years." 2008/9 brought Fauré and Berlioz at the Royal Albert Hall and Brian conducts Verdi’s Requiem for the RPO at the RAH in 2009/10. Concerts with the RPO in 2010 include Beethoven’s Eroica in Malvern and Wolverhampton.

ROMANIA - In May 2005 Brian visited Bucharest for concerts with the George Enescu Philharmonic featuring Brahms’s Tragic overture and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. He was immediately re-engaged for a programme of Sibelius, Liszt and Dvorak’s 7th Symphony in April 2007 and conducts further concerts in 2010/11.

SLOVENIA - In Easter week, April 2007 Brian visited Ljubljana for a concert  including Poulenc’s Stabat Mater and Elgar’s Cello Concerto, with the Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Brian returns to Llubljana in 2010/11.

MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 2008/9 brought Vaughan Williams’ Job, Tchaikovsky 5, Brahms 2, Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra and Ravel’s Daphnis & Chloe. 2009/10 repertoire included Prokofiev 5, Haydn 100, Dvorak’s Op. 46 Slavonic Dances, Bruckner 2, Tchaikovsky 6 and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. The Stage wrote in June 2005: “The string sound is clear and incisive, the brass impeccably tuned and the percussion have that clockwork sense of timing which always leaves me gasping with admiration. The woodwind section is pretty good too! No, I’m not in a pricey London venue enjoying the LSO or a top visiting orchestra, I’m at Mote Hall, Maidstone, on a damp Saturday night, listening to the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra.” Brian celebrates MSO’s centenary in 2010/11 with a commission from John McCabe.

LONDON CHORAL CONCERTS - In 2006/7 Brian conducted Goldsmiths Choral Union in Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s B minor Mass and Schubert’s Eb Mass. In July 2007, Brian and GCU visited the Czech Republic for two concerts, one of  them in Prague. 2007/8 brought Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Easter Oratorio, Ascension Oratorio and Magnificat, Bruckner’s E minor Mass, and works by Sir Arthur Bliss and Ronald Corp. 2008/9 brought Fauré’s Requiem, Berlioz’s Te Deum, Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Haydn’s Salve Regina and Nelson Mass, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Peter Skellern’s Weathers. 2009/10 included Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s St. John Passion, Haydn’s Maria Theresa Mass and Mozart’s Requiem. Brian returns to the Royal Festival Hall in 2010/11 for a programme of Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. Brian and GCU were featured in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame on Christmas Day 2009 with a new recording of Peter Skellern’s carol “Were you there?”

Handel’s Messiah
RAH, December 2009