James Ross Conductor
Welcome to conductor James Ross' website, with biography, diary for upcoming concerts, repertoire and reviews. Recent performances and projects include:
SUNDAY 19 MAY 2013 WAGNER AND MAHLER
Wagner Act I Prelude: Lohengrin
Wagner Act III Prelude, Scenes 1, 2 and 3: Lohengrin
Mahler Symphony No.4
Sara Wallander, soprano: Elsa; Mahler
David Butt Philip, tenor: Lohengrin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
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St John's Church, Sidcup, DA14 5DD 7pm
Wagner Act III Prelude, Scenes 1, 2 and 3: Lohengrin
Mahler Symphony No.4
Sara Wallander, soprano: Elsa; Mahler
David Butt Philip, tenor: Lohengrin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
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St John's Church, Sidcup, DA14 5DD 7pm
11 MARCH 2013 WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Commonwealth Day Observance Service with HM The Queen. Music from Queen Elizabeth II's coronation including:
Purcell Incidental music from King Arthur Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves Handel Water Music: Suite No.2 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Joshua Hagley Dance of the Spirits: An African Epiphany and Alan Mofti Euphoric Fanfare (first performances) Members of Chetham's School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal College of Music and Commonwealth Festival Orchestra, organised by The Commonwealth Resounds. |
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SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON
'Sounds Outstanding: Soviet Gaiety and Musical Responses'
New music inspired by the Gallery's Russian exibition 'Gaiety is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union', with Music Off Canvas, Queenswood School and The Purcell School of Music, and Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony Op.110a, with string players from the Philharmonia Orchestra. |
LONDON REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA
June 2013 Nielsen, Symphony No.3
May 2013 Mussorgsky, Night on a Bare Mountain and opera scenes February 2013 Borodin, Symphony No.2 January 2013 Prokofiev, Classical Symphony and Stravinsky, Symphony in E-flat November 2012 Beethoven, Symphony No.9 with Sara Wallander, soprano, Katherine Cooper, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Brown, tenor, Thomas West, baritone HASLEMERE HALL
4 May 2013: Opera Gala concert, including scenes from Wagner, Tannhauser, Lohengrin and Die Meistersinger
March 2013: Mendelssohn, Elijah December 2012: Beethoven, Symphony No.6 and Handel, excerpts from The Messiah with Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
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SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2012
ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE, LONDON Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Bernstein Overture: Candide Menotti To this we've come: The Consul Barber Give me my robe: Antony and Cleopatra Clarke Apocalypse - first performance Bernstein Symphonic Dances: West Side Story Kern Ol' Man River: Show Boat Rodgers Scenes from South Pacific & Oklahoma! Sidcup Symphony Orchestra with members of the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka Tudor Hall Chamber Choir Sara Wallander, soprano Rohan de Lanerolle, baritone Ishan de Lanerolle, bass |
With Cllr Angela Harvey, Lord Mayor of Westminster, Cllr David Harvey, Sara Wallander, Ishan and Rohan de Lanerolle, and Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka members Sulara Nanayakkara, Naveen Fernando, Ananda Dabare and Eshantha Peiris.
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SEPTEMBER 2012: James Ross welcomed Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka members for a UK study tour, including visits to The Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen, The London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Sir Roger Norrington, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, The Purcell School, Chetham's School of Music, and the Royal Northern College of Music, and concerts in Fulmodeston on 23 September and at St John's Smith Square on 29 September.
The tour was in collaboration with Alison Cox OBE of The Commonwealth Resounds, and The Royal Overseas League, with thanks to Vinod Hirdaramani of The Hirdaramani Group of Companies for sponsorship of London accommodation.
The tour was in collaboration with Alison Cox OBE of The Commonwealth Resounds, and The Royal Overseas League, with thanks to Vinod Hirdaramani of The Hirdaramani Group of Companies for sponsorship of London accommodation.
SATURDAY 25 AUGUST: LES CORDES DES QUATRE VENTS
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Les Cordes des Quatre Vents, Limoux, August 2012
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SSO, Mayor of Bexley Cllr Alan Downing, Sara Wallander, James Ross, Cllr Ros Downing and Sidcup MP James Brokenshire.
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FRIDAY 4 MAY
ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE LONDON James Ross presented a concert with soprano Danielle de Niese and pianist Rohan de Silva, in aid of The Friends of Sunera Foundation and The UK-Sri Lanka Trauma Group. |
James Ross, Danielle de Niese, Sunethra Bandaranaike and Rohan de Silva
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MAY 2012: ST ALBANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Ross is pleased to become a Vice-President of the St Albans Symphony Orchestra on SASO's 80th Anniversary
James Ross is pleased to become a Vice-President of the St Albans Symphony Orchestra on SASO's 80th Anniversary
APRIL 2012: LES CORDES DES QUATRE VENTS
EGLISE DE NOTRE DAME D'ASSOMPTION, FANJEAUX, AUDE, FRANCE
Les Cordes des Quatre Vents, Fanjeaux, April 2012
Mozart, Divertimento in D, K.136
Verdi, Ave Maria: Volgarizzata da Dante
Respighi, Il tramonto
Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings
Sara Wallander, soprano; Nigel Keatley, leader
Verdi, Ave Maria: Volgarizzata da Dante
Respighi, Il tramonto
Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings
Sara Wallander, soprano; Nigel Keatley, leader
FEBRUARY 2012: MUSIKKUNSTWERK CONCERT
Saatchi Gallery, London, February 2012
New music composed to accompany the Saatchi Gallery's Gesamtkunstwerk exhibition from Germany, performed live among the art works.
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SYMPHONIC RARITIES
January 2013 Skryabin, Rêverie and Rachmaninov, Symphony No.1
January 2012 Glazunov, Symphony No.1 and Dvořák, Symphony No.4
November 2011 Mendelssohn, Symphony No.5, The Reformation
March 2011 Bruch, Symphony No.3, with Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
FILM RECORDING
Philip Sheppard's score for David Fairhead's The Long Journey Home - award nominee in November 2012 Aesthetica Short Film Festival.
SOFIA PHILHARMONIC, BULGARIA
Джеймс Рос ще дирижира Новогодишния концерт на Филхармонията
DECEMBER 2011: James Ross debut at Bulgaria Hall, Sofia
Bulgaria Hall, Sofia
Elgar, Serenade for Strings
Corelli, Christmas Concerto
Pavel Zlatarov and Petya Dimitrova, violins; Lyubo Nikov, 'cello; Biser Marinov Genev, continuo
Vivaldi, Gloria in D, RV 589
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Bulgarian National Philharmonic Choir "Svetoslav Obretenov"
(Luba Pesheva, chorus director), Sara Wallander, soprano and Bonka Georgieva, mezzo-soprano.
PLAY Bulgarian TV report -located at 20'20"
Corelli, Christmas Concerto
Pavel Zlatarov and Petya Dimitrova, violins; Lyubo Nikov, 'cello; Biser Marinov Genev, continuo
Vivaldi, Gloria in D, RV 589
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Bulgarian National Philharmonic Choir "Svetoslav Obretenov"
(Luba Pesheva, chorus director), Sara Wallander, soprano and Bonka Georgieva, mezzo-soprano.
PLAY Bulgarian TV report -located at 20'20"
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