Laurence Cummings Conductor

Laurence Cummings Conductor Laurence Cummings is one of Britain's most He regularly conducts the English Concert exciting and versatile exponents of historical and the Orchestra of the Age of performance both as a conductor and a Enlightenment, both in the UK and on tour. harpsichord player. He was an organ scholar at Christ Church Oxford where he graduated He also works with the Hallé, Bournemouth with first class honours. Until 2012 he was Symphony, Britten Sinfonia, Royal Northern Head of Historical Performance at the Royal Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Academy of Music which led to both baroque Ulster Orchestra, Royal Scottish National and classical orchestras forming part of the Orchestra, Royal Academy of Music Baroque established curriculum. He is now the Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society William Crotch Professor of Historical (Boston), St Paul Chamber Orchestra Performance. He was Musical Director of the (Minnesota), National Symphony Orchestra Tilford Bach Society. Since 1999 he has been (Washington), Kansas City Symphony, Musical Director of the London Handel Wiener Akademie, Musikcollegium Festival where performances have included Winterthur, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, productions of Deborah , Athalia , Esther , Jerusalem Symphony and Basel Chamber Agrippina , Sorsame , Alexander Balus , Orchestra. Hercules , Samson , Ezio , Riccardo Primo and Tolomeo . In 2012 he became Artistic Director His numerous recordings include the first of the Internationale Händel-Festpiele recording of Handel’s newly discovered Göttingen. He is also a regular guest at Casa Gloria with Emma Kirkby and the Royal “ da Musica in Porto where he is Music Academy of Music on BIS and recital discs of His orchestra is superb. This Director of the Orquestra Barroca Casa da solo harpsichord music (including music by is both musical discovery and Música. Louis and Francois Couperin) for Naxos. A pure joy; this is how Handel solo disc of Handel arias with Angelika Other opera productions he has conducted Kirschlager and the Basel Chamber ” should be. include Radamisto , L’Incoronazione di Orchestra on Sony BMG was followed up by Shirley Apthorp, Financial Poppea , Semele , Messiah , Orfeo and Indian a recording of duets with Lawrence Zazzo Times Queen for English National Opera, and Nuria Rial, also with the Basel Chamber L’Incoronazione di Poppea for Opera North, Orchestra, on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. He Giulio Cesare , Fairy Queen for Glyndebourne conducts the English Concert and recorder Festival Opera and Saul for Glyndebourne on player Maurice Steger in a disc of Corelli Tour, Tamerlano for Buxton Festival Opera, concertos for Harmonia Mundi. Gluck’s Orpheus & Eurydike, Giulio Cesare and Alcina at Gothenburg Opera, King Recent engagements include Idomeneo for Arthur and SALE for Opernhaus Zurich, Göteborg Opera as well as collaborations Messiah at the Opera de Lyon, Vivaldi’s with the Orchestra of the Age of L’Incoronazione di Dario, L’Olympiade and Enlightenment, Musikcollegium Winterthur, La Verita in Cimento for Garsington Opera, Ulster Symphony, RSNO, the Kansas City Ariodante and Tolomeo for English Touring Symphony and National Symphony Opera, Rodelinda for Opera Theatre orchestras in the US. Current engagements Company in the UK, Ireland and New York, include Agrippina at Juilliard, Lucio Silla for Alceste at the Linbury Theatre Covent Buxton Opera, and concerts with the Scottish Garden as part of the London Bach Festival, and Moscow Chamber Orchestras, together Francisco António de Almeida’s La Spinalba with his commitments at Casa da Musica in and La Giuditta in Porto, L’Incoronazione di Porto and the London and Göttingen Handel Poppea and Dardanus at the Royal Academy Festivals. of Music. He made his US debut conducting Orfeo with the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston. Valid for use until 1 September 2017 For updated versions please contact [email protected] Rayfield Allied Member of the International Artist Southbank House, Managers’ Association Black Prince Road, London SE 1 7 SJ , UK Rayfield Allied acts as agent only and can www.rayfieldallied.com accept no responsibility as principal E-mail [email protected] Telephone +44 (0) 20 3176 5500 Facsimile +44 (0) 700 602 4143 .

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