Laurence Cummings Conductor

Musikocollegium Winterthur, and Moscow Performance. He was Musical Director of the Chamber Orchestra. Tilford Bach Society. Since 1999 he has been Musical Director of the London Handel Festival His numerous recordings include the first where performances have included productions of recording of Handel’s newly discovered Gloria Faramondo, Deborah, Athalia, Esther, Agrippina, with Emma Kirkby and the Royal Academy of Sorsame, Alexander Balus, Hercules, Samson, Music on BIS and recital discs of solo harpsichord Ezio, Riccardo Primo and Tolomeo. In 2012 he music (including music by Louis and Francois became Artistic Director of the Internationale Couperin) for Naxos. A solo disc of Handel arias Händel-Festpiele Göttingen. He is also a regular with Angelika Kirschlager and the Basel Chamber guest at Casa da Musica in Porto where he is Orchestra on Sony BMG was followed up by a Music Director of the Orquestra Barroca Casa da recording of duets with Lawrence Zazzo and Nuria Música. Rial, also with the Basel Chamber Orchestra, on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. He conducts the Other opera productions he has conducted include English Concert and recorder player Maurice Radamisto, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Semele, Steger in a disc of Corelli concertos for Harmonia Messiah, Orfeo and Indian Queen for English Mundi. National Opera, L’Incoronazione di Poppea for Opera North, Saul, Giulio Cesare and Fairy Queen Recent highlights include Berenice for the Royal for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Tamerlano and Opera House Linbury Theatre in collaboration with Mozart’s Lucio Silla for Buxton Festival Opera, The the London Handel Festival and Monteverdi Rake’s Progress with OperaGlass Works at Vespers at Garsington Opera; and appearances Wilton’s Music Hall, Orfeo ed Euridice, Giulio with the Ulster Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Cesare, Alcina and Idomeneo at Göteborg Opera, Age of Enlightenment. King Arthur and SALE for Opernhaus Zurich, Saul Highlights of 2019/20 include a new production of His orchestra is superb. This is at Theater an der Wien, Messiah at the Opera de “ Belshazzar at Zürich Opera, Saul at the Théâtre du Lyon, Orfeo with the Handel and Haydn Society in both musical discovery and pure Châtelet; along with appearances with the Croatian Boston, Agrippina at The Juilliard School, Vivaldi’s Baroque Ensemble, the English Concert, the joy; this is how Handel should L’Incoronazione di Dario, L’Olympiade and La Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Academy be. Verita in Cimento for Garsington Opera, Ariodante ” of Ancient Music, and the MDR Orchester; as well and Tolomeo for English Touring Opera, Rodelinda Shirley Apthorp, Financial as his regular commitments at the London and for Opera Theatre Company in the UK, Ireland and Göttingen Handel Festivals and Casa da Musica. Times New York, Alceste at the Linbury Theatre Covent Garden as part of the London Bach Festival, . Francisco António de Almeida’s La Spinalba and La Giuditta in Porto, and L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Dardanus at the Royal Academy of Valid for use until 1 September 2020 Music. For updated versions please contact [email protected] He regularly conducts the English Concert and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, both in the UK and on tour. He also works with the Hallé, Laurence Cummings is one of Britain's most Bournemouth Symphony, Britten Sinfonia, Royal exciting and versatile exponents of historical Northern Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, performance both as a conductor and a Ulster Orchestra, Royal Scottish National harpsichord player. He was an organ scholar at Orchestra, Royal Academy of Music Baroque Christ Church Oxford where he graduated with first Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Handel class honours. Until 2012 he was Head of and Haydn Society (Boston), St Paul Chamber Historical Performance at the Royal Academy of Orchestra (Minnesota), Kansas City Symphony, Music which led to both baroque and classical National Symphony Orchestra orchestras forming part of the established curriculum. He is now the William Crotch (Washington), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Professor of Historical Jerusalem Symphony, Basel Chamber Orchestra,

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