JESSICA COTTIS
conductor
NORRLANDSOPERAN, SWEDEN
8, 12, 14, 24, 26, 28 Oct, 7, 9, 11, 14 Nov 2023
John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer | Swedish premiere
Verena Stoiber, stage director
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, IRELAND
2 & 3 Nov 2023
Matthew Hindson: Speed
Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder
Brahms: Symphony no. 2
With Claire Booth, soprano
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
22 & 23 Nov 2023
Dvorák: In Nature's Realm, op. 91
R. Strauss Vier letzte Lieder
Louisa Trewartha: Weave magic secrets | World premiere (CSO commission)
Sibelius: Symphony no. 7
With Eleanor Lyons, soprano
OPERA AUSTRALIA
31 Dec 2023, 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 27, 30 Jan, 3 Feb 2024
Verdi: La Traviata
Sarah Giles, stage director
EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CANADA
9, 10, 11 Feb 2024
Connor D'Netto: Uncertain Planning | Canadian premiere
Mozart: Horn concerto no. 4
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 'Scottish'
With Allene Hackleman, horn
NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA, OTTAWA
14 Feb 2024
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mahler: Adagietto (Symphony no. 5)
Kurt Weill: Three Songs from One Touch of Venus
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
With Rachel Mercer, cello & Wallis Giunta, mezzo soprano
NORRLANDSOPERAN, SWEDEN
22 & 23 Feb 2024
Caterina Barbieri: Knot of Spirit
Rachel Portman: Violin concerto 'Elements'
Mozart: Serenade no. 10 'Gran Partita'
With Niklas Liepe, violin
KUOPIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, FINLAND
29 Feb 2024
Tippett: Fantasia on a theme of Corelli
Andrea Tarrodi: Cello concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 'Italian'
With Jakob Koranyi, cello
ROMANIAN RADIO ORCHESTRA
8 March 2024
Diana Rotaru: Chorals and Music-Boxes
Mozart: Piano concerto KV 488, no. 23
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
With Adela Liculescu, piano
VÄSTERÅS SINFONIETTA, SWEDEN
14, 15 & 16 March 2024
Tippet: Fantasia on a theme of Corelli
Benjamin Staern: Trumpet concerto 'Surprise!'
Corelli: Concerto grosso in F, op. 6, no. 12
Haydn: Symphony no. 94
With John Axelsson, trumpet
REAL FILHARMONIA DE GALICIA
22 March 2024
Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 'Classical'
Sculthorpe: Island Songs
Richard Meale: Cantilena Pacifica
Haydn: Symphony no. 104
With Amy Dickson, saxophone
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
12 April 2024
Gavin Higgins: Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra
Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
14 April 2024
Gavin Higgins: Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra
Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5
Royal Festival Hall, London
OULU SINFONIA, FINLAND
25 April 2024
Grace-Evangeline Mason: The Imagined Forest
Kalevi Aho: Concerto for violin and cello | World premiere
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
With Christel Lee, violin, and Jonathan Roozeman, cello
I POMERIGGI, MILAN
2 & 5 May 2024
Beethoven: Ruins of Athens overture
Martinu: Rhapsody Concerto for viola and orchestra
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 'Scottish'
With Timothy Ridout, viola
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
16 May 2024
Ella Macens: A Love Worth Fighting For
James Henry: Heart Like Snow
Peggy Polias: Lacuna | World premiere (CSO commission)
Michael Bakrncev: new work | World premiere (CSO commission)
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
22 & 23 May 2024
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Nigel Westlake: Toward Takayna
Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
With Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, guitar
PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / JANACEK FESTIVAL
30 May 2024
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Mozart: Fra cento affanni & Bella mia Fiamma
Elgar: Enigma Variations
With Claire Booth, soprano
ARMENIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
8 June 2024
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Brahms: Symphony no. 4
With Claire Booth, soprano, and Julian Orlishausen, baritone
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL / BRITTEN SINFONIA
15 June 2024
1948 Festival Opening Night
Purcell: Chaconny in G minor
Handel: Organ Concerto in D minor, Op.7 No.4
Robin Haigh: LUCK (Britten Pears Arts co-commission / first performance)
Britten: Saint Nicolas, Op.4
With Nick Pritchard, tenor, Matilda Lloyd, trumpet, Katherine Dienes-Williams, organ, Britten Sinfonia, Choristers of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, and Britten Pears Chorus
OPERA AUSTRALIA
26 & 28 July 2024
Missy Mazzoli: Breaking the Waves
Anne-Louise Sarks, stage director
TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
1 August 2024
Shostakovich: Piano concerto no. 2
Weill: Symphony no. 2
With Stefan Cassomenos, piano
CANBERRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AUSTRALIA
7 & 8 Aug 2024
Miriama Young: Daughters of Elysium | World premiere
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9