Live
24/25 season
4 August 2024, 11:00am
BBC Proms: Prom 20 (live on BBC Radio 3 & deferred TV broadcast on BBC4)
Serbian Trad. - Adje Jano
Trad. - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 1, 2 & 5
Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
Burt Bacharach - I Say a Little Prayer
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Dvořák - Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla - Libertango
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers - Good Times
Arrangements by Harry Baker, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Fantasia Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
5 August 2024, 11:15am
Serbian Trad. - Adje Jano
Trad. - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dance no. 1
Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Dvořák - Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla - Libertango
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers - Good Times
Arrangements by Harry Baker, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Fantasia Orchestra
Jess Gillam, presenter
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
21 August 2024, 13:05
Recorded for BBC Radio 3
Rossini - Overture to La Cenerentola
Korngold - Fairytale Pictures
Humperdinck (adapt. Schwarz) - Hansel and Gretel Suite
Ulster Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Ulster Hall, 34 Bedford Street, Belfast BT2 7FF
26 September 2024, 19:30
Exeter Main Season Opening Concert
Wagner - Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Clare Hammond, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Exeter University Great Hall, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4PY
18 October 2024, 19:30
‘Strings and Serenades’
Pärt - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Ellington, arr. Gould - Sophisticated Lady
Kidane - Be Still
Alberga - Shining Gate of Morpheus
interval
Ligeti - Ramifications
Ellington, arr. Gould - Solitude
Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry
Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Fantasia Orchestra
Ben Goldscheider - Horn
Toby Spence - Tenor
Tom Fetherstonhaugh - Conductor
St Gabriel’s Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico, London, SW1V 4QF
22 October 2024, 14:30
‘New Sounds’
Britten Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Peterborough Cathedral, Minster Precinct, Peterborough PE1 1XS
2 November 2024, 14:00
Magnum Opus: Composer Showcase
Anibal Vidal - Invocación no. 2: A Kintsugi Resurrection (world premiere)
Eden Lonsdale - Voicings (world premiere)
Alex Groves - Four by Four by Four (world premiere)
Imogen Whitehead, trumpet
Alexandra Achillea Pouta, mezzo-soprano
Rakhi Singh, violin
Britten Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Giles Cripplegate, Fore St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DA
25 November 2024, 13:30
Raphael Clarkson - The Robot and the Bluebird
Britten Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
26 November 2024, 10:30
Raphael Clarkson - The Robot and the Bluebird
Britten Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Saffron Hall, Audley End Rd, Saffron Walden CB11 4UH
27 November 2024, 10:30
Raphael Clarkson - The Robot and the Bluebird
Britten Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
The Apex, Charter Square St, Bury Saint Edmunds IP33 3FD
1 January 2025, 15:00
Johann Strauss II - Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen
Josef Strauss - Phoenix March
Lehar - Gold and Silver Waltz
Johann Strauss II - Klänge der Heimat (Csardas) from Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz
interval
Josef Strauss - Sphärenklänge Waltz
Lehar - Vilja-Lied from The Merry Widow
Johann Strauss II - Mein Herr Marquis from Die Fledermaus
Hellmesberger, Jr. - Kleiner Anzeiger Galopp
Johann Strauss II - Thunder and Lightning Polka
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Johann Strauss II - Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss I - Radetzky March
Eduard Strauss - Mit Dampf, Polka schnell
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Ava Dodd, soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
3 January 2025, 19:30
Johann Strauss II - Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen
Josef Strauss - Phoenix March
Carl Michael Ziehrer - Wiener Bürger Walzer
Johann Strauss II - Csardas from Ritter Pázmán
Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz
interval
Josef Strauss - Sphärenklänge Waltz
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Lehar - Gold and Silver Waltz
Hellmesberger, Jr. - Kleiner Anzeiger Galopp
Johann Strauss II - Thunder and Lightning Polka
Eduard Strauss - Mit Dampf, Polka schnell
Johann Strauss II - Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss I - Radetzky March
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Taunton Brewhouse, Coal Orchard, Taunton TA1 1JL
8 January 2025, 19:30
Johann Strauss II - Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen
Josef Strauss - Phoenix March
Lehar - Gold and Silver Waltz
Johann Strauss II - Klänge der Heimat (Csardas) from Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz
interval
Josef Strauss - Sphärenklänge Waltz
Lehar - Vilja-Lied from The Merry Widow
Johann Strauss II - Mein Herr Marquis from Die Fledermaus
Hellmesberger, Jr. - Kleiner Anzeiger Galopp
Johann Strauss II - Thunder and Lightning Polka
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Johann Strauss II - Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss I - Radetzky March
Eduard Strauss - Mit Dampf, Polka schnell
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Weymouth Pavilion Theatre, The Esplanade, Weymouth DT4 8ED
9 January 2025, 19:30
Johann Strauss II - Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen
Josef Strauss - Phoenix March
Lehar - Gold and Silver Waltz
Johann Strauss II - Klänge der Heimat (Csardas) from Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz
interval
Josef Strauss - Sphärenklänge Waltz
Lehar - Vilja-Lied from The Merry Widow
Johann Strauss II - Mein Herr Marquis from Die Fledermaus
Hellmesberger, Jr. - Kleiner Anzeiger Galopp
Johann Strauss II - Thunder and Lightning Polka
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Johann Strauss II - Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss I - Radetzky March
Eduard Strauss - Mit Dampf, Polka schnell
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Fareham Live, Osborn Road, Fareham PO16 7DB
12 January 2025, 15:00
Johann Strauss II - Overture to Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen
Josef Strauss - Phoenix March
Carl Michael Ziehrer - Wiener Bürger Walzer
Johann Strauss II - Csardas from Ritter Pázmán
Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz
interval
Josef Strauss - Sphärenklänge Waltz
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Lehar - Gold and Silver Waltz
Hellmesberger, Jr. - Kleiner Anzeiger Galopp
Johann Strauss II - Thunder and Lightning Polka
Eduard Strauss - Mit Dampf, Polka schnell
Johann Strauss II - Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss I - Radetzky March
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Marlborough College Memorial Hall, Bath Road, Marlborough SN8 1PA
1, 8, 11, 14, 21 February 2025
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman
Opera North
Assistant/Cover Conductor to Garry Walker
8, 15, 22, 28 March 2025
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman
Opera North
Assistant/Cover Conductor to Garry Walker
11 March 2025, 10:30
‘The Magic of Imagination’
Williams - Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Williams - Flight to Neverland from Hook!
Bricusse/Newley - Pure Imagination
Stravinsky - Russian Dance from Petrushka
Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Dvorak - Largo from Symphony no. 9
Meredith - Nautilus
Ray Parker Jr - Theme from Ghostbusters
National Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin D02 N527
11 March 2025, 12:30
‘The Magic of Imagination’
Williams - Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Williams - Flight to Neverland from Hook!
Bricusse/Newley - Pure Imagination
Stravinsky - Russian Dance from Petrushka
Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Dvorak - Largo from Symphony no. 9
Meredith - Nautilus
Ray Parker Jr - Theme from Ghostbusters
National Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin D02 N527
13 March 2025, 18:30
‘Our Music, Our Way’ - in partnership with Orchestras Live
Montgomery - Starburst
Dukas - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Price - Adoration
Co-creation work (premiere)
Rossini - Overture from William Tell
Mozart - Overture from The Marriage of Figaro
Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Ravel - Mother Goose Suite, movts. 1, 4 & 5
Co-creation work (premiere)
Sibelius - Finale from Symphony no. 5
Dwight - Circle of Life
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Eston Leisure Centre, 51 Imperial Road, Middlesbrough TS6 9AE
3 April 2025, 18:30
‘New Connections: Voyagers’ - in partnership with Orchestras Live
Bernstein - Mambo from West Side Story
Co-creation work (premiere)
Debussy - En Bateau
Holst - Mars from The Planets
Powell - How To Train Your Dragon Medley
Villa-Lobos – Little Train of Capiera from Bachianas Brasileiras
Co-creation work (premiere)
Price - Juba Dance
Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean
Manchester Camerata
Students from Leeds Conservatoire
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD
18 May 2025, 15:00
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
Holst - The Planets
Bardi Symphony Orchestra
Fenella Humphreys, violin
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester LE1 7RU
20 May 2025, 11:15
Musical Storyland
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sean Chandler, storyteller
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ
20 May 2025, 14:00
Musical Storyland
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sean Chandler, storyteller
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ
22 May 2025, 19:30
Newbury Spring Festival
Gluck - Dance of the Furies (from Orpheus and Euridice)
Mozart - Horn Concerto no. 4
Haydn - Symphony no. 49 in F minor 'La Passione'
Mozart - Symphony no. 29 in A major
Fantasia Orchestra
Zoë Tweed, horn
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Lawrence's Church, Parsonage Lane, Hungerford RG17 0JB
12 June 2025, 18:30
Northern Aldborough Festival
Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Price - Andante Moderato
Vaughan Williams arr. Gerigk - The Lark Ascending
Dvorak - Nocturne
Dvorak - Serenade for Strings
Fantasia Orchestra
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Andrew’s Church, Aldborough, YO51 9EP
21 June 2025, 19:30
Proms at St Jude’s
CPE Bach - Symphony in G major, Wq. 182 no. 1
Vivaldi - C Major Concerto (transcribed for vibraphone & orchestra)
Duddell - Snowblind (percussion concerto)
Puccini - Crisantemi
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
Fantasia Orchestra
Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Jude’s Church, Central Square, London NW11 7AH
28 June 2025, 19:30
Summerhayes - Violin Concerto no. 2 ‘Boiled in Lead’ world premiere
Helix Ensemble
Adam Summerhayes, violin
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Beeston Parish Church, Church Street, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1GA
11 July 2025, 19:00
‘Birdsong’ at Deal Music and Arts Festival
Vivaldi - Spring from The Four Seasons: Allegro
Handel - As When the Dove Laments Her Love
Price - Little Pastorale
Trad. - She’s Like the Swallow
Mozart - Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro
Kavuma - I am the sea world premiere
Messiaen - The Lovebird of the Star from Harawi
Strauss - Spring from Four Last Songs
Interval
Haydn - Symphony no. 83 ‘The Hen’
Berg - The Nightingale from Seven Early Songs
Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Gershwin - Little Jazz Bird
Gershwin - Summertime
arrangements by Harry Baker, James Ledger & Paul Schäffer
Fantasia Orchestra
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St George's Church, High Street, Deal, CT14 6BA
19 July 2025, 19:00
Ryedale Festival
Vaughan Williams - Overture to ‘The Wasps’
Bliss (orch. Wilby) - Viola Concerto world premiere
Coleridge-Taylor - Solemn Prelude
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Orchestra of Opera North
Timothy Ridout, viola
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Ripon Cathedral, Liberty Court House, Minster Rd, Ripon HG4 1QT
28 July 2025, 20:00
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Beethoven - Symphony no. 1
Britten Sinfonia
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4Y 9BT
25/26 season
Selected Highlights:
26 September 2025
Schools’ Concert
Respighi - Gli uccelli, Prelude
Mozart - Der Vogelganger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte
Mozart - Pa-pa-pa-pageno from Die Zauberflöte
Rossini - Overture from La gazza ladra
Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Swans from Swan Lake
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Hen
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Cuckoo
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards - Mae Hiraeth yn y Mor
Trad. - Y Deryn Pur
Stravinsky - Finale from The Firebird (1919 suite)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Eiry Price, soprano
Owain Rowlands, baritone
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Pl, Cardiff CF10 5AL
1 October 2025
Respighi - Gli uccelli, Prelude
Mozart - Der Vogelganger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte
Mozart - Pa-pa-pa-pageno from Die Zauberflöte
Rossini - Overture from La gazza ladra
Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Swans from Swan Lake
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Hen
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Cuckoo
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards - Mae Hiraeth yn y Mor
Trad. - Y Deryn Pur
Stravinsky - Finale from The Firebird (1919 suite)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Eiry Price, soprano
Owain Rowlands, baritone
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Mayflower Theatre, 22-26 Commercial Rd, Southampton SO15 1GE
9 October 2025
Respighi - Gli uccelli, Prelude
Mozart - Der Vogelganger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte
Mozart - Pa-pa-pa-pageno from Die Zauberflöte
Rossini - Overture from La gazza ladra
Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Swans from Swan Lake
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Hen
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Cuckoo
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards - Mae Hiraeth yn y Mor
Trad. - Y Deryn Pur
Stravinsky - Finale from The Firebird (1919 suite)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Eiry Price, soprano
Owain Rowlands, baritone
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Venue Cymru, The Promenade, Penrhyn Cres, Llandudno LL30 1BB
16 October 2025
Respighi - Gli uccelli, Prelude
Mozart - Der Vogelganger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte
Mozart - Pa-pa-pa-pageno from Die Zauberflöte
Rossini - Overture from La gazza ladra
Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Swans from Swan Lake
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Hen
Respighi - Gli uccelli, The Cuckoo
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards - Mae Hiraeth yn y Mor
Trad. - Y Deryn Pur
Stravinsky - Finale from The Firebird (1919 suite)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Eiry Price, soprano
Owain Rowlands, baritone
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Bristol Hippodrome, St Augustine's Parade, Bristol BS1 4UZ
15 November 2025
Opus Horizons
George Stevenson, New work world premiere
Leoni King, New work world premiere
Michael Betteridge, New work world premiere
Britten Sinfonia
Clare Hammond, piano
Patricia Auchterlonie, soprano
Collin Shay, countertenor
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
King’s Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
23 November 2025
‘Birdsong’ with Lucy Crowe OBE
Vivaldi - Spring from The Four Seasons: Allegro
Handel - As When the Dove Laments Her Love
Price - Little Pastorale
Trad. - She’s Like the Swallow
Mozart - Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro
Kavuma - I am the sea London premiere
Messiaen - The Lovebird of the Star from Harawi
Strauss - Spring from Four Last Songs
Interval
Haydn - Symphony no. 83 ‘The Hen’
Berg - The Nightingale from Seven Early Songs
Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Gershwin - Little Jazz Bird
Gershwin - Summertime
arrangements by Harry Baker, James Ledger & Paul Schäffer
Fantasia Orchestra
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Smith Square Hall, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
1 January 2026
Johann Strauss II - Overture from Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II - Klänge der Heimat from Die Fledermaus
Hellmesberger, Jr. - Kleiner Anzeiger Galopp
Lehár - Gold and Silver Waltz
Lehár - Vilja-Lied from The Merry Widow
Johann Strauss II - Wiener Blut
Korngold - Straussiana
Interval
Josef Strauss - Sphärenklänge Waltz
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Heuberger - Im Chambre Séparée from Der Opernball
Johann Strauss II - Thunder and Lightning Polka
Arditi - Il Bacio
Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz
Johann Strauss I - Radetzky March
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Ava Dodd, soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin D02 N527
6 February 2026
Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor
Pärt - Adam's Lament
Pärt - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Mozart - Symphony No.40
Manchester Camerata
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Hannah Roberts, Cello
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Conductor
Sheffield City Hall, Barkers Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA
5 March 2026
Rossini - Overture to The Barber of Seville
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Myers - Cavatina
Chabrier - Espagña
Interval
Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB
6 March 2026
Rossini - Overture to The Barber of Seville
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Myers - Cavatina
Chabrier - Espagña
Interval
Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Hall for Cornwall, Back Quay, Truro TR1 2LL
7 March 2026
Rossini - Overture to The Barber of Seville
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Myers - Cavatina
Chabrier - Espagña
Interval
Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
17 April 2026
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 3
Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra
Alim Beisembayev, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Ulster Hall, 34 Bedford Street, Belfast BT2 7FF
13 May 2026
Mayer - Overture no. 4 in D minor
Brahms - Symphony no. 2 in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
The Studios, MediaCityUK, Broadway, Salford, M50 2BH
23 May 2026
Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Strauss - Four Last Songs
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Newbury Spring Festival