orchestra seventeen88 present their biggest concert so far, performing Schubert's monumental "Great" Symphony no.9 in C major, for the first time in Australia on period instruments. Renowned flautist Georgia Browne will also join the orchestra to perform Mozart's beautiful Flute Concerto in G major.
Benjamin conducts Andrea Cigni's new production of Carmen, to open the season at the Teatro Comunale in Sassari. Nino Surguladze sings the title role.
Benjamin conducts the revival of Fairy Queen / AscheMOND - a mixture of Purcell's masque and new music by the German composer Helmut Oehring - with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin at the Staatsoper Berlin, in a production by Claus Guth.
Benjamin makes his debut with Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano in a programme of Porpora, Lotti and Geminiani, with the Norwegian soprano Berit Solset. They will present the concert in several beautiful locations throughout the Alto Adige.
Benjamin makes his debut conducting Concerto Copenhagen and the Royal Danish Opera in a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
Australia’s new period instrument orchestra, orchestra seventeen88, launches in Sydney on Saturday 21st December. It is the first orchestra of its kind in Australia, exploring and presenting music from the Classical and Romantic periods with Historically Informed Performance practice. The first concert is conducted by Ben and will feature music by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert and Mendelssohn.
Benjamin will be making his debuts in Italy (Orchestra dell’Ente Concerti in Sassari) and Wroclaw (Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra) in the next two weeks, conducting varied programmes including music by Poulenc, Berlioz, Finzi, Panufnik and Richard Strauss.
Ben has just returned from a very successful new production of La Clemenza di Tito with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. In partnership with the director Justin Way, plus a fantastic cast, this was the first time Mozart’s opera has been fully staged in Taiwan.