Benjamin Bayl • Conductor • archive

Friday, February 3rd 2012 : 7:30pm

A return to Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.

Telemann – Suite in Bb TWV55/B10
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G
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Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.1 in F

Aalborghallen, Aalborg

Thursday, February 2nd 2012 : 7:30pm

A return to Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.

Telemann – Suite in Bb TWV55/B10
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G
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Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.1 in F

Aalborghallen, Aalborg

Sunday, December 18th 2011 - Tuesday, January 17th 2012

Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master to Lars Ulrik Mortensen for Gluck’s “Alceste”

Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen

Sunday, December 18th 2011 - Thursday, December 22nd 2011

DVD recording, with Concerto Copenhagen, of four Bach Cantatas for Advent.

Garnisons Kirke, Copenhagen

Saturday, December 17th 2011 : 3:30pm

Debut as conductor with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Handel: Overture to the Occasional Oratorio HWV62
Vivaldi: Gloria RV589
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Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for 2 violins RV522, op.3 no.8
Bach: Cantata “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV140

Koncertsalen Alsion, Sønderborg

Friday, December 16th 2011 : 7:30pm

Debut as conductor with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Handel: Overture to the Occasional Oratorio HWV62
Vivaldi: Gloria RV589
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Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for 2 violins RV522, op.3 no.8
Bach: Cantata “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV140

Koncertsalen Alsion, Sønderborg

Thursday, December 15th 2011 : 7:30pm

Debut as conductor with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Handel: Overture to the Occasional Oratorio HWV62
Vivaldi: Gloria RV589
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Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for 2 violins RV522, op.3 no.8
Bach: Cantata “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV140

Koncertsalen Alsion, Sønderborg

Sunday, December 11th 2011 : 4:00pm

A return to Symfoniorkester Norrlandsoperan.

Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 violins in B minor
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Bach – Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden

Saturday, December 10th 2011 : 6:00pm

A return to Symfoniorkester Norrlandsoperan.

Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 violins in B minor
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Bach – Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden

Saturday, November 26th 2011 : 9:00pm

Assistant Conductor and Continuo for Paul McCreesh and the Gulbenkian Orchestra, performing Haydn’s “The Seasons”

Grande Auditório, Gulbenkian Foundation

Friday, November 25th 2011 : 7:00pm

Assistant Conductor and Continuo for Paul McCreesh and the Gulbenkian Orchestra, performing Haydn’s “The Seasons”

Grande Auditório, Gulbenkian Foundation

Friday, November 11th 2011 : 7:30pm

A return to Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias.

Beethoven – Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for woodwinds
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Haydn – Symphony no.104 in D “London”

Auditorio, Oviedo

Thursday, November 10th 2011 : 7:30pm

A return to Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias.

Beethoven – Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for woodwinds
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Haydn – Symphony no.104 in D “London”

Auditorio, Oviedo

Monday, October 31st 2011 : 1:00pm

Recital with acclaimed Italian contralto, Sara Mingardo, broadcast live on Radio 3.

Wigmore Hall

Friday, October 14th 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir and Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra

Purcell: Now does the glorious day appear (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary)
Purcell: Pavane & Chaconne in G minor
Purcell: Arise my Muse (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary)
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Handel: Concerto Grosso in Bb op.3 no.2
Handel: “Utrecht” Jubilate

Wroclaw, Poland

Sunday, October 9th 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, The Hanover Band

Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F
Bach – Ich habe genug BWV82
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Bach – Double Violin Concerto in D minor
Handel – Overture and Arias from Messiah

Hereford Courtyard Theatre

Tuesday, September 6th 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Sunday, September 4th 2011 : 3:00pm

Conductor, Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Friday, September 2nd 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Wednesday, August 31st 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Monday, August 29th 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Saturday, August 27th 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, première of Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Monday, August 8th 2011 - Friday, August 26th 2011

Rehearsal period for Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Saturday, August 6th 2011 : 8:00pm

Assistant Conductor and Continuo for Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Rose Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York

Thursday, August 4th 2011 : 8:00pm

Assistant Conductor and Continuo for Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Rose Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York

Sunday, July 24th 2011 : 6:00pm

Assistant Conductor and Continuo for Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Recorded by Deutsche Grammophon, the cast includes Rolando Villazón and Joyce DiDonato.

Festspielhaus, Baden Baden

Thursday, July 21st 2011 : 8:00pm

Assistant Conductor and Continuo for Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Recorded by Deutsche Grammophon, the cast includes Rolando Villazón and Joyce DiDonato.

Festspielhaus, Baden Baden

Monday, July 18th 2011 : 8:00pm

Assistant Conductor and Continuo for Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Recorded by Deutsche Grammophon, the cast includes Rolando Villazón and Joyce DiDonato.

Festspielhaus, Baden Baden

Sunday, July 10th 2011 : 8:00pm

Conductor, Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas” with members of Saraband Consort, and in collaboration with “Musical Vehicle” and music students from Split Conservatoire.

Klovicevi Gallery, Zagreb

Friday, July 8th 2011 : 8:00pm

Conductor, Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas” with members of Saraband Consort, and in collaboration with “Musical Vehicle” and music students from Split Conservatoire.

Opera House, Split

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor for UK première of Gluck’s “Il Parnaso Confuso” for Bampton Classical Opera

Mozart: Symphony no.16 in C major KV128
Mozart: Concert aria “Conservati fedele” KV23
Mozart: Concert aria “O temerario Arbace” KV79
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Gluck: Il parnaso confuso

Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London

Friday, April 29th 2011 : 7:30pm

Conducting debut with Gävle Symfoniorkester

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.6
Bach: Ich habe genug BWV83 (with bass Simon Duus Svendsen)
Mozart: Et incarnatus from Mass in C minor (with soprano Karin Roman)
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Fauré: Requiem

Gävle Konserthus, Sweden

Thursday, April 7th 2011 : 7:30pm

Première of JUAN, a film of Mozart’s Don Giovanni (director Kasper Holten) for which Benjamin Bayl was assistant conductor and conductor-on-set.

See the trailer here.

Copenhagen

Monday, April 4th 2011 - Tuesday, May 31st 2011

Monteverdi’s “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria” (assistant conductor and continuo leader)

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp & Ghent

Sunday, March 27th 2011 : 3:00pm

Conducting debut with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in E BWV1053 (with soloist Mahan Esfahani)
Mozart: Symphony no.41 “Jupiter”

Petronas Concert Hall, Kuala Lumpur

Saturday, March 26th 2011 : 8:30pm

Conducting debut with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in E BWV1053 (with soloist Mahan Esfahani)
Mozart: Symphony no.41 “Jupiter”

Petronas Concert Hall, Kuala Lumpur

Sunday, February 27th 2011

Ben conducted members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a recording session for the soundtrack to a new French film, “Drumont”.

Teldex Studios, Berlin

Monday, February 14th 2011 - Sunday, February 20th 2011

Conducting an education project with students of the Music Academies of Dubrovnik and Split.

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Blow: Venus & Adonis

Dubrovnik & Split

Saturday, February 12th 2011 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Arne’s “Judgment of Paris” and excerpts from “Alfred” for Bampton Classical Opera.

Wigmore Hall

Sunday, January 30th 2011 : 3:00pm

Director and harpsichord with Principal Players of The Hanover Band, performing a programme of Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi and Couperin.

Bridge House Theatre, Warwick

Sunday, January 23rd 2011 : 3:30pm

Director and harpsichord with Principal Players of The Hanover Band, performing a programme of Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi and Couperin.

St.Nicholas Church

Friday, January 21st 2011 : 7:30pm

Director and harpsichord with Principal Players of The Hanover Band, performing a programme of Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi and Couperin.

New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth

Sunday, December 19th 2010 - Monday, January 17th 2011

Assistant Conductor to Emmanuelle Haïm and Le concert d’Astrée for a new production (directed by Laurent Pelly) of “Giulio Cesare”.

Palais Garnier, Opéra de Paris

Saturday, December 18th 2010 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Handel’s Messiah with Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias

Teatro de la Laboral, Gijón

Friday, December 17th 2010 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Handel’s Messiah with Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias

Catedral de Oviedo

Sunday, December 12th 2010 : 4:00pm

Conductor, Handel’s Messiah with Symfoniorkester Norrlandsoperan.

Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden

Saturday, December 11th 2010 : 6:00pm

Conductor, Handel’s Messiah with Symfoniorkester Norrlandsoperan.

Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden

Sunday, November 28th 2010 - Saturday, December 4th 2010

Conducting Saraband Consort on a tour to Croatia, including performances of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, in collaboration with the music conservatoires of Dubrovnik and Split.

Dubrovnik & Split

Sunday, November 14th 2010

Ben will conduct the Budapest Festival Orchestra, in preparation for their Polish programme this week with Antoni Wit. Repertoire includes music by Szymanowski, Chopin and Moniuszko.

Palace of the Arts, Budapest

Sunday, November 7th 2010 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Arne’s “Judgment of Paris” and excerpts from “Alfred” for Bampton Classical Opera.

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Saturday, November 6th 2010 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Arne’s “Judgment of Paris” and excerpts from “Alfred” for Bampton Classical Opera.

Wotton House, UK

Saturday, October 23rd 2010 - Sunday, October 31st 2010

Assistant Conductor, Cavalieri’s “Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo” for the Nordic Early Music Network.

Københavns Musikteater

Thursday, October 21st 2010 : 7:30pm

Conductor, debut concert with Orchestra of Opéra National du Lorraine.

Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy

Sunday, October 17th 2010 : 6:00pm

Harpsichord and violin recital with Zbigniew Pilch, to include music by Bach, Biber and Handel.

Wroclaw, Poland

Saturday, October 9th 2010 : 8:00pm

Assistant Conductor to Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Verdi – Otello

Théatre des Champs-Elysées, Paris

Wednesday, October 6th 2010 : 7:30pm

Assistant Conductor to Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Verdi – Otello

Konzerthaus, Dortmund

Sunday, October 3rd 2010 : 7:00pm

Assistant Conductor to Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Verdi – Otello

Philharmonie, Luxembourg

Saturday, October 2nd 2010 : 7:00pm

Assistant Conductor to Kent Nagano and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Hosokawa – Sternlose Nacht (world premiere)
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde

Festspielhaus, Baden Baden

Thursday, September 30th 2010 : 8:00pm

Assistant Conductor to Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Verdi – Otello

Festspielhaus, Baden Baden

Saturday, September 18th 2010 : 7:30pm

Conductor, Arne’s “Judgment of Paris” for Bampton Classical Opera.

Marsh Court, Hampshire

Monday, September 6th 2010 - Thursday, September 16th 2010

Assistant Conductor to Paul McCreesh for performances and a recording of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts in the Wratislavia Cantans Festival.

Wroclaw, Poland

Wednesday, July 7th 2010 : 8:00pm

Assistant Conductor to Manfred Honeck and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Mahler Jubilee Concert

Kaliste, Czech Republic

Thursday, June 3rd 2010 - Tuesday, June 8th 2010

Selected as a participant in the 2010 Cadaqués Conducting Competition.

Cadaqués, Spain

Saturday, May 22nd 2010 : 7:30pm

Director, Saraband Consort’s debut in Austria – a programme of French baroque music, including both Rameau’s and Clérambault’s settings of “Orphée”.

Amthof, Feldkirchen

Tuesday, May 18th 2010 : 8:00pm