Simon Joly

Simon Joly has worked with the bbc Singers primarily on the music of the 20th century. He has given premières of works by many distinguished composers, including Luciano Berio, John Tavener, Peter Maxwell Davies, David Bedford, and Oliver Knussen. He has conducted the bbc Singers many times at the 'Proms' (Stravinsky's Les Noces, Steve Reich's The Desert Music and Giles Swayne's Cry). Other major 20th-century works which Simon Joly has conducted include Birtwistle's... agm..., Henze's Novae de infinito Laudes with the bbc Philharmonic and The Raft of the Medusa with the bbc Symphony Orchestra. He and the bbc Singers have given many performances of Messiaen's Cinq Rechants, and he has also conducted the group in Berio's Coro with the London Sinfonietta at La Scala, Milan. Simon Joly conducted the bbc Singers in the first performance of Peter Paul Nash's Apollinaire Choruses (released on cd for nmc), and also recorded with the group a disc for Collins Classics of Peter Maxwell Davies's choral works. He recently conducted the Singers in a recording of music by Malcolm Williamson, and has since prepared the group for Boulez's Le visage nuptial - performances conducted by the composer at the bbc Proms and the Edinburgh Festival, and repeated in Brussels and Strasbourg later this month.

Koncerty:

Friday September 28, 4.30 pm