John Gibbons - Conductor

John Gibbons' growing reputation as both an orchestral and operatic conductor is reflected in the glowing reviews following every performance. His expertise with the human voice inspired Lady Walton to write of his performance of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast - "What a brilliant performance... I cannot get over how beautifully and dashingly you presented Belshazzar's Feast, thank you".

 

“As an entity, this Traviata makes a solid impact. John Gibbons’s conducting does something more. He shows a precise understanding of Verdian style and motivates the score from start to finish.”                                             George Hall  - Independent on Sunday

 

 

“The entire musical performance, under John Gibbons’s vital baton, reveals Opera Holland Park punching above its weight.”                            Hugh Canning. Sunday Times

 

 

John's new orchestral reduction of Troilus & Cressida for Opera Theatre of St Louis and the William Walton Trust

“every so often, something comes along to knock your socks off. This will be hard to outdo as the operatic revelation of the year. ..Nothing about John Gibbons’s reduced orchestration left one wanting more.”      Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News. June 2008

 

 




Photo of Conductor, John Gibbons

John Gibbons - Conductor & Composer 
MA (Cantab), FRSA, FRCO, Dip RAM

 Future Engagements in 2009/10 

 

Saturday, November 28th  2009, 7.30 pm

KARL JENKINS - Stella Natalis & Joy to the World - Chelmsford Cathedral

 

Wednesday, December 2nd 2009, 7.30 pm

KARL JENKINS - Stella Natalis & Joy to the World - St Albans Cathedral

Friday, December 4th 2009, 7.30 pm

KARL JENKINS - Stella Natalis & Joy to the World - Clifton Cathedral, Bristol 

 

Saturday 5th December 2009  7.30pm

LORD WILLIAMS'S FESTIVAL CHORUS - Thame Leisure Centre

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS       Fantasia on the old 104th  - Soloist Philip Fowke (piano)                 

SAINT-SAENS                   Carnival of the Animals - Philip Fowke & Anna Markland (pianos)

Carl ORFF                         Carmina Burana 

 

Saturday 12th December 2009  7.30pm     "This Worldes Joie"

ST ALBANS CHAMBER CHOIR - All Saints Pastoral Centre, London Colney 0845 658 8982                                 David Wigram (Saxophone) 

John GIBBONS                Angel's Message
Cecilia MACDOWELL      Annunciation                                                           BAX                                 This Worldes Joie                                                                                 BAX                                 I sing of a Maiden          
BRUCKNER                      Locus Iste                                                                                                         Paul SPICER                    How Love Bleeds                                                                                 Richard PYGOTT              Quid petis, O fili?

 

Saturday, December 19th 2009, 7.30 pm

KARL JENKINS - Stella Natalis & Joy to the World - St Mary's, Banbury

 

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 7.30 pm

KARL JENKINS - Stella Natalis & Joy to the World - Norwich Cathedral

 

Sunday 3rd January 2010  2.45pm

WORTHING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Assembly Hall, Worthing, 
Box Office 01903 206206.

BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 1 in C - Soloist IAN FOUNTAIN
Waltzes, Polkas & Marches by Johann Strauss II and family

 

Saturday, January 30th 2010, 7.30 pm

KARL JENKINS Requiem workshop - Sevenoaks

 

Sunday 14th February  2.45pm

WEST SUSSEX COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, Assembly Hall, Worthing, 
Box Office 01903 206206.

PUCCINI      La Boheme Act 1 - Soloists Anna Gorbachyova, Dominic Natoli                        ROSSINI      Overture to Tancredi                                                                                                   DONIZETTI   L'elisir d' amore

                                                       

Saturday, February 20th 2010, 7.30 pm

EALING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - St Barnabas’s Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG 

BRIDGE                  Enter Spring                                                                          

RAKHMANINOV      Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Alexander Soares                         

STRAVINSKY         The Rite of Spring

 

Saturday 27th February 2010  7.30pm     

ST ALBANS CHAMBER CHOIR - St Albans Cathedral 0845 658 8982                Onyx Brass

RUTTER                           Gloria                                                                                   BLISS              The World is full of the grandeur of God                    
BRUCKNER, GABRIELI.                                                                                                                          

John Gibbons                    Woefully Arrayed

 

Sunday 7th March 2010  2.45pm

WORTHING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Assembly Hall, Worthing, 
Box Office 01903 206206.

MOZART               Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro'

R. STRAUSS         Violin Concerto - Soloist BORIS BROVTSYN

MENDELSSOHN    Hebrides Overture                                                                                                   

BIZET                     Symphony in C 

 

Sunday 11th April 2010  2.45pm

WORTHING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Assembly Hall, Worthing, 
Box Office 01903 206206.

Final of the First Sussex International Piano Competition

 

Saturday, May 8th 2010, 7.30 pm

EALING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - St Martin's Church, Hale Gardens, W3 9SQ 

MENDELSSOHN     A Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage        

ROUSSEL              Symphony No. 4                                                                                            

ELGAR                  Sea Pictures                                                                                                                                                    

 

Friday, June 4th 2010, 7.30pm

Ulverston Parish Church - Ulverston Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Opening concert ot Ulverston International Music Festival

ALWYN              Tragic Interlude (1936)                                                                POULENC          Organ Concerto - soloist Adrian Self

ALWYN              Pastoral Fantasia                                                                                        FAURE               Requiem

 

Saturday, July 3rd 2010, 7.30 pm

EALING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - St Barnabas’s Church, Pitshanger Lane, W5

RAVEL                Piano Concerto for the Left Hand                                                   MAHLER             Symphony No. 9 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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