Including his appearance at the Royal Academy and his January tour with the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands:

Fri 5 November 2021 19:30
National Concert Hall
Dublin, Ireland
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Moore, trombone
[full audio of this concert here and below—click any title]
- Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes Four Sea Interludes
- Jonathan Dove: Stargazer Concerto for Trombone
- Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op 36 ‘Enigma’ (1898) / This is even better than John’s Enigma in Glasgow with the BBC back in 2017. By the way, find Elgar Enigma Variations (Cambridge, 1999) available here in pdf for download.
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Sat 20 November 2021 19:30
Snape Maltings, United Kingdom
Sinfonia of London
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
The Arts Desk in their review of this concert described the Sinfonia as “bold John Wilson’s latest super-orchestra, an army of technicolor generals”.
- John Ireland: Mai-Dun
- Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto, Op 13
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2 in G major ‘A London Symphony’ / A clip of John conducting the CBSO in 2014 here
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Sat 21 November 2021 19:30
Snape Maltings, United Kingdom
Sinfonia of London
- Lennox Berkeley: Serenade for Strings, Op 12 THIS IS JOHN’S RECORDING ON CHANDOS COMPLETE / I / II / III / IV / NOTES for English Music for Strings (Chandos, 2021) can be found here
- Benjamin Britten: Nocturne, Op 60 / Apparently no vocalist for this rendition in the program!
- Arthur Benjamin: Ballade
- Frank Bridge: Lament for Catherine Aged 9 on the Lusitania for String Orchestra H 117 (1915)
- Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op 10 / John has a recording of this on Chandos but I like this one better
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Wed 1 December 2021 14:15
Birmingham, United Kingdom
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Nina Feng, violin
- George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture (arr Robert Russell Bennett) / Not my favorite, but it’s available somewhere online
- Erich Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 / THIS IS JOHN’S RECORDING ON CHANDOS COMPLETE / I / II / III / NOTES for Korngold: Concerto & Sextet (Chandos, 2020) can be found here / Program change. Check “Sexwords in Sex Bondage Games Plus My Beloved John Wilson Conducts the CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 1 December 2021 in a Matinee of Rachmaninoff and Glazunov” for new number
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 44
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Sat 22 January 2022 20:15
De Doelen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
Sun 23 January 2022 15:00
Concertgebouw De Vereeniging
Nijmegen, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
Tue 25 January 2022 21:00
Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven
Eindhoven, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
Wed 26 January 2022 20:00
Theater & Congres Orpheus
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
Thu 27 January 2022 21:00
TivoliVrendenburg
Utrecht, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
Fri 28 January 2022 20:15
TivoliVredenburg
Utrecht, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
Sat 29 January 2022 20:00
Theater Kerkrade
Kerkrade, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
Sun 30 January 2022 14:15
Amare
Den Haag, Netherlands
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
- Emanuel Moór: Triple Concerto in D Minor, Op 70
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27
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Wed 9 February 2022 19:30
St David’s Hall
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Philharmonia Orchestra
James Ehnes, violin
- Arthur Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard Overture
- Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26
- Edward Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A-flat major, Op 55
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Wed 10 February 2022 19:30
Royal Festival Hall
London, United Kingdom
Philharmonia Orchestra
James Ehnes, violin
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Fri 18 February 2022 19:30
Royal Academy of Music
London, United Kingdom
Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
- Edward Elgar: Sospiri, op 70
- Edward Elgar: In the South, op 50
- Edward Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A-flat major, Op 55
- “The Story So Far, with Conductor John Wilson”
- “The Story So Far; Or, Conductor John Wilson—His Limits”
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