User:Iain Sutherland

IAIN SUTHERLAND,during a 35 year association with the BBC,was Principal Conductor of the BBC Radio Orchestra in London,the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra,and Guest Conductor of the award-winning "Friday Night Is Music Night"with the BBC Concert Orchestra.He appeared twice at the Edinburgh International Festival with the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, and on numerous occasions at the annual BBC International Festival of Light Music at the Royal Festival Hall with both the BBC Radio and Concert Orchestras.He was also Principal Conductor of the City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Scotland, and has been Guest Conductor with:- London Symphony Orchestra;Philharmonia Orchestra;Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;Royal Scottish National Orchestra;Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra;Halle Orchestra;City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra;English Chamber Orchestra;Ulster Orchestra;English Haydn Orchestra;Scottish Festival Orchestra;Slovak Philharmonic;Brazilian National Symphony;Graz Symphony;Dessau Philharmonic;Maribor Philharmonic;NDR Hanover Philharmonic;Flemish Radio Philharmonic;Aalborg Symphony;Belgian Radio Philharmonic;Norwegian Radio Orchestra;Danish Radio Orchestra;Promenade and Metropole Orchestras of Netherlands Radio;Kaiserslautern Radio Orchestra;Capetown Philharmonic;National Youth Orchestra of Scotland;National Youth Orchestra of Norway;Orchestra of the National Centre for Orchestral Studies. International soloists with whom IAIN SUTHERLAND has performed include:- Peter Auty;Larry Adler;Moira Anderson;Nicola Benedetti;Malcolm Bilson;Angela Brownridge;Sarah Brightman;Isobel Buchanan;Ronald Brautigam;Robert Cohen;Helga Dernesch;Maria Ewing;Michael Feinstein;James Galway;Evelyn Glennie;Chloe Hanslip;Nigel Kennedy;Katia and Marielle Lebeque;Julian Lloyd-Webber;Tasmin Little;Benjamin Luxon;Kenneth Mc Kellar;Murray Mc Lachlan;Sherrill Milnes;Julia Migenes;Dennis O'Neill;Joshua Rifkin;Crispian Steele-Perkins;George Shearing;Mel Torme;Robert Tear; Willard White;Robert White;John Wallace. IAIN SUTHERLAND's repertoire encompasses baroque,classical, romantic and contemporary works,as well as the lighter repertoire of Vienna,Hollywood and Broadway. He has been a regular Guest Conductor of the period instrument English Haydn Orchestra:("Surely the high spot was the performance of the rare symphony no.62 in D.The splendidly clear account under Iain Sutherland showed it to be the equal of any of its period".Haydn Society Journal/English Haydn Festival 2004).He has also conducted many choral/orchestral concerts and gave two performances of Britten's "War Requiem"in Bratislava with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under the auspices of the British Council.On the first anniversary of the 7/7 terroist attack on London he was invited to conduct the "Requiem" by Mozart, with the London Orpheus Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra in a memorial concert at St. Bottolph's in the City. Premieres he has conducted include the Mike Oldfield/David Bedford symphonic version of "Tubular Bells", a milestone in the annals of rock music(1976);the arrangement for massed brass bands of Elgar's "Enigma Variations" by Eric Ball at the Royal Albert Hall(1986);Malcolm Arnold's "Irish Dances"in London(1988);"Movimentos para Don Jose Haydn" by Rene Staar in Graz(1995);"Etude for Orchestra"by Edward Harper in Edinburgh(2000);"Rhapsody Brasilieras"by Ney Rosauro in Rio(2001);Robert Farnon's Symphony no.3(Edinburgh)in 2005, in Edinburgh. Recordings,including many of his own arrangements and compositions,include "The Classics Collection" of four CDs(Scottish/Irish/Xmas /Viennese)with the City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra.Each is a compilation taken from the "live" Sunday night broadcasts of his "Pops at the Philharmonic"concerts at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: ("With such marvellous programmes,orchestra and conductor,no wonder the Glasgow Phil's concerts are sell-outs".Glasgow Herald)."Schindler's List"with Tasmin Little and the New World Philharmonic Orchestra;"Simply Maria"with Maria Ewing,"Waltzing in the Clouds"(the music of Robert Stolz)with Julia Migenes and Sebastian Rheintaller and "Celebrating the Great Musicals",all three with the BBC Concert Orchestra;Shaun Davey's celtic epic "The Pilgrim"and "Flower of Scotland",both with the City of Glasgow Philharmonic,Chorus,Pipes and Drums;three albums,"Phythandros","The Last Opera"and "Free Yourself"for the multi-million selling French contemporary-romantic composer Saint-Preux. IAIN SUTHERLAND was Musical Director for a series of BBC radio recordings of classic musicals:"Guys and Dolls";"Finian's Rainbow";"My Fair Lady";"The Music Man";"Kiss Me Kate";"Sweet Charity"and Sondheim's "Follies". All-star casts featured John Barrowman;Tom Conti;Mary Carew;Anita Dobson;Jim Dale;Marilyn Hill Smith;Bonnie Langford;Julia Migenes;Julia Mc Kenzie;Ron Moody;Donna Mc Kechnie;Claire Moore;Milo O'Shea;Denis Quilley;Elizabeth Seal.For NDR Hanover he recorded Bernstein's"Candide" and "West Side Story"with the NDR Philharmonic and Principal Artists of Hanover Opera.He was musical director of many BBC TV shows starring Kenneth Mc Kellar and Moira Anderson, and in London's West End conducted "The Music Man" with Van Johnson and "Noel Coward's "Sail Away"starring Elaine Stritch. He has also conducted many Royal Charity events including the Royal Variety Show, and a series of supper concerts on the theme of music and verse at St. James's Palace and the Banqueting Hall of Whitehall Palace. Artists taking part included the English Chamber Orchestra,Lord Attenborough,Dame Judi Dench,Robert Hardy OBE,Hannah Gordon,Sir Ben Kingsley,Joanna Lumley,and Timothy West CBE. He has taken part in many radio and TV shows including"Call My Bluff"and has spoken at the Oxford Union.He has served on the board of the Performing Artists Media Rights Association(PAMRA);as Warden of the Performers and Composers section of the Incorpotated Society of Musicians(ISM);on the Central Music Advisory Committee of the BBC;the Council of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors(BASCA);on the music writer's section of the Musician's Union(MU);and is a Patron of the Young Persons Concert Foundation.He is a memeber of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain and the Clan Sutherland Society and is a Companion of the Television and Radio Industries Club. IAIN SUTHERLAND was born in Scotland and is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where his principal instrument was the violin.He studied under Prof. Horace Fellowes in Glasgow and Prof. Sascha Lasserson in London.He served his National Srvice as Leader of the orchestra of HM Band of the Grenadier Guards then had a highly successful career as an orchestral and studio session violinist playing in the symphony orchestras of London under the "greats" of the era like Klemperer, Boult,Sargent, Solti and Groves before his own appointment as Conductor of the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra in 1967.