Abreu, José Antonio 72
Academy of Ancient Music 39–40
Academy of St Martin in the Fields 40–41
Albinoni, Tomaso 25
Amati family 15
Ashkenazy, Vladimir 56
Atherton, David 48
Aurora Orchestra 41–42
Bach, Johann Sebastian 33, 35, 42, 76; Concerto in D minor for Two Violins 86
Bamert, Matthias 47
Barber, Samuel, Adagio for Strings 80–81
Barbican Centre, London 42, 51
Barbirolli, John 7, 46, 50, 61, 69
Barenboim, Daniel 67
bassoon 27–28
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 10
Bax, Arnold 59
Beecham, Thomas ix, 7, 17, 46, 47, 48, 50, 55, 59, 60
Beethoven, Ludwig van 46, 59, 80, 88; Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat (‘Emperor’) 79; Symphony No. 5 in C minor 22, 86; Symphony No. 6 in F (‘Pastoral’) 79, 86; Symphony No. 9 in D minor (‘Choral’) 80; Violin Concerto in D 88
Belfast Waterfront Hall 63
Benedetti, Nicola 52
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 11, 24, 49, 65–66
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 8
Berlioz, Hector 2, 36; Harold in Italy 16
Birmingham Symphony Hall 44
Blech, Harry 46–47
Boulez, Pierre 69
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 8, 43–44, 63, 90
Brahms, Johannes, Piano Concerto No. 2 77
Bream, Julian 37
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 46, 51
Britten, Benjamin 50
Britten Sinfonia 42–43
Bruch, Max, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor 78
Bülow, Hans von 66
Cadogan Hall, London 60
Cage, John, Sonatas and Interludes 33
Carnegie Hall, New York 83
Casals, Pablo 16
Catelinet, Philip 22
celesta 33–34
cello 16–17
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 66–67
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 11, 44, 53, 66
clavichord 30–31
Cliburn, Van 88
Collon, Nicholas 41
conductors 5–11
Connecticut 10
cor anglais 25–26
Corelli, Arcangelo 76
Cristofori, Bartolomeo 31
Currie, Colin 30
David, Ferdinand 84
Davis Theatre, Croydon 60
Delius, Frederick 59
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Karl 17
Domingo, Plácido 56
Doráti, Antal 60
double-bass 17
Dresden Staatskapelle 1
Dukas, Paul 2
Dutoit, Charles 60
Dvořák, Antonín 82; Symphony No. 9 (‘From the New World’) 26, 82–83
East Neuk Festival 62
Edinburgh Festival 62
Egarr, Richard 40
Elgar, Edward 43, 79–80; Cello Concerto in E minor 50, 78; Enigma Variations 79; Symphony No. 1 46
Falletta, JoAnn 64
Finzi, Gerald, Cello Concerto 46
flute 23–24
French horn 20–21
Furtwängler, Wilhelm 7, 66, 67, 73
Galway, James 24
Garbarek, Jan 28
Gatti, Daniele 60
Gibson, Alexander 61
Gilbert, Alan 69
Giulini, Carlo Maria 56
Glazunov, Alexander, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Strings 28
Glennie, Evelyn 30
Glover, Jane 47
Glyndebourne Festival Opera 47
Godfrey, Dan 43
Grieg, Edvard, Piano Concerto in A minor 81
Guarneri family 14–15
Gubbay, Raymond 60
Hall, Michael 57
Handel, George Frideric, Messiah 59
Handley, Vernon 59
Harding, Daniel 52
harp 34–35
Harty, Hamilton 46
Hickox, Richard 45
Hilliard Ensemble 28
Hindemith, Paul 16
Hofmann, Josef 87
Hogwood, Christopher 39
Hollywood Bowl 68
Holst, Gustav, The Planets 82
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 10
Isserlis, Steven 17
Joachim, Joseph 85
Johnston, Guy 52
Jones, Claire 35
Jones, Gareth 62
Karabits, Kirill 44
Karadaglić, Miloš 37
Karajan, Herbert von 7, 56, 66, 73
Kempe, Rudolf 60
Kennedy, Nigel 83
Kings Place Concert Hall 41, 49
Kingsway Hall, London 55
Knussen, Oliver 49
Korsten, Gérard 47
La Scala Milan 8
Legge, Walter 55–56
Leipzig Opera 68
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 8, 67–68
Liszt, Franz 81
Lloyd Webber, Julian 17
London Mozart Players 46–47
London Philharmonic Orchestra 8, 47–48
London Symphony Orchestra 9, 22, 49–51, 53, 90
Los Angeles Philharmonic 9, 11, 68–69
Lully, Jean-Baptiste 6, 21; Te Deum 6
lute 36
Ma, Yo-Yo 17
Mahler, Gustav 7, 34, 69, 73, 85; Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor 85
Manchester Camerata 51
Mariinsky Theatre 9
Marriner, Neville 40–41
Mehta, Zubin 69
Mendelssohn, Felix 67; Violin Concerto in E minor 84–85
Mengelberg, Willem 69–70
Montagnana, Domenico 15
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 25, 26, 32–33, 42, 46, 54, 76, 85; Clarinet Concerto in A 77; Don Giovanni 22; Flute and Harp Concerto 76; Piano Concerto No. 21 in C 85; Requiem 22
Mravinsky, Evgeny 71
Munich Philharmonic 9
Musikverein, Vienna 73
Mustel, Auguste 33
National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain 51–52, 90
National Court Theatre, Vienna 85
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain 10, 52–53, 90
Nelsons, Andris 44
Newcastle City Hall 57
Nicolai, Otto 73
Nielsen, Carl 61
oboe 24–26
Offenbach, Jacques 16
Ogden, Craig 37
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 10
Orchestra of Opera North 90
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 11, 54–55
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano 8
orchestration 2–3
organ 35–36
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 10
Otten, Joseph 70
Oundjian, Peter 61
Over, Simon 63
Pachelbel, Johann, Canon in D 80
Paganini, Niccolò 16
Pahud, Emmanuel 24
Pappano, Antonio 10
Parliament Choir 62
Parrott, Andrew 47
Perlman, Itzhak 70
Pešek, Libor 59
Philadelphia Orchestra 11
Philharmonia Orchestra 11, 53, 55–57, 90
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 58
Phillips, Jemima 35
Powell Symphony Hall, St Louis 70
Price, Vivienne 51
Pritchard, John 58
Prokofiev, Sergei 87; Peter and the Wolf 28
Queen’s Hall, London 47, 82; Orchestra 49
Rachmaninov, Sergei 83; Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor 77, 87; Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor 87; Symphony No. 1 77; Symphony No. 2 in E minor 83
Raschèr, Sigurd 28
Rattle, Simon 11, 44, 54, 56, 66
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai 2–3, 87; Scheherazade 87
Rizzi, Carlo 62
Robertson, David 70
Rodrigo, Joaquin, Concierto de Aranjuez 36, 83–84
Romantic period 79
Rostropovich, Mstislav 17
Royal Albert Hall, London 35–36, 60
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 61
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 8, 9, 69–70
Royal Festival Hall, London 47, 56, 60
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 2, 10, 11, 46, 58–59, 78, 90
Royal Northern College of Music 51
Royal Northern Sinfonia 57–58, 90
Royal Opera House 10; Orchestra of the 53
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 59–60
Royal Scottish National Orchestra 8, 60–61, 90
Rubinstein, Nicolai 88
Sage Gateshead 57
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 70
Saint-Saëns, Camille 81; Carnival of the Animals 17; Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) 35, 81
São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra 8
Saraste, Jukka-Pekka 62
Sax, Adolphe 28
saxophone 28
Schubert, Franz 46
Schumann, Robert x, 21
Scottish Chamber Orchestra 62
Scottish Opera 61
Sibelius, Jean 61; Finlandia 84
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra 9, 72
Sinfonia Cymru 62
Sinfonia of London 45
Slatkin, Leonard 70
Snowman, Nicholas 48
Southbank Sinfonia 62–63
Spohr, Louis 7
St Magnus Festival 62
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra 71
Stadler, Anton 77
Stone, Hannah 35
Strauss, Richard 49, 66; Four Last Songs 55; Oboe Concerto 25
Stravinsky, Igor 87
Szell, George 61
Takács-Nagy, Gábor 51
Taverner, John, The Whale 49
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych 88; 1812 Overture 35, 86; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor 87–88; The Nutcracker 34
Temirkanov, Yuri 71
Tennstedt, Klaus 48
Thomas, Theodore 66
Tilson Thomas, Michael 50
Tortelier, Paul 16
trombone 21–22
trumpet 19–20
tuba 22
Ulster Hall, Belfast 63
Ulster Orchestra 63–64
Vásáry, Tamás 57
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 82; Sinfonia Antartica 46; The Lark Ascending 78; Tuba Concerto 22
Verdi, La see Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 11, 73
Vienna State Opera Orchestra 73
Vieuxtemps, Henri 14
viola 15–16
Vivaldi, Antonio 25, 83; The Four Seasons 83
Wagner, Richard 3, 7, 21; The Ring 3
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles 68
Walton, William, Viola Concerto 16
Weingartner, Felix 71
Weller, Walter 60
White Nights Festival 9
Williams, John 34, 37; ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ 34
Wilson, John 57
Wood, Henry 49
Woroch, Bartosz 62
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles 68
Zehetmair, Thomas 58