Kenneth Montgomery
                conductor
















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press reviews
 •  5, 6 & 7 February (Amsterdam) & 8, 9 & 10 February (Rotterdam) 2014 
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Beethoven

Three x three Dances
Violin concerto
Triple concerto
Choral Fantasy
Symphony No. 4
Choral Symphony
Die Geschöpfte des Prometheus Opus 43
Piano concertos Nos. 1-5

Volkskrant review - 4 stars
 •  11 November 2011 Ulster Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 & Mozart Mass in C minor, Great

 •  26 March 2011 Concertgebouw Amsterdam - click to read reviews

Hasse Piramo e Tisbe

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 •  22 October 2010 Ulster Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Poulenc & Saint-Saëns Organ Concerti with Dame Gillian Weir on the restored Mulholland Organ

 •  8 October 2010 National Concert Hall, Dublin
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Dvorák Nocturne for string orchestra in B, Tippett Concertante on a theme of Corelli, Beethoven Eroica Symphony

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 •  21 May 2010 Ulster Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Glinka, Mozart & Tchaikovsky with Louis Lortie, soloist

 •  26 February 2010 Ulster Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Beethoven, Brahms & Schumann with Finghin Collins, piano

 •  11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19 & 20 December 2009  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Don Giovanni
Grand Théâtre du Genève
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 •  2 October 2009 National Concert Hall, Dublin - click to read reviews
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Sibelius Filandia, Sibelius Valse triste, Grieg Piano Concerto with Boris Giltburg, piano & Beethoven Symphony No. 6 Pastoral

 •  18 September 2009 Ulster Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov & Sibelius with Alex Kobrin, piano

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 •  1, 5, 10, 14 & 19 August 2009  - click to read reviews
Gluck · Alceste (French version)
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  22 May 2009 Waterfront Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Grieg Piano Concerto (Benjamin Grosvenor, soloist) & Ravel Boléro

 •  6 March 2009 Ulster Hall, Belfast
Ulster Orchestra

Karg-Elert Marche triomphale, Beethoven Overture: The Consecration of the House, Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Brian Irvine Big Daddy Motorhead (first performance), Stanford Songs of the Fleet, Théodore Dubois Fantaisie triomphale

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 •  7 November 2008 Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Ulster Orchestra

Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Weber 2nd Clarinet Concerto (Julian Bliss, soloist), Tavener The Repentant Thief, Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber

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 •  October 2008 Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn - click to read reviews
Handel
Radio Kamer Filharmonie & Groot Omroepkoor

Handel L'Allegro, il Penseroso en il Moderato

 •  26 September 2008 Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Ulster Orchestra

Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bruch 1st Violin Concerto (Tasmin Little, soloist), Beethoven 6th Symphony Pastoral

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 •  19 September 2008 Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Ulster Orchestra

Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Saint-Saëns 2nd Piano Concerto (Pascal Rogé, soloist) and Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

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 •  June, July & August 2008  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Le nozze di Figaro
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  7 August 2008 BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Ferguson Overture for an Occasion, Stanford 2nd Piano Concerto (Finghin Collins, soloist), Smetana Má Vlast - Vitava, Dvořák 8th Symphony

 •  23 May 2008 Waterfront Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Copland El salon Mexico, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

 •  April & May 2008  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Le nozze di Figaro
Atlanta Opera
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 •  8 March 2008 Amsterdam Concertgebouw - click to read reviews
Zaterdag Matinee

Donizetti Lucie de Lammermoor (French version with Annick Massis)

 •  15 & 21 February 2008 National Concert Hall, Dublin - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Tchaikovsky The Tempest, Liszt Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919)

 •  1, 3, 5 & 7 February 2008  - click to read reviews
Handel · Giulio Cesare
Opéra de Marseille
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 •  23 November 2007 Waterfront Hall, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Dvořák Carnival Overture, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Mozart Symphony No. 35, Haffner, Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet

 •  11, 13, 15, 17, 19 & 21 November 2007  - click to read reviews
Handel · Ariodante
Grand Théâtre du Genève
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 •  28 September 2007 St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, Bruckner Symphony No. 5

 •  21 September 2007 St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man, Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Choral

 •  September 2007  - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Kenneth Montgomery takes up new appointment as Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra.

 •  July & August 2007  - click to read reviews
Strauss · Daphne
Santa Fe Opera

        
 •  9 February 2007  - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Weber Oberon Overture, Brahms Double Concerto in A minor & Sibelius 1st Symphony

 •  11 January 2007 National Concert Hall, Dublin - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Beethoven Prometheus Overture, Brahms 1st Piano Concerto (soloist Barry Douglas), Dvorák 6th Symphony

 •  6 November 2006 National Concert Hall, Dublin - click to read reviews
Orchestra of St. Cecilia - Mozart Festival

Mozart C minor MassRequiem

 •  1 November 2006 National Concert Hall, Dublin - click to read reviews
Orchestra of St. Cecilia - Mozart Festival

Mozart Jupiter SymphonyPiano Concerto in C K467Violin Concerto in G K216

 •  September 2006  - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Announcement of KM's appointment as principal conductor from the 2007 season

 •  15, 19 & 28 July & 9, 18, 21 & 24 August 2006  - click to read reviews
Massenet · Cendrillon
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  April 2006  - click to read reviews
Handel · Julius Caesar
San Diego Opera
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 •  27, 28 & 29 January 2006  - click to read reviews
Ulster Orchestra

Mozart Weekend with Finghin Collins (piano), amongst others

 •  2 & 3 December 2005 Glasgow & Edinburgh - click to read reviews
Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Handel Athalia

 •  8 October 2005 Amsterdam Concertgebouw - click to read reviews
Matinee Series

Rossini Le Comte Ory

 •  July 2005  - click to read reviews
Rossini · Il barbiere di Siviglia
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  May 2005  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Don Giovanni
Opéra de Marseille
 •  February 2005  - click to read reviews
Britten · Peter Grimes
Nationale Reisopera
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 •  July 2004  - click to read reviews
Berlioz · Béatrice et Bénédict
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  October 2003  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Idomeneo
Glyndebourne Touring Opera
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 •  July 2003  - click to read reviews
Strauss · Intermezzo
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  June 2003  - click to read reviews
Offenbach · La belle Hélène
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  October 2002  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Idomeneo
Nationale Reisopera
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 •  July 2002  - click to read reviews
Mozart · La clemenza di Tito
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  April 2002  - click to read reviews
Handel · Julius Caesar in Egypt
Canadian Opera Company
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a short excerpt from this production
 •  February 2002  - click to read reviews
Handel · Ariodante
San Diego Opera
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 •  July 2001  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Mitridate, re di Ponto
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  17 March 2001  - click to read reviews
Britten · Death in Venice
VARA Matinee, Concertgebouw Amsterdam
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Anthony Rolfe-Johnson as Aschenbach


David Wilson-Johnson as The Traveller
 •  September & October 2000  - click to read reviews
Smetana · The Bartered Bride
Canadian Opera Company
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 •  July & August 2000  - click to read reviews
Mozart  · Le nozze di Figaro
Santa Fe Opera
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 •  30 October & 1 November 1999  - click to read reviews
Rossini · Otello
VARA Matinee in Amsterdam & Rotterdam
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listen to the final moments of this concert performance
 •  July & August 1999  - click to read reviews
Mozart · Idomeneo
Santa Fe Opera
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