Tim Ribchester - Conductor

Over the next few days, I’m again in a situation where two absolutely unmissable projects have collided! Unlike last year‘s overnight hop from Boston to Salzburg, this time the distance between them is a few hundred meters, which means I’m going to be rehearsing, recording, or performing both programs almost daily (and am amazed at the kindness and flexibility of my colleagues on both!! ❤️🙏). Details and tickets at the links below.

- this weekend (and in recording sessions throughout next week) I play recitatives on fortepiano for Haydn’s Die Schöpfung at Konzerthaus Berlin under ’s wonderful leadership, with a cast of exquisite singers: I’m so happy to be reunited with .dreisig from previous projects and to hear the gorgeous duets of and soaring over my shoulder.

- just up the street at Staatsoper it’s another installment of the great Hofmusik baroque series in the Apollosaal. As usual I join Laura Volkwein and Otto Tolonen for instrumental works by Bach and other composers associated with this region of Germany, and this time the featured vocal music will be by Handel and his Hannover predecessor Steffani, whose intricate continuo duets on secular texts inspired Handel‘s own masterpieces in this genre. Opernstudio artists .starke and will be tackling the coloratura and pathos of this music in one of the most exciting programs we’ve presented in this series.

Would love to see you at either!! The Schöpfung this weekend is almost sold out but will be recorded by DG Stage+ and I’ll be sure to post when it’s released. Details of both concerts are easy to find on the Staatsoper and Konzerthaus websites - Hofmusik is 7/8 March at 15:00.

Whew! I am sizzling with excitement and relief that two consecutive projects will now work out this spring, thanks to a fortuitous final matinee and the sudden appearance of a direct red-eye BOS-MUC
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On April 16-19 I will conduct four performances of my orchestration of L’incoronazione di Poppea in a new fully staged production by Joshua Major with the New England Conservatory Opera Department and instrumental students.
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On April 23 I join , conductor/concertmaster of the , and a very exciting cast for the 250th anniversary performance of Mozart’s Il re pastore, in the Rittersaal where the composer gave the premiere at 19 years old. I’ll be at the harpsichord doing continuo/recits throughout.

Hope to see you at either if you’re in the neighborhoods! I’ll be in Boston from March 8, Salzburg April 20. 🥳🎉

Four slots left in Philly this Thursday and Friday! 🙏to AVA for ongoing support!