David Porcelijn - Conductor
"The reason the van Gilse (3rd Symphony) came across so well was certainly
because of the conductor David Porcelijn. Porcelijn turned out to be a first
class maestro who knows exactly what he wants and what he can do with romantic
repertoire. This was also audible in the Venusberg music from Wagner's Tannhäuser
where, from a touchingly beautiful quiet beginning to its excited end, Porcelijn
brought indispensable calm to the sound before building the music up to
a coherent and rousing conclusion."
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (Enschede) / Maarten Mestrom - de Stentor,
21st March '09
David Porcelijn is chief conductor designate of the Sønderjyllands
Symfoniorkester in Denmark from season '10/11 and one of the most outstanding
Dutch musicians of his generation. During recent seasons he has conducted
the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra
and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and, elsewhere, the Sydney Symphony,
Bergen Philharmonic, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden Baden und Freiburg, Orquesta
Filharmónica de Gran Canaria, NDR Radiophilharmonie and Polish National
Radio Symphony Orchestra amongst many others. Beyond his work in core repertoire
he also conducts new music throughout the world appearing, for example,
with music of contemporary Chinese composers in three concerts at the Edinburgh
International Festival. His work now sees him conducting in three continents
with major cultural organisations like Opera Australia, the Prague Spring
Festival and the Orquesta Filharmónica de la Cuidad de México.
A most highly regarded orchestral trainer, he has held positions as Chief
Conductor and Artistic Director of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Chief
Conductor and Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Chief
Conductor and Artistic Director of the RTB Symphony Orchestra in Belgrade,
Music Director and Conductor of the Netherlands Dance Theatre. He has also
been professor in conducting at the Utrecht - Amsterdam Conservatoire and
at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
David Porcelijn has a broad operatic repertoire. In 1992 he was awarded
the prize "Best Opera Conductor" at the Munich Biennial for a
production with Netherlands Opera. In 1994 he made his British operatic
debut conducting Verdi's Oberto at Opera North. He made his Australian opera
debut in 1991 conducting Rigoletto for the State Opera of South Australia,
where he has since conducted Macbeth, La Traviata and John Adams' Nixon
in China and, for Opera Queensland, Madama Butterfly. His work for Opera
Australia at Sydney Opera House has included Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto,
Les contes d'Hoffmann and Il barbiere di Siviglia and, in co-operation with
Opera Australia, he also conducted a semi-staged version of Rossini's La
Cenerentola.
David Porcelijn is an accomplished recording artist who is currently making
most of his CDs for cpo. These already include the symphonies of Christian
Sinding with the NDR Radiophilharmonie and he has now begun several major
recording cycles for cpo of complete works by Dutch composers who include
Jan van Gilse, Julius Röntgen, Henk Badings and Willem Pijper alongside
recording CDs of music by Jeff Hamburg, Jacqueline Fontyn, the Czech composer
Martin Smolka and the Serbian Isadora Zebeljan for other labels. In previous
years many of his recordings were made for ABC Classics in Australia which
included a complete cycle of Beethoven Symphonies, Messiaen's Éclairs
sur l'Au-délà and music by the Australian composers Richard
Meale, Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Westlake and Mathew Hindson alongside music
by Kurt Schwertsik, Schubert Lieder orchestrated by Brahms, Reger, Offenbach
and Liszt. For EMERGO he has recorded music by the Dutch composers Hans
Kox with the Tasmanian SO and Tristan Keuris with the Netherlands Radio
Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.
May 2009
Discography
| COMPOSER | Work | Label / CD |
|---|---|---|
| Hendrik ANDRIESSEN | Miroir de Peine; Magna res est amor; Fiat Domine; Variations and Fugue on a theme by Kuhnau; Variations on a theme by Couperin; Chromatic Variations Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra ; Roberta Alexander |
NM Cl. 92023 EDISON AWARD |
| Jeff HAMBURG | Zey; Schuylkill; Symphomy in Es; Concertino | DONEMUS CV 67 NPO |
| Harp Concertos Ginastera; Jolivet; Glire Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Alice Giles |
ABC CLASSICS 454 506-2 |
|
| Matthew HINDSON | Speed + Speed Re-orchestral Mix Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra |
ABC CLASSICS 465 432-2 |
| Italian composers Berio; Maderna; Francesconi; Donatoni |
ASKO ATTACCA Live 2 |
|
| Willem JETHS | Fas/Nefas + Glenz NPO; Tomoko Mukaiyama; Peter Brunt |
DONEMUS CV 88/89 |
| Tristan KEURIS | Violin Concerto No. 2; Symphony in D Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra Yayoi Toda |
EMERGO EC 3940-2 |
| Tristan KEURIS | Laudi; Arcade Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Jard van Nes, David Pittman-Jennings, John-Edward Kelly, Netherlands Radio Choir |
EMERGO EC 3933-2 |
| Hans KOX | Oratorium Sjoah Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Choir + Soloists |
TBI-1-93 |
| Hans KOX | Four Orchestral Suites: Opera Suite from the Opera das grune Gesicht; Dorian Gray Suite; Ballet Suite Spleen; Six one-act plays for twenty-nine musicians Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra |
EMERGO EC 3924-2 |
| Theo LOEVENDIE | Naima Suite Netherlands Ballet Orchestra |
DONEMUS CV24 |
| Richard MEALE | Scenes from "Mer de Glace"; Viridian; Symphony no 1 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra |
ABC CLASSICS 446 477-2 |
| MESSIAEN | źclairs sur l'Au-Del–... Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
ABC 442 510-2 ABC CLASSICS 8.770011 |
| SAINT-SAčNS | Piano Concertos 2 & 4; Caprice Valse op.76 Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra Wibi Soerjadi |
PHILIPS 446 496-2 |
| SCHUBERT | Lieder Orchestrations Auckland Symphony Orchestra; Michael Lewis |
ABC CLASSICS 456 362-2 |
| Peter SCULTHORPE | Sun Music I-IV; Memento Mori; Sun Song; From Uluru Adelaide Symphony Orchestra |
ABC UNDER CAPRICORN 454 505-2 ARIA AWARD |
| Peter SCULTHORPE | The Fifth Continent; Port Arthur in Memmoriam; Djilile; Lament; Little
Song; Night-Song Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra |
ABC UNDER CAPRICORN 456 363-2 |
| Noam SHERIFF | Mechaye Hametim Israel philharmonic Orchestra Joseph Malovani, Lieuwe Visser, Dutch Men's Choir |
CDI 29003 |
| Noam SHERIFF | Revival of the Dead; Genesis Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Porcelijn/Metha |
SIGNUM SIG x110-00 |
| Larry SITSKY | Concerto for Piano & Orchestra ASO, Roger Woodward |
ABC CLASSICS 456 688-2 |
| Klas TORSTENSSON | Licks & Brains ASKO, Netherlands Saxophone Quartet |
DONEMUS CVCD 13 |
| Theo VERBEY | Duet; Inversie; Contractie; Expulsie; Hommage Berg Sonata op. 1 ASKO, Porcelijn/Chailly |
DONEMUS CV 31 |
| Nigel WESTLAKE | Invocations; Antarctica; Out of the blue... Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Nigel Westlake, Timothy Kain |
ABC CLASSICS 462 017-2 |
| XENAKIS | Waarg; Eonta; Palimpsest; Enchange ASKO, Sparnaay, Takahashi |
ATTACCA |
| Kurt SCHWERTSIK | Irdische Klänge; Five Nature Pieces; Mit den riesen Stiefeln; Baumgesänge; Uluru Adelaide Symphony Orchestra |
EC 3913-2 |
| Opera | ||
| THEO LOEVENDIE | Gassir, the Hero ASKO Ensemble McFadden,Poulton,Smeets,Gillett, Wilson,Visser |
DONEMUS CV 35 |
| WILLEM PIJPER | Merlijn Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Singers: Smid,Smeding,van der Putten,Sischoff,Fritschy,Hund,Smits,Bröcheler, Micu,Sturkeboom, Jorgensen, Peterson,Alders, Boswinkel Netherlands Radio Choir |
NM CLASSICS 92055 |