CRESWICK, BRADLEY

Born in West Sussex, the violinist Bradley Creswick studied at the Royal College of Music under Jaroslav Vanecek and later with Emanuel Hurwitz. He made his début in 1981 with the Philharmonia, as a soloist in Bach’s Double Concerto. In January 1984 he took up the position of leader of the Northern Sinfonia and during the orchestra’s October 1984 coast-to-coast tour of America was the soloist in the first American performances of Malcolm Williamson’s Lament in memory of Lord Mountbatten of Burma. He made his BBC Proms début with the Northern Sinfonia in 1989, performing Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending. In 1987 he moved to London to lead two of the great London orchestras, the Philharmonia and in 1991 the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden. In September 1994 he returned once more to Newcastle as leader of the Northern Sinfottia. He often appears as a soloist and has performed many of the great works for violin and orchestra. On the international stage he appeared in Bergen, Norway, as part of Northern Sinfonia’s spring 1997 tour, performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto under the bâton of Heinrich Schiff, and most recently led the Sinfonia’s 1999 tour of Germany, with a short stay in Bombay to perform the inauguration concert of the National Centre for Performing Arts, by invitation of the President of India. Bradley Creswick has served on occasion as guest leader with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He also regularly plays at the Charleston Manor Chamber Music Festival with the Musical Director Robert Cohen. His many recordings and broadcasts with the Northern Sinfonia include a release of music by Vaughan Williams and for Naxos recordings of Handel’s Concerti Grossi, in addition to recordings with the ensemble Opus 20 of violin concertos by Paul Patterson and Eero Hämeenniemi.

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BRAGA SANTOS: Sinfonietta for Strings / Violin Concerto	8.225186