Dr Nicholas Milton Dr Nicholas Milton, Chief Conductor of the Willoughby Symphony has been appointed General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the State Theater of Saarland, Germany (Saarländischen Staatstheater) for four years from 2014. Dr Milton was selected to the position following an international search which attracted over 100 applicants. Dr Milton has been the…
Fresh from a major tour with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chief Conductor Nicholas Milton leads the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in a programme of romantic works in Love Stories. Featuring violinist Natsuko Yoshimoto as guest soloist, Love Stories will showcase the full strength of the orchestra and choir with classic pieces such as Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and Rachmaninoff’s The Bells. Well known…
The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Dr Nicholas Milton present a performance of Verdi’s Requiem this week. Soprano Sarah Ann Walker, mezzo-soprano Anna Yun, tenor David Woodward, and bass-baritone James Martin are the soloists in this monumental and dramatic sacred work, which conductor Hans von Bulow called Oper in Kirchengewande (opera in ecclesiastical dress). Following the completion of Aida…