Announcing Conducting Appearances for the 2022–2023 Season
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Nic McGegan is delighted to announce his conducting appearances for the 2022–2023 season. From an all-Mozart evening with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to a program spanning 400 years of music with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and a Bach B Minor Mass with Berkeley's Cantata Collective, Nic's upcoming engagements will find him sharing his vibrant energy and consummate artistry with music lovers across the globe.
While more concerts are still being finalized, here is the current schedule:
Los Angeles Philharmonic (September 6)
Sarasota Orchestra (October 1)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (October 13–14)
Philadelphia Orchestra (November 11–13)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (November 16–20)
Aalborg Symphony (December 15–16)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (January 2)
Eugene Symphony (January 19)
Milwaukee Symphony (January 27–29)
Royal Northern Sinfonia (February 3)
St. Louis Symphony (March 10–11)
Cantata Collective (March 20)
West Coast
Nic kicks off the new season with an evening of Mozart under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl (September 6), leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 32 and 36, as well as the composer's Fourth Violin Concerto featuring the LA Phil's principal concertmaster, Martin Chalifour.
Later in the fall, Nic will lead the Bay Area's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra(November 16–20) in a program of suites by Campra and Rameau. In January, he'll head to Eugene, Oregon, for an all-Baroque program with the Eugene Symphony (January 19). And on the eve of the first day of spring (March 20) — and J.S. Bach's birthday! — he'll lead the Bay Area's Cantata Collective in the composer's magnificent Mass in B Minor.
East Coast
In October, Nic will be in Florida leading the Sarasota Orchestra (October 1) in a program that pairs Mozart's Symphony No. 29 with two works by Tchaikovsky — the sublime Rococo Variations and Mozartiana Suite.
The City of Brotherly Love beckons this fall, where Nic will join the Philadelphia Orchestra (November 11–13) for three performances of a program that includes Bach's Second, Third, and Fourth Brandenburg Concertos and Handel's imaginative "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" Organ Concerto, featuring the celebrated organist Paul Jacobs.
Midwest
Nic will be spending a lot of time in the heart of North America this season.
First up are performances celebrating "The Joy of the Baroque" with Canada's Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (October 13–14), featuring seven of the orchestra's musicians as soloists in Vivaldi's Concerto for Violin, Horns, Oboes, Bassoon, and Cello.
In January, Nic heads to Wisconsin for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Water Festival (January 27–29), where he'll conduct the First Suite from Handel's Water Music, concertos for piccolo and violin by Vivaldi, and Rameau's Suite from Naïs, the composer's opera depicting the love story between the sea god Neptune and the titular nymph.
A frequent — and eagerly anticipated — guest conductor with the St. Louis Symphony for decades, Nic is thrilled to return to the podium at Powell Hall (March 10–11) for a dramatic musical pairing: Beethoven's incidental music to Egmont and Mendelssohn's The First Walpurgis Night, both inspired by the writings of Goethe.
Europe
Nic's European engagements during the 22/23 season include two performances of Bach's festive Christmas Oratorio with Denmark's Aalborg Symphony (December 15–16), Handel's Messiah with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (January 2), and an evening with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus (February 3), where he'll lead an exuberant program of Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus, and Caroline Shaw's Is a rose.
Stay tuned as we announce additions to Nic's schedule throughout the season!