Adrian Partington
Adrian is a musician of rare versatility—a
successful conductor, chorus master, pianist and organist. He is
Artistic Director of the BBC National Chorus of Wales, Conductor of
the Bristol Choral Society, and Director of the MA in Choral
Conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
In January 2008 he became Director of Music at Gloucester
Cathedral, and joint conductor of the Three Choirs Festival.
Since his BBC appointment in 1999, Adrian has
prepared the BBCNCW for almost 100 concerts and recordings for BBC
Radio 3, many of which he has conducted himself. He has also
prepared choirs for some of the greatest conductors of our
time including Haitink, Abbado, Rattle, Tortelier and
Elder.
Adrian has directed many of the country’s principal choruses –The
BBC Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Chorus, The Philharmonia
Chorus and the Bach Choir. He has also worked with leading UK
orchestras: regularly conducting the BBC National Orchestra of
Wales; directing the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Opera Galas
and Summer Proms; touring with the Mozart Festival Orchestra; and
conducting the Philharmonia, the English Symphony
Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at the Three
Choirs Festival.
When not conducting, Adrian is active as a pianist and
organist. He performs with the international Baroque violinist
Margaret Faultless, giving festival recitals both in the UK and
Germany, and plays continuo with the ECO, Florilegium – and
Collegium Musicum 90, featuring on many Chandos CDs.