David Charles Abell is that rare conductor whose wide range of repertoire knowledge and skill encompasses symphonic music, opera and musical theatre. He has conducted many of the top British orchestras including the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Bournemouth, City of Birmingham, Royal Scottish and Hallé. Internationally, he has appeared with the Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre Pasdeloup, Atlanta and Cincinnati Symphonies, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony, West Australian Symphony and New York Pops orchestras. His many television and radio appearances have encompassed a wide repertoire, from Johann Strauss with the period-instrument Wiener Akademie to Bliss and Beethoven with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. David conducted the Les Misérables 10th and 25th Anniversary Concerts, both televised worldwide.Future plans include a CD with soprano Diana Damrau, the French premieres of Sondheim’s Follies (Opéra de Toulon) and Sunday in the Park with George (Châtelet), and concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestre Pasdeloup and West Australian Symphony Orchestra.Sondheim at 80 BBC Proms‘Hearing [Sondheim's melodies] offered in their original Broadway orchestrations (many by Jonathan Tunick) and despatched with opulence and pizzazz by the BBC Concert Orchestra under the passionate advocacy of David Charles Abell was an added bonus.’ The IndependentBBC Symphony Orchestra‘John Adams's curtain-raiser, A Short Ride in a Fast Machine, is as infallible in its pleasures as a ride on a switchback, and just as innocent. The syncopations ricocheted splendidly, the little woodwind figures spun like Catherine wheels, and the whole thing fizzed under the deft expert hands of conductor David Charles Abell. Daily TelegraphLa gazza ladra Opera North'The third hero of the revival is the American conductor David Charles Abell. His speeds were part of a carefully thought-through, intensely theatrical reading: his handling of the masterly duet-trio sequence in the first act on which the plot hinges was faultless, and he always gave Mary Hegarty plenty of space to sing expressively.' The Times (London)Portfolio websites for photographersWebsite by Stephen BirchmoreiPad portfolios for photographersHTML5 portfolio webistes for photographers
