Photo: Jillian Edelstein

Rory Macdonald, conductor

'Rory Macdonald’s conducting was admirably muscular and wholehearted, drawing fiercely impassioned playing from the orchestra'

The Telegraph - The Pearl Fishers (English National Opera)

'Rory Macdonald in the pit drives Bizet’s score with impulsive ardour firing up the rabble-rousing choruses and fervent hymns of praise'

The Independent - The Pearl Fishers (English National Opera)

'All of the music, conducted by Rory Macdonald with direction and purpose, was lucid and intelligible. Elliott Carter’s Adagio Tenebroso was gobsmacking, ruminative and electrifying. Under this remarkable conductor, it was an astounding display of the SSO’s expertise and musicianship'

The Herald - Hear and Now concert (BBCSSO) March 2010

'Lilt, sparkle, togetherness: these are the defining features of the WNO orchestra under Rory Macdonald'

The Times - L'Elisir d'Amore (Welsh National Opera)