Smetana - The Bartered Bride Overture
Korngold - Violin Concerto
Barber - Adagio for Strings 
Dvorak - Symphony No 9 "New World"

Soloist - Matthew Trusler

Hailed by The Times as ‘an authentic, though British, virtuoso’ Matthew Trusler graduated from Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music in 1998. Following the release of Matthew’s disc – Blues – The Daily Telegraph declared that 'Trusler assumes the Heifetz (and Perlman) mantle with ease'. A passionate lover of the style and approach to violin playing during the Heifetz era, Trusler performs with one of Heifetz’s bows, given to him by Herbert Axelrod (who himself received it from Heifetz). Trusler has a particular affinity for the composers of that period, receiving much acclaim for his performances of concertos by Walton, Berg, Britten, Prokofiev and Korngold.
Matthew Trusler has been invited to perform as a recitalist and concerto soloist throughout Europe, Australia, the USA, Japan and South Africa. In the UK he has performed with most of the major orchestras, and has appeared further afield with the Minnesota Orchestra, NDR Hanover, Helsinki Philharmonic, Deutsche Symphony Berlin, Malaysian Philharmonic and Johannesburg Philharmonic. Some of his personal highlights include tours with the Australian orchestras (including appearances in Perth, Queensland and Tasmania), a tour of Germany with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Sir Neville Marriner, and a tour of Mexico with Martyn Brabbins and the Philharmonia.
Alongside his concerto work Matthew Trusler is an accomplished recitalist and an avid chamber musician. Trusler has performed frequently with Wayne Marshall, and the duo’s disc – Blues –presents a collection of short pieces by composers directly influenced by jazz. The CD was released to huge critical acclaim, including CD of the week in the Telegraph, CD of the week on Classic FM, and Recital CD of the month in Strad Magazine. Collaborations with other eminent musicians have included Piotr Anderszewski, Martin Roscoe, Peter Donohoe, Imogen Cooper, Leonidas Kavakos, Lynn Harrell, and Joseph Silverstein. Trusler has performed recitals in leading venues around the world including the Wigmore Hall in London, the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
Trusler founded Orchid Classics in 2005 as a creative extension to his love of performance. Distributed internationally by Naxos, the label is developing projects with artists including Joan Rodgers, Guy Johnston, James Gilchrist and Lawrence Power. His most recent recording of violin concertos by Korngold and Rozsa, with the Dusseldorf Symphony under Yasuo Shinozaki, was released in September 2009, to huge success. Winning the accolade of BBC Music Choice in the December 2009 edition of the BBC Music Magazine, the CD was also described by the International Record Review as containing ‘really outstanding playing, of a kind that would surely have earned the praise of the composers themselves.’ Orchid Classics supports The Lenny Trusler Children's Foundation (LTCF) of which Trusler is a Founder.
Trusler has a passion for film, and has recently acted as a consultant on the adaptation of Norman Lebrecht's novel The Song of Names for film, the screenplay being written by Jeffrey Caine (Oscar Nominee for The Constant Gardener). Earlier this year, Trusler recorded the violin solos for the soundtrack of a new French film by director Frédéric Mermoud, Complices.
Matthew Trusler holds a teaching post at the Malmö Academy in Sweden, and lives in Paris with his wife and young daughter. He plays a 1711 Stradivarius.

Conductor - Rory Macdonald

Still in his twenties, Rory Macdonald has gained a wealth of experience working with some of Europe’s most illustrious musicians and institutions.

He has built up a wide operatic repertoire, firstly as an assistant for major opera companies including Glyndebourne Festival Opera, English National Opera and Opéra National de Paris, then as a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House where he assisted Antonio Pappano on Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Equally at home on the concert podium, from 2001 to 2003 he was Assistant Conductor at the Budapest Festival Orchestra, where he worked alongside Music Director Iván Fischer and conducted the orchestra in concert. Between January 2006 and August 2008 he was Assistant Conductor at the Hallé, where he gave regular concerts across the North West, as well as working closely with Sir Mark Elder.

For the Royal Opera Rory Macdonald has conducted Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Fidelio, and Das Rheingold in the Main House and Glass’s Orphée,and Britten’s Owen Wingrave and A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Linbury Studio. He made his debut with Glyndebourne on Tour in 2003 conducting Idomeneo, and returned for Così fan tutte and Albert Herring. Other recent opera engagements include L'Elisir d'Amore at Welsh National Opera and Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Opera North.
Future plans include debuts with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bergen Phliharmonic Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company (Carmen) and Chicago Lyric Opera (A Midsummer Night's Dream) and ongoing relationships with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, Royal Opera House (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and English National Opera (The Pearl Fishers).