Conductor Michael Seal has established a reputation as one of the UK’s most versatile conductors, his career going from strength to strength, conducting orchestras in the UK and internationally.
In March 2011, he was appointed Associate Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The appointment recognised his work as Assistant Conductor, the first in the CBSO’s history, and the special relationship he has built with the Orchestra.
Michael has conducted the CBSO in many prestigious concerts, appearing with them at the Aldeburgh and Malvern Festivals, as well as venues in London, Manchester and the Midlands. He has given World and UK premieres of music by Richard Causton, Jonathan Girling and Bent Sorensen with the CBSO. Michael appears annually in the CBSO main season at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and has also stood in at very late notice for Sakari Oramo, Richard Hickox, Ilan Volkov and Vasilly Sinaisky to much critical acclaim.
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Michael’s vast repertoire list makes for a vivid demonstration of the myriad challenges faced by a “staff” conductor at a major orchestra. One must be able to dispatch industrial quantities of film music, educational arrangements, new works and pops pieces at the highest level, while bringing to core works like Sibelius 5 or Nielsen 2 the kind of gravitas expected by orchestras that regularly work with the best in the business.
- Ades Three Studies from Couperin
- Anderson Buglers Holiday
- Arnold Cornish Dances
- Arnold Tam O’Shanter
- Axt The Smugglers
- Barber Adagio for Strings
- Bartok Transylvanian Dance No.3
- Beethoven Egmont Overture
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
- Berio Folk Songs
- Berio Rendering for Orchestra
- Brahms Tragic Overture
- Bridge The Sea
- Britten War Requiem
- Bruch Violin Concerto
- Butterworth 2 English Idylls
- Chopin Piano Concerto. No.2
- Copland Fanfare for the common man
- Debussy (orch. Matthews) La Danse de Puck
- Doyle Thor – suite
- Dukas The Sorcerors Apprentice
- Dvorak Silent Woods
- Dvorak Symphony No.8
- Dvorak The Water Goblin
- Elgar Cello Concerto
- Elgar Symphony No. 2
- Farnon Sounds Familiar
- Fenton Shadowlands
- Finck Dramatic Love Scene
- Fitkin Metal
- Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
- Ginastera La Estancia Dances
- Goldenthal Titus – suite
- Goodwin 633 Squadron
- Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No.1
- Heffes The Rite (Finale)
- Hermann Psycho
- Honegger Pacific 231
- Hopkins 1947 Suite
- Hopkins Amerika
- Hopkins And the waltz goes on
- Hopkins Evesham Fair
- Hopkins Margam
- Hopkins Orpheus
- Hopkins Stella
- Hughes The Phamtom Fairground
- Irwin Cottage Love
- Janacek Taras Bulba
- Korngold Schauspiel Overture
- Ligeti Concerto Romanesc
- Liszt Piano Concerto No.2
- Luz Dramatic Set No.7
- Malloy Alasdair’s Magic Moments
- Martell The Great Ice Floe
- Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
- Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
- Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Nielsen Symphony No.2
- Nielsen Violin Concerto
- Orff Carmina Burana
- Parry Jerusalem
- Patterson Little Red Riding Hood
- Ponchielli The Dance of the Hours
- Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3
- Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
- Rachmaninov Vocalise
- Rameau Dances from ‘Les Boreades’
- Respighi The Pines of Rome
- Rimelis The Cool Ghoul
- Robbins Remains of the Day
- Rodney-Bennet
- Saint-Saens Danse Macabre
- Savino Conspiracy
- Shchedrin Carmen
- Shcherdin Humoreske (arr. Seal)
- Shore Silence of the Lambs
- Shostakovich Festive Overture
- Sibelius Finlandia
- Sibelius Symphony No.2
- Sibelius Symphony No.5
- Sibelius The Oceanides
- Smyth March of the Women
- Sorensen Exit Music
- Sousa Liberty Bell
- Steck The Skeleton in the Cupboard
- Strauss Metamorphosen
- Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
- Strauss Wind Serenade Op.7
- Stravinsky Octet
- Stravinsky Pulcinella (Complete Ballet)
- Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
- Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
- V.Williams The Lark Ascending
- Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries
- Weatherfield Strands
- Weber Overture and Marches from Turandot
- Williams, C Devils Galop
- Willims Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Williams ET: Adventures on Earth
- Williams Hymn to the fallen
- Williams Jaws (Main Title)
- Williams JFK Theme
- Williams Jurassic Park ‘The Lost World’
- Williams Munich: A Prayer for Peace
- Williams Raiders March
- Williams Schindlers List (Main Title)
- Williams Star Wars (Main Title or Suite)
- Williams Superman March
Additionally, Michael has conducted the following short excerpts and songs:
Gounod – ‘Je veux vivre’ from Romeo & Juliet ( Susanna Hurrell )
Mozart – ‘Il mio Tesoro’ from Don Giovanni ( Tyler Clarke )
Puccini – ‘O soave fanciulla’ from La Boheme
Schubert/Berlioz – Der Erlkonig
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus
Goodwin – Peanut Vendor
Rogers – ‘You’ll never walk alone’
Copland – ‘I Bought me a Cat’
Arr. Green – Octonauts Theme
Britten – ‘Moto Perpetuo’ from Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Arr. Green – Tommy Zoom Theme
Elgar – ‘Nimrod’ from Enigma Variations
Mancini – Pink Panther
Barry – Goldfinger
Barry – Diamonds are forever
Puccini – Doretta’s song from ‘La Rondine’ (Soprano – Maureen Brathwaite)
Prokofiev – Wedding and Troika from ‘Lte Kije Suite’
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from ‘Swan Lake’
Puccini – El lucevan el stelle from ‘Tosca’ (Tenor – Joseph Guyton)
Puccini – ‘O soave fanciulla’ from La Boheme
Mussorgsky – The Great Gate of Kiev from ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathrustra (opening)
Parker jnr – Ghostbusters
Beethoven – Symphony No.7 (Movt 2)
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2 (Movt 2) (Ben Dawson)
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake (Final Scene)
Mahler – Symphony No.5 – Adagietto
Rossini – Ov. William Tell (Galop)
Saint Saens – Symphony No.3 (Finale)
Mussorgsky – ‘The Old Castle’ & ‘Baba Yaga’ from Pictures at an Exhibition
Stravinsky – ‘Lullaby’ and ‘Finale’ from The Firebird
Lehar – ‘Vilja’ from The Merry Widow
Puccini – ‘O mio babbino Caro’ from Gianni Schicchi
Korngold – Mariettas Lied from Die Tote Stadt
Gounod – ‘Je veux vivre’ from Romeo & Juliet (Soprano – Helen Withers)
Impressive list Mike – diversity is certainly a benefit, and clearly giving you a strong foundation. Bravo. Enjoy the ride!
Thanks for the commment,Stephen. How about your rep report????