Iain McLarty Conductor
About
Scottish conductor Iain McLarty is Musical Director of the Scottish Chamber Choir, Conductor of St Andrews Symphony Orchestra and Director of RSCM Scottish Voices. He is a regular guest conductor with the Edinburgh University String Orchestra and Meadows Chamber Orchestra and has worked with groups across Scotland, performing much of the standard orchestral and choral repertoire as well as such diverse pieces as a concerto for birds and orchestra, choral works for forty individual voices, and a new opera based on reality TV. He has previously held positions as Sir Alexander Gibson Conducting Fellow with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus and Herrick Bunney Organ Scholar at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. He received a special commendation in the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards for a virtual recording of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" made during the covid lockdown which featured musicians from across Scotland and beyond.Iain studied in the Soloist Class at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) in Copenhagen with Giordano Bellincampi and Michael Schønwandt, concluding in a concert with Aarhus Symfoniorkester which included the Danish première of James MacMillan's "The Confession of Isobel Gowdie". He has also conducted the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Odense Symfoniorkester, Ålborg Symfoniorkester, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, Randers Kammerorkester, Prinsens Musikkorps and the DKDM Symphony Orchestra. He has assisted for productions with the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He is committed to performing contemporary music, giving numerous premières in both Scandinavia and the UK, and has taken part in masterclasses with the London Sinfonietta, Norwegian Radio Orchestra and BBC Singers.Iain has participated in orchestral conducting masterclasses with Alexander Vedernikov, Charles Peebles, Johannes Schlaefli, Diego Masson, George Hurst, Benjamin Zander and Timothy Reynish and choral conducting masterclasses with Sofi Jeannin, David Hill, Patrick Russill and Peter Broadbent. He previously studied with James Lowe. Throughout his studies he has been generously supported by Clutterbuck Travel Scholarships, Bucher-Fraser Scholarhips, a Sir James Caird Trust Travelling Scholarship, an Anglo-Danish Society Award, a Roderick Bryson Memorial Trust Award and a Fondation Idella travel scholarship.Aside from conducting, Iain is also a church musician working across a broad range of styles. He currently works with the Wild Goose Resource Group of the Iona Community, was editor of the Church of Scotland’s latest hymnbook ‘God Welcomes All’ (Canterbury Press, 2024), and has been regularly involved in planning and leading worship for the World Council of Churches. He previously worked nationally for the Church of Scotland delivering training and developing resources, with a particular focus on work with congregations in the most deprived areas of Scotland. He also works regularly for Trinity College at the University of Glasgow, giving lectures and seminars on church music as well as developing a resource called 'Songs for Sunday' which provides song suggestions for the three years of the Revised Common Lectionary.Before taking up conducting and church music, Iain studied Mathematics and Music at the University of Edinburgh with his interest in two such seemingly contrasting fields leading to his featuring in the film “Le pere di Adamo” which was shown at the Rome Film Festival. He also has a Masters in Musicology, with his research focusing on classical and church music in Scotland. He is currently studying on the Doctor of Pastoral Music programme at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
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Repertoire
* indicates world première
** indicates regional premièreJohn Adams
Chamber SymphonyWilliam Alwyn
Suite of Scottish DancesAnton Arensky
Variations on a Theme of TchaikovskyMalcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances
Tam o' Shanter
Trumpet ConcertoAlexander Arutunian
Trumpet ConcertoCPE Bach
Symphony in BmJS Bach
Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV 1067
St John Passion BWV 245
Wachet auf BWV 140Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
Divertimento
Romanian Folk DancesSven-Erik Bäck
DecetLudwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Piano Concerto No.4
Symphonies No.1,3,4,5,6,7,8
Violin ConcertoVincenzo Bellini
Norma SinfoniaHector Berlioz
Les nuits d'étéLeonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
West Side Story - Symphonic DancesHeinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
BattaliaGeorges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suites 1,2
Carmen Suites 1,2James Black
* Iron Lung
* Lion CityArthur Bliss
March from "Things to Come"Joanna Borrett
ClanPierre Boulez
ÉclatJohannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Ein Deutches Requiem
Hungarian Dances
Symphonies No.2,4Benjamin Britten
A Midsummer Night's Dream Excerpts
Act 1: "Oberon is passing fell and wrath"
Act 2: "Flower of this purple dye"
Act 2: "Puppet? Why so?"
Simple Symphony
Sinfonietta
Soirees Musicales
The World of the SpiritMax Bruch
Kol Nidrei
Romance for solo violaErnest Chausson
PoèmeSamuel Coleridge-Taylor
Four NovellettenCecil Coles
Behind the LinesJuan Pablo Contreras
MariachitlánAaron Copland
El Salon Mexico
Fanfare for the Common ManBenjamin de Murashkin
TarangeshuClaude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fauneFrederick Delius
Two Pieces for Small OrchestraPaul Dukas
Fanfare from "La Peri"Maurice Duruflé
RequiemAntonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto
The Noon-Witch
Serenade for Strings
Serenade for Wind
Slavonic Dances
Symphonies No.8,9
Te DeumEdward Elgar
Cello ConcertoEnigma Variations
Serenade for Strings
SospiriGabriel Fauré
Dolly Suite
RequiemGerald Finzi
A Servern RhapsodySebastian Flögel
* MidnattspromenadLewis Forbes
Two Waiting GamesCésar Franck
Symphony in D minorGiovanni Gabrieli
Sonata Pian' e ForteGeorge Gershwin
An American in ParisAlberto Ginastera
Harp ConcertoPercy Grainger
Irish Tune from County Derry
Molly on the ShoreEdward Gregson
Tuba ConcertoEdvard Grieg
In Autumn
Peer Gynt Suites 1,2Mikhail Glinka
Jota Aragonesa (Caprice brillante)
KamarinskayaLauny Grøndahl
Trombone concertoGF Handel
Coronation Anthems
Dixit Dominus
Messiah
Organ Concerto op.7 No.1
Water MusicJoseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No.2 in D Hob.VIIb:2
Keyboard Concerto in D Hob.XVIII:11
Symphony 103 Hob.I:103Dante Hidemark
* Sex episoder för orkesterAnders Hillborg
MouyayoumLuci Holland/Chris Jacquin
* HypnagogiaGustav Holst
St Paul's Suite
The Planets
Two PsalmsArthur Honegger
Pastorale d'étéEngelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel overtureJacques Ibert
Flute concertoKarl Jenkins
The Armed ManAram Khatchaturian
Spartacus Suite No.2Kenneth Leighton
Te Deum LaudamusGabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas - An Andean WalkaboutFrank Loesser
Guys and DollsOlof Lundbeck
* Tre små fötterHamish MacCunn
The Land of the Mountain and the FloodCecilia McDowall
Rain, Steam and SpeedEdward McGuire
Double Bass Concerto
James MacMillan
** The Confession of Isobel GowdieGustav Mahler
Symphonies No.1, 4Frank Martin
Mass for Double ChoirArturo Marquez
Danzon No.2Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture
String Symphony No. 8
Symphonies No.3 ("Scottish"), 4 ("Italian")
Violin ConcertoJessie Montgomery
Starburst
StrumWA Mozart
Bastien und Bastienne K50
"Ch'io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene" K505
Clarinet Concerto K622
Così fan tutte K588 (excerpts)
Act 2: "Il core vi dono"
Divertimento in D K136
Horn Concerto in Eb K447
Le Nozze di Figaro K492 (excerpts)
Overture
Act 1: "Cinque... dieci..." to "Se vuol ballare"
Act 3: "Eh Susanna non vien... Dove sono"
Act 4: "Giunse alfin... Deh vieni"
Oboe Concerto K314
"Don Giovanni" K527 (excerpts)
Overture
Act 1: "Ah, fuggi il traditor"
Act 2: "In quali... mi tradi"
Overture to "The Magic Flute" K620
Requiem K626
Serenades in Eb K375, C minor K388
Symphony No.39 K543
Symphony No. 41 K551
Zaide K344 (excerpts)
Act 1: "Ruhe sanft"Liz Muir
* String OrchestraMatt Muldoon
* FanfareModest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)Carl Nielsen
Clarinet Concerto
Little Suite
Prelude to Act II "Saul og David"
Violin ConcertoBenjamin Oliver
Beast Bounding Through TimeHubert Parry
Blest Pair of SirensCatriona Price
Saint SophiaSergei Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf
Romeo and Juliet Suites 1,2
Symphony No.1 ("Classical")Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo from "Manon Lescaut"
La bohème (excerpts)
Act 3: "Donde lieta usci"
Messa di GloriaSergei Rachmaninov
All-Night Vigil
Piano Concerto No.2
The RockAriel Ramírez
Misa CriollaEinojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus ArcticusMaurice Ravel
Bolero
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Piano concerto in G major
Tombeau de CouperinOttorino Respighi
Pines of RomeNikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
ScheherezadeDavid Roche
* Orkney AirsGioachino Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpts)
Act 1: "Ecco, ridente in cielo"
Petite Messe Solennelle
William Tell overtureJohn Rutter
The Sprig of ThymeKrystian Rymkier
* Et brevCamille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso
Symphony No.3 ("Organ")Albert Schnelzer
A Freak in BurbankFranz Schubert
Death and the Maiden (arr. Mahler)
Symphonies No.5,6,8Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte NachtRobert Schumann
Symphonies No.1,2Thomas Seltz
* Awesome X
* Violin ConcertoDmitri Shostakovich
Chamber Symphony op.110a (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
Festive Overture
Piano Concerto No.1
Symphony No.5,9
Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Finlandia
Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Rakastava
Valse Triste
Violin ConcertoJake Spence
Three pieces for orchestraCV Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No.1Martin Stauning
* At Night, TodaySufjan Stevens
Suite from "Run Rabbit Run" (arr. Michael Atkinson)Johann Strauss Jr.
Die Fledermaus (excerpts)
Overture
Act 2Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Serenade for Wind
Tod und VerklärungIgor Stravinsky
Concerto in Eb ("Dumbarton Oaks")
Firebird Suite (1919)
Octet
Pulcinella Suite
The Rake's Progress (excerpts)
Act 1 Scene 3
Act 3 Scene 2
Suite No.2Stuart Taylor
From Tweed to the OrcadesPI Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings
Symphony No.4,5Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon WomanRalph Vaughan- Williams
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Five Mystical Songs
Old Hundredth
Serenade to MusicPēteris Vasks
Distant LightGiuseppe Verdi
Nabucco OvertureAntonio Vivaldi
Gloria RV589Richard Wagner
Meistersinger Overture
Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Prelude to "Tristan und Isolde"Carl Maria von Weber
Freischutz Overture
Oberon OvertureEric Whitacre
Five Hebrew Love SongsJohn Williams
Suite from Star Wars
Theme from Jurassic ParkVarious
* Variations on "He Stole my Tender Heart Away" (Caponnetto, Holland, Holzmann, Izzo, Rutherford, Singleton, Skyllas and Worth)
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