Person · Male
David Atherton
conductor
- From
- Blackpool, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1944–present
- Releases
- 32
- classical
About
David Atherton (born 3 January 1944) is an English conductor and founder of the London Sinfonietta.
Discography
Albums
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Verses for Ensembles / Nenia: The Death of Orpheus / The Fields of Sorrow
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Clarinet Concertos
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Piano Concerto / Organ Concerto
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Punch and Judy
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Melodien / Double Concerto / Chamber Concerto
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Pierrot lunaire / Serenade / Die eiserne Brigade
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Suite, op. 29 / Wind Quintet, op. 26
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A Winter Idyll / Elegy / Intrada / A Song of the Night / Interlude (Sita) / Invocation / The Lure / Morning of the Year Dances
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King Priam
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Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / Lachian Dances / Suite for Strings / Mládí / Capriccio for Piano / Concertino
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A Vision of St Augustine / Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra
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Kleine Dreigroschenmusik / Mahagonny Songspiel / Happy End / Berliner Requiem / Violin Concerto
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Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto
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Sinfonia mistica / Sinfonia di sfere
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The Complete Hindemith Viola Music, Volume 3: Music for Viola and Orchestra
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Anaïs Nin / De staat
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BBC Music, Volume 22, Number 1: Violin Concerto no. 1
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Music for Piano Solo and Piano and Orchestra
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BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 12: Japanese Suite / A Somerset Rhapsody / Indra
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BBC Music, Volume 33, Number 8: Spring Symphony
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Weil: Symphonies 1, 2 & Bastille Music
Live
Compilations
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The Hymn of Jesus / Choral Symphony / The Wandering Scholar / At the Boar’s Head
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Parry: Ode on the Nativity / Holst: The Mystic Trumpeter / Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light
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Chamber Music / Orchestral Works
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At The Boar's Head / The Wandering Scholar
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Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, I
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Stravinsky: Ballets / Atherton · Nagano · Rattle
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Artistic director
Conductor position
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Tags
- conductor
- english conductor
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- a0ea49bd-fa47-4d59-8aed-fa06843ee403
- ISNI
- 0000000114633464
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.