Michael was brought up in the English
choral tradition and played clarinet in his schooldays, touring Germany,
Yugoslavia and Greece. He started conducting choirs and small orchestras
in his early twenties and over the following twenty years conducted on
the South Bank for six seasons, gave concerts in St. Paul's and Southwark
cathedrals, and conducted theatre performances of Don Giovanni and
Marriage of Figaro. After his performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
at the City of London Festival in 1990, Michael stopped conducting. Michael
spent 32 years working in the City of London until his retirement in 2002.
His daughter, Gabrielle, was born in 1993 and she now plays violin with
the National Children's Orchestra. Cristina, his wife, is delighted that
Michael has been offered this association with the Harrow Symphony Ochestra.
| Composer | Work | Year | Location | Soloists |
| Anderson | Sleigh Ride | 1980 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Arnold | English Dances 2 | 1980 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Bach | B minor Mass | 1988 | Fleet, Hampshire | Helen
Kucharek, Elizabeth Hurley,
Robin Green, Gordon Jones |
| Beethoven | Choral Fantasia | 1984 | Fleet, Hampshire | Lesley Ann Brown |
| Beethoven | Choral Fantasia | 1978 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Harold Barnes |
| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | 1991 | Plaisterer's Hall, London | Cheryl
Hawkins, Hilary Fisher,
Alan Duffield, Richard Wigmore |
| Berlioz | Carnaval Romain | 1981 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Berlioz | Te Deum | 1988 | Southwark Cathedral | Alan Woodrow, Ian Caddy |
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Brahms | German Requiem | 1990 | Central Hall, Westminster | Carys Lane, Roger Langford |
| Brahms | Variations on a theme by Haydn | 1990 | Central Hall, Westminster | |
| Britten | Hymn to St Cecilia | 1987 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Britten | Hymn to St Cecilia | 1978 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Britten | National Anthem | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Canteloub | Songs of the Auvergne | 1988 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Coates | Knightsbridge | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Delius | Summers Night on the Water | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Durufle | Requiem | 1981 | St Michael's, Cornhill | |
| Dvorak | Gypsy Songs | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Dvorak | Mass im D | 1984 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Elgar | Cockaigne | 1984 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | 1987 | St Paul's Cathedral | Michael
Goldthorpe, Michael George,
Catherine Wyn-Rogers |
| Elgar | From the Bavarian Heights | 1987 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Elgar | Sospiri | 1986 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Faure | Pavane | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Faure | Requiem | 1988 | Southwark Cathedral | Adrian Phillips |
| Finzi | For St Cecilia | 1984 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Franck | Symphonic Variations | 1979 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Beryl Pankhurst |
| Gounod | Jewel Song | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Alice Hyde |
| Gounod | Jewel Song | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Anne Stuart-James |
| Gounod | Kermesse | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Gounod | Soldier's Chorus | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Gounod | Soldier's Chorus | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Gounod | St Cecilia's Mass | 1989 | Southwark Cathedral | Wendy
Eathorne, Michael Goldthorpe,
Ian Caddy |
| Handel | Organ Concerto Op 4 #6 | 1984 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Marjorie Nunn |
| Haydn | Creation | 1987 | Fleet, Hampshire | Daphne Gill, Robin Green, Michael Pearce |
| Haydn | Creation | 1983 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Brindley Sherratt |
| Mascagni | Easter Hymn | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Mascagni | Easter Hymn | 1979 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Lesley Garrett |
| Mascagni | Intermezzo | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Mascagni | Intermezzo | 1979 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Mascagni | Santuzza's Aria | 1979 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Lesley Garrett |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah | 1989 | Fleet, Hampshire | Sandra
Graham, Rosalind Eaton,
Robin Green, Michael Pearce |
| Mendelssohn | Hebrides Overture | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Mendelssohn | Hebrides Overture | 1990 | Watford | |
| Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto | 1990 | Watford | |
| Mozart | Bassoon Concerto | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Andrew Jakob |
| Mozart | Divertimento B flat | 1990 | Watford | |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | 1990 | Langley Opera | |
| Mozart | Marriage of Figaro | 1988 | Langley Opera | |
| Mozart | Symphony 29 | 1990 | Watford | |
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | 1989 | Southwark Cathedral | |
| Poulenc | Gloria | 1981 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Christine Teare |
| Puccini | Che gelida manina | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Blair Wilson |
| Puccini | Messa di Gloria | 1981 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Puccini | Mi chiamano Mimi | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Alice Hyde |
| Puccini | Nessun Dorma | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Blair Wilson |
| Puccini | O mio babbino caro | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Alice Hyde |
| Puccini | O soave fancialla | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Reznicek | Donna Diana | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Rossini | Tancredi | 1984 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Schubert | Overture: Rosamunde | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Sibelius | Finlandia | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Sibelius | Karelia Suite | 1981 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Sibelius | Swan of Tuonela | 1980 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Stanford | Songs of the Fleet | 1984 | Fleet, Hampshire | Graham Dalby |
| Stanford | Songs of the Fleet | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Stuart Fordyce |
| Stanford | Songs of the Fleet | 1989 | Southwark Cathedral | Ian Caddy |
| Strauss II | Blue Danube | 1979 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Strauss II | Nun's Chorus | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Anne Stuart-James |
| Strauss II | Radetzky March | 1979 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Suppe | Poet & Peasant | 1979 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Tchaikovsky | Capriccio Italien | 1983 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Vaughan Williams | Sea Symphony | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Joyce Storr, Stuart Fordyce |
| Vaughan Williams | Sea Symphony | 1984 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music | 1988 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Verdi | Celeste Aida | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | Blair Wilson |
| Verdi | Requiem | 1986 | Southwark Cathedral | Valery
Hill, Susan Anderson,
Michael Goldthorpe, Peter Rose |
| Verdi | Va Pensiero | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Verdi | Va Pensiero | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Wagner | Lohengrin Act 3 prelude | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Wagner | Siegfried Idyll | 1981 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Wagner | Tannhauser Pilgrims Chorus | 1990 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Waldteufel | Skaters Waltz | 1981 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Walton | Façade | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | |
| Wiren | Serenade | 1986 | Fleet, Hampshire | |
| Zeller | Rosenlied | 1982 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Anne Stuart-James |