Sir Karl will launch his tour at St David’s Hall, Cardiff at 3pm on Sunday 13 March, conducting a selection of his most popular works including THE ARMED MAN: A MASS FOR PEACE, and excerpts from SYMPHONIC ADIEMUS and PALLADIO.

He will then play at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Friday 18 March at 7.30pm, accompanied by the London Concert Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus; at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Sunday 20 March at 2.30pm; at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Saturday 16 April at 7.30pm, accompanied by the Manchester Concert Orchestra and Manchester Chorale; and finally at the Royal Concert Hall Nottingham on Tuesday 26 April at 7.30pm.