'Setterfield has formidable musical form. But he also has the charisma to transform an arts project'   Telegraph

'Passionate'  The Times

'A ball of energy and determination'  Daily Mail


 

Highlights of Ivor's 2011 season included a visit to the Royal Festival Hall to conduct Beethoven Symphony No 9 with the Philharmonic Orchestra and a return to the Royal Albert Hall to conduct Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and four choirs in an thrilling performance of Mahler Symphony No 8 'Symphony of a Thousand'.

An exciting season lays ahead in 2012 - highlights include Rutter Requiem, Elgar Dream of Gerontius, Talbot Path of Miracles, Brahms Double Concerto and Handel Dettingen Te Deum.

In his season at St Martin's he is joined by a fantastic selection of soloists including Kerenza Peacock, Benjamin Nabarro, Helen Davies, Mia Cooper, Rebecca Wood, Andrew Radley, Matthew Stiff, William Whitehead, Gemma Rosefield, Ben Johnson, Chris Lee and Madeleine Pierard.

 

'A talent for translating musical direction into analogies that even the most untrained singer can understand'  Telegraph

'Pleasantly fruity'  The Metro