Tommy Reilly gave the world premiere of Michael Spivakovsky’s ‘Concerto for harmonica and orchestra’, which was dedicated to him, during the Festival of Britain in 1951, with the London Radio Concert Orchestra (leader, Max Jaffa), conducted by Mark Lubbock. He also had works written for him by such composers as Gordon Jacob, James Moody, Vilem Tausky, Graham Whettam, Matyas Seiber, Robert Farnon, George Martin, Alan Langford, Les Reed, Fried Walter, Karl Heinz Köper, Willem Strietman and others.
Tommy played with many international orchestras and conductors around the world.
Here is a list of them. Some performances are available on his LPs/CDs.
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UK:
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner, Iona Brown, Kenneth Sillito
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Arthur Davison, Darrell Davison
London Symphony Orchestra/Lawrence Leonard
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Robert Farnon
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
English String Orchestra/William Boughton
London Sinfonietta/David Atherton
Royal Academy Orchestra/Colin Melors
The Wren Orchestra/Charles Farncombe
Northern Chamber Orchestra/Peter Leary
Bristol Concert Orchestra/Frank Cantell
BBC Concert Orchestra/Vilem Tausky, Marcus Dods, Ashley Lawrence, Robert Farnon, Henry Krips, Gilbert Vinter, David Snell, Iain Sutherland, et al.
London Radio Concert Orchestra/Mark Lubbock, George Melachrino
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ole Schmidt
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra/John Hopkins, George Hurst, Robert Farnon
BBC Welsh Orchestra/Rae Jenkins, Arwel Hughes, John Carewe
BBC Midland Orchestra/Gilbert Vinter
BBC Radio Orchestra/David Snell, David Francis, Robert Farnon
Royal Northern College Symphony Orchestra, Manchester/Trevor Wye
Netherland:
Metropole Orchestra/Dolf van der Linden, Rogier van Otterloo
Northern Philharmonic Orchestra, Groningen/Dolf van der Linden
Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra/Ernest Bour
Dutch Radio Promenade Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn, Jan Stulen, Stanley Black
Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra/Henk Spruit
Belgium:
Belgian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Fernand Terby
France:
French Radio Symphony Orchestra/Wal Berg
Germany:
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RIAS, SFB)/Fried Walter, Kurt Kiermeir, Werner Eisbrenner
Hamburg Rundfunkorchester Nordeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)/Richard Müller-Lampertz, Wilhelm Stephan, Wolfgang Friebe
Hannover Rundfunkorchester (NDR)/ Richard Müller-Lampertz, Heinz Geese, Willy Mattes, Reto Parolari
Köln Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester (WDR/Curt Cremer Radio Bremen Rundfunkorchester/Franz Frankenberg
Hessischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, Frankfurt/Johannes Pütz, Christian Stalling Südwestfunk Sinfonieorchester Kaiserslautern/Emmerich Smola, Klaus Arp
Süddeutscher Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Heinz Schröder, Hans Conzelmann
Bayerischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester München/Werner Schmidt Boelcke, Heinz Wallberg, Peter Falk, Janos Guylai-Gaal, Martin Böttcher, Heinz Geese
Essen Philharmoniker/Heinz Wallberg
Stuttgart Philharmoniker
Wiesbaden Sinfonieorchester/Siegfried Köhler
Switzerland:
Basel Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester/Cedric Dumont
Schweizer Rundfunkorchester Zürich/Hans Moeckel
Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra,Lugano/Bruno Amaducci
Poland:
Krakow Symphony Orchestra/Jerzy Gert
Portugal:
Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lisboa/Alvaro Salazar
Denmark:
Danish Radio Orchestra, Copenhagen/Kai Mortensen, Robert Farnon, Gilbert Vinter
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra/Øivind Bergh
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra/Per Dreier
Sweden:
Swedish Radio Orchestra, Stockholm/Stig Rybrant
Göteborg (Gothenburg) Symphony Orchestra
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra/Göran W.Nilsson
Malmö Radio Orchestra
Hälsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Norway:
Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Øivind Bergh, Sverre Bruland, Robert Farnon
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Øivin Fjeldstad, Christopher Seaman
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Øivind Bergh, Karsten Andersen
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra/Finn Audun Oftedal
Norwegian Youth Symphony Orchestra/Iain Sutherland
Canada:
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Erich Kunzel
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra/Erich Kunzel
Quebec Symphony Orchestra/Simon Streatfeild, Francois Dompierre
Orchestra London Ontario/Eric Knight
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra/Brian Law
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra/Simon Streatfeild
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Hayman
Hamilton Symphony Orchestra/Boris Brott
Venezuela:
Caracas Symphony Orchestra
Australia:
Australian Radio Orchestra, Sydney/John Hopkins
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