He has conducted the company on both national and international tours, and has also contributed orchestrations to the company for their productions of Raymonda (Glazunov) Akram Khan's Giselle (Vincenzo Lamagna after Adam), Le Corsaire (Adam et al.), Men Y Men (Rachmaninoff), No Man's Land (Liszt), and the ENB2 productions of Angelina Ballerina's Big Audition, Angelina's Star Performance and the My First Ballet series, alongside many classic pas de deuxs for galas and competitions.
In 2017 Sutherland made his debut at the Royal Opera House, guest conducting Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde as part of the celebration of the life and work of Sir Kenneth Macmillan.
He has played a part in the revival of British Light Music chiefly through several popular series of discs, although he has recorded works as wide-ranging as Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, two chart-topping albums featuring scores from the Carry On films, and the single release of the Radio 4 UK Theme.
In May 2001, he began another lasting relationship, as Principal Guest Conductor of the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra, for whom he conducted regularly both in Melbourne and Sydney Opera House.
Other notable compositions include a musical, Little Women, which premiered in London in summer 2000 and received two West End revivals, a clarinet concerto, several chamber works and a one-act ballet, Revolting Rhymes.
As a pianist Sutherland performs regularly as a concerto soloist, often directing from the keyboard, and appears as a recitalist, accompanist and chamber musician.
He also arranged and performed concerts and gave talks both for the company's Dance for Parkinsons work and for a large collection of UK care homes.