2003/2004 season

Our 2003/2004 season included

Beethoven  Missa Solemnis  Kurt Masur
Berlioz  La Damnation de Faust  Mark Elder
Haydn  The Creation  Frans Brüggen
Haydn  The Creation  Samuel Wong  Hong Kong tour
Janáček  The Eternal Gospel  Ilan Volkov
Janáček  Glagolitic Mass  Sir Charles Mackerras
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)  Gilbert Kaplan
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)  Gilbert Levine
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)  Esa-Pekka Salonen
Mahler  Symphony No. 3  Andrew Litton
Mahler  Symphony No. 3  Peter Stark
Walton  Belshazzar’s Feast  Alexander Briger


Walton  Belshazzar’s Feast
Friday 26 September 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Alexander Briger  conductor
Neal Davies  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Audience choice:
Berlioz  Overture, Roman Carnival
or
Shostakovich  Festive Overture

Elgar  Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Walton  Belshazzar’s Feast


St Botolph’s Organ Project
Wednesday 15 October 2003
7.30 pm,  St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate High Street

Neville Creed  conductor
Margaret Phillips  organ

London Philharmonic Choir

Gabrieli  Jubilate
Bruckner  Os justi; Ave Maria
Muffat  Toccata duodecima
Purcell  Voluntary in D minor for Double Organ
Anderson  I saw eternity (world première)
Górecki  Totus Tuus
Mozart  Ave verum
Messiaen  O sacrum convivium
J.S. Bach  Chorale Prelude on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Heiller  Variations on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Tavener  The Lamb
Tippett  Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time

Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) available on the door
or in advance from the Church (020 7283 1670).

The organ in St Botolph’s Church is over 300 years old
and is an authentic voice of the 17th century in 21st century London.
All proceeds from this concert will be donated to the organ project.

Map  |  St Botolph’s Church


Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Monday 3 November 2003
7.30 pm,  De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Tuesday 4 November 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall *

Gilbert Kaplan  conductor
Inger Dam-Jensen  soprano
Nadja Michael  mezzo-soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Brighton Festival Chorus *

Mahler  Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)


Mahler  Symphony No. 3
Tuesday 16 December 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Andrew Litton  conductor
Birgit Remmert  contralto

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys’ Choir

Mahler  Symphony No. 3 in D minor


Christmas Classics
Thursday 18 December 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Robin Stapleton  conductor
Majella Cullagh  soprano
Simon Kale  treble

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Christmas Classics


Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Sunday 28 December 2003
3.00 pm,  Barbican Hall

David Parry  conductor
Ashley Wass  piano
Anne-Sophie Duprels  soprano
Renata Skarelyte  alto
Peter Bronder  tenor
Pauls Putnins  bass

Philharmonia Orchestra
Members of:
London Philharmonic Choir
and Royal Choral Society

Beethoven  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor


Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Saturday 17 January 2004
6.30 pm,  Paul VI Auditorium, Vatican City

Papal Concert of Reconciliation

Gilbert Levine  conductor
Ruth Ziesak  soprano
Birgit Remmert  contralto

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Krakow Philharmonic Choir
Ankara State Polyphonic Choir

John Harbison  Abraham (world première)
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)

Papal Concert of Reconciliation

"The London Philharmonic Choir showed both power and nimble lightness."   The Times

"As for the London Philharmonic Choir, it was on excellent form, sailing confidently through some tricky writing."   The Guardian

Haydn  The Creation,  Brüggen

"And the LP Choir, supplemented in a final coup of staging by the dramatic entrance of the Tiffin Boys’ Choir, were virtuoso quick-change artists as they switched from peasants to roisterers, from soldiers to gnomes and sylphs, with equal focus."
The Times

Berlioz  La Damnation de Faust,  Elder


Haydn  The Creation
Saturday 28 February 2004
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Frans Brüggen  conductor
Donna Brown  soprano
Timothy Robinson  tenor
Christopher Maltman  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Haydn  The Creation


Haydn  The Creation
Thursday 15 April & Friday 16 April 2004
8.00 pm,  Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall

Samuel Wong  conductor
Eteri Lamoris  soprano
Jon Garrison  tenor
Kevin Deas  baritone

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Haydn  The Creation

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Berlioz  La Damnation de Faust
Wednesday 21 April 2004
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Mark Elder  conductor
Alice Coote  mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves  tenor
Alastair Miles  baritone
Donald Maxwell  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys’ Choir

Berlioz  La Damnation de Faust


Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Monday 26 April 2004
8.00 pm,  Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

Thursday 29 April 2004
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen  conductor
Ruth Ziesak  soprano
Charlotte Hellekant  mezzo-soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mahler  Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)


Beethoven  Missa Solemnis
Sunday 16 May 2004
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Kurt Masur  conductor
Lynne Dawson  soprano
Anna Larsson  contralto
Thomas Studebaker  tenor
Franz Josef Selig  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Beethoven  Missa Solemnis


Janáček  Glagolitic Mass
Monday 28 June 2004
8.00 pm,  Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Tuesday 29 June 2004
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Sir Charles Mackerras  conductor
Natalie Clein  cello
Christine Brewer  soprano
Louise Winter  mezzo-soprano
John Mac Master  tenor
Neal Davies  bass
Thomas Trotter  organ

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus

Dvořák  Overture, Carnival
Dvořák  Cello Concerto in B minor
Janáček  Glagolitic Mass (Wingfield Edition)


Janáček  The Eternal Gospel
Wednesday 11 August 2004
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 36

Ilan Volkov  conductor
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers  soprano
John Daszak  tenor

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mozart  Symphony No. 32 in G major, K318
Janáček  The Eternal Gospel (sung in Czech)
Mahler  Symphony No. 7 in E minor


Mahler  Symphony No. 3
Sunday 29 August 2004
7.30 pm,  Royal Academy of Music

Peter Stark  conductor
Cari Searle  mezzo-soprano

Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Hertfordshire County Youth Choir
Mid-Herts Chamber Choir

Mahler  Symphony No. 3 in D minor

"The almost 180-strong army of the London Philharmonic Choir coped marvellously with awkward leaps and sustained stratospheric passages. They responded enthusiastically to the illustrative cameos that are the naive side of this maturely reflective work, and rushed in perfect order up challenging ladders of semiquavers."  
The Times

Beethoven  Missa Solemnis,  Masur