2015/2016 season

Our 2015/2016 season included

Beethoven  Symphony No. 9  Vladimir Jurowski
Brahms  Requiem  Christoph Eschenbach
Holst  The Planets  Dennis Russell Davies
Karl Jenkins  Requiem  Sir Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins  Stabat Mater  Sir Karl Jenkins
Szymanowski  Stabat Mater  Vladimir Jurowski
Taneyev  St John of Damascus  Vladimir Jurowski
Weber  Der Freischütz  Sir Mark Elder
Zemlinsky  Psalm 23, Op. 14  Vladimir Jurowski


Taneyev  St John of Damascus
Saturday 26 September 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Taneyev  St John of Damascus
Tchaikovsky  Francesca da Rimini
Sibelius  Symphony No. 2


Holst  The Planets
Monday 28 September 2015
7.30 pm,  Cadogan Hall

Dennis Russell Davies  conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaya  piano

Basel Symphony Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir

Mozart  Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat, K. 271
Holst  The Planets


Karl Jenkins  Stabat Mater
Friday 30 October 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Sir Karl Jenkins  conductor
Joo Yeon Sir  violin
Zands Duggan  hand drummer & percussion
Lucy Knight  soprano
Katie Bray  mezzo-soprano
Reem Kelani  guest vocalist

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Karl Jenkins  Excerpts from: Requiem; The Healer; Adiemus; The Armed Man
Karl Jenkins  Stabat Mater


Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 8 November 2015
7.00 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Damian Iorio  conductor
Raphael Wallfisch  cello
Jim Carter  presenter

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Music and readings for Remembrance Sunday.


King’s College Choir
Wednesday 16 December 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Stephen Cleobury  conductor
Louise Alder  soprano
Katie Bray  mezzo-soprano

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

King’s College Choir


The Glory of Christmas
Monday 21 December 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

John Pryce-Jones  conductor
James Edwards  tenor
Crispian Steele-Perkins  trumpet
Nigel Kerry  organ

London Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir

The Glory of Christmas


Szymanowski  Stabat Mater
Saturday 5 March 2016
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Elżbieta Szmytka  soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter  mezzo-soprano
Andrzej Dobber  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 3
Zemlinsky  Six Maeterlinck Songs
Szymanowski  Stabat Mater

"That, and the amazingly intense singing of the London Philharmonic Choir gave the whole piece a rapturous air, as if two different worlds had been fixed in one dazzling, impossible image."
The Telegraph

Szymanowski Stabat Mater,  Jurowski


Zemlinsky  Psalm 23, Op. 14
Szymanowski  Stabat Mater

Friday 11 March 2016
8.00 pm,  BOZAR, Brussels

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Kristina Blaumane  cello
Elsbeth Moser  bayan
Elżbieta Szmytka  soprano
Agnieszka Rehlis  mezzo-soprano
Andrzej Dobber  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Sofia Gubaidulina  Seven Words
Zemlinsky  Psalm 23, Op. 14
Szymanowski  Stabat Mater


Brahms  Ein deutsches Requiem
Saturday 9 April 2016
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Christoph Eschenbach  conductor
Sarah Tynan  soprano
Matthias Goerne  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Schoenberg  Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) (1943 version)
Brahms  Ein deutsches Requiem

"Whether hushed in devotional wonder at Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen, or letting rip in the tremendous assertion of hope that closes the sixth movement, the London Philharmonic Choir were outstanding."
The Guardian

Brahms Requiem,  Eschenbach


Karl Jenkins  Requiem
Friday 6 May 2016
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Sir Karl Jenkins  conductor
Zands Duggan  percussion
Clive Bell  shakuhachi flute
Joo Yeon Sir  violin
Rosie Jenkins  oboe
Lucy Knight  soprano
Morgan Pearse  baritone

Palladio Orchestra of London
London Philharmonic Choir

Karl Jenkins  Palladio
Karl Jenkins  The Healer
Karl Jenkins  Lament for the Valley
Karl Jenkins  Requiem


Weber  Der Freischütz
Tuesday 7 June 2016
7.00 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Sir Mark Elder  conductor
David Pountney  stage direction, new English narration
Wyn Pencarreg  Kuno
Rachel Willis-Sørensen  Agathe
Sarah Tynan  Ännchen
Simon Bailey  Kaspar
Christopher Ventris  Max
Sir John Tomlinson  Hermit / Samiel / narrator
Marcus Farnsworth  Kilian
William Dazeley  Ottokar

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
London Philharmonic Choir

Weber  Der Freischütz (semi-dramatised performance)
Sung in German


Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Sunday 24 July 2016
8.00 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 13

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Miah Persson  soprano
Anna Stéphany  mezzo-soprano
John Daszak  tenor
Christopher Purves  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Magnus Lindberg  Two Episodes (BBC co-commission with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Festival & Casa da Música, Porto: world première)
Beethoven   Symphony No. 9