2012/2013 season
Our 2012/2013 season included
Brahms Requiem Vladimir Jurowski
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Sir Mark Elder
Haydn Nelson Mass Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Orff Carmina Burana Andrew Greenwood
Orff Carmina Burana Hans Graf
Rachmaninoff The Bells Vladimir Jurowski
Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw Vladimir Jurowski
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Hans Graf
Tippett A Child of Our Time Ryan Wigglesworth
Weill The Threepenny Opera Vladimir Jurowski
Rachmaninoff The Bells
Saturday 29 September 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Tatiana Monogarova soprano
Sergei Skorokhodov tenor
Vladimir Chernov baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Rodion Shchedrin Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (The Chimes) (UK première)
Miaskovsky Silentium (UK première)
Denisov Bells in the Fog (UK première)
Rachmaninoff The Bells
"The combined forces of the London Philharmonic Choir and London Symphony Chorus were terrific."
The Guardian
An Evening of Choral Music
Friday 19 October 2012
7.30 pm, Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y 9AT
Neville Creed conductor
Jonathan Beatty piano and organ
London Philharmonic Choir
Viadana Exultate justi
Lotti Crucifixus a 8
Bruckner Locus iste; Christus factus est
Chopin Barcarolle
Fauré Pie Jesu and Libera me from the Requiem
Handel Zadok the Priest
Vaughan Williams Let all the world in every corner sing
Tavener Song for Athene
Balfour Gardiner Shepherd Fennel’s Dance
Tippett Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Parry I was glad
Concert in aid of the OYAP Trust and the Middle Temple Scholarship Appeal
Orff Carmina Burana
Saturday 27 October 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Andrew Greenwood conductor
Stephen Disley organ
Elena Xanthoudakis soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Richard Morrison baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Royal Choral Society
English Concert Chorus
Southend Boys’ Choir
Berlioz Rákóczy March
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Orff Carmina Burana
Haydn Nelson Mass
Saturday 24 November 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Sarah-Jane Brandon soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Robin Tritschler tenor
Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Haydn Nelson Mass
R Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw
Wednesday 28 November 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Robert Hayward narrator (Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte & A Survivor from Warsaw)
Omar Ebrahim Fučík (Julius Fučík)
Malcolm Sinclair Voice (Julius Fučík)
Annabel Arden director
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Overture, Fidelio
Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte
Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw
Nono Julius Fučík
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Brahms Requiem
Saturday 1 December 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Miah Persson soprano
Dietrich Henschel bass-baritone
Annabel Arden director
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Zimmermann Ecclesiastical Action, for two speakers, bass and orchestra (semi-staged)
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
"Among the high points were Henschel’s intense baritone solos, and some beautifully focussed choral singing."
The Guardian
"Orchestral textures were lean yet beautiful, while the London Philharmonic Choir sang with an accuracy that was breathtaking."
The Guardian
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Concert
Monday 10 December 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Anthony Inglis conductor
Katherine Jenkins soprano
The Band of the Welsh Guards
National Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
The Boy Choristers of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
Christmas concert
Christmas Classics
Tuesday 18 December 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Mark Stone baritone
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Scots Guards
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Christmas Classics
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Saturday 26 January 2013
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves tenor
James Rutherford bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Please note there will be no interval
"The choral singing – the London Philharmonic Chorus, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, supplying the semi-chorus – was unstintingly sumptuous and secure."
The Guardian
Weill The Threepenny Opera
Thursday 28 February 2013
8.00 pm, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées*
Saturday 2 March 2013
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Mark Padmore Macheath
Sir John Tomlinson J J Peachum
Dame Felicity Palmer Mrs Peachum
Allison Bell Polly Peachum
Nicholas Folwell Tiger Brown
Gabriela Iștoc Lucy Brown
Meow Meow Jenny
Max Hopp narrator
Ted Huffman director
Malcolm Rippeth lighting designer
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Weill Die Dreigroschenoper
(sung in German with English surtitles / French surtitles*)
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Orff Carmina Burana
Saturday 6 April 2013
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Hans Graf conductor
Sarah Tynan soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Rodion Pogossov baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Orff Carmina Burana
Tippett A Child of Our Time
Wednesday 1 May 2013
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Claire Booth soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson tenor
Matthew Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Tippett A Child of Our Time
"The London Philharmonic Chorus were vivid and strong, whether they were sympathising or condemning."
Daily Telegraph
"…and the London Philharmonic Choir excelled itself in Tippett’s often testing choral writing."
Financial Times
Doctor Who Prom
Saturday 13 July 2013, 7.30 pm &
Sunday 14 July 2013, 10.30 am
Royal Albert Hall
Prom 2 & 3
Ben Foster conductor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
London Philharmonic Choir
Murray Gold Music from the Doctor Who series
and other music from the series, including the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 2,
Debussy’s La fille aux cheveux de lin and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor