2007/2008 season
Our 2007/2008 season included
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Christoph Eschenbach
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Paul Daniel
Britten Spring Symphony David Parry
Elgar 150th Anniversary Mark Elder
Korngold Film Music John Wilson
Mahler Das klagende Lied Vladimir Jurowski
Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) Simone Young
Mahler Symphony No. 3 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orff Carmina Burana Andrew Greenwood
Poulenc Gloria David Parry
Rachmaninoff The Bells Edo de Waart
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Edo de Waart
Tippett A Child of Our Time Sir Andrew Davis
Verdi Requiem Vladimir Jurowski
Mahler Das klagende Lied
Wednesday 19 September 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Marisol Montalvo soprano
Hedwig Fassbender mezzo-soprano
Michael Hendrick tenor
Anthony Michaels-Moore baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Wagner Parsifal – Prelude
Berg Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
Mahler Das klagende Lied (original version)
"The best performers of the night, though, were the London Philharmonic Choir, who tackled Mahler’s tricky vocal lines with thrilling abandon and telling theatrical nous…"
The Times
Royal Gala Concert
Tuesday 9 October 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Paul Daniel conductor
Emma Bell soprano
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge tenor
Sir Willard White bass
Harry Christophers conductor*
Ken Burton director**
The Sixteen*
London Adventist Chorale**
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Philharmonia Chorus
Angmering Chorale
Billinghurst Choral Society
London Forest Choir
Voicelab Surge
Royal Choral Society
National Anthem
Handel Zadok the priest
Purcell goes Gospel
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 – 4th movement
Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Wednesday 17 October 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Simone Young conductor
Melanie Diener soprano
Dagmar Pecková mezzo-soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)
Orff Carmina Burana
Saturday 27 October 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Andrew Greenwood conductor
Stephen Disley organ
Alison Roddy soprano
Adrian Dwyer tenor
Mark Holland baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Royal Choral Society
London Oriana Choir
Southend Boys’ Choir
Berlioz Rákóczy March
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Orff Carmina Burana
Film music of Korngold and his contemporaries
Friday 2 November 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
John Wilson conductor
Anna Burford contralto
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Korngold The Sea Hawk Theme
Steiner Casablanca Suite
Rozsa The Love of the Princess from The Thief of Bagdad
Stothart The Wizard of Oz Suite
Korngold Escape Me Never Suite (UK première)
Newman Street Scene Suite
Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood Suite
Waxman (arr. John Wilson) The Philadelphia Story Suite
Williams Close Encounters of the Third Kind Suite
Korngold Tomorrow from The Constant Nymph (UK première)
Elgar 150th Anniversary
Wednesday 7 November 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Mark Elder conductor
Emily Magee soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Elgar Civic Fanfare
(arr. Elgar) National Anthem
Elgar Nursery Suite
Elgar The Spirit of England
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Saturday 1 December 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Marisol Montalvo soprano
Yvonne Naef mezzo-soprano
Nikolai Schukoff tenor
Sergei Leiferkus bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Pintscher Five Orchestral Pieces (UK première)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Wednesday 12 December 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conductor
Petra Lang mezzo-soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Christmas Classics
Wednesday 19 December 2007
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Robin Stapleton conductor
Andrew Shore baritone
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Christmas Classics
"…a blazing LPO chorus… with well-drilled magnificence."
Evening Standard
"There was sterling singing from the London Philharmonic Choir, with Emily Magee the glowing soprano soloist."
The Guardian
"The choral singing (a canny team-up between the London Philharmonic Choir and Philharmonia Chorus) was thrillingly expressive, hovering between barely murmured awe and pulverising force. And I loved the shyly joyful delight they brought to the Sanctus, a section that most maestros prefer to hustle through en route to the final lunge at the abyss."
The Times
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Sunday 30 December 2007
7.30 pm, Barbican Hall
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Daniel de Borah piano
Alwyn Mellor soprano
Louise Poole alto
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Eddie Wade bass
Royal Philharmonic 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
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Rachmaninoff The Bells
Saturday 23 February 2008
8.00 pm, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hong Kong Arts Festival
Edo de Waart conductor
Tatiana Monogarova soprano
Simon O’Neill tenor
Pavel Baransky baritone
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919)
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Rachmaninoff The Bells
Choral Concert
Sunday 24 February 2008
8.00 pm, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hong Kong Arts Festival
Neville Creed conductor
Iain Farrington piano and organ
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Zadok the Priest; Let thy hand be strengthened
Purcell Hear My Prayer
Tavener Song for Athene; The Tyger
Julian Anderson I’m a pilgrim
Parry I was Glad
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Tippett Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Vaughan Williams Let all the world in every corner sing
Tippett A Child of Our Time
Sunday 6 April 2008
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Nicole Cabell soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker tenor
David Wilson-Johnson bass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Vaughan Williams The Wasps Overture
Elgar Sea Pictures
Tippett A Child of Our Time
Verdi Requiem
Saturday 26 April 2008
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Barbara Frittoli soprano
Ildikó Komlósi mezzo-soprano
Massimo Giordano tenor
Ferruccio Furlanetto bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Philharmonia Chorus
Verdi Requiem
Poulenc Gloria
Britten Spring Symphony
Tuesday 27 May 2008
7.30 pm, Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury International Arts Festival
David Parry conductor
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Bishop Wordsworth’s School Choir
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Poulenc Gloria
Britten Spring Symphony
excite!
Saturday 7 June 2008
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Adventist Chorale
Voicelab SWELL
London Philharmonic Orchestra Renga ensemble and guests
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Koehne Powerhouse
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Bissill/Skeef excite! (world première)
Grand Organ Gala
Saturday 28 June 2008
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Robin Stapleton conductor
John Birch organ
Stephen Disley organ
Camilla Roberts soprano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra – Sunrise
Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Handel Zadok the Priest; Hallelujah Chorus
Bach/Gounod Ave Maria
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Walton Crown Imperial
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Pachelbel Canon
Widor Symphony No. 5 in F – Toccata
Elgar Land of Hope and Glory
Doctor Who Prom
Sunday 27 July 2008
11.00 am, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 13
Ben Foster* conductor
Stephen Bell conductor
Freema Agyeman presenter
with Daleks and Cybermen
BBC Philharmonic
London Philharmonic Choir
Murray Gold Music from the Doctor Who series*
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Mark-Anthony Turnage The Torino Scale (UK première)
Holst The Planets – Jupiter
Wagner Die Walküre – The Ride of the Valkyries
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet – Montagues and Capulets