2002/2003 season

Our 2002/2003 season included

Beethoven  Symphony No. 9  David Parry
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)  Bernard Haitink
Mahler  Symphony No. 3  Benjamin Zander
Mendelssohn  A Midsummer Night’s Dream  Kurt Masur
Orff  Carmina Burana  Andrew Greenwood
Poulenc  Gloria  Yan Pascal Tortelier
Prokofiev  Alexander Nevsky  Daniele Gatti
Prokofiev  Alexander Nevsky  Vladimir Jurowski
Prokofiev  On Guard for Peace  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé  Charles Dutoit
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)  Kurt Masur
Verdi  Requiem  Víctor Pablo Pérez  Canary Isles tour


Anne Cotter Memorial Concert 
Saturday 5 October 2002
7.30 pm,  Mote Hall, Maidstone

Neville Creed  conductor
Richard Pearce  organ
 
London Philharmonic Choir

Parry  I was Glad
Mendelssohn  extracts from Elijah
FitzHugh  Where Everything is Music  (first performance)
Elgar  Great is the Lord, Give unto the Lord
Tippett  Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Handel  extracts from Messiah

The Mayor of Maidstone’s Charity Concert in Aid of the Heart of Kent Hospice


Orff  Carmina Burana
Saturday 2 November 2002
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Andrew Greenwood  conductor
Gail Pearson  soprano
John Graham-Hall  tenor
Mark Holland  baritone
John Birch  organ

Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
The London Chorus
Southend Boys’ Choir

Berlioz  Rákóczy March
Saint-Saëns  Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Orff  Carmina Burana


Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Sunday 15 December 2002
8.00 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Bernard Haitink  conductor
Donna Brown  soprano
Birgit Remmert  contralto

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mahler  Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)


Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Sunday 29 December 2002
3.00 pm,  Barbican Hall

David Parry  conductor
Yuki Matsuzawa  piano
Christine Bunning  soprano
Jane Irwin  alto
Paul Nilon  tenor
Robert Hayward  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


Verdi  Requiem
Tuesday 7 January 2003
8.30 pm,  Teatro Guimerá, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Thursday 9 January 2003
8.30 pm,  Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

XIX Festival de Música de Canarias

Víctor Pablo Pérez  conductor
María Bayo  soprano
Petra Lang  mezzo-soprano
Massimo Giordano  tenor
René Pape  bass

Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
London Philharmonic Choir

Verdi  Requiem


Mahler  Symphony No. 3
Friday 17 January 2003
7.30 pm,  De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Sunday 19 January 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Benjamin Zander  conductor
Catherine Wyn-Rogers  mezzo-soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys Choir

Mahler  Symphony No. 3 in D minor


Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)
Wednesday 29 January 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Kurt Masur  conductor
Sergei Leiferkus  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Schubert  Symphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor (Babi Yar)


Mendelssohn  A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Saturday 1 February 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Kurt Masur  conductor
Sally Matthews  soprano
Sara Fulgoni  mezzo-soprano
Timothy West  narrator

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mendelssohn  Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night’s
Dream

Beethoven  Symphony No. 8 in F


Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé
Friday 21 February 2003
7.45 pm,  The Anvil, Basingstoke

Sunday 23 February 2003
7.30 pm,  Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea

Charles Dutoit  conductor
Kyung-Wha Chung  violin

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Ravel  Mother Goose Suite
Brahms  Violin Concerto in D
Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé (complete)


Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé
Saturday 22 February 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Charles Dutoit  conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard  piano

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Berlioz  Overture, Roman Carnival
Beethoven  Piano Concerto No. 1 in C
Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé (complete)


Prokofiev  On Guard for Peace
Sunday 16 March 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Ashkenazy  conductor
Vadim Repin  violin
Lilli Paasikivi  mezzo-soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
New London Children’s Choir

Prokofiev  The Meeting of the Volga and the Don
Prokofiev  On Guard for Peace
Shostakovich  Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor


Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)
Sunday 23 March 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Ashkenazy  conductor
Gidon Kremer  violin
Anatoli Kotscherga  bass

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Shostakovich  Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor (Babi Yar)


Prokofiev  Alexander Nevsky
Thursday 12 June 2003
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Maria João Pires  piano
Marianna Tarasova  mezzo-soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Julian Anderson  Khorovod
Mozart  Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K 466
Prokofiev  Alexander Nevsky


Poulenc  Gloria
Thursday 10 July 2003
8.00 pm,  St Paul’s Cathedral
City of London Festival

Yan Pascal Tortelier  conductor
Amanda Roocroft  soprano
John Scott  organ

BBC Philharmonic
London Philharmonic Choir

Poulenc  Gloria
Messiaen  Les offrandes oubliées
Saint-Saëns  Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)

Prokofiev  Alexander Nevsky
Monday 11 August 2003
7.00 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 31

Daniele Gatti  conductor
Ekaterina Gubanova  mezzo-soprano
Detlef Roth  baritone

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Crouch End Festival Chorus

R. Strauss  Tod und Verklärung
Mahler  Rückert Lieder
Prokofiev  Alexander Nevsky (cantata)