2002/2003 season
Our 2002/2003 season included
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)