2004/2005 season
Our 2004/2005 season included
Beethoven Missa Solemnis Matthias Bamert
Beethoven Missa Solemnis Gilbert Levine
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Kurt Masur
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Jaap van Zweden
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust Charles Dutoit
Brahms Alto Rhapsody Jaap van Zweden
Britten War Requiem Kurt Masur
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Mark Elder
Fauré Requiem Emmanuel Krivine
Orff Carmina Burana Andrew Greenwood
Ravel Daphnis and Chloë: Suites 1 & 2 Emmanuel Krivine
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony Vernon Handley
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust
Thursday 21 October 2004
7.30 pm, Symphony Hall, Birmingham *
Friday 22 October 2004
7.30 pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke
Sunday 24 October 2004
5.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall **
Charles Dutoit conductor
Ruxandra Donose mezzo-soprano
Gregory Kunde tenor
David Wilson-Johnson bass-baritone
Henry Waddington bass
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus *
The London Oratory School Choir **
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust
(concert performance with surtitles)
Orff Carmina Burana
Saturday 30 October 2004
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Andrew Greenwood conductor
John Birch organ
Marie Arnet soprano
Iain Paton tenor
Mark Holland baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Royal Choral Society
Hertfordshire Chorus
Southend Boys’ Choir
Berlioz Rákóczy March
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Orff Carmina Burana
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Saturday 13 November 2004
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vernon Handley conductor
Joan Rodgers soprano
Sir Thomas Allen baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Christmas Classics
Thursday 16 December 2004
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Neil Thomson conductor
John Hudson tenor
Roderick Elms organ
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Christmas Classics
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Thursday 30 December 2004
7.30 pm, Barbican Hall
David Parry conductor
Richard Ormrod piano
Camilla Roberts soprano
Emma Selway alto
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts tenor
Darren Jeffery 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
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Saturday 15 January 2005
8.30 pm, Athens Concert Hall
Saturday 22 January 2005
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Kurt Masur conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Carolin Masur mezzo-soprano
Thomas Studebaker tenor
Alastair Miles bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Tsunami Appeal Concert
Friday 11 March 2005
7.30 pm, Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, EC4
Matthew Rowe conductor
Iain Farrington organ
Gillian Keith soprano
William Berger baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Zadok the Priest
Bach Virga Jesse floruit
Mozart Laudamus te
Mozart Ave Verum
Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Devo from the Vespers
Tavener The Lamb
Alain Litanies
Schubert Ave Maria
Tippett Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Fauré Requiem
Concert in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee Tsunami
Earthquake Appeal
Fauré Requiem
Daphnis and Chloë: Suites 1 & 2
Saturday 9 April 2005
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Emmanuel Krivine conductor
Laura Aikin soprano
Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Korngold Schauspiel Overture
Ravel Daphnis and Chloë: Suites 1 & 2
Fauré Requiem
Britten War Requiem
Sunday 8 May 2005
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
60th Anniversary of the end of World War II
Kurt Masur conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey tenor
Gerald Finley baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
Britten War Requiem
"But it was the massive chorus that underpinned the whole event. From their opening whispers of "requiem" to the awkwardly jolly "Quam olim Abrahae", the urgency of their involvement was palpable."
The Independent
"…the London Philharmonic Choir (on terrific form)…"
The Times
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Brahms Alto Rhapsody
Friday 17 and Saturday 18 June 2005, 8.30 pm
Sunday 19 June 2005, 3.00 pm
Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, Kuala Lumpur
Jaap van Zweden conductor
Margaret Medlyn soprano
Helen Medlyn mezzo-soprano
Patrick Power tenor
Matthew Best baritone
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Overture Fidelio
Brahms Alto Rhapsody
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Choral Concert
Tuesday 21 June 2005
8.30 pm, Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, Kuala Lumpur
Neville Creed conductor
Iain Farrington piano and organ
London Philharmonic Choir
Brahms Drei Gesänge, Op. 42
Monteverdi Lamento d’Arianna
Widor Symphony No. 6 in G minor – Allegro
Schumann Zigeunerleben, Op. 29 No. 3
Ligeti Zwei a-cappella-Chore
Elgar Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27
Farrington Fiesta!
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Britten Choral Dances from Gloriana
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Friday 24 and Saturday 25 June 2005
8.00 pm, Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia
Matthias Bamert conductor
Rebecca Nash soprano
Elizabeth Campbell mezzo-soprano
Patrick Power tenor
Stanislav Shvets bass
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
WASO Chorus
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Friday 22 July 2005
7.30 pm, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 24 July 2005
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 13
Mark Elder conductor
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves tenor
Matthew Best bass
Hallé Orchestra
Hallé Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Hallé Youth Choir
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Friday 29 July 2005
8.00 pm, Cologne Cathedral
Gilbert Levine conductor
Bozena Harasimowicz soprano
Monica Groop mezzo-soprano
Jerry Hadley tenor
Franz-Josef Selig bass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Saturday 20 August 2005
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 49
Kurt Masur conductor
Christiane Libor soprano
Jean Rigby mezzo-soprano
Thomas Studebaker tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Finchley Children’s Music Group
Sofia Gubaidulina The Light of the End (2003)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Choral Concert
Monday 22 August 2005
7.45 pm, St Paul’s Cathedral
Matthew Rowe conductor
Iain Farrington organ
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Zadok the Priest; Let thy hand be strengthened
Handel Organ Concerto in F Major – Allegro
Parry My soul, there is a country
Stanford Coelos ascendit hodie; Beati quorum via
Elgar (arr. Farrington) Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3
Howells Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks
Anderson I’m a pilgrim from Four American Choruses
Tavener Song for Athene
Farrington Celebration; Stride Dance (Fiesta!)
Parry I was glad
Vaughan Williams Let all the world in every corner sing
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Tuesday 6 September 2005
7.30 pm, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern
Lucerne Festival
Kurt Masur conductor
Melanie Diener soprano
Carolin Masur mezzo-soprano
Thomas Studebaker tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Sofia Gubaidulina The Light of the End (2003)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Royal Air Force in Concert
Tuesday 13 September 2005
7.00 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Wing Commander Stuart Stirling conductor
Sergeant Matthew Little and Emer McParland soloists
The RAF Bands
The RAF Squadronaires
London Philharmonic Choir
Royal Air Force in Concert