2006/2007 season

Mahler  Symphony No. 8
Friday 15 September 2006
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall *
RPO 60th Anniversary Gala Concert

Saturday 16 September 2006
7.30 pm,  Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Daniele Gatti  conductor
Janice Watson, Christine Teare, Gillian Keith,
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Susan Parry, Kim Begley,
Phillip Joll and Matthew Best  soloists

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
London Chorus *
Brighton Festival Chorus *
New London Children’s Choir

Mahler  Symphony No. 8

Brahms  Requiem
Friday 13 October 2006
7.30 pm,  St Paul’s Cathedral

Kurt Masur  conductor
Janice Watson  soprano
Alastair Miles  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Brahms  St Anthony Variations
Brahms  Ein deutsches Requiem

Berlioz  Requiem
Friday 27 October 2006
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Brian Wright  conductor
Andrew Kennedy  tenor

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Goldsmiths Choral Union
London Philharmonic Choir

Berlioz  Grande Messe des Morts

Orff  Carmina Burana
Sunday 29 October 2006
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Andrew Greenwood  conductor
John Birch  organ
Mary Hegarty  soprano
Robert Murray  tenor
Grant Doyle  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

Christmas Music
Sunday 10 December 2006
7.30 pm,  Queen Elizabeth Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Ronald Corp  conductor*
Rachel Masters  harp
Pieter Schoeman  violin
Alexander Zemtsov  viola
Anthony Michaels-Moore  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
New London Children’s Choir

Britten  A Ceremony of Carols*
Britten  Double Concerto for violin and viola
Vaughan Williams  Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Honegger  Une Cantate de Noël

Bach, Purcell, Stravinsky and Respighi
Saturday 16 December 2006
7.30 pm,  Queen Elizabeth Hall

Neville Creed  conductor
Elizabeth Watts  soprano
Serena Kay  mezzo-soprano
Matthew Beale  tenor
David Clark  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Purcell (arr. Bissill)  Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
J.S. Bach  Cantata No. 118 (O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht)
Purcell (arr. Harvey)  Abdelazar Suite
Stravinsky  Mass
R. Strauss  Suite in B flat for 13 wind instruments, Op. 4
Respighi  Lauda per la Nativitá del Signore

Christmas Classics
Tuesday 19 December 2006
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

John Pryce-Jones  conductor
John Owen Jones  tenor / reader
William Cracknell  treble

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Christmas Classics

Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Friday 29 December 2006
7.30 pm,  Barbican Hall

Christopher Warren-Green  conductor
Gary Cooper  piano
Miriam Murphy  soprano
Anna Stéphany  alto
John Graham Hall  tenor
David Soar  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

Handel  Dixit Dominus
Bernstein  Chichester Psalms
Wednesday 10 January 2007
7.30 pm,  Queen Elizabeth Hall

Steven Sloane  conductor
Yvette Bonner  soprano
Rachel Nicholls  soprano
Iestyn Davies  counter-tenor
Thomas Walker  tenor
João Fernandes  bass
Christopher Sladdin  treble

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Sheriff  Akeda (The Sacrifice of Issac) (UK première)
Handel  Dixit Dominus
McCabe  Symphony on a Pavane (world première)
Bernstein  Chichester Psalms

Bishopsgate Institute Concert
Tuesday 13 February 2007
7.00 pm,  Bishopsgate Institute, EC2

Matthew Rowe  conductor
Iain Farrington  piano
Sarah Deane-Cutler  soprano
Kevin Rainey  tenor
David Clark  bass

London Philharmonic Choir

Handel  Zadok the Priest
Gabrieli  Jubilate Deo
Grieg  Ave maris stella
Rachmaninoff  Spring Waters
Fauré  Cantique de Jean Racine
Haydn  Huntsman’s Chorus from The Seasons
Haydn  The Heavens are Telling and Achieved is the Glorious Work from The Creation
Elgar  Give unto the Lord
Howells  Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks
Howells  Two Folk Dances: Slow Dance; Cobler’s Hornpipe
Vaughan Williams  Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams  Let all the world in every corner sing

Haydn in the House
Sunday 11 March 2007
11am–12pm & 1pm–2pm,  Queen Elizabeth Hall
FUNharmonics Family Concert

Matthew Rowe  conductor
Matthew Sharp  presenter

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Haydn  Excerpts from: Trumpet concerto; The Seasons;
Symphony No. 94 in G (The Surprise); Symphony No. 100 in G
(Military); Symphony No. 101 in D (The Clock); Little Organ Mass;
The Creation; Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor (Farewell)

Middle Temple Hall
Friday 16 March 2007
7.30 pm,  Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, EC4

Matthew Rowe  conductor
Iain Farrington  organ
Sarah Deane-Cutler  soprano
Kevin Rainey  tenor
David Clark  bass

London Philharmonic Choir

Gabrieli  Jubilate Deo
Handel  Zadok the Priest
Grieg  Ave maris stella
Widor  Symphony No. 5 in F – Toccata
Fauré  Cantique de Jean Racine
Bruckner  Locus iste
Haydn  The Heavens are Telling and Achieved is the Glorious Work from The Creation
Elgar  Give unto the Lord
Howells  Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks
Walton (arr. Farrington)  Portsmouth Point Overture
Tavener  Song for Athene
Vaughan Williams  Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams  Let all the world in every corner sing

Concert in aid of the
Children of Darfur (Kids for Kids) and the Middle Temple Scholarship Appeal

London Philharmonic Choir’s 60th Birthday
Sunday 13 May 2007
7.30 pm,  Queen Elizabeth Hall

Neville Creed  conductor (Bach, Bruckner)
Vladimir Jurowski  conductor (Mozart)
Katie van Kooten  soprano
Liora Grodnikaite  mezzo-soprano
Robin Tritschler  tenor
Krzysztof Szumanski  bass-baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

J.S. Bach  Lobet den Herrn
Bruckner  Motets: Locus iste; Os justi;
Christus factus est; Virga Jesse; Ave Maria
Mozart  Requiem

Pre-concert event
6.15 pm,  Queen Elizabeth Hall
Hallelujah – The Chorus!
The London Philharmonic Choir, 1947-2007
The author, broadcaster and member of the LPC for 40 of its 60 years Daniel Snowman recalls
– and illustrates – highlights in the Choir’s history

Royal Festival Hall
First Night Gala Concert
Monday 11 June 2007
7.00 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Christoph von Dohnányi  conductor
Marin Alsop  conductor
Margaret Faultless  director, violin
Joan Rodgers  soprano
Patricia Bardon  mezzo-soprano
Simon O’Neill  tenor
Neal Davies  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Sinfonietta
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
London Philharmonic Choir
Philharmonia Chorus

Julian Anderson  Alleluia (world première)
Stravinsky  The Firebird, Suite (1919)

Ives  The Unanswered Question
Birtwistle  Cortege
Purcell  Symphony from The Fairy Queen

Ligeti  Atmosphères
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 – 4th movement
Ravel  Bolero

Berlioz  Requiem
Thursday 12 July 2007
8.00 pm,  St Paul’s Cathedral
City of London Festival

Yan Pascal Tortelier  conductor
Andrew Kennedy  tenor

London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir

Berlioz  Grande Messe des Morts

Ives  Symphony No. 4
Tuesday 17 July 2007
7.00 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 5

David Robertson  conductor
Orli Shaham  piano
Ralph van Raat  piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Sam Hayden  Substratum (BBC commission: world première)
Bernstein  Symphony No.2, The Age of Anxiety
Ives  Symphony No.4