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

Mahler  Das klagende Lied,  Jurowski


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

Elgar  The Spirit of England,  Elder

"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

Verdi  Requiem,  Jurowski


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

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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)


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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