2008/2009 season
Our 2008/2009 season included
Beethoven Missa Solemnis Christoph Eschenbach
Beethoven (arr. Mahler) Symphony No. 9 Neeme Järvi
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Christopher Warren-Green
Brahms Requiem Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Dvořák Requiem Neeme Järvi
Goldie Sine Tempore Charles Hazlewood
Haydn Die Schöpfung Ádám Fischer
Holst The Planets Vladimir Jurowski
Leifs Hekla Charles Hazlewood
Orff Carmina Burana Howard Moody
Schoenberg Gurrelieder Peter Stark
Open Rehearsal
Friday 26 September 2008
6.45 pm – 8.45 pm, Bishopsgate Institute, EC2
As part of the fourth annual London Open Rehearsal weekend,
come and hear us rehearse Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for our performance in October.
Admission is free, just come along to the Bishopsgate Institute on the evening.
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Saturday 18 October 2008
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Anne Schwanewilms soprano
Annette Jahns mezzo-soprano
Nikolai Schukoff tenor
Dietrich Henschel bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Bishopsgate Institute Christmas Concert
Tuesday 2 December 2008
7.30 pm, Bishopsgate Institute, EC2
Neville Creed conductor
Iain Farrington piano*
London Philharmonic Choir
Trad. arr. Willcocks Once in Royal David’s City
Pearsall In Dulci Jubilo
J.S. Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Trad. arr. Harvey Lord of the Dance
Percy Grainger The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol;* Shepherd’s Hey*
Trad. arr. Vaughan Williams O Little Town of Bethlehem
Trad. arr. Harvey I Wonder as I Wander
Cornelius The Three Kings
Trad. arr. Cullen I Saw Three Ships
Parry I Was Glad
Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Irving Berlin (arr. Farrington) White Christmas*
Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn (arr. Farrington) Let it Snow*
Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Trad. arr. Rutter The Twelve Days of Christmas
Trad. arr. Willcocks O Come All Ye Faithful
Trad. arr. Warrell We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Tickets: £10 (concs and LPC members £8) available from the
Bishopsgate Institute
A Christmas Sparkler
Thursday 11 December 2008
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Celebrating the diamond anniversary of Leonard Cheshire Disability
With Jonathan Ansell, Kirstie Allsopp, Katie Derham, Connie Fisher and Sue Perkins.
Matthew Rowe conductor
Matthew Barley cello
London Chamber Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
An evening of beautiful music, carols and dazzling celebrity performances.
All proceeds to Leonard Cheshire Disability.
Supported by Audi and Dickson Minto W.S.
A Christmas Celebration
Saturday 20 December 2008
7.30 pm, Wigmore Hall
Neville Creed conductor
Brass ensemble of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Members of the London Philharmonic Choir
Gabrieli O Magnum Mysterium
Byrd O Magnum Mysterium
Praetorius In Dulci Jubilo
Cornelius The Three Kings
Scheidt Battle Suite
Schütz Also hatt Gott die Welt geliebt
Schütz Hodie Christus natus est
Poulenc Four Christmas Motets
Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Iveson Carol Fantasy from Christmas Crackers
Trad. arr. Harvey I Wonder as I Wander; Lord of the Dance
Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Trad. arr. Rutter The Twelve Days of Christmas
Christmas Classics
Saturday 20 December 2008
8.00 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Janis Kelly soprano
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Christmas Classics
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Monday 29 December 2008
7.30 pm, Barbican Hall
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Roger Owens piano
Helen Dix soprano
Catherine Hopper alto
Daniel Norman 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
Haydn Die Schöpfung
Thursday 1 January 2009
7.00 pm, Bartók Béla Nemzeti Hangversenyterem, Budapest
Ádám Fischer conductor
Simona Šaturová soprano
Bernhard Richter tenor
Nathan Berg baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Haydn Die Schöpfung
"The Ode to Joy took time to feel joyful, but once the London Philharmonic Choir opened the throttle, away it roared, spick and span."
The Times
"The real heroes of the evening were the London Philharmonic Choir, who sang with formidable intensity and a gorgeous richness of tone."
The Guardian
Beethoven (arr. Mahler) Symphony No. 9
Wednesday 4 February 2009
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Neeme Järvi conductor
Matthias Goerne baritone*
Lisa Milne soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Peter Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Mahler Kindertotenlieder*
Beethoven (arr. Mahler) Symphony No. 9 in D minor (London première)
Dvořák Requiem
Saturday 7 February 2009
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Neeme Järvi conductor
Lisa Milne soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Peter Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Dvořák Requiem
"But this is essentially an ensemble work, and one of Neeme Järvi’s great strengths lies in allowing the excellent choir to sing with what sounds like an almost
improvisatory fluency, though it is of course the product of a deep understanding and watchful control of Dvořák’s melodic lines."
The Guardian
Brahms Requiem
Saturday 4 April 2009
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Roberto Prosseda piano
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Stéphane Degout baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in E minor (London première)
(completed by Marcello Bufalini)
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
"With sensitive, articulate singing from the London Philharmonic Choir, the fine balance between the work’s deep compassion and its death-defying exultation was memorably achieved."
The Independent
Orff Carmina Burana
Sunday 3 May 2009
8.00 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Various Voices Festival, London 2009
Howard Moody conductor
Nicole Tibbels soprano
Nigel Robson tenor
Mark Holland baritone
Andrew Ball piano
Michael Ierace piano
Chris Brannick and his Favoured Few percussion
Voicelab*
Various Voices Festival Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
New London Children’s Choir
Orlando Gough Vogel*
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
Holst The Planets
Friday 22 May 2009
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Vilde Frang violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite 1
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Ravel Tzigane
Holst The Planets
Evolution! Prom
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August 2009
11.00 am, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 21 & 23
Charles Hazlewood conductor
Nicholas Collon off-stage conductor
Barney Harwood presenter
Gemma Hunt presenter
with special guest Sir David Attenborough
BBC Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Improvised Big Bang
Britten Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes
Jón Leifs Hekla
John Williams Jurassic Park – Main theme
James Brett Walking with Dinosaurs – Main Theme; Tyrannosaurus Rex: In Defence of Her Young; Raptor Hunt
Goldie Sine Tempore – Without Time (BBC commission: world première)
Arvo Pärt If Bach had been a Beekeeper
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Koechlin Le Loi de la Jungle from the Jungle Book
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
John Williams Star Wars – Main theme
Schoenberg Gurrelieder
Saturday 29 August 2009
7.30 pm, Central Hall Westminster
Peter Stark conductor
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts Waldemar
Rita Cullis Tove
Jane Irwin Waldtaube
Robert Hayward Bauer
Alan Oke Klaus-Narr
Nigel Robson Sprecher
Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Schoenberg Gurrelieder