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

Beethoven (arr. Mahler)  Symphony No. 9,  Järvi

"The real heroes of the evening were the London Philharmonic Choir, who sang with formidable intensity and a gorgeous richness of tone."
The Guardian

Dvořák  Requiem,  Järvi


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

Dvořák  Requiem,  Järvi


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

Brahms  Requiem,  Nézet-Séguin


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 TemporeWithout 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