2009/2010 season

Our 2009/2010 season included

J S Bach  Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV63  Vladimir Jurowski
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9  Christopher Warren-Green
Brahms  Alto Rhapsody  Vladimir Jurowski
Debussy  Nocturnes  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Fauré  Pavane  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Haydn  Seven Last Words  Vladimir Jurowski
Honegger  Christmas Cantata  Vladimir Jurowski
Janáček  Eternal Gospel  Vladimir Jurowski
Liszt  A Faust Symphony  Vladimir Jurowski
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)  Vladimir Jurowski
Mendelssohn  Elijah  Kurt Masur
Mendelssohn  Vom Himmel Hoch  Vladimir Jurowski
Myaskovsky   Symphony No. 6  Vladimir Jurowski
Poulenc  Stabat Mater  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Vaughan Williams  The First Nowell  Vladimir Jurowski


Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Friday 25 & Saturday 26* September 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Adriana Kucerova  soprano
Christianne Stotijn  mezzo-soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Kurtág  Stele*
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)


Mendelssohn  Elijah
Saturday 17 October 2009
7.00 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Kurt Masur  conductor

Elijah – Alastair Miles  bass
The Widow – Melanie Diener  soprano
An Angel – Renata Pokupic  mezzo-soprano
The Queen (Jezebel) – Sarah Castle  mezzo-soprano
Obadiah – Topi Lehtipuu  tenor
Ahab – Tyler Clarke  tenor
The Youth – Freddie Benedict  treble
Sarah-Jane Brandon  soprano
James Oldfield  bass-baritone
Jimmy Holliday  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mendelssohn  Elijah (in German)


Open Rehearsal
Monday 2 November 2009
6.45 pm – 8.45 pm,  Bishopsgate Institute, EC2

Come and hear us rehearse Haydn’s Seven Last Words for our performance in November.

Admission is free, just come along to the Bishopsgate Institute on the evening.


Haydn  Seven Last Words
Saturday 28 November 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Alexander Ivashkin  cello
Lisa Milne  soprano
Ruxandra Donose  mezzo-soprano
Andrew Kennedy  tenor
Christopher Maltman  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Schnittke  Cello Concerto No. 2
Haydn  Seven Last Words


Christmas Concert
Saturday 5 December 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Lisa Milne  soprano
Ruxandra Donose  mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples  tenor
Christopher Maltman  bass

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

Mendelssohn  Vom Himmel Hoch
Vaughan Williams  The First Nowell
J S Bach  Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV63
Honegger  Une Cantate de Noël


Christmas Classics
Tuesday 22 December 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Stephen Bell  conductor
Alan Opie  baritone

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

Christmas Classics


Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Wednesday 30 December 2009
7.30 pm,  Barbican Hall

Christopher Warren-Green  conductor
Alexander Romanovsky  piano
Ida Falk Winland  soprano
Fiona Murphy  alto
Daniel Norman  tenor
George Von Bergen  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

"It’s not easy for any large amateur choir to maintain radiance and pitch in hushed tones for minutes on end; but Neville Creed’s forces triumphed."
The Times

Mahler  Symphony No. 2,  Jurowski


Debussy, Fauré and Poulenc
Saturday 13 February 2010
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Yannick Nézet-Séguin  conductor
Claire Booth  soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Ravel  Pavane pour une Infante défunte
Ravel  Le tombeau de Couperin
Debussy  Nocturnes
Fauré  Pavane (with chorus)
Poulenc  Stabat Mater


Janáček  The Eternal Gospel
Saturday 20 February 2010
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Sofia Fomina  soprano
Adrian Thompson  tenor

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Janáček  Taras Bulba
Janáček  The Eternal Gospel (Věčné evangelium)
Suk  Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Asrael)

"The London Philharmonic Choir brimmed with ardour, too."
The Times

"The London Philharmonic Choir distinguished itself…"

Financial Times

Janáček  The Eternal Gospel,  Jurowski


Myaskovsky   Symphony No. 6
Wednesday 28 April 2010
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Danjulo Ishizaka  cello

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Prokofiev  Sinfonia Concertante
Myaskovsky   Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor


Brahms  Alto Rhapsody
Liszt  A Faust Symphony

Saturday 1 May 2010
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Anna Larsson  contralto
Peter Auty  tenor

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Wagner  Overture to Faust
Brahms  Alto Rhapsody
Liszt  A Faust Symphony


Grand Organ Gala
Sunday 27 June 2010
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Stephen Bell  conductor
Stephen Disley  organ
John Birch  organ
Lee Bisset  soprano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Strauss  Also sprach Zarathustra – Sunrise
Bach  Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Handel  Zadok the Priest
Fauré  Requiem – Pie Jesu
Saint-Saëns  Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Walton  Crown Imperial
Bach/Gounod  Ave Maria
Pachelbel  Canon
Handel  MessiahHallelujah Chorus
Mascagni  Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo & Easter Hymn
Widor arr. Torch  Symphony No. 5 in F – Toccata
Elgar  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1


Doctor Who Prom
Saturday 24 July 2010, 7.30 pm &
Sunday 25 July 2010, 11.00 am
Royal Albert Hall
Prom 10 & 11

Ben Fosterconductor
Grant Llewellyn  conductor
Karen Gillan  host
Matt Smith  host
Arthur Darvill  host
Yamit Mamo  singer
Mark Chambers  singer

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
London Philharmonic Choir

Murray Gold  Music from the Doctor Who series*
John Adams  Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Walton  Overture Portsmouth Point
Holst  The Planets – Mars
Orff  Carmina Burana – O Fortuna
Wagner  Die Walküre – The Ride of the Valkyries