2010/2011 season
Our 2010/2011 season included
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Vladimir Jurowski
Beethoven Missa Solemnis Sir Colin Davis
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Christopher Warren-Green
Dvořák Stabat Mater Neeme Järvi
Dvořák Te Deum Neeme Järvi
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Edward Gardner
Fauré Requiem Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Handel Messiah Robert Howarth
Holst The Planets Marin Alsop
Liszt A Faust Symphony Vladimir Jurowski
Mahler Das klagende Lied Vladimir Jurowski
Mahler Symphony No. 3 Vladimir Jurowski
Orff Carmina Burana Andrew Greenwood
Verdi Requiem Semyon Bychkov
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Andrew Litton
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Wednesday 22 September 2010
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Petra Lang mezzo-soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Zemlinksy Six Maeterlinck Songs Op. 13
Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin
Saturday 25 September 2010
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
The Hilliard Ensemble**
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Haydn Symphony No. 63 in C major (La Roxelane)
Matteo D’Amico Flight from Byzantium (world première)*
Dufay Moribus et genere**; Vergene bella**
Dufay Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae**
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin (complete)
* Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
with the assistance of the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana.
Dvořák Te Deum & Stabat Mater
Saturday 9 October 2010
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Neeme Järvi conductor
Janice Watson soprano
Dagmar Pecková mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Peter Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Dvořák Te Deum
Dvořák Stabat Mater
"Superbly drilled, the London Philharmonic Choir came into its own in the a cappella passages, but sang impressively throughout."
The Guardian
Orff Carmina Burana
Saturday 30 October 2010
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Andrew Greenwood conductor
Stephen Disley organ
Charlotte Ellett soprano
Colin Judson tenor
Jacques Imbrailo baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Royal Choral Society
English Concert Chorus
Southend Boys’ Choir
Berlioz Rákóczy March
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Orff Carmina Burana
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Concert
Tuesday 7 December 2010
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Anthony Inglis conductor
Katherine Jenkins soprano
With special guests a cappella group Straight No Chaser
and musical virtuoso Derek Paravicini
National Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Christmas concert
Handel Messiah
Saturday 11 December 2010
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Messiah by candlelight
Robert Howarth conductor
Sophie Bevan soprano
Doreen Curren alto
James Oxley tenor
Darren Jeffery bass
Mozart Festival Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Messiah
Christmas Classics
Thursday 16 December 2010
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Janis Kelly soprano
Julia McKenzie reader
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Christmas Classics
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Wednesday 29 December 2010
7.30 pm, Barbican Hall
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Ronan O’Hora piano
Catrin Aur soprano
Carolyn Dobbin mezzo-soprano
Jesús León tenor
Leigh Melrose 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
"As for the London Philharmonic Choir, reinforced in the centre by the raspberry-robed choir of Clare College, Cambridge, their clear, fervent sounds were always the instruments of bliss."
The Times
"…Nézet-Séguin is an impeccable conductor of choral music, and the fervour and monumentality of the London Philharmonic Choir’s singing were remarkable."
The Guardian
Fauré Requiem
Saturday 22 January 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Sally Matthews soprano
Gerald Finley bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Franck Symphony in D minor
Fauré Requiem
"The London Philharmonic Choir made a focused, rapt sound in the Offertoire and the closing In Paradisum, but they were vigorous and forthright in the Sanctus…"
Daily Telegraph
Mahler Das klagende Lied
Saturday 29 January 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Barnabas Kelemen violin
Melanie Diener soprano
Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano
Michael König tenor
Christopher Purves baritone
Jacob Thorn treble
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Ligeti Lontano
Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler Das klagende Lied (original version)
"A potent London Philharmonic Choir found the right Grimm Brothers spookiness."
The Times
Holst The Planets
Wednesday 23 March 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Marin Alsop conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Brett Dean Komarov’s Fall (London première)
John Adams Dr Atomic Symphony
Holst The Planets
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Saturday 26 March 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Sunday 27 March 2011
7.30 pm, Salisbury Cathedral
Edward Gardner conductor
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves tenor
Neal Davies bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
"The singing of the London Philharmonic Chorus, with the Choir of Clare College Cambridge forming the semi-chorus, was full-blooded and intense, the playing of the London Philharmonic Orchestra utterly secure."
The Guardian
"And there was thrilling singing from the London Philharmonic Choir and Choir of Clare College Cambridge: vivid rather than reverential, no one here was toeing the oratorio line."
Sunday Telegraph
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Tuesday 31 May 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Andrew Litton conductor
Daniel Hope violin
Benedict Nelson baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Respighi Pines of Rome
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Verdi Requiem
Sunday 24 July 2011
7.00 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 13
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Marina Poplavskaya soprano
Mariana Pentcheva mezzo-soprano
Joseph Calleja tenor
Ferruccio Furlanetto bass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Philharmonic Choir
Verdi Requiem
Liszt A Faust Symphony
Tuesday 26 July 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 15
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
Marco Jentzsch tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus
Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir
Kodály Dances of Galánta
Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt A Faust Symphony
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Sunday 4 September 2011
7.00 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 67
Sir Colin Davis conductor
Helena Juntunen soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves tenor
Matthew Rose bass
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Missa Solemnis