2011/2012 season
Our 2011/2012 season included
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 George Pehlivanian
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Tan Lihua
Berlioz Requiem Sir Colin Davis
Bruckner Christus factus est Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Bruckner Te Deum Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Delius Sea Drift Sir Mark Elder
Elgar The Apostles Sir Mark Elder
Handel Messiah Oliver Gooch
Howells Hymnus Paradisi Martyn Brabbins
Orff Carmina Burana Andrew Greenwood
Prokofiev Ivan the Terrible Vladimir Jurowski
Rossini Stabat Mater Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Scriabin Prometheus Vladimir Jurowski
Suk Ripening Vladimir Jurowski
Szymanowski Symphony No. 3 Vladimir Jurowski
Zemlinsky Psalm 23, Op. 14 Vladimir Jurowski
Scriabin Prometheus, Poem of Fire
Saturday 24 September 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Julia Fischer violin
Igor Levit piano
Lucy Carter lighting designer
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus (excerpts)
Matthias Pintscher Mar’eh for Violin and Orchestra (UK première)
Liszt Prometheus
Scriabin Prometheus, Poem of Fire
Rossini Stabat Mater
Saturday 15 October 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Eri Nakamura soprano
Ruxandra Donose mezzo-soprano
Ji-Min Park tenor
Matthew Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Symphony No. 2
Rossini Stabat Mater
Orff Carmina Burana
Saturday 22 October 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Andrew Greenwood conductor
Stephen Disley organ
Rebecca Bottone soprano
Mark Le Brocq tenor
Kevin Greenlaw 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
Handel Messiah
Saturday 10 December 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Messiah by candlelight
Oliver Gooch conductor
Helen-Jane Howells soprano
Julia Riley mezzo-soprano
Tyler Clarke tenor
James Oldfield bass
Mozart Festival Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Messiah
The Prince’s Trust Concert
Tuesday 13 December 2011
8.00 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Robert Emery conductor
Russell Watson tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
The Prince’s Trust Concert
Classic Carols
Monday 19 December 2011
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Bonaventura Bottone tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Classic Carols
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Thursday 29 December 2011
7.30 pm, Barbican Hall
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Alexandra Dariescu piano
Mairéad Buike soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Daniel Norman tenor
Njabulo Madlala 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
Prokofiev Ivan the Terrible
Saturday 28 January 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Ewa Podleś contralto
Andrey Breus baritone
Simon Callow narrator
Miranda Richardson narrator
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Prokofiev Excerpts from the incidental music to Egyptian Nights
Prokofiev (arr. Atovmyan) Ivan the Terrible (world première of this version)
"Blazingly conducted, played and sung, it was astounding."
The Guardian
Bruckner Christus factus est and Te Deum
Saturday 4 February 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Mihoko Fujimura mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence tenor
Franz-Josef Selig bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Bruckner Christus factus est
Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Bruckner Te Deum
"The exposed choral strands of the motet – sensitively negotiated by the London Philharmonic Choir – even seemed to suggest a churchy acoustic lending atmosphere to the Royal Festival Hall’s coolly analytical sound while the segue from hushed chorale into the opening bars of the symphony, horns sounding from the lower depths, was heart-stoppingly theatrical."
The Independent
"Going from the hushed D minor of the motet to the hushed D minor of the symphony was a brilliant stroke, but risky, too, as choirs are liable to slip in pitch. The LPO chorus came through with flying colours, as they did in the joyous shout of the Te Deum."
Daily Telegraph
Zemlinsky Psalm 23, Op. 14
Szymanowski Symphony No. 3
Wednesday 22 February 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Joshua Bell violin
Jeremy Ovenden tenor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Mozart Symphony No. 32
Brahms Violin Concerto
Zemlinsky Psalm 23, Op. 14
Szymanowski Symphony No. 3 (The Song of the Night)
"Drawn to the homoerotic subtext of this paeon to both earthly and divine love, he scored the work for tenor (here Jeremy Ovenden), chorus and orchestra, but above all it was the Philharmonic Choir on spectacular form that breathed life into the sensual and ecstatic text."
Independent on Sunday
Delius Sea Drift
Saturday 24 March 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor*
Roderick Williams baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Julian Anderson The Discovery of Heaven (world première)*
Delius Sea Drift
Elgar Symphony No. 1
"The rest of the concert, conducted by Mark Elder, comprised Delius’s Sea Drift and Elgar’s First Symphony, the former distinguished by the excellent Roderick Williams in the baritone solo and by the exquisitely tuned London Philharmonic Choir."
Financial Times
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Friday 20 April 2012
8.30 pm, Le Palais des Sports, Le Touquet Paris-Plage
George Pehlivanian conductor
Ismael Margain piano
Elizabeth Atherton soprano
Katja Lytting mezzo-soprano
Peter Bronder tenor
Andras Palerdi bass
Orchestra of The Academy of Music, Ljubljana
Orchestra of The Academy of Music, Riga
Orchestra of The Teresa Berganza Conservatoire, Madrid
London Philharmonic Choir
Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Suk Ripening
Wednesday 2 May 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Janáček Suite, The Cunning Little Vixen
Dvořák Piano Concerto
Suk Symphonic Poem, Ripening (Zrání)
Orff Carmina Burana
Friday 18 May 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Andrew Greenwood conductor
Sophie Cashell piano
Ailish Tynan soprano
Mark Wilde tenor
Mark Stone baritone
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides
Grieg Piano Concerto
Orff Carmina Burana
Berlioz Requiem
Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 June 2012
8.00 pm, St Paul’s Cathedral
Sir Colin Davis conductor
Barry Banks tenor
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts
Gala Concert
Sunday 29 July 2012
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Tan Lihua conductor
Li Biao percussion
Rebecca Evans soprano
Ning Liang mezzo-soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Matthew Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Beijing Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Guo Wenjing Lotus Overture
Tang Jianping Sacred Fire 2008 – concerto for percussion & orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Elgar The Apostles
Friday 10 August 2012
6.45 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 37
Sir Mark Elder conductor
David Kempster bass-baritone (St Peter)
Rebecca Evans soprano (Blessed Virgin / Angel Gabriel)
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano (Mary Magdalene)
Paul Groves tenor (St John / Narrator)
Jacques Imbrailo baritone (Jesus)
Clive Bayley bass (Judas)
Hallé
Hallé Choir
Hallé Youth Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Elgar The Apostles
Howells Hymnus Paradisi
Wednesday 29 August 2012
7.00 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 61
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Miah Persson soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Howells Hymnus Paradisi
Elgar Symphony No. 1 in A flat major