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

Prokofiev Ivan the Terrible,  Jurowski


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

Bruckner Christus factus est & Te Deum,  Nézet-Séguin

"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

Bruckner Christus factus est & Te Deum,  Nézet-Séguin


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

Szymanowski Symphony No. 3,  Jurowski


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

Delius Sea Drift,  Elder


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