2012/2013 season

Our 2012/2013 season included

Brahms  Requiem  Vladimir Jurowski
Elgar  The Dream of Gerontius  Sir Mark Elder
Haydn  Nelson Mass  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Orff  Carmina Burana  Andrew Greenwood
Orff  Carmina Burana  Hans Graf
Rachmaninoff  The Bells  Vladimir Jurowski
Schoenberg  A Survivor from Warsaw  Vladimir Jurowski
Stravinsky  Symphony of Psalms  Hans Graf
Tippett  A Child of Our Time  Ryan Wigglesworth
Weill  The Threepenny Opera  Vladimir Jurowski


Rachmaninoff  The Bells
Saturday 29 September 2012
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Tatiana Monogarova  soprano
Sergei Skorokhodov  tenor
Vladimir Chernov  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus

Rodion Shchedrin  Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (The Chimes) (UK première)
Miaskovsky  Silentium (UK première)
Denisov  Bells in the Fog (UK première)
Rachmaninoff  The Bells

"The combined forces of the London Philharmonic Choir and London Symphony Chorus were terrific."
The Guardian

Rachmaninoff The Bells,  Jurowski


An Evening of Choral Music
Friday 19 October 2012
7.30 pm,  Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y 9AT

Neville Creed  conductor
Jonathan Beatty  piano and organ

London Philharmonic Choir

Viadana  Exultate justi
Lotti  Crucifixus a 8
Bruckner  Locus iste; Christus factus est
Chopin  Barcarolle
Fauré  Pie Jesu and Libera me from the Requiem
Handel  Zadok the Priest

Vaughan Williams  Let all the world in every corner sing
Tavener  Song for Athene
Balfour Gardiner  Shepherd Fennel’s Dance
Tippett  Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Parry  I was glad

Concert in aid of the OYAP Trust and the Middle Temple Scholarship Appeal


Orff  Carmina Burana
Saturday 27 October 2012
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Andrew Greenwood  conductor
Stephen Disley  organ
Elena Xanthoudakis  soprano
Robert Murray  tenor
Richard Morrison  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


Haydn  Nelson Mass
Saturday 24 November 2012
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Yannick Nézet-Séguin  conductor
Sarah-Jane Brandon  soprano
Sarah Connolly  mezzo-soprano
Robin Tritschler  tenor
Luca Pisaroni  bass-baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Haydn  Nelson Mass
R Strauss  Ein Heldenleben


Schoenberg  A Survivor from Warsaw
Wednesday 28 November 2012
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Robert Hayward  narrator (Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte & A Survivor from Warsaw)
Omar Ebrahim  Fučík (Julius Fučík)
Malcolm Sinclair  Voice (Julius Fučík)
Annabel Arden  director

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir

Beethoven  Overture, Fidelio
Schoenberg  Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte
Schoenberg  A Survivor from Warsaw
Nono  Julius Fučík
Beethoven  Symphony No. 5 in C minor


Brahms  Requiem
Saturday 1 December 2012
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Miah Persson  soprano
Dietrich Henschel  bass-baritone
Annabel Arden  director

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Zimmermann  Ecclesiastical Action, for two speakers, bass and orchestra (semi-staged)
Brahms  Ein deutsches Requiem

"Among the high points were Henschel’s intense baritone solos, and some beautifully focussed choral singing."
The Guardian

Brahms Requiem,  Jurowski

"Orchestral textures were lean yet beautiful, while the London Philharmonic Choir sang with an accuracy that was breathtaking."
The Guardian

Tippett A Child of Our Time,  Ryan Wigglesworth


Katherine Jenkins Christmas Concert
Monday 10 December 2012
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Anthony Inglis  conductor
Katherine Jenkins  soprano

The Band of the Welsh Guards
National Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
The Boy Choristers of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

Christmas concert


Christmas Classics
Tuesday 18 December 2012
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Dominic Wheeler  conductor
Mark Stone  baritone

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Scots Guards
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Christmas Classics


Elgar  The Dream of Gerontius
Saturday 26 January 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Sir Mark Elder  conductor
Sarah Connolly  mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves  tenor
James Rutherford  bass-baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Elgar  The Dream of Gerontius
Please note there will be no interval

"The choral singing – the London Philharmonic Chorus, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, supplying the semi-chorus – was unstintingly sumptuous and secure."
The Guardian

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius,  Elder


Weill  The Threepenny Opera
Thursday 28 February 2013
8.00 pm,  Théâtre des Champs-Elysées*

Saturday 2 March 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Mark Padmore  Macheath
Sir John Tomlinson  J J Peachum
Dame Felicity Palmer  Mrs Peachum
Allison Bell  Polly Peachum
Nicholas Folwell  Tiger Brown
Gabriela Iștoc  Lucy Brown
Meow Meow  Jenny
Max Hopp  narrator
Ted Huffman  director
Malcolm Rippeth  lighting designer

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Weill   Die Dreigroschenoper
(sung in German with English surtitles / French surtitles*)


Stravinsky  Symphony of Psalms
Orff  Carmina Burana

Saturday 6 April 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Hans Graf  conductor
Sarah Tynan  soprano
Andrew Kennedy  tenor
Rodion Pogossov  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir

Stravinsky  Symphony of Psalms
Orff  Carmina Burana


Tippett  A Child of Our Time
Wednesday 1 May 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Ryan Wigglesworth  conductor
Claire Booth  soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen  mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson  tenor
Matthew Rose  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Vaughan Williams  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Tippett  A Child of Our Time

"The London Philharmonic Chorus were vivid and strong, whether they were sympathising or condemning."
Daily Telegraph

"…and the London Philharmonic Choir excelled itself in Tippett’s often testing choral writing."
Financial Times

Tippett A Child of Our Time,  Ryan Wigglesworth


Doctor Who Prom
Saturday 13 July 2013, 7.30 pm &
Sunday 14 July 2013, 10.30 am
Royal Albert Hall
Prom 2 & 3

Ben Foster  conductor

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
London Philharmonic Choir

Murray Gold  Music from the Doctor Who series

and other music from the series, including the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 2,
Debussy’s
La fille aux cheveux de lin and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor