2013/2014 season

Our 2013/2014 season included

John Adams  El Niño  Vladimir Jurowski
Julian Anderson  Alleluia  Vladimir Jurowski
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9  David Hill
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9  Vladimir Jurowski
Britten  War Requiem  Vladimir Jurowski
Holst  The Planets  Vladimir Jurowski
Mozart  Requiem  George Pehlivanian
Pärt  Berlin Mass  Tõnu Kaljuste
Pärt  Magnificat  Tõnu Kaljuste
Poulenc  Stabat Mater  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Scriabin  Prometheus  Vladimir Jurowski
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Verdi  Requiem  Jeremy Backhouse
Walton  Henry V  Sir Neville Marriner


Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Saturday 28 September 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

David Hill  conductor
Tom Poster  piano
Claire Rutter  soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers  mezzo-soprano
John Daszak  tenor
Iain Paterson  bass-baritone

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Beethoven  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor


Britten  War Requiem
Saturday 12 October 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Evelina Dobraceva  soprano
Ian Bostridge  tenor
Matthias Goerne  baritone
Neville Creed  conductor (chamber orchestra)

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir

Britten  War Requiem


Poulenc  Stabat Mater
Wednesday 23 October 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Yannick Nézet-Séguin  conductor
Alexandre Tharaud  piano
Kate Royal  soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Poulenc  Piano Concerto
Prokofiev  Symphony No. 7
Poulenc  Stabat Mater


Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)
Saturday 26 October 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Yannick Nézet-Séguin  conductor
Jean-Guihen Queyras  cello
Mikhail Petrenko  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir

Henri Dutilleux  Tout un monde lointain
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)


Pärt  Magnificat & Berlin Mass
Wednesday 6 November 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Tõnu Kaljuste  conductor
Sergej Krylov  violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Sofia Gubaidulina  Offertorium
Arvo Pärt  Magnificat
Arvo Pärt  Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt  Berlin Mass


John Adams  El Niño
Saturday 14 December 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Rosemary Joshua  soprano
Kelley O’Connor  mezzo-soprano
Matthew Rose  bass
Daniel Bubeck  countertenor
Brian Cummings  countertenor
Steven Rickards  countertenor
Mark Grey  sound designer

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Coloma St Cecilia Singers

John Adams  El Niño (Nativity Oratorio)


The Glory of Christmas
Friday 20 December 2013
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

John Pryce-Jones  conductor
Daniel Norman  tenor
Crispian Steele-Perkins  trumpet
Philip Scriven  organ

London Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir

The Glory of Christmas


Julian Anderson  Alleluia
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Saturday 1 March 2014
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Emma Bell  soprano
Anna Stéphany  mezzo-soprano
John Daszak  tenor
Gerald Finley  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Julian Anderson  Alleluia
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor

"Here the choir was on expressive form, hitting their notes fairly and squarely, with all sections working in perfectly balanced coordination."

"It shared the programme with Beethoven’s Ninth, in which the choir’s articulation was equally pristine, with the sopranos in particular hurling themselves fearlessly at some distinctly awkward writing."
The Guardian

Julian Anderson  Alleluia
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9,  Jurowski


Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Sunday 2 March 2014
5.00 pm,  Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Emma Bell  soprano
Anna Stéphany  mezzo-soprano
John Daszak  tenor
Gerald Finley  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor


Mozart  Requiem
Saturday 3 May 2014
8.30 pm,  Le Palais des Sports, Le Touquet Paris-Plage

George Pehlivanian  conductor
Darko Brlek  clarinet
Cécile Achille  soprano
Aliénor Feix  mezzo-soprano
David Tricou  tenor
Igor Bouin  baritone

Orchestre des Lauréats de l’Ecole Supérieure de Musique de Catalogne
London Philharmonic Choir

Mozart  Clarinet Concerto
Mozart  Requiem


Verdi  Requiem
Sunday 18 May 2014
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Jeremy Backhouse  conductor
Claire Seaton  soprano
Kate Symonds-Joy  mezzo-soprano
Daniel Joy  tenor
David Stout  bass

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vivace Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Wimbledon Choral Society
Twickenham Choral Society

Verdi  Requiem


Grand Organ Gala
Saturday 7 June 2014
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall
Pull Out All The Stops Festival

Andrew Greenwood  conductor
Stephen Disley  organ
Madeleine Pierard  soprano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Strauss  Also sprach Zarathustra – Sunrise
Bach  Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Handel  Zadok the Priest
Pachelbel  Canon in D
Bach arr. Gounod  Ave Maria
Mussorgsky  Pictures at an ExhibitionGreat Gate of Kiev
Mozart  Requiem – Lacrimosa
Fauré  Requiem – Pie Jesu
Saint-Saëns  Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ) – Finale
Walton  Crown Imperial
Albinoni  Adagio for organ and strings
Mendelssohn  A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Wedding March
Mascagni  Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo & Easter Hymn
Widor  Symphony No. 5 in F – Toccata
Handel  MessiahHallelujah Chorus
Parry  Jerusalem
Elgar  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1


Walton  Henry V
Sunday 10 August 2014
4.00 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 32

Sir Neville Marriner  conductor
Joshua Bell  violin
John Hurt  narrator

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir

Beethoven  Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op 21
Bruch  Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Walton (arr. C. Palmer)  Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario


Holst  The Planets
Scriabin  Prometheus, Poem of Fire

Thursday 28 August 2014
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 56

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Alexander Toradze  piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Holst  The Planets
Schoenberg  Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16
Scriabin  Prométhée, le poème du feu, Op 60