2014/2015 season

Our 2014/2015 season included

Beethoven  Symphony No. 9  Armand Diangienda
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9  Pinchas Zukerman
Enescu  Symphony No. 3  Vladimir Jurowski
Fauré  Requiem  Christopher Warren-Green
Malcolm Forsyth  A Ballad of Canada  Pinchas Zukerman
Janáček  Glagolitic Mass  Tomáš Netopil
Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)  Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Mozart  Requiem  Michael Bawtree
Orff  Carmina Burana  Keith Lockhart
Rachmaninoff  Spring  Vladimir Jurowski
Rachmaninoff  The Bells  Vasily Petrenko
Rachmaninoff  Three Russian Songs  Vladimir Jurowski
Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé  Vladimir Jurowski
Stravinsky  Requiem Canticles  Vladimir Jurowski
Vaughan Williams  Sancta Civitas  Sir Mark Elder
Verdi  Requiem  Vladimir Jurowski


Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Sunday 14 September 2014
5.00 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Armand Diangienda  conductor
Jamie Phillips  conductor

Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra and Choir
(Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste – OSK)
with members of
BBC Concert Orchestra
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Hallé Youth Choir
London Philharmonic Choir

Sibelius  Finlandia
Congolese choral works
George Shearing  Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare
Congolese orchestral works
Berlioz  Symphonie FantastiqueMarch to the Scaffold; Dreams of a Witches’ Sabbath
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Final movement


Malcolm Forsyth  A Ballad of Canada
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9

Monday 27 October 2014
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Pinchas Zukerman  conductor
Susan Gritton  soprano
Patricia Bardon  mezzo-soprano
Barry Banks  tenor
David Stout  baritone

National Arts Centre Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

J.S. Bach  Erbarme dich, mein Gott (St Matthew Passion)
Malcolm Forsyth  A Ballad of Canada (UK première)
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor


Mahler  Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Saturday 1 November 2014
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Andrés Orozco-Estrada  conductor
Elizabeth Watts  soprano
Alice Coote  mezzo-soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mahler  Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)


The Glory of Christmas
Monday 22 December 2014
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

John Pryce-Jones  conductor
Ed Lyon  tenor
Crispian Steele-Perkins  trumpet

London Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir

The Glory of Christmas


Stravinsky  Requiem Canticles
Verdi  Requiem

Saturday 24 January 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Jane Irwin  soprano
Ildikó Komlósi  mezzo-soprano
Dmytro Popov  tenor
Nikolay Didenko  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Orfeón Pamplonés

Stravinsky  Requiem Canticles
Verdi  Requiem


Rachmaninoff  Three Russian Songs & Spring
Enescu  Symphony No. 3

Saturday 7 February 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Andrei Bondarenko  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir

Rachmaninoff  Three Russian Songs
Rachmaninoff  Spring
Enescu  Symphony No. 3


Rachmaninoff  The Bells
Wednesday 11 February 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vasily Petrenko  conductor
Jorge Luis Prats  piano
Anna Samuil  soprano
Daniil Shtoda  tenor
Andrei Bondarenko  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Stravinsky  Symphony in Three Movements
Rachmaninoff  Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff  The Bells


Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé
Saturday 14 March 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
Carolin Widmann  violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Julian Anderson  Violin Concerto* (world première)
Ravel  Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)**

* Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin and Seattle Symphony Orchestra. The London Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges financial support from PRS for Music Foundation and the Boltini Trust.

** Supported by Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française.


Janáček  Glagolitic Mass
Saturday 25 April 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Tomáš Netopil  conductor
Andrea Danková  soprano
Karen Cargill  mezzo-soprano
Aleš Briscein  tenor
Jochen Schmeckenbecher  baritone
Catherine Edwards  organ

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Orfeó Català
Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana

Wagner  Overture, The Flying Dutchman
Beethoven  Symphony No. 4
Janáček  Glagolitic Mass


Fauré  Requiem
Saturday 2 May 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Christopher Warren-Green  conductor
Jennifer Pike  violin
Mary Bevan  soprano
Mark Stone  baritone

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Tchaikovsky  Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet
Grieg  Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1
Bruch  Violin Concerto No. 1
Fauré  Requiem


Mozart  Requiem
Saturday 6 June 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Michael Bawtree  conductor
Crispian Steele-Perkins  trumpet
David Juritz  violin
Keri Fuge  soprano
Kathryn Rudge  mezzo-soprano
Andrew Dickinson  tenor
Andrew McTaggart  bass-baritone

Mozart Festival Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Vivaldi  The Four Seasons
Handel  Water Music – excerpts
Mozart  Requiem


Vaughan Williams  Sancta Civitas
Thursday 30 July 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 17

Sir Mark Elder  conductor
Robin Tritschler  tenor
Iain Paterson  baritone

Hallé
Hallé Choir
Hallé Youth Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
London Philharmonic Choir

Debussy  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Vaughan Williams  Sancta Civitas
Elgar  Symphony No. 2 in E flat major


Orff  Carmina Burana
Sunday 6 September 2015
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 69

Keith Lockhart  conductor
Charles Mutter  violin
Alison Balsom  trumpet
Olena Tokar  soprano
Thomas Walker  tenor
Benjamin Appl  baritone

BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Southend Boys’ Choir
Southend Girls’ Choir
London Philharmonic Choir

Saint-Saëns  Danse macabre
Guy Barker  The Lanterne of Light (BBC commission: world première)
Orff  Carmina Burana