2015/2016 season
Our 2015/2016 season included
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Vladimir Jurowski
Brahms Requiem Christoph Eschenbach
Holst The Planets Dennis Russell Davies
Karl Jenkins Requiem Sir Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins Stabat Mater Sir Karl Jenkins
Szymanowski Stabat Mater Vladimir Jurowski
Taneyev St John of Damascus Vladimir Jurowski
Weber Der Freischütz Sir Mark Elder
Zemlinsky Psalm 23, Op. 14 Vladimir Jurowski
Taneyev St John of Damascus
Saturday 26 September 2015
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Taneyev St John of Damascus
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Holst The Planets
Monday 28 September 2015
7.30 pm, Cadogan Hall
Dennis Russell Davies conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaya piano
Basel Symphony Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat, K. 271
Holst The Planets
Karl Jenkins Stabat Mater
Friday 30 October 2015
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Sir Karl Jenkins conductor
Joo Yeon Sir violin
Zands Duggan hand drummer & percussion
Lucy Knight soprano
Katie Bray mezzo-soprano
Reem Kelani guest vocalist
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Karl Jenkins Excerpts from: Requiem; The Healer; Adiemus; The Armed Man
Karl Jenkins Stabat Mater
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 8 November 2015
7.00 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Damian Iorio conductor
Raphael Wallfisch cello
Jim Carter presenter
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Music and readings for Remembrance Sunday.
King’s College Choir
Wednesday 16 December 2015
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Louise Alder soprano
Katie Bray mezzo-soprano
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
King’s College Choir
The Glory of Christmas
Monday 21 December 2015
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
John Pryce-Jones conductor
James Edwards tenor
Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet
Nigel Kerry organ
London Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
The Glory of Christmas
Szymanowski Stabat Mater
Saturday 5 March 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Elżbieta Szmytka soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano
Andrzej Dobber baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3
Zemlinsky Six Maeterlinck Songs
Szymanowski Stabat Mater
"That, and the amazingly intense singing of the London Philharmonic Choir gave the whole piece a rapturous air, as if two different worlds had been fixed in one dazzling, impossible image."
The Telegraph
Zemlinsky Psalm 23, Op. 14
Szymanowski Stabat Mater
Friday 11 March 2016
8.00 pm, BOZAR, Brussels
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Kristina Blaumane cello
Elsbeth Moser bayan
Elżbieta Szmytka soprano
Agnieszka Rehlis mezzo-soprano
Andrzej Dobber baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Sofia Gubaidulina Seven Words
Zemlinsky Psalm 23, Op. 14
Szymanowski Stabat Mater
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
Saturday 9 April 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Sarah Tynan soprano
Matthias Goerne baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) (1943 version)
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
"Whether hushed in devotional wonder at Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen, or letting rip in the tremendous assertion of hope that closes the sixth movement, the London Philharmonic Choir were outstanding."
The Guardian
Karl Jenkins Requiem
Friday 6 May 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Karl Jenkins conductor
Zands Duggan percussion
Clive Bell shakuhachi flute
Joo Yeon Sir violin
Rosie Jenkins oboe
Lucy Knight soprano
Morgan Pearse baritone
Palladio Orchestra of London
London Philharmonic Choir
Karl Jenkins Palladio
Karl Jenkins The Healer
Karl Jenkins Lament for the Valley
Karl Jenkins Requiem
Weber Der Freischütz
Tuesday 7 June 2016
7.00 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Mark Elder conductor
David Pountney stage direction, new English narration
Wyn Pencarreg Kuno
Rachel Willis-Sørensen Agathe
Sarah Tynan Ännchen
Simon Bailey Kaspar
Christopher Ventris Max
Sir John Tomlinson Hermit / Samiel / narrator
Marcus Farnsworth Kilian
William Dazeley Ottokar
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
London Philharmonic Choir
Weber Der Freischütz (semi-dramatised performance)
Sung in German
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Sunday 24 July 2016
8.00 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 13
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Miah Persson soprano
Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano
John Daszak tenor
Christopher Purves bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Magnus Lindberg Two Episodes (BBC co-commission with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Festival & Casa da Música, Porto: world première)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9