2016/2017 season
Our 2016/2017 season included
Beethoven Missa Solemnis Sir Mark Elder
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Kazushi Ono
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Gareth Hancock
Berlioz Requiem François-Xavier Roth
Handel Messiah Oliver Gooch
Haydn The Creation Sir Roger Norrington
Mahler Symphony No. 8 Vladimir Jurowski
Mozart Requiem Nathalie Stutzmann
Orff Carmina Burana Hilary Davan Wetton
Schoenberg Gurrelieder Sir Mark Elder
Tallis Spem in Alium Neville Creed
Tallis Spem in Alium Vladimir Jurowski
Verdi Requiem Brian Wright
Verdi Requiem
Saturday 24 September 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Brian Wright conductor
Katherine Broderick soprano
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Graeme Broadbent bass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Huddersfield Choral Society
Royal Choral Society
Verdi Requiem
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Sunday 9 October 2016
3.00 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Gareth Hancock conductor
Danny Driver piano
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Heather Shipp mezzo-soprano
Gwyn Hughes Jones tenor
David Soar bass-baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Saturday 5 November 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Lucy Crowe soprano
Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton tenor
Peter Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
"The orchestral playing was wonderfully vibrant, and the choral singing outstandingly secure and controlled throughout, the polyphony crystal clear over a wide dynamic range."
The Guardian
Berlioz Requiem
Sunday 13 November 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
François-Xavier Roth conductor
Toby Spence tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Berlioz Requiem (Grande messe des morts)
Handel Messiah
Friday 9 December 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Messiah by candlelight
Oliver Gooch conductor
Laura Mitchell soprano
Clare Presland mezzo-soprano
David Butt Philip tenor
Morgan Pearse baritone
Mozart Festival Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Messiah
Classic Carols
Tuesday 20 December 2016
7.30 pm, Royal Albert Hall
Timothy Henty conductor
Grant Doyle baritone
Alan Titchmarsh presenter
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Classic Carols
Haydn The Creation
Saturday 4 February 2017
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
Lucy Crowe soprano
Thomas Hobbs tenor
Christopher Maltman bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Haydn The Creation
This performance will be sung in English.
Orff Carmina Burana
Friday 24 February 2017
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Hilary Davan Wetton conductor
Sarah Tynan soprano
Robert Murray tenor
William Dazeley baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Trinity Boys Choir
City of London Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade
Orff Carmina Burana
Mozart Requiem
Saturday 25 March 2017
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Nathalie Stutzmann conductor
Kateryna Kasper soprano
Sara Mingardo contralto
Robin Tritschler tenor
Leon Košavić baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Mozart Requiem (Süssmayr completion)
"The London Philharmonic Choir sang with great dignity and immaculate dynamic control."
The Guardian
Tallis Spem in Alium
Mahler Symphony No. 8
Saturday 8 April 2017
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Judith Howarth soprano
Anne Schwanewilms soprano
Sofia Fomina soprano
Michaela Selinger mezzo-soprano
Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano
Barry Banks tenor
Stephen Gadd baritone
Matthew Rose bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
Tallis Spem in Alium
Mahler Symphony No. 8
Last Night of the Spring Proms
Saturday 29 April 2017
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Stephen Bell conductor
Joo Yeon Sir violin
Sky Ingram soprano
Adrian Dwyer tenor
London Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Last Night of the Spring Proms
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Saturday 6 May 2017
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Kazushi Ono conductor
Gweneth-Ann Rand soprano
Justina Gringyte mezzo-soprano
David Butt Philip tenor
Jihoon Kim bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Magnus Lindberg Two Episodes (Commissioned by BBC Radio 3, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Festival and Casa da Música, Porto)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Schoenberg Gurrelieder
Sunday 4 June 2017
6.30 pm, Bridgewater Hall
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Brandon Jovanovich Waldemar, tenor
Emily Magee Tove, soprano
Alice Coote Wood Dove, mezzo-soprano
Graham Clark Klaus the Fool, tenor
James Creswell Bauer, bass
Sir Thomas Allen Speaker
Hallé
BBC Philharmonic
Hallé Choir
Gentlemen of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir
Schoenberg Gurrelieder