2018/2019 season
Our 2018/2019 season included
John Luther Adams In the Name of the Earth
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Toby Purser
Berlioz La damnation de Faust Sir Mark Elder
Berlioz Requiem John Nelson
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem Neville Creed
Haydn The Seasons Vladimir Jurowski
Janáček The Eternal Gospel Vladimir Jurowski
Magnus Lindberg Triumph to Exist Vladimir Jurowski
Mozart Requiem Neville Creed
Orff Carmina Burana Andrew Nethsingha
Orff Carmina Burana Jérémie Rhorer
Poulenc Stabat Mater Jérémie Rhorer
Rossini Petite messe solennelle Gustavo Gimeno
Stravinsky Requiem Canticles Vladimir Jurowski
Stravinsky Threni Vladimir Jurowski
Poulenc & Orff
Saturday 13 October 2018
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Jérémie Rhorer conductor
Louise Alder soprano
Toby Spence tenor
Simon Keenlyside baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Poulenc Stabat Mater
Orff Carmina Burana
Rossini Petite messe solennelle
Saturday 27 October 2018
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Gustavo Gimeno conductor
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Sara Mingardo contralto
Kenneth Tarver tenor
Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Rossini Petite messe solennelle
"Under the Spanish conductor Gustavo Gimeno, the London Philharmonic Choir delivered Rossini’s not-too-solemn Mass settings with admirable fervour…"
Sunday Times
Magnus Lindberg, Stravinsky & Janáček
Saturday 10 November 2018
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Andrea Danková soprano
Angharad Lyddon mezzo-soprano
Vsevolod Grivnov tenor
Maxim Mikhailov bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Debussy Berceuse héroïque
Magnus Lindberg Triumph to Exist (world première)*
Stravinsky Requiem Canticles
Janáček The Eternal Gospel
*Triumph to Exist is co-commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and 14-18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions (with support from the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund, and from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), the Gulbenkian Orchestra and the Orchestra National de Lille.
"…the London Philharmonic Choir on energetic form…"
The Guardian
A Celebration of Christmas
Sunday 2 December 2018
3.00 pm, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
Neville Creed conductor
Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Gabrieli O Magnum Mysterium
Byrd O Magnum Mysterium
Praetorius In dulci jubilo
Cornelius The Three Kings
Scheidt Battle Suite
Schütz Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
Schütz Hodie Christus Natus Est
Mathias Sir Christèmas
Trad. arr. Wood Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Niles arr. Harvey I Wonder as I Wander
Trad. arr. Carter Lord of the Dance
Iveson A selection from Christmas Crackers
Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Trad. arr. Rutter The Twelve Days of Christmas
Stravinsky Threni
Saturday 8 December 2018
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Elizabeth Atherton soprano
Maria Ostroukhova mezzo-soprano
Sam Furness tenor†
Joel Williams tenor
Theodore Platt baritone
Joshua Bloom bass†
The Swingles*
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir**
Stravinsky Variations (Aldous Huxley in Memoriam)
Stravinsky Threni**
Stravinsky Tango*
Berio Sinfonia*
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Maxim Mikhailov.
†Please note a change of artists from previously advertised.
"This lateish choral work has a reputation for being tough, perhaps because its under-rehearsed early performances in Venice and Paris were so badly received.
Stravinsky needed the London Philharmonic Choir, who negotiated its angles and perils easily."
The Observer
Grand Christmas Classics
Friday 14 December 2018
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Toby Purser conductor
Natasha Jouhl soprano
Alexander James Edwards tenor
Matt Baker presenter
London Concert Orchestra
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Coldstream Guards
London Philharmonic Choir
Grand Christmas Classics
The Glory of Christmas
Friday 21 December 2018
7.30 pm, Barbican Hall
John Pryce-Jones conductor
Freddie Jemison treble
David Butt Philip tenor
Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet
London Concert Orchestra
Trinity Boys Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
The Glory of Christmas
Mozart Requiem
Friday 1 February 2019
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Neville Creed conductor
Daniel Lebhardt piano
Gemma Summerfield soprano
Clare Presland mezzo-soprano
David Webb tenor
David Shipley bass
Mozart Festival Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Mozart Overture, The Magic Flute
Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467
Mozart Requiem
Berlioz The Damnation of Faust
Sunday 10 February 2019
5.00 pm, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sir Mark Elder conductor
David Butt Philip Faust
Rachel Kelly Marguerite
David Soar Brander
Laurent Naouri Méphistophélès
Hallé
Hallé Choir
Hallé Children’s Choir
London Philharmonic Choir (male voices)
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus (male voices)
Trebles of the Hallé Youth Training Choir
Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Haydn The Seasons
Saturday 2 March 2019
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Sophie Bevan soprano
Mark Padmore tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Haydn The Seasons
Sung in English
Berlioz Requiem
Friday 8 March 2019
7.30 pm, St Paul’s Cathedral
John Nelson conductor
Michael Spyres tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Berlioz Requiem (Grande messe des morts)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Tuesday 30 April 2019
7.30 pm, Cadogan Hall
Toby Purser conductor
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
Marlena Devoe soprano
Angela Simkin mezzo-soprano
Mark Milhofer tenor
Felix Kemp baritone
Orion Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Orff Carmina Burana
Friday 10 May 2019
7.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Andrew Nethsingha conductor
Federico Colli piano
Ailish Tynan soprano
Anthony Gregory tenor
Nicholas Lester baritone
Philharmonia Orchestra
Trinity Boys Choir
City of Birmingham Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Lyudmila
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Orff Carmina Burana
Middle Temple Hall
Friday 17 May 2019
7.30 pm, Middle Temple Hall
Charity concert in aid of Family Action
Neville Creed conductor
Jonathan Beatty piano
Iain Farrington piano
Susanna Fairbairn soprano
Robert Garland baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Orff O Fortuna
Bruckner Os justi
Bizet Jeux d’enfants – La toupie (The spinning top); L’escarpolette (The swing); Le bal (The ball)
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Pearsall Lay a Garland
Iain Farrington Free Wheeler
Mozart Ave verum
Stanford Coelos ascendit
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
We are grateful to the Opera Awards Foundation for providing soloists Susanna Fairbairn and Robert Garland for the Brahms Requiem.
John Luther Adams In the Name of the Earth
Sunday 8 September 2019
11.00 am, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 66
Neville Creed conductor
Neil Ferris conductor
Simon Halsey conductor
David Temple conductor
BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Hackney Empire Community Choir
London International Gospel Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
LSO Community Choir
Victoria Park Singers
John Luther Adams In the Name of the Earth (European première)
10:40am: Audience members who would like to participate in this morning’s performance are invited to a preparatory sing-through of the final theme of ‘In the Name of the Earth’.
There will be no interval