2022/2023 season

Our 2022/2023 season included

Berlioz  La damnation de Faust  Edward Gardner
Elgar  The Apostles  Sir Mark Elder
Holst  The Planets  Christopher Warren-Green
Janáček  Glagolitic Mass  Edward Gardner
Elena Langer  The Dong with a Luminous Nose  Andrey Boreyko
Ligeti  Requiem  Edward Gardner
Schoenberg  Gurrelieder  Edward Gardner
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 13  Gianandrea Noseda
Tan Dun  Buddha Passion  Tan Dun
Tippett  A Child of Our Time  Edward Gardner


Schoenberg  Gurrelieder
Saturday 24 September 2022
7.00 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Edward Gardner  conductor
Lise Lindstrom  Tove
Karen Cargill  Wood-Dove
David Butt Philip  Waldemar
Robert Murray  Klaus the Fool
James Creswell  Peasant

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Members of the London Symphony Chorus

Schoenberg  Gurrelieder

Please note start time is 7pm.
Sung in German with English surtitles

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Tippett  A Child of Our Time
Saturday 26 November 2022
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 27 November 2022
3.00 pm,  Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden

Edward Gardner  conductor
Nadine Benjamin  soprano
Sarah Connolly  mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Tarver  tenor
Roderick Williams  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Adventist Chorale
Soloists of the Royal College of Music

Vaughan Williams  Serenade to Music
Tippett  A Child of Our Time

Generously supported by Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet

Sat 26 Nov, Royal Festival Hall – more info

Sun 27 Nov, Saffron Hall – more info


Katherine Jenkins
Thursday 8 December 2022
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

London Concert Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Christmas with Katherine Jenkins and friends

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Tan Dun  Buddha Passion
Sunday 22 January 2023
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Tan Dun  conductor
Sen Guo  soprano / indigenous female singer
Huiling Zhu  mezzo-soprano
Kang Wang  tenor
Shenyang  bass-baritone
Batubagen  indigenous male singer / Dunhuang xiqin
Yining Chen  pipa / dancer

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
London Chinese Philharmonic Choir

Tan Dun  Buddha Passion (UK première)

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Berlioz  The Damnation of Faust
Saturday 4 February 2023
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Edward Gardner  conductor
Karen Cargill  Marguerite
John Irvin*  Faust
Christopher Purves  Méphistophélès
Jonathan Lemalu  Brander

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Members of the London Symphony Chorus
London Youth Choir

Berlioz  La damnation de Faust

Sung in French with English surtitles

*Unfortunately the advertised tenor, David Junghoon Kim, is indisposed and unable to perform. We are very grateful to John Irvin for stepping in at short notice to sing the role of Faust.

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Elena Langer  The Dong with a Luminous Nose
Saturday 18 March 2023
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Andrey Boreyko  conductor
Kristina Blaumane  cello*

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Victoria Vita Polevá  Nova (world première)
Elena Langer  The Dong with a Luminous Nose (world première)
Shostakovich  Symphony No. 5

*Chair supported by Bianca and Stuart Roden.

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Shostakovich  Symphony No 13
Sunday 2 April 2023
7.00 pm,  Barbican Hall

Gianandrea Noseda  conductor
Simon Trpčeski  piano
Vitalij Kowaljow  bass

London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir

Beethoven  Piano Concerto No. 5
Shostakovich  Symphony No 13 (Babi Yar)

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Janáček  Glagolitic Mass
Saturday 6 May 2023
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Edward Gardner  conductor
Alina Ibragimova  violin
Sara Jakubiak  soprano
Madeleine Shaw  mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence  tenor
Matthew Rose  bass
Catherine Edwards  organ

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Tippett  Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles
Mendelssohn  Violin Concerto
Janáček  Glagolitic Mass

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Holst  The Planets
Saturday 20 May 2023
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Christopher Warren-Green  conductor
Danny Driver  piano

Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Verdi  Overture, La forza del destino
Rachmaninov  Piano Concerto No. 2
Holst  The Planets

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Elgar  The Apostles
Saturday 10 June 2023
6.00 pm,  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Sir Mark Elder  conductor
Sophie Bevan  The Angel Gabriel/The Blessed Virgin Mary
Alice Coote  Mary Magdalene
Ed Lyon  John
Roderick Williams  Jesus
David Stout  Peter
Clive Bayley  Judas

The Apostles
Aiden McCusker  Tenor 1
Yihui Wang  Tenor 2
Rowan Gillard  Tenor 3
Alex Gibb  Baritone 1
Rajnard Hrascanec  Baritone 2
James Connolly  Bass 1
Jeremyn Leong  Bass 2
Harrison Morton-Deaville  Bass 3
Students appear by kind permission of the RNCM.

Hallé Orchestra
Hallé Choir
London Philharmonic Choir

Elgar  The Apostles

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Ligeti  Requiem
Friday 11 August 2023
7.30 pm,  Royal Albert Hall
Prom 36

Edward Gardner  conductor
Jennifer France  soprano
Clare Presland  mezzo-soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Kor
Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Choir
London Philharmonic Choir

Ligeti  Requiem
Ligeti  Lux aeterna
Richard Strauss  Also sprach Zarathustra

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