Performances 2000-2001
2000-01 Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Kurt Masur's first season as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 16 Sep 2000
Kurt Masur conductor
Scott Stroman conductor for Youssou N D'our
Janice Watson soprano
Willard White bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Thomas Adés America (first London performance)
George Gershwin Songs: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin', A Foggy Day in London Town, Our Love is Here to Stay, Love Walked In, Slap that Bass
Latin Beats with Alex Wilson and his Octet
Songs by Youssou N'Dour
Saturday 16 Sep 2000
John Harle conductor
Herbie Hancock piano
Hancock Maiden Voyage
Scott Stroman conductor
Youssou N'Dour
Songs by Youssou N'Dour
Kurt Masur conductor
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Wednesday 11 Oct 2000
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
Weber Overture, Euryanthe
Beethoven Piano Concerto 4 in G
Elgar Symphony 1 in A flat
Friday 13 Oct 2000
Bramwell Tovey conductor
Steven Osborne piano
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Bizet Suite from Carmen
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Friday 20 Oct 2000
Bramwell Tovey conductor
Steven Osborne piano
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Bizet Suite from Carmen
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Saturday 21 Oct 2000
Kent Nagano conductor
Kathleen Battle soprano
Thomas Adés These Premises are Alarmed
Mozart Arias: Un moto di gioia, De vieni non tardar (recit & aria), Overture from the Marriage of Figaro, Misera dove son
Mozart Exsultate Jubilate
unaccompanied spiritual
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Thursday 9 Nov 2000
Paul Daniel conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Mozart Violin Concerto 5 in A, K.219
Bruckner Symphony 6 in A
Wednesday 22 Nov 2000
Mark Elder conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
Sibelius The Oceanides
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony 2 in C minor (Little Russian)
Friday 24 Nov 2000
Mario Venzago conductor
David Garrett violin
Weber (orch. Berlioz) Invitation to the Dance
Saint-Saens Violin Concerto 3
Ravel La Valse
Ravel Bolero
Wednesday 29 Nov 2000
Paul Mann conductor
Alexander Lonquich piano
London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Janacek Jealousy
Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor
Brahms Symphony 2 in D
Friday 1 Dec 2000
Mario Venzago conductor
David Garrett violin
Weber (orch. Berlioz) Invitation to the Dance
Saint-Saens Violin Concerto 3
Ravel La Valse
Ravel Bolero
Saturday 2 Dec 2000
Carl Davis
The Gold Rush
with music by Charlie Chaplin, adapted by Carl Davis and performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 9 Dec 2000
Paavo Jarvi conductor
Steven Isserlis cello
Sibelius Finlandia
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
Brahms Serenade 1 in D
Friday 15 Dec 2000
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Joshua Bell violin
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet
Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor
Tchaikovsky L'Orage
Janacek Sinfonietta
Saturday 20 Jan 2001
Carl Davis
Intolerance (PG)
A screening of D W Griffith's 1916 silent film with music by Carl Davis performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 27 Jan 2001
Kent Nagano conductor
Till Fellner piano
Rossini Overture, William Tell
Mozart Piano Concerto 20 in D minor, K.466
Shostakovich Symphony 15 in A
Wednesday 31 Jan 2001
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
Lars Vogt piano
Stravinsky Suite from Pulcinella
Mozart Piano Concerto 24 in C minor, K.491
Brahms Symphony 4 in E minor
Sunday 4 Feb 2001
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Anna Larsson contralto
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Mahler Symphony 3
Friday 9 Feb 2001
Paolo Olmi conductor
Judith Howard soprano
Patricia Bardon mezzo soprano
Peter Wedd tenor
D'arcy Bleiker bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Verdi Requiem
Friday 16 Feb 2001
Paolo Olmi conductor
Judith Howard soprano
Patricia Bardon mezzo soprano
Peter Wedd tenor
D'arcy Bleiker bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Verdi Requiem
Wednesday 21 Feb 2001
Paavo Berglund conductor
Tasmin Little violin
Brahms Tragic Overture
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
SebeliusSymphony 4 in A minor
Saturday 24 Feb 2001
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Orla Boylan soprano
Barry Banks tenor
Jeffrey Black baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
New London Children's Choir (*all soloists for Carmina Burana)
Terremoto De Jerrez Ensemble: Flamenco Song
Medieval settings of Songs of Songs with The Hillard Ensemble
Sufi Music with the Kudsi Erguner Ensemble
Carl Orff Carmina Burana*
Wednesday 28 Feb 2001
Manfred Honeck conductor
Barbara Bonney soprano
Weber Overture, Der Freischütz
Richard Strauss Songs: 'Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden', 'Freundliche Vision', 'Ruhe, meine Seele', 'Morgen', 'Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland'
Mahler Symphony 5
Friday 9 Mar 2001
Leon Botstein conductor
Paul Lewis piano
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Schubert (arr. Liszt) Wanderer Fantasy
Bach (arr. Stokowski) Passacaglia
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Saturday 10 Mar 2001
Kurt Masur conductor
Stephen Kovacevich piano
Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 in E flat (Emperor)
Shostakovich Symphony 5 in D minor
Wednesday 14 Mar 2001
Mark Elder conductor
Thomas Hampson baritone
Webern Im Sommerwind
Mahler Kindertotenlieder
Rachmaninov Symphony 3 in D minor
Friday 16 Mar 2001
Leon Botstein conductor
Paul Lewis piano
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Schubert (arr. Liszt) Wanderer Fantasy
Bach (arr. Stokowski) Passacaglia
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Wednesday 21 Mar 2001
Kurt Masur conductor
Christopher Lamb percussion
Tan Dun Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra (UK première)
Bruckner Symphony 9 in D minor
Friday 20 Apr 2001
Iona Brown conductor
David Theodore oboe
Elgar Overture, Cockaigne
Mozart Oboe Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 in E minor
Saturday 21 Apr 2001
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Andreas Haefliger piano
Thomas Adés Asyla
Beethoven Piano Concerto 2 in B flat
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Friday 27 Apr 2001
Iona Brown conductor
David Theodore oboe
Elgar Overture, Cockaigne
Mozart Oboe Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 in E minor
Saturday 28 Apr 2001
Itzhak Perlman conductor / violin
Beethoven Romance 1 in G and Romance 2 in F for Violin and Orchestra
Beethoven Overture, Egmont
Prokofiev Symphony 1 (Classical)
BrahmsSymphony 3 in F
Wednesday 2 May 2001
Libor Pesek conductor
Hilary Hahn violin
Brahms Violin Concerto in D
Dvorak Symphony 9 in E minor (From the New World)
Saturday 5 May 2001
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
Melanie Diener soprano
Ian Bostridge tenor
Christopher Maltman baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Britten War Requiem
Tue 22 May 2001
Stephen Kovacevich conductor / Piano
London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Beethoven Overture, Coriolan
Beethoven piano Concerto 1 in C
Beethoven Symphony 7 in A
