Performances 2001-2002
2001-02 Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Sunday 16 Sep 2001
Kurt Masur conductor
Dame Felicity Lott soprano
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs
Bruckner Symphony 3 in D minor
Friday 21 Sep 2001
Vernon Handley conductor
Raphael Wallfisch cello
Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso
Grieg (arr. Horovitz) Cello Concerto
Brahms Symphony 2 in D
Friday 28 Sep 2001
Vernon Handley conductor
Raphael Wallfisch cello
Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso
Grieg (arr. Horovitz) Cello Concerto
Brahms Symphony 2 in D
Sunday 30 Sep 2001
Carl Davis
One Week and The General
A Screening of Buster Keaton's silent films with music by Carl Davis performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sunday 7 Oct 2001
Kurt Masur conductor
Sarah Chang violin
Britten Simple Symphony
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
Dvorak Symphony 8 in G
Wednesday 31 Oct 2001
Louis Langrée conductor
Gottlieb Wallisch piano
London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Schubert Symphony 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Ervin Schulhoff Piano Concerto
Mozart Piano Concerto 12, K.414
Richard Strauss Tod und Verklärung
Wednesday 7 Nov 2001
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Nikolaj Znaider violin
Denis Shapovalov cello
Rheinberger Passacaglia, Op.132
Brahms Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello
Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 in F minor
Friday 9 Nov 2001
Alexander Polianichko conductor
Maria-Elisabeth Lott violin
Mozart Overture, Don Giovanni
Paganini Violin Concerto 1 in E flat
Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Friday 23 Nov 2001
Dirk Brossé conductor
Ian Fountain piano
Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 1,2,5 and 6
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Smetana Excerpts from Má Vlast
Saturday 24 Nov 2001
Alan Gilbert conductor
Gidon Kremer violin
Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Saariaho Graal Théâtre for Violin and Orchestra
Sibelius Symphony 5 in E flat
Wednesday 28 Nov 2001
Frans Bruggen conductor
Beethoven Symphony 1 in C
Beethoven Symphony 2 in D
Beethoven Symphony 3 in E flat (Eroica)
Saturday 1 Dec 2001
Vernon Handley conductor
Beethoven Symphony 5 in C minor
Beethoven Symphony 6 in F (Pastoral)
Wednesday 5 Dec 2001
André Previn conductor
Beethoven Symphony 4 in B flat
Beethoven Symphony 7 in A
Friday 7 Dec 2001
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Carolin Masur mezzo soprano
Stuart Neill tenor
Matti Salminen bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Symphony 8 in F
Beethoven Symphony 9 in D minor (Choral)
Wednesday 12 Dec 2001
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Joshua Bell violin
Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter
Chausson Poème
Ravel Tzigane
Prokofiev Symphony 5 in B flat
Saturday 15 Dec 2001
Thomas Dausgaard conductor
John Lill piano
Debussy Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune
Prokofiev Piano Concerto 2 in G minor
Sibelius Symphony 2 in D
Saturday 26 Jan 2002
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 in E minor
Saturday 9 Feb 2002
Carl Davis
The Crowd
A screening of King Vidor's 1928 silent film with music by Carl Davis performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 13 Feb 2002
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor
Maria Joao Pires piano
Stravinsky Suite: Pulcinella
Mozart Piano Concerto 9 in E flat, K.271
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Sunday 17 Feb 2002
Lothar Zagrosek conductor
Jane Henschel Jocasta
Stuart Neill Oedipus
Gilles Cachemaille Creon/The Messenger
Franz-Josef Selig Tiresias
Peter Auty Shepard
London Voices
Timothy West narrator
Mozart Symphony 39 in E flat
Stravinsky Oedipus Rex
Friday 22 Feb 2002
Owain Arwel Hughes conductor
Sally Matthews soprano
Patricia Bardon mezzo soprano
Alfred Boe tenor
Stephan Loges baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Messiah
Saturday 23 Feb 2002
Itzak Perlman conductor / violin
Mozart Violin Concerto 3 in G, K.216
Mozart Divertimento in F, K.138
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546
Mozart Symphony 41 in C (Jupiter)
Wednesday 27 Feb 2002
Kent Nagano conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Cynthia Millar ondes martenot
Mozart Piano Concerto 17 in G, K.453
Messiaen Turangalîla symphonie
Friday 1 Mar 2002
Owain Arwel Hughes conductor
Sally Matthews soprano
Patricia Bardon mezzo soprano
Alfred Boe tenor
Stephan Loges baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Handel Messiah
Wednesday 6 Mar 2002
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Camilla Hoitenga flute
Prokofiev Suite, Lieutenant Kijé
Saariaho Aile du Songe for Flute and Orchestra (UK premiere of a joint commission)
Stravinsky The Firebird (complete)
Saturday 9 Mar 2002
Marin Alsop conductor
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir
Dogon Tribe, Mali, West Africa, Ritual Masque Dancing and Singing
New London Consort Round Dance of the Stars (Medieval Music)
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Classical Indian Song and Music
Holst The Planets
Colin Matthews Pluto
Friday 5 and 12 Apr 2002
Rachel Worby conductor
Andreas Boyde piano
Lane Alexander tap dancer
Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Ellington Suite for The River
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Gould Tap Dance Concerto
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Wednesday 10 Apr 2002
Michael Schonwandt conductor
Hélene Grimaud piano
Smetana Overture, The Bartered Bride
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 in C minor
Sibelius Symphony 1 in E minor
Sunday 21 Apr 2002
Mark Elder conductor
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Donald Kaasch tenor
Alastair Miles baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
The Choir of the Temple Church, London
Elgar The Dream of Gerontoius
Sunday 28 Apr 2002
Kurt Masur conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Beethoven Two Romances for Violin and Orchestra
Dutilleux Sur le même accord - Nocturne for Violin and Orchestra
(world premiere)
Debussy La Mer
Ravel La Valse
Friday 10 and 24 May 2002
David Parry conductor
Anthony Marwood violin
Beethoven Overture, Leonore 3
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Wagner Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold; The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre; Forest Murmers from Siegfried; Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung
Sunday 19 May 2002
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Lang Lang piano
Saariaho Nymphea Reflection (London premiere)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 in B flat minor
Brahms Symphony 1 in C minor
Tuesday 18 Jun 2002
Paavo Berglund conductor
Jane Eaglen soprano
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs
Shostakovich Symphony 8 in C minor