Performances 2002-2003
LPO Performance Archive: 2002-03 Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Friday 20 September 2002
Friday Series - Classics for Pleasure
Giséle Ben-Dor conductor
Alessio Bax piano
Josef Strauss Dynamiden Waltz
Richard Strauss Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Audience Request:
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No.1
OR
Glazunov A Concert Waltz
Dvorak Symphony 8 in G
Wednesday 25 September 2002
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Helen Huang piano
Mozart Piano Concerto 23 in A, K.488
Bruckner Symphony 7 in E
Sunday 29 September 2002
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Yuri Bashmet viola
Prokofiev Symphony 5 in B flat
Walton Viola Concerto
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Wednesday 23 October 2002
International Series
Itzhak Perlman conductor
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings 28'
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 in F minor
Friday 25 October 2002
Friday Series - Classics for Pleasure
Roberto Minczuk conductor
Lindsay Shilling, Brian Raby, David Stewart trombones
Audience Request:
Borodin Overture, Prince Igor
OR
Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 1
Bourgeois Concerto for 3 trombones
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Saturday 26 October 2002
International Series
Itzhak Perlman conductor/violin
Mozart Adagio in E, K.261, and Rondo in B flat, K.269, for Violin and Orchestra
Bizet Symphony in C
Brahms Symphony 4 in E minor
Saturday 2 November 2002
International Series
In association with Opera Rara
David Parry conductor
Soloists include:
Annick Massis Margherita
Bruce Ford Il Duca di Lavarenne
Patricia Bardon Isaura
Alastair Miles Carlo
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Meyerbeer Margherita d'Anjou (concert performance)
Friday 8 November 2002
Silver Screen Classics
Carl Davis conductor
A screening of King Vidor's 1925 silent film THE BIG PARADE
with music by Carl Davis performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 15 November 2002
International Series
Daniel Harding conductor
Olli Mustonen piano
Julian Anderson The Stations of the Sun
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony
Wednesday 27 November 2002
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
Liszt Les préludes
Janacék Taras Bulba
Saturday 30 November 2002
International Series - Mahler Festival
Kurt Masur conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Weber Overture, Oberon
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Mahler Symphony 1 in D
Wednesday 4 December 2002
International Series - Mahler Festival
Mark Elder conductor
Soile Isokoski soprano
Richard Strauss Don Juan
Richard Strauss Three Songs from Op. 68 (Brentano Lieder):
'Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden'
'Säusle, liebe Myrthe'
'Als mir dein Lied erklang'
Mahler Symphony 4 in G
Friday 6 December 2002
Friday Series - Classics for Pleasure
Richard Balcombe conductor
Deborah Myers soprano
Gloria Parker mezzo-soprano
Tim Howar tenor
RICHARD RODGERS CENTENARY CELEBRATION
Songs and instrumental music from Richard Rodgers' shows including: The King and I, On Your Toes, Oklahoma, State Fair, The Sound of Music and Carousel featuring such classics as Shall We Dance, Slaughter on 10th Avenue, Falling in Love with Love, It Might as well be Spring, Edelweiss, When the Children are Asleep, etc.
Audience Request : You'll never walk alone from Carousel OR I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair from South Pacific
Wednesday 11 December 2002
International Series - Mahler Festival
Jiri Belohlávek conductor
Stephen Kovacevich piano
Mozart Piano Concerto 24 in C minor, K.491
Mahler Symphony 5
Sunday 15 December 2002
International Series
Bernard Haitink conductor
Donna Brown soprano
Birgit Remmert contralto
London Philharmonic Choir
Malher Symphony 2 in C minor (Resurrection)
Wednesday 22 January 2003
International Series
Sir Charles Mackerras conductor
Barry Douglas piano
Kodály Háry János
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 in B flat minor
Dvorak Symphony 7 in D minor
Sunday 26 January 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Hanno Muller-Brachmann Christus
Kurt Azasberger Evangelist
Inger Dam-Jensen soprano
Anna Larsson contralto
Werner Gura tenor
Christopher Maltman baritone
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Choir of Christ Church, Eton College Choir, Oxford
Bach St Matthew Passion (sung in German)
Wednesday 29 January 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Sgergei Leiferkus bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Schubert Symphony 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Shostakovich Symphony 13 in B flat minor (Babi Yar)
Saturday 1 February 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Sally Matthews soprano
Carolyn Watkinson mezzo-soprano
Timothy West narrator
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Symphony 8 in F
Mendelssohn Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sunday 9 February 2003
Roots
David Angus, Howard Shore conductors
Luke Daniels The Lost Music of the Gaels
Stravinsky The Soldier's Tale (with animated film)
Tannoura Troupe Of Whirling Dervishes
Howard Shore Excerpts from the film score for The Lord of the Rings (with stills)
Wednesday 19 February 2003
International Series
Valery Gergiev conductor
Alexander Toradze piano
Prokofiev Symphony 3 (from The Fiery Angel)
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 5
Stravinsky The Firebird
Friday 21 February 2003
Friday Series - Classics for Pleasure
Mario Venzago conductor
Min-Jin violin
Audience Request:
Gounod Ballet Music from Faust
OR
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Paganini Violin Concerto 2 in B minor
Rossini/Respighi La boutique fantasque
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sunday 23 February 2003
International Series
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger
Beethoven Piano Concerto 3 in C minor
Shostakovich Symphony 4 in C minor
Saturday 15 March 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
Brahms Piano Concerto 1 in D minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 in B minor (Pathétique)
Friday 4 April 2003
Friday Series - Classics for Pleasure
John Axelrod conductor
Hilary Summers contralto
Audience Request:
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
OR
Turina Danzas fantásticas
Falla Suite: El amor brujo
Bizet Suite: Carmen
Ravel Bolero
Saturday 12 April 2003
Silver Screen Classics
Carl Davis conductor
A screening of Charlie Chaplin's 1916 short film Behind the Screen and King Vidor's 1928 silent film Show People
with music by Carl Davis performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 25 April 2003
Friday Series - Classics for Pleasure
Alexander Briger conductor
Isabelle Faust violin
Smetana Vltava from Má Vlast
OR
Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody No.2
Bruch Violin Concerto 1 in G minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 in E minor
Wednesday 30 April 2003
International Series
Tadaaki Otaka conductor
Lang Lang piano
Julian Anderson The Crazed Moon
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto 1 in G minor
Rachmaninov Symphony 2 in E minor
Wednesday 7 May 2003
Recital
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Lambert Orkis piano
Fauré Sonata in A for violin and piano, Op. 13
Brahms (arr. Joachim) Hungarian Dances 1, 6 and 7
Gershwin (arr. Heifetz) From Porgy and Bess:
Summertime; My Man's Gone Now; Bess, You is My Woman Now; It Ain't Necessarily So
Kreisler Schön Rosmarin, Liebeslied
Previn Tango, Song and Dance for violin and piano
Caprice Viennois Op. 2
Friday 9 May 2003
Friday Series - Classics for Pleasure
Dirk Brossé conductor
Philip Fowke piano
Film Music including:
Audience Request:
John Williams Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark
OR
Kenneth J Alford Colonel Bogey March from The Bridge on the River Kwai
Ralph Vaughan Williams Coastal Command: Suite
Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven: Suite
Nino Rota La Strada: Suite
Trevor Jones The Last of the Mohicans: Elk Hunt and The Kiss
Richard Bissill Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (First performance)
Michael Nyman The Piano: Big my Secret for Piano Solo; The Release for Piano and Orchestra
Richard Rodney Bennett Murder on the Orient Express: The Orient Express - Theme and Waltz for Piano and Orchestra
Elmer Bernstein The Age of Innocence: Suite of Waltzes
Saturday 31 May 2003
International Series
Paavo Berglund conductor
Francois-Frédéric GUY piano
Wagner Overture, Tannhäuser
Brahms Piano Concerto 2 in B flat
Sibelius Symphony 5 in E flat
Wednesday 4 June 2003
International Series
Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin
Castello Sonata for Bowed Instruments
Marini Balletto Secondo from Op 22
Tartini (arr. Riccardo Zandonai) Sonata 4 in G minor (Devil's Trill)
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Thursday 12 June 2003
International Series
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Maria Joao Pires piano
Marianna Tarasova mezzo-soprano
London Philharmonic Choir
Julian Anderson Khorovod
Mozart Piano Concerto 20 in D minor, K.466
Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky
