Performances 2003-2004
2003-04 Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Friday 26 September 2003
Friday Series
Alexander Briger conductor
Neal Davies baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Audience Choice:
Berlioz Overture, Roman Carnival
OR
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Wednesday 1 October 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Brahms Symphony 1 in C minor
Brahms Symphony 2 in D
Saturday 4 October 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Lars Vogt piano
Brahms Symphony 3 in F
Brahms Piano Concerto 1 in D minor
Wednesday 8 October 2003
International Series
Krut Masur conductor
Garrick Ohlsson piano
Brahms Piano Concerto 2 in B flat
Brahms Symphony 4 in E minor
Friday 10 October 2003
Friday Series
Petr Altrichter conductor
Giuseppe Andaloro piano
Audience Choice
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite from 'Tsar Saltan'
OR
Prokofiev Dreams
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 in C minor
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Wednesday 22 October 2003
International Series
David Parry conductor
Nelly Miricioiu Emma
Bruce Ford Ruggiero
Maria Costanza Nocentini Adelia
Roberto Servile Corrado
Colin Lee Aladino
Rebecca Von Lipinski Odetta
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Mercadante Emma d'Antiochia (concert performance)
In association with Opera Rara
Wednesday 29 October 2003
International Series
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite from 'The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh'
Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Wednesday 5 November 2003
International Series
Louis Langrée conductor
Joshua Bell violin
Saariaho Song for Betty
Bruch Violin Concerto 1 in G minor
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Friday 7 November 2003
Friday Series
Roberto Minczuk conductor
Theodore Kerkezos saxophone
Audience Choice:
Ginastera Four Dances from 'Estancia'
OR
Busoni Four Interludes from incidental music to 'Turandot'
Piazzolla Tango Suite for saxophone and orchestra
Milhaud Scaramouche for saxophone and orchestra
Respighi The Pines of Rome
Wednesday 12 November 2003
International Series
Itzhak Perlman conductor
Ilya Gringolts violin
Mozart Overture, The Marriage of Fiagaro
Prokofiev Violin Concerto 1 in D
Schubert Symphony 9 in C (Great)
Friday 28 November 2003
Silver Screen Classics - Chaplin Festival
Carl Davis conductor
The Cure
City Lights
Saturday 29 November 2003
Silver Screen Classics – Chaplin Festival
Carl Davis conductor
The Adventurer
The Circus
Sunday 30 November 2003
Silver Screen Classics – Chaplin Festival
Carl Davis conductor
The Immigrant
The Kid
Friday 5 December 2003
Friday Series
Edward Gardner conductor
Ryu Goto violin
Audience Choice:
Humperdinck Overture, Hansel and Gretel
OR
Weber Overture, Oberon
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor
Dvorak Symphony 7 in D minor
Saturday 6 December 2003
International Series
Paavo Berglund conductor
John Lill piano
Beethoven Piano Concerto 4 in G
Sibelius Symphony 6 in D minor
Sibelius Symphony 7 in C
Wednesday 10 December 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Maurizio Pollini piano
Britten Simple Symphony
Prokofiev Symphony 1 in D (Classical)
Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 in E flat (Emperor)
Saurday 13 December 2003
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Leon McCawley piano
Beethoven Piano Concerto 3 in C minor
Shostakovich Symphony 7 in C (Leningrad)
Tuesday 16 December 2003
International Series
Andrew Litton conductor
Birgit Remmert contralto
London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Mahler Symphony 3
Friday 16 January 2004
Friday Series
Marin Alsop conductor
Alessio Bax piano
Audience Choice:
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
OR
Glinka Fantasy: Kamarinskaya
Mozart Piano Concerto 21 in C, K.467
Brahms Symphony 1 in C minor
Saturday 24 January 2004
International Series
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Matthias Goerne baritone
Adés ...but all shall be well
Mahler Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
Shostakovich Symphony 8 in C minor
Wednesday 28 January 2004
International Series
Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin
Sergey Khachatryan violin
Bach Violin Concerto in A minor
Bach Violin Concerto in E
Bach Double Violin Concerto in D minor
Saturday 31 January 2004
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Lynn Harrell cello
André Previn piano
Beethoven Symphony 1 in C
Beethoven Triple Concerto in C
Shostakovich Symphony 1 in F minor
Tuesday 3 February 2004
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Beethove Violin Concerto in D
Shostakovich Symphony 5 in D minor
Saturday 28 February 2004
International Series
Frans Bruggen conductor
Donna Brown soprano
Timothy Robinson tenor
Christopher Maltman baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Haydn The Creation
Wednesday 3 March 2004
International Series
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Truls Mork cello
Berlioz Overture, Béatrice et Bénédict
Dutilleux Tout un monde lointain for cello and orchestra
Stravinsky Ballet: The Firebird
Friday 5 March 2004
Friday Series
David Porcelijn conductor
Guy Johnston cello
Audience Choice:
Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides
OR
Grieg Morning from 'Peer Gynt'
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 in B minor (Pathétique)
Saturday 20 March 2004
International Series
Emmanuel Krivine conductor
Martha Argerich piano
Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3 in C
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Wednesday 31 March 2004
International Series
Daniel Harding conductor
Ian Bostridge tenor
Richard Bissill horn
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Mahler Symphony 10 in F sharp minor (realised by Deryck Cooke)
Wednesday 21 April 2004
International Series
Mark Elder conductor
Alice Coote mezzo soprano
Paul Groves tenor
Alastair Miles baritone
Donald Maxwell bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust
Friday 23 April 2004
Friday Series
David Porcelijn conductor
David Thwodore oboe
Audience Choice
Bax Tintagel
OR
Elgar Overture, In the South
Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto
Vaughan Williams Symphony 5 in D
Wednesday 28 April 2004
International Series
Emmanel Krivine conductor
Nelson Goerner piano
Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusine
Chopin Piano Concerto 2 in F minor
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Debussy La Mer
Sunday 16 May 2004
International Series
Kurt Masur conductor
Lynne Dawson soprano
Anna Larsson contralto
Thomas Studebaker tenor
Franz-Josef Selig bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Mass in D 'Missa Solemnis'
Friday 21 May 2004
Friday Series
Luke Dollman (Beethoven)
Alan Buribayev (Shostakovich)
Joana Carneiro (Brahms)
Steven Osborne piano
Paul Beniston trumpet
Beethoven Symphony 8 in F
Shostakovich Concerto 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and strings
Brahms Serenade 2 in A
Concert is in culmination of the first year of the international conductors academy.
Sunday 23 May 2004
International Series
Howard Shore conductor
Shore Lord of the Rings symphony
Wednesday 9 June 2004
International Series
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Lang Lang piano
Stravinsky Divertimento from 'The Fairy's Kiss'
Beethoven Piano Concerto 1 in C
Prokofiev Symphony 4 in C
