Performances 2004-2005
2004-05 Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Monday 20 September 2004
A screening of Tony Palmer's film
Toward the Unknown Region, Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
introduced by Melvyn Bragg.
The film was commissioned by Melvyn Bragg and The South Bank Show in a co-production with Isolde Films and RTE.
Friday 24 September 2004
Vernon Handley conductor
Julian Bliss clarinet
Arnold Flourish for a 21st Birthday
Arnold Overture, Beckus the Dandipratt
Arnold Suite: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Arnold Clarinet Concerto 2
Arnold Philharmonic Concerto
Arnold Symphony 6
Monday 27 September 2004
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Grimethorpe Colliery (UK coal) Band
Elgar Howarth conductor
Christine Buffle mezzo soprano
Arnold Four Scottish Dances
Walton The First Shoot
Arnold Siciliano from Suite 1
Arnold Four Cornish Dances
Howarth Songs for BL
Arnold Fanfare for Louis
Howells Pageantry
Howarth 5 Folk Songs for mezzo soprano and brass band
Arnold English Dances, Op. 27
Arnold Fantasy
Presented by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with generous support from the South Bank Centre.
Wednesday 29 September 2004
Kurt Masur conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Brahms Violin Concerto in D
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 in E minor
Saturday 2 October 2004
Kurt Masur conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Lynn Harrell cello
Mendelssohn Overture, Ruy Blas
Brahms Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello
Dvorák Symphony 9 in E minor (From the New World)
Saturday 23 October 2004
Majella Cullagh Pia
Bruce Ford Ghino
Roberto Servile Nello
Manuella Custer Rodrigo
Mirco Palazzi Piero
Patrizia Bicciré Bice
Mark Wilde Ubaldo
Marco Vinco Lamberto
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
David Parry conductor
Donizetti Pia de' Tolomei
(concert performance given in association with Opera Rara)
Friday 29 October 2004
Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique
Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3 in C
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Wednesday 3 November 2004
Tadaaki Otaka conductor
Julian Rachlin violin
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Elgar Symphony 1 in A flat
Saturday 13 November 2004
Vernon Handley conductor
Joan Rodgers soprano
Thomas Allen baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Schubert Symphony 5 in B flat
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Friday 19 November 2004
Marin Alsop conductor
Gergely Bogányi piano
Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise
Chopin Piano Concerto 2 in F minor
Kodály Dances of Galánta
Bartók Suite, The Miraculous Mandarin
Wednesday 24 November 2004
Kurt Masur conductor
Beethoven Symphony 1 in C
Beethoven Symphony 2 in D
Beethoven Symphony 3 in E flat (Eroica)
Saturday 27 November 2004
Kurt Masur conductor
Beethoven Symphony 4 in B flat
Beethoven Symphony 5 in C minor
Saturday 4 December 2004
Sunday 5 December 2004
Carl Davis conductor
Screenings of Abel Gance's 1927 silent film Napoléon
with music by Carl Davis performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Presented by arrangement with the British Film Institute and Photoplay Productions.
Wednesday 8 December 2004
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead
Turnage 'When I Woke' (world premiere)
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony
Sunday 12 December 2004
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Nikolai Lugansky piano
Turnage Evening Songs
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky Suite 3 in G
Wednesday 15 December 2004
Osmo Vanska conductor
Julia Fischer violin
Rautavaara Isle of Bliss
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor
Shostakovich Symphony 5 in D minor
Friday 17 December 2004
Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Marc-André Hamelin piano
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky Excerpts from the ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Wednesday 19 January 2005
Kurt Masur conductor
Beethoven Symphony 6 in F (Pastoral)
Beethoven Symphony 7 in A
Saturday 22 January 2005
Kurt Masur conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Carolin Masur mezzo soprano
Thomas Studbaker tenor
Alastair Miles bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Beethoven Symphony 8 in F
Beethoven Symphony 9 in D minor (Choral)
Wednesday 26 January 2005
Jonathan Nott conductor
Elizabeth Connell soprano
Turnage Scherzoid (UK premiere)
- commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (with generous support from the South Bank Centre) and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Strauss Four Last Songs
Friday 4 February 2005
Takuo Yuasa conductor
Ana-Maria Vera piano
Debussy La Mer
Ravel Piano Concerto in G
Sibelius Symphony 1 in E minor
Wednesday 16 February 2005
Paavo Berglund conductor
Pieter Wispelwey cello
Beethoven Overture, Leonore No. 3
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
Sibelius Symphony 2 in D
Saturday 19 February 2005
Paavo Berglund conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Strauss Don Juan
Bartok Violin Concerto 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 in F minor
Saturday 5 March 2005
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Midori violin
Karl Amadeus Hartmann Centenary
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D
Hartmann Symphony 3
Wednesday 9 March 2005
Mark Elder conductor
Angela Hewitt piano
Mozart Piano Concerto 17 in G, K.453
Mahler Symphony 6 in A minor
Friday 11 March 2005
Alexander Briger conductor
Li-Wei cello
Catherine Edwards organ
Mendelssohn Symphony 4 in A (Italian)
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Dvorák Symphonic Variations
Saint-Saëns Symphony 3 (Organ)
Saturday 19 March 2005
Marin Alsop conductor
Christian Lindberg trombone
Barber Adagio
Turnage Another Set To for trombone and orchestra (UK premiere)
Brahms Symphony 2 in D
Wednesday 6 April 2005
Emmanuel Krivine conductor
Vadim Repin violin
Rimsky-Korsakov Overture, Russian Easter Festival
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
Dvorák Symphony 8 in G
Saturday 9 April 2005
Emmanuel Krivine conductor
Laura Aikin soprano
Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Korngold Prelude and Carnival from Violanta
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suites 1 and 2
Fauré Requiem
Friday 15 April 2005
Alan Buribayev conductor
Evginia Rubinova piano (Silver Medalist at the 2003 Leeds Competition)
Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 in B flat minor
Rachmaninov Symphony 2 in E minor
Thursday 21 April 2005
Osmo Vanska conductor
Stephen Hough piano
Mozart Symphony 35 in D (Haffner)
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto 5 in F (Egyptian)
Sibelius The Bard
Sibelius Symphony 3 in C
Wednesday 27 April 2005
Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin
Mozart Violin Concerto 2 in D, K.211
Mozart Violin Concerto 1 in B flat, K.207
Mozart Violin Concerto 5 in A, K.219
Thursday 28 April 2005
Anne-Sophie Mutter director/violin
Yuri Bashmet viola
Mozart Violin Concerto 4 in D, K.218
Mozart Violin Concerto 3 in G, K.216
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for violin and viola, K.364
Sunday 8 May 2005
60th Anniversary of the end of World War II
Kurt Masur conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey tenor
Gerald Finley baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Britten War Requiem
Friday 20 May 2005
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conductor
William Barton didgeridoo
Karin Schaupp guitar
Sculthorpe Earth Cry
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Prokofiev Excerpts from the ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Wednesday 25 May 2005
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Lisa Batiashvili violin
Messiaen L'ascension
Berg Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 in B minor (Pathétique)
Sunday 7 November 2004
Family Concert
Alexander Briger conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
A Walk on the Wild Side I
Vacuum Cleaners and other Endangered Species
Arnold Grand Grand Overture
Stravinsky Circus Polka
Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight of the Bumblebee
Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps
Janácek Excerpts from The Cunning Little Vixen
Reed Walk on the Wild Side
Chadwick Endangered Species
John Williams Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Sunday 6 March 2005
Family Concert
Alexander Briger conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
Dvorák Symphony 9 in E minor (From the New World)
Interspersed with gospel songs
Sunday 15 May 2005
Family Concert
Alexander Briger conductor
William Barton didgeridoo
Walk on the Wild Side II
Disappearing Habitats
Mussorgsky Excerpts from Pictures at an Exhibition
Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Birds from The Snow Maiden
Sculthorpe Earth Cry
Chadwick Anansi the Magical Spiderman
Patterson Three Little Pigs (UK premiere)
