Performances 2008-2009
2008-09 Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Season highlights: Revealing Tchaikovsky was a two week focus on the music of Tchaikovsky, his predecessors and those who were influenced by him, curated by Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin gave his first concerts as the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor.
Wednesday 24 September 2008 | 7.30pm
Vaughan Williams Symphony 8
Turnage Mambo, Blues and Tarantella, Violin Concerto (world première)
Ligeti Atmosphères
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Saturday 27 September 2008 | 7.30pm
Strauss Metamorphosen
Hartmann Gesangsszene
Brahms Symphony 2
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Matthias Goerne baritone
Wednesday 8 October 2008 | 7.30pm
Schubert Overture, Rosamunde
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto 2
Dvořák Symphony 9 (From the New World)
Kurt Masur conductor
Louis Lortie piano
Friday 10 October 2008 | 7.30pm
Ravel La Valse
L Mozart Trombone Concerto
Jan Sandstrom Cantos de la Mancha (London première)
Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Christian Lindberg trombone
Wednesday 15 October 2008 | 7.30pm
Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 3
Sibelius Symphony 5
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Alexander Toradze piano
Saturday 18 October 2008 | 7.30pm
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Anne Schwanewilms soprano
Annette Jahns mezzo soprano
Nikolai Schukoff tenor
Dietrich Henschel bass
Wednesday 22 October 2008 | 7.30pm
Stravinsky The Fairy's Kiss (complete)
Tchaikovsky Symphony 1 (Winter Daydreams)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Saturday 25 October 2008 | 7.30pm
Tchaikovsky Iolanta (concert performance)
Sung in Russian with English surtitles
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Tatiana Monogarova Iolanta
Sergei Aleksashkin King René
Yevgeny Shaplovalov Count Vaudémont
Vyacheslav Pochapsky Ibn-Hakia
Rodion Pogossov Robert, Duke of Burgundy
Peter Gijsbertsen Alméric
Maxim Mikhailov Bertrand
Alexandra Durseneva Martha
Ekaterina Lekhina Brigitta
Julie Pasturaud Laura
Moscow Conservatory Chamber Choir
Sunday 26 October 2008 | 4.30-5.30pm
Tchaikovsky's Heroes
Bizet Toreador March, from Carmen (3')
Tchaikovsky Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin (4')
Tchaikovsky Ave Verum Corpus, from Mozartiana (5')
Berlioz Rakoczy March from The Damnation of Faust (5')
Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty, Act I Finale (5')
Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (5')
Tchaikovsky Scherzo from Manfred Symphony (10')
Glinka Kamarinskaya (7')
Tchaikovsky Symphony 2 (last movement) (10')
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Simon Callow narrator
Wednesday 29 October 2008 | 7.30pm
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite, Le coq d'or
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Taneyev Symphony 4
Neeme Järvi conductor
Vadim Gluzman violin
Saturday 1 November 2008 | 7.30pm
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite, Tsar Saltan
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 3
Kalinnikov Symphony 1
Neeme Järvi conductor
Alexander Markovich piano
Wednesday 5 November 2008 | 7.30pm
Schumann Overture, Manfred
Shostakovich Cello Concerto 2
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Mario Brunello cello
Friday 7 November 2008 | 7.30pm
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 2
Tchaikovsky Suite 3
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conductor
Viktoria Postnikova piano
Wednesday 12 November 2008 | 7.30pm
Debussy Jeux
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Kolja Blacher violin
Wednesday 26 November 2008 | 7.30pm
Debussy Le martyre de Saint Sébastien (symphonic fragments)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony 6, Pathétique
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Saturday 29 November 2008 | 11.30am – 12.30pm
FUNharmonics Family Concert
Transports of Delight
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije, Troika
Honegger Pacific 231
Stravinsky Circus Polka
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite (excerpts)
Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries
Stuart Stratford conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
Generously supported by The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust
Friday 5 December 2008 | 7.30pm
Wagner Overture, The Flying Dutchman
Schumann Piano Concerto
Dvořák Symphony 6
Roberto Minczuk conductor
Jean Louis Steuerman piano
Saturday 6 December 2008 | 7.00pm
Donizetti Parisina
Sung in Italian with English surtitles; concert performance given in association with Opera Rara
David Parry conductor
Carmen Giannattasio Parisina
José Bros Ugo
Dario Soliari Azzo
Nicola Ulivieri Ernesto
Ann Taylor Imelda
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Saturday 13 December 2008 | 7.30pm
Mahler Symphony 10, Adagio
Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Act 2
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Anja Kampe Isolde
Robert Dean Smith Tristan
Sarah Connolly Brangaene
Laszlo Polgar King Marke
Stephen Gadd Melot/Kurwenal
Friday 16 January 2009 | 7.30pm
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Mozart Piano Concerto 22, K482
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite 2
Stravinsky The Firebird (1919)
Marin Alsop conductor
Jonathan Biss piano
Wednesday 21 January 2009 | 7.30pm
Britten Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Elgar Enigma Variations
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Lisa Batiashvili violin
Saturday 24 January 2009 | 7.30pm
Martinů The Frescos of Piero della Francesca
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Strauss Symphonia domestica
Mark Elder conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Wednesday 4 February 2009 | 7.30pm
Mahler Kindertotenlieder*
Beethoven (arr. Mahler) Symphony 9, Choral
Neeme Järvi conductor
Matthias Goerne baritone*
Lisa Milne soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Peter Rose bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Saturday 7 February 2009 | 7.30pm
Dvořák Requiem
Neeme Järvi conductor
Lisa Milne soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Peter Rose bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Wednesday 11 February 2009 | 7.30pm
Haydn Cello Concerto 1
Bruckner Symphony 7
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Truls Mørk cello
Wednesday 18 February 2009 | 7.00pm
Martynov Vita Nuova (world première of complete work)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Tatiana Monogarova Beatrice
Mark Padmore Dante
Marianna Tarasova Amor
Joan Rodgers Secret Woman
EuropaChorAkademie
Friday 20 February 2009 | 7.30pm
Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead
Mozart Piano Concerto 23, K488
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Leon Fleisher piano
Friday 6 March 2009 | 7.30pm
Messiaen Les Offrandes oubliées
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Louis Langrée conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
Sunday 8 March 2009 | 11.30am – 12.30pm
FUNharmonics Family Concert
Musical Menagerie
Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (excerpts)
Stephen McNeff The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Matthew Hindson Dangerous Creatures (world première)
David Angus conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
Generously supported by The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust
Wednesday 11 March 2009 | 7.30pm
Dvořák Cello Concerto
Brahms Symphony 1
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Daniel Müller-Schott cello
Saturday 14 March 2009 | 7.30pm
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto 1
Schubert Symphony 9 (Great)
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Stephen Hough piano
Saturday 28 March 2009 | 7.00pm
Rossini Ermione
Sung in Italian with English surtitles; concert performance given in association with Opera Rara
David Parry conductor
Carmen Giannattasio Ermione
Patricia Bardon Andromaca
Loïc Felix Attalo
Paul Nilon Pirro
Colin Lee Oreste
Bülent Bezdüz Pilade
Graeme Broadbent Fenicio
Rebecca Bottone Cleone
Victoria Simmonds Cefisa
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | 7.30pm
Brahms Piano Concerto 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5
Louis Langrée conductor
Nicholas Angelich piano
Saturday 4 April 2009 | 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in E minor (London première)
(completed by Marcello Bufalini)
Brahms A German Requiem
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Roberto Prosseda piano
Elisabeth Watts soprano
Stéphane Degout baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | 7.30pm
Kancheli Another Step
Yusupov Cello Concerto (UK première)
Silvestrov Symphony 5 (UK public première)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Mischa Maisky cello
Saturday 25 April 2009 | 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Suite, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shostakovich Piano Concerto 2
Mahler Symphony 1
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
Wednesday 29 April 2009 | 7.45pm
Schoenberg 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (1910)
Stravinsky 8 Instrumental Miniatures
Stravinsky Trois poésies de la lyrique japonaise (Three Japanese Lyrics)
Mahler Symphony 4 (chamber arrangement by E Stein)
Clement Power conductor
Eri Nakamura soprano
Foyle Future Firsts
Friday 1 May 2009 | 7.30pm
Janáček Two movements from 'Schluck und Jau'
Dvořák Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphony 3
Mark Elder conductor
Thomas Zehetmair violin
Saturday 16 May 2009 | 11.30am – 12.30pm
FUNharmonics Family Concert
Fisticuffs and Fairies
Walton (arr. Mathieson) Henry V (excerpts)
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet – Montagues and Capulets
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (excerpts)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
Generously supported by The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust
Friday 22 May 2009 | 7.30pm
Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite 1
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Ravel Tzigane
Holst The Planets
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Vilde Frang violin
London Philharmonic Choir
Wednesday 27 May 2009 | 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Symphony 4 (Italian)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2
Dvořák Symphony 7
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Aldo Ciccolini piano
Sunday 31 May 2009 | 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Symphony 5 (Reformation)
Mahler Totenfeier
Torsten Rasch Meinz Herz brennt(UK première)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
René Pape bass
Katharina Thalbach reciter
Elisabeth Meister soprano
Friday 5 June 2009 | 7.30pm
Debussy La mer
Elgar Cello Concerto
Beethoven Symphony 5
Mario Venzago conductor
Torleif Thedéen cello