Performances 2010-2011
2010-11 Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
Season highlights: The LPO's Mahler Anniversary Season explored Mahler's symphonies and song-cycles alongside his orchestral arrangements of other composers' music.
Julian Anderson was appointed Composer in Residence.
Programme notes are available online for all Royal Festival Hall concerts in this season.
Wednesday 22 September 2010 | 7.30pm
Zemlinsky Six Maeterlinck Songs, Op. 13
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Petra Lang mezzo soprano
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Saturday 25 September 2010 | 7.30pm
Haydn Symphony No. 63 (La Roxelane)
Matteo D'Amico Flight from Byzantium (world première)
Dufay Moribus et genere; Vergene bella
Dufay Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin (complete)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
The Hilliard Ensemble
Omar Ebrahim narrator
London Philharmonic Choir
Friday 1 October 2010 | 7.30pm
Fauré Suite, Pelléas et Mélisande
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor
Behzod Abduraimov piano
Wednesday 6 October 2010 | 7.30pm
Suk Scherzo fantastique
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
Neeme Järvi conductor
Evgeny Kissin piano
Saturday 9 October 2010 | 7.30pm
Dvorák Te Deum
Dvorák Stabat Mater
Neeme Järvi conductor
Janice Watson soprano
Dagmar Peckova mezzo soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Peter Rose bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Wednesday 13 October 2010 | 7.30pm
Magnus Lindberg Al largo (UK première)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Walton Symphony No. 1
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Agata Szymczewska violin
Friday 15 October 2010 | 7.30pm
Berlioz Overture, Benvenuto Cellini
Elgar Cello Concerto
R Strauss Ein Heldenleben
David Zinman conductor
Alban Gerhardt cello
Sunday 17 October 2010 | 11.30am
FUNharmonics Family Concert: Heroes and Heroines
Wagner Prelude to Act 3, Lohengrin
Bizet Prelude and Aragonaise from Carmen
Vangelis (arr. Raine) Chariots of Fire
Julian Nott (arr. Raine) Wallace and Gromit
Mancini (arr. Gascoigne) The Pink Panther
Paul Patterson/Donald Sturrock Little Red Riding Hood
Bizet March of the Toreadors from Carmen
Glinka Overture, Russlan and Ludmila
John Rigby conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
Saturday 23 October 2010 | 7.00pm
Rossini Aureliano in Palmira
Maurizio Benini conductor
Catriona Smith soprano
Silvia Tro Santafé mezzo soprano
Kenneth Tarver tenor
Vuyani Mlinde bass
Ezgi Kutlu mezzo soprano
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Wednesday 27 October 2010 | 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 (Reformation)
Mahler Kindertotenlieder
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Sarah Connolly mezzo soprano
Saturday 30 October 2010 | 7.30pm
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven (arr. Mahler) Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Wednesday 17 November 2010 | 7.30pm
R Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Mahler Rückert-Lieder
Ravel Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Daphnis et Chloé
Kazushi Ono conductor
Nathalie Stutzmann contralto
Wednesday 24 November 2010 | 7.30pm
Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
Shostakovich Symphony No. 11
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Oleg Marshev piano
Friday 26 November 2010 | 7.30pm
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25, K503
Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Gunther Herbig conductor
Andreas Haefliger piano
Wednesday 1 December 2010 | 7.30pm
Debussy (orch. Colin Matthews) Préludes:
Des pas sur la neige
La cathédrale engloutie
Feux d'artifice
Britten Les Illuminations
Mahler Symphony No. 4
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Christine Schäfer soprano
Saturday 4 December 2010 | 7.30pm
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Mahler Symphony No. 1 (original version including Blumine)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | 7.30pm
Beethoven Overture, Egmont
Martinů Violin Concerto No. 2
Julian Anderson The Stations of the Sun
Nielsen Symphony No. 5
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann violin
Friday 14 January 2011 | 7.30pm
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 2
Mahler Symphony No. 6
Johannes Wildner conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Wednesday 19 January 2011 | 7.30pm
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
Mahler Symphony No. 5
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Nicholas Angelich piano
Saturday 22 January 2011 | 7.30pm
Franck Symphony in D minor
Fauré Requiem
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Sally Matthews soprano
Gerald Finley bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Wednesday 26 January 2011 | 7.30pm
Peter Eötvös Shadows (UK première of the orchestral version)
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2
Zemlinsky Lyric Symphony
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Alexander Markovich piano
Melanie Diener soprano
Thomas Hampson baritone
Susan Thomas flute
Nicholas Carpenter clarinet
Saturday 29 January 2011 | 7.30pm
Ligeti Lontano
Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler Das klagende Lied (original version)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Barnabas Kelemen violin
Melanie Diener soprano
Christianne Stotijn mezzo soprano
Michael Koenig tenor
Jacob Thorn treble
Leopold Benedict treble
Christopher Purves baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
Friday 4 February 2011 | 7.30pm
Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Kurt Masur conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Daniel Müller-Schott cello
Wednesday 9 February 2011 | 7.30pm
Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Liszt Totentanz
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Bernd Glemser piano
Friday 11 February 2011 | 7.30pm
Weber Overture, Der Freischütz
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24, K491
Beethoven Overture, Coriolan
Schumann Symphony No. 4
Louis Langrée conductor
Ronald Brautigam piano
Wednesday 16 February 2011 | 7.30pm
Ravel Suite, Mother Goose
Berlioz La Mort de Cléopâtre
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano
Saturday 19 February 2011 | 7.30pm
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, K364
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Stefan Jackiw violin
Richard Yongjae O'Neill viola
Sarah Connolly mezzo soprano
Toby Spence tenor
Friday 25 February 2011 | 7.30pm
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mahler Symphony No. 9
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Christopher Maltman baritone
Sunday 27 February 2011 | 11.30am
FUNharmonics Family Concert: Magic Music
Paul Patterson The Magic Orchestra
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Stephen Chadwick Anansi the Magical Spiderman
De Falla Ritual Fire Dance from Love, The Magician
Arnold Overture, Tam O'Shanter
John Williams Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Hedwig's Theme)
Offenbach Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld
David Angus conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
Friday 18 March 2011 | 7.30pm
Prokofiev Suite, The Love for Three Oranges
Stravinsky Capriccio
Haydn Piano Concerto in D
Shostakovich Symphony No. 6
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
Saturday 19 March 2011 | 7.30pm
Julian Anderson The Crazed Moon
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Wednesday 23 March 2011 | 7.30pm
Brett Dean Komarov's Fall (London première)
John Adams Dr Atomic Symphony
Holst The Planets
Marin Alsop conductor
London Philharmonic Choir
Saturday 26 March 2011 | 7.30pm
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Edward Gardner conductor
Christine Rice mezzo soprano
Paul Groves tenor
Neal Davies bass (replacing Alastair Miles)
London Philharmonic Choir
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Saturday 16 April 2011 | 7.30pm
Liszt Nocturnal Procession & Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Dvořák Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Alban Gerhardt cello
Wednesday 20 April 2011 | 7.30pm
Mahler Suite from the Orchestral Works of J S Bach
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 2
Webern Five Movements, Op. 5
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (arranged for string orchestra by Mahler)
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Janine Jansen violin
Wednesday 4 May 2011 | 7.30pm
Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger
R Strauss Four Last Songs
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Sunday 15 May 2011 | 11.30am
FUNharmonics Family Concert: Tick Tock
Kodály The Viennese Musical Clock from Háry János Suite
Prokofiev Suite No. 1, Cinderella (waltz)
Haydn 'The Clock' Symphony No. 101 (excerpt)
Stephen McNeff The Clockwork Suite
Beethoven Allegretto from Symphony No. 8
J Strauss Perpetuum mobile
Roy Grainer/Murray Gold (arr. McEwan) Doctor Who Theme
Ponchielli La gioconda (excerpt)
Stuart Stratford conductor
Chris Jarvis presenter
Saturday 28 May 2011 | 7.30pm
Haydn Symphony No. 88
Mahler Songs from Des knaben Wunderhorn
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann bass-baritone
