New season

Open Rehearsal
Friday 26 September 2008
6.45 pm – 8.45 pm,  Bishopsgate Institute, EC2

As part of the fourth annual London Open Rehearsal weekend, come and hear us rehearse Beethoven's Missa Solemnis for our performance in October.

Admission is free, just come along to the Bishopsgate Institute on the evening.

Beethoven   Missa Solemnis
Saturday 18 October 2008
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Christoph Eschenbach  conductor
Anne Schwanewilms  soprano
Annette Jahns  mezzo-soprano
Nikolai Schukoff  tenor
Robert Holl  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Beethoven  Missa Solemnis

Bishopsgate Institute Christmas Concert
Tuesday 2 December 2008
7.30 pm,  Bishopsgate Institute, EC2

Neville Creed  conductor
Iain Farrington  piano

London Philharmonic Choir

Programme to include festive music by J S Bach, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Britten and John Rutter as well as traditional carols.

Tickets: £10 (concs and LPC members £8) available from the Bishopsgate Institute

LPO Brass Ensemble Christmas Concert
Saturday 20 December 2008
7.30 pm,  Wigmore Hall

Neville Creed  conductor

London Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Ensemble
Members of the London Philharmonic Choir

Gabrieli  O magnum mysterium
Praetorius  In dulci Jubilo
Schütz  Herr, unser Herrscher
Poulenc  Christmas Motets
Vaughan Williams  Wassail Song
Trad. (arr. Rutter)  The Twelve Days of Christmas

Christmas Classics
Saturday 20 December 2008
8.00 pm,  Royal Albert Hall

Christopher Warren-Green  conductor
Janis Kelly  soprano

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Christmas Classics

Beethoven  Symphony No. 9
Monday 29 December 2008
7.30 pm,  Barbican Hall

Christopher Warren-Green  conductor
Libor Novacek  piano
Helen Dix  soprano
Catherine Hopper  alto
Daniel Norman  tenor
David Soar  bass

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Members of:
London Philharmonic Choir
and Royal Choral Society

Beethoven  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Beethoven (arr. Mahler)   Symphony No. 9
Wednesday 4 February 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Neeme Järvi  conductor
Matthias Goerne  baritone*
Lisa Milne  soprano
Karen Cargill  mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty  tenor
Peter Rose  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mahler  Kindertotenlieder*
Beethoven (arr. Mahler)  Symphony No. 9 in D minor (London première)

Dvořák   Requiem
Saturday 7 February 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Neeme Järvi  conductor
Lisa Milne  soprano
Karen Cargill  mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty  tenor
Peter Rose  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Dvořák  Requiem

Brahms  Requiem
Saturday 4 April 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Yannick Nézet-Séguin  conductor
Roberto Prosseda  piano
Barbara Bonney  soprano
Teddy Tahu Rhodes  baritone

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Mendelssohn  Piano Concerto in E minor (London première)
(completed by Marcello Bufalini)
Brahms  Ein deutsches Requiem

Holst  The Planets
Friday 22 May 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Yutaka Sado  conductor
Vilde Frang  violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir

Grieg  Peer Gynt, Suite 1
Vaughan Williams  The Lark Ascending
Ravel  Tzigane
Holst  The Planets