Current 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
Dietrich Henschel  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

arr. Willcocks  Once in Royal David's City
Pearsall  In Dulci Jubilo
J.S. Bach  Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
arr. Harvey  Lord of the Dance
Percy Grainger  The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol;* Shepherd's Hey*
arr. Vaughan Williams  O Little Town of Bethlehem
arr. Harvey  I Wonder as I Wander
Cornelius  The Three Kings
arr. Cullen  I Saw Three Ships
Parry  I Was Glad
Britten  A Hymn to the Virgin
Irving Berlin (arr. Farrington)  White Christmas*
Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn (arr. Farrington)  Let it Snow*
Rutter  Shepherd's Pipe Carol
arr. Rutter  The Twelve Days of Christmas
arr. Willcocks  O Come All Ye Faithful
arr. Warrell  We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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

A Christmas Sparkler
Thursday 11 December 2008
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall
Celebrating the diamond anniversary of Leonard Cheshire Disability

With Jonathan Ansell, Kirstie Allsopp, Katie Derham, Connie Fisher and Sue Perkins.

Matthew Rowe  conductor
Matthew Barley  cello

London Chamber Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

An evening of beautiful music, carols and dazzling celebrity performances.

All proceeds to Leonard Cheshire Disability.
Supported by Audi and Dickson Minto W.S.

A Christmas Celebration
Saturday 20 December 2008
7.30 pm,  Wigmore Hall

Neville Creed  conductor

Brass ensemble of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Members of the London Philharmonic Choir

Gabrieli  O magnum mysterium
Praetorius  In dulci Jubilo
Cornelius  The Three Kings
Byrd  O magnum mysterium
Schütz  Herr, unser Herrscher
Poulenc  Christmas Motets
Britten  A Hymn to the Virgin
Lauridsen  O magnum mysterium
Bartók  Romanian Christmas Carols
Trad. arr. Harvey  I Wonder as I Wonder; Lord of the Dance Schütz  Hodie Christus natus est
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

Haydn  The Creation
Thursday 1 January 2009
7.00 pm,  Bartók Béla Nemzeti Hangversenyterem, Budapest

Ádám Fischer  conductor
Simona Saturova  soprano
Bernhard Richter  tenor
James Rutherford  bass

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir

Haydn  Die Schöpfung

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

Vladimir Jurowski  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

Torsten Rasch  Mein Herz brennt
Sunday 31 May 2009
7.30 pm,  Royal Festival Hall

Vladimir Jurowski  conductor
René Pape  bass
Katharina Thalbach  narrator

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir

Mahler  Totenfeier
Mendelssohn  Symphony 5 (Reformation)
Torsten Rasch  Mein Herz brennt (UK première)