Philharmonia Orchestra 2011/12 Brochure

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*PREMIUM SEATSWe have selected the front stalls seats in theauditorium with the best acoustic and view(concerts with a piano soloist will have keyboardside premium seats) and will sell these on a first-come first-served basis at £45 each. Subscriptiondiscounts do not apply although these events canbe included in the total number of concerts whenapplying the subscription discount.

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SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE:Great discounts if you book for 3 or more concerts!

Book for 3 or more concerts and receive the followingdiscounts on your tickets:-3–5 concerts 10% discount6–8 concerts 15% discount9–11 concerts 20% discount12–14 concerts 25% discount15+ concerts 30% discountFor discounted ticket prices see page i of the booking form

Philharmonia Orchestra subscribers also receive other special benefits, including:

Free ticket exchange scheme (up to 2 working days before concert)Flexible payment: spread the costs of your tickets over 3 months No booking fee

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SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE!Take advantage of up to 30% discounton your tickets by booking a subscription package (minimum 3 concerts booked in one transaction).

HOW TO BOOK:PHONE: Call the FREEPHONEPhilharmonia Orchestra Box Office on0800 652 6717 to book your tickets(Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm) NO BOOKING FEE and call backanswerphone service out of hours POST: Fill in the booking form and postto Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office,FREEPOST RRGT-AHSU-GXRE, London, SE1 7NXONLINE: www.philharmonia.co.uk (NBthis facility is not available for groupbookings)E-MAIL: [email protected]: Complete the booking form andfax it to 020 7921 3950

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PREMIUM SEATSWe have selected the front stalls seatsin the auditorium with the best acoustic and view (concerts with apiano soloist will have keyboard sidepremium seats) and will sell these on afirst-come first-served basis at £45each. Subscription discounts do notapply although these events can beincluded in the total number of concertswhen applying the subscriptiondiscount.

GROUP BOOKINGSBook 10 or more tickets for one concert and qualify for the Philharmonia Orchestra Group rate:25% discount off all tickets. Other benefits include 1 free ticket for every 20 purchased, flexiblereservations and exclusive ticket offers.

School parties: 50% discount and 1 free teacher’s ticket for every 10 purchased.

FAMILY TICKETS – SPECIALDISCOUNTS FOR CHILDRENEach adult attending a concert canpurchase up to 2 tickets for under-16sat half-price.

Philharmonia Orchestra concerts areusually suitable for children aged 7upwards. Children under 6 may not beadmitted at the discretion of theorchestra and hall management. Pleasecontact us to discuss your requirementsif you need additional guidance.

CONCESSIONSA limited allocation of half-price ticketsis available for recipients of JobseekersAllowance, Income Support, PensionCredit,Under 16s and full-time students.Appropriate cards to be shown.

Please note that discounts/concessions cannot be combined.

PATRONS WITH DISABILITIESSouthbank Centre is accessible topeople with disabilities. Visitors with a disability should join SouthbankCentre’s free Access Scheme. You may be eligible for tickets atconcessionary prices; a free ticket for a companion who can assist you during your visit; and receiveinformation in alternative formats.To join please call 0844 847 9910,email [email protected] visitwww.southbankcentre.co.uk/access

The auditorium is fitted with Sennheiserinfra-red systems. Receivers can becollected from the cloakroom in RoyalFestival Hall.

LEVEL ACCESSThere is level access throughout RoyalFestival Hall from the internal lifts (some of the lifts have a limited weightcapacity; please call 0844 847 9910 to confirm), and there are wheelchairspaces in the boxes, choir seats, sideand rear stalls of the auditorium. Ticketsfor wheelchair spaces can be bookedonline or by phone on 0800 652 6717or 0844 847 9910.

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Full price (1–2 concerts) £38.00 £29.00 £23.00 £18.00 £14.00 £11.00 £8.00

3–5 concerts £34.20 £26.10 £20.70 £16.20 £12.60 £9.90 £7.20 10%

6–8 concerts £32.30 £24.65 £19.55 £15.30 £11.90 £9.35 £6.80 15%

9–11 concerts £30.40 £23.20 £18.40 £14.40 £11.20 £8.80 £6.40 20%

12–14 concerts £28.50 £21.75 £17.25 £13.50 £10.50 £8.25 £6.00 25%

15 + concerts £26.60 £20.30 £16.10 £12.60 £9.80 £7.70 £5.60 30%

How to book your ticketsSUBSCRIBE AND SAVE! GREAT DISCOUNTS IF YOU BOOK FOR 3 OR MORE CONCERTS!

Subscription ticket prices (for seating plan see page iv)

Freephone Box Office 0800 652 6717 i

The Sunday Times on Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, February 2011

Esa-Pekka SalonenPrincipal Conductor and Artistic Advisor

2011/12 concert seasonRoyal Festival Hall

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and the Philharmonia Orchestra, February 2011Esa-Pekka Salonen

The still point of the turningworld”: Music that defines an eraA series of 5 concerts featuringiconic works of the late 19th and

20th centuries; works that both reflect the spiritof their age and that continue to resonate inour own times. All these works have aparticularly personal resonance for theirconductors: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph vonDohnányi, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lorin Maazel

The final part of Salonen’s 2011pan-European Bartók retrospective,Infernal Dance: Inside the World ofBéla Bartók, featuring a semi-

staged production of his masterpiece one-actopera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

The conclusion of Lorin Maazel’sMahler Symphony Cycle, featuringthe final three symphonies andDas Lied von der Erde

Esa-Pekka Salonen opening theseason with Sibelius’s epic choralsymphony Kullervo and returningin March to conduct Beethoven’s

Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7: works that form part of his entire Beethoven symphonycycle at the Beethovenfest in Bonn

The continuation of theInternational Conductors’ Academy of the Allianz CulturalFoundation, featuring three

exciting young conductors on the brink of theirprofessional careers

Events marking the 150thAnniversary of the birth of Delius,the 500th Anniversary of thefounding of St John’s College

Cambridge, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The Philharmonia’s series of free, cutting-edgecontemporary music concerts continues thisseason under the new artistic direction ofUnsuk Chin. Join members of the Philharmoniaat 6pm in Royal Festival Hall for free concertsof some of the most exciting contemporaryclassical music in the world. This seasonincludes music by Ivan Fedele, JohannesSchöllhorn, Ondřej Adámek, Perttu Haapanenand Gérard Grisey.

Welcome to the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2011/12 season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.Highlights include:

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Sunday 25 September 2011 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorVIKTORIA MULLOVA violinMONICA GROOP mezzo-sopranoJUKKA RASILAINEN bass-baritoneORPHEI DRÄNGAR chorus

BRAHMS Violin ConcertoSIBELIUS KullervoSibelius’s epic ‘choral symphony’ Kullervo waswritten some eight years before hisconventional First Symphony, when thecomposer was just 27 years old. Its fivemovements depict the exploits of the hero ofthe great Finnish mythic poem, the Kalevala,and chronicle different parts of his complex,

tragic personality and his life, including hischildhood in slavery, his seduction of his ownsister and his atonement on the battlefield forher subsequent suicide. Scored for malechorus, soloists and orchestra, this is anextraordinary piece of choral writing ofdramatic power, rarely heard in the concerthall due to its sheer size and scale.

This concert is supported by The Meyer Foundation

philharmonia.co.uk/shopSalonen Schoenberg Gurrelieder; Berlioz Symphoniefantastique; Mahler Symphony No. 9

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallA pre-concert recital by Finnish male chorus Orphei Drängar. FREE admission

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The still point of the turningworld”: Music that defines an eraA series of 5 concerts featuringiconic works of the late 19th and

20th centuries; works that both reflect the spiritof their age and that continue to resonate inour own times. All these works have aparticularly personal resonance for theirconductors: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph vonDohnányi, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lorin Maazel

The final part of Salonen’s 2011pan-European Bartók retrospective,Infernal Dance: Inside the World ofBéla Bartók, featuring a semi-

staged production of his masterpiece one-actopera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

The conclusion of Lorin Maazel’sMahler Symphony Cycle, featuringthe final three symphonies andDas Lied von der Erde

Esa-Pekka Salonen opening theseason with Sibelius’s epic choralsymphony Kullervo and returningin March to conduct Beethoven’s

Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7: works that form part of his entire Beethoven symphonycycle at the Beethovenfest in Bonn

The continuation of theInternational Conductors’ Academy of the Allianz CulturalFoundation, featuring three

exciting young conductors on the brink of theirprofessional careers

Events marking the 150thAnniversary of the birth of Delius,the 500th Anniversary of thefounding of St John’s College

Cambridge, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The Philharmonia’s series of free, cutting-edgecontemporary music concerts continues thisseason under the new artistic direction ofUnsuk Chin. Join members of the Philharmoniaat 6pm in Royal Festival Hall for free concertsof some of the most exciting contemporaryclassical music in the world. This seasonincludes music by Ivan Fedele, JohannesSchöllhorn, Ondřej Adámek, Perttu Haapanenand Gérard Grisey.

Welcome to the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2011/12 season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.Highlights include:


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Sunday 25 September 2011 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorVIKTORIA MULLOVA violinMONICA GROOP mezzo-sopranoJUKKA RASILAINEN bass-baritoneORPHEI DRÄNGAR chorus

BRAHMS Violin ConcertoSIBELIUS KullervoSibelius’s epic ‘choral symphony’ Kullervo waswritten some eight years before hisconventional First Symphony, when thecomposer was just 27 years old. Its fivemovements depict the exploits of the hero ofthe great Finnish mythic poem, the Kalevala,and chronicle different parts of his complex,

tragic personality and his life, including hischildhood in slavery, his seduction of his ownsister and his atonement on the battlefield forher subsequent suicide. Scored for malechorus, soloists and orchestra, this is anextraordinary piece of choral writing ofdramatic power, rarely heard in the concerthall due to its sheer size and scale.


philharmonia.co.uk/shopSalonen Schoenberg Gurrelieder; Berlioz Symphoniefantastique; Mahler Symphony No. 9

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallA pre-concert recital by Swedish male chorus Orphei Drängar. FREE admission

conducting“Salonen’s

was exceptional”Freephone Box Office 0800 652 6717 2

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SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 16 October 2011 3.00pm

DIEGO MATHEUZ conductorMARTIN HELMCHEN piano

GRIEG Suite No. 1, Peer GyntMOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K491PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)This afternoon’s programme of classicalmasterpieces contrasts the dark grandeur ofMozart’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 24 withProkofiev’s dramatic portrayal of Shakespeare’sstar-crossed lovers and Grieg’s first suite from hisincidental music to Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. Romeoand Juliet is still regarded today as one of thefinest ballet scores ever written; this afternoon’sprogramme features excerpts from the threesuites that the composer made for performancesof the ballet’s main numbers.

Thursday 13 October 2011 7.30pmInternational Conductors’ Academyof the Allianz Cultural Foundation

ARTURO ALVARADO conductorDARRELL ANG conductorYORDAN KAMDZHALOV conductorSUNWOOK KIM piano

BRITTEN Four Sea InterludesPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2ADÈS Dances from Powder Her FaceSTRAVINSKY Suite, The Firebird (1945)This concert marks the culmination of the2011 International Conductors’ Academy ofthe Allianz Cultural Foundation, an annualjoint initiative of the Allianz CulturalFoundation, the Philharmonia and LondonPhilharmonic orchestras and SouthbankCentre, whereby three exceptionally talentedyoung conductors on the brink of theirprofessional careers are offered intensivementoring and training. Previous participantshave included Gustavo Dudamel. Thisevening’s programme features all threeconductors and has been designed toshowcase their skills and to offer audiencesthe chance to witness the stars of the futuremaking their Royal Festival Hall débuts.

Presented by the International Conductors’Academy of the Allianz Cultural Foundation.

“succulentand subtly

electrifyingplaying” The Times on the

Philharmonia Orchestra,March 2010

MAAZEL: MAHLERCYCLE 2011Thursday 29 September 2011 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorALICE COOTE mezzo-sopranoSTEFAN VINKE tenor

MAHLER Symphony No. 10, AdagioMAHLER Das Lied von der ErdeMahler’s valedictory symphonic song cycleDas Lied von der Erde is one of his mostbeautiful works. The six songs are settings of translated ancient Chinese poems thatcelebrate life’s joy and mourn its brevity. It is performed this evening alongside Mahler’sfinal symphonic statement, the Adagio fromhis unfinished Tenth Symphony.

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallMemory, mortality and the eternal blooming of nature:Julian Johnson examines the themes of Mahler’s Songof the Earth. FREE admission

Saturday 1 October 2011 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductor

MAHLER Symphony No.9An intensely personal work heard as both theultimate farewell and a final homecoming.Leonard Bernstein said of Mahler’s lastcompleted work ‘It is terrifying, and paralyzing,as the strands of sound disintegrate … inceasing, we lose it all. But in letting go, wehave gained everything.’

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallFarewell, homecoming, or new challenges?: JulianJohnson reflects on Mahler’s late works. FREE admission

Sunday 9 October 2011 7.30pmPlease note this concert is SOLD OUT: returns only.

LORIN MAAZEL conductorSALLY MATTHEWS sopranoAILISH TYNAN sopranoSARAH TYNAN sopranoSARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-sopranoANNE-MARIE OWENS mezzo-sopranoSTEFAN VINKE tenorMARK STONE baritoneBRINDLEY SHERRATT bassPHILHARMONIA CHORUSBBC SYMPHONY CHORUSBOYS FROM THE CHAPEL CHOIRS OFETON COLLEGE

MAHLER Symphony No. 8Mahler’s mightiest symphony, often known as‘The Symphony of a Thousand’ calls for hugeorchestral forces, eight soloists, a boys’ chorusand large mixed chorus. Described by thecomposer as his ‘gift to the whole nation’ it isan epic drama in two parts, the first a setting ofa Medieval Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus,and the second a setting of the final scene ofGoethe’s Faust.

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall‘The resounding of the universe’: Julian Johnsonconsiders the extraordinary vision of Mahler’s EighthSymphony. FREE admission

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SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 16 October 2011 3.00pm

DIEGO MATHEUZ conductorMARTIN HELMCHEN piano

GRIEG Suite No. 1, Peer GyntMOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K491PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)This afternoon’s programme of classicalmasterpieces contrasts the dark grandeur ofMozart’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 24 withProkofiev’s dramatic portrayal of Shakespeare’sstar-crossed lovers and Grieg’s first suite from hisincidental music to Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. Romeoand Juliet is still regarded today as one of thefinest ballet scores ever written; this afternoon’sprogramme features excerpts from the threesuites that the composer made for performancesof the ballet’s main numbers.

Thursday 13 October 2011 7.30pmInternational Conductors’ Academyof the Allianz Cultural Foundation

ARTURO ALVARADO conductorDARRELL ANG conductorYORDAN KAMDZHALOV conductorSUNWOOK KIM piano

BRITTEN Four Sea InterludesPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2ADÈS Dances from Powder Her FaceSTRAVINSKY Suite, The Firebird (1945)This concert marks the culmination of the2011 International Conductors’ Academy ofthe Allianz Cultural Foundation, an annualjoint initiative of the Allianz CulturalFoundation, the Philharmonia and LondonPhilharmonic orchestras and SouthbankCentre, whereby three exceptionally talentedyoung conductors on the brink of theirprofessional careers are offered intensivementoring and training. Previous participantshave included Gustavo Dudamel. Thisevening’s programme features all threeconductors and has been designed toshowcase their skills and to offer audiencesthe chance to witness the stars of the futuremaking their Royal Festival Hall débuts.

Presented by the International Conductors’Academy of the Allianz Cultural Foundation.

“succulentand subtly

electrifyingplaying” The Times on the

Philharmonia Orchestra,March 2010

MAAZEL: MAHLERCYCLE 2011Thursday 29 September 2011 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorALICE COOTE mezzo-sopranoSTEFAN VINKE tenor

MAHLER Symphony No. 10, AdagioMAHLER Das Lied von der ErdeMahler’s valedictory symphonic song cycleDas Lied von der Erde is one of his mostbeautiful works. The six songs are settings of translated ancient Chinese poems thatcelebrate life’s joy and mourn its brevity. It is performed this evening alongside Mahler’sfinal symphonic statement, the Adagio fromhis unfinished Tenth Symphony.

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallMemory, mortality and the eternal blooming of nature:Julian Johnson examines the themes of Mahler’s Songof the Earth. FREE admission

Saturday 1 October 2011 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductor

MAHLER Symphony No.9An intensely personal work heard as both theultimate farewell and a final homecoming.Leonard Bernstein said of Mahler’s lastcompleted work ‘It is terrifying, and paralyzing,as the strands of sound disintegrate … inceasing, we lose it all. But in letting go, wehave gained everything.’

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallFarewell, homecoming, or new challenges?: JulianJohnson reflects on Mahler’s late works. FREE admission

Sunday 9 October 2011 7.30pmPlease note this concert is SOLD OUT: returns only.

LORIN MAAZEL conductorSALLY MATTHEWS sopranoAILISH TYNAN sopranoSARAH TYNAN sopranoSARAH CONNOLLY mezzo-sopranoANNE-MARIE OWENS mezzo-sopranoSTEFAN VINKE tenorMARK STONE baritoneBRINDLEY SHERRATT bassPHILHARMONIA CHORUSBBC SYMPHONY CHORUSBOYS FROM THE CHAPEL CHOIRS OFETON COLLEGE

MAHLER Symphony No. 8Mahler’s mightiest symphony, often known as‘The Symphony of a Thousand’ calls for hugeorchestral forces, eight soloists, a boys’ chorusand large mixed chorus. Described by thecomposer as his ‘gift to the whole nation’ it isan epic drama in two parts, the first a setting ofa Medieval Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus,and the second a setting of the final scene ofGoethe’s Faust.

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall‘The resounding of the universe’: Julian Johnsonconsiders the extraordinary vision of Mahler’s EighthSymphony. FREE admission


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Thursday 27 October 2011 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorYEFIM BRONFMAN pianoZSOLT-TIHAMÉR VISONTAY violinMARK VAN DE WIEL clarinet

BARTÓK ContrastsBARTÓK Suite, The Wooden Prince BARTÓK Dance SuiteBARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 For Bartók the world of fairytale was often a dark anddangerous one. The mysterious Mandarin dies in a violentsexual frenzy; Bluebeard’s castle is a living prison. Only in theballet The Wooden Prince, written between 1914 and 1917,did Bartók allow love to triumph over adversity, in a far-off landof forests and fairies. In this world of enchantment andinfatuation, the princess heroine ultimately discards herbeloved Wooden Prince doll, and learns to love the real prince,the power of human emotion overwhelming the jealous fairy’smischief. The Wooden Prince was a huge success at itspremière, and is notable for its extraordinarily large orchestralforces, the biggest Bartók ever wrote for; this evening’sperformance features the orchestral suite from the balletmusic, alongside the percussive sonorities of the SecondPiano Concerto, the seminal chamber work Contrasts and thefolk rhapsody of the Dance Suite.

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallMalcolm Gillies introduces this evening’s programme. FREE admission

“a superb display ofvirtuosity, with nota note out of place”

Visit philharmonia.co.uk/bartok for films exploringBartók’s life and music, programme notes, audioextracts and details of the full series.

Thursday 3 November 2011 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorYEFIM BRONFMAN pianoSIR JOHN TOMLINSON BluebeardMEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN JudithNICK HILLEL directorA Philharmonia Orchestra production incollaboration with Yeast Culture

A co-commission with the Gulbenkian Foundation,Lisbon and Konzerthaus Dortmund

DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d’un fauneBARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (semi-staged)The extraordinary Duke Bluebeard’s Castle,Bartók’s only opera, is widely regarded as hismasterpiece. Its world is sinister, dark and deeplydisturbing. There are just two voices throughout,Duke Bluebeard and his new wife, Judith, and theentire one-act opera takes place in the hall of itscastle. Judith opens the hall’s seven doors, one byone; each door reveals its own horror. In one, atorture chamber; in another, an armoury filled withbloody weapons; and in another, a garden whereblood stains the plants’ leaves. The final dooropens and reveals Bluebeard’s three former wives,who step forward and receive Judith into theireternally imprisoned group. This is chilling,psychological drama, one of the greatachievements of 20th century music.

This production has been created by thePhilharmonia Orchestra in collaboration with digitalartist collective Yeast Culture. Specially createdfilms will be used as video projections ontounusual projection surfaces, surrounding theOrchestra as it performs Bartók’s score. Theseimmersive projections create an evocativeatmosphere that suggests the different rooms inBluebeard’s castle and the emotions of the twoprotagonists. This haunting and cutting-edgeproduction will also travel to Birmingham, Lisbon and Dortmund.

Infernal Dance is supported by The Meyer FoundationWe are grateful to the Edwin Fox Foundation for its support of these concerts.

Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallMalcolm Gillies introduces this evening’sprogramme. FREE admission

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Thursday 27 October 2011 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorYEFIM BRONFMAN pianoZSOLT-TIHAMÉR VISONTAY violinMARK VAN DE WIEL clarinet

BARTÓK ContrastsBARTÓK Suite, The Wooden Prince BARTÓK Dance SuiteBARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 For Bartók the world of fairytale was often a dark anddangerous one. The mysterious Mandarin dies in a violentsexual frenzy; Bluebeard’s castle is a living prison. Only in theballet The Wooden Prince, written between 1914 and 1917,did Bartók allow love to triumph over adversity, in a far-off landof forests and fairies. In this world of enchantment andinfatuation, the princess heroine ultimately discards herbeloved Wooden Prince doll, and learns to love the real prince,the power of human emotion overwhelming the jealous fairy’smischief. The Wooden Prince was a huge success at itspremière, and is notable for its extraordinarily large orchestralforces, the biggest Bartók ever wrote for; this evening’sperformance features the orchestral suite from the balletmusic, alongside the percussive sonorities of the SecondPiano Concerto, the seminal chamber work Contrasts and thefolk rhapsody of the Dance Suite.

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallMalcolm Gillies introduces this evening’s programme. FREE admission

“a superb display ofvirtuosity, with nota note out of place”

Visit philharmonia.co.uk/bartok for films exploringBartók’s life and music, programme notes, audioextracts and details of the full series.


ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorYEFIM BRONFMAN pianoSIR JOHN TOMLINSON BluebeardMEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN JudithNICK HILLEL directorA Philharmonia Orchestra production incollaboration with Yeast Culture

A co-commission with the Gulbenkian Foundation,Lisbon and Konzerthaus Dortmund

DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d’un fauneBARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (semi-staged)The extraordinary Duke Bluebeard’s Castle,Bartók’s only opera, is widely regarded as hismasterpiece. Its world is sinister, dark and deeplydisturbing. There are just two voices throughout,Duke Bluebeard and his new wife, Judith, and theentire one-act opera takes place in the hall of itscastle. Judith opens the hall’s seven doors, one byone; each door reveals its own horror. In one, atorture chamber; in another, an armoury filled withbloody weapons; and in another, a garden whereblood stains the plants’ leaves. The final dooropens and reveals Bluebeard’s three former wives,who step forward and receive Judith into theireternally imprisoned group. This is chilling,psychological drama, one of the greatachievements of 20th century music.

This production has been created by thePhilharmonia Orchestra in collaboration with digitalartist collective Yeast Culture. Specially createdfilms will be used as video projections ontounusual projection surfaces, surrounding theOrchestra as it performs Bartók’s score. Theseimmersive projections create an evocativeatmosphere that suggests the different rooms inBluebeard’s castle and the emotions of the twoprotagonists. This haunting and cutting-edgeproduction will also travel to Birmingham, Lisbon and Dortmund.

Infernal Dance is supported by The Meyer FoundationWe are grateful to the Edwin Fox Foundation for its support of these concerts.

Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallMalcolm Gillies introduces this evening’sprogramme. FREE admission

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STRAUSS Don JuanSTRAUSS Four Last SongsMOZART Symphony No. 25, K183STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel

An evening dedicated almost entirely to one ofthe composers most championed by Christophvon Dohnányi during his distinguished musicalcareer: the last great German Romanticcomposer, Richard Strauss. The programme spansmore than 60 years of Strauss’s compositional lifeand is framed by two sparkling miniature musicalpen portraits – the flamboyant Don Juan, his firsttone poem, which set the musical world on fire in1888, and the nimble and witty Till Eulenspiegel,chronicling its eponymous hero’s ‘merry pranks’.In between, a different Strauss altogether is heardin the sublime and deeply moving Four LastSongs: an autumnal, eloquent and deeply honestmeditation on the end of life.


philharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Strauss Ein Heldenleben and Till Eulenspiegel;Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5; Brahms SymphoniesNos. 1, 2, 3 & 4

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallA portrait of Johannes Schöllhorn conducted by Roland Kluttig. FREE admission

SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 4 December 2011 3.00pm

TUGAN SOKHIEV conductorEVGENI BOZHANOV piano

BERLIOZ Overture, Le carnaval romainCHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony is a work of tremendous richness and power, composedsome 12 years after the spectacular failure of the composer’s First Symphony, and asubsequent period of profound depression. It was pronounced a masterpiece at its première,a visionary journey through the Russianlandscape; notable for its brooding openingmovement, a thrilling Scherzo, the romanticsweep of its glorious slow movement and finallya sweeping and dramatic finale. Chopin’sexquisite Piano Concerto No. 1 precedes thesymphony, performed by charismatic youngpianist Evgeni Bozhanov who caused a stir at the6th International Fryderyk Chopin PianoCompetition in 2010.

Thursday 8 December 2011 7.30pm

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorVALERIY SOKOLOV violin

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto 3BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Berlioz composed his revolutionary masterpieceSymphonie fantastique a mere three years afterhis hero Beethoven’s death. The ultimate musicalstatement of the Romantic movement, itdescribes a series of increasingly lurid and violenthallucinatory visions experienced by the artistunder the influence of opium. In this evening’sconcert it is paired with Beethoven’s own ViolinConcerto, regarded by many as the first greatRomantic work for the instrument.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopSalonen Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by pianist Grace Yeo, award-winner of the MartinMusical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission


VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorJEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano

DUKAS The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeRAVEL Piano Concerto in G DE FALLA Nights in the Gardens of SpainDEBUSSY La merThis afternoon’s concert is suffused with dramaand Impressionism in equal measure. De Falla’slush and brilliant score for piano and orchestradepicts three Spanish gardens, and weaves thescent of jasmine with exotic gypsy dancers andfeasting. Debussy’s La mer is equally evocative,conjuring the sweep and power of the sea’smoods.

This concert is supported by


ANDREW NETHSINGHA conductorDAVID STOUT baritoneTHE CHOIRS OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE,CAIUS COLLEGE, CLARE COLLEGE,JESUS COLLEGE AND TRINITYCOLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

ELGAR Alassio (In the South)HOWELLS One thing have I desired of the LordHARVEY I love the LordHOWELLS A Spotless RosePARRY I Was GladWALTON Belshazzar’s FeastA special concert celebrating the 500thAnniversary of the founding of St John’s CollegeCambridge; the College Choir is joined by otherCambridge College Choirs and a number ofalumni singers. The focal point of the evening isa performance of Walton’s incomparableoratorio Belshazzar’s Feast. A dramatic cantataon the scale of Carmina Burana, Belshazzar’sFeast is set to a biblical text selected by OsbertSitwell, primarily from the Book of Daniel, andis characterised by a wild, almost pagan,energy that shocked listeners at its première in1931 and led to its banning from the ThreeChoirs Festival until 1957.


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CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductorMELANIE DIENER soprano

STRAUSS Don JuanSTRAUSS Four Last SongsMOZART Symphony No. 25, K183STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel

An evening dedicated almost entirely to one ofthe composers most championed by Christophvon Dohnányi during his distinguished musicalcareer: the last great German Romanticcomposer, Richard Strauss. The programme spansmore than 60 years of Strauss’s compositional lifeand is framed by two sparkling miniature musicalpen portraits – the flamboyant Don Juan, his firsttone poem, which set the musical world on fire in1888, and the nimble and witty Till Eulenspiegel,chronicling its eponymous hero’s ‘merry pranks’.In between, a different Strauss altogether is heardin the sublime and deeply moving Four LastSongs: an autumnal, eloquent and deeply honestmeditation on the end of life.


philharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Strauss Ein Heldenleben and Till Eulenspiegel;Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5; Brahms SymphoniesNos. 1, 2, 3 & 4

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallA portrait of Johannes Schöllhorn conducted by Roland Kluttig. FREE admission


TUGAN SOKHIEV conductorEVGENI BOZHANOV piano

BERLIOZ Overture, Le carnaval romainCHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony is a work of tremendous richness and power, composedsome 12 years after the spectacular failure of the composer’s First Symphony, and asubsequent period of profound depression. It was pronounced a masterpiece at its première,a visionary journey through the Russianlandscape; notable for its brooding openingmovement, a thrilling Scherzo, the romanticsweep of its glorious slow movement and finallya sweeping and dramatic finale. Chopin’sexquisite Piano Concerto No. 1 precedes thesymphony, performed by charismatic youngpianist Evgeni Bozhanov who caused a stir at the6th International Fryderyk Chopin PianoCompetition in 2010.


VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorVALERIY SOKOLOV violin

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto 3BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Berlioz composed his revolutionary masterpieceSymphonie fantastique a mere three years afterhis hero Beethoven’s death. The ultimate musicalstatement of the Romantic movement, itdescribes a series of increasingly lurid and violenthallucinatory visions experienced by the artistunder the influence of opium. In this evening’sconcert it is paired with Beethoven’s own ViolinConcerto, regarded by many as the first greatRomantic work for the instrument.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopSalonen Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by pianist Grace Yeo, award-winner of the MartinMusical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission


VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorJEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano

DUKAS The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeRAVEL Piano Concerto in G DE FALLA Nights in the Gardens of SpainDEBUSSY La merThis afternoon’s concert is suffused with dramaand Impressionism in equal measure. De Falla’slush and brilliant score for piano and orchestradepicts three Spanish gardens, and weaves thescent of jasmine with exotic gypsy dancers andfeasting. Debussy’s La mer is equally evocative,conjuring the sweep and power of the sea’smoods.

This concert is supported by


ANDREW NETHSINGHA conductorDAVID STOUT baritoneTHE CHOIRS OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE,CAIUS COLLEGE, CLARE COLLEGE,JESUS COLLEGE AND TRINITYCOLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

ELGAR Alassio (In the South)HOWELLS One thing have I desired of the LordHARVEY I love the LordHOWELLS A Spotless RosePARRY I Was GladWALTON Belshazzar’s FeastA special concert celebrating the 500thAnniversary of the founding of St John’s CollegeCambridge; the College Choir is joined by otherCambridge College Choirs and a number ofalumni singers. The focal point of the evening isa performance of Walton’s incomparableoratorio Belshazzar’s Feast. A dramatic cantataon the scale of Carmina Burana, Belshazzar’sFeast is set to a biblical text selected by OsbertSitwell, primarily from the Book of Daniel, andis characterised by a wild, almost pagan,energy that shocked listeners at its première in1931 and led to its banning from the ThreeChoirs Festival until 1957.


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Thursday 26 January 2012 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorLAURI VASAR The PrisonerPAOLETTA MARROCU The MotherPETER HOARE The Gaoler/GrandInquisitorBRIAN GALLIFORD, FRANCISCO JAVIER BORDA The PriestsPHILHARMONIA VOICES

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5DALLAPICCOLA Il prigioniero An opera of chilling political statement,Dallapiccola’s Il prigioniero tells the story of a political prisoner whose jailor allows him toescape, apparently in a gesture of fraternity. In reality it is a cruel joke, as the prisonerreaches the fresh, open air only to run into thearms of the Grand Inquisitor who leads himaway to be burned alive. The opera wascomposed between 1944–48 and reflectsDallapiccola’s disillusionment with Mussolini’spolitics: he claimed that his writing would

never be as light and carefree as it once was. The composer’s unique blend of lyricalwriting with serialist technique makes this operasearingly moving; and it ends with the prisonersimply whispering the word ‘Freedom?’.

In partnership with Amnesty International to mark their 50th Anniversary

This series is supported by The Meyer Foundation

6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallAn introduction to the evening’s concert byDallapiccola expert Peter Roderick. FREE admission

Esa-Pekka Salonen also conductsBeethoven’s Symphonies 1, 3and 7 on 1 and 15 March(see page 13)

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Sunday 29 January 2012 3.00pm

SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorJULIAN LLOYD WEBBER celloZSOLT-TIHAMÉR VISONTAY violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark AscendingDELIUS Cello ConcertoDELIUS Brigg FairELGAR Enigma Variations

Delius’s 150th birthday is marked to the daywith this concert of beautiful English music. Atthe heart of the programme is the composer’sCello Concerto and his orchestral work BriggFair, where his very personal blend of musicalimpressionism and lush chromaticism createa uniquely English pastoral soundworld.Vaughan Williams’s ever-yearning violinrhapsody The Lark Ascending opens theconcert, and Elgar’s well-loved suite ofvariations closes this celebration.

This concert is supported by The Delius Trust

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDavis Works by Elgar including Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2and Enigma Variations

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Thursday 26 January 2012 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorLAURI VASAR The PrisonerPAOLETTA MARROCU The MotherPETER HOARE The Gaoler/GrandInquisitorBRIAN GALLIFORD, FRANCISCO JAVIER BORDA The PriestsPHILHARMONIA VOICES

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5DALLAPICCOLA Il prigioniero An opera of chilling political statement,Dallapiccola’s Il prigioniero tells the story of a political prisoner whose jailor allows him toescape, apparently in a gesture of fraternity. In reality it is a cruel joke, as the prisonerreaches the fresh, open air only to run into thearms of the Grand Inquisitor who leads himaway to be burned alive. The opera wascomposed between 1944–48 and reflectsDallapiccola’s disillusionment with Mussolini’spolitics: he claimed that his writing would

never be as light and carefree as it once was. The composer’s unique blend of lyricalwriting with serialist technique makes this operasearingly moving; and it ends with the prisonersimply whispering the word ‘Freedom?’.

In partnership with Amnesty International to mark their 50th Anniversary


6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallAn introduction to the evening’s concert byDallapiccola expert Peter Roderick. FREE admission

Esa-Pekka Salonen also conductsBeethoven’s Symphonies 1, 3and 7 on 1 and 15 March(see page 13)

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Sunday 29 January 2012 3.00pm

SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorJULIAN LLOYD WEBBER celloZSOLT-TIHAMÉR VISONTAY violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark AscendingDELIUS Cello ConcertoDELIUS Brigg FairELGAR Enigma Variations

Delius’s 150th birthday is marked to the daywith this concert of beautiful English music. Atthe heart of the programme is the composer’sCello Concerto and his orchestral work BriggFair, where his very personal blend of musicalimpressionism and lush chromaticism createa uniquely English pastoral soundworld.Vaughan Williams’s ever-yearning violinrhapsody The Lark Ascending opens theconcert, and Elgar’s well-loved suite ofvariations closes this celebration.

This concert is supported by The Delius Trust

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDavis Works by Elgar including Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2and Enigma Variations

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Thursday 16 February 2012 7.30pm

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductorSUSAN GRITTON sopranoSIMON KEENLYSIDE baritonePHILHARMONIA CHORUSPHILHARMONIA VOICES

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4BRAHMS Ein deutsches RequiemBrahms first considered writing a RequiemMass after the death of his close friend RobertSchumann, but was only catapulted into itscomposition a decade later after the death ofhis mother caused him inconsolable grief. Hecompleted his tribute to her four years laterwith a mass unlike any conventional Requiem.

This German Requiem sets sections of Luther’stranslation of the Bible, dwelling far more onthe hope of the resurrection than on the fearof Judgement Day. The first movement,‘Blessed are they that mourn’, consoles thosethat remain on Earth with achingly beautifulsuspensions from the chorus; the work movesthrough divinely beautiful music to thedramatic highlight of Brahms’s tone-paintingof the resurrection of the dead. Yet the workends back on an earthly level, a reminder thatwe cannot know what awaits us.


6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by violinist Ben Baker, award-winner of theMartin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission

Freephone Box Office 0800 652 6717 12

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KURT MASUR conductorARABELLA STEINBACHER violin

MENDELSSOHN Violin ConcertoBRUCKNER Symphony No. 7Throughout his life, Bruckner was devoted tothe music of Wagner; at the time of Wagner’sdeath, he was working on his SeventhSymphony, which became his elegy to hismusical hero. The symphony opens with abroad and serene melody on the cellos,described by Julian Johnson as a “complete,divinely given melodic whole”, which isconjured out of a near-silent stringtremolando. The lyrical and heart-rendingsecond movement is permeated with theessence of the Catholic liturgy, with theorchestra imitating the timbre of a churchorgan and choir. The movement alsointroduces a quartet of Wagner tubas, whichreappears in the final movement as part of ablazing fanfare.

This concert is supported by The Zvi and Ofra Meitar Family Fund

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by trumpeter Tom Poulson, award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission


TUGAN SOKHIEV conductorARCADI VOLODOS piano

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 The central work in the trilogy ofShostakovich’s so-called ‘War Symphonies’,the Eighth Symphony is an incredibly powerfulwork and one that emanates a profoundfeeling of tragedy. The great arch of the firstmovement leads into two movementsreminiscent of the mechanistic industry ofwar; and the finale tries to sound light andpastoral but is slowly beaten into anexhausted peace. The evening also featuresArcadi Volodos performing Brahms’s SecondPiano Concerto, a work that encompasses apassionate Scherzo, a lyrical slow movementand a finale suffused with Brahms’s Hungariangypsy idiom.

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallA portrait of Ivan Fedele conducted by Wen-Pin Chienwith soprano Valentina Coladonato. FREE admission


Arcadi Volodos in recital

Tuesday 22 May 2012 7.30pm

Part of Southbank Centre’sInternational Piano Series

SCHUBERT Sonata in A minor, D.784BRAHMS 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117LISZT Sonata in B minorTickets £10-£52, Students’ Platform Seats £7;bookable through Southbank Centre only. Call 0844 847 9921 or visitwww.southbankcentre.co.uk

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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4BRAHMS Ein deutsches RequiemBrahms first considered writing a RequiemMass after the death of his close friend RobertSchumann, but was only catapulted into itscomposition a decade later after the death ofhis mother caused him inconsolable grief. Hecompleted his tribute to her four years laterwith a mass unlike any conventional Requiem.

This German Requiem sets sections of Luther’stranslation of the Bible, dwelling far more onthe hope of the resurrection than on the fearof Judgement Day. The first movement,‘Blessed are they that mourn’, consoles thosethat remain on Earth with achingly beautifulsuspensions from the chorus; the work movesthrough divinely beautiful music to thedramatic highlight of Brahms’s tone-paintingof the resurrection of the dead. Yet the workends back on an earthly level, a reminder thatwe cannot know what awaits us.


6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by violinist Ben Baker, award-winner of theMartin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission

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MENDELSSOHN Violin ConcertoBRUCKNER Symphony No. 7Throughout his life, Bruckner was devoted tothe music of Wagner; at the time of Wagner’sdeath, he was working on his SeventhSymphony, which became his elegy to hismusical hero. The symphony opens with abroad and serene melody on the cellos,described by Julian Johnson as a “complete,divinely given melodic whole”, which isconjured out of a near-silent stringtremolando. The lyrical and heart-rendingsecond movement is permeated with theessence of the Catholic liturgy, with theorchestra imitating the timbre of a churchorgan and choir. The movement alsointroduces a quartet of Wagner tubas, whichreappears in the final movement as part of ablazing fanfare.

This concert is supported by The Zvi and Ofra Meitar Family Fund

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by trumpeter Tom Poulson, award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission


TUGAN SOKHIEV conductorARCADI VOLODOS piano

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 The central work in the trilogy ofShostakovich’s so-called ‘War Symphonies’,the Eighth Symphony is an incredibly powerfulwork and one that emanates a profoundfeeling of tragedy. The great arch of the firstmovement leads into two movementsreminiscent of the mechanistic industry ofwar; and the finale tries to sound light andpastoral but is slowly beaten into anexhausted peace. The evening also featuresArcadi Volodos performing Brahms’s SecondPiano Concerto, a work that encompasses apassionate Scherzo, a lyrical slow movementand a finale suffused with Brahms’s Hungariangypsy idiom.

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallA portrait of Ivan Fedele conducted by Wen-Pin Chienwith soprano Valentina Coladonato. FREE admission


Arcadi Volodos in recital

Tuesday 22 May 2012 7.30pm

Part of Southbank Centre’sInternational Piano Series

SCHUBERT Sonata in A minor, D.784BRAHMS 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117LISZT Sonata in B minorTickets £10-£52, Students’ Platform Seats £7;bookable through Southbank Centre only. Call 0844 847 9921 or visitwww.southbankcentre.co.uk


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Recordings available on CD or by MP3 downloadVisit www.philharmonia.co.uk/shop

PHILHARMONIA ONLINE SHOP Latest releasesEsa-Pekka Salonen conductsMahler’s Symphony No. 9

Sir Charles Mackerras conductsTchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6

SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 26 February 2012 3.00pm

VASILY PETRENKO conductorJAMES EHNES violin

HINDEMITH Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber SIBELIUS Violin Concerto RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances The Symphonic Dances were amongRachmaninov’s last works; originally withprogrammatic movement titles of ‘Noon’,‘Twilight’ and ‘Midnight’, the three movementsalmost seem to summarise Rachmaninov’scompositional life, with quotations from his FirstSymphony and the Dies irae leitmotif thathaunts so many of his works. The programmeopens with one of Hindemith’s most popularworks, full of the dancing melodies of Weber setinto a true showpiece for orchestra; andSibelius’s Violin Concerto forms the hauntingand dark-hued heart of this concert.

This concert is supported by the PrincipalFriends of the Philharmonia Orchestra

Thursday 1 March 2012 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorMITSUKO UCHIDA piano

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Joseph HaydnSCHOENBERG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7When Schoenberg was composing his PianoConcerto, his markings at the beginning of each movement suggested an autobiographicalconnection: “Life was so easy”, “Suddenly hatred broke out”, “A grave situation was created”and “But life goes on”. Although these markingswere removed in the final published version, the underlying dramatic structure still affects the listener intensely. In contrast, Beethoven’sSymphony No. 7, with its driving rhythms and sparkling joie de vivre, is full of brightorchestral colours.

This concert is supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman


ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorVIVIANE HAGNER violin

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1UNSUK CHIN Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, EroicaBeethoven’s Eroica Symphony is the work thatrethought the classical symphonic structure, withunexpected recapitulations and an unprecedenteddepth of emotion in the second movement. Beforethis is the Violin Concerto by Unsuk Chin, newArtistic Director of the Music of Today series: thework won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in2004 and was described by the judging committeeas “a synthesis of glittering orchestration, rarefiedsonorities, volatility of expression, musical puzzlesand unexpected turns”.

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallWorks by Ondřej Adámek and Perttu Haapanenconducted by Pierre-André Valade with soprano HelenaJuntunen. FREE admission


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SALONENCONDUCTSBEETHOVENIn 2012 Esa-Pekka Salonen begins aBeethoven symphonic series with thePhilharmonia Orchestra, an exploration ofsome of the cornerstones of the orchestralrepertoire that culminates in a completesymphony cycle at the Bonn Beethovenfestin October 2012.

Esa-Pekka Salonen also conductsBeethoven’s Symphony No. 5 on 26 January(see page 9) and will conduct Symphony No. 9 in September 2012.

Recordings available on CD or by MP3 downloadVisit www.philharmonia.co.uk/shop

PHILHARMONIA ONLINE SHOP Latest releasesEsa-Pekka Salonen conductsMahler’s Symphony No. 9

Sir Charles Mackerras conductsTchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6

SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 26 February 2012 3.00pm

VASILY PETRENKO conductorJAMES EHNES violin

HINDEMITH Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber SIBELIUS Violin Concerto RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances The Symphonic Dances were amongRachmaninov’s last works; originally withprogrammatic movement titles of ‘Noon’,‘Twilight’ and ‘Midnight’, the three movementsalmost seem to summarise Rachmaninov’scompositional life, with quotations from his FirstSymphony and the Dies irae leitmotif thathaunts so many of his works. The programmeopens with one of Hindemith’s most popularworks, full of the dancing melodies of Weber setinto a true showpiece for orchestra; andSibelius’s Violin Concerto forms the hauntingand dark-hued heart of this concert.

This concert is supported by the PrincipalFriends of the Philharmonia Orchestra


ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorMITSUKO UCHIDA piano

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Joseph HaydnSCHOENBERG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7When Schoenberg was composing his PianoConcerto, his markings at the beginning of each movement suggested an autobiographicalconnection: “Life was so easy”, “Suddenly hatred broke out”, “A grave situation was created”and “But life goes on”. Although these markingswere removed in the final published version, the underlying dramatic structure still affects the listener intensely. In contrast, Beethoven’sSymphony No. 7, with its driving rhythms and sparkling joie de vivre, is full of brightorchestral colours.

This concert is supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman


ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorVIVIANE HAGNER violin

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1UNSUK CHIN Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, EroicaBeethoven’s Eroica Symphony is the work thatrethought the classical symphonic structure, withunexpected recapitulations and an unprecedenteddepth of emotion in the second movement. Beforethis is the Violin Concerto by Unsuk Chin, newArtistic Director of the Music of Today series: thework won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in2004 and was described by the judging committeeas “a synthesis of glittering orchestration, rarefiedsonorities, volatility of expression, musical puzzlesand unexpected turns”.

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallWorks by Ondřej Adámek and Perttu Haapanenconducted by Pierre-André Valade with soprano HelenaJuntunen. FREE admission


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SALONENCONDUCTSBEETHOVENIn 2012 Esa-Pekka Salonen begins aBeethoven symphonic series with thePhilharmonia Orchestra, an exploration ofsome of the cornerstones of the orchestralrepertoire that culminates in a completesymphony cycle at the Bonn Beethovenfestin October 2012.

Esa-Pekka Salonen also conductsBeethoven’s Symphony No. 5 on 26 January(see page 9) and will conduct Symphony No. 9 in September 2012.

Sunday 15 April 2012 3.00pm

JOHN WILSON conductorPHILHARMONIA VOICESCast to include SARAH FOX, SIMON BUTTERISS, RICHARD ANGAS,HEATHER SHIPP AND JILL PERT

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN The Yeomen of the GuardJohn Wilson brings his unique touch to one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular operettas,regarded as Sullivan’s finest score. The Yeomenof the Guard is set in the 16th century at theTower of London and is the darkest and mostemotionally engaging of the Savoy Operas,notable for the marked absence of theircharacteristic satires of British institutions. Itcloses with a broken-hearted protagonist andtwo very reluctant engagements rather than themore usual happy ending.

Thursday 19 April 2012 7.30pm

JURAJ VALCUHA conductorSERGEY KHACHATRYAN violin

MUSSORGSKY Overture, KhovanshchinaTCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY arr. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Composed in the space of just one month,Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is full of endlessmelodic beauty. The second movement, aCanzonetta, requires the solo violin to be muted:an unusual technique in a concerto, but one that lends the movement a far-away, nostalgicquality. This leads straight into an exhilaratingfinale, a hectic dance-like movement. Memorablemelodies continue into the second half of theconcert with the ‘Promenade’ theme of Picturesat an Exhibition linking the descriptivemovements, ending with the majestic and blazing‘Great Gate of Kiev’.

6pm Pre-concert recital,Royal Festival HallRecital by flautist SamanthaPearce, award-winner of theMartin Musical ScholarshipFund. FREE admission


WAR REQUIEMSunday 25 March 2012 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorNANCY GUSTAFSON sopranoMARK PADMORE tenorMATTHIAS GOERNE baritonePHILHARMONIA CHORUSTIFFIN BOYS’ CHOIR

BRITTEN War RequiemAlthough titled as a Requiem, BenjaminBritten’s work intersperses elements of thetraditional Latin mass with settings of poemsby Wilfred Owen. This juxtaposition emphasisesthe tragic loss of life during the First andSecond World Wars (the work was composed

in 1961-62), and Britten makes the contrastsall the more apparent through his emotionalmusic and use of separate instrumentalgroups, who only join together in full forcetowards the end of the last movement as thetenor and baritone soloists sing “Let us sleepnow” whilst the choruses sing “Into Paradiselead them”. This is truly one of the definingworks of the twentieth century.


6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallAn introduction to the evening’s concert. FREE admission


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JOHN WILSON conductorPHILHARMONIA VOICESCast to include SARAH FOX, SIMON BUTTERISS, RICHARD ANGAS,HEATHER SHIPP AND JILL PERT

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN The Yeomen of the GuardJohn Wilson brings his unique touch to one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular operettas,regarded as Sullivan’s finest score. The Yeomenof the Guard is set in the 16th century at theTower of London and is the darkest and mostemotionally engaging of the Savoy Operas,notable for the marked absence of theircharacteristic satires of British institutions. Itcloses with a broken-hearted protagonist andtwo very reluctant engagements rather than themore usual happy ending.

Thursday 19 April 2012 7.30pm

JURAJ VALCUHA conductorSERGEY KHACHATRYAN violin

MUSSORGSKY Overture, KhovanshchinaTCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY arr. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Composed in the space of just one month,Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is full of endlessmelodic beauty. The second movement, aCanzonetta, requires the solo violin to be muted:an unusual technique in a concerto, but one that lends the movement a far-away, nostalgicquality. This leads straight into an exhilaratingfinale, a hectic dance-like movement. Memorablemelodies continue into the second half of theconcert with the ‘Promenade’ theme of Picturesat an Exhibition linking the descriptivemovements, ending with the majestic and blazing‘Great Gate of Kiev’.

6pm Pre-concert recital,Royal Festival HallRecital by flautist SamanthaPearce, award-winner of theMartin Musical ScholarshipFund. FREE admission


WAR REQUIEMSunday 25 March 2012 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorNANCY GUSTAFSON sopranoMARK PADMORE tenorMATTHIAS GOERNE baritonePHILHARMONIA CHORUSTIFFIN BOYS’ CHOIR

BRITTEN War RequiemAlthough titled as a Requiem, BenjaminBritten’s work intersperses elements of thetraditional Latin mass with settings of poemsby Wilfred Owen. This juxtaposition emphasisesthe tragic loss of life during the First andSecond World Wars (the work was composed

in 1961-62), and Britten makes the contrastsall the more apparent through his emotionalmusic and use of separate instrumentalgroups, who only join together in full forcetowards the end of the last movement as thetenor and baritone soloists sing “Let us sleepnow” whilst the choruses sing “Into Paradiselead them”. This is truly one of the definingworks of the twentieth century.


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Tuesday 24 April 2012 7.30pm

LEIF SEGERSTAM conductorDENIS MATSUEV piano

SIBELIUS Night Ride and SunriseRACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6,PathétiqueRachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is an ever-popular staple of the piano repertoire, and it’s easy to hear why. Full of romantic,sweeping melodies and stormy dramatic episodes,the fiendish virtuosity required alongside deepemotional insight is a powerful blend that neverfails to affect the listener. Similarly, Tchaikovsky’sPathétique Symphony is renowned for itsmemorable moments; the lopsided 5/4 waltz ofthe second movement, for example, which leadsinto the march of the third movement. The finalebuilds to an impassioned climax before fadingaway into silence. This was the last work composedbefore Tchaikovsky’s sudden death; and hedescribed it as “my very best… I love it as I havenever loved any of my musical children.”

SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 29 April 2012 3.00pm

ANDRIS NELSONS conductorBAIBA SKRIDE violin

WAGNER Overture, Die MeistersingerBRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6 Dvořák’s tuneful Sixth Symphony is typical of thecomposer’s style: the music dances throughoutwith tunes reminiscent of his Czech background.Yet it came during a period of experimentation anddevelopment of his personal style, having originallydeveloped his compositional voice in the Germanclassical tradition. The result is a joyful work, full ofvigorous rhythms and exuberant colour. The thirdmovement is written as a Furiant, a Czech dance,and it was this work that first drew internationalattention and firmly established Dvořák as acomposer of ‘nationalistic’ music.

Thursday 3 May 2012 7.30pm

PHILIPPE JORDAN conductorSIMON TRPCESKI piano

BEETHOVEN Overture, Leonore No. 3 LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Overwhelmed by the spectre of his heroBeethoven’s symphonic achievements, Brahmstook 21 years to complete his first symphony.In the event it was a monumental criticalsuccess, celebrated around Europe as‘Beethoven’s 10th’ and full of conscioushomage in its idiom and musical language. Itis paired in this evening’s concert with musicby Beethoven himself, one of his workings ofthe Leonore material from his opera Fidelio,and by his close contemporary Franz Liszt.Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto is lessfrequently performed than his First, but iswidely regarded as the more original andinteresting of the two works, composed duringLiszt’s Virtuoso Period.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Brahms Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by violinist Tianyun Jia, award-winner of theMartin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission


DANIELE GATTI conductor

WAGNER Parsifal, Prelude to Act III andGood Friday MusicMAHLER Symphony No. 5After the first performance of his FifthSymphony, composed between 1901 and1903, Mahler is said to have declared,“Nobody understood it. I wish I could conductthe first performance fifty years after mydeath.” More than a hundred years after hisdeath it is certainly recognised as one of themost emotionally complex and ambitioussymphonies of the twentieth century. From itsfamous funereal opening trumpet solo to its blazing finale, it encompasses anextraordinary range of styles and moods. At its heart is the Adagietto, an extended lovepoem to his wife Alma, who he met in 1901and proposed to just three weeks after theirfirst meeting.

Saturday 19 May 2012 7.30pm

JURAJ VALCUHA conductorALISA WEILERSTEIN cello

MOZART Overture, Don GiovanniDVOŘÁK Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony follows afamiliar musical trajectory from despair totriumph over its four movements. Thoughdeclared a failure both critically and by thecomposer himself after its first performances,it has become one of his most popular works,and was particularly championed during WorldWar II. One of the most notable performanceswas by the Leningrad Radio SymphonyOrchestra in 1941 during the Siege ofLeningrad, which was also broadcast live toLondon. As the second movement began,bombs started to fall nearby, but the orchestracontinued playing until the final note.


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Tuesday 24 April 2012 7.30pm

LEIF SEGERSTAM conductorDENIS MATSUEV piano

SIBELIUS Night Ride and SunriseRACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6,PathétiqueRachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is an ever-popular staple of the piano repertoire, and it’s easy to hear why. Full of romantic,sweeping melodies and stormy dramatic episodes,the fiendish virtuosity required alongside deepemotional insight is a powerful blend that neverfails to affect the listener. Similarly, Tchaikovsky’sPathétique Symphony is renowned for itsmemorable moments; the lopsided 5/4 waltz ofthe second movement, for example, which leadsinto the march of the third movement. The finalebuilds to an impassioned climax before fadingaway into silence. This was the last work composedbefore Tchaikovsky’s sudden death; and hedescribed it as “my very best… I love it as I havenever loved any of my musical children.”

SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 29 April 2012 3.00pm

ANDRIS NELSONS conductorBAIBA SKRIDE violin

WAGNER Overture, Die MeistersingerBRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6 Dvořák’s tuneful Sixth Symphony is typical of thecomposer’s style: the music dances throughoutwith tunes reminiscent of his Czech background.Yet it came during a period of experimentation anddevelopment of his personal style, having originallydeveloped his compositional voice in the Germanclassical tradition. The result is a joyful work, full ofvigorous rhythms and exuberant colour. The thirdmovement is written as a Furiant, a Czech dance,and it was this work that first drew internationalattention and firmly established Dvořák as acomposer of ‘nationalistic’ music.


PHILIPPE JORDAN conductorSIMON TRPCESKI piano

BEETHOVEN Overture, Leonore No. 3 LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Overwhelmed by the spectre of his heroBeethoven’s symphonic achievements, Brahmstook 21 years to complete his first symphony.In the event it was a monumental criticalsuccess, celebrated around Europe as‘Beethoven’s 10th’ and full of conscioushomage in its idiom and musical language. Itis paired in this evening’s concert with musicby Beethoven himself, one of his workings ofthe Leonore material from his opera Fidelio,and by his close contemporary Franz Liszt.Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto is lessfrequently performed than his First, but iswidely regarded as the more original andinteresting of the two works, composed duringLiszt’s Virtuoso Period.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Brahms Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by violinist Tianyun Jia, award-winner of theMartin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission


DANIELE GATTI conductor

WAGNER Parsifal, Prelude to Act III andGood Friday MusicMAHLER Symphony No. 5After the first performance of his FifthSymphony, composed between 1901 and1903, Mahler is said to have declared,“Nobody understood it. I wish I could conductthe first performance fifty years after mydeath.” More than a hundred years after hisdeath it is certainly recognised as one of themost emotionally complex and ambitioussymphonies of the twentieth century. From itsfamous funereal opening trumpet solo to its blazing finale, it encompasses anextraordinary range of styles and moods. At its heart is the Adagietto, an extended lovepoem to his wife Alma, who he met in 1901and proposed to just three weeks after theirfirst meeting.

Saturday 19 May 2012 7.30pm

JURAJ VALCUHA conductorALISA WEILERSTEIN cello

MOZART Overture, Don GiovanniDVOŘÁK Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony follows afamiliar musical trajectory from despair totriumph over its four movements. Thoughdeclared a failure both critically and by thecomposer himself after its first performances,it has become one of his most popular works,and was particularly championed during WorldWar II. One of the most notable performanceswas by the Leningrad Radio SymphonyOrchestra in 1941 during the Siege ofLeningrad, which was also broadcast live toLondon. As the second movement began,bombs started to fall nearby, but the orchestracontinued playing until the final note.


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EDWARD GARDNER conductorDAVID FRAY piano

JANÁČEK Sinfonietta MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22, K482 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Janáček was inspired to write his festiveSinfonietta, scored for an extraordinary fourteentrumpets, after listening to brass bandsperforming in his native Czechoslovakia.Dedicated to the Czech Armed Forces, Janáček said that it was intended to express‘contemporary free man, his spiritual beauty and joy, his strength, courage and determinationto fight for victory.’ Dvořák’s motivation incomposing his Seventh Symphony was equallypatriotic. “What is in my mind is Love, God, andmy Fatherland”, he said of it, and it is suffusedwith musical references to the Czech nation, inparticular in the final movement, which he saidwas symbolic of the determination of the Czechpeople to resist political oppression.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopMackerras Dvořák Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallA portrait of Gérard Grisey conducted by Pascal Rophé.FREE admission

SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 3 June 2012 3.00pm

SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorNATALIE CLEIN celloPHILHARMONIA VOICES

WALTON Crown Imperial ELGAR Cello Concerto HOLST The Planets This afternoon of great English music has been puttogether in celebration of the Queen’s DiamondJubilee. Holst wrote his Planets Suite after beingintroduced to astrology by a friend. Premièred inSeptember 1918, it came to be identified with thenation’s collective emotional outpouring in thewake of the First World War, the theme to Jupiterbeing re-written in 1921 as the patriotic hymn I Vow to Thee My Country. Elgar’s Cello Concertohas similar overtones, an elegy for the loss of theEngland that he loved. The concert opens,appropriately, with Walton’s Crown Imperial March,first performed at the coronation of King GeorgeVII in 1937, and subsequently at the coronation ofHM Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDavis Works by Elgar including Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2,Enigma Variations and Cello Concerto


BABI YARThursday 24 May 2012 7.30pm

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorNOBUYUKI TSUJII pianoSERGEI ALEKSASHKIN bassPHILHARMONIA VOICES

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13,Babi YarShostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 takes thecomposer’s critique of the Soviet regime as faras he ever publicly went in his lifetime. Settingpoems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the firstmovement describes the mass murder of theJews by the Nazis in Babi Yar, near Kiev, duringthe Second World War, in a series of theatricalepisodes including a depiction of the story ofAnne Frank. The movement ends with thebreaking down of the door to the Franks’hiding place, in a haunting and menacingillustration. The remainder of the symphony

mocks the Soviet government and aspects ofSoviet life. Written for enormous forces, includingchorus and soloist, it is an epic piece full ofpowerful criticism.


6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival HallAnthony Burton interviews Vladimir Ashkenazy about this evening’s programme. FREE admission

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“For me, Shostakovich’s Babi YarSymphony is a work which stronglyreflected a freer Soviet Union and agathering momentum towards change.Using Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s words,Shostakovich expresses a strong hopeof great transformation of the Sovietsystem and society as a whole.” Vladimir Ashkenazy

Quotation from TS Eliot’s Four Quartets


EDWARD GARDNER conductorDAVID FRAY piano

JANÁČEK Sinfonietta MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22, K482 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Janáček was inspired to write his festiveSinfonietta, scored for an extraordinary fourteentrumpets, after listening to brass bandsperforming in his native Czechoslovakia.Dedicated to the Czech Armed Forces, Janáček said that it was intended to express‘contemporary free man, his spiritual beauty and joy, his strength, courage and determinationto fight for victory.’ Dvořák’s motivation incomposing his Seventh Symphony was equallypatriotic. “What is in my mind is Love, God, andmy Fatherland”, he said of it, and it is suffusedwith musical references to the Czech nation, inparticular in the final movement, which he saidwas symbolic of the determination of the Czechpeople to resist political oppression.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopMackerras Dvořák Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival HallA portrait of Gérard Grisey conducted by Pascal Rophé.FREE admission

SUNDAY MATINEE SERIESSunday 3 June 2012 3.00pm

SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorNATALIE CLEIN celloPHILHARMONIA VOICES

WALTON Crown Imperial ELGAR Cello Concerto HOLST The Planets This afternoon of great English music has been puttogether in celebration of the Queen’s DiamondJubilee. Holst wrote his Planets Suite after beingintroduced to astrology by a friend. Premièred inSeptember 1918, it came to be identified with thenation’s collective emotional outpouring in thewake of the First World War, the theme to Jupiterbeing re-written in 1921 as the patriotic hymn I Vow to Thee My Country. Elgar’s Cello Concertohas similar overtones, an elegy for the loss of theEngland that he loved. The concert opens,appropriately, with Walton’s Crown Imperial March,first performed at the coronation of King GeorgeVII in 1937, and subsequently at the coronation ofHM Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDavis Works by Elgar including Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2,Enigma Variations and Cello Concerto


BABI YARThursday 24 May 2012 7.30pm

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorNOBUYUKI TSUJII pianoSERGEI ALEKSASHKIN bassPHILHARMONIA VOICES

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13,Babi YarShostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 takes thecomposer’s critique of the Soviet regime as faras he ever publicly went in his lifetime. Settingpoems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the firstmovement describes the mass murder of theJews by the Nazis in Babi Yar, near Kiev, duringthe Second World War, in a series of theatricalepisodes including a depiction of the story ofAnne Frank. The movement ends with thebreaking down of the door to the Franks’hiding place, in a haunting and menacingillustration. The remainder of the symphony

mocks the Soviet government and aspects ofSoviet life. Written for enormous forces, includingchorus and soloist, it is an epic piece full ofpowerful criticism.


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“For me, Shostakovich’s Babi YarSymphony is a work which stronglyreflected a freer Soviet Union and agathering momentum towards change.Using Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s words,Shostakovich expresses a strong hopeof great transformation of the Sovietsystem and society as a whole.” Vladimir Ashkenazy


Thursday 7 June 2012 7.30pm

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductorANDREAS HAEFLIGER piano

MENDELSSOHN Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2Brahms certainly had a sense of humour: he wrote to his publisher that his SecondSymphony was melancholy in tone and thatthe score must sound like mourning. In facthis Symphony No. 2 is cheerful, lightheartedand picturesquely pastoral in style, with one of Brahms’s friends commenting “Why, it is allblue sky, babbling streams, sunshine, and coolgreen shade!”. Beethoven’s Fourth PianoConcerto is similarly sparkling and lively in itsouter movements, though its sombre andetiolated slow movement – widely associatedwith the image of Orpheus taming the Furies –provides a moment of contrast.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5; BrahmsSymphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4; Strauss Till Eulenspiegel& Ein Heldenleben

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by oboist Suzanne Thorn, award-winner of theMartin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission

BEN HURSaturday 9 June 2012 7.00pm(please note start time)

CARL DAVIS conductor/composer

DAVIS Ben Hur (film screening with liveorchestral accompaniment)A very special opportunity to experience ascreening of one of the great epics of cinemahistory with a live orchestral soundtrack. The1925 silent film of Ben Hur was a blockbusterin its day for the newly merged MGM studios,and was the most expensive silent film evermade. Telling the story of Prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is enslaved by his friend and rival butreturns to take his revenge, its centrepiece is aspectacular and thrilling chariot race featuringa dramatic real-life crash, which is stillregarded as one of the most extraordinarysequences ever recorded on film.


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MENDELSSOHN Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2Brahms certainly had a sense of humour: he wrote to his publisher that his SecondSymphony was melancholy in tone and thatthe score must sound like mourning. In facthis Symphony No. 2 is cheerful, lightheartedand picturesquely pastoral in style, with one of Brahms’s friends commenting “Why, it is allblue sky, babbling streams, sunshine, and coolgreen shade!”. Beethoven’s Fourth PianoConcerto is similarly sparkling and lively in itsouter movements, though its sombre andetiolated slow movement – widely associatedwith the image of Orpheus taming the Furies –provides a moment of contrast.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5; BrahmsSymphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4; Strauss Till Eulenspiegel& Ein Heldenleben

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by oboist Suzanne Thorn, award-winner of theMartin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission

BEN HURSaturday 9 June 2012 7.00pm(please note start time)

CARL DAVIS conductor/composer

DAVIS Ben Hur (film screening with liveorchestral accompaniment)A very special opportunity to experience ascreening of one of the great epics of cinemahistory with a live orchestral soundtrack. The1925 silent film of Ben Hur was a blockbusterin its day for the newly merged MGM studios,and was the most expensive silent film evermade. Telling the story of Prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is enslaved by his friend and rival butreturns to take his revenge, its centrepiece is aspectacular and thrilling chariot race featuringa dramatic real-life crash, which is stillregarded as one of the most extraordinarysequences ever recorded on film.


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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorKATE ROYAL sopranoEKATERINA GUBANOVA mezzo-sopranoPHILHARMONIA CHORUS

JOSEPH PHIBBS New commissionMAHLER Symphony No. 2, ResurrectionMahler’s Resurrection Symphony takes thelistener on a truly transcendental journey. InMahler’s own words, “The first movementdepicts the titanic struggles of a mighty beingstill caught in the toils of this world; grapplingwith life and with the fate to which he mustsuccumb – his death”. The last movementdeals with “the resolution of the terribleproblem of life – redemption”. In Mahler’soriginal programme, he details the sounding ofthe Last Trumpet, the resurrection of the deadwith wailing and gnashing of teeth, and thenthe fading away of all noise as everything‘ceases to be’ before the enormous E flatmajor climax, with a chorus joined by soprano

and mezzo-soprano soloists and pealing bells,representing souls reborn in Heaven. Although Mahler later withdrew his detailed‘programme’, this enormous work clearlyrepresents a huge personal journey: Mahlerwrote of the last movement, “The increasingtension, working up to the final climax, is sotremendous that I don’t know myself, now thatit is over, how I ever came to write it.” The firsthalf of the programme is the London premièreof a co-commission with The Anvil,Basingstoke: composer Joseph Phibbs’ssoundworld has been described as offering “a kaleidoscopic range of colour” (The Times).


6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall Young Composers Academy: new works by three youngcomposers, all of whom are recipients of the RoyalPhilharmonic Society’s Composition Prize, conductedby David Robert Coleman. FREE admission

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ANDRÁS SCHIFF conductor/piano

MOZART Symphony No. 29 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20, K466 MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter András Schiff has described Mozart as “a giftto mankind”, his music of “such sublimequality, its message so universal”. This eveninghe conducts three of Mozart’s mostextraordinary works, including the darklybrooding D minor piano concerto, No. 20, inwhich he also performs as soloist. This pieceis thought by many to anticipate the shadowyworld of Don Giovanni, written two years later.The concert ends with Mozart’s final – and to most, greatest – symphony, the Jupiter, in many ways the summation of hiscompositional life, notable for its dazzlingFinale, combining five themes simultaneously.

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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorKATE ROYAL sopranoEKATERINA GUBANOVA mezzo-sopranoPHILHARMONIA CHORUS

JOSEPH PHIBBS New commissionMAHLER Symphony No. 2, ResurrectionMahler’s Resurrection Symphony takes thelistener on a truly transcendental journey. InMahler’s own words, “The first movementdepicts the titanic struggles of a mighty beingstill caught in the toils of this world; grapplingwith life and with the fate to which he mustsuccumb – his death”. The last movementdeals with “the resolution of the terribleproblem of life – redemption”. In Mahler’soriginal programme, he details the sounding ofthe Last Trumpet, the resurrection of the deadwith wailing and gnashing of teeth, and thenthe fading away of all noise as everything‘ceases to be’ before the enormous E flatmajor climax, with a chorus joined by soprano

and mezzo-soprano soloists and pealing bells,representing souls reborn in Heaven. Although Mahler later withdrew his detailed‘programme’, this enormous work clearlyrepresents a huge personal journey: Mahlerwrote of the last movement, “The increasingtension, working up to the final climax, is sotremendous that I don’t know myself, now thatit is over, how I ever came to write it.” The firsthalf of the programme is the London premièreof a co-commission with The Anvil,Basingstoke: composer Joseph Phibbs’ssoundworld has been described as offering “a kaleidoscopic range of colour” (The Times).


6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall Young Composers Academy: new works by three youngcomposers, all of whom are recipients of the RoyalPhilharmonic Society’s Composition Prize, conductedby David Robert Coleman. FREE admission

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ANDRÁS SCHIFF conductor/piano

MOZART Symphony No. 29 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20, K466 MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter András Schiff has described Mozart as “a giftto mankind”, his music of “such sublimequality, its message so universal”. This eveninghe conducts three of Mozart’s mostextraordinary works, including the darklybrooding D minor piano concerto, No. 20, inwhich he also performs as soloist. This pieceis thought by many to anticipate the shadowyworld of Don Giovanni, written two years later.The concert ends with Mozart’s final – and to most, greatest – symphony, the Jupiter, in many ways the summation of hiscompositional life, notable for its dazzlingFinale, combining five themes simultaneously.

philharmonia.co.uk/shopSchiff Schubert Symphonies Nos. 2, 5, 8 & 9, plus piano sonatas


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brilliantlyrealised…The Independent on Schiff and the Philharmoniaperforming Beethoven, March 2011

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3–5 concerts £34.20 £26.10 £20.70 £16.20 £12.60 £9.90 £7.20 10%

6–8 concerts £32.30 £24.65 £19.55 £15.30 £11.90 £9.35 £6.80 15%

9–11 concerts £30.40 £23.20 £18.40 £14.40 £11.20 £8.80 £6.40 20%

12–14 concerts £28.50 £21.75 £17.25 £13.50 £10.50 £8.25 £6.00 25%

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17 May 2012 Gatti







14 Jun 2012 Schiff




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TOTAL £





Day Evening

Address

Postcode

E-mail address




PAYMENT DETAILS





Card number


CSC number*









Tel 020 7921 3900 Fax 020 7921 3950







Rear Stalls

Side Stalls

Side Stalls

Boxes

Boxes Choir

P1

P2 P1

P2

Balcony

Front Stalls

Performance Area

P1

P2

P3

P5

P7

P7

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3–5 concerts £34.20 £26.10 £20.70 £16.20 £12.60 £9.90 £7.20 10%

6–8 concerts £32.30 £24.65 £19.55 £15.30 £11.90 £9.35 £6.80 15%

9–11 concerts £30.40 £23.20 £18.40 £14.40 £11.20 £8.80 £6.40 20%

12–14 concerts £28.50 £21.75 £17.25 £13.50 £10.50 £8.25 £6.00 25%

15 + concerts £26.60 £20.30 £16.10 £12.60 £9.80 £7.70 £5.60 30%







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Tel 020 7921 3900 Fax 020 7921 3950







Rear Stalls

Side Stalls

Side Stalls

Boxes

Boxes Choir

P1

P2 P1

P2

Balcony

Front Stalls

Performance Area

P1

P2

P3

P5

P7

P7

P4 P3 P2

P6 P7

P4 P3

P2

P7

P4

P1

P4

P2

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P4

P6

P7

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ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL




















3–5 concerts £34.20 £26.10 £20.70 £16.20 £12.60 £9.90 £7.20 10%

6–8 concerts £32.30 £24.65 £19.55 £15.30 £11.90 £9.35 £6.80 15%

9–11 concerts £30.40 £23.20 £18.40 £14.40 £11.20 £8.80 £6.40 20%

12–14 concerts £28.50 £21.75 £17.25 £13.50 £10.50 £8.25 £6.00 25%

15 + concerts £26.60 £20.30 £16.10 £12.60 £9.80 £7.70 £5.60 30%







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