Philharmonia Orchestra Autumn-Winter 11/12

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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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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.

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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.

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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%

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Concerts September 2011 –February 2012

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Sun 25 Sept 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 of 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.

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopSalonen Schoenberg Gurrelieder; Berlioz Symphoniefantastique

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

The still point of the turningworld”: Music that defines an era.A special series of 5 concertsfeaturing iconic works of the late

19th and 20th centuries; works that bothreflect the spirit of their age and that continueto resonate in our own times. All these workshave a particularly 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

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,featuring his Cello Concertoconducted by Sir Andrew Davis,

and the 500th Anniversary of the founding of St John’s College Cambridge with Walton’sBelshazzar’s Feast

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, Ondrej Adamek, Perttu Haapanenand Gérard Grisey.

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Sun 25 Sept 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 of 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.

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopSalonen Schoenberg Gurrelieder; Berlioz Symphoniefantastique

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

The still point of the turningworld”: Music that defines an era.A special series of 5 concertsfeaturing iconic works of the late

19th and 20th centuries; works that bothreflect the spirit of their age and that continueto resonate in our own times. All these workshave a particularly 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

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,featuring his Cello Concertoconducted by Sir Andrew Davis,

and the 500th Anniversary of the founding of St John’s College Cambridge with Walton’sBelshazzar’s Feast

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, Ondrej Adamek, Perttu Haapanenand Gérard Grisey.

MUSIC OF TODAY2011/12UNSUK CHIN artistic director

conducting“Salonen’s

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Sat 1 Oct 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductor

MAHLER Symphony No.9An intensely personal work heard as both the ultimate 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, we have gained everything.’

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

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Sun 9 Oct 7.30pm

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. 8, Symphonyof a ThousandMahler’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 is an epic drama in two parts, the first asetting of a Medieval Latin hymn Veni CreatorSpiritus, and the second a setting of the finalscene of Goethe’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

Thurs 29 Sept 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorALICE COOTE mezzo-sopranoSTEFAN VINKE tenor

MAHLER Symphony No. 10, AdagioMAHLER Das Lied von der ErdeMahler’s valedictory symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde is one of his mostpersonal and beautiful works. The six songsare settings of translated ancient Chinesepoems that celebrate life’s joy and mourn itsbrevity. It is performed this evening alongsideMahler’s final symphonic statement, theAdagio from his 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

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“I haven’t heard this pieceplayed with such throbbingbeauty before”The Times on Maazel conducting Mahler’sNinth Symphony, December 2009.


Sat 1 Oct 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductor

MAHLER Symphony No.9An intensely personal work heard as both the ultimate 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, we have gained everything.’

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


Sun 9 Oct 7.30pm

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. 8, Symphonyof a ThousandMahler’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 is an epic drama in two parts, the first asetting of a Medieval Latin hymn Veni CreatorSpiritus, and the second a setting of the finalscene of Goethe’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

Thurs 29 Sept 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorALICE COOTE mezzo-sopranoSTEFAN VINKE tenor

MAHLER Symphony No. 10, AdagioMAHLER Das Lied von der ErdeMahler’s valedictory symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde is one of his mostpersonal and beautiful works. The six songsare settings of translated ancient Chinesepoems that celebrate life’s joy and mourn itsbrevity. It is performed this evening alongsideMahler’s final symphonic statement, theAdagio from his 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

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“I haven’t heard this pieceplayed with such throbbingbeauty before”The Times on Maazel conducting Mahler’sNinth Symphony, December 2009.


Sun 16 Oct 3.00pm(please note start time)

DIEGO MATHEUZ conductorMARTIN HELMCHEN piano

GRIEG Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1MOZART 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 his incidental 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 to showcase the ballet’s main numbers.

Inside the World of Béla BartókThurs 27 Oct 7.30pm

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

BARTÓK Suite, The Wooden Prince BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK ContrastsBARTÓK Dance SuiteFor Bartók the world of fairytale was often a dark and dangerous one. The mysteriousMandarin dies in a violent sexual frenzy;Bluebeard’s castle is a living prison. Only in the ballet The Wooden Prince, written between1914 and 1917, did Bartók allow love totriumph over adversity, in a far-off land of forestsand fairies. In this world of enchantment andinfatuation, the princess heroine ultimatelydiscards her beloved Wooden Prince doll, andlearns to love the real prince, the power ofhuman emotion overwhelming the jealous fairy’smischief. The Wooden Prince was a hugesuccess at its première, and is notable for itsextraordinarily large orchestral forces, thebiggest Bartók ever wrote for. This evening’sperformance features the orchestral suite fromthe ballet music, alongside the percussivesonorities of the Second Piano Concerto, theseminal chamber work Contrasts and the folkrhapsody of the Dance Suite.

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

Thurs 3 Nov 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorYEFIM BRONFMAN pianoSIR JOHN TOMLINSON BluebeardMEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN Judith

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 anddeeply disturbing. There are just two voicesthroughout, Duke Bluebeard and his new wife,Judith, and the entire one-act opera takesplace in the hall of the castle. Judith opensthe hall’s seven doors, one by one; each doorreveals its own horror. In one, a torturechamber; in another, an armoury filled withbloody weapons; and in another, a gardenwhere blood stains the plants’ leaves. The finaldoor opens and reveals Bluebeard’s threeformer wives, who step forward and receiveJudith into their eternally imprisoned group.This is chilling, psychological drama, one ofthe great achievements of 20th century music.In this evening’s concert it is paired with hisfinal, unfinished work, the vigorous Third PianoConcerto.


Visit philharmonia.co.uk/bartok for films exploring Bartók’s life and music, programme notes,audio extracts and details of the rest of the series.


Thurs 13 Oct 7.30pmInternational Conductors’ Academyof the Allianz Cultural Foundation

ARTURO ALVARADO conductorDARRELL ANG conductorYORDAN KAMDZHALOV conductorSUNWOOK KIM piano

BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter GrimesPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2ADÈS Dances from Powder Her FaceSTRAVINSKY Suite, The Firebird (1945)This concert marks the culmination of the2011 International Conductors’ Academy of the 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. Gustavo Dudamel was a previous participant in the scheme. This evening’s programme features all three ofthis year’s conductors and has been designedto showcase 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.

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

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Sun 16 Oct 3.00pm(please note start time)

DIEGO MATHEUZ conductorMARTIN HELMCHEN piano

GRIEG Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1MOZART 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 his incidental 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 to showcase the ballet’s main numbers.

Inside the World of Béla BartókThurs 27 Oct 7.30pm

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

BARTÓK Suite, The Wooden Prince BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK ContrastsBARTÓK Dance SuiteFor Bartók the world of fairytale was often a dark and dangerous one. The mysteriousMandarin dies in a violent sexual frenzy;Bluebeard’s castle is a living prison. Only in the ballet The Wooden Prince, written between1914 and 1917, did Bartók allow love totriumph over adversity, in a far-off land of forestsand fairies. In this world of enchantment andinfatuation, the princess heroine ultimatelydiscards her beloved Wooden Prince doll, andlearns to love the real prince, the power ofhuman emotion overwhelming the jealous fairy’smischief. The Wooden Prince was a hugesuccess at its première, and is notable for itsextraordinarily large orchestral forces, thebiggest Bartók ever wrote for. This evening’sperformance features the orchestral suite fromthe ballet music, alongside the percussivesonorities of the Second Piano Concerto, theseminal chamber work Contrasts and the folkrhapsody of the Dance Suite.


Thurs 3 Nov 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorYEFIM BRONFMAN pianoSIR JOHN TOMLINSON BluebeardMEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN Judith

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 anddeeply disturbing. There are just two voicesthroughout, Duke Bluebeard and his new wife,Judith, and the entire one-act opera takesplace in the hall of the castle. Judith opensthe hall’s seven doors, one by one; each doorreveals its own horror. In one, a torturechamber; in another, an armoury filled withbloody weapons; and in another, a gardenwhere blood stains the plants’ leaves. The finaldoor opens and reveals Bluebeard’s threeformer wives, who step forward and receiveJudith into their eternally imprisoned group.This is chilling, psychological drama, one ofthe great achievements of 20th century music.In this evening’s concert it is paired with hisfinal, unfinished work, the vigorous Third PianoConcerto.


Visit philharmonia.co.uk/bartok for films exploring Bartók’s life and music, programme notes,audio extracts and details of the rest of the series.


Thurs 13 Oct 7.30pmInternational Conductors’ Academyof the Allianz Cultural Foundation

ARTURO ALVARADO conductorDARRELL ANG conductorYORDAN KAMDZHALOV conductorSUNWOOK KIM piano

BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter GrimesPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2ADÈS Dances from Powder Her FaceSTRAVINSKY Suite, The Firebird (1945)This concert marks the culmination of the2011 International Conductors’ Academy of the 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. Gustavo Dudamel was a previous participant in the scheme. This evening’s programme features all three ofthis year’s conductors and has been designedto showcase 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.

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

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“succulentand subtly

electrifyingplaying”The Times,March 2010



Sun 11 Dec 3.00pm(please note start time)

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorJEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano

DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice RAVEL Piano Concerto in GDE 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. In the first half, Paul Dukas vividlyrecreates the famous ballad of a wizard’s lazyjunior assistant, while Ravel transports us into thejazz era in Paris for a dizzying and glittering displayof pianistic virtuosity.

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Thurs 8 Dec 7.30pm

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorVALERIY SOKOLOV violin

BEETHOVEN Violin ConcertoBERLIOZ Symphonie fantastiqueBerlioz composed his revolutionary masterpieceSymphonie fantastique a mere three years after his hero Beethoven’s death. The ultimate musicalstatement of the Romantic movement, it depicts ‘An Episode in the Life of an Artist’, Berlioz himself,in 5 parts, and describes a series of increasinglylurid and violent hallucinatory visions experiencedby the artist under the influence of opium. In thisevening’s concert it is paired with Beethoven’s ownViolin Concerto, regarded by many as the first greatRomantic work for the instrument.

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopAshkenazy Shostakovich Festive Overture; Symphony No. 5

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by an award-winner of the Martin MusicalScholarship Fund. FREE admission

Thurs 24 Nov 7.30pm

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductorANGELA DENOKE soprano

STRAUSS Don JuanSTRAUSS Four Last SongsMOZART Symphony No. 25, K183STRAUSS Till EulenspiegelAn 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 compositionallife and is framed by two sparkling miniaturemusical pen portraits – the flamboyant Don Juan,his first tone poem, which set the musical worldon fire in 1888, and the nimble and witty TillEulenspiegel, chronicling its eponymous hero’s‘merry pranks’. In between, a different Straussaltogether is heard in the sublime and deeplymoving Four Last Songs: an autumnal, eloquentand deeply honest meditation on the end of life.

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Beethoven Symphonies Nos 3 & 5; Brahms Symphonies Nos 2 & 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 itspremière, a visionary journey through theRussian landscape; notable for its broodingopening movement, a thrilling Scherzo, theromantic sweep of its glorious slow movementand finally a sweeping and dramatic finale.Chopin’s exquisite Piano Concerto No. 1precedes the symphony, performed bycharismatic young pianist Evgeni Bozhanov.

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VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorJEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano

DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice RAVEL Piano Concerto in GDE 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. In the first half, Paul Dukas vividlyrecreates the famous ballad of a wizard’s lazyjunior assistant, while Ravel transports us into thejazz era in Paris for a dizzying and glittering displayof pianistic virtuosity.

This afternoon’s concert is supported by

Thurs 8 Dec 7.30pm

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductorVALERIY SOKOLOV violin

BEETHOVEN Violin ConcertoBERLIOZ Symphonie fantastiqueBerlioz composed his revolutionary masterpieceSymphonie fantastique a mere three years after his hero Beethoven’s death. The ultimate musicalstatement of the Romantic movement, it depicts ‘An Episode in the Life of an Artist’, Berlioz himself,in 5 parts, and describes a series of increasinglylurid and violent hallucinatory visions experiencedby the artist under the influence of opium. In thisevening’s concert it is paired with Beethoven’s ownViolin Concerto, regarded by many as the first greatRomantic work for the instrument.

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopAshkenazy Shostakovich Festive Overture; Symphony No. 5

6pm Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival HallRecital by an award-winner of the Martin MusicalScholarship Fund. FREE admission

Thurs 24 Nov 7.30pm

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductorANGELA DENOKE soprano

STRAUSS Don JuanSTRAUSS Four Last SongsMOZART Symphony No. 25, K183STRAUSS Till EulenspiegelAn 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 compositionallife and is framed by two sparkling miniaturemusical pen portraits – the flamboyant Don Juan,his first tone poem, which set the musical worldon fire in 1888, and the nimble and witty TillEulenspiegel, chronicling its eponymous hero’s‘merry pranks’. In between, a different Straussaltogether is heard in the sublime and deeplymoving Four Last Songs: an autumnal, eloquentand deeply honest meditation on the end of life.

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopDohnányi Beethoven Symphonies Nos 3 & 5; Brahms Symphonies Nos 2 & 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 itspremière, a visionary journey through theRussian landscape; notable for its broodingopening movement, a thrilling Scherzo, theromantic sweep of its glorious slow movementand finally a sweeping and dramatic finale.Chopin’s exquisite Piano Concerto No. 1precedes the symphony, performed bycharismatic young pianist Evgeni Bozhanov.

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Thurs 15 Dec 7.30pm

ANDREW NETHSINGHA conductorBaritone to be announcedCHOIR OF ST JOHN’S COLLEGECAMBRIDGE

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’sCollege Cambridge; the College Choir is joinedby other Cambridge College Choirs and anumber of alumni singers. The focal point ofthe evening is a performance of Walton’sincomparable oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast. A dramatic cantata on the scale of CarminaBurana, Belshazzar is set to a biblical textselected by Osbert Sitwell, primarily from theBook of Daniel, and is characterised by a wild,almost pagan, energy that shocked listeners atits première in 1931 and led to its banningfrom the Three Choirs Festival until 1957.

Sun 29 Jan 3.00pm(please note start time)DELIUS 150TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorJULIAN LLOYD WEBBER celloZSOLT-TIHAMÉR VISONTAY violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark AscendingDELIUS Cello ConcertoDELIUS Brigg FairELGAR Enigma VariationsDelius’s 150th birthday is marked to the daywith this concert of beautiful English music. At the heart of the programme is the composer’sCello Concerto and his orchestral work BriggFair, where his very personal blend of musicalimpressionism and lush chromaticism create a uniquely English pastoral soundworld. VaughanWilliams’s ever-yearning violin showpiece The Lark Ascending opens the concert, andElgar’s well-loved suite of variations closes this celebration.

Supported by The Delius Trust

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopDavis Works by Elgar including Symphonies Nos 1 & 2and Enigma Variations


Thurs 2 Feb 7.30pm

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 is conjuredout of a near-silent string tremolando. Thelyrical and heart-rending second movement is permeated with the essence of the Catholicliturgy, with the orchestra imitating the timbre of a church organ and choir. The movementalso introduces a quartet of Wagner tubas,which reappears in the final movement as partof a blazing fanfare.

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Thurs 15 Dec 7.30pm

ANDREW NETHSINGHA conductorBaritone to be announcedCHOIR OF ST JOHN’S COLLEGECAMBRIDGE

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’sCollege Cambridge; the College Choir is joinedby other Cambridge College Choirs and anumber of alumni singers. The focal point ofthe evening is a performance of Walton’sincomparable oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast. A dramatic cantata on the scale of CarminaBurana, Belshazzar is set to a biblical textselected by Osbert Sitwell, primarily from theBook of Daniel, and is characterised by a wild,almost pagan, energy that shocked listeners atits première in 1931 and led to its banningfrom the Three Choirs Festival until 1957.

Sun 29 Jan 3.00pm(please note start time)DELIUS 150TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorJULIAN LLOYD WEBBER celloZSOLT-TIHAMÉR VISONTAY violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark AscendingDELIUS Cello ConcertoDELIUS Brigg FairELGAR Enigma VariationsDelius’s 150th birthday is marked to the daywith this concert of beautiful English music. At the heart of the programme is the composer’sCello Concerto and his orchestral work BriggFair, where his very personal blend of musicalimpressionism and lush chromaticism create a uniquely English pastoral soundworld. VaughanWilliams’s ever-yearning violin showpiece The Lark Ascending opens the concert, andElgar’s well-loved suite of variations closes this celebration.

Supported by The Delius Trust

Listen to extracts & buy onlinephilharmonia.co.uk/shopDavis Works by Elgar including Symphonies Nos 1 & 2and Enigma Variations


Thurs 2 Feb 7.30pm

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 is conjuredout of a near-silent string tremolando. Thelyrical and heart-rending second movement is permeated with the essence of the Catholicliturgy, with the orchestra imitating the timbre of a church organ and choir. The movementalso introduces a quartet of Wagner tubas,which reappears in the final movement as partof a blazing fanfare.

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Thurs 16 Feb 7.30pm

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductorSUSAN GRITTON sopranoSIMON KEENLYSIDE baritonePHILHARMONIA CHORUS

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4BRAHMS Ein deutsches RequiemBrahms first considered writing a RequiemMass after the death of his close friend RobertSchumann, but was catapulted into itscomposition a decade later after the death of

his mother caused him inconsolable grief. He completed his tribute to her four years laterwith a mass unlike any conventional Requiem.Ein deutsches Requiem sets sections ofLuther’s translation of the Bible, dwelling farmore on the hope of the resurrection than onthe fear of 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-painting of the resurrection of the dead. Yet the workends back on an earthly level, a reminder thatwe cannot know what awaits us.

Thurs 26 Jan 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorLAURI VASAR The PrisonerPAOLETTA MARROCCU The MotherPETER HOAREThe Gaoler/Grand Inquisitor

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 reflects

Dallapiccola’s disillusionment with Mussolini’spolitics: he claimed that his writing wouldnever be as light and carefree as it once was.The composer’s unique blend of lyrical writingwith serialist technique makes this operasearingly moving; and it ends with the prisonersimply whispering the word ‘Freedom?’.

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

In partnership with Amnesty International to mark their 50th Anniversary


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Thurs 16 Feb 7.30pm

CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductorSUSAN GRITTON sopranoSIMON KEENLYSIDE baritonePHILHARMONIA CHORUS

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4BRAHMS Ein deutsches RequiemBrahms first considered writing a RequiemMass after the death of his close friend RobertSchumann, but was catapulted into itscomposition a decade later after the death of

his mother caused him inconsolable grief. He completed his tribute to her four years laterwith a mass unlike any conventional Requiem.Ein deutsches Requiem sets sections ofLuther’s translation of the Bible, dwelling farmore on the hope of the resurrection than onthe fear of 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-painting of the resurrection of the dead. Yet the workends back on an earthly level, a reminder thatwe cannot know what awaits us.

Thurs 26 Jan 7.30pm

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorLAURI VASAR The PrisonerPAOLETTA MARROCCU The MotherPETER HOAREThe Gaoler/Grand Inquisitor

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 reflects

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

In partnership with Amnesty International to mark their 50th Anniversary


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WAR REQUIEMSun 25 Mar 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorNANCY GUSTAFSON sopranoMARK PADMORE tenorMATTHIAS GOERNE baritonePHILHARMONIA CHORUS

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 contrasts

all 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, and true to thespirit of the work this performance will involvesingers from England, Germany and Russia.

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

Thurs 24 May 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 régime as far as he ever publicly went in his lifetime. Settingpoems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the first

movement describes the mass murder of the Jewsby the Nazis in Babi Yar, near Kiev, during theSecond World War, in a series of theatricalepisodes including a depiction of the story ofAnne Frank. The movement ends with the breakingdown of the door to the Franks’ hiding place, in ahaunting and menacing illustration. The remainderof the symphony mocks the Soviet governmentand aspects of Soviet life. Written for enormousforces, including chorus and soloist, it is an epicpiece full of powerful criticism.

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WAR REQUIEMSun 25 Mar 7.30pm

LORIN MAAZEL conductorNANCY GUSTAFSON sopranoMARK PADMORE tenorMATTHIAS GOERNE baritonePHILHARMONIA CHORUS

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 contrasts

all 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, and true to thespirit of the work this performance will involvesingers from England, Germany and Russia.

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

Thurs 24 May 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 régime as far as he ever publicly went in his lifetime. Settingpoems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the first

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Thurs 28 Jun 7.30pm

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 movement depictsthe titanic struggles of a mighty being still caughtin the toils of this world; grappling with life and with the fate to which he must succumb –his death’. The last movement deals with ‘the resolution of the terrible problem of life –redemption’. In Mahler’s original programme, he details the sounding of the Last Trumpet, the resurrection of the dead with wailing andgnashing of teeth, and then the fading away of all noise as everything ‘ceases to be’ before the enormous E flat major climax, with a chorusjoined by soprano and alto soloists and pealing

bells, representing souls reborn in Heaven.Although Mahler later withdrew his detailed‘programme’, this enormous work clearlyrepresents a huge personal journey: Mahler wrote of the last movement, ‘The increasingtension, working up to the final climax, is sotremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.’ The first half of the programme is the Londonpremière of 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 threeyoung composers, all of whom are recipients of theRoyal Philharmonic Society’s Composition Prize.FREE admission

RESURRECTIONSYMPHONY

Save the Date


Thurs 9 Feb 2012 7.30pmTUGAN SOKHIEV conductorARCADI VOLODOS pianoBRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8

Sun 26 Feb 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)VASILY PETRENKO conductorJAMES EHNES violinHINDEMITH Symphonicmetamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber SIBELIUS Violin ConcertoRACHMANINOV SymphonicDances

Thurs 1 Mar 2012 7.30pmESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorMITSUKO UCHIDA pianoBRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Joseph HaydnSCHOENBERG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3,Eroica

Thurs 15 Mar 2012 7.30pmESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorVIVIANE HAGNER violinBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1UNSUK CHIN Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Sun 15 Apr 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)JOHN WILSON conductorGILBERT AND SULLIVAN The Yeomen of the Guard

Thurs 19 Apr 2012 7.30pmJURAJ VALCUHA conductorSERGEY KHACHATRYAN violinMUSSORGSKY Overture,KhovanshchinaTCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY arr. Ravel Picturesat an exhibition

Tues 24 Apr 2012 7.30pm

LEIF SEGERSTAM conductorDENIS MATSUEV pianoSIBELIUS Night Ride and SunriseRACHMANINOV Piano ConcertoNo. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6,Pathétique

Sun 29 Apr 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)

ANDRIS NELSONS conductorBAIBA SKRIDE violinWAGNER Overture, DieMeistersingerBRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1DVORÁK Symphony No. 6

Thurs 3 May 2012 7.30pm

PHILIPPE JORDAN conductorSIMON TRPCESKI pianoBEETHOVEN Overture, LeonoreNo. 3LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2BRAHMS Symphony No. 1


DANIELE GATTI conductorWAGNER Parsifal, Prelude to Act III and Good Friday MusicMAHLER Symphony No. 5

Sat 19 May 7.30pm

JURAJ VALCUHA conductorALISA WEILERSTEIN celloMOZART Overture, Don GiovanniDVORÁK Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Thurs 31 May 7.30pm

EDWARD GARDNER conductorDAVID FRAY pianoJANÁCEK SinfoniettaMOZART Piano Concerto No. 22,K482DVORÁK Symphony No. 7

Sun 3 June 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorNATALIE CLEIN celloPHILHARMONIA VOICESWALTON Crown Imperial ELGAR Cello ConcertoHOLST The Planets

Thurs 7 June 2012 7.30pmCHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYIconductorANDREAS HAEFLIGER pianoMENDELSSOHN Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

Sat 9 June 2012 7.00pm(please note start time)

CARL DAVIS conductorBen Hur (film screening withlive orchestral accompaniment)

Thurs 14 June 2012 7.30pmANDRÁS SCHIFF conductor/pianoMOZART Symphony No. 29, K201 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20,K466 MOZART Symphony No. 41,Jupiter, K551

Priority booking for Friends of thePhilharmonia Orchestra opens on 1 September 2011Priority booking for SouthbankCentre members opens on 8 September 2011Priority booking for previoussubscribers opens on 12 September 2011General booking opens on 19 September 2011

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“The still point of the turning world”:Music that defines an era


Thurs 28 Jun 7.30pm

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 movement depictsthe titanic struggles of a mighty being still caughtin the toils of this world; grappling with life and with the fate to which he must succumb –his death’. The last movement deals with ‘the resolution of the terrible problem of life –redemption’. In Mahler’s original programme, he details the sounding of the Last Trumpet, the resurrection of the dead with wailing andgnashing of teeth, and then the fading away of all noise as everything ‘ceases to be’ before the enormous E flat major climax, with a chorusjoined by soprano and alto soloists and pealing

bells, representing souls reborn in Heaven.Although Mahler later withdrew his detailed‘programme’, this enormous work clearlyrepresents a huge personal journey: Mahler wrote of the last movement, ‘The increasingtension, working up to the final climax, is sotremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.’ The first half of the programme is the Londonpremière of 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 threeyoung composers, all of whom are recipients of theRoyal Philharmonic Society’s Composition Prize.FREE admission

RESURRECTIONSYMPHONY

Save the Date


Thurs 9 Feb 2012 7.30pmTUGAN SOKHIEV conductorARCADI VOLODOS pianoBRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8

Sun 26 Feb 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)VASILY PETRENKO conductorJAMES EHNES violinHINDEMITH Symphonicmetamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber SIBELIUS Violin ConcertoRACHMANINOV SymphonicDances

Thurs 1 Mar 2012 7.30pmESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorMITSUKO UCHIDA pianoBRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Joseph HaydnSCHOENBERG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3,Eroica

Thurs 15 Mar 2012 7.30pmESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductorVIVIANE HAGNER violinBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1UNSUK CHIN Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Sun 15 Apr 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)JOHN WILSON conductorGILBERT AND SULLIVAN The Yeomen of the Guard

Thurs 19 Apr 2012 7.30pmJURAJ VALCUHA conductorSERGEY KHACHATRYAN violinMUSSORGSKY Overture,KhovanshchinaTCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY arr. Ravel Picturesat an exhibition

Tues 24 Apr 2012 7.30pm

LEIF SEGERSTAM conductorDENIS MATSUEV pianoSIBELIUS Night Ride and SunriseRACHMANINOV Piano ConcertoNo. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6,Pathétique

Sun 29 Apr 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)

ANDRIS NELSONS conductorBAIBA SKRIDE violinWAGNER Overture, DieMeistersingerBRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1DVORÁK Symphony No. 6


PHILIPPE JORDAN conductorSIMON TRPCESKI pianoBEETHOVEN Overture, LeonoreNo. 3LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2BRAHMS Symphony No. 1


DANIELE GATTI conductorWAGNER Parsifal, Prelude to Act III and Good Friday MusicMAHLER Symphony No. 5

Sat 19 May 7.30pm

JURAJ VALCUHA conductorALISA WEILERSTEIN celloMOZART Overture, Don GiovanniDVORÁK Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Thurs 31 May 7.30pm

EDWARD GARDNER conductorDAVID FRAY pianoJANÁCEK SinfoniettaMOZART Piano Concerto No. 22,K482DVORÁK Symphony No. 7

Sun 3 June 2012 3.00pm(please note start time)SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductorNATALIE CLEIN celloPHILHARMONIA VOICESWALTON Crown Imperial ELGAR Cello ConcertoHOLST The Planets

Thurs 7 June 2012 7.30pmCHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYIconductorANDREAS HAEFLIGER pianoMENDELSSOHN Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

Sat 9 June 2012 7.00pm(please note start time)

CARL DAVIS conductorBen Hur (film screening withlive orchestral accompaniment)

Thurs 14 June 2012 7.30pmANDRÁS SCHIFF conductor/pianoMOZART Symphony No. 29, K201 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20,K466 MOZART Symphony No. 41,Jupiter, K551

Priority booking for Friends of thePhilharmonia Orchestra opens on 1 September 2011Priority booking for SouthbankCentre members opens on 8 September 2011Priority booking for previoussubscribers opens on 12 September 2011General booking opens on 19 September 2011

Quotation from TS Eliot’s Four Quartets


The quality and diversity of the PhilharmoniaOrchestra’s work would not be possiblewithout the support, past and present, of its sponsors and supporters.

The Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2011/12Royal Festival Hall season would not bepossible without the particular support of Mr Vincent Meyer and The Meyer Foundation

The Philharmonia Orchestra would also like to thank

Mr Graham EdwardsMrs Joscelyn FoxMr Philip GreenMr & Mrs A Michael HoffmanMrs Chrisanthy LemosSir Sydney & Lady LipworthThe Zvi & Ofra Meitar Family Fund Mr & Mrs G ModianoDr David Potter CBEMr Geoff RichardsThe Dowager Viscountess RothermereMr Daniel SalemProfessor & Mrs Gerald Westbury

Allianz Cultural FoundationThe Delius TrustThe D’Oyly Carte Charitable TrustThe Amaryllis Fleming FoundationRobert Fleming Hannay Memorial CharityEdwin Fox FoundationThe Foyle FoundationPaul Hamlyn FoundationThe Meyer FoundationThe Paul Morgan Charitable TrustDavid and Elaine Potter FoundationThe Prince’s Foundation for Children & the ArtsRoyal Philharmonic SocietyRubin Foundation Charitable Trust

For more information on supporting thePhilharmonia Orchestra, please contact the Development Department, Philharmonia Orchestra, 6th Floor, The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX.

Tel 020 7921 3903 Email [email protected]

Sponsors and Supporters

The Friends of the Philharmonia Orchestra play anessential role in perpetuating the tradition of thePhilharmonia as a great musical institution inBritain today.With the support of its Friends, the Orchestra is able to maintainthe very highest standards of music making, and takes thismessage from its London home at the Royal Festival Hall to thefinest venues throughout the world.

Getting to know the Orchestra from a truly different perspectiveis perhaps one of the greatest benefits of membership.Members receive personal contact with players on a regularbasis at special receptions, dinners, chamber concerts and tripson tour with the Orchestra.

Our members’ vision and support is what keeps the endeavoursof the Orchestra alive. Become a Friend and discover all that thePhilharmonia Orchestra has to offer.

Membership –from £35 pa

Priority BookingMembers’ BarOpen RehearsalsRegular Newsletters Special Event

Invitationsand much more!

Join UsFor more information, pleasecontact Camilla Johns,Charitable Giving Manager or Tamara Wijesekara,Friends Administrator on 020 7921 3906 [email protected]

Where lovers of great music unite to support a great orchestra…

GETTING TO SOUTHBANK CENTRESouthbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7NX

By underground: To Waterloo or cross the river from Temple, Embankment or Charing Cross

By rail: To Waterloo or Waterloo East or cross the river from Charing Cross

By bus: To Waterloo: 1, RV1, 4, 26, 59, 68, X68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521 stop on Waterloo Bridge; 77, 211, 381, 507stop in York Rd and Stamford St.24-hour bus information 020 7222 1234

P Southbank Centre Car Park – Belvedere Road (7am–1am daily)

Southbank Centre Car Park – Hayward Gallery (7am–1am daily)

Congestion charge payment machines (credit/debitcard only) are situated in both car parks.

AccessSouthbank Centre is accessible topeople with disabilities. Access line 0844 847 9910www.southbankcentre.co.uk/accessibility

Shop & Eat at Southbank CentreWith sweeping views across the river Thamesfrom the London Eye to St Paul’s Cathedral,Festival Riverside and Festival Terrace are linedwith shops and a range of restaurants, linkingthe constantly evolving creative spaces inSouthbank Centre.

Welcome to Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival HallSouthbank Centre is located on the Thames riverside between Golden Jubilee and Waterloo Bridges.

1. Select the concerts you wish to attend

2. Select where you would like to sit in the concert hall fromthe plan overleaf (NB you do not have to sit in the samearea for all of your concerts – please indicate yourrequirements on the booking form)Please note that choir seats are not available for theconcerts marked ‘choir n/a’

3. If you require additional tickets for any concerts pleaseindicate the number you require in the ‘additional tickets’ box

If you would like help completing your booking form, please call us on FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717

If you would prefer us to calculate the total costs of your tickets, please feel free to leave the payment totalsblank: we will advise you of the costs when we send your tickets.

Booking formCUT OUT AND FAX THIS BOOKING FORM TO: 020 7921 3950 OR POST IT TO: Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office, FREEPOST RRGT-AHSU-GXRE, London, SE1 7NX

ii www.philharmonia.co.uk Freephone Box Office 0800 652 6717 iii

Title Forename/Initial Surname

Friend/Customer Number (if known)

Contact phone numbers (in case we have a query with your booking)

Day Evening

Address

Postcode

E-mail address

Please tick as many of the boxes below EVEN IF you received this brochure from the Philharmonia Orchestra and have ticked similar boxes before.

I would like to join/remain on the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Marketing List, and give my permission to the Orchestra to send me information about future Philharmonia Orchestra events.

I am happy to receive information from other carefully selected arts organisations.

PAYMENT DETAILS

I enclose a cheque/postal order stating an upper limit and made payable to Philharmonia Ltd(this is in case your first choice of seats is not available).

I enclose three cheques stating an upper limit made payable to Philharmonia Ltd, one with today’s date, two post-datedwith dates in the next two months.

Cheque 1: date: __ /__ /__ £: ___:__ Cheque 2: date: __ /__ /__ £: ___:__ Cheque 3: date: __ /__ /__ £: ___:__

I wish to pay by credit card (Mastercard, Visa, Amex, Maestro)

Card number

Issue number & start date (Maestro only) Expiry date /

CSC number*

Signature Today’s date

Send your booking form to: Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office, FREEPOST RRGT-AHSU-GXRE, London, SE1 7NXor fax it to: 020 7921 3950.

Your tickets will be posted to you free of charge within 28 days of receipt of your booking form.

*For most credit/debit cards the CSC number is the last 3 digits of the number printed on the signature band on the REVERSE of your card. For AMEX cards the CSC number is 4 digits and is printed on the FRONT of the card after and above the mainnumber. This is an additional security measure to help prevent credit card fraud and is required before your transaction can be completed. Please ensure you have written your postcode on the booking form, as this is also required.

Please fill in your name and address and payment details below (BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE)

SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE! GREAT DISCOUNTS IF YOU BOOK FOR 3 OR MORE CONCERTS!

Date Preferred Pricing & Area Code No. of subscription tickets

No. of additionaltickets (charged at full price)

1st choice 2nd choice

Example FS/P1 RS/P1 2SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2010

25 Sept 2011 Salonen/Soloists (Choir n/a)

29 Sept 2011 Maazel/Coote/Vinke

1 Oct 2011 Maazel

9 Oct 2011 Maazel/Soloists (Choir n/a)

13 Oct 2011 Conductors’ Academy

16 Oct 2011 Matheuz/Helmchen

27 Oct 2011 Salonen/Bronfman (Choir n/a)

3 Nov 2011 Salonen/Tomlinson/Brueggergosman (Choir n/a)

24 Nov 2011 Dohnányi/Denoke

4 Dec 2011 Sokhiev/Bozhanov

8 Dec 2011 Ashkenazy/Sokolov

11 Dec 2011 Ashkenazy/Bavouzet

15 Dec 2011 Nethsingha/Choir of St John’s College (Choir n/a)

29 Jan 2012 Davis/Lloyd Webber/Visontay

2 Feb 2012 Masur/Steinbacher

2012 SERIES

26 Jan 2012 Salonen/Soloists (Choir n/a)

16 Feb 2012 Dohnányi/Gritton/Keenlyside (Choir n/a)

25 Mar 2012 Maazel/Soloists (Choir n/a)

24 May 2012 Ashkenazy/Tsujii/Aleksashkin (Choir n/a)

28 Jun 2012 Salonen/Soloists (Choir n/a)

In the unlikely event that we are unable to allocate tickets in either your first or second choice seating areas, would you like us to supply the next best available at the same price? YES/NO

Sub-total: cost of subscription ticketsAdd together the discounted prices of your tickets – see p.i for details

£

Sub-total: cost of additional tickets £

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