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Season Opening Week
Fire in My Mouth
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
London Voices
RSNO Youth Chorus
Farnham Youth Choir
Repertoire
Julia Wolfe: Fire in my mouth (London premiere)
Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto director, violin
Ale Carr cittern
Repertoire
Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation for string quartet
Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E flat
Interval
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (plus tunes traditional and otherwise)
Santtu & Sol Gabetta
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor
Sol Gabetta cello
Repertoire
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Interval
Dvořák: Symphony No.9 (From the New World)
Steve Reich at 90: Music for 18 Musicians
Performers
Paraorchestra
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Music for 18 musicians
Keyboard Music
Playing with Fire
Mariam Batsashvili: Bach & Liszt
Performers
Mariam Batsashvili piano
Repertoire
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV.974 (transc. from A. Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor)
Liszt: Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel's Almira arr. for piano, S.181
Thalberg: Grand caprice on motifs from Bellini's La Sonnambula, Op.46
Liszt: Valse from Gounod's Faust transc. for piano, S.407
Interval
Bach: Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV.1004 arr. Busoni for piano
Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage
Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations
Performers
Jean Rondeau organ
Repertoire
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV.998
Vadym Kholodenko: Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique
Performers
Vadym Kholodenko piano
Repertoire
Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op.17
Interval
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique arr. Liszt (S.470) for piano
Hayato Sumino Presents Chopin Orbit
Performers
Hayato Sumino piano
Repertoire
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20; Etude in A flat, Op.25 No.1 (Aeolian harp)
Hayato Sumino: Lydian harp
Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funèbre)
Improvisation
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre arr. Hayato Sumino for piano
Interval
Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op.59 No.1; Mazurka in C, Op.24 No.2
Thomas Adès: Mazurka, Op.27 No.2
Hayato Sumino: White keys
Chopin: Etude in G flat, Op.10 No.5 (Black keys)
Hayato Sumino: Raindrop postlude (Improvisation on Chopin's Prelude in D flat, Op.28 No.15 (Raindrop)); Imaginary polonaise; Improvisation on the ostinato from Chopin's Berceuse in D flat, Op.57
Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op.25 No.11 (Winter wind)
Stravinsky: 3 Movements from The Firebird Suite arr. Guido Agosti for piano
Nobuyuki Tsujii: Beethoven, Grieg & Tchaikovsky
Performers
Nobuyuki Tsujii piano
Repertoire
Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K.475
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata)
Interval
Grieg: Arietta; Waltz from Lyric Pieces, Bk.1, Op.12; Erotic from Lyric Pieces, Bk.3, Op.43; March of the trolls; Nocturne from Lyric Pieces, Bk.5, Op.54; Wedding day at Troldhaugen from Lyric Pieces, Bk.8, Op.65
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a arr. Pletnev for piano
Contemporary Edit
Fire in My Mouth
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
London Voices
RSNO Youth Chorus
Farnham Youth Choir
Repertoire
Julia Wolfe: Fire in my mouth (London premiere)
Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto director, violin
Ale Carr cittern
Repertoire
Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation for string quartet
Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E flat
Interval
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (plus tunes traditional and otherwise)
Steve Reich at 90: Triple Quartet + After Dark
Performers
Carducci Quartet
Ligeti Quartet
Solem Quartet
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Different trains arr. for string orchestra (UK premiere); WTC 9/11 for string quartet & pre-recorded tape; Triple Quartet vers. for 3 string quartets live
Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé
Performers
Manchester Collective
Sidiki Dembélé Ensemble
Rakhi Singh director, violin
Repertoire
Sidiki Dembélé: Teriya (Friendship); Siniensigui (Brightest future); Tama (The journey); Djikunu (Power of water); Shaka; Chefari Dundun (Hommage to Mamady Keita); Ita (For you) arr Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Traditional: Johnny Faa arr. Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Playford: Wallom Greene; The Virgin Queen set from The English Dancing Master arr. Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Purcell: Hornpipe from The Old Bachelor, Z.607; Air from The Virtuous Wife, Z.611; Curtain tune on a ground from Timon of Athens arr. Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Emily Hall: So far
Edmund Finnis: Hymn after Byrd from String Quartet No.1 (Aloysius)
Nwando Ebizie: For You, small in the embrace of untethered, unwinding possible futures (London premiere)
Sidiki Dembélé: [with Rakhi Singh]: Simiya (Suo Gan) (Lullaby)
Philip Glass at 90: Music in 12 Parts
Performers
Riot Ensemble
Repertoire
Philip Glass: Music in 12 Parts
Philip Glass at 90: Symphony No.15
Performers
to be announced concert orchestra, conductor, baritone
Repertoire
Programme includes: -
Philip Glass: Symphony No.15 for baritone & orchestra (UK premiere)
Chamber Music
Steve Reich at 90: Triple Quartet + After Dark
Performers
Carducci Quartet
Ligeti Quartet
Solem Quartet
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Different trains arr. for string orchestra (UK premiere); WTC 9/11 for string quartet & pre-recorded tape; Triple Quartet vers. for 3 string quartets live
Jean Rondeau, Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford
Performers
Thomas Dunford lute
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Jean Rondeau harpsichord
Repertoire
Programme includes: Works by Marais, Forqueray & Couperin
L Couperin: Prélude in E, G.14
F Couperin: Prélude from Suite No.1 in E minor from Pièces de violes
Marais: Feste champêtre from Suite d'un goût étranger, Pièces de viole, Bk.4; Marche persane dite la Savigny from Suite No.7 in E minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.5; Le tourbillon from Suite d'un goût étranger, Pièces de viole, Bk.4; Tombeau de Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe from Suite No.6 in E minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.2
de Visée: Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; Chaconne from Suite No.7 in D minor, Pièces de théorbe et de luth
Marais: Le grand ballet from Suite No.1 in A minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.3; Couplets des folies (Les folies d'Espagne) from Suite No.1 in D minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.2; Les voix humaines from Suite No.3 in D, Pièces de viole, Bk.2
F Couperin: La favorite (Chaconne à deux tems en rondeau) from Pièces de clavecin, Ordre No.3
Forqueray: La Sylva (Très tendrement); Jupiter (Modérément) from Suite No.5 in C minor, Pièces de viole arr. JB Forqueray for keyboard
Tine Thing Helseth & Friends: The Boulangerie
Performers
Hyeyoon Park violin
Andreas Brantelid cello
Julian Bliss clarinet
Tine Thing Helseth trumpet
Julien Quentin piano
Repertoire
N Boulanger: Soleils couchants
Stravinsky: Hommage à Nadia Boulanger; Suite from L'histoire du Soldat (A Soldier's Tale) arr. for violin, clarinet & piano
Fauré: In Paradisum from Requiem arr. Emile Naoumoff for piano
L Boulanger: 2 Morceaux (Nocturne & Cortège)
Copland: Quiet City
Interval
Tveitt: Velkomne med æra from 100 Folk Tunes from Hardanger; Hommage à Nadia Boulanger
Bacewicz: Oberek No.1
Gershwin: 3 Preludes
Michel Legrand: Sans toi from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Piazzolla: Le grand tango
L Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps
N Boulanger: Cantique (Lux aeterna) arr. Jarle Storløkken for trumpet, clarinet, viola, cello & piano
Concerto Italiano: Monteverdi’s Madrigals
Performers
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini director
Repertoire
Monteverdi: Madrigals, Bk.3
Resident Orchestras
Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto director, violin
Ale Carr cittern
Repertoire
Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation for string quartet
Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E flat
Interval
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (plus tunes traditional and otherwise)
Brigitta Muntendorf: Last Show
Performers
London Sinfonietta
Xizi Wang conductor
Repertoire
Brigitta Muntendorf: Last Show (World premiere)
Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alan Pierson conductor
Taylor Mac artist
Karina Canellakis Conducts Beethoven
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karina Canellakis conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Repertoire
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Interval
Dai Fujikura: Radiance (UK premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No.5
A Viennese House Party
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Matthew Truscott director, violin
Jane Gower bassoon
Repertoire
Mozart: Menuetto (2nd movement) from String Quartet in B flat, K.458 (Hunt); Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
Dittersdorf: Symphony in C (The Four Ages of the World)
Vanhal: Bassoon Concerto in C
Interval
Mozart: Serenade in D, K.239 (Serenata notturna)
Haydn: Symphony No.101 (The Clock)
Chineke! Orchestra: Hailstork + After Dark
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Tatiana Pérez conductor
Plínio Fernandes guitar
Repertoire
Stravinsky: Suite No.1 for chamber orchestra; Suite No.2 for chamber orchestra
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra
Interval
Eliana Echeverry: Canalete (World premiere)
Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No.1
Artist Residencies
Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations
Performers
Jean Rondeau organ
Repertoire
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV.998
Jean Rondeau, Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford
Performers
Thomas Dunford lute
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Jean Rondeau harpsichord
Repertoire
Programme includes: Works by Marais, Forqueray & Couperin
L Couperin: Prélude in E, G.14
F Couperin: Prélude from Suite No.1 in E minor from Pièces de violes
Marais: Feste champêtre from Suite d'un goût étranger, Pièces de viole, Bk.4; Marche persane dite la Savigny from Suite No.7 in E minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.5; Le tourbillon from Suite d'un goût étranger, Pièces de viole, Bk.4; Tombeau de Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe from Suite No.6 in E minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.2
de Visée: Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; Chaconne from Suite No.7 in D minor, Pièces de théorbe et de luth
Marais: Le grand ballet from Suite No.1 in A minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.3; Couplets des folies (Les folies d'Espagne) from Suite No.1 in D minor, Pièces de viole, Bk.2; Les voix humaines from Suite No.3 in D, Pièces de viole, Bk.2
F Couperin: La favorite (Chaconne à deux tems en rondeau) from Pièces de clavecin, Ordre No.3
Forqueray: La Sylva (Très tendrement); Jupiter (Modérément) from Suite No.5 in C minor, Pièces de viole arr. JB Forqueray for keyboard
Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto director, violin
Ale Carr cittern
Repertoire
Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation for string quartet
Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E flat
Interval
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (plus tunes traditional and otherwise)
Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé
Performers
Manchester Collective
Sidiki Dembélé Ensemble
Rakhi Singh director, violin
Repertoire
Sidiki Dembélé: Teriya (Friendship); Siniensigui (Brightest future); Tama (The journey); Djikunu (Power of water); Shaka; Chefari Dundun (Hommage to Mamady Keita); Ita (For you) arr Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Traditional: Johnny Faa arr. Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Playford: Wallom Greene; The Virgin Queen set from The English Dancing Master arr. Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Purcell: Hornpipe from The Old Bachelor, Z.607; Air from The Virtuous Wife, Z.611; Curtain tune on a ground from Timon of Athens arr. Rakhi Singh for string ensemble
Emily Hall: So far
Edmund Finnis: Hymn after Byrd from String Quartet No.1 (Aloysius)
Nwando Ebizie: For You, small in the embrace of untethered, unwinding possible futures (London premiere)
Sidiki Dembélé: [with Rakhi Singh]: Simiya (Suo Gan) (Lullaby)
Council: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane
Performers
Pekka Kuusisto violin
Gabriel Kahane
Manchester Collective: Black Gold
Performers
Manchester Collective
Repertoire
Bach: Selection of chorales from the Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book), BWV.599 - 644 arr. Manchester Collective
Tenney: Shimmer; Array (a'sysing) from Glissade
Sasha Scott: New work (London premiere)
Hildur Guðnadóttir: From the other place
Interval
Luke Mombrea: Black gold (with visuals by Nate Mohler)
Alternative Experiences
Playing with Fire
Steve Reich at 90: Triple Quartet + After Dark
Performers
Carducci Quartet
Ligeti Quartet
Solem Quartet
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Different trains arr. for string orchestra (UK premiere); WTC 9/11 for string quartet & pre-recorded tape; Triple Quartet vers. for 3 string quartets live
Steve Reich at 90: Music for 18 Musicians
Performers
Paraorchestra
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Music for 18 musicians
After Dark: Club Cyborg – Zubin Kanga
Performers
Zubin Kanga piano, keyboards, electronics, interactive technologies
Repertoire
Alex Groves: PARTITA (World premiere); DANCE SUITE
After Dark: Samba Café – Chineke! Orchesta
Performers
Players from Chineke! Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin
Plínio Fernandes guitar
Repertoire
Sérgio Assad: Valseana
Reis: Xodó da Baiana
Sérgio Assad: Menino
Piazzolla: Nightclub 1960; Café 1930 from L'histoire du tango
Paganini: Andante larghetto; Rondo from Terzetto in D
Family Classical Concerts
The Multi-Story Orchestra: Dreamer
Performers
The Multi-Story Orchestra
Repertoire
The Multi-Story Young Creatives: Dreamer
OAE TOTS: A Musical Adventure with Don Quixote
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Repertoire
Programme to be announced
OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: The Big Enigma
LPO FUNharmonics: The Big Enigma
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wilson Ng conductor
Rachel Leach presenter
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Repertoire
Programme includes: -
Elgar: Excerpts from Enigma Variations
Programme to be announced
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