Season Opening Week
The start of a classical year full of stories, old and new, that speak to us today
The full sonic and emotional range of classical music is celebrated in our Season Opening Week.
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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)
The Multi-Story Orchestra: Dreamer
Performers
The Multi-Story Orchestra
Repertoire
The Multi-Story Young Creatives: Dreamer
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)
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)
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
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
Britten’s War Requiem
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
Natalya Romaniw soprano
Allan Clayton tenor
Benjamin Appl baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Tiffin Girls' Choir
Repertoire
Britten: War Requiem (performed in English and Latin, with English surtitles)
Steve Reich at 90: After Dark
Performers
Junyan Chen piano
Joseph Havlat piano
Louise Goodwin marimba
Rich Cartlidge marimba
Freya Goldmark violin
FAUZIA electronics
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Piano phase for 2 pianos; Nagoya marimbas for 2 marimbas; Violin phase for violin & tape; My name is for electronics
Followed by a DJ Set
Jean Rondeau: Goldberg Variations
Performers
Jean Rondeau organ
Repertoire
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV.998
Steve Reich at 90: Music for 18 Musicians
Performers
Paraorchestra
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Music for 18 musicians
Steve Reich at 90: London Sinfonietta & Jonny Greenwood
Performers
London Sinfonietta
Chloe Rooke conductor
Jonny Greenwood bass guitar, *, electric guitar, **
Students from the Royal Academy of Music
Repertoire
Steve Reich: Clapping Music; Pulse *; Radio Rewrite
Interval
Steve Reich: Electric counterpoint **; City Life
While you're with us
Thinking
Fountains
Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.
Modified Social Benches
Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.
William Pye's Zemran
Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.