Concerts Autumn 2013 – Spring 2014 Royal Festival Hall Esa

2013
/14
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Principal Conductor and
Artistic Advisor
Concerts
Autumn 2013 – Spring 2014
Royal Festival Hall
Rich immediacy
and vivid colour
© Benjamin Ealovega
The Guardian, February 2012
AT A GLANCE
SEPTEMBER 2013
Thu 26 / 7.00pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen / Paul Groves/ Christianne
Stotijn/Gerald Finley/
Roland Wood /
Philharmonia Voices
BERLIOZ
The Damnation of Faust
M Sun 29 / 3.00pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen / Piotr Anderszewski
BEETHOVEN Overture,
Namensfeier / SCHUMANN Piano Concerto/
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
M Sun 20 / 3.00pm
Vladimir Ashkenazy / Alice Sara Ott DELIUS The walk to the
Paradise Garden / GRIEG Piano
Concerto / HOLST The Planets
Thu 24 / 7.30pm
Juraj Valcuha / Sunwook Kim
CHERUBINI Overture,
Medea / BEETHOVEN Piano
Concerto No. 4; Symphony No. 7
Thu 31 / 7.30pm
Yuri Temirkanov / Vilde Frang
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1,
Classical; Violin Concerto No. 2 /
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2
OCTOBER 2013
NOVEMBER 2013
B Thu 10 / 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons / Hélène Grimaud
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1;
Symphony No. 1
B Sun 13 / 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons / Christian
Tetzlaff / Tanja Tetzlaff
BRAHMS St Anthony Variations;
Double Concerto in A minor;
Symphony No. 3
Thu 17 / 7.30pm
Vladimir Ashkenazy / Patricia Kopatchinskaja
STRAVINSKY Four Norwegian
Moods / STRAVINSKY Violin
Concerto / TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony
Thu 14 / 7.30pm
Gustavo Dudamel
MAHLER Symphony No. 7
Thu 21 / 7.30pm
Christoph von Dohnányi / Renaud
Capuçon / Veronika Hagen
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante,
K364 / BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7
P Sat 30 / 1.30pm
Carl Davis
NAPOLÉON (live with film)
DECEMBER 2013
Thu 12 / 7.30pm
Tugan Sokhiev / Viktoria
Mullova / Anastasia Kalagina
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto /
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
JANUARY 2014
B Thu 23 / 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons / Hélène Grimaud
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2;
Symphony No. 4
S Thu 30 / 7.30pm
Philippe Jordan / Soloist to be announced
WAGNER Overture,
Tannhäuser / STRAUSS
Selection of songs; Don Juan;
‘Dance of the Seven Veils’ and
‘Closing Scene’, Salome
FEBRUARY 2014
Thu 6 / 7.30pm
Nicholas Collon / Pekka Kuusisto
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes,
Peter Grimes / ADÈS Violin
Concerto / VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6
B Thu 20 / 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons / Christian Tetzlaff
BRAHMS Academic Festival
Overture; Violin Concerto;
Symphony No. 2
P
M
B
Premium priced concert
Sunday Matinee Series concert
Andris Nelsons: Brahms Series
B Sun 23 / 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons / Annette
Dasch / James Rutherford /
Philharmonia Chorus
BRAHMS Tragic Overture /
Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) /
Ein deutches Requiem
S Thu 27 / 7.30pm
Christoph von Dohnányi /
Martin Helmchen
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1 /
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
MARCH 2014
! 9 / 3.00pm
Sun
Pablo Heras-Casado /
Nikolai Lugansky
BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont;
Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor /
MENDELSSOHN Symphony
No. 3, Scottish
S Thu 20 / 7.30pm
Lorin Maazel
STRAUSS Also sprach
Zarathustra / Ein Alpensinfonie
M !
M S Sun
! 23 / 3.00pm
Lorin Maazel / Esther Yoo
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel / MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3,
K216 / MUSSORGSKY (arr. Ravel)
Pictures at an Exhibition
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!
Strauss 150th Anniversary 2014
Bohemian Legends Series concert
On sale from September 2013
APRIL 2014
! Thu 3 / 7.30pm
Edward Gardner / Ruxandra Denose
WAGNER Overture, Rienzi /
BERLIOZ La mort de Cléopâtre /
ELGAR Symphony No. 1
! Thu 22 / 7.30pm
Tugan Sokhiev / Jean-Yves Thibaudet
FAURÉ Suite, Pelléas et
Mélisande Op. 80 / RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G / DEBUSSY
La mer / STRAVINSKY Suite,
The Firebird (1919)
BL Thu 10 / 7.30pm
Jakub Hrůša / Arabella Steinbacher
JANÁCEK Overture, Jealousy /
DVORÁK Violin Concerto
in A minor / SUK Praga /
JANÁCEK Sinfonietta
! Sat 31 / 7.30pm
Yuri Temirkanov / Denis Kozhukhin
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto
No. 1 / DVORÁK Symphony No. 9,
From the New World
BL Sun 13 / 7.30pm
Jakub Hrůša /
Lukás Vondrácek et al
SUK Scherzo Fantastique /
DVORÁK Piano Concerto /
JANÁCEK Glagolitic Mass
JUNE 2014
! Sun 27 / 3.00pm
John Wilson
STRAUSS Die Fledermaus
MAY 2014
! Thu 1 / 7.30pm
Vladimir Ashkenazy et al
PROKOFIEV Scythian Suite /
PROKOFIEV Ivan the Terrible
! Thu 8 / 7.30pm
David Afkham / Sergey Khachatryan
LINDBERG Chorale / BERG
Violin Concerto / SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, The Great
Thu 15 / 7.30pm
Jakub Hrůša / Truls Mørk
DVORÁK Cello Concerto
SUK Asrael Symphony
BL
S Thu 5 / 7.30pm
Christoph von Dohnányi / Soloist to be announced
BEETHOVEN Overture,
Leonore No.1
STRAUSS Four Last Songs /
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
! Thu 12 / 7.30pm
Paavo Järvi / Kirill Gerstein
GLINKA Overture, Ruslan and
Ludmilla / RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3 /
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
! Thu 26 / 7.30pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen / Lisa Batiashvili SAARIAHO new work for organ
& orchestra (UK première)
SIBELIUS; Violin Concerto;
Symphony No. 2
P ! Sun 29 / 7.30pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen et al
MAHLER Symphony No. 8,
Symphony of a Thousand
SALONEN CONDUCTS
THE DAMNATION OF FAUST
Sunday 29 September 2013 3.00pm
(Please note start time)
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SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Piotr Anderszewski piano
© Clive Barda
BEETHOVEN Overture, Namensfeier
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Thursday 26 September 2013 7.00pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Paul Groves Faust
Christianne Stotijn Marguérite
Gerald Finley Méphistophélès
Roland Wood Brander
Philharmonia Voices
constantly, at mealtimes, in the theatre,
in the streets, everywhere.’ Goethe’s
Faust wins a last-minute reprieve,
whereas Berlioz has him ignominiously
consigned to the flames via a hairraising gallop to Hell.
Sung in French with English surtitles.
BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust
The new season opens with an event
that brings together a stellar cast under
Esa-Pekka Salonen’s baton to perform
Berlioz’s electrifying masterwork,
The Damnation of Faust. Penned at
the height of Berlioz’s obsession with
Goethe’s Faust, the composer enthused:
‘I could not put it down. I read it
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5.30pm, Pre-concert talk,
Southbank Centre (venue to be confirmed).
An introduction to this evening’s
programme
FREE admission
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Cast in five trailblazing movements,
the Symphonie fantastique celebrates
Berlioz’s delirious infatuation with the
Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, who
crops up throughout by means of her
own musical signature or idée fixe.
After taking a draft of opium, Berlioz’s
wild ravings climax in a Witches’
Sabbath finale, which sees Harriet
consorting with all manner of ghouls
and fiends. In this afternoon’s concert
it is paired with music by the composer
who most influenced him – Beethoven
– and by Berlioz’s contemporary and
admirer Schumann.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
and the
Philharmonia players
were on sharp,
excellent form.
The Times, October 2011
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ANDRIS NELSONS:
BRAHMS CYCLE
VLADIMIR
ASHKENAZY
Thursday 17 October 2013 7.30pm
© Marco Borggreute
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
B
Thursday 10 October 2013 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
The opening concert in Andris Nelsons’s
Brahms series features two masterworks
of blazing intensity. Brahms’s First
Piano Concerto is an astonishing
achievement for a 25-year-old, yet
he felt so intimidated by Schumann’s
prediction that he was the man destined
to ‘take over the mantle of Beethoven’
that he was 43 before going public with
his all-encompassing First Symphony.
B
Sunday 13 October 2013 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Tanja Tetzlaff cello
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BRAHMS St Anthony Variations
(Variations on a Theme by Haydn)
BRAHMS Double Concerto in A minor
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
Although a traditionalist at heart,
Brahms is always full of surprises.
A stand-alone set of variations for
orchestra seems a perfectly innocent
idea, yet it had hardly ever been done
before. So too a symphony of swirling
emotions in which every movement
ends quietly (audiences at the time
were taken completely unawares),
and a Romantic concerto in which the
two soloists have to share the limelight.
6pm, Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall.
An introduction to this evening’s
programme
FREE admission
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Sunday 20 October 2013 3.00pm
(Please note start time)
M
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
STRAVINSKY Four Norwegian Moods
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
Chorus to be announced
Rarely heard in concert, Tchaikovsky’s
gripping Manfred Symphony was
inspired by Lord Byron’s poem about
a guilt-ridden mountain dweller who
summons seven spirits in the vain hope
they might help him forget the past.
The music’s lurching from uncontainable
elation to inconsolable despair
is the perfect foil for the rhythmically
cool, neoclassical soundscapes of
Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto and the
simply styled folk melodies of the
Four Norwegian Moods.
DELIUS The walk to the Paradise Garden
GRIEG Piano Concerto
HOLST The Planets
Composed in 1868 while he was
holidaying with his wife and young child
in Denmark, Grieg’s Piano Concerto
embodies the spirit of one of the
happiest times in the composer’s life.
But it was more than two years later,
after he showed it to the great Franz
Liszt, before it achieved the public
popularity that it has enjoyed ever
since. By comparison, Holst’s planetary
masterwork hit the British music scene
like a thunderbolt. Practically overnight,
he found himself elevated from
the position of a virtual unknown into
a national celebrity.
The Philharmonia was
simply astonishing
Musical America, November 2012
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JURAJ
VALCUHA
YURI
TEMIRKANOV
GUSTAVO
DUDAMEL
Thursday 24 October 2013 7.30pm
Thursday 31 October 2013 7.30pm
Thursday 14 November 2013 7.30pm
Juraj Valcuha conductor
Sunwook Kim piano
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
Vilde Frang violin
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
CHERUBINI Overture, Medea
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2
Wagner referred to Beethoven’s Seventh
as the ‘apotheosis of the dance’, noting
that rhythm is the music’s prime
motivating force. Time and time again
throughout the symphony, Beethoven
takes a small rhythmic idea and runs
with it over and over as if mesmerised
by the intoxicating power of its
repetition, climaxing in a final coda
of overwhelming joy and excitement.
In this concert, music by Beethoven is
paired with an operatic overture by the
contemporary composer that he most
admired, Luigi Cherubini.
Prokofiev and Rachmaninov
were like chalk and cheese. Both
were brilliant composer-pianists, but
whereas Prokofiev was an iconoclast
who delighted in railing at tradition,
Rachmaninov inherited Tchaikovsky’s
mantle without demur. They shared
a genius for indelible melody, however;
Prokofiev’s being typically cool
and sleek while Rachmaninov preferred
super-heated luxuriance.
MAHLER Symphony No. 7
Sponsored by The Meyer Foundation
6pm, Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall.
A portrait of Christophe Bertrand,
conducted by Alejo Pérez.
FREE admission
CHRISTOPH
VON
DOHNÁNYI
Thursday 21 November 2013 7.30pm
On unbeatable form
The Guardian, February 2012
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Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
Renaud Capuçon violin
Veronika Hagen viola
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for
violin and viola, K364
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
© Chris Christodoulou
The Seventh is one of Mahler’s most
bewitching musical creations. At its
heart are two movements entitled
Nachtmusik (‘Night Music’) and a central
scherzo whose haunting atmosphere and
ghostly meanderings appear to inhabit
another world. Add to that a pair of
outer movements of deeply unsettling
changeability and Dudamel’s conducting
alchemy, and you are guaranteed a night
out to remember.
Bruckner hardly got off to a flying start
as a symphonist: his First was dismissed
as ‘wild and daring’, the Second
as ‘nonsense’ and the trailblazing Third
as ‘unplayable’. The turning point came
with the Seventh Symphony, which
enjoyed a 15-minute standing ovation
at its Leipzig première and
was then vigorously applauded after
every movement by the Viennese.
Sponsored by The Meyer Foundation
6pm, Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall.
A portrait of Benedict Mason,
conducted by Johannes Debus.
FREE admission
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TUGAN
SOKHIEV
NAPOLÉON
Saturday 30 November 2013 1.30pm
(Please note start and running times)
Carl Davis conductor / composer
Napoléon (Silent film with live music)
Carl Davis’s epic score for the 1927
silent film of Napoléon (directed by
Abel Gance) is not only the longest
ever composed, but it is also widely
celebrated as one of the finest. In this
performance of the elaborately tinted
and toned restoration by Photoplay
Productions and BFI – complete with
its dazzling triptych finale – music and
film lovers are given a rare opportunity
to experience one of the greatest
achievements in cinema history, a
seamless blend of traditional material
and Davis’s own unique creative genius.
Please note: there will be two intervals
plus a 100-minute interval at c. 5.00pm.
End time c. 9.30pm.
Thursday 12 December 2013 7.30pm
Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Viktoria Mullova violin
Anastasia Kalagina soprano
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MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
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Presented by special arrangement
with Photoplay Productions and
the BFI National Archive.
Supported by
Two of the most enchanting pieces
of the Romantic era, Mendelssohn’s
life-enhancing concerto creates the
impression of having been conceived
in one miraculous sweep (in fact it
took him six years, on and off), while
Mahler’s Fourth possesses a magical,
Mendelssohnian innocence, culminating
in one of the most angelically beautiful
song-settings ever composed.
ANDRIS NELSONS:
BRAHMS CYCLE
B
Thursday 23 January 2014 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Fourth Symphony was the last of his
works he saw performed. Applause
broke out at the end of every movement
leaving the great man with tears
streaming down his face.
Courtesy Photoplay Productions
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
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Andris Nelsons’s Brahms series
continues with the epic Second Piano
Concerto, a symphonic powerhouse
of scorching virtuosity that the
composer mischievously described as
‘a set of little piano pieces’. The majestic
Sponsored by The Meyer Foundation
6pm, Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall.
A portrait of Jonathan Harvey
conducted by Antony Hermus
with Hae-Sun Kang (violin).
FREE admission
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STRAUSS 150TH
ANNIVERSARY 2014
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Thursday 30 January 2014 7.30pm
Philippe Jordan conductor
Soloist to be announced
WAGNER Overture, Tannhäuser
STRAUSS Songs with orchestral
accompaniment
STRAUSS Don Juan
STRAUSS ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’
and ‘Closing Scene’, Salome
Don Juan Strauss takes the listener
on an exhilarating helter-skelter
ride of orchestral machismo, surfing
the unquenchable tide of the Don’s
libidinous exploits. The programme
concludes with music from the climax
to his sumptuous and shocking one-act
opera Salome, including the famous
‘Dance of the Seven Veils’.
There could be no better way to
begin our celebrations of the 150th
anniversary of Strauss’s birth than
with this captivating programme,
announced by the composer who was
his most potent influence: Richard
Wagner. In his orchestral swashbuckler
6pm, Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall.
An introduction to this evening’s
programme
FREE admission
Thursday 6 February 2014 7.30pm
gem from Thomas Adès. Subtitled
‘Concentric Paths’, it consists of three
spellbinding movements – ‘Rings,
‘Paths’ and ‘Rounds’ – that constantly
arrest the attention with their audacious
creative surge and sense of spiralling
towards the unknown.
Nicholas Collon conductor
Pekka Kuusisto violin
BRITTEN ‘Four Sea Interludes’,
Peter Grimes
ADÈS Violin Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6
A classic, all-British programme
featuring two established masterpieces
from the period immediately following
the Second World War, and a modern
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of the full Strauss 150 series
6pm, Pre-concert recital,
Royal Festival Hall. Recital by a winner
of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
FREE Admission
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ANDRIS NELSONS:
BRAHMS CYCLE
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Thursday 20 February 2014 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Tonight’s programme finds Brahms
at his most radiantly inspired and
upbeat. The ebullient Academic Festival
Overture raises the curtain on one of the
great violin concertos, which soars aloft
with ecstatic brilliance. When working
on his sublime Second Symphony,
Brahms wrote contentedly to a friend:
‘The melodies flow so freely that one
must be careful not to tread on them.’
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Sunday 23 February 2014 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons conductor
Annette Dasch soprano
James Rutherford baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
BRAHMS Schicksalslied
(Song of Destiny)
BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem
Andris Nelsons’s Brahms series climaxes
in Ein deutsches Requiem, composed
in memory of the composer’s mother
and his most famous champion, Robert
Schumann. In this epic masterwork
he poured out his heart as never before,
a profound emotional release from
a young composer who had emerged
from desperately impoverished
beginnings and now stood on the verge
of international acclaim. It is performed
this evening alongside a choral work
regarded as second only to Ein deutsches
Requiem, the Song of Destiny.
6pm, Pre-concert recital,
Royal Festival Hall. Recital by a winner
of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
FREE Admission
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STRAUSS 150TH
ANNIVERSARY 2014
Richard Strauss – silhouette by Matthias Walter, 1933 © Lebrecht Music & Arts
A series of special
concerts marking the 150th
Anniversary of the birth
of Richard Strauss led by
conductors with a personal
affinity for his music. The
Philharmonia Orchestra
has a particularly close
historic relationship with
the music of Strauss (who
conducted the Orchestra
in 1947); it performed the
world première of the Four
Last Songs in 1950 after the
composer’s death.
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI
S
Thursday 27 February 2014 7.30pm
Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
The 35-year-old Richard Strauss caused
a sensation with his tone poem ‘A Hero’s
Tale’ when it was premièred in 1898,
shocking musicians and critics with
what was assumed to be an egotistical
display of musical autobiography. Since
then opinion has been divided – might
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it be an ironic statement of musical
bombast? – but few disagree that it is an
extraordinary achievement, rich with
flamboyance, colour and pictorial drama.
LORIN MAAZEL
S
Thursday 20 March 2014 7.30pm
Lorin Maazel conductor
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
STRAUSS Ein Alpensinfonie
Our Strauss celebrations continue with
two of his most celebrated orchestral
blockbusters. Also sprach Zarathustra,
Strauss’s ‘homage to Nietzsche’s genius’,
became a hit after film director Stanley
Kubrick used it for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Alpine Symphony, scored for a vast
orchestra, recounts a mountaineering
adventure in graphic detail.
6pm, Pre-concert recital,
Royal Festival Hall. Recital by a winner
of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
FREE Admission
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Lorin Maazel conductor
Esther Yoo violin
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3, K216
MUSSORGSKY (arr. Ravel)
Pictures at an Exhibition
This afternoon’s concert opens with one
of Strauss’s most sparkling miniatures.
Till Eulenspiegel depicts the “merry
pranks” of its eponymous hero, a
German peasant who flirts, teases,
pokes fun at the clergy and rides his
horse through a marketplace. It is
paired with Ravel’s equally pictorial
orchestration of Mussorgsky’s musical
walk through an art gallery, Pictures at
an Exhibition.
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI
S
Thursday 5 June 2014 7.30pm
Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
Soloist to be announced
Sponsored by The Meyer Foundation
6pm, Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall.
A portrait of Karin Rehnqvist,
conducted by Peter Tilling
with Marie Axelsson and Johanna
Bölja Hertzberg (sopranos).
FREE admission
Sunday 23 March 2014 3.00pm
works in appreciation! Tonight’s
concert is poignant in its juxtaposition
of Mahler’s youthful First Symphony
and Strauss’s four last completed song
settings, a glorious musical swansong.
BEETHOVEN Overture, Leonore No.1
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Strauss and Mahler were in awe of
one another: Strauss was so moved by
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony that he
sent him a parcel of all of his published
6pm, Pre-concert recital,
Royal Festival Hall. Recital by a winner
of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
FREE Admission
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BOHEMIAN
LEGENDS
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© Prague Philharmonia
A series of three concerts
celebrating the musical
legacy of Antonín Dvorák
through his own music and
the voices of the compatriot
composers he particularly
influenced, his son-in-law
Josef Suk and Leos Janácek.
Jakub Hrůša is one of the
most exciting and authentic
interpreters of this colourful,
vibrant and unique musical
language.
BL
Thursday 10 April 2014 7.30pm
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Arabella Steinbacher violin
JANÁCEK Overture, Jealousy
DVORÁK Violin Concerto in A minor
SUK Praga
JANÁCEK Sinfonietta
The first concert in Jakub Hrůša’s Czech
series opens with two rarely-performed
works: Janácek’s breathtaking overture
Jealousy, and Josef Suk’s symphonic
poem Praga. Dvorák’s enchanting
Violin Concerto is followed by his sonin-law Janácek’s best known work, the
Sinfonietta, a dazzlingly inventive score
dedicated to ‘the free Czech men and
women of today’.
6pm, Pre-concert performance,
Royal Festival Hall.
A concert including Janácek’s Capriccio,
introduced by Jakub Hrůša in conversation.
FREE admission
Sunday 13 April 2014 7.30pm
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Lukáš Vondrácek piano
Soprano to be announced
Elena Manistina mezzo-soprano
Pavel Cernoch tenor
Mischa Schelomianski bass
Thomas Trotter organ
Chorus to be announced
SUK Scherzo Fantastique
DVORÁK Piano Concerto
JANÁCEK Glagolitic Mass
Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass is an exultant
affirmation of the power of love and
friendship. ‘In the tenor solo I hear
a high priest,’ Janácek explained, ‘in
the soprano solo a girlish angel and
in the chorus our people.’ Each of the
five main choral sections is preceded
by a thrilling instrumental fanfare,
culminating in a lustrous solo organ
fantasia before the work’s uplifting
final section.
BL
Thursday 15 May 2014 7.30pm
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Truls Mørk cello
DVORÁK Cello Concerto
SUK Asrael Symphony
The final Czech concert conducted by
Jakub Hrůša pairs Dvorák’s eloquent
Cello Concerto with his son-in-law
Josef Suk’s heartfelt Asrael Symphony.
Composed in memory of Dvorák and
his own wife (Dvorák’s daughter), the
symphony is named after the angel of
death who protects the deceased during
their journey in the afterlife to the land
of eternal blissfulness.
6pm, Pre-concert performance,
Royal Festival Hall.
A concert performance of Janácek’s
The Diary of One Who Disappeared,
introduced by Jakub Hrůša in conversation.
FREE admission
6pm, Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall.
An introduction to Janácek’s
Glagolitic Mass.
FREE admission
A superb display
of virtuosity
The Guardian, January 2011
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Freephone Box Office 0800 652 6717
Read, watch films, buy CDs and listen at www.philharmonia.co.uk
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HOW TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS
BOOKING FORM
All of our concerts are eligible for substantial discounts if you book for more than 3 concerts in one transaction. Concerts
that are premium priced but eligible for subscription discounts are marked on the booking form with the P symbol.
The table below will help you to calculate the cost of your tickets by showing you the price per ticket in each seating
area at each discount code. If you would like us to calculate the total cost, please leave payment totals blank and we will
advise you when we send your tickets.
Cut out and post this booking form to:
Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office,
FREEPOST RRGT-AHSU-GXRE,
London, SE1 7NX
Or scan and email to:
[email protected]
Subscription ticket prices (for seating plan see page 19)
Signature
seats
Royal Festival Hall
Pricing Codes
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
Price per ticket
No. of Concerts
Or fax to:
020 7921 3950
Full price
(1-2 concerts)
Standard
Premium
£48
£60
£40.00
£45.00
£31.00
£36.00
£25.00
£29.00
£20.00
£24.00
£15.00
£18.00
£12.00
£15.00
£9.00
£11.00
3-5 concerts
10%
6-8 concerts
15%
Standard
Premium
£48
£60
£36.00
£40.50
£27.90
£32.40
£22.50
£26.10
£18.00
£21.60
£13.50
£16.20
£10.80
£13.50
£8.10
£9.90
Standard
Premium
£48
£60
£34.00
£38.25
£26.35
£30.60
£21.25
£24.65
£17.00
£20.40
£12.75
£15.30
£10.20
£12.75
£7.65
£9.35
9-11 concerts
20%
12-14 concerts
25%
Standard
Premium
£48
£60
£32.00
£36.00
£24.80
£28.80
£20.00
£23.20
£16.00
£19.20
£12.00
£14.40
£9.60
£12.00
£7.20
£8.80
Standard
Premium
£48
£60
£30.00
£33.75
£23.25
£27.00
£18.75
£21.75
£15.00
£18.00
£11.25
£13.50
£9.00
£11.25
£6.75
£8.25
26 Sep 2013 Salonen et al (Choir n/a)
15+ concerts
30%
Standard
Premium
£48
£60
£28.00
£31.50
£21.70
£25.20
£17.50
£20.30
£14.00
£16.80
£10.50
£12.60
£8.40
£10.50
£6.30
£7.70
10 Oct 2013 Nelsons / Grimaud
1. Select the concerts you wish
to attend
2. Select where you would like to
sit in the concert hall from the plan
overleaf (NB you do not have to sit in
the same area for all of your concerts
– please indicate your requirements
on the booking form)
Please note that choir seats are
not available for the concerts marked
‘Choir n /a’
3. If you require additional tickets for
Preferred Pricing
& Area Code
Date
Example
1st choice
2nd choice
FS / P1
RS / P1
any concerts please indicate
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 totals
blank: we will advise you of the costs
when we send your tickets.
No of subscription tickets
No of additional
tickets (charged
at full price)
2
29 Sep 2013 Salonen / Anderszewski
13 Oct 2013 Nelsons / Tetzlaff
PHONE: Call the FREEPHONE
Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office
on 0800 652 6717 to book your
tickets (Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm
call back answerphone service
out of hours).
POST: Fill in the booking form
and post to Philharmonia Orchestra
Box Office, FREEPOST RRGTAHSU-GXRE, London, SE1 7NX
GROUP BOOKINGS
Book 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, flexible reservations and
exclusive ticket offers.
School parties: 50% discount and 1 free
teacher’s ticket for every 10 purchased.
FAX: Complete the booking form
and fax it to 020 7921 3950
FAMILY TICKETS – SPECIAL
DISCOUNTS FOR CHILDREN
Each adult attending a concert
can purchase up to 2 tickets
for under-16s at half-price.
Philharmonia Orchestra concerts
are usually suitable for children aged
7 upwards. Children under 6 may
not be admitted at the discretion
of the orchestra and hall
management. Please contact
us to discuss your requirements
if you need additional guidance.
Tickets may also be purchased from
Southbank Centre
PHONE: 0844 847 9921 (9am-8pm daily) *
ONLINE: www.southbankcentre.co.uk *
FAX: 0871 663 2594 *
IN PERSON: Ticket Office, Royal
Festival Hall 10am-8pm daily
* Transaction fees apply. No fee
for Southbank Centre Members
CONCESSIONS
A limited allocation of half-price
tickets is available for recipients
of Jobseekers Allowance, Income
Support, Pension Credit, Under-16s
and full-time students. Appropriate
cards to be shown.
Please note that discounts /
concessions cannot be combined.
ONLINE: www.philharmonia.co.uk
(NB this facility is not available
for group bookings)
E-MAIL: [email protected]
Transaction fees apply, phone and post
£2.75, online £1.75 on all bookings
through the Philharmonia box office
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PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES
Southbank Centre is accessible to
people with disabilities. Visitors with
a disability should join Southbank
Centre’s free Access List. You may be
eligible for tickets at concessionary
prices; a free ticket for a companion
who can assist you during your
visit; and receive information in
alternative formats. To join please
call 0844 847 9910, email accesslist@
southbankcentre.co.uk or visit www.
southbankcentre.co.uk / access
The auditorium is fitted with
Sennheiser infra-red systems.
Receivers can be collected from the
cloakroom in the Royal Festival Hall.
17 Oct 2013 Ashkenazy / Kopatchinskaja
LEVEL ACCESS
There is level access throughout the
Royal Festival Hall from the internal
lifts (some of the lifts have a limited
weight capacity; please call
0844 847 9910 to confirm), and there
are wheelchair spaces in the boxes,
choir seats, side and rear stalls
of the auditorium. Tickets for
wheelchair spaces can be booked
online or by phone on 0800 652 6717
or 0844 847 9910.
27 Feb 2014 Dohnányi / Helmchen
This brochure is available in
alternative formats
Call 0800 652 6717
Add a £2.75 fee per transaction
Freephone Box Office 0800 652 6717
20 Oct 2013 Ashkenazy / Ott
24 Oct 2013 Valcuha / Kim
31 Oct 2013 Temirkanov / Frang
14 Nov 2013 Dudamel
21 Nov 2013 Dohnányi / Capuçon / Hagen
30 Nov 2013 Davis/Napoléon
P
(Choir n/a)
12 Dec 2013 Sokhiev / Mullova / Kalagina
23 Jan 2014 Nelsons / Grimaud
30 Jan 2014 Jordan / soloist tbc
6 Feb 2014 Collon / Kuusisto
20 Feb 2014 Nelsons / Tetzlaff
23 Feb 2014 Nelsons et al (Choir n/a)
20 Mar 2014 Maazel
23 Mar 2014 Maazel / Yoo
10 Apr 2014 Hrůša / Steinbacher
13 Apr 2014 Hrůša et al (Choir n/a)
15 May 2014 Hrůša / Mørk
5 Jun 2014 Dohnányi / soloist to be announced
Sub-total: cost of subscription tickets
Add together the discounted prices of your tickets – see p.16 for details
Sub-total: cost of additional tickets
Total
Read, watch films, buy CDs and listen at www.philharmonia.co.uk
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BOOKING INFORMATION / TICKET PRICES
Please fill in your name and address and payment
details below (BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE)
Forename / Initial
Title
Surname
Balcony
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
Friend / Customer Number (if known)
P7
P6
P5
P4
P2
Contact phone numbers (in case we have a query with your booking)
Day
Rear Stalls
Evening
P7
P6
P4
P3
P2
Address
Postcode
E-mail address
P2
Side Stalls
Boxes
P7
P2
P2
P4
P4
Boxes
P6
P1
P1
Choir
P7
P2
SINGLE TICKET PRICES
PAYMENT DETAILS
Signature
seats *
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
Standard priced
concert
£48
£40
£31
£25
£20
£15
£12
£9
P Premium
priced concert
£60
£45
£36
£29
£24
£18
£15
£11
Front Stalls
(FS)
Rear Stalls
(RS)
Balcony
(BY)
Boxes (BX)
Side Stalls
(SS)
Front Stalls
(FS)
Rear Stalls
(RS)
Rear Stalls
(RS)
Balcony
(BY)
Side Stalls
(SS)
Wheelchair
(WH)
Rear Stalls
(RS)
Balcony
(BY)
Wheelchair
(WH)
Rear Stalls
(RS)
Balcony
(BY)
Side Stalls
(SS)
Wheelchair
(WH)
Rear Stalls
(RS)
Balcony
(BY)
Side Stalls
(SS)
Choir (CH)
Wheelchair
(WH)
Prices codes
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-dated with dates in the next two months.
/ P2
P3
Performance Area
I am happy to receive information from other carefully selected arts organisations.
Cheque 1: date:
P5
P1
P2
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.
Side Stalls
Front Stalls
P6
Please tick as many of the boxes below EVEN IF you received this brochure from the Philharmonia Orchestra
and have ticked similar boxes before.
P7
P6
P5
P4
P3
P2
P1
/ £:
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*
SignatureToday’s date
*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 main number. 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.
Location (Royal Selected Front Stalls
Festival Hall)
Front
(FS)
Stalls
Rear Stalls
(RS)
Boxes
(BX)
PREMIUM CONCERTS P
All of our concerts are eligible for substantial discounts
if you book for more than 3 concerts in one transaction.
Concerts that are premium priced but eligible
for subscription discounts are marked on the booking
form with the P symbol.
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE:
Great discounts if you book for 3 or more concerts!
Book for 3 or more concerts and receive the following
discounts on your tickets:
3-5 concerts
10% discount
6-8 concerts
15% discount
9-11 concerts
20% discount
12-14 concerts
25% discount
15 + concerts
30% discount
Send your booking form to:
Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office, FREEPOST RRGT-AHSU-GXRE, London, SE1 7NX
or Email [email protected] | Fax 020 7921 3950
Your tickets will be posted to you within 28 days of receipt of your booking form.
* SIGNATURE SEATS
We have selected the front stalls seats in the auditorium
with the best acoustic and view (concerts with a piano
soloist will have keyboard side premium seats) and will
sell these on a first come first served basis at £48 each
and £60 for 30 Nov 2013, where premium pricing applies.
Subscription discounts do not apply although these
events can be included in the total number of concerts
when applying the subscription discount. Please call
FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717 for more information.
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Read, watch films, buy CDs and listen at www.philharmonia.co.uk
Freephone Box Office 0800 652 6717
For discounted ticket prices see page 16
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
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SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
JOIN US
WELCOME TO
SOUTHBANK
CENTRE’S ROYAL
FESTIVAL HALL
The Friends of the Philharmonia
play an essential role in the life of the
Orchestra, both on and off the stage.
From ambitious artistic projects to local
community education programmes; it
is with the support of its Friends that
the Philharmonia is able to maintain
the highest quality music-making across
the UK and the world.
Southbank Centre is located on
the Thames riverside between Golden
Jubilee and Waterloo Bridges.
The Philharmonia Orchestra is grateful to its sponsors and supporters who make
possible the quality and diversity of its work. The Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2013 / 14
Royal Festival Hall season would not be possible without the particular support
of Mr Vincent Meyer and The Meyer Foundation.
The Philharmonia Orchestra would
also like to thank the following major
donors and Trusts and Foundations:
•Mrs Joscelyn Fox
•Mercedes and Michael Hoffman
•Sir Sydney & Lady Lipworth
•The Zvi & Ofra Meitar Family Fund
•Mr & Mrs G Modiano
•Dr David Potter CBE
•Mr Geoff Richards
•The Dowager Viscountess Rothermere
and an anonymous donor
•The Edith Murphy Foundation
•The Delius Trust
•Dunard Fund
•The Embassy of Finland
•Eranda Foundation
•Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
•The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation
•The Hugh Fraser Foundation
•Robert Fleming Hannay
Memorial Charity
•Foundation for Sport and the Arts
•Edwin Fox Foundation
•Paul Hamlyn Foundation
•Harpur Trust
•The Meyer Foundation
•Adam Mickiewicz Institute
•The Monument Trust
•Paul Morgan Charitable Trust
•NADFAS
•The Neighbourly Charitable Trust
•Creative Scotland
•David and Elaine Potter Foundation
•The Prince of Wales’s Charitable
Foundation
•Royal Philharmonic Society
•Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust
•Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
•The Wixamtree Trust
From Open Rehearsals to lunches with
players, as a Friend you can enjoy the
Philharmonia from a completely new
perspective. Join us today and play your
part in supporting the Philharmonia
Orchestra.
Membership from £35
– Priority Booking
– Members’ Bar
– Open Rehearsals
– Regular Newsletters
– Invitations to special events
How to join
Call: 020 7921 3906
Email: [email protected]
Web: philharmonia.co.uk / friends
How to support: tel: 020 7921 3903; email: [email protected]; web: philharmonia.co.uk / support
Shop & Eat at Southbank Centre
With sweeping views across the river
Thames from the London Eye to
St Paul’s Cathedral, Festival Riverside
and Festival Terrace are lined with shops
and a range of restaurants, linking
the constantly evolving creative spaces
in Southbank Centre.
Getting to Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre. Belvedere Road,
London SE1 8XX
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, 507 stop in York Rd
and Stamford St.
24-hour bus information 020 7222 1234
Southbank Centre has 2 car parks,
both open 24 hours:
Southbank Centre Car Park
- Hayward Gallery
Southbank Centre Car Park
- Hungerford Bridge
Evening discounted rates apply after 5pm.
southbankcentre.co.uk/visitor-info/parking
Access
Southbank Centre is accessible to people
with disabilities.
Access line 0844 847 9910
www.southbankcentre.co.uk / access
The Philharmonia’s
playing was terrific,
in detail and
in grand design.
© Benjamin Ealovega
The Observer, February 2011
Philharmonia Orchestra
6th Floor, The Tower Building,
11 York Road, London SE1 7NX
Tel 020 7921 3900, Fax 020 7921 3950
Freephone box office 0800 652 6717
Email [email protected]
www.philharmonia.co.uk
@philharmonia
Philharmonia Orchestra
/philharmonialondon
Philharmonia Orchestra and Southbank Centre are
both registered charities.
All the information in this brochure was correct at the
time of going to press, but changes may be unavoidable.
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