Esa-Pekka Salonen Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor 2012/13 concert season Royal Festival Hall
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Welcome to the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2012/13 season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Premium priced concert Sunday Matinee Series concert Composer anniversaries: Lutosławski, Britten, Verdi, Wagner
September 2012
January 2013
Thu 27 / 7.30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen/Leif Ove Andsnes et al KURTÁG ...quasi una fantasia.../ BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1; Symphony No. 9, Choral
Sun 20 / 3.00pm John Wilson/Leon McCawley WALTON Overture, Portsmouth Point/ DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring/IRELAND Piano Concerto/ VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis/ELGAR In the South
October 2012 Thu 11 / 7.30pm Tugan Sokhiev/Yefim Bronfman MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides/BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor/ELGAR Enigma Variations Sun 14 / 3.00pm Juraj Valčuha/Renaud Capuçon MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto/ MAHLER Symphony No. 5 Thu 18 / 7.30pm Christoph von Dohnányi/ Martin Helmchen MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27, K595/BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 Thu 25 / 7.30pm Philippe Jordan/Sergey Khachatryan NIELSEN Overture, Helios/SIBELIUS Violin Concerto/BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 December 2012 Sun 2 / 3.00pm
Thu 6 / 7.30pm
Sat 8 / 7.30pm
John Wilson et al Lehár The Merry Widow David Afkham/Arabella Steinbacher BEETHOVEN Overture, Coriolan/ BRAHMS Symphony No. 3/ BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Lorin Maazel/Vadim Repin PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet/ PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2/ TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Thu 13 / 7.30pm Lorin Maazel/Daniil Trifonov STRAVINSKY The Firebird/ PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2/ RACHMANINOV The Rock/ SCRIABIN Le poème de l’extase
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Thu 24 / 7.30pm Tugan Sokhiev/Akiko Suwanai MENDELSSOHN Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream/ DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No.1 Wed 30 / 7.30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen/Krystian Zimerman/Philharmonia Voices LUTOSŁAWSKI Musique funèbre; Piano Concerto/RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé February 2013 Thu 14 / 7.30pm Joji Hattori/Jennifer Pike/Kevin Zhu St Valentine’s Day Concert Sun 17 / 7.00pm Edward Gardner/Kirill Gerstein et al BRIDGE Suite, The Sea/ SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2/ BRITTEN Spring Symphony, Op. 44 Thu 21 / 7.30pm Vladimir Ashkenazy/Sol Gabetta BRITTEN (arr. Bedford) Suite, Death in Venice/SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 15 Sun 24 / 7.30pm Vladimir Ashkenazy/Tamara Stefanovich/Elizabeth Watts BRITTEN Quatre chansons françaises/MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21, K467/MAHLER Symphony No. 4 Thu 28 / 7.30pm Andris Nelsons/Angela Denoke STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung; selection of songs/BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
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March 2013
Thu 9 / 7.30pm
Sun 3 / 3.00pm
Andris Nelsons/Arabella Steinbacher STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel/BERG Violin Concerto/BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Thu 7 / 7.30pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen/Truls Mørk DEBUSSY La mer/LUTOSŁAWSKI Cello Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra
Thu 21 / 7.30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen/Jennifer Koh/Matthias Goerne RAVEL Suite, Ma mère l’oye/ LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphony No. 4; Les espaces du sommeil; Chain 2: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra/RAVEL La valse April 2013 Thu 4 / 7.30pm
Sun 7 / 3.00pm
Paavo Järvi/Lisa Batiashvili HAYDN Symphony No. 85, La Reine/BRAHMS Violin Concerto/ SIBELIUS Symphony No.1
Sat 20 / 7.30pm Daniele Gatti et al VERDI Requiem Tue 23 / 7.30pm Vasily Petrenko/Nikolai Lugansky LIADOV The Enchanted Lake/ TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1/ PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 Sun 28 / 3.00pm Kazuki Yamada/Vadim Repin LISZT Les Préludes/BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1/BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique May 2013 Thu 2 / 7.30pm
Thu 16 / 7.30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen et al SHOSTAKOVICH Orango (orch. Gerard McBurney); Symphony No. 4 Wed 22 / 7.30pm Sir Andrew Davis/Susan Bullock et al WAGNER Overture, Die Meistersinger; ‘Prelude & Liebestod’, Tristan und Isolde; Act III, Die Walküre Thu 30 / 7.30pm Esa-Pekka Salonen DEBUSSY Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune/VARÈSE Amériques/ STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring June 2013 Sat 1 / 7.00pm
Carl Davis The Thief of Bagdad (live with film)
Thu 6 / 7.30pm
Christoph von Dohnányi/PierreLaurent Aimard BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1/ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Sun 9 / 7.30pm
Christoph von Dohnányi/Paul Lewis Opener tba/MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23, K488/DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Paavo Järvi/Khatia Buniatishvili SIBELIUS Karelia Suite/GRIEG Piano Concerto/DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Thu 11 / 7.30pm Kurt Masur/David Fray BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3/ BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
Jakub Hrůša/Frank Peter Zimmermann et al SCRIABIN Reverie/SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1/PROKOFIEV Alexander Nevsky
Sir Andrew Davis/Lise de la Salle BRITTEN Young Apollo/MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, K271, Jeunehomme/VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
Thu 13 / 7.30pm Vladimir Ashkenazy/James Ehnes BORENSTEIN “If you will it, it is no dream”/ELGAR Violin Concerto/ WALTON Symphony No. 1 Thu 27 / 7.30pm Yuri Temirkanov/Sayaka Shoji TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini/DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto/MUSSORGSKY (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition Sun 30 / 7.30pm Yuri Temirkanov/Maria João Pires ROSSINI Overture, The Barber of Seville/CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2/SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Thursday 27 September 2012 7.30pm ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductor LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano GISELLE ALLEN soprano ANNE-MARIE OWENS mezzo-soprano ANDREW KENNEDY tenor JAMES RUTHERFORD bass PHILHARMONIA CHORUS
Beethoven’s exuberant First Piano Concerto and Kurtág’s Beethoven-inspired …quasi una fantasia…. At first this work, with its strategically placed mouth organs throughout the hall, may appear anything but Beethovenian, but Beethoven acts as a spiritual mentor throughout. Premium prices apply, see page iv of the booking form for details
KURTÁG ...quasi una fantasia..., Op.27 No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, Choral
6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall An introduction to this evening’s programme. FREE admission
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Beethoven’s Choral Symphony with an all-star cast, alongside
This evening’s concert is supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman
Esa-Pekka Salonen © Sonja Werner
“The Philharmonia is on a high with Esa-Pekka Salonen” Fiona Maddocks, Observer Arts Review of 2011, December 2011
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Thursday 11 October 2012 7.30pm
Sunday 14 October 2012 3.00pm
TUGAN SOKHIEV conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN piano
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor ELGAR Enigma Variations
JURAJ VALČUHA conductor RENAUD CAPUÇON violin MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Tugan Sokhiev, who takes over as Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin this season, conducts an exciting, colourful programme of music, ranging from Mendelssohn’s turbulent and elemental Hebrides Overture to Elgar’s rich Enigma Variations, via Bronfman’s masterful version of the Emperor Piano Concerto, one of the most original and virtuosic of the concerto canon.
Mendelssohn and Mahler may at first appear unlikely musical bedfellows. Mendelssohn’s music is predominantly a celebration of life while Mahler’s has a tendency to focus on man’s mortality. Yet in these particular works they were never closer, capturing a similar outlook on life and both ending with joyful, dancing finales of uncontainable optimism. The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto is performed tonight by Renaud Capuçon, one of the outstanding musicians of his generation.
Tugan Sokhiev © Mat Hennek
Renaud Capuçon © Mat Hennek
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Thursday 18 October 2012 7.30pm
Thursday 25 October 2012 7.30pm
CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductor MARTIN HELMCHEN piano
PHILIPPE JORDAN conductor SERGEY KHACHATRYAN violin
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27, K595 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8
NIELSEN Overture, Helios SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Austro-Hungarian composer Hugo Wolf was in such awe of Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony that he hailed it ‘the creation of a giant’, concluding that ‘no Roman emperor could have wished for a greater triumph’. Here its epic scale and towering complexity are perfectly contrasted with the pared-down introspection of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27.
This evening’s concert is given in honour of Sir Sydney Lipworth QC and Lady Lipworth CBE
Philippe Jordan is joined by the charismatic Armenian soloist Sergey Khachatryan in Sibelius’s emotive Violin Concerto. The evening ends with Brahms’s Second Symphony: a joyous and sonorous work of pastoral lyricism that delighted its rapt debut Viennese audience.
6pm, Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival Hall Recital by violist Shiry Rashkovsky, a winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission
6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall A portrait of York Höller, conducted by Nicholas Collon. FREE admission Photo by kind permission of NDR Sinfonieorchester © Phillip von Hessen @kaitietz.de and NRD Sinfonieorchester
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Sunday 2 December 2012 3.00pm
Thursday 6 December 2012 7.30pm
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES THE MERRY WIDOW
DAVID AFKHAM conductor ARABELLA STEINBACHER violin
JOHN WILSON conductor SIMON BUTTERISS director CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED PHILHARMONIA VOICES
BEETHOVEN Overture, Coriolan BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
LEHÁR The Merry Widow - operetta in 3 acts
Making his Royal Festival Hall début, conductor David Afkham is rapidly establishing a formidable reputation across Europe for his interpretations of Classical and Romantic repertoire. Tonight’s concert includes Beethoven’s ground-breaking Violin Concerto with Arabella Steinbacher alongside Brahms’s Symphony No. 3. The shortest of Brahms’s four symphonies, it is reflective and yearning in tone, in contrast to the relative sobriety of the First and pastoral charm of the Second. John Wilson conducts Lehár’s unforgettable The Merry Widow, a non-stop riot of orchestral colour, irrepressible joie-de-vivre and inspired sequences of unforgettable waltz tunes.
6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall A portrait of Luke Bedford, conducted by Peter Hirsch with Yun-Kyoung Yi (soprano). FREE admission
Semi-staged performance in English translation with surtitles Premium prices apply, see page iv of the booking form for details
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David Afkham © Chris Christodoulou
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LORIN MAAZEL Saturday 8 December 2012 7.30pm
Thursday 13 December 2012 7.30pm
LORIN MAAZEL conductor VADIM REPIN violin
LORIN MAAZEL conductor DANIIL TRIFONOV piano
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (1919) PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV The Rock SCRIABIN Le poème de l’extase
Few symphonies have attracted as much conspiracy theory as Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique. Just nine days after its 1893 première, the composer died suddenly. Was the symphony’s brooding solemnity with its pathos and final descent into eerie silence a portent of Tchaikovsky’s own demise? Or even a symphonic suicide note?
A barnstorming programme of Russian masterworks, forged from the burning embers of the Romantic period by four composers who for the most part couldn’t stand the sight of each other. Prokofiev confirms his status as the ‘bad boy’ of Russian music with a pianistic whirlwind of super-heated virtuosity, here performed by the sensational winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition.
6pm, Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival Hall Recital by clarinettist Mark Simpson, a winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission
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Lorin Maazel © Chris Lee
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Sunday 20 January 2013 3.00pm
Thursday 24 January 2013 7.30pm
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY BICENTENARY CONCERT
JOHN WILSON conductor LEON MCCAWLEY piano WALTON Overture, Portsmouth Point DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring IRELAND Piano Concerto VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis ELGAR In the South (Alassio) A special afternoon of English music led by the outstandingly talented John Wilson, who is known to audiences as a passionate advocate for British music as well as for his expertise in musical theatre (he also leads The Merry Widow on 2 December). The concert is framed around John Ireland’s Piano Concerto, performed 50 years after the composer’s death. Written in 1930, it was an immediate success at its première, its jazzy rhythms reminiscent of Ravel’s G Major concerto. The piece appears alongside three of the most popular works of the 20th century.
TUGAN SOKHIEV conductor AKIKO SUWANAI violin MENDELSSOHN Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No.1 On 24 January 1813 a group of musicians, music dealers and publishers met in London and founded the Philharmonic Society. For two hundred years the Royal Philharmonic Society has created a future for music by commissioning new music and supporting composers and musicians throughout the UK and abroad. This concert, conductor Tugan Sokhiev’s second of the season, celebrates the Royal Philharmonic Society's Bicentenary with three composers closely associated with the Society's life and history.
© Leslie Kee
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WOVEN WORDS “Music begins where words end” Lutosławski Centenary 2013 CONDUCTOR ESA-PEKKA SALONEN SERIES ADVISOR STEVEN STUCKY Wednesday 30 January 2013 7.30pm ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductor KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN piano PHILHARMONIA VOICES LUTOSŁAWSKI Musique funèbre LUTOSŁAWSKI Piano Concerto RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete) This special Lutosławski anniversary concert opens the celebrations for the centenary of Lutosławski’s birth on 25 January. The evening begins with Musique funèbre, which the composer himself described as ‘my first word in a new language’, followed by the Piano Concerto, a glorious summation of his work. Ravel’s ballet score shares with Lutosławski’s soundworld a meticulous attention to detail that is ravishing and utterly magical.
6pm Pre-concert talk, Southbank Centre, venue to be confirmed Steven Stucky introduces this evening’s programme. FREE admission Visit www.philharmonia.co.uk/lutoslawski for specially commissioned films, essays and programme notes exploring Lutosławski’s life and music (from 24 October 2012)
This series is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska Music programme
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Thursday 14 February 2013 7.30pm
ST VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT JOJI HATTORI conductor JENNIFER PIKE violin KEVIN ZHU violin FIRST PRIZE WINNER (JUNIOR CATEGORY), MENUHIN COMPETITION 2012 TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet SARASATE Carmen-Fantasie SARASATE Navarra BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 STRAUSS Suite, Der Rosenkavalier
in a finale of scintillating bravado, performed here by Jennifer Pike. This evening also marks both a Philharmonia and London début for the American violinist Kevin Zhu; just 11 years old he won the junior section of the 2012 Menuhin Competition in Beijing. Presented in collaboration with the Menuhin Competition Premium prices apply, see page iv of the booking form for details Please note this concert is not available on subscription and group discounts do not apply
Join us for this evening of dazzling romance, showcasing the violin and featuring the most popular of all violin concertos, Bruch’s G minor, a gloriously impassioned masterwork culminating
Music of Today
UNSUK CHIN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
2012/13
Free cutting-edge music performed by members of the Philharmonia Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall at 6pm. 6 concerts in 2012/13 featuring composers including York Höller (18 Oct), Luke Bedford (6 Dec), John Zorn (21 Feb), Claude Vivier (2 May) and Jukka Tiensuu (6 June). The composer portraits are programmed and presented by Unsuk Chin with perspectives from composers and performers.
FREE ADMISSION – just turn up! Principal Supporter
Unsuk Chin © Woenki Kim
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BRITTEN CENTENARY A homage to Benjamin Britten, the most celebrated British composer of the 20th century. The celebration is led by Edward Gardner, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Sir Andrew Davis, all of whom share a personal affinity with Britten’s music. See page 18 for Sir Andrew Davis’s concert on 9 May.
Sunday 17 February 2013 7.00pm (please note start time) EDWARD GARDNER conductor KIRILL GERSTEIN piano SUSAN GRITTON soprano CHRISTINE RICE mezzo-soprano ALLAN CLAYTON tenor CBSO CHORUS CBSO CHILDREN’S CHORUS BRIDGE Suite, The Sea SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 BRITTEN Spring Symphony, Op. 44 Edward Gardner leads a programme that brings together three composers who powerfully influenced one another. Britten was a composer prodigy so gifted that he began lessons with Frank Bridge at the tender age of 14. His Spring Symphony is an early masterpiece, a setting of 14 poems evoking the progress of winter to spring and the onset of summer.
Benjamin Britten © Brian Seed/ Lebrecht Music & Arts’
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Thursday 21 February 2013 7.30pm
Sunday 24 February 2013 7.30pm
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductor SOL GABETTA cello
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductor TAMARA STEFANOVICH piano ELIZABETH WATTS soprano
BRITTEN (arr. Steuart Bedford) Suite, Death in Venice SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
BRITTEN Quatre chansons françaises MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21, K467 MAHLER Symphony No. 4
A fascinating programme that finds two creative giants, towards the end of their respective careers, composing with bracing inventiveness and insight. The unbearably poignant Death in Venice was Britten’s final opera, composed as a tribute to his beloved partner, the tenor Peter Pears. Meanwhile Shostakovich was concurrently working on his last Symphony, a tour de force of coruscating ingenuity.
Mahler broke with all convention in his Fourth Symphony, by ending this most heart-warming of all his symphonies with a song of child-like innocence in praise of heavenly life. That same tantalising simplicity informs the magical slow movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 and Britten’s early Quatre chansons françaises, composed shortly before his fifteenth birthday.
6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall A portrait of John Zorn, conducted by Matthew Coorey. FREE admission
6pm, Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival Hall Recital by accordionist Martynas Levickis, a winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission
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ANDRIS NELSONS Thursday 28 February 2013 7.30pm
Sunday 3 March 2013 3.00pm
ANDRIS NELSONS conductor ANGELA DENOKE soprano
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung STRAUSS Songs: Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1 Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 27 No. 1 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8 Das Rosenband, Op. 36 No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Soprano Angela Denoke performs Strauss songs, each one a magical distillation of his creative genius. The concert ends with Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5, which became a symphonic archetype for the Romantic generation. Its emotional journey from darkness to light, rescuing victory from the jaws of Fate, can be heard resonating strongly in music over the next century and beyond.
ANDRIS NELSONS conductor ARABELLA STEINBACHER violin STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel BERG Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral This programme features three highly autobiographical masterworks. The Pastoral Symphony is Beethoven’s ultimate musical response to nature, whilst the exuberant young Strauss clearly identifies with the hero of Till Eulenspiegel’s merry pranks and Berg’s Violin Concerto is a heartbreaking lament for Manon Gropius, the daughter of Alma Mahler by her second marriage.
This concert is supported by the Principal Friends of the Philharmonia Orchestra
Andris Nelsons © Marco Borggreve
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WOVEN WORDS “Music begins where words end” Lutosławski Centenary 2013 CONDUCTOR ESA-PEKKA SALONEN SERIES ADVISOR STEVEN STUCKY Thursday 7 March 2013 7.30pm
Thursday 21 March 2013 7.30pm
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductor TRULS MØRK cello
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductor JENNIFER KOH violin MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone
DEBUSSY La mer LUTOSŁAWSKI Cello Concerto LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra The Lutosławski centenary celebrations continue with two major works of crucial importance. The virtuoso fast-reflexes of the Concerto for Orchestra form a blazing climax to his early period and mark a new fascination with Bartók and the musical potential of indigenous folksong, while the glorious Cello Concerto (1970), was composed during a time of great political unrest in Poland.
6pm Pre-concert chamber music, Royal Festival Hall Polish musicians perform music by Lutosławski and his contemporaries, arranged in liaison with the Mickiewicz Foundation. FREE admission
RAVEL Suite, Ma mère l’oye LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphony No. 4 LUTOSŁAWSKI Les espaces du sommeil LUTOSŁAWSKI Chain 2: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra RAVEL La valse The meticulously fashioned soundscapes of Ravel form the perfect musical backdrop to this final tribute to Lutosławski in his centenary year. Les espaces du sommeil (‘The Spaces of Sleep’) is a mesmerising setting of a poem by French surrealist Robert Desnos; Chain 2 explores the element of ‘chance’ and the Fourth Symphony is the composer’s crowning achievement.
6pm Pre-concert chamber music, Royal Festival Hall Polish musicians perform music by Lutosławski and his contemporaries, arranged in liaison with the Mickiewicz Foundation. FREE admission FREE post-concert Polish jazz, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall A special late-night event featuring Polish musicians performing jazz and cabaret arrangements by Lutosławski and his contemporaries.
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This series is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska Music programme
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KURT MASUR Thursday 4 April 2013 7.30pm
Thursday 11 April 2013 7.30pm
PAAVO JÄRVI conductor LISA BATIASHVILI violin
KURT MASUR conductor DAVID FRAY piano
HAYDN Symphony No. 85, La Reine BRAHMS Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
A celebration of three great symphonists at the height of their powers. La Reine (‘The Queen’) is the fourth of Haydn’s six magnificent Paris symphonies. Sibelius’s First Symphony opens with a desolate clarinet solo, which finds release in a surging, impassioned score of captivating emotional power. Brahms also synthesised the sounds of a solo instrument with music on a symphonic scale in his Violin Concerto.
Sunday 7 April 2013 3.00pm
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES PAAVO JÄRVI conductor KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI piano SIBELIUS Karelia Suite GRIEG Piano Concerto DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 Nationalism is in the air in this programme, as we travel first to Finland for Sibelius’s ever-popular Karelia Suite, before heading to Norway for Grieg’s immortal Piano Concerto. Finally, we arrive in Czechoslovakia and Dvořák’s imposing symphony, one that he declared had been inspired by ‘God, love and the Motherland.’
Bruckner is widely recognised as one of the greatest of all symphonists, yet his groundbreaking music was slow to gain recognition. His is a hypnotic, spiritual art that refuses to be rushed. His structures unwind gradually with awesome precision, unleashing an all-engulfing emotional power unlike anything else in music. This evening his Symphony No. 3 is led by Kurt Masur, who has been closely associated with Bruckner’s music for more than 60 years.
6pm, Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival Hall Recital by pianist Kausikan Rajeshkumar, a winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission
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VERDI REQUIEM Daniele Gatti conducts Verdi’s epic Requiem to mark the composer’s bicentenary Saturday 20 April 2013 7.30pm DANIELE GATTI conductor KRASSIMIRA STOYANOVA soprano MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX contralto FRANCESCO MELI tenor CARLO COLOMBARA bass-baritone PHILHARMONIA CHORUS
Daniele Gatti conducts Verdi’s passionate Requiem with an all-star cast of soloists, joined by the full force of the Philharmonia Chorus. The composer called upon every device in his operatic armoury to create a thrilling drama which runs the whole gamut of human emotions from the lacerating fortissimo eruptions of the ‘Dies irae’, to the poignant ending’s painful acceptance. Premium prices apply, see page iv of the booking form for details
VERDI Requiem
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Tuesday 23 April 2013 7.30pm
Sunday 28 April 2013 3.00pm
VASILY PETRENKO conductor NIKOLAI LUGANSKY piano
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
KAZUKI YAMADA conductor VADIM REPIN violin LISZT Les Préludes BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Bruch’s richly melodic Violin Concerto instantly became a runaway bestseller, loved for its passionate melodies and romantic air. If Bruch stood on the traditional Romantic wing, Liszt and Berlioz spearheaded a ‘New Music’ movement that sought to open up new and exciting realms of expression: Berlioz threw the rulebook out the window in his Symphonie fantastique, with a colourful series of drug-crazed imaginings. This afternoon’s performance is conducted by the sensational young conductor Kazuki Yamada, who has been making waves across Europe and the Far East since winning the Besançon International Conducting Competition in 2009.
This evening’s concert offers the opportunity to hear Prokofiev’s famous Fifth symphony, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, whose reputation in this repertoire is unrivalled. Nikolai Lugansky joins Petrenko to perform one of the most popular piano concertos in the repertoire: a wild Cossack-ride through virtuoso territory that leaves audiences breathless in its wake. Incredibly, when Tchaikovsky first showed it to his mentor Nikolai Rubinstein, he was told that only ‘two or three pages’ were worth preserving.
Vasily Petrenko © Mark McNulty
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Thursday 2 May 2013 7.30pm
Thursday 9 May 2013 7.30pm
JAKUB HRŮŠA conductor FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN violin EKATERINA SEMENCHUK mezzo-soprano PHILHARMONIA VOICES
SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductor LISE DE LA SALLE piano
SCRIABIN Rêverie SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Alexander Nevsky
BRITTEN Young Apollo MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, K271, Jeunehomme VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
The two main works in tonight’s high-impact programme come from opposite ends of the musical spectrum. Shostakovich’s dark and despairing First Violin Concerto had to be hidden away until after Stalin’s death in 1953 for fear of reprisals from the Soviet Thought Police, who wanted only positivist flag-wavers that glorified the Motherland – which is exactly what Prokofiev provided in the cantata Alexander Nevsky, adapted from his score for Eisenstein’s film.
Tonight’s programme opens with music by two prodigies who were already well into their creative strides. Mozart composed his Jeunehomme Piano Concerto when he was 21, a stunning achievement which has at its emotional core a C minor slow movement of searing emotional intensity. Britten was 26 and recently arrived in America when he premièred his Young Apollo, a joyously inventive work for piano and strings composed as Britain was entering a Second World War.
Concert performance in Russian with English surtitles 6pm, Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival Hall Recital by the Isimsiz Piano Trio, winners of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission Benjamin Britten © Brian Seed/ Lebrecht Music & Arts’
Part of Southbank Centre’s The Rest Is Noise, inspired by Alex Ross’ book “The Rest Is Noise”
6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall A portrait of Claude Vivier, conducted by Kwame Ryan with Elizabeth Atherton (soprano). FREE admission
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ORANGO Thursday 16 May 2013 7.30pm ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductor CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED PHILHARMONIA VOICES SHOSTAKOVICH Orango (orch. Gerard McBurney) European première SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4
Concert performance in Russian with English surtitles
6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall An introduction to this evening’s programme. FREE admission
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts an all-Shostakovich programme including a concert performance of the Prologue to his unfinished satirical opera Orango, recently orchestrated by composer Gerard McBurney. Shostakovich and his librettists conceived ‘a political lampoon against the bourgeois press’ involving a human-ape hybrid, but when the librettists failed to deliver their script in time for the planned 15th anniversary of the Revolution, the whole thing was dropped. Part of Southbank Centre’s The Rest Is Noise, inspired by Alex Ross’ book “The Rest Is Noise”
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans, the never-built Palace of the Soviets, where it was intended that Orango would have its première
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WAGNER 200TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Sir Andrew Davis conducts a special gala concert celebrating the exact date of the 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth composer’s finest achievements. The Walküre Wednesday 22 May 2013 7.30pm SIR ANDREW DAVIS conductor DAVID EDWARDS director GISELLE ALLEN soprano SUSAN BULLOCK soprano JAMES RUTHERFORD bass KATHERINE BRODERICK soprano ELAINE MCKRILL soprano KIMBERLY MYERS soprano JENNIFER JOHNSTON mezzo-soprano MIRIAM SHARRAD mezzo-soprano ANTONIA SOTGIU mezzo-soprano HARRIET WILLIAMS mezzo-soprano JULIANNE YOUNG mezzo-soprano WAGNER Overture, Die Meistersinger WAGNER ‘Prelude & Liebestod’, Tristan und Isolde WAGNER Act III, Die Walküre
(or Valkyries) of the title are an army of maidens who ride through the air on horseback. We see twin brother and sister, Siegmund and Sieglinde, fall in love, thereby committing both adultery and (unwittingly) incest. The former is subsequently killed by Wotan, although Brünnhilde (Wotan's warrior Valkyrie daughter) saves Sieglinde in the nick of time. The opera reaches a blazing climax during the unforgettable Third Act, when Brünnhilde is punished by Wotan, who surrounds her with a ring of fire that can only be crossed by a fearless hero destined to be none other than Sieglinde's eventual son, Siegfried. This concert also launches Wagner 200, a wideranging, London-based festival to celebrate the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth, featuring events from May to November 2013 in association with leading venues and producers. It is the culmination of a day of activity at Southbank Centre, including pop up open-air performances on the riverside terraces and balconies featuring young singers and performers.
Semi-staged performance in German with English surtitles Sir Andrew Davis conducts a concert celebrating the exact 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, showcasing the British Wagner tradition and featuring one of the
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‘The ride of the Valkyries', illustration by Arthur Rackham © Lebrecht Music & Arts
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RITE OF SPRING CENTENARY Thursday 30 May 2013 7.30pm ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductor DEBUSSY Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune VARÈSE Amériques (rev. 1927) STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Esa-Pekka Salonen marks the centenary (29 May 2013) of one of the most famous premières in musical history - Stravinsky’s primitivist ballet The Rite of Spring. Showered throughout by a torrential hail of noises from the gallery, the whole
thing ended in uproar with the young conductor, Pierre Monteux, and his musicians fleeing for their lives. This concert will be the highlight of a fortnight’s celebrations, which will include the return of RE-RITE, the Philharmonia’s award-winning digital installation.
6pm Pre-concert talk, Royal Festival Hall ‘Paris 1913: a Riot, The Rite and its Re-Write’: Professor Jonathan Cross introduces this evening’s programme. FREE admission
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THE THIEF OF BAGDAD Saturday 1 June 2013 7.00pm (please note start time) CARL DAVIS conductor/composer DAVIS The Thief of Bagdad (live with film) Film score after Rimsky-Korsakov Tonight’s concert offers a rare opportunity to see the classic, silent movie version of The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring the legendary Douglas Fairbanks and accompanied by Carl Davis’s magical 1984 score.
The Live Cinema presentation of The Thief of Bagdad by arrangement with Photoplay Productions. The Live Cinema presentation of The Thief of Bagdad was originally produced by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow.
Photograph courtesy of Photoplay Productions
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CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI Thursday 6 June 2013 7.30pm CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductor PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Thursday 13 June 2013 7.30pm VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY conductor JAMES EHNES violin BORENSTEIN “If you will it, it is no dream” (world première) ELGAR Violin Concerto WALTON Symphony No. 1
At no time in musical history has a composer travelled so far as quickly as Beethoven in the Eroica Symphony. This is music that appears to breathe the air of a different planet, lacerating 18th-century sensibilities along the way. The emotional content is startlingly raw, with brutal sforzandos rammed home, harmonic dissonances revelled in as never before, and fizzing virtuosity demanded of the players at every turn.
6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall A portrait of Jukka Tiensuu, conducted by Dmitri Slobodeniouk. FREE admission
Sunday 9 June 2013 7.30pm CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI conductor PAUL LEWIS piano Opening work to be announced MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23, K488 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World Written in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of America, From the New World explodes with American folk-inspired rhythms and melodies. However, Dvořák does not completely shun the infectious folk music of his native Bohemia, the influence of which can be heard throughout the symphony.
Elgar’s epic Violin Concerto was composed for celebrated Viennese virtuoso Fritz Kreisler, who shortly before giving the 1910 world premiere in London vowed, ‘I will shake the Queen’s Hall!’ Elgar’s own opinion was that ‘It’s good! Awfully emotional! Too emotional...but I love it.’ It is accompanied this evening by Walton’s great First Symphony, a work and a composer that Vladimir Ashkenazy has championed for many years.
6pm, Pre-concert recital, Royal Festival Hall Recital by pianist Alexander Soares, a winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. FREE admission
Vladimir Ashkenazy © Keith Saunders
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YURI TEMIRKANOV Thursday 27 June 2013 7.30pm
Sunday 30 June 2013 7.30pm
YURI TEMIRKANOV conductor SAYAKA SHOJI violin
YURI TEMIRKANOV conductor MARIA JOÃO PIRES piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
ROSSINI Overture, The Barber of Seville CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
Dvořák’s radiantly tuneful Violin Concerto is an emotional roller-coaster in the Czech Romantic tradition, with a sparkling finale that lights up the sky with a display of infectious dance rhythms and virtuoso fireworks. The enduring popularity of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition lies in the work’s endless invention and distinctive characters of each of the ten sections, from the scuttling, chirping music in ‘Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks’, to the final majestic and imposing music of ‘The Great Gate of Kiev’. This evening’s concert offers a rare opportunity to hear this music conducted by the St Petersburg Philharmonia Orchestra’s Yuri Temirkanov, who is steeped in its tradition and history.
Closing the Philharmonia’s 2012/13 season in style, this concert opens with Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture and Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. Written before the First and completed when Chopin was just 20 the concerto is filled with youthful fire and freshness; its beautiful slow movement inspired by Chopin’s first love. The evening ends with Sibelius’s rousing Second Symphony, a work of lyrical splendour and blazing passion.
6pm Music of Today, Royal Festival Hall Young Composers Academy culmination concert, conducted by Rudiger Böhn. FREE admission
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Booking form CUT 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 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 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.
Unshaded concerts are newly on sale: this is your first opportunity to book for these events (September 2012) Date Example
Preferred Pricing & Area Code
1st choice
2nd choice
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No. of subscription tickets
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27 Sep 2012 Salonen/Andsnes (Choir n/a) 11 Oct 2012 Sokhiev/Bronfman 14 Oct 2012 Valčuha/Capuçon 18 Oct 2012 Dohnányi/Helmchen 25 Oct 2012 Jordan/Khachatryan 2 Dec 2012 The Merry Widow (Choir n/a) 6 Dec 2012 Afkham/Steinbacher 8 Dec 2012 Maazel/Repin 13 Dec 2012 Maazel/Trifonov 20 Jan 2013 Wilson/McCawley 24 Jan 2013 Sokhiev/Suwanai 30 Jan 2013 Salonen/Zimerman (Choir n/a) 14 Feb 2013 Valentine’s Day Gala 17 Feb 2013 Gardner/Gerstein (Choir n/a)
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21 Feb 2013 Ashkenazy/Gabetta 24 Feb 2013 Ashkenazy/Stefanovich/Watts 28 Feb 2013 Nelsons/Denoke 3 Mar 2013 Nelsons/Steinbacher 7 Mar 2013 Salonen/Mørk 21 Mar 2013 Salonen/Koh/Goerne 4 Apr 2013 Järvi/Batiashvili 7 Apr 2013 Järvi/Buniatishvili 11 Apr 2013 Masur/Fray 20 Apr 2013 Gatti et al (Choir n/a) 23 Apr 2013 Petrenko/Lugansky 28 Apr 2013 Yamada/Repin 2 May 2013 Hrůša/Zimmermann et al (Choir n/a) 9 May 2013 Davis/de la Salle 16 May 2013 Salonen (Choir n/a) 22 May 2013 Davis et al (Choir n/a) 30 May 2013 Salonen 1 Jun 2013 Davis (Choir n/a) 6 Jun 2013 Dohnányi/Aimard 9 Jun 2013 Dohnányi/Lewis 13 Jun 2013 Ashkenazy/Ehnes 27 Jun 2013 Temirkanov/Shoji 30 Jun 2013 Temirkanov/Pires 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 tickets Add together the discounted prices of your tickets – see p.i for details
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Booking Information/Ticket Prices ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
Balcony P7 P6 P5 P4 P2
Rear P7 P6 P4 P3 P2
P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1
P7 P6 P4 P3 P2
Stalls
Side Stalls
P2 P6
Front Stalls
P2
P1 P7
Side Stalls
P4
P2
P2 P6
P1
P3
P2 P4
Boxes Performance Area
P7
P1
P7
P2
Boxes
Choir
Single ticket prices Price Codes
Signature Seats*
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
Standard priced concert
£48
£40
£31
£25
£20
£15
£12
£9
Premium priced concert
£60
£45
Location
Selected Front Stalls Front Stalls* (FS) Rear Stalls (RS) Boxes (BX)
PREMIUM CONCERTS All of our concerts, excluding 14 February 2013, are eligible for substantial subscription 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 symbol.
£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)
*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 signature seats) and will sell these on a first-come first-served basis at £48 each and £60 for 27 Sept and 2 Dec 2012 and 14 Feb, 20 Apr and 22 May 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 (14 February 2013 excluded). Please call FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717 for more information.
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How to book your tickets SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE! GREAT DISCOUNTS IF YOU BOOK FOR 3 OR MORE CONCERTS! All of our concerts, excluding 14 February 2013, are eligible for substantial subscription discounts if you book for more than 3 concerts in one transaction. Concerts that are premium priced but eligible for
you would like us to calculate the total cost, please leave payment totals blank and we will advise you when we send your tickets.
subscription discounts are marked on the booking form with the 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
Subscription ticket prices (for seating plan see page iv) RFH Pricing Codes
Signature P1 Seats
No. of concerts
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
Price per ticket
Full price (1–2 concerts)
Standard Premium
£48.00 £60.00
£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%
Standard Premium
£48.00 £60.00
£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
6–8 concerts 15%
Standard Premium
£48.00 £60.00
£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%
Standard Premium
£48.00 £60.00
£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
12–14 concerts 25%
Standard Premium
£48.00 £60.00
£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
15+ concerts 30%
Standard Premium
£48.00 £60.00
£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
HOW TO BOOK: PHONE: Call the FREEPHONE Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office on 0800 652 6717 to book your tickets (Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm) NO BOOKING FEE and call back answerphone service out of hours POST: Fill in the booking form and post to Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office, FREEPOST RRGT-AHSU-GXRE, London, SE1 7NX ONLINE: www.philharmonia.co.uk (NB this facility is not available for group bookings) E-MAIL: boxoffice@philharmonia.co.uk FAX: Complete the booking form and fax it to 020 7921 3950 Tickets may also be purchased from Southbank Centre PHONE: 0844 847 9921 (9am-8pm daily)* ONLINE: www.southbankcentre.co.uk* FAX: 020 7921 0607* IN PERSON: Ticket Office, Royal Festival Hall 10am–8pm daily *Transaction fees apply. No fee for Southbank Centre Members
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. Please note that group booking discounts are not available on 14 February 2013. School parties: 50% discount and 1 free teacher’s ticket for every 10 purchased.
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.
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.
PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES
people with disabilities. Visitors with a disability should join Southbank Centre’s free Access Scheme. 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 Royal Festival Hall.
LEVEL ACCESS There is level access throughout 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.
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