Leeds Town Hall
Welcome to Leeds International Concert Season’s 2019/20 Orchestral Season
We are delighted to open and close the season with international tours by firm favourites the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Simonov and the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Making debuts at LICS this season we look forward to visits from the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and the Swedish Philharmonia with soloist Viktoria Mullova. Eric Lu, winner of the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition, makes a welcome return to the series in February 2020 with the orchestra of Leeds’ Twin City, the Orchestre National de Lille, its first visit since 2000. The UK’s finest orchestras continue to have a major place in the season. Sir Mark Elder conducts The Hallé and James Ehnes in Bruch’s Violin Concerto, whilst Ben Gernon and the BBC Philharmonic give the world premiere of Edward Gregson’s Oboe Concerto, written for the orchestra’s principal oboe Jennifer Galloway.
A Spanish flavour permeates the season as Miloš Karadaglić is soloist in Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, in a programme that also presents Rossini’s Barber of Seville Overture alongside de Falla’s El amor brujo, and a suite from Bizet’s Carmen. The theme continues in February as Alexandre Bloch conducts Debussy’s Iberia with the Orchestre National de Lille. Leeds’ two great choral societies play an important role in the season. Leeds Philharmonic Chorus is joined by Cambridge University Symphony Chorus to perform Elgar’s The Kingdom and Leeds Festival Chorus presents Mendelssohn’s great oratorio Elijah in March before both choruses join together with a performance of Beethoven’s Mass in C in May. In 2020, the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, the RLPO presents his Pastoral Symphony and soloist Ning Feng performs the Violin Concerto with the CBSO. Leeds International Orchestral Season continues to be one of the finest orchestral programmes in the country. We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds Town Hall during the 2019/20 season.
All concerts start at 7.30pm
(except 19 October and 21 March which start at 7pm)
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Saturday 5 October 2019 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Judy Blezzard
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 12 October 2019 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Dan Holden
Yuri Simonov
Sir Mark Elder
Alexandra Dariescu
James Ehnes
Tchaikovsky
Finzi
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piano
violin
Slavonic March
Rachmaninov
Yuri Simonov
The Hallé
Piano Concerto No 2
The Fall of the Leaf Sir Mark Elder
© Benjamin Ealovega
Tchaikovsky
Bruch
Violin Concerto No 1
Elgar
Suite: Swan Lake
Symphony No 1
Khachaturian Suite: Gayaneh
James Ehnes
Alexandra Dariescu
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He had the secret of the golden, living tone which comes from the heart.
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[A] great work of art, which is lofty in conception and sincere in expression, and which must stand as a landmark in the development of the younger school of English music.
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THE TIMES ON ELGAR SYMPHONY NO 1
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ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN ON RACHMANINOV
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© Benjamin Ealovega
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Saturday 19 October 2019 Free pre-concert talk at 6.15pm by Clive McClelland
London Mozart Players (Please note this concert starts at 7pm)
Saturday 26 October 2019 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by George Kennaway
Howard Shelley
Joana Carneiro
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Laura van der Heijden
Prokofiev
cello
Symphony No 1 (Classical)
Mozart
Anna Clyne
Piano Concerto No 25
Delius
Howard Shelley
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
BBC Philharmonic
Masquerade Joana Carneiro
© Gulbenkian
Haydn
Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No 1
Mahler
Symphony No 104 (London)
Symphony No 5
Laura van der Heijden
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There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.
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DELIUS
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If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. MAHLER
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Saturday 2 November 2019 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Dan Holden
Flanders Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 23 November 2019 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Steve Muir
David Hill
Miloš Karadaglić
Carolyn Sampson
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Jane Irwin
Rossini
mezzo soprano
Overture: The Barber of Seville © Matthieu Gauchet
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Cambridge University Symphony Chorus
José Luis Gomez conductor
José Luis Gomez
BBC Philharmonic
Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Ed Lyon tenor
David Hill
Gareth Brynmor John
Villa-Lobos
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Three Preludes for solo guitar
de Falla
Elgar
El amor brujo
The Kingdom
Bizet
Suite: Carmen Miloš Karadaglić
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Carolyn Sampson
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As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note. BIZET
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© Marco Borggreve
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I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward – I ask for no reward – only to live and hear my work.
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ELGAR
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Saturday 30 November 2019
Orchestra of Opera North
Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Peter Whitfield
Saturday 18 January 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Brian Newbould
Sian Edwards
Thomas Gould
Karen Cargill
Marcus Barcham Stevens
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violin
Christopher Purves
Bach
baritone Sian Edwards
© Groves Artists
Britten Sinfonia
Janáček
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Thomas Gould
© Simon Weir
Sinfonietta
Pärt
Fratres
Shostakovich
Bartók
Chamber Symphony
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
Bach
Concerto for Two Violins
Pärt
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Bach Karen Cargill
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Marcus Barcham Stevens
© Nadine Boyle
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[The Sinfonietta represents] contemporary free man, his spiritual beauty and joy, his strength, courage and determination to fight for victory.
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JANÁČEK
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Brandenburg Concerto No 5 I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well. BACH
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Saturday 25 January 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by David Fligg
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 1 February 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Julian Rushton
Vasily Petrenko
Alexandre Bloch
Benjamin Appl
Eric Lu
Rossini
Ravel
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Overture: William Tell
Vaughan Williams
Vasily Petrenko
Orchestre National de Lille
The Lark Ascending
Ma mère l’Oye Alexandre Bloch
© Ugo Ponte
Schubert
Debussy Ibéria
Beethoven
Songs with orchestra: arr Britten Die Forelle arr Webern Du bist die Ruh arr Brahms Geheimes arr Berlioz Erlkönig
Piano Concerto No 4
Ravel
La Valse
Beethoven
Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) Benjamin Appl
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Eric Lu
© Lars Borges
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[The Pastoral Symphony] is more the expression of feeling than painting.
© Janice Carissa
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BEETHOVEN ON SYMPHONY NO 6
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The only love affair I have ever had was with music. RAVEL
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Saturday 8 February 2020
BBC Philharmonic
Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Steve Muir
Saturday 15 February 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Brian Newbould
Ben Gernon
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Jennifer Galloway
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Tchaikovsky
Bizet
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Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet Ben Gernon
© Simon Annand
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gregson Oboe Concerto
Suite: L’Arlésienne No 2
Ravel
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Concerto for the Left Hand
(world premiere)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Berlioz
Aeriality
Symphonie fantastique
Prokofiev
Suite: Romeo and Juliet
Jennifer Galloway
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You don’t know what love is, whatever you may say. For you, it’s not that rage, that fury, that delirium which takes possession of all one’s faculties, which renders one capable of anything.
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It was clear from the start that Prokofiev had a special gift for ballet music which placed him in the big league alongside Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Stravinsky, but it was a gift directed towards satire and social comment rather than romance. FRANK GRANVILLE BARKER
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Saturday 7 March 2020
Swedish Philharmonia
Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Julian Rushton
Saturday 14 March 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by George Kennaway
Jaime Martín
Chad Kelly
Viktoria Mullova
Alison Balsom
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Tchaikovsky
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The Tempest Jaime Martín
© Chris Dunlop
Academy of Ancient Music
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No 2
Chad Kelly
© Clive Barda
Mendelssohn
Symphony No 5 (Reformation)
Purcell
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Galuppi
Torelli
Handel
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Sound the Trumpet Sound the Trumpet (from Masque (arr Come Ye Sons of Hymen) of Art) Alla tromba della Fama Concerto Grosso Op 1, No 1
Viktoria Mullova
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Alison Balsom
© Benjamin Ealovega
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Prokofiev has a cynicism combined with a child-like fantasy that is extremely disturbing to me, and so, so beautiful. NICOLA BENEDETTI ON PROKOFIEV VIOLIN CONCERTO NO 2
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Handel © Hugh Carswell
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Eternal Source of Light Divine
Handel
Oboe Concerto (arr tpt) in B flat
Venturini
Trumpet Concerto in D Concerto Grosso Op 3, No 6
Handel
Let the Bright Seraphim
Bach
Cantata: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
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Saturday 21 March 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.15pm by Judy Blezzard
Royal Northern Sinfonia Leeds Festival Chorus
(Please note this concert starts at 7pm)
Saturday 28 March 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Steve Muir
Simon Wright
Tobias Ringborg
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Rebecca Evans
Strauss
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Also Sprach Zarathustra
Sara Fulgoni
Rachmaninov
mezzo soprano
Joshua Ellicott tenor
Simon Wright
Orchestra of Opera North
Vocalise Tobias Ringborg
© Mats Bäcker
Matthew Brook
Rachmaninov Symphony No 3
bass
Mendelssohn Elijah
Matthew Brook
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© Gerard Collett
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Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God. MENDELSSOHN
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I meant to convey by means of music an idea of the development of the human race from its origin, through the various phases of its development, religious and scientific, up to Nietzsche’s idea of the Superman. STRAUSS
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Saturday 4 April 2020
The Hallé
Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Peter Whitfield
Saturday 25 April 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Dan Holden
Dalia Stasevska
Osmo Vänskä
Kian Soltani
Ning Feng
Strauss
Sibelius
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Suite: Der Rosenkavalier Dalia Stasevska
© Jarmo Katila
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme
Pohjola’s Daughter Osmo Vänskä
© Joel Larson
Dvořák
Beethoven
Violin Concerto
Beethoven
Symphony No 8
Romance No 2
Sibelius
Symphony No 7
Kian Soltani
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Ning Feng
© Juventino Mateo
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Gentlemen, in Bohemia the trumpets never call to battle – they always call to the dance!
© Felix Broede
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RAFAEL KUBELIK ON THE FINALE OF DVOŘÁK SYMPHONY NO 8
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The grandest celebration of C major there ever was. PETER FRANKLIN ON SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO 7
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Saturday 16 May 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by Judy Blezzard
Manchester Camerata
Leeds Festival Chorus Leeds Philharmonic Chorus St Peter’s Singers
Saturday 30 May 2020 Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm by George Kennaway
David Hill
Nikolai Alexeev
Sarah Fox
Noriko Ogawa
conductor
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Catriona Morison
Prokofiev
mezzo soprano Catriona Morison
© Claudia Scheer
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Ellicott tenor
Suite: Cinderella Nikolai Alexeev
© Stas Levshin
David Soar
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No 1
Tchaikovsky
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Symphony No 5
Beethoven
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Mozart
Symphony No 41 (Jupiter)
Beethoven Mass in C
Joshua Ellicott
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Don’t only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. BEETHOVEN
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Noriko Ogawa
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I have rewritten my First Concerto; it is really good now. All the youthful freshness is there, and yet it plays itself so much more easily. RACHMANINOV ON HIS PIANO CONCERTO NO 1
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There is wheelchair access to Leeds Town Hall and wheelchair-accessible toilet facilities on all floors. A number of spaces in the stalls are reserved for wheelchair users. Please note, there is no parking at Leeds Town Hall. The nearest blue badge parking can be found nearby on Oxford Place, Alexander Street, Rossington Street and Portland Crescent. Please let us know when booking of any special access requirements you may have.
Concert bus A coach service is available for orchestral attenders*, picking up from Addingham, Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Menston, Guiseley, Yeadon, Rawdon and Horsforth. Ticket prices: £6 per return journey (£5 from Yeadon)
The venue is equipped with a closed loop system for the hard of hearing.
This brochure and our concert For booking information please contact programmes are available in alternative formats – please the Box Office on 0113 376 0318 or boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk. Please note, ring us on 0113 378 6600 for seats are only guaranteed if reserved more details, or visit by the Wednesday before the concert. www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk. * Please note there is no service for choral concerts on 23 Nov, 21 Mar and 16 May.
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Leeds International Concert Season Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD Tel: 0113 378 6600 Email: music@leeds.gov.uk
Box Office: 0113 376 0318 Book online, explore and learn at www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk @LeedsConcerts LeedsInternationalConcertSeason
Whilst every effort is made to avoid programme changes, we reserve the right to change artists and programmes without notice if unavoidable. Designed and produced by: Design It – designit-uk.com Printed by: Spellman Walker Printed on paper sourced from sustainable forests