LPO online concert programme: 5 May 2021 - Spring Storms & Summer Nights (Emeylanychev/Persson) by London Philharmonic Orchestra

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SPRING STORMS & SUMMER NIGHTS Berlioz Les nuits d’été Schumann Symphony No. 4 Maxim Emelyanychev conductor Miah Persson soprano Concert supported by the

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3 PROGRAMME NOTES: BERLIOZ 5 SONG TEXTS: LES NUITS D’ÉTÉ 9 PROGRAMME NOTES: SCHUMANN 11 MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV 12 MIAH PERSSON 13 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 14 ON STAGE TONIGHT 15 NEXT CONCERTS 16 ANNUAL APPEAL 2021: MUSIC WITH MEANING 18 MEMBERSHIPS & DONATIONS 19 CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS 20 THANK YOU 22 SOUND FUTURES DONORS 23 LPO ADMINISTRATION

Concert performed at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 9 April 2021 and filmed by Intersection. The safety of our musicians and staff is paramount, and filming sessions adhere strictly to safety measures in line with UK Government guidance. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is grateful to all those whose who are generously supporting the Orchestra during the 2020/21 season. This performance has been made possible through a grant from the Cultural Recovery Fund from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. #HereForCulture

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PROGRAMME NOTES HECTOR BERLIOZ 1803–69

LES NUITS D’ÉTÉ (SUMMER NIGHTS) 1840–41 – APPROX 32 MINS –

MIAH PERSSON SOPRANO 1 VILLANELLE 2 LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE 3 SUR LES LAGUNES (LAMENTO) 4 ABSENCE 5 AU CIMETIÈRE (CLAIR DE LUNE) 6 L’ÎLE INCONNUE The texts and translations begin on the next page. The 1830s were for Berlioz a period of great creative achievement and also of disheartening disappointment. Following the breakthrough success of Symphonie fantastique at the beginning of the decade, works such as Harold en Italie, the Requiem, Roméo et Juliette and the ambitious opera Benvenuto Cellini not only scored little success with the public, but earned their composer a reputation as an almost comical eccentric, noisy and sometimes even ‘incorrect’. It is possible, therefore, that with the songs of Les nuits d’été – settings of poems by Théophile Gautier originally composed for voice and piano in 1840–41, but reissued in skilful orchestrations some 15 years later – he was looking to reveal a more intimate and conventional side

to his character. Yet with an artist as apt to reflect his life in his work as Berlioz, more personal resonances must also be considered, and one has to wonder at the appearance of six songs on the subject of love and loss at a time when his passionately conceived marriage to the actress Harriet Smithson was fast deteriorating, and a new, lower-key relationship with the singer Marie Recio was beginning. The first song, Villanelle, is the simplest, a cheerful depiction of spring love. Yet each of its three verses has a subtly different accompaniment, and by the time the lovers are picking summer strawberries, troubling harmonies have arrived. Will this be a love to outlive the

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encouragement of the seasons? Le Spectre de la rose presents an image of the rose picked to adorn the dress of a young girl at her first ball, and draws from Berlioz a wonderfully intense response: the song has the nobly Classical flavour of his hero Gluck, but quivering strings conjure the flower’s ghostly fragrance, Paradise is evoked in warm splendour, and clarinets suggest the cold marble of the tomb.

where? In Absence Berlioz makes effective use of contrasting modalities; yearning appeals to the absent one are in the major, while bleak descriptions of dividing gulf are cast into the minor.

Sur les lagunes is the most dramatic song of the set, with the poet’s complaints and outbursts accompanied by dark sighs from the strings, and the final chord falling unresolved as his lonely voyage leads who knows

Au cimetière brings us to the graveyard at dusk, where a softly contoured vocal line fights against the eerily seductive atmosphere created by the singing of a dove and the fragrance of the flowers. And while L’Île inconnue appears to mock such fanciful notions, it subsides at the last into wistful seriousness. Perhaps that imagined island really does exist ...

1 VILLANELLE

COUNTRY SONG

Quand viendra la saison nouvelle, Quand auront disparu les froids, Tous les deux, nous irons, ma belle, Pour cueillir le muguet aux bois; Sous nos pieds égrenant les perles, Que l’on voit au matin trembler, Nous irons écouter les merles siffler.

When the new season comes, when the frosts have gone, you and I, my dearest, will go picking lily of the valley in the woods; our feet will scatter the dewdrops that tremble in the morning light. We’ll listen to the blackbirds’ call.

Le printemps est venu, ma belle, C’est le mois des amants béni; Et l’oiseau, satinant son aile, Dit ses vers au rebord du nid. Oh! viens donc sur ce banc de mousse Pour parler de nos beaux amours, Et dis-moi de ta voix si douce, ‘Toujours!’

Spring has come, my dearest, the month adored by lovers, and on the edge of its nest the bird sings poetry as it preens its feathers. Oh, come and talk about our beautiful love on this mossy bank, and say in your soft voice, ‘For ever!’

Loin, bien loin, égarant nos courses, Faisant fuir le lapin caché, Et le daim au miroir des sources Admirant son grand bois penché; Puis chez nous, tout heureux, tout aises, En paniers enlaçant nos doigts, Revenons, rapportant des fraises des bois.

As we wander far, far away, let’s scare away the lurking rabbit and the buck admiring its great antlers mirrored in a brook. Then let’s go back home, happy and at ease, our fingers entwined, carrying baskets of wild strawberries. –4–

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SONG TEXTS

2 LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE

THE GHOST OF THE ROSE

Soulève ta paupière close Q’effleure un songe virginal! Je suis le spectre d’une rose Que tu portais hier au bal. Tu me pris, encore emperlée Des pleurs d’argent, de l’arrosoir, Et parmi la fête etoilée Tu me promenas tout le soir.

Open those eyelids, lost in girlish dreams! I am the ghost of a rose you wore to the ball. You picked me still sparkling with silver tears from watering and you paraded me at the glittering fête all evening long.

O toi qui de ma mort fus cause, Sans que tu puisse le chasser, Toutes les nuits mon spectre rose A ton chevet viendra danser. Mais ne crains rein, je ne réclame Ne messi ni De Profundis; Ce léger parfum est mon âme, Et j’arrive du paradis.

O you, who caused my death, every night my rose-ghost will come and dance at your bedside, and you will not be able to drive it away. But have no fear, I ask for neither a Mass nor a funeral service; this soft perfume is my soul and I come from Paradise.

Mon destin fut digne d’envie, Et pour avoir un sort si beau, Plus d’un aurait donné sa vie; Car sur ton sein j’ai mon tombeau, Et sur l’albâtre où je repose Un poète avec un baiser, Écrivit: ‘Ci-gît une rose, Que tous les rois vont jalouser.’

My fate was enviable; many would have given their lives for so beautiful an end. For my grave is on your breast and on the pure whiteness where I rest a poet wrote, with a kiss: ‘Here lieth a rose which all kings would envy.’

3 SUR LES LAGUNES

OVER THE LAGOON

Ma belle amie est morte, Je pleurerai toujours; Sous la tombe elle emporte Mon âme et mes amours. Dans le ciel, sans m’attendre, Elle s’en retourna; L’ange qui l’emmena Ne voulut pas me prendre. Que mon sort est amer! Ah! sans amour s’en aller sur la mer!

My beautiful love is dead, I’ll weep for ever. Beneath the grave she has taken my soul and my love. She went back to heaven without waiting for me; the angel that took her left me behind. How bitter is my fate! Ah, left to sail away loveless on the sea! Continues on the next page –5–

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La blanche creature Est couchée au cercuil; Comme dans la nature Tout me paraît en deuil! La colombe oubliée Pleure et songe à l’absent. Mon âme pleure et sent Qu’elle est déparaillée. Que mon sort est amer! Ah! sans amour s’en aller sur la mer!

The fair creature lies in her coffin; As in nature itself, everything seems to be mourning: The abandoned dove weeps and dreams about her lost one. My soul weeps and feels no longer whole. How bitter is my fate! Ah, left to sail away loveless on the sea!

Sur moi la nuit immense S’étend comme un linceul; Je chante ma romance Que le ciel entend seul: Ah! Comme elle était belle Et comme je l’aimais! Je n’aimerai jamais Une femme autant qu’elle. Que mon sort est amer! Ah! sans amour s’en aller sur la mer!

The immensity of night covers me like a shroud. I sing my song, but only the sky can hear it. Oh, how beautiful she was, and how much I loved her! I will never love a woman as much as her. How bitter is my fate! Ah, left to sail away loveless on the sea!

4 ABSENCE

ABSENCE

Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimée! Comme une fleur loin du soleil; La fleur de ma vie est fermée, Loin de ton sourire vermeil.

Come back, come back, my beloved! Like a flower deprived of the sun, the flower of my life has faded for lack of your golden smile.

Entre nos cœurs, quelle distance, Tant d’espace entre nos baisers. Ô sort amer, ô dure absence, Ô grands désirs inapaisés!

What a distance between our hearts, What an abyss between our kisses. O bitter fate, O painful absence, O immense unrequited longing!

Reviens, reviens …

Come back, come back …

D’ici là-bas que de campagnes, Que de villes et de hameaux, Que de vallons et de montagnes, A lasser le pied des chevaux!

Between here and there nothing but open country, nothing but towns and villages, nothing but valleys and mountains, enough to tire the horses’ feet!

Reviens, reviens …

Come back, come back …

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5 AU CIMETIÈRE

IN THE GRAVEYARD

Connaisez-vous la blanche tombe, Où flotte avec un son plaintif L’ombre d’un if? Sur l’if une pâle colombe, Triste et seule au soleil couchant, Chante son chant.

Do you know the white tomb where the yew’s shadow waves with a plaintive sound? In the yew’s branches a pale dove, sad and lonely, sings its song as evening falls.

Un air maladivement tendre, A la fois charmant et fatal, Qui vous fait mal, Et qu’on voudrait toujours entendre; Un air, comme en soupire aux ciex L’ange amoureux.

It is a sickly tender melody, both alluring and deadly; it will harm you, though you always want to hear it. It is a melody such as a lovelorn angel might breathe to the heavens.

On dirait que l’âme éveillée Pleure sous terre, à l’unisson De la chanson, Et, du malheur d’être oubliée, Se plaint dans un roucoulement Bien doucement.

You would think an awakened soul was weeping in unison from beneath the earth, and was sobbing with the softest cooing at the misery of being abandoned.

Sur les ailes de la musique On sent lentement revenir Un souvenir; Une ombre, une forme angélique, Passe dans un rayon trembant, En voile blanc.

On the wings of music you feel memories slowly coming back; a shadow, an angelic form passes in a flickering light, dressed in a white veil.

Les belles de nuit, demicloses, Jettent leur parfum faible et doux Autour de vous, Et la fantôme aux molles poses Murmure en vous tendant les bras: Tu reviendras!

The night flowers, half closed, waft their faint sweet scent over you, and the vague outline of a ghost reaches out to you and whispers: ‘You will come back!’

Oh! jamais plus, près de la tombe Je n’irai, quand descend le soir Au manteau noir, Écouter la pâle colombe Chanter sur la pointe de l’if, Son chant plaintif.

Oh, I’ll never go near the grave again as evening falls, with its dark mantle, to hear the pale dove singing its plaintive song high up in the yew.

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SONG TEXTS

6 L’ÎLE INCONNUE

THE UNKNOWN ISLE

Dites, la jeune belle, Où voulez-vous aller? La voile enfle son aile, La brise va souffler!

Tell me, my young beauty, where would you like to go? The wind fills the sails and the breeze will blow!

L’aviron est d’ivoire, Le pavillon de moire, Le gouvernail d’or fin; J’ai pour lest une orange, Pour voile, une aile d’ange, Pour mousse un séraphin.

The oar is made of ivory, the flag of silk, the rudder of fine gold. My ballast is an orange, my sail an angel’s wing, my cabin-boy a seraph.

Dites …

Tell me …

Est-ce dans la Baltique? Dans la mer Pacifique? Dans l’île de Java? Ou bien est-ce en Norvège, Cuillir la fleur de neige, Ou la fleur d’Angsoka?

To the Baltic? To the Pacific Ocean? To the island of Java? Or perhaps to Norway to pick snowdrops, or the flower of Angsoka?

Dites, la jeune belle, dites, Où voulez-vous aller?

Tell me, my young beauty, where would you like to go?

‘Menez-moi’, dit la belle, ‘A la rive fidèle Où l’on aime toujours!’ ‘Cette rive, ma chère, On ne la connaît guère Au pays des amours.’

‘Take me’, said the beauty, ‘to those faithful shores where one is always in love’. ‘Such shores, my dear, scarcely exist in the land of love.’

Où voulez-vous allez? La brise va souffler!

Where would you like to go? The breeze will blow!

Théophile Gautier (1811–72)

English translation: Hugh Macdonald © Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel

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PROGRAMME NOTES ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810–56

SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN D MINOR, OP. 120 1841 – APPROX 29 MINS –

1 ZIEMLICH LANGSAM – LEBHAFT 2 ROMANZE: ZIEMLICH LANGSAM 3 SCHERZO: LEBHAFT 4 LANGSAM – LEBHAFT At the age of 30, Schumann was a composer who had concentrated almost entirely on the small-scale forms of piano music and song. His only serious attempt at working on the broader canvas provided by the orchestra had been two movements of a symphony composed in 1832 and quickly withdrawn. But his desire to write symphonic music was strong, fed by persistent encouragement from his future wife Clara Wieck, and it received another important stimulus in 1839 when he played a major part in bringing to light Schubert’s forgotten ‘Great C major’ Symphony (No. 9): ‘Oh, that I could write such symphonies myself’, he wrote to Clara in his excitement. At last, in 1841, the dam burst in a flood of orchestral music: two completed symphonies, an abortive third, the Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52, and a piece which was later to become the first movement of the Piano Concerto. The creative surge was so great, indeed, that the First Symphony, with spring as its fitting inspiration, was composed in draft in just four days. The First Symphony was premiered in Leipzig on 31 March under the direction of Mendelssohn, and the success of it meant that Schumann was soon enthusiastically at work on another. ‘Robert’s spirit is

very active’, wrote Clara in her diary. ‘I hear the D minor wildly sounding in the distance, so that I know already in advance, it is once again a work emerging from the bottom of his heart.’ For his own part, Robert had written in his own diary that ‘My next symphony will be called “Clara”.’ Composed between May and September, it was performed for the first time on 6 December, but this time the reception was a cool one. Disheartened, Schumann withdrew the work, and when he finally revised it ten years later as his ‘Fourth’ Symphony it was only after making a number of revisions. Some of these were structural, but most involved a thickening of the scoring – tonight’s performance follows the customary modern-day practice of presenting the 1851 revision, the version for which Schumann himself expressed preference. Perhaps this symphony’s initial failure with the public can be put down to its formal innovations. Although it was not until he revised it that Schumann actually marked the four movements to be played without a break, the sense of a single ‘symphonic fantasy’ (as he initially thought of renaming it) is present even in the original version. And whereas the First Symphony had relied for unity on references to a single, easily

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recognised motto, the Fourth went several steps further, employing a complex web of interrelated themes derived from the work’s slow introduction. Thus, for example, material from the first movement’s central development section resurfaces as the main theme of the finale, and the slow movement’s middle section is clearly related to the introduction’s sinuous string lines, while also forming the basis of the following movement’s Trio. Similar examples are too numerous to catalogue here, but the variety and life which Schumann extracts from them, and the wholly convincing symphonic shape he achieves – exuberant allegro, poetic slow movement, sturdy Scherzo and climactic finale – are testimony to his compositional skill and invention. Programme notes © Lindsay Kemp

Robert and Clara Schumann in 1847 (Lithograph by Eduard Kaiser)

‘ROBERT’S MIND IS VERY CREATIVE NOW, AND HE BEGAN A SYMPHONY YESTERDAY ... I HAVE HEARD NOTHING OF IT AS YET, BUT FROM SEEING ROBERT’S DOINGS, AND FROM HEARING A D MINOR ECHOING WILDLY IN THE DISTANCE, I KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT THIS WILL BE ANOTHER WORK THAT IS EMERGING FROM THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL.’ CLARA SCHUMANN IN HER DIARY, 31 MAY 1841 – 10 –

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TONIGHT'S ARTISTS MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV CONDUCTOR

role). He also returned to the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Other engagements included the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Latvian Symphony Orchestra, the Real Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and the Seattle Symphony. He also won the Young Talent Award at the 2019 Critics’ Circle Music Awards.

An outstanding representative of the younger generation of Russian conductors, Maxim Emelyanychev was born in 1988 into a family of musicians. He received his musical education in his home city of Nizhny Novgorod (conducting and piano), and in Gennady Rozhdestvensky’s conducting class at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Shortly after his conducting debut at the age of 12, he was invited to conduct by several of the international Baroque and symphonic orchestras in Russia. Then, in 2013, he became Principal Conductor of the historicallyinformed orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro, and Principal Conductor of the Nizhny-Novgorod Soloists Chamber Orchestra. In 2014 he conducted Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, and these critically acclaimed performances were swiftly followed by a series of symphonic guest engagements in Europe. The 2019/20 season was particularly important for Maxim, who became the Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He also conducted the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Glyndebourne Festival (Handel’s Rinaldo, with Jakub Orlinski in the title role) and the Royal Opera House (Handel’s Agrippina, with Joyce DiDonato in the title

Tonight is Maxim Emelyanychev’s debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Other debuts this season include with the Orchestre de Paris, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Further 2020/21 engagements include a return to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Le nozze di Figaro at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. Maxim Emelyanychev has recorded several CDs for Warner Classics with his orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro, among them an album of Haydn symphonies and concertos, and In War and Peace: Harmony Through Music with Joyce DiDonato, which won a 2017 Gramophone Award. For the Aparté label he has recorded a solo CD of Mozart sonatas on fortepiano, which won a ‘Choc de Classica’ in 2018 and an International Classical Music Award in 2019; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3/Brahms’s Haydn Variations with the Nizhny-Novgorod Soloists Chamber Orchestra. With the Scottish Chamber Orchestra he has recorded Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, which was released on Linn Records in 2019 and awarded five stars by The Guardian, The Times and The Scotsman. In April 2019 Maxim received an International Opera Award in the Newcomer category. – 11 –

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TONIGHT'S ARTISTS MIAH PERSSON SOPRANO

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PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR AND ARTISTIC ADVISOR VLADIMIR JUROWSKI PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR DESIGNATE EDWARD GARDNER SUPPORTED BY MRS CHRISTINA LANG ASSAEL PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR KARINA CANELLAKIS • LEADER PIETER SCHOEMAN SUPPORTED BY NEIL WESTREICH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CRISTINA ROCCA • CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID BURKE • PATRON HRH THE DUKE OF KENT KG

One of the finest orchestras on the international stage, the London Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham. Since then, its Principal Conductors have included Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur. In 2007 Vladimir Jurowski became the Orchestra’s current Principal Conductor. Edward Gardner is Principal Conductor Designate, and will take up the position from 2021. Karina Canellakis is the Orchestra’s current Principal Guest Conductor. The London Philharmonic Orchestra has performed at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall since it opened in 1951, becoming Resident Orchestra in 1992. It also has residencies at Glyndebourne and in Brighton, Eastbourne and Saffron Walden, and performs regularly around the UK. The Orchestra also tours internationally, performing to audiences worldwide. The Orchestra broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and has recorded soundtracks for numerous films including The Lord of the Rings. In 2005 it began releasing live, studio and archive recordings on its own

CD label, which now numbers over 100 releases. The Orchestra’s work at the forefront of digital technology has enabled it to reach millions of people worldwide: all its own-label recordings are available to download and stream and, as well as a YouTube channel and ‘LPO Offstage’ podcast series, the Orchestra has a lively presence on social media. Over the pandemic period the LPO has further developed its relationship with UK and international audiences through its ‘LPOnline’ digital content: over 100 videos of performances, insights, and introductions to playlists, which have so far collectively received over 3 million views worldwide and led to the LPO being named runner-up in the Digital Classical Music Awards 2020. During Autumn 2020 and once again from Spring 2021, the Orchestra is delighted to be able to return to its Southbank Centre home to perform a season of concerts filmed live and streamed for audiences to enjoy at home free of charge via Marquee TV. lpo.org.uk

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ON STAGE TONIGHT FIRST VIOLINS Pieter Schoeman* LEADER

CELLOS Kristina Blaumane PRINCIPAL

Vesselin Gellev SUB-LEADER Kate Oswin Lasma Taimina

Pei-Jee Ng CO-PRINCIPAL Francis Bucknall Laura Donoghue David Lale Elisabeth Wiklander

Chair supported by Neil Westreich

Chair supported by Irina Gofman & Mr Rodrik V. G. Cave

Minn Majoe Catherine Craig Thomas Eisner Martin Höhmann Katalin Varnagy

Chair supported by Sonja Drexler

Yang Zhang

Chair supported by Eric Tomsett

SECOND VIOLINS Tania Mazzetti PRINCIPAL

Chair supported by Countess Dominique Loredan

Emma Oldfield Kate Birchall Nancy Elan Fiona Higham

Chair supported by David & Yi Buckley

Nynke Hijlkema Joseph Maher Marie-Anne Mairesse Ashley Stevens Sioni Williams

VIOLAS Richard Waters CO-PRINCIPAL Ting-Ru Lai David Quiggle PRINCIPAL Katharine Leek Benedetto Pollani Laura Vallejo Sophia Rees Alistair Scahill

Chair supported by Bianca & Stuart Roden

DOUBLE BASSES Kevin Rundell* PRINCIPAL Sebastian Pennar CO-PRINCIPAL Hugh Kluger George Peniston Tom Walley FLUTES Juliette Bausor PRINCIPAL

HORNS John Ryan* PRINCIPAL Martin Hobbs Mark Vines CO-PRINCIPAL Gareth Mollison TRUMPETS James Fountain* PRINCIPAL Anne McAneney* TROMBONES Mark Templeton* PRINCIPAL

Chair supported by William & Alex de Winton

David Whitehouse

BASS TROMBONE Lyndon Meredith PRINCIPAL

Chair supported by Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp

Stewart McIlwham*

OBOES Ian Hardwick* PRINCIPAL Alice Munday CLARINETS Thomas Watmough PRINCIPAL Chair supported by Roger Greenwood

Paul Richards*

BASSOONS Jonathan Davies PRINCIPAL Chair supported by Sir Simon Robey

Gareth Newman Simon Estell*

TIMPANI Simon Carrington* PRINCIPAL Chair supported by Victoria Robey OBE

HARP Rachel Masters PRINCIPAL * Holds a professorial appointment in London

The London Philharmonic Orchestra also acknowledges the following chair supporters whose players are not present at this concert: Friends of the Orchestra Dr Barry Grimaldi

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WONDER AT THE WORLD OF THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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THANK YOU We are extremely grateful to all donors who have given generously to the LPO over the past year. Your generosity helps maintain the breadth and depth of the LPO’s activities, as well as supporting the Orchestra both on and off the concert platform.

Artistic Director’s Circle Anonymous donors Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet Mrs Christina Lang Assael Sir Simon & Lady Robey OBE Orchestra Circle The Candide Trust William & Alex de Winton Mr & Mrs Philip Kan Neil Westreich Principal Associates Richard Buxton In memory of Brenda Lyndoe Casbon In memory of Ann Marguerite Collins Hamish & Sophie Forsyth The Tsukanov Family Associates An anonymous donor Steven M. Berzin Irina Gofman & Mr Rodrik V. G. Cave Gill & Garf Collins Countess Dominique Loredan Mr & Mrs Makharinsky George Ramishvili Stuart & Bianca Roden Julian & Gill Simmonds In memory of Hazel Amy Smith Deanie & Jay Stein Gold Patrons An anonymous donor David & Yi Buckley David & Elizabeth Challen In memory of Allner Mavis Channing Andrew Davenport Sonja Drexler Peter & Fiona Espenhahn Marie-Laure Favre-Gilly de Varennes de Beuill Virginia Gabbertas MBE Mr Roger Greenwood Robert Markwick & Kasia Robinski Francis & Marie-France Minkoff Dame Theresa Sackler Eric Tomsett Andrew & Rosemary Tusa The Viney Family Jenny Watson CBE

Silver Patrons Dr Christopher Aldren David Burke & Valerie Graham The Rt Hon. The Lord Burns GCB Bruno De Kegel Ulrike & Benno Engelmann Simon & Meg Freakley Pehr G Gyllenhammar John & Angela Kessler The Metherell Family Andrew Neill Mikhail Noskov & Vasilina Bindley Laurence Watt Guy & Utti Whittaker Grenville & Krysia Williams Bronze Patrons Anonymous donors Michael Allen Dr Manon Antoniazzi Roger & Clare Barron Mr Philip Bathard-Smith Sir Peter Bazalgette Mr Bernard Bradbury Sally Bridgeland In memory of Julie Bromley The Earl & Countess of Chichester Mr John H Cook Howard & Veronika Covington David Ellen David & Jane Gosman Mr Gavin Graham Mrs Dorothy Hambleton Malcolm Herring The Jackman Family Jan & Leni Du Plessis Jamie & Julia Korner Rose & Dudley Leigh Wg. Cdr. & Mrs M T Liddiard OBE JP RAF Drs Frank & Gek Lim Geoff & Meg Mann Mrs Elizabeth Meshkvicheva Peter & Lucy Noble Mr Michael Parlof Marianne Parsons Dr Wiebke Pekrull Jacopo Pessina Mr Roger Phillimore Gillian Pole Mr Michael Posen Mr Christopher Querée Sir Bernard Rix

Tom & Phillis Sharpe Matthew Stephenson & Roman Aristarkhov Charlotte Stevenson Mr Robert Swannell Tony & Hilary Vines Mr & Mrs John C Tucker Mr & Mrs John & Susi Underwood Marina Vaizey Mr John Weekes Christopher Williams Principal Supporters Anonymous donors Mr Mark Astaire Sir John Baker Mrs A Beare Mr Anthony Boswood Dr Carlos Carreno Desmond & Ruth Cecil Mr Julien Chilcott-Monk Mr & Mrs Stewart Cohen David & Liz Conway Mr Alistair Corbett Mrs Sam Dawson Mr Simon Douglas Mr Richard Fernyhough Mrs Janet Flynn Mrs Ash Frisby Mr Stephen Goldring Mr Milton Grundy Nerissa Guest & David Foreman The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust Michael & Christine Henry J Douglas Home Ivan Hurry Per Jonsson Alexandra Jupin & John Bean Richard & Briony Linsell Paul & Brigitta Lock Mr Peter Mace Nicholas & Lindsay Merriman Andrew T Mills Simon & Fiona Mortimore Mr Gerald Pettit Mr James Pickford Michael & Carolyn Portillo Mr Robert Ross Mr David Russell Colin Senneck & the Hartley and District LPO Group Priscylla Shaw Nigel Silby

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Mr Brian Smith Martin & Cheryl Southgate Mr & Mrs G Stein Dr Peter Stephenson Mr Ian Tegner Dr June Wakefield Howard & Sheelagh Watson Mr John Wright Supporters Anonymous donors Ralph & Elizabeth Aldwinckle Julian & Annette Armstrong Lindsay Badenoch Mr John Barnard Mr John D Barnard Damaris, Richard & Friends Mr David Barrett Diana Barrett Mr Andrew Botterill Julian & Margaret Bowden & Mr Paul Michel Mr Lawrence Alfred Bradley Richard & Jo Brass Mr Shaun Brown Mr Alan C Butler Lady Cecilia Cadbury Alison Clarke & Leo Pilkington J Clay Mr Joshua Coger Mr Martin Compton Miss Tessa Cowie Mr David Davies Mr Roderick Davies Mr David Devons Anthony & Jo Diamond Mr Kevin Fogarty Christopher Fraser OBE Mrs Adele Friedland & Friends Mr Daniel Goldstein Mr & Mrs Jeffrey Herrmann Dr Joan Hester Mr David Hodgson The Jackman Family Mr Justin Kitson Mr David MacFarlane Dame Jane Newell DBE Mr Stephen Olton Mr David Peters Mr & Mrs Graham & Jean Pugh Mr Kenneth Shaw Ruth Silvestre Barry & Gillian Smith Ms Natalie Spraggon & David Thomson

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THANK YOU – CONTINUED –

Ms Mary Stacey Ms Janette Storey Ms Caroline Tate Mr Peter Thierfeldt Dr Ann Turrall Michael & Katie Urmston Mr Dominic Wallis Joanna Williams Mr C D Yates Mr Anthony Yolland Hon. Benefactor Elliott Bernerd Hon. Life Members Alfonso Aijón Kenneth Goode Carol Colburn Grigor CBE Pehr G Gyllenhammar Robert Hill Mrs Jackie Rosenfeld OBE Laurence Watt LPO International Board of Governors Natasha Tsukanova Chair Steven M. Berzin (USA) Veronika Borovik-Khilchevskaya (Cyprus) Marie-Laure Favre Gilly de Varennes de Bueil (France) Aline Foriel-Destezet (France) Irina Gofman (Russia) Countess Dominique Loredan (Italy) Olivia Ma (Greater China Area) Olga Makharinsky (Russia) George Ramishvili (Georgia) Victoria Robey OBE (USA) Jay Stein (USA) Thomas Beecham Group Members David & Yi Buckley Gill & Garf Collins William & Alex de Winton Sonja Drexler The Friends of the LPO Irina Gofman Roger Greenwood Dr Barry Grimaldi Mr & Mrs Philip Kan John & Angela Kessler Countess Dominique Loredan

Sir Simon Robey Victoria Robey OBE Bianca & Stuart Roden Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp Julian & Gill Simmonds Eric Tomsett Neil Westreich Guy & Utti Whittaker We are grateful to the Board of the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, who assist with fundraising for our activities in the United States of America: Simon Freakley Chairman Jay Goffman Alexandra Jupin William A. Kerr Kristina McPhee Natalie Pray Damien Vanderwilt Antony Phillipson Hon. Chairman Victoria Robey OBE Hon. Director Richard Gee, Esq Of Counsel Jenifer L. Keiser, CPA, EisnerAmper LLP

Corporate Donors AT&T Barclays L Catterton CHANEL Fund for Women in the Arts and Culture Paul Hastings LLP Payne Hicks Beach Pictet Bank Velocity Black White & Case LLP LPO Corporate Circle Leader freuds Sunshine Principal Berenberg Bloomberg Carter-Ruck French Chamber of Commerce Tutti Ageas Lazard Russo-British Chamber of Commerce Walpole

Connecticut Gala Committee Bea Crumbine & Jill Dyal Co-Chairmen Rodica Brune Mandy DeFilippo Rachel Franco Nick Gutfreund Mary Hull Steve Magnuson Natalie Pray Victoria Robey OBE Lisa & Scot Weicker

Preferred Partners After Digital Lidl Lindt & Sprüngli Ltd London Orthopaedic Clinic Steinway In-kind Sponsor Google Inc Trusts and Foundations The Bernarr Rainbow Trust The Boltini Trust Borrows Charitable Trust Boshier-Hinton Foundation The Candide Trust The Chalk Cliff Trust Cockayne – Grants for the Arts The London Community Foundation The David Solomons Charitable Trust The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

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Dunard Fund Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation The Fidelio Charitable Trust Foyle Foundation Garrick Charitable Trust The Leche Trust Lucille Graham Trust John Horniman’s Children’s Trust John Thaw Foundation The Idlewild Trust Kirby Laing Foundation Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Lord & Lady Lurgan Trust Adam Mickiewicz Institute PRS Foundation The Radcliffe Trust Rivers Foundation The R K Charitable Trust Romanian Cultural Institute RVW Trust Schroder Charity Trust Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation Souter Charitable Trust The Steel Charitable Trust The Thomas Deane Trust The Thriplow Charitable Trust The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust The Victoria Wood Foundation The Viney Family Garfield Weston Foundation The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust The William Alwyn Foundation and all others who wish to remain anonymous. The LPO would also like to acknowledge all those who have made donations to the Play On Appeal and who have supported the Orchestra during the current pandemic.

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SOUND FUTURES DONORS We are grateful to the following donors for their generous contributions to our Sound Futures campaign. Thanks to their support, we successfully raised £1 million by 30 April 2015 which has now been matched pound for pound by Arts Council England through a Catalyst Endowment grant. This has enabled us to create a £2 million endowment fund supporting special artistic projects, creative programming and education work with key venue partners including our Southbank Centre home. Supporters listed below donated £500 or over. For a full list of those who have given to this campaign please visit lpo.org.uk/soundfutures.

Masur Circle Arts Council England Dunard Fund Victoria Robey OBE Emmanuel & Barrie Roman The Underwood Trust Welser-Möst Circle William & Alex de Winton John Ireland Charitable Trust The Tsukanov Family Foundation Neil Westreich Tennstedt Circle Valentina & Dmitry Aksenov Richard Buxton The Candide Trust Michael & Elena Kroupeev Kirby Laing Foundation Mr & Mrs Makharinsky Alexey & Anastasia Reznikovich Sir Simon Robey Bianca & Stuart Roden Simon & Vero Turner The late Mr K Twyman Solti Patrons Ageas John & Manon Antoniazzi Gabor Beyer, through BTO Management Consulting AG Jon Claydon Mrs Mina Goodman & Miss Suzanne Goodman Roddy & April Gow The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust Mr James R.D. Korner Christoph Ladanyi & Dr Sophia LadanyiCzernin Robert Markwick & Kasia Robinski The Maurice Marks Charitable Trust Mr Paris Natar The Rothschild Foundation Tom & Phillis Sharpe The Viney Family

Haitink Patrons Mark & Elizabeth Adams Dr Christopher Aldren Mrs Pauline Baumgartner Lady Jane Berrill Mr Frederick Brittenden David & Yi Yao Buckley Mr Clive Butler Gill & Garf Collins Mr John H Cook Mr Alistair Corbett Bruno De Kegel Georgy Djaparidze David Ellen Christopher Fraser OBE David & Victoria Graham Fuller Goldman Sachs International Mr Gavin Graham Moya Greene Mrs Dorothy Hambleton Tony & Susie Hayes Malcolm Herring Catherine Høgel & Ben Mardle Mrs Philip Kan Rehmet Kassim-Lakha de Morixe Rose & Dudley Leigh Lady Roslyn Marion Lyons Miss Jeanette Martin Duncan Matthews QC Diana & Allan Morgenthau Charitable Trust Dr Karen Morton Mr Roger Phillimore Ruth Rattenbury The Reed Foundation The Rind Foundation Sir Bernard Rix David Ross & Line Forestier (Canada) Carolina & Martin Schwab Dr Brian Smith Lady Valerie Solti Mr & Mrs G Stein Dr Peter Stephenson Miss Anne Stoddart TFS Loans Limited Marina Vaizey Jenny Watson Guy & Utti Whittaker

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Pritchard Donors Ralph & Elizabeth Aldwinckle Mrs Arlene Beare Mr Patrick & Mrs Joan Benner Mr Conrad Blakey Dr Anthony Buckland Paul Collins Alastair Crawford Mr Derek B. Gray Mr Roger Greenwood The HA.SH Foundation Darren & Jennifer Holmes Honeymead Arts Trust Mr Geoffrey Kirkham Drs Frank & Gek Lim Peter Mace Mr & Mrs David Malpas Dr David McGibney Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner Mr & Mrs Andrew Neill Mr Christopher Querée The Rosalyn & Nicholas Springer Charitable Trust Timothy Walker CBE AM Christopher Williams Peter Wilson Smith Mr Anthony Yolland and all other donors who wish to remain anonymous

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LPO ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Victoria Robey OBE Chairman Martin Höhmann* President Dr Catherine C. Høgel Vice-Chairman Henry Baldwin* Vice-President Roger Barron David Buckley David Burke Bruno De Kegel Tanya Joseph Al MacCuish Tania Mazzetti* Stewart McIlwham* Pei-Jee Ng* Cristina Rocca Andrew Tusa Mark Vines* David Whitehouse* * Player-Director ADVISORY COUNCIL Martin Höhmann Chairman Robert Adediran Christopher Aldren Dr Manon Antoniazzi Richard Brass Helen Brocklebank Simon Callow CBE Desmond Cecil CMG Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG Andrew Davenport William de Winton Guillaume Descottes Cameron Doley Christopher Fraser OBE Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE Jonathan Harris CBE FRICS Marianna Hay MBE Amanda Hill Rehmet Kassim-Lakha Jamie Korner Geoff Mann Clive Marks OBE FCA Stewart McIlwham Andrew Neill Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Nadya Powell Sir Bernard Rix Victoria Robey OBE Baroness Shackleton Thomas Sharpe QC Julian Simmonds Barry Smith Martin Southgate Andrew Swarbrick Chris Viney Laurence Watt Elizabeth Winter

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Cristina Rocca Artistic Director David Burke Chief Executive CONCERT MANAGEMENT Roanna Gibson Concerts Director

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