2021/22 concert season at Congress Theatre
Concert programme
Principal Conductor Edward Gardner Principal Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski Patron HRH The Duke of Kent KG Artistic Director Elena Dubinets Chief Executive David Burke Leader Pieter Schoeman supported by Neil Westreich
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne Sunday 10 October 2021 | 3.00pm
The Fire Inside Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 (8’) Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 9 (23’) Interval (20’) Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (44’) David Murphy conductor Randall Goosby* violin * LPO Alexandra Jupin Award recipient: an annual award for an artist making their debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The timings shown are not precise and are given only as a guide. CONCERT PRESENTED BY THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN ASSOCIATION WITH EASTBOURNE BOROUGH COUNCIL
Contents 2 Welcome 3 Programme notes 8 David Murphy 9 Randall Goosby 10 London Philharmonic Orchestra 11 Leader: Pieter Schoeman 12 On stage today 13 Next concerts 14 Thank you 16 LPO administration
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Welcome Elena Dubinets: our new Artistic Director
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Following the departure of Cristina Rocca due to personal circumstances, we were delighted to welcome Elena Dubinets, the Orchestra’s new Artistic Director, last month. A high-profile artistic leader and music scholar, Elena joins us from the USA, having previously held top artistic planning positions at the Atlanta and Seattle symphony orchestras.
Autumn tours After the travel restrictions of the last 18 months, we’re delighted that last month saw the return of international touring for the Orchestra. We were invited to perform at the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest in the first week of September, giving two concerts with conductor Edward Gardner, violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt. In November we travel to Germany for a busy week of concerts across the country, again with Edward Gardner along with pianist Jan Lisiecki. We return to Germany in December, this time with Vladimir Jurowski in his new role as Conductor Emeritus, before a final concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
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Programme notes Jean Sibelius 1865–1957
Finlandia, Op. 26 1898–99
‘We fought 600 years for our freedom and I am part of the generation that achieved it. Freedom! My Finlandia is the story of this fight. It is the song of our battle, our hymn of victory.’
Before declaring itself independent in 1917, Finland was ruled by Sweden and thereafter by Russia. Resentment of the latter occupation reached a peak among Finns in 1899, when the Russian Governor-General Nikolay Bobrikov started to clamp down on Finnish autonomy and closed a number of Finnish-language newspapers. In November 1899, a three-day benefit event was organised to aid journalists in difficulty following the closures. For the occasion, the fast-rising composer Jean Sibelius wrote a series of seven musical portraits evoking Finland’s history culminating in a rousing finale: Finland Awakes.
Jean Sibelius
Few could have missed the political implications of that not-so-subtle title, nor the nationalistic elements in the actual music. It was another month before Finland Awakes found its feet and its resonance. Robert Kajanus, conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic, organised a concert in which four of Sibelius’s portraits were revived, Finland Awakes included. Sibelius rearranged the piece and it took the form and title we know today. It opens with angry brass, snarling defensively before giving way to a hymn of hope and resolve, filled with the rhythmic inflections of the Finnish language and the bowed head of Lutheran obedience. Programme note © Andrew Mellor
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Programme notes Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges c. 1745–99
Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 9 c. 1770–80 Randall Goosby violin 1 Allegro 2 Largo 3 Rondeau Joseph de Bologne, aka Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was the son of a French aristocrat and one of the slaves who worked on his plantation in Guadeloupe. An outstanding fencer, violinist, keyboardist, conductor, love-maker and no mean composer either, Saint-Georges was living proof that the only way black people could hope to gain deserved recognition and respect in 18th-century Europe was via a combination of formidable talent, good connections, extremely hard work and considerable good luck. For the vast majority, luck was in very short supply. Saint-Georges was once lured to England by the Prince of Wales for a celebrity fence-off with a well-known opponent, and became justly famous for his antics with the sword. But he mastered his musical technique and found his voice as a composer early on. Much of the music Saint-Georges wrote was commissioned by the orchestras he directed and transformed into first-rate ensembles. One of them was the famous Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, based in Paris, where Saint-Georges’s family settled around 1749. Not much is known of Saint-Georges’s education and early career, though it’s likely he studied violin with the great Jean-Marie Leclair. He was then taken under the wing of the composer and orchestra leader FrançoisJoseph Gossec, with whose orchestra Concert des
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges © The Picture Art Collection /Alamy Stock Photo
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Amateurs Saint-Georges performed two of his early violin concertos. By 1773, Saint-Georges was the orchestra’s boss. The following year, he established his own ensemble that went by the name of Concert de la Loge Olympique. After the Revolution in France the following decade, Saint-Georges struggled and was once again forced to support himself with exhibition fencing matches, particulary in London. He spent time in prison and became a legionnaire.
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Saint-Georges’s output as a composer is mostly limited to string quartets, violin concertos, overtures and concerto-symphony hybrids. The concertos were written for the composer to play, and tend to fit what are described, in historical documents, as his particular capabilities. Those include his ease with rapid passagework (particularly in high hand positions, when the left hand plays up the fingerboard, towards the instrument’s bridge) and with quick string-crossing. Contemporary accounts also describe Saint-Georges’s performances as highly expressive.
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This Concerto, dating from the mid-1770s (its exact date is unknown), contains examples of all three. The melody of the first movement ascends high and plunges low. The melancholic slow movement presents a lyrical tune and a typically clear-headed cadenza (the solo instrument’s monologue). In between airings of the finale’s perky main theme we hear a central passage that’s all decoration – Saint-Georges’s nimble fingers highlighted with non-stop figurations across the strings, in an alluring minor key.
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Programme notes Jean Sibelius 1865–1957
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 1902
1 Allegretto 2 Tempo Andante, ma rubato 3 Vivacissimo 4 Finale In the early months of 1901 Jean Sibelius and his family escaped the harsh Finnish winter to Rapallo, a small town on the west coast of Italy, not far from Genoa. Sibelius borrowed a study up in the mountains, surrounded by ‘magnolia, cypresses, vine, palm trees and a manifold variety of flowers’. In this Mediterranean setting, the composer was reminded of the legend of Don Juan, and began to sketch a symphonic poem on the famous narrative, entitled Festival.
piece was an ode to Finnish nationalism – a stirring hymn to strengthen and inspire the programme of passive resistance that many artists (including Sibelius) had initiated. You can hear why Kajanus might have reached such a conclusion, but according to Sibelius he was way off the mark. The composer’s annotations and working processes reveal struggles rather more private and personal: the second theme of the Andante was apparently inspired by Ruth’s recovery, and the more subdued, lamenting theme of the finale was dedicated to Elli Järnefelt, Sibelius’s sister-in-law, who had recently committed suicide.
Physically and artistically, Sibelius was indulging in escapism and he knew it; the dark clouds in his life remained. His daughter Ruth was recovering from a dangerous illness – a tormenting situation for the composer and his wife Aino, who had lost a child the previous year. Meanwhile, Finland’s journey towards freedom from Russian rule had suffered yet another blow: in the wake of the 1899 February Manifesto, the Russians had begun the incorporation of the Finnish army into their own – a huge weakening of Finland’s position.
Technically speaking, the Symphony introduces some signs that would soon become Sibelius hallmarks. Perhaps the most important of these – alongside his particular use of ‘stepping’ string motifs and his fondness for themes based on adjacent notes – is the coherence of those themes, which emerge more naturally from one another as if tributaries to the same river. That’s immediately recognisable in the pastoral opening movement, which is controlled entirely by the three upward-stepping notes that are heard right at the beginning.
It was back home in May 1901 that Sibelius started serious work on the piece he’d conceived amid the flowers of Rapallo – now planned as an abstract symphony uncontrolled by the Don Juan narrative but cast in the bright, floral key of D major. By the following spring it was complete, the composer conducting four successive performances in Helsinki starting with the premiere on 8 March. Robert Kajanus, director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, concluded that the
The residue of the Don Juan tale lurks amid the conflicts of the movement that follows. Sibelius pits a theme he called ‘death’ (first heard on bassoons playing in unison an octave apart) against one he called ‘Christus’ (the
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Programme notes
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Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 ‘Ruth’ theme, which emerges from jagged strings). The third movement has been described as a ‘call to arms’, and is a stormy dance that eventually – after twice visiting a more saddened ‘trio’ section – collapses back into the three upward-stepping notes that formed the Symphony’s opening; with this, the Symphony slips inevitably into its finale and the mustering of a heroic, striving tune soaked in a sense of optimism and renewal in its journey from a cautious harmonisation to a brilliantly confident one. This idea, again born of those upwardly-stepping notes, lightens the dark shadows of the troubling Elli Järnefelt theme to suggest the blossoming of life anew, in all its richness and colour.
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David Murphy conductor
combining the traditional Western orchestra with electronics and projection alongside musicians, dancers and acrobats from a range of global cultural traditions. David’s conducting career began as assistant to Sir Charles Mackerras at both English National Opera and the Royal Opera House, and as conductor at Longborough Festival Opera. He is now a regular guest conductor with orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra (with whom he gave the world premiere of Ravi Shankar’s Symphony in 2010, recorded for the LPO Label), the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (including the world premiere of Amjad Ali Khan’s sarod concerto Samaagam, recorded for Harmonia Mundi), the Residentie Orkest (including the European premiere of Holst’s Indra), the London Sinfonietta (including Holst’s Savitri), the Philharmonia Orchestra (including the London premiere of Indra), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Britten Sinfonia. He is Musical Director of Sinfonia Verdi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
British conductor David Murphy holds an unparalleled position in today’s international music scene. Crossing and combining genres effortlessly, he creates new and vibrant performances that are crafted afresh each time he comes to the podium. His experience and scholarly knowledge of repertoire, together with his unconventional musical journey, add an innovative and creative spark to his music-making.
David completed the score for the world’s first EastWest opera: Ravi Shankar’s Sukanya, and conducted the 2017 world premiere performances of the opera with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Curve, Leicester, The Lowry in Salford, Symphony Hall Birmingham and the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. He was invited to open the Southbank Centre’s Shankar100 Festival in January 2020, performing Sukanya once again with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he also recorded the work for the LPO’s own label (LPO-0115).
David was born in Pembrokeshire, trained as a violinist at The Purcell School and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and performed widely as a soloist and chamber musician. He subsequently spent two years in research and teaching at Wichita State University, then studied conducting with Jay Decker, Gustav Meier, Seiji Ozawa and Léon Barzin. With roots in the Western classical tradition, David’s work focusses on connecting diverse people and communities through the shared experience of sound. This pioneering musical journey was inspired by the combined forces of three musical greats: legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin (leading to an exploration of Indian music and philosophy), Léon Barzin (giving him a direct line to the great conductors of the early 20th century, notably Toscanini, Furtwängler and Kleiber), and the ‘godfather of world music’, Pandit Ravi Shankar, with whom David had a close performing and composing relationship. Combining tradition and innovation, David works at the cutting edge of contemporary performance art, his ‘Deep Listening Project’ bringing audience engagement to a new level through multi-sensory experiences
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Randall Goosby violin
African-American composer Florence Price, and includes works by William Grant Still and ColeridgeTaylor Perkinson, plus a newly commissioned piece by acclaimed double bassist Xavier Foley: a fellow Sphinx, Perlman Music Programme and Young Concert Artists alumnus.
© Kaupo Kikkas
Randall is deeply passionate about inspiring and serving others through education, social engagement and outreach activities. He has enjoyed working with nonprofit organisations such as the Opportunity Music Project and Concerts in Motion in New York City, as well as participating in community engagement programmes for schools, hospitals and assisted living facilities across the USA. Randall Goosby was First Prize Winner in the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In 2019 he was named the inaugural Robey Artist by the Young Classical Artists Trust in partnership with Music Masters in London, and in 2020 he became an Ambassador for Music Masters, a role that sees him mentoring and inspiring students in schools around the UK.
Signed exclusively to Decca Classics in 2020 at the age of 24, American violinist Randall Goosby is acclaimed for the sensitivity and intensity of his musicianship alongside his determination to make music more inclusive and accessible, as well as bringing the music of underrepresented composers to light. This concert is Randall Goosby’s debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Other highlights of his 2021/22 season include debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Dalia Stasevska, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Jader Bignamini, and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Ross Jamie Collins. He makes recital appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s 92nd Street Y, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall and Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Randall Goosby made his debut with the Jacksonville Symphony aged nine. At 13 he performed with the New York Philharmonic in a Young People’s Concert at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, and became the youngest recipient ever to win the Sphinx Concerto Competition. He is a recipient of Sphinx’s Isaac Stern Award and a career advancement grant from the Bagby Foundation. A graduate of The Juilliard School, he continues his studies there, pursuing an Artist Diploma under Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho. An active chamber musician, he has spent his summers studying at the Perlman Music Programme, the Verbier Festival Academy and the Mozarteum Summer Academy, among others.
Randall Goosby has performed with orchestras across the United States including the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony and the New World Symphony. Recital appearances have included the Kennedy Center, Kravis Center and Wigmore Hall.
Randall Goosby plays a 1735 Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu on generous loan from the Stradivari Society.
June 2021 marked the release of Randall’s debut album for Decca entitled Roots, a celebration of AfricanAmerican music which explores its evolution from the spiritual through to present-day compositions. Collaborating with pianist Zhu Wang, Randall has curated an album paying homage to the pioneering artists that paved the way for him and other artists of colour. It features three world premiere recordings of music by
Randall Goosby is the inaugural recipient of the LPO Alexandra Jupin Award: an annual award for an artist making their debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
One of the finest orchestras on the international stage, the London Philharmonic Orchestra balances a long and distinguished history with its reputation as one of the UK’s most forward-looking ensembles. As well as its concert performances, the Orchestra also records film soundtracks, releases CDs and downloads on its own label, and reaches thousands of people every year through activities for families, schools and local communities.
the Orchestra takes up its annual residency at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, where it has been Resident Symphony Orchestra for over 50 years. The Orchestra also tours internationally, performing to sell-out audiences worldwide. In 1956 it became the first British orchestra to appear in Soviet Russia and in 1973 made the first ever visit to China by a Western orchestra. The London Philharmonic Orchestra has recorded many blockbuster film scores, from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to Lawrence of Arabia, East is East, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Thor: The Dark World. It also broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and in 2005 established its own record label. There are now over 100 releases available on CD and to download. Recent highlights include Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 under Vladimir Jurowski, and a commemorative box set of historic recordings with former Principal Conductor Sir Adrian Boult.
The Orchestra was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932, and has since been headed by many great conductors including Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur. In September 2021 Edward Gardner became the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor, succeeding Vladimir Jurowski, who became Conductor Emeritus in recognition of his transformative impact on the Orchestra as Principal Conductor from 2007–21. Karina Canellakis is the Orchestra’s current Principal Guest Conductor and Brett Dean is the Orchestra’s current Composer-in-Residence.
In summer 2012 the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed as part of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames, and was also chosen to record all the world’s national anthems for the London 2012 Olympics. In 2013 it was the winner of the RPS Music Award for Ensemble.
The Orchestra is resident at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, where it gives around 40 concerts each season. It also enjoys flourishing residencies in Brighton, Eastbourne and Saffron Walden, and performs regularly around the UK. Each summer
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Pieter Schoeman
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is committed to inspiring the next generation of musicians, and recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Education and Community department, whose work over three decades has introduced so many people of all ages to orchestral music and created opportunities for people of all backgrounds to fulfil their creative potential. Its dynamic and wide-ranging programme provides first musical experiences for children and families; offers creative projects and professional development opportunities for schools and teachers; inspires talented teenage instrumentalists to progress their skills; and develops the next generation of professional musicians. The Orchestra’s work at the forefront of digital technology has enabled it to reach millions of people worldwide. Over the pandemic period the LPO 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 collectively received over 3 million views worldwide and led to the LPO being named runner-up in the Digital Classical Music Awards 2020. From Autumn 2020 the Orchestra was delighted to be able to return to its Southbank Centre home to perform a season of concerts filmed live and streamed free of charge via Marquee TV.
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Leader
Pieter Schoeman was appointed Leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008, having previously been Co-Leader since 2002. He is also a Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. Pieter has performed worldwide as a soloist and recitalist in such famous halls as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Moscow’s Rachmaninov Hall, Capella Hall in St Petersburg, Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and London’s Royal Festival Hall. As a chamber musician he regularly appears at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall. His chamber music partners have included Anne-Sophie Mutter, Veronika Eberle, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Boris Garlitsky, JeanGuihen Queyras, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Martin Helmchen.
September 2021 saw the opening of a new live concert season at the Royal Festival Hall, featuring many of the world’s leading musicians including Sheku KannehMason, Klaus Mäkelä, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel and this season’s Artist-in-Residence, Julia Fischer. The Orchestra is delighted to be continuing to offer digital streams to selected concerts throughout the season through its ongoing partnership with Intersection and Marquee TV.
Pieter has performed numerous times as a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights have included an appearance as both conductor and soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Royal Festival Hall, the Brahms Double Concerto with Kristina Blaumane, and the Britten Double Concerto with Alexander Zemtsov, which was recorded and released on the LPO Label to great critical acclaim.
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Pieter has appeared as Guest Leader with the BBC, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Lyon and Baltimore symphony orchestras, and the Rotterdam and BBC Philharmonic orchestras. Pieter’s chair in the LPO is generously supported by Neil Westreich.
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On stage today First Violins
Pieter Schoeman* Leader Chair supported by Neil Westreich
Vesselin Gellev Sub-Leader Kate Oswin Chair supported by Friends of the Orchestra
Lasma Taimina
Chair supported by Irina Gofman & Mr Rodrik V. G. Cave
Catherine Craig Martin Höhmann
Chair supported by Chris Aldren
Katalin Varnagy
Chair supported by Sonja Drexler
Cassi Hamilton Laura Ayoub Morane Cohen-Lamberger Will Hillman
Second Violins
Tania Mazzetti Principal Chair supported by Countess Dominique Loredan
Kate Birchall Joseph Maher Ashley Stevens Fiona Higham
Chair supported by David & Yi Buckley
Cellos
Tim Hugh Guest Principal Gregory Walmsley Tom Roff George Hoult Sibylle Hentschel Jane Lindsay
Double Basses
Kevin Rundell* Principal Sebastian Pennar Co-Principal Hugh Kluger George Peniston
Paul Beniston* Principal James Fountain* Principal Anne McAneney*
Trombones
Mark Templeton* Principal Chair supported by William & Alex de Winton
David Whitehouse
Bass Trombone
Lyndon Meredith Principal
Tuba
Flutes
Juliette Bausor Principal Chair supported by Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp
Stewart McIlwham*
Grady Hassan Guest Principal
Timpani
Simon Carrington* Principal
Oboes
Chair supported by Victoria Robey OBE
Ian Hardwick* Principal Alice Munday
Eriko Nagayama Kate Cole Sheila Law Kalliopi Mitropoulou Nicole Stokes
Clarinets
Violas
Simon Estell* Principal Lawrence O’Donnell
Richard Waters Principal Katharine Leek Benedetto Pollani Laura Vallejo Stanislav Popov Alistair Scahill Martin Fenn
Trumpets
Benjamin Mellefont Principal Thomas Watmough Chair supported by Roger Greenwood
Percussion
Keith Millar Principal Jeremy Cornes * Holds a professorial appointment in London
Bassoons
Horns
John Ryan* Principal Martin Hobbs Mark Vines Co-Principal Gareth Mollison Duncan Fuller
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The London Philharmonic Orchestra also acknowledges the following chair supporters whose players are not present at this concert: Dr Barry Grimaldi Sir Simon Robey Bianca & Stuart Roden Eric Tomsett
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Daydreams and Fantasies Sunday 13 March 2022 3.00pm Williams Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Rhymes Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 (Winter Daydreams) Holly Mathieson conductor Martin James Bartlett piano
Spirit of the City Sunday 24 April 2022 3.00pm Coleridge-Taylor Ballade Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2 (London) Tom Gauterin conductor Daniel Pioro violin
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Will Gold Mrs Alison Goulter Mr Andrew Gunn Mr K Haines Mr Martin Hale Roger Hampson Mr Graham Hart Mr & Mrs Nevile Henderson The Jackman Family Mr Ian Kapur Martin Kettle Mr Justin Kitson Ms Yvonne Lock Mrs Sally Manning Belinda Miles Dr Joe Mooney Christopher & Diane Morcom Dame Jane Newell DBE Oliver & Josie Ogg Mr Stephen Olton Mr David Peters Nadya Powell Ms Caroline Priday Mr Richard Rolls Mr Richard Rowland Mr & Mrs Alan Senior Tom Sharpe Mr Kenneth Shaw Ruth Silvestre Barry & Gillian Smith Mr David Southern Ms Mary Stacey Mr Simon Starr Mrs Margaret Thompson Philip & Katie Thonemann Mr Owen Toller Mrs Rose Tremain Ms Mary Stacey Ms Caroline Tate Mr Peter Thierfeldt Dr Ann Turrall Michael & Katie Urmston Dr June Wakefield Mr Dominic Wallis Mrs C Willaims Joanna Williams Mr Kevin Willmering Mr David Woodhead
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)
Corporate Donors
Trusts and Foundations
Barclays CHANEL Fund for Women in the Arts and Culture Pictet Bank
The Boltini Trust Borrows Charitable Trust Boshier-Hinton Foundation The Candide Trust Cockayne – Grants for the Arts The London Community Foundation The David Solomons Charitable Trust The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust 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 Adam Mickiewicz Institute PRS Foundation The Radcliffe Trust Rivers Foundation The R K Charitable Trust Romanian Cultural Institute Rothschild Foundation RVW Trust Schroder Charity Trust Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation Souter Charitable Trust The Stanley Picker Trust The Thomas Deane Trust The Thriplow Charitable Trust The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust The Victoria Wood Foundation The Viney Family The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust The William Alwyn Foundation
LPO Corporate Circle Leader freuds Sunshine
Principal Berenberg Bloomberg Carter-Ruck French Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Beecham Group Members
Tutti Lazard Russo-British Chamber of Commerce Walpole
Chris Aldren 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
Preferred Partners Gusbourne Estate Lidl Lindt & Sprüngli Ltd London Orthopaedic Clinic Steinway
In-kind Sponsor Google Inc
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:
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 COVID-19 pandemic.
Simon Freakley Chairman Jay Goffman Alexandra Jupin William A. Kerr Kristina McPhee Natalie Pray Damien Vanderwilt Elizabeth Winter Victoria Robey OBE Hon. Director Jenifer L. Keiser, CPA, EisnerAmper LLP
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London Philharmonic Orchestra • 10 October 2021 • The Fire Inside
London Philharmonic Orchestra Administration Board of Directors Victoria Robey OBE Chairman Martin Höhmann* President Dr Catherine C. Høgel Vice-Chairman Henry Baldwin* Vice-President Kate Birchall* David Buckley David Burke Bruno De Kegel Deborah Dolce Tanya Joseph Hugh Kluger* Al MacCuish Tania Mazzetti* Stewart McIlwham* Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Andrew Tusa Mark Vines* Neil Westreich *Player-Director
Advisory Council Martin Höhmann Chairman Robert Adediran Christopher Aldren Dr Manon Antoniazzi Roger Barron Richard Brass Helen Brocklebank Simon Callow CBE Desmond Cecil CMG Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG Andrew Davenport 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 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
Education and Community
General Administration
Talia Lash Interim Education and Community Director
Elena Dubinets Artistic Director David Burke Chief Executive Chantelle Vircavs PA to the Executive
Rebecca Parslow Education and Community Project Manager Hannah Foakes Tilly Gugenheim Education and Community Project Co-ordinators
Concert Management Roanna Gibson Concerts Director
Development Laura Willis Development Director
Graham Wood Concerts and Recordings Manager
Vicky Moran Development Events Manager
Fabio Sarlo Glyndebourne and Projects Manager
Stef Woodford Corporate Relations Manager
Grace Ko Tours Manager
Rosie Morden Individual Giving Manager
Alison Jones Concerts and Recordings Co-ordinator
Anna Quillin Trusts and Foundations Manager
Christina Perrin Concerts and Tours Assistant
Izzy Keig Priya Radhakrishnan Development Assistants
Matthew Freeman Recordings Consultant
~ Nick Jackman Campaigns and Projects Director
Andrew Chenery Orchestra Personnel Manager Sarah Holmes Martin Sargeson Librarians
Kirstin Peltonen Development Associate
Laura Kitson Stephen O’Flaherty Stage Managers
Marketing Kath Trout Marketing Director
Damian Davis Transport Manager
Mairi Warren Marketing Manager
Felix Lo Orchestra and Auditions Manager
Alexandra Lloyd Projects and Residencies Marketing Manager
Finance
Rachel Williams Publications Manager
Frances Slack Finance Director
Harrie Mayhew Website Manager
Dayse Guilherme Finance Manager
Gavin Miller Box Office Manager
Jean-Paul Ramotar Finance and IT Officer
Ruth Knight Press and PR Manager
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Greg Felton Digital Creative Sophie Harvey Marketing and Digital Officer
Archives Philip Stuart Discographer Gillian Pole Recordings Archive
Professional Services Charles Russell Speechlys Solicitors Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP Auditors Dr Barry Grimaldi Honorary Doctor Mr Chris Aldren Honorary ENT Surgeon Mr Brian Cohen Mr Simon Owen-Johnstone Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeons
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