LPO programme: 3 Dec 2022 - Jurowski conducts Mahler

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2022/23 concert season at the Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

Jurowski conducts Mahler

Mahler

Symphony No. 9 (87’)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor

There will be no interval in tonight’s concert. The performance is expected to finish at approximately 9.05pm.

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Laurence Lovelle.

Contents

2 Welcome LPO news

3 On stage tonight

4 London Philharmonic Orchestra

5 Leader: Pieter Schoeman

6 Vladimir Jurowski

7 Programme notes 9 Laurence Lovelle

10 Next concerts

11 LPO Annual Appeal 2023

12 Mahler on the LPO Label

13 Sound Futures donors

14 Thank you 16 LPO administration

The timings shown are not precise and are given only as a guide. Concert presented by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal Conductor Edward Gardner supported by Aud Jebsen

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

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Carols at Waterloo – Friday 9 December

After a two-year Covid hiatus, this Friday (9 December) we’re bringing back one of our favourite LPO traditions –Christmas carols at Waterloo railway station. Members of our brass section and friends, plus singers from the London Philharmonic Choir, will be spreading some festive cheer on the main concourse from 5pm onwards, raising money for Save the Children. If you’re passing, please do join us for a carol or two, and please give generously!

New on the LPO Label

James MacMillan: Christmas Oratorio

New on the LPO Label is James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio, recorded live at the work’s UK premiere in December 2021. Conducted by Mark Elder, it features the London Philharmonic Choir, soprano Lucy Crowe and baritone Roderick Williams.

Composed in 2019, the Christmas Oratorio embraces a Scots Gaelic lullaby, English poetry and Bible passages, all recounting the Nativity. MacMillan deftly weaves together these strands in his trademark expressive and immediate language, reflecting both his Scottish roots and his deeply-held Catholic faith. It is available to stream or download via all major platforms, and on sale to buy as a double CD. To listen or find out more, visit lnk.to/lpochristmasoratorio

Christmas gifts from the LPO

Looking for a Christmas present for the music-lover in your life? LPO gift vouchers are the perfect option –vouchers can be purchased for any amount, are presented in a smart gift card, and can be redeemed against any concert in the LPO season at the Southbank Centre within a year of purchase. Or how about a gift membership to our LPO Friends scheme? Get up close to the Orchestra with opportunities to see behind the scenes at members’ rehearsals and special events throughout the season. It’s the perfect gift for music connoisseurs and newcomers alike. Gift membership starts at just £60 (£6 per month equivalent). Visit lpo.org.uk/gifts to find out more or buy online.

First Violins

Pieter Schoeman* Leader Chair supported by Neil Westreich

Alice Ivy-Pemberton

Kate Oswin

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

Minn Majoe

Catherine Craig Thomas Eisner

Morane Cohen-Lamberger

Katalin Varnagy Chair supported by Sonja Drexler Nilufar Alimaksumova Martin Höhmann

Cassi Hamilton Yang Zhang Chair supported by Eric Tomsett Elizaveta Tyun

Ronald Long Amanda Smith

Rasa Zukauskaite Chu-Yu Yang

Second Violins

Tania Mazzetti Principal Chair supported by Countess Dominique Loredan Emma Oldfield Helena Smart Claudia Tarrant-Matthews

Fiona Higham Chair supported by David & Yi Buckley

Nancy Elan Nynke Hijlkema

Sioni Williams Ashley Stevens Kate Cole Joseph Maher Sheila Law

Jessica Coleman Anna Croad Lyrit Milgram

Alison Strange

Violas

Catherine Ribes Guest Principal Katharine Leek Benedetto Pollani

On stage tonight

Laura Vallejo Martin Wray

Toby Warr

Lucia Ortiz Sauco

Kate De Campos

Raquel López Bolívar Shiry Rashkovsky

Stanislav Popov Michelle Bruil Joseph Fisher Alistair Scahill

Cellos

Kristina Blaumane Principal Chair supported by Bianca & Stuart Roden Pei-Jee Ng Co-Principal Chair supported by The Candide Trust

Sue Sutherley Susanna Riddell Helen Thomas George Hoult Sibylle Hentschel Tamaki Sugimoto David Bucknall Jane Lindsay Iain Ward Leo Melvin

Double Basses

Kevin Rundell* Principal Sebastian Pennar Co-Principal George Peniston Laura Murphy Lowri Morgan Charlotte Kerbegian David Johnson Emma Prince Sam Rice Stephen Street

Flutes

Juliette Bausor Principal Imogen Royce Frederico Paixao Camilla Marchant

Piccolo

Clare Childs

Oboes

Ian Hardwick* Principal Alice Munday Lydia Griffiths Sue Böhling*

Cor Anglais

Sue Böhling* Principal Chair supported by Dr Barry Grimaldi

Clarinets

Benjamin Mellefont Principal James Maltby Emma Burgess

E-flat Clarinet

Thomas Watmough Principal Chair supported by Roger Greenwood Bass Clarinet Paul Richards* Principal Bassoons

Jonathan Davies Principal Chair supported by Sir Simon Robey Guylaine Eckersley Catriona McDermid Simon Estell*

Contrabassoon

Simon Estell* Principal

Horns

John Ryan* Principal Martin Hobbs Mark Vines Co-Principal Gareth Mollison Duncan Fuller

Trumpets

Paul Beniston* Principal James Nash Anne McAneney* David Hilton

Trombones

Mark Templeton* Principal Chair supported by William & Alex de Winton

David Whitehouse Andrew Connington

Bass Trombone

Lyndon Meredith Principal

Tuba

Lee Tsarmaklis* Principal Chair supported by Friends of the Orchestra

Timpani

Simon Carrington* Principal Chair supported by Victoria Robey OBE Marney O’Sullivan

Percussion

Andrew Barclay* Principal Chair supported by Gill & Garf Collins Tom Edwards Karen Hutt Feargus Brennan

Harps

Rachel Masters Principal Tamara Young

* Holds a professorial appointment in London

The LPO also acknowledges the following chair supporters whose players are not present at this concert: Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp

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Our home is here at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, where we’re at the beating heart of London’s cultural life. You’ll also find us at our resident venues in Brighton, Eastbourne and Saffron Walden, and on tour throughout the UK and internationally, performing to sell-out audiences worldwide. Each summer we’re resident at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, combining the magic of opera with Glyndebourne’s glorious setting in the Sussex countryside.

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Our Principal Conductors have included some of the greatest historic names like Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur. In 2021 Edward Gardner became our 13th Principal Conductor, taking the Orchestra into its tenth decade. Vladimir Jurowski became Conductor Emeritus in recognition of his impact as Principal Conductor from 2007–21. Karina Canellakis is our current Principal Guest Conductor and Brett Dean our Composer-in-Residence.

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Everyone will have heard the London Philharmonic Orchestra, whether it’s playing the world’s National Anthems at every medal ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, our iconic recording with Pavarotti that made Nessun Dorma a global football anthem, or closing the flotilla at The Queen’s Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. And you’ll almost certainly have heard us on the soundtracks for major films including The Lord of the Rings

We also release live, studio and archive recordings on our own label, and are the world’s most-streamed orchestra, with over 15 million plays of our content each month. Recent releases include the first volume of a Stravinsky series with Vladimir Jurowski; Tippett’s complete opera The Midsummer Marriage under Edward Gardner, captured in his first concert as

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LPO Principal Conductor in September 2021; and James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio, recorded at the work’s UK premiere performance in December 2021 (see page 2).

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We’re committed to inspiring the next generation of musicians and music-lovers: there’s nothing we love more than seeing the joy of children and families enjoying their first musical moments, and we’re passionate about equipping schools and teachers through schools’ concerts, resources and training. Reflecting our values of collaboration and inclusivity, our OrchLab and Open Sound Ensemble projects offer music-making opportunities for adults and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Today’s young instrumentalists are the orchestral members of the future, so we’re committed to offering them opportunities to progress. Our LPO Junior Artists programme is leading the way in creating pathways into the profession for young artists from under-represented communities, and our LPO Young Composers and Foyle Future Firsts schemes support the next generation of professional musicians, bridging the transition from education to professional careers.

2022/23 and beyond

We believe in the relevance of our music, and that our programmes must reflect the narratives of modern times. This season we’re exploring themes of belonging and displacement in our series ‘A place to call home’, delving into music by composers including Austrians Erich Korngold and Paul Hindemith, Hungarian Béla Bartók, Cuban Tania León, Ukrainian Victoria Vita Polevá and Syrian Kinan Azmeh. As we celebrate our 90th anniversary we perform works premiered by the Orchestra during its illustrious history. This season also marks Vaughan Williams’s 150th anniversary and we’ll be celebrating with four of his works, as well as both symphonies by Elgar and music by Tippett and Thomas Adès. Our commitment to everything new and creative includes premieres by Brett Dean and Heiner Goebbels, as well as new commissions from composers from around the world including Agata Zubel, Elena Langer and Vijay Iyer.

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Pieter Schoeman 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, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Martin Helmchen and Julia Fischer.

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.

Pieter has appeared as Guest Leader with the BBC, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Lyon and Baltimore symphony orchestras; the Rotterdam and BBC Philharmonic orchestras; and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Pieter’s chair in the LPO is generously supported by Neil Westreich.

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Vladimir Jurowski Conductor Emeritus, London

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Vladimir Jurowski became the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Conductor Emeritus in September 2021, following 14 years as Principal Conductor, during which his creative energy and artistic rigour were central to the Orchestra’s success. At the BBC Proms concert with the LPO on 12 August 2021 – his final official concert as Principal Conductor – he received the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, one of the highest international honours in music.

In September 2021 Vladimir became Music Director at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Since 2017 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and in 2021 stepped down from his decade as Artistic Director of the Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra to become its Honorary Conductor. He has previously held the positions of First Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper, Berlin (1997–2001), Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (2000–03), Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra (2005–09), and Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2001–13).

Vladimir enjoys close relationships with the world’s most distinguished artistic institutions, collaborating with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras, the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago and Boston symphony orchestras.

A committed operatic conductor, Vladimir’s recent highlights include semi-staged performances of Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and Siegfried with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall; new productions of Der Rosenkavalier, Shostakovich’s The Nose and Penderecki’s Die Teufel von Loudun at the Bavarian State Opera; Die Frau ohne Schatten in Berlin and Bucharest with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel at the Bavarian State Opera; Henze’s The Bassarids and Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron at the Komische Oper Berlin; his acclaimed debut at the Salzburg Festival with Wozzeck; and his first return to Glyndebourne as a guest conductor, for the world premiere production of Brett Dean’s Hamlet with the LPO. Previous seasons at Glyndebourne – many with the LPO – have included Die Zauberflöte, La Cenerentola, Otello, Macbeth, Falstaff, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Don Giovanni, The Rake’s Progress, The Cunning Little Vixen, Ariadne auf Naxos and Péter Eötvös’s Love and Other Demons

This season Vladimir returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducts new productions of Così fan tutte and Prokofiev’s War and Peace and a revival of Dean’s Hamlet at the Bavarian State Opera, and showcases a wealth of concert repertoire with the Berlin Radio Symphony and Bavarian State orchestras. He returns to the Royal Festival Hall in April 2023 for two concerts with the LPO – a programme of Ustvolskaya, Hindemith and Prokofiev with violinist Gil Shaham (19 April) and a programme of Telemann, Ravel, Ibert and Strauss (22 April) – followed by a third concert on 6 May which includes Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the London Philharmonic Choir.

The LPO has released a wide selection of Vladimir Jurowski’s live recordings with the Orchestra on its own label, including the complete symphonies of Brahms and Tchaikovsky; Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 8; and works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Julian Anderson and Vladimir Martynov. In 2017 the Orchestra released a 7-CD box set of Jurowski’s LPO recordings in celebration of his 10th anniversary as Principal Conductor, and July this year saw the first of a three-volume Stravinsky series featuring The Rite of Spring and The Firebird (LPO-0123). The second volume is planned for release in spring 2023.

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Programme notes

Gustav Mahler

1860–1911

Symphony No. 9 1908–11

Although the Ninth Symphony occupied Mahler intermittently between 1908 and 1911, he wrote most of the work in the summer of 1909, when he took his annual composing holiday in the Dolomites. Two years earlier, he had been prostrated by the death of his elder daughter at the age of four; since then, his own serious heart condition had been diagnosed, and he had had to modify his strenuous way of life. After many years of struggle, he had resigned as music director of the Vienna Opera; during 1908 he had been conducting at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; in the autumn of 1909 he was also to take up a new contract as conductor of the New York Philharmonic. The following summer, after his first New York season, he began sketching his Tenth Symphony, but that was to remain in draft form on his death in May 1911: so the Ninth was his last completed symphony. Its first performance took place in Vienna in June 1912, under the direction of Mahler’s younger colleague Bruno Walter.

The Symphony is scored for a large orchestra, especially numerous in the woodwind section (with a total of 20 players), but without any of the unusual extra instruments that had found a place in Mahler’s previous two symphonies. As in all his music, the scoring is fastidiously detailed; there are remarkably few tuttis (passages for the full orchestra), and there are some moments of extraordinary bareness, using the extreme high and low registers with nothing in the middle. The treatment of tonality is very free, with episodes firmly

rooted in a key alternating with episodes in which the key-centre shifts constantly, and with one of Mahler’s typical ‘progressive’ key-schemes, beginning in one key and ending in another.

As for the overall shape of the work, it is unconventional: a very long opening movement which fluctuates in tempo but is essentially slow; a central pair of scherzo like movements, the first in 3/4 dance rhythms and the second in duple time; and a long, slow finale. This outline has been compared to that of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony of 1893. But there are also precedents for closing slow movements in Mahler’s own music, in the final Adagio of the Third Symphony, and in ‘Der Abschied’, the prolonged farewell to life that closes Mahler’s previous work before the Ninth, the songsymphony Das Lied von der Erde

The opening movement of the Ninth Symphony begins (at an ‘easy walking pace’) in the spare, bleak mood of ‘Der Abschied’, with a four-note harp motif and little rocking string figures ushering in a halting, sorrowing violin melody. This is followed shortly by the first appearance of the main contrasting idea, a more despairing melody in the minor key; this later returns in a more animated version, arriving at brass fanfares which mark the end of the opening section. The development begins with a syncopated rhythm in the horns which may suggest Mahler’s irregular heartbeat, and the return of the four-note motif. Rondo-like restatements of the first theme, in varied forms but in its original key, alternate with vehement episodes working up to two powerful climaxes. In the wake of the second of these, the faltering heart rhythm returns on strident trombones, and the harp ostinato also returns on timpani with the steady tread of a funeral march. This passage leads directly to a varied reprise of the main themes, followed by a coda which dies away to nothing.

This first movement frequently hints at a three-note descending horn-call figure borrowed from Beethoven’s piano sonata ‘Les Adieux’, in which it represents the word ‘Lebewohl’, (‘farewell’), addressed to a friend who was leaving Vienna. And a recurring variant of the first subject brings its melodic shape very close to that of a Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss the younger, called Freut euch des Lebens (‘Enjoy life’). These references suggest that Mahler was taking his leave, if not yet of life, then of the city that had played such a big part in his career. And this is all but confirmed by the two central movements. The second movement is a scherzo in the ‘easygoing’ Austrian dance rhythm of the Ländler, with two more volatile trio sections also in

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the time of the Ländler or its city cousin, the waltz: the treatment is sometimes deadpan, sometimes affectionate, and sometimes deliberately banal. The Rondo-Burleske third movement is reliably reported to have been headed at one stage with a dedication ‘to my brothers in Apollo’, clearly meaning the fellow members of the musical profession who had made Mahler’s career in Vienna so uncomfortable. It is an exercise in rough-hewn, un-academic counterpoint on brusque, constantly evolving melodic motifs; towards the end, there is an extended episode of visionary calm, in D major, the key of the first movement, but this is gradually overcome by the earlier material, and the ending is savage.

The very slow finale is in D flat major, a semitone lower than the initial key. It has a warmly sustained, hymn-like main theme which is varied and developed on its two subsequent reappearances; these statements alternate with two subsidiary episodes in C sharp minor, the second of them beginning with an allusion to a gentle rocking figure from ‘Der Abschied’ and reaching a despairing climax. The hymn-like main melody not only incorporates the ‘Lebewohl’ motif but also gradually absorbs fragments from the bitterly parodistic RondoBurleske: a potent musical metaphor for a kind of psychological healing process, a reintegration of a damaged personality. And there is a further symbolic gesture in the coda, a high violin line which quotes from Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder (‘Songs on the Death of Children’), which he had written some years before the death of his daughter. This leads to an ending that is not disturbed but deeply peaceful – suggesting that the composer has won his way to a state of mind in which he can contemplate the frustrations and tragedies of his life, and even the inevitability of his own death, in a mood of calm acceptance.

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by Laurie Watt

In memory of Laurie Lovelle

1948–2022

Tonight’s concert is dedicated to the memory of Laurence (Laurie) Lovelle, who sadly died earlier this year, after retiring from the LPO in 2019 following 38 years as a much-loved member of the Double Bass section. Laurie is fondly remembered for the fun and humour he brought to those around him, as well as his fine musicianship.

Laurie studied at the Guildhall School of Music, where he met his future wife and life companion, Julia. He first played with the LPO under Bernard Haitink in 1971 before moving to the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon and later the Rotterdam Philharmonic. In 1981 he returned to the UK to join the LPO under Klaus Tennstedt, where he remained until his retirement.

Laurie’s colleague and friend, Principal Double Bass Kevin Rundell, recalls: ‘Laurie was a person who brought a wealth of experience to the LPO and who cared deeply for the music we play. He was kind, thoughtful and humorous. From the day I joined the Orchestra he was welcoming and supportive, and always prepared to let the section know when we were not playing correctly or sensitively. Outside the Orchestra, his life was rich and his interests wide. For many years he and Julia led groups trekking in Nepal, forming strong bonds with local people. At Glyndebourne during the long interval he could often be found guiding fellow orchestral members in Tai chi techniques. He was also an avid cinema-goer who never owned a television. After leaving the Orchestra he continued to spend many hours studying and playing the classical guitar. Laurie was a wonderful man with whom it was a pleasure and a privilege to make music.’

Tonight’s conductor Vladimir Jurowski, who was the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor during Laurie’s latter years with the LPO, also recalls him fondly:

‘I have such wonderful memories of Laurie – always so calm, positive and cheerful! We had long chats in London and during tours, often not about music but about Chinese Tai chi, a passion we shared – he even once gave me a Tai chi lesson, during a long weekend in Aldeburgh with the LPO strings in 2007. When he left the LPO in 2019, he gave me an old LP of Mahler 8 with the LSO, Bernstein and the Highgate School Boys’ Choir –Laurie was one of those Highgate choristers back then in the early 1960s, so it was particularly special. Laurie and I both shared a love of Mahler, and I am honoured to dedicate our concert tonight to his memory.’

We warmly welcome members of Laurie’s family and friends this evening.

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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

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

Aud Jebsen

In memory of Mrs Rita Reay Sir Simon & Lady Robey OBE

Orchestra Circle

William & Alex de Winton

Patricia Haitink

Mr & Mrs Philip Kan

Neil Westreich

The American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal Associates

Richard Buxton

Gill & Garf Collins

In memory of Brenda Lyndoe Casbon

In memory of Ann Marguerite Collins

Sally Groves MBE

George Ramishvili

Associates

Mrs Irina Andreeva

In memory of Len & Edna Beech

Steven M. Berzin

Ms Veronika BorovikKhilchevskaya

The Candide Trust

Irina Gofman & Mr Rodrik V. G. Cave

The Lambert Family Charitable Trust

Countess Dominique Loredan

Stuart & Bianca Roden

In memory of Hazel Amy Smith

The Tsukanov Family

The Viney Family

Gold Patrons

An anonymous donor

Chris Aldren

David & Yi Buckley

In memory of Allner Mavis

Channing

Sonja Drexler

Jan & Leni Du Plessis

The Vernon Ellis Foundation

Peter & Fiona Espenhahn

Hamish & Sophie Forsyth

Mr Roger Greenwood Malcolm Herring

John & Angela Kessler

Julian & Gill Simmonds

Eric Tomsett

Andrew & Rosemary Tusa

Guy & Utti Whittaker

Mr Florian Wunderlich

Silver Patrons

Dame Colette Bowe

David Burke & Valerie Graham

John & Sam Dawson

Bruno De Kegel

Ulrike & Benno Engelmann

Virginia Gabbertas MBE

Dmitry & Ekaterina Gursky

The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris

Charitable Trust

Catherine Høgel & Ben Mardle

Sir George Iacobescu

Jamie & Julia Korner

Mr & Mrs Makharinsky

Mr Nikita Mishin

Andrew Neill

Tom & Phillis Sharpe

Mr & Mrs John & Susi Underwood

Laurence Watt Grenville & Krysia Williams

Bronze Patrons

Anonymous donors

Michael Allen

Mr Mark Astaire

Nicholas & Christine Beale

Mikhail Noskov & Vasilina Bindley

Mr Anthony Blaiklock

Lorna & Christopher Bown

Mr Bernard Bradbury

Simon Burke & Rupert King

Desmond & Ruth Cecil

Mr Evgeny Chichvarkin

Mr John H Cook

Georgy Djaparidze

Deborah Dolce

Cameron & Kathryn Doley

Mariana Eidelkind & Gene

Moldavsky

David Ellen Ben Fairhall

Mr Richard & Helen Gillingwater

Mr Daniel Goldstein David & Jane Gosman

Mr Gavin Graham Lord & Lady Hall

Mrs Dorothy Hambleton Martin & Katherine Hattrell

Michael & Christine Henry

Mr Steve Holliday

J Douglas Home

Mr & Mrs Ralph Kanza

Mrs Elena & Mr Oleg Kolobov Rose & Dudley Leigh

Wg. Cdr. & Mrs M T Liddiard OBE

JP RAF

Drs Frank & Gek Lim

Mr Nicholas Little Geoff & Meg Mann

Mrs Elizabeth Meshkvicheva

Andrew T Mills

Peter & Lucy Noble

Mr Roger Phillimore

Mr Michael Posen

Mr Anthony Salz

Ms Nadia Stasyuk

Charlotte Stevenson Joe Topley Mr & Mrs John C Tucker

Timothy Walker CBE AM Jenny Watson CBE Grenville & Krysia Williams

Principal Supporters

Anonymous donors

Dr Manon Antoniazzi

Julian & Annette Armstrong

Mr John D Barnard

Mr Geoffrey Bateman

Mr Philip Bathard-Smith

Mrs A Beare

Dr Anthony Buckland

Dr Simona Cicero & Mr Mario Altieri

Mr Peter Coe

Mrs Pearl Cohen

David & Liz Conway

Mr Alistair Corbett

Ms Mary Anne Cordeiro

Ms Elena Dubinets

Mr Richard Fernyhough

Jason George

Mr Christian Grobel

Prof Emeritus John Gruzelier

Mark & Sarah Holford

Mrs Maureen Hooft-Graafland

Per Jonsson

Mr Ian Kapur

Ms Kim J Koch

Ms Elena Lojevsky

Mrs Terry Neale

John Nickson & Simon Rew

Oliver & Josie Ogg

Ms Olga Ovenden

Mr James Pickford

Filippo Poli

Sir Bernard Rix

Mr Robert Ross Priscylla Shaw

Martin & Cheryl Southgate

Mr & Mrs G Stein

Dr Peter Stephenson

Joanna Williams

Christopher Williams

Ms Elena Ziskind

Supporters

Anonymous donors

Ralph & Elizabeth Aldwinckle

Mr & Mrs Robert Auerbach

Mrs Julia Beine

Harvey Bengen

Miss YolanDa Brown

Miss Yousun Chae

Mr Julien Chilcott-Monk

Alison Clarke & Leo Pilkington

Mr Joshua Coger

Miss Tessa Cowie

Mr David Devons

Patricia Dreyfus

Mr Martin Fodder

Christopher Fraser OBE

Will Gold

Ray Harsant

Mr Peter Imhof

The Jackman Family

Mr David MacFarlane

Dame Jane Newell DBE

Mr Stephen Olton

Mari Payne

Mr David Peters

Ms Edwina Pitman

Mr & Mrs Graham & Jean Pugh

Mr Giles Quarme

Mr Kenneth Shaw

Mr Brian Smith

Ms Rika Suzuki

Tony & Hilary Vines

Dr June Wakefield

Mr John Weekes

Mr C D Yates

Hon. Benefactor

Elliott Bernerd

Hon. Life Members

Alfonso Aijón

Kenneth Goode

Carol Colburn Grigor CBE

Pehr G Gyllenhammar

Robert Hill

Victoria Robey OBE

Mrs Jackie Rosenfeld OBE

Timothy Walker CBE AM

Laurence Watt

Thank you

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

Corporate Donor

Barclays

LPO Corporate Circle

Principal Berenberg Bloomberg Carter-Ruck

French Chamber of Commerce Tutti Lazard Walpole

Trialist Sciteb

Preferred Partners

Gusbourne Estate

Jeroboams

Lindt & Sprüngli Ltd

OneWelbeck Steinway

In-kind Sponsor

Google Inc

Trusts and Foundations

ABO Trust

BlueSpark Foundation

The Boltini Trust

Borrows Charitable Trust

The Candide Trust

Cockayne – Grants for the Arts

The London Community Foundation

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

Dunard Fund

Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

Foyle Foundation

Garrick Charitable Trust

John Horniman’s Children’s Trust

John Thaw Foundation

Institute Adam Mickiewicz

Kirby Laing Foundation

The Marchus Trust

The Radcliffe Trust

Rivers Foundation

Rothschild Foundation Scops Arts Trust

Sir William Boremans' Foundation

The John S Cohen Foundation

The Stanley Picker Trust

The Thriplow Charitable Trust

Vaughan Williams Foundation

The Victoria Wood Foundation

The Viney Family

The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust

and all others who wish to remain anonymous.

Board of the American Friends of the LPO

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

Kara Boyle

Jon Carter

Jay Goffman

Alexandra Jupin

Natalie Pray

Damien Vanderwilt

Elizabeth Winter

Catherine Høgel Hon. Director Jenifer L. Keiser, CPA, EisnerAmper LLP

LPO International Board of Governors

Natasha Tsukanova Co-Chair Martin Höhmann Co-Chair Mrs Irina Andreeva

Steven M. Berzin

Veronika Borovik-Khilchevskaya Marie-Laure Favre Gilly de Varennes de Bueil Aline Foriel-Destezet Irina Gofman

Countess Dominique Loredan Olivia Ma

George Ramishvili

Sophie Schÿler-Thierry Jay Stein

London Philharmonic Orchestra Administration

Board of Directors

Dr Catherine C. Høgel Chair

Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE Vice-Chair

Martin Höhmann* President

Mark Vines* Vice-President

Kate Birchall*

David Buckley

David Burke

Bruno De Kegel

Deborah Dolce

Elena Dubinets

Tanya Joseph Hugh Kluger*

Katherine Leek*

Al MacCuish

Minn Majoe*

Tania Mazzetti*

Jamie Njoku-Goodwin

Andrew Tusa

Neil Westreich

Simon Freakley (Ex officio –Chairman of the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra)

*Player-Director

Advisory Council

Martin Höhmann Chairman

Christopher Aldren

Dr Manon Antoniazzi

Roger Barron

Richard Brass

Helen Brocklebank

YolanDa Brown

Simon Burke

Simon Callow CBE

Desmond Cecil CMG

Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG

Andrew Davenport

Guillaume Descottes

Cameron Doley

Christopher Fraser OBE

Jonathan Harris CBE FRICS

Marianna Hay MBE

Nicholas Hely-Hutchinson DL

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 KC

Julian Simmonds

Barry Smith

Nicholas Snowman OBE Martin Southgate

Chris Viney Laurence Watt Elizabeth Winter

General Administration

Elena Dubinets Artistic Director

David Burke Chief Executive Chantelle Vircavs PA to the Executive Concert Management

Roanna Gibson Concerts and Planning Director

Graham Wood Concerts and Recordings Manager

Maddy Clarke Tours Manager

Alison Jones Concerts and Recordings Co-ordinator

Robert Winup Concerts and Tours Assistant Matthew Freeman Recordings Consultant

Andrew Chenery Orchestra Personnel Manager

Sarah Thomas Martin Sargeson Librarians

Laura Kitson Stage and Operations Manager

Stephen O’Flaherty Deputy Operations Manager

Felix Lo Orchestra and Auditions Manager

Finance

Frances Slack Finance Director Dayse Guilherme Finance Manager

Jean-Paul Ramotar Finance and IT Officer

Education and Community Talia Lash Education and Community Director

Lowri Davies Hannah Foakes

Education and Community Project Managers

Hannah Smith Education and Community Co-ordinator

Development

Laura Willis Development Director Rosie Morden Individual Giving Manager Siân Jenkins Corporate Relations Manager

Anna Quillin Trusts and Foundations Manager

Katurah Morrish Development Events Manager

Eleanor Conroy Al Levin

Development Assistants

Nick Jackman Campaigns and Projects Director

Kirstin Peltonen Development Associate Marketing

Kath Trout Marketing and Communications Director Sophie Harvey Marketing Manager

Rachel Williams Publications Manager

Harrie Mayhew Website Manager

Gavin Miller Sales and Ticketing Manager

Ruth Haines Press and PR Manager

Greg Felton Digital Creative Hayley Kim Marketing Co-ordinator

Alicia Hartley Marketing Assistant 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 Simon Owen-Johnstone Hon. Orthopaedic Surgeon

London Philharmonic Orchestra 89 Albert Embankment London SE1 7TP

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