WELCOME
2019 /20
“Electrifying events unsurpassed on the London concert scene ”
… to the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2019/20 season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, our Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor. Unfold the planner and open up ten months of great music - evening and afternoon concerts, free performances and fascinating talks. VISITING SOUTHBANK CENTRE You can find out more about each concert, watch videos and read blogs Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX about our players and conductors on our website. Our complete season brochure will be published in the summer.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor London Season September 2019 - June 2020 Concerts, free performances and talks
VISITING SOUTHBANK CENTRE
FREE PERFORMANCES
Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX HOW TO BOOK Southbank Centre ticket office southbankcentre.co.uk (£3 transaction fee) 020 3879 9555 (£3.50 transction fee, 9am – 8pm daily) No transaction fee for Southbank Centre Members
TICKET PRICES
You will find seat maps on the concert booking pages of our website. Choose your own seat when you book online. SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS
PREMIUM SEATS PRICE 1
PRICE 2
PRICE 3
PRICE 4
PRICE 5
All concerts, unless otherwise stated
£58
£45
£36
£28
£19
£12
Weimar Berlin (26 & 29 September) George Benjamin (5 March)
£45
£36
£28
£19
£12
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To the Cabaret! (23 September) (Queen Elizabeth Hall)
£32
£20
£12
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Beethoven 1808 Reconstructed (15 March)
£72
£55
£46
£35
£26
£17
NON-SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS Handel’s Messiah (12 December)
£49.50
£42.50
£34.50
£24.50
£19.50
£16.50
Grand Christmas Classics (15 December)
£49.50
£39.50
£32.50
£24.50
£19.50
£16.50
The English Patient (5 June)
£65
£48
£39
£28
£22
£15
Insights Days: Weimar Berlin (29 September) Beethoven (15 March)
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE Book three or more concerts in our 2019/20 subscription series (on the inside of this planner) and receive a discount. Please note, there are no discounts on Premium Seats, but they can count towards a subscription. Book 3 – 5 concerts and get 10% off Book 6 – 8 concerts and get 15% off Book 9 – 11 concerts and get 20% off Book 12 – 14 concerts and get 25% off Book 15 or more concerts and get 30% off GROUPS AND SCHOOLS School groups of ten or more get a 50% discount, and one free ticket for every ten purchased. Other groups of ten or more get a 25% discount, and one free ticket for every 20 purchased. Flexible reservations – no need to confirm final numbers or pay until one month before the concert.
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL Queen Elizabeth Hall is a state-of-the-art space where you can sit closer to the performers, with a great view from every seat. PURCELL ROOM Purcell Room is an intimate space, perfect for enjoying smaller ensembles.
Michael Francis conductor Colin Currie percussion Programme to include: LUKE BEDFORD New work (world premiere) Thursday 24 October, 6pm Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
GÉRARD PESSON
Kwamé Ryan conductor
Southbank Centre has a range of cafes, restaurants, shops and bars. More information: southbankcentre.co.uk/visit
GÉRARD PESSON Carmagnole pour ensemble (UK premiere); 12 Transformations du menuet K.355 de Mozart (excerpts) (UK premiere)
Southbank Centre venues are accessible to all. More information: southbankcentre.co.uk/access
(FREE, ticket required)
Southbank Centre is close to Waterloo, Charing Cross and Embankment stations. More information: southbankcentre.co.uk/gettinghere
Thursday 28 November, 6pm Royal Festival Hall
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Pascal Rophé conductor Claire Booth soprano AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Selene (Moon Chariot Rituals) (UK premiere); Of Being is a Bird (Emily Dickinson settings)
£25/£15 with concert tickets STUDENTS AND UNDER 18s Students can download the free Student Pulse mobile app to buy tickets for £8 (limited availability), from one month before the concert.
Thursday 5 March, 6pm Royal Festival Hall
Thursday 21 May, 6pm Royal Festival Hall
COMPOSERS’ ACADEMY Jean Thorel conductor World premieres of three works by participants in our year-long Composers’ Academy
MMSF YOUNG ARTISTS RECITALS Thursday 21 November & Thursday 11 June, 6pm Royal Festival Hall Sunday 15 March, 1pm The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall (part of Beethoven Day) Meet the next generation in three recitals showcasing members of our MMSF Instrumental Fellowship Programme
XENAKIS AND REIMANN Conductor and pianist to be announced
Tickets for children and young people aged 18 and under are £8 (£6 in Price 5 areas). Maximum of four per transaction (limited availability). Only available through the Philharmonia box office and website. CONCESSIONS A limited allocation of half-price tickets is available through the Philharmonia Orchestra box office for recipients of Universal or Pension Credit. Through Southbank Centre’s ticket office, a limited allocation of 25% off tickets is available for the same groups, plus full-time students and under-16s.
COLIN CURRIE ARTIST PORTRAIT
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL Built in 1951 for the Festival of Britain, and home to many landmark performances since, Royal Festival Hall is a true London icon.
IANNIS XENAKIS Evryali (for solo piano) ARIBERT REIMANN Piano Concerto No. 2 Thursday 19 March, 6pm Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
Conductor and singers to be announced Southbank Centre © Belinda Lawley
Philharmonia Orchestra box office philharmonia.co.uk (£1.75 transaction fee) 0800 652 6717 (£2.75 transaction fee, 9.30am – 5.30pm Mon – Fri)
Thursday 14 May, 6pm Royal Festival Hall
One of the UK’s top cultural destinations, Southbank Centre has been at the forefront of the country’s musical life since 1951. The Philharmonia is proud to be a Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra.
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Floof (Songs of a Homeostatic Homer); Five Images after Sappho (FREE, ticket required)
Plus: look out for our free 6pm Philharmonia Chamber Players concerts throughout the season.
SUBSCRIPTION SEASON
Sunday 19 January, 7.30pm
Thursday 28 November, 7.30pm
Plan a year filled with great music and save money when you book more than two concerts. See overleaf for details.
Talks, film and live performances hosted by writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley Sunday 29 September, 7.30pm
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WEIMAR BERLIN: THE PARTY’S OVER
All our subscription season concerts are in Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, apart from To the Cabaret! on 23 September, which is next door in Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin Rebecca Nelsen soprano
Key:
BUSONI Two Studies for Doktor Faust WEILL Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra BERG Lulu Suite HINDEMITH Dances from Das Nusch-Nuschi
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Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis
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Philharmonia at 75
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Mahler: Songs of Life
OCTOBER 2019
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Russian Classics
Sunday 13 October, 3pm
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 7
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Music of Today: Augusta Read Thomas (FREE, no ticket required, see overleaf for details)
In 2020 we mark 75 years since the Philharmonia Orchestra was founded three quarters of a century of brilliant live music-making, definitive recordings, technological innovation and artistic adventure.
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Behzod Abduraimov piano
Our Philharmonia at 75 series brings you the very best of the Philharmonia cornerstones of our repertoire, exciting collaborations, brand new music - a snapshot of an orchestra that has always looked to the future.
SHANI CONDUCTS PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO AND JULIET
Clemens Schuldt conductor Augustin Hadelich violin
Philharmonia at the Movies
SCHUMANN Overture, Manfred MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
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KARL-HEINZ STEFFENS: MENDELSSOHN AND MOZART Karl-Heinz Steffens conductor Tamara Stefanovich piano
Monday 23 September, 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm S
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AT THE WATER’S EDGE: TCHAIKOVSKY, SHOSTAKOVICH AND BRITTEN
Sunday 8 December, 3pm
JAKUB HRU �ŠA CONDUCTS MOZART AND BEETHOVEN
WEIMAR BERLIN: TO THE CABARET!
Elim Chan conductor Sol Gabetta cello
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Gerard McBurney creative director Dagmar Manzel singer Narrator to be confirmed
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
Programme to include songs by Kurt Weill and Friedrich Hollaender
6pm, Purcell Room Music of Today: Gérard Pesson (FREE, ticket required, see overleaf for details)
Jakub Hrůša conductor Martin Helmchen piano STRAUSS Don Juan MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22, K.482 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 Thursday 12 December, 7.30pm
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
NOVEMBER 2019 Sunday 3 November, 3pm
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ROUVALI CONDUCTS SWAN LAKE
For a fleeting moment, during the Weimar Republic (1919-33), the German arts scene erupted in a feverish maelstrom of creativity. In a colourful series of performances and talks (beginning in June 2019), Esa-Pekka Salonen MUSIC, FILM AND DRAMA TURBULENT TIMES celebrates thisFORdefiant flourishing of the human imagination.
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Nikolai Lugansky piano STRAVINSKY Fireworks RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake (excerpts) Thursday 7 November, 7pm
HENRY V: LIVE SCREENING Frank Strobel conductor Crouch End Festival Chorus WALTON Henry V Thursday 14 November, 7.30pm
PABLO HERAS-CASADO: DEBUSSY AND RAVEL Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Denis Kozhukhin piano
Thursday 26 September, 7.30pm
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WEIMAR BERLIN: ANGELS AND DEMONS Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin HINDEMITH Rag Time (well-tempered) J.S. BACH, arr. SCHOENBERG Two Chorale Preludes BERG Violin Concerto HINDEMITH Symphony: Mathis der Maler 6pm, Insights Talk: Gavin Plumley introduces the evening’s programme (FREE, no ticket required)
MAHLER’S RESURRECTION SYMPHONY
In December 1808 Beethoven presented four hours of his latest music to the Viennese public, displaying the full panoply of his genius as composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist and improviser.
MOZART Symphony No. 25, K. 183 MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Sunday 15 December, 3pm
Philippe Herreweghe conductor Thomas Zehetmair violin BEETHOVEN Overture, The Creatures of Prometheus BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5
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STEVEN STUCKY Radical Light BARBER Violin Concerto COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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BEETHOVEN: 1808 RECONSTRUCTED Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Andreas Haefliger piano Golda Schultz soprano Clare Presland mezzo soprano Stuart Jackson tenor Ashley Riches baritone Philharmonia Voices Rodolfus Choir
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Music of Today: Colin Currie Artist Portrait (FREE, no ticket required, see overleaf for details) Thursday 21 May, 7.30pm
ROUVALI CONDUCTS SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 5
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 6, Pastoral; Ah! Perfido; ‘Gloria’ from Mass in C; Piano Concerto No. 4; Symphony No. 5; 'Sanctus & Benedictus’ from Mass in C; Fantasia in G minor, Op.77; Choral Fantasy This concert has two intervals and finishes around 6.15pm 6.30pm Post-concert performance The Clore Ballroom (FREE, no ticket required)
HORN CALLS
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Sunday 23 February, 7.30pm
Yuri Temirkanov conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian violin
6pm, Purcell Room Music of Today: Esa-Pekka Salonen (FREE, ticket required, see overleaf for details)
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Richard Watkins horn Allan Clayton tenor WEBER Overture, Der Freischütz MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE Horn Concerto (world premiere) BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel 6pm, Insights Talk: Mark-Anthony Turnage in conversation (FREE, no ticket required)
Thursday 27 February, 7.30pm
APRIL 2020 Thursday 2 April, 7.30pm
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HERAS-CASADO CONDUCTS RUSSIAN CLASSICS
JOHN WILSON CONDUCTS ELGAR AND KORNGOLD
Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Daniel Kharitonov piano
John Wilson conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 MUSSORGSKY arr. RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
BARBER First Essay KORNGOLD Violin Concerto ELGAR (completed ANTHONY PAYNE) Symphony No. 3
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia Chamber Players (FREE, no ticket required)
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Nemanja Radulović violin KODÁLY Suite, Háry János KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 6pm, Royal Festival Hall Music of Today: Composers’ Academy (FREE, no ticket required, see overleaf for details)
JUNE 2020
MAHLER Humoresken (songs from Des KnabenWunderhorn) SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia Chamber Players (FREE, no ticket required)
GLAZUNOV Concert Waltz No. 1 GRIEG Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Joana Carneiro conductor Esther Yoo violin
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Lise Davidsen soprano
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Juraj Valčuha conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk piano
1pm MMSF Young Artists Recital The Clore Ballroom (FREE, no ticket required)
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN: MAHLER AND SCHUMANN
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TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHÉTIQUE SYMPHONY
AMERICAN ROMANTICS: BARBER, COPLAND AND BERNSTEIN
ADAM O Holy Night DARKE In the bleak midwinter RUTTER The Twelve Days of Christmas SCHUBERT Ave Maria JS BACH Christmas Oratorio (Opening Chorus) Plus carols for all
Thursday 16 January, 7.30pm
Sunday 10 May, 7.30pm
Thursday 14 May, 7.30pm
Thursday 19 March, 7.30pm
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
MAY 2020
INSIGHTS MORNING: BEETHOVEN – FICTION AND REALITY
David Hill conductor Mary Bevan soprano The Bach Choir
TEMIRKANOV CONDUCTS SIBELIUS AND BRAHMS
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia Chamber Players (FREE, no ticket required)
Sunday 15 March, 10am - 12 noon Level 5 Function Room
GRAND CHRISTMAS CLASSICS
JANUARY 2020
HERREWEGHE CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT
“London’s Mahlerian orchestra par excellence” (Bachtrack) invites you into Mahler’s world a world saturated with orchestral colour. Immerse yourself in Mahler’s richly rewarding evocations of the beauty and power of nature, the joys of heavenly and earthly love, and the strength of the human spirit.
Please note this concert does not qualify for subscription discounts.
6pm, Insights Talk: Pablo Heras-Casado in conversation (FREE, no ticket required) Thursday 21 November, 7.30pm
MAHLER: SONGS OF LIFE
HANDEL Messiah
Please note this concert does not qualify for subscription discounts.
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Thursday 30 April, 7.30pm
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia Chamber Players (FREE, no ticket required)
Joining the Orchestra for this series are singers including Lise Davidsen (19 March) and Dame Sarah Connolly (30 April)
Brian Wright conductor Julia Doyle soprano Renata Pokupić mezzo soprano Benjamin Hulett tenor David Shipley bass Goldsmiths Choral Union Highgate Choral Society English Concert Chorus
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand LILI BOULANGER D’un soir triste DEBUSSY Images
6pm, Royal Festival Hall MMSF Young Artists Recital (FREE, no ticket required)
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Esa-Pekka Salonen © Benjamin Ealovega
WEIMAR BERLIN: BITTERSWEET METROPOLIS
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Philharmonia Chamber Players (FREE, no ticket required)
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Insights Talk: an introduction to the evening’s programme (FREE, no ticket required)
DECEMBER 2019
MUSSORGSKY orch. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Night on a Bare Mountain KABALEVSKY Cello Concerto No. 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Xian Zhang conductor Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo soprano Andreas Schager tenor
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Jakub Hrůša conductor Steven Isserlis cello
BEETHOVEN DAY
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia bring this moment of music history to life (in a much warmer and more comfortable hall), Professor John Deathridge leads an Insights Morning exploring the power of Beethoven’s public image, and up-and-coming musicians perform music composed and inspired by Beethoven.
PROKOFIEV Overture, War and Peace RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Jakub Hrůša conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Philharmonia Chorus
Sunday 20 October, 3pm
SEPTEMBER 2019
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Lahav Shani conductor Kirill Gerstein piano
Thursday 20 February, 7.30pm
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MAHLER: THE SONG OF THE EARTH
BORODIN Overture, Prince Igor RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 Thursday 13 February, 7.30pm
Sunday 26 April, 3pm
FANTASY AND FAIRY TALES
6pm, Royal Festival Hall Music of Today: Xenakis and Reimann (FREE, no ticket required, see overleaf for details)
ROUVALI CONDUCTS RUSSIAN CLASSICS
Paavo Järvi conductor Zhang Zuo piano LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 MAHLER Symphony No. 5
OLIVER KNUSSEN Choral MESSIAEN Le merle bleu from Catalogue d'oiseaux GEORGE BENJAMIN Duet for Piano and Orchestra; Dream of the Song; JANÁČEK Sinfonietta
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Sunday 9 February, 3pm
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Sir George Benjamin conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Bejun Mehta countertenor Philharmonia Voices
FEBRUARY 2020
PHILHARMONIA AT 75
Sunday 19 April, 3pm
GEORGE BENJAMIN: A DUET AND A DREAM
6pm, Insights Talk : 75 Years of the Philharmonia, hosted by BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Ian Skelly (FREE, no ticket required)
Kira Doherty © Ed Saunders
Sunday Matinees
Thursday 5 March, 7.30pm
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6 STRAUSS Oboe Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
GRIEG Holberg Suite BRAHMS Violin Concerto DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World
WEIMAR BERLIN: INSIGHTS DAY
MARCH 2020
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Tom Blomfield oboe
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Sayaka Shoji violin
Sunday 29 September, 12 noon - 4pm W Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
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VOICES OF 1945
ASHKENAZY CONDUCTS THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
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Friday 5 June, 7pm
THE ENGLISH PATIENT LIVE Ludwig Wicki conductor Eleanor Grant soprano GABRIEL YARED The English Patient Please note this concert does not qualify for subscription discounts. Thursday 11 June, 7.30pm
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MAHLER: SONG OF LAMENTATION Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Olena Tokar soprano Rebecca Nelsen soprano Wallis Giunta contralto Ed Lyon tenor Roderick Williams baritone Philharmonia Voices MOZART Der Schauspieldirektor MAHLER Das klagende Lied 6pm, Royal Festival Hall MMSF Young Artists Recital (FREE, no ticket required)