RPO Cadogan Hall September 2015–April 2016 brochure

RESIDENT ORCHESTRA AT CADOGAN HALL

SEPTEMBER 2015–APRIL 2016

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AT A GLANCE SEPTEMBER 2015–APRIL 2016

SEPTEMBERTuesday 22ndTop Brass 2015 with Allen Vizzutti

OCTOBERTuesday 6th Mark Bebbington performs Gershwin

Tuesday 27th Alessandro Taverna performs Grieg

NOVEMBERMonday 2nd City of London Choir performs Haydn’s Nelson Mass

Tuesday 10th Boris Giltburg performs Prokofi ev and GershwinFrom Paris to New York series

Thursday 26th Laura van der Heijden performs Tchaikovsky

DECEMBERSunday 6th The Magic of Christmas In aid of Breast Cancer Now

Saturday 19th Christmas Cracker

FEBRUARYSunday 14thThe Music of Burt Bacharach

Tuesday 23rdNatasha Paremski performs Rachmaninov

MARCHWednesday 9thMatthew Trusler performs Sibelius

Tuesday 15thAlexandra Soumm performs Prokofi evFrom Paris to New York series

APRILTuesday 12thCity of London Choir performs Haydn’s Paukenmesse

Tuesday 26thPeter Jablonski performs Ravel and GershwinFrom Paris to New York series

Natasha Paremski performs Rachmaninov

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WELCOMEThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is thrilled to announce its 2015–2016 season at Cadogan Hall, one of London’s most intimate and acoustically exceptional concert venues and home to the Orchestra since 2004.

This season features a trio of concerts curated by Principal Associate Conductor Alexander Shelley, entitled From Paris to New York, that includes works by Gershwin, Ravel and Cole Porter. Two of Haydn’s choral masterpieces will take centre stage this autumn and spring as the City of London Choir returns to fi ll Cadogan Hall with grand choral spirit. The Orchestra also continues its tradition of featuring world-renowned pianists, with performances by Mark Bebbington, Alessandro Taverna, Natasha Paremski and Peter Jablonski, covering a range of works from Gershwin to Grieg.

With the start of 2016 marking the 70th Anniversary of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, we look forward to celebrating this special concert season with you.

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Tom Watson O.B.1. FanfareJ.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D MinorHenri Tomasi Fanfares LiturgiquesAllen Vizzutti Quarks (World premiere)Bernstein Presto Barbaro from On the WaterfrontMichael Daugherty Motown MetalEdward Gregson Symphony in two movements (UK premiere of new version)Allen Vizzutti Rising sun

Philip Harper ConductorAllen Vizzutti Trumpet

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brass and Percussion sections

The RPO’s exceptional brass and percussion sections are sure to astound in Top Brass 2015, performing the world premiere of Quarks with composer and trumpet superstar Allen Vizzutti,who has appeared onstage with music industry greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Chick Corea.We are also proud to announce the UK premiere of a new version of Edward Gregson’s greatly anticipated Symphony in two movements. This dazzling programme features a variety of works,including O.B.1 Fanfare and Motown Metal.

TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2015, 7.30PM

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06 OCTOBER

TUESDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2015, 7.30PM

Weber Oberon OvertureGrieg Piano ConcertoBeethoven Symphony No.6, ‘Pastoral’

Eduardo Portal ConductorAlessandro Taverna Piano

Medieval tales of Oberon, king of the fairies, sparked the imagination of many artistic geniuses including Carl Maria von Weber, whose opera Oberon unfolds dreamily with a ‘magic horn call’. Another composer infl uenced by mythology and Scandinavian legend is Grieg, whose only piano concerto ranks among the most popular works ever written, performed tonight by the exhilarating pianist Alessandro Taverna. Beethoven’s Symphony No.6, ‘Pastoral’, is the only symphony for which the composer wrote descriptive notes for each movement, such as ‘Merry Gathering of Country Folk’ and ‘Thunderstorm’. It was originally titled ‘Recollections of Country Life’.

TUESDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2015, 7.30PM

Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On the TownGershwin Piano Concerto in FDvorák Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’

Leon Botstein ConductorMark Bebbington Piano

Bursting with energetic jazz rhythms and harmonies, the fi rst half of this programme features works by Bernstein and Gershwin, composers who seamlessly blended classical traditions with exciting new elements of jazz, thus creating an iconic twentieth-century American sound. Tonight, British pianist Mark Bebbington performs Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, sometimes referred to as the ‘jazz concerto’. Dvorák’s Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’, was written in New York City in 1893, when the rich, lush sounds of Romanticism were still the fashion. His inspiration came not only from the Native American and African-American music he had heard, but the ‘wide open spaces’ he could see in America.


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08 NOVEMBER

MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2015, 7.30PM

Mozart Regina coeli, K.276 Mozart Ch’io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato beneMozart Piano Concerto No.23Haydn Nelson Mass

Hilary Davan Wetton ConductorTom Poster PianoRachel Nicholls SopranoCatherine Hopper Mezzo-sopranoJeffrey Lloyd-Roberts TenorDarren Jeffery BaritoneCity of London Choir

Led by distinguished conductor Hilary Davan Wetton, the RPO is joined by the City of London Choir in a concert celebrating two of the Classical era’s greatest geniuses, Haydn and Mozart. This impressive and varied programme includes Mozart’s jubilant Regina coeli, K.276, his sparkling Piano Concerto No.23, and Haydn’s Nelson Mass, a magnifi cent work that contrasts dramatic and radiant writing.

THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2015, 7.30PM

Schubert Symphony No.8, ‘Unfi nished’Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo ThemeDvorák Symphony No.7

Christoph Koenig ConductorLaura van der Heijden Cello

Intrigue and mystery envelope Schubert’s Symphony No.8, ‘Unfi nished’, for which only two movements were completed. It stretches beyond elegant, balanced Classicism and opens with a ghostly pianissimo in the low strings. Although the name Tchaikovsky prompts memories of alluring romantic melodies and powerful orchestral works, he was a composer who revered Mozart above all others. This love infl uenced Tchaikovsky to write Variations on a Rococo Theme, performed tonight by enchanting British cellist Laura van der Heijden. Dvorák hoped that his impassioned Symphony No.7, inspired by past sorrows and love for his Czech homeland, would be ‘capable of stirring the world’.

This concert is promoted in association with City of London Choir

Gershwin Strike Up the Band OvertureProkofi ev Piano Concerto No.3Gershwin Variations on ‘I Got Rhythm’Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side StoryStravinsky Suite No.2 for Small OrchestraGershwin An American in Paris

Alexander Shelley ConductorBoris Giltburg Piano

FROM PARISWYORKNETO

Featuring Alexander Shelley

TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2015, 7.30PM

Writing masterpieces from opposite sides of the world, the composers featured in tonight’s programme were inspired by two great cities, Paris and New York. Although each composer is known for their distinct, unmistakable styles, their music has one unifying characteristic in common: thrilling, irresistible rhythm. Prokofi ev’s fi endishly diffi cult Piano Concerto No.3 was premiered by the composer himself in 1921 and reaches heights of almost frightening brilliance, juxtaposed against earthy lyricism. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Associate Conductor, Alexander Shelley, leads a programme that balances driving intensity with playful comedy in equal proportions.

Also in this series: 15 March 2016, Alexandra Soumm performs Prokofi ev, Page 14; 26 April 2016, Peter Jablonski performs Ravel and Gershwin, Page 17


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DECEMBER 11DECEMBER 11

This concert is given in aid of Breast Cancer Now

SATURDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2015, 3PM & 7.30PM

CHRISTMAS CRACKERNick Davies ConductorAnna-Jane Casey VocalistGraham Bickley Vocalist

Back by popular demand and featuring two brand new vocalists – it’s the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Christmas Cracker show! The Orchestra is delighted to be joined by West End and television stars Anna-Jane Casey (Chicago) and Graham Bickley (Ragtime, Bread) for this magical festive concert of Christmas songs, joyful sing-along carols and Yuletide pieces, including Mary’s Boy Child, Santa Baby, Sleigh Ride, Bugler’s Holiday and Let it Snow. As the beautiful Christmas tree illuminates Cadogan Hall’s stage and mulled wine is served to complement the wintry weather, there will be no doubt in your minds that Christmas has well and truly begun!

SUNDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2015, 3.30PM

THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS Debbie Wiseman ConductorSimon Bates PresenterGeorge Layton NarratorJames Loynes Vocalist

Start the festivities with The Magic of Christmas. Conducted by Debbie Wiseman, one of the UK’s fi nest female musical ambassadors, this concert features traditional Christmas numbers, including Winter Wonderland and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, classical favourites such as Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz and Fauré’s Pavane, and several of Debbie Wiseman’s own compositions, including her Father Brown Concert Suite and Wolf Hall. With Simon Bates as presenter, George Layton as narrator, and heartfelt singing by the talented James Loynes, this concert promises to herald in all the cheer of Christmas.


SUNDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2016, 7PM

David FirmanConductor

Mary Carewe, Alison Jiear, Sarah Lark, Graham Bickley

Vocalists

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A fantastic Valentine’s Day concert celebrating the music of Oscar-winning popular composer

and performer Burt Bacharach: a towering fi gure in songwriting whose career is a roll call of the

greatest popular artists of our time, including Tom Jones, The Carpenters, Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfi eld. His unbelievable talent has provided

the soundtrack to the twentieth-century music charts. Featuring melodic gems including:

Alfi e, Reach Out, Magic Moments, Close to You, Walk on By, Delilah, Do You Know the Way to

San Jose, What’s New Pussycat?, Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head...and many more!


Presented in association with GRB Concerts


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TUESDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2016, 7.30PM

Wagner The Flying Dutchman OvertureRachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3Mussorgsky arr. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Alan Buribayev ConductorNatasha Paremski Piano

The storm-tossed Overture that opens tonight’s concert raises the curtain on one of Wagner’s most searingly dramatic creations from a composer, described either as a ‘megalomaniac’ or ‘the Master’, whose revolutionary style took the world by storm. Performing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3 will be the outstanding pianist and audience favourite, Natasha Paremski. Throughout the work, Rachmaninov maintains an extraordinary degree of melodic and structural spontaneity, fully refl ecting the blistering speed at which it was composed. Having created fully visualised sound-pictures, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition will have audiences imagining they are strolling through a gallery, with each picture telling its own story.


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WEDNESDAY 9TH MARCH 2016, 7.30PM

Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila OvertureSibelius Violin ConcertoBarber Adagio for StringsBeethoven Symphony No.7

Eduardo Portal ConductorMatthew Trusler Violin

In no other violin concerto is the soloist’s fi rst note, so delicately dissonant and offbeat, more beautiful than in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. Performed by one of Britain’s leading violinists, Mathew Trusler, this piece demonstrates Sibelius’ passion for the violin and complete understanding of the sound of the instrument. Led by Spanish maestro Eduardo Portal, the Orchestra will open the concert with layers of lively, fast-paced strings in the Overture to Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila. With its long, expressive lines and elegiac mood, Barber’s Adagio for Strings has been described as the American anthem of mourning, having been played at notable fi gure’s funerals. Closing the concert will be Beethoven’s stirring Symphony No.7, a wonderful blend of orchestral gravitas and swelling tunes, recently used to great effect in the fi lm The King’s Speech.

TUESDAY 15TH MARCH 2016, 7.30PM

FROM PARIS TO NEW YORKBernstein Candide OvertureIbert DivertissementProkofi ev Violin Concerto No.1Porter Selections from Cole PorterProkofi ev The Love for Three Oranges:

Symphonic Suite

Alexander Shelley ConductorAlexandra Soumm Violin Kim Criswell Vocalist

Brimming with humour and sprinkled with wit, this concert brings together pieces such as the Suite from Prokofi ev’s absurd fantasy-opera The Love for Three Oranges, the Overture to Bernstein’s comic operetta Candide and Ibert’s cheekily fast and furious Divertissement. Joined by Alexandra Soumm, ’who delivers playing of astonishing power from a slight frame in a way that seems to defy nature,’ the Orchestra will perform Prokofi ev’s Violin Concerto No.1. Coloured by a magical, fairytale-like quality, the piece is notable for its constraint and lyricism. Rounding out the concert will be a delightful selection from the father of the Broadway stage, Cole Porter.

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TUESDAY 12TH APRIL 2016, 7.30PM

Mozart The Marriage of Figaro OvertureMozart Laudate DominumHaydn Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War)Mozart Piano Concerto No.21

Hilary Davan Wetton ConductorLeon McCawley PianoCity of London ChoirSoloists to be announced

The City of London Choir and the RPO return to the stage in the second of a series of concerts featuring two of the great composers, Mozart and Haydn. The ever-adored and lyrical Piano Concerto No.21, performed by the exceptional Leon McCawley, opens the evening with a journey from liveliness to suffering, eventually ending in release. This sublime, muted work is strongly associated with the 1967 fi lm Elvira Madigan. In Haydn’s well-known Paukenmesse, or Mass in Time of War, the insistent and foreboding timpani refl ect the troubled time of war in Austria, and underscore an otherwise spirited and sacred choral score.

This concert is promoted in association with City of London Choir


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TUESDAY 26TH APRIL 2016, 7.30PM

FROM PARIS TO NEW YORKWeill The Threepenny Opera: SuiteRavel Piano Concerto in G majorGershwin Rhapsody in BlueDebussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un fauneRavel Le tombeau de Couperin

Alexander Shelley ConductorPeter Jablonski Piano

This exciting spring concert opens with Weill’s Suite from The Threepenny Opera, which is fi lled with the jazz-infused zeal of the 1920s. The jazz infl uence extends to both sides of the Atlantic in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, performed by exceptional pianist Peter Jablonski. Led by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Associate Conductor, Alexander Shelley, the Orchestra will explore Debussy’s unique musical language in his Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune before closing with Ravel’s delicate and subtle Le tombeau de Couperin, which is poignantly tinged with the sadness of World War I.

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Ticket prices £40 £32.50 £25 £15

The Magic of Christmas, Christmas Cracker, The Music of Burt Bacharach

£48 £38 £28 £18Booking fees apply.

Telephone bookings 020 7730 4500

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Subscription discountsGenerous discounts are available for booking multiple concerts from the RPO’s Resident Season. Please ask the Box Offi ce when booking.2 or 3 concerts – 15% discount4 or 5 concerts – 25% discount6 or more concerts – 30% discount

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