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Welcome to the summer 2013 edition of fortissimo - the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra’s (RPO) friends’ newsletter. In this edition, we are delighted to bring
you all the latest news from the Orchestra, including recent tours and
education projects plus details of three new RPO CDs. We are also very
pleased to enclose details of the RPO’s new Royal Festival Hall series and to
announce a very special event - please see the back page for more details!
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More music for less!
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is proud to present its BRAND NEW concert series at
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. From February – June 2014, the Orchestra will be
joined by an exceptional array of artists and conductors, including the RPO’s Principal
Conductor Maestro Charles Dutoit (pictured top) who will direct a selection of concerts
devoted to French music – the repertoire for which he is renowned. Highlights include:
Wednesday 12th February 2014, 7.30pm – Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel
An unmissable opportunity to see and hear Dutoit guide the Orchestra through the
complete ballet score of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, an evocative and sensual masterpiece.
This glorious programme features soprano Nicole Cabell and the Philharmonia Chorus.
Monday 17th March 2014, 7.30pm – John Lill performs Rachmaninov
A 70th birthday celebration of acclaimed British pianist John Lill (pictured middle) who
will perform Rachmaninov’s passionate Piano Concerto No.3. Conducted by Thomas
Dausgaard and also featuring Brahms’ Tragic Overture and Dvořák’s Symphony No.8.
Tuesday 22nd April 2014, 7.30pm – Steven Isserlis performs Elgar
A packed evening, which includes Elgar’s moving Cello Concerto performed by the great
cellist Steven Isserlis (pictured bottom), as well as Prokofiev’s witty ‘Classical’ Symphony
and Rimsky-Korsakov’s irresistable Scheherazade.
Tickets are £58-£10 (before your exclusive 50% RPO friends’ discount). Full details of
these concerts and more at the Royal Festival Hall can be found in the enclosed brochure
or at www.rpo.co.uk/friends. To book, please call 020 7608 8855. We look forward to seeing you there!
BRAND NEW concerts at the Royal Festival Hall
RPO friends save 50% on tickets. Phone 020 7608 8855 (M-F, 10-6), email [email protected] or visit www.rpo.co.uk/friends.
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ROYAL
PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
RPO friends’ newsletter - summer 2013
- 50% off tickets for RPO ‘own-promotion’ concerts in London (up to two tickets per concert)
- FREE passes to RPO ‘own-promotion’ rehearsals in London (two per rehearsal; please book in advance)
- FREE pre-concert coffee bar* at the Royal Albert Hall - Now in the West Arena Foyer bar (level -1)
- 15% off selected house wine, champagne, tea, coffee and cake at Cadogan Hall*
- Priority booking and ticket allocation
- Discounted RPO CDs
For more information about all benefits, including booking rehearsal passes, please contact us.* Please show your RPO friends’ card to claim your free tea/coffee and/or bar discounts.
RPO friends’ benefits
What is the best thing about
being a member of the RPO?
I really enjoy feeling part of a
permanent team rather than
playing with a different mix of
musicians every day.
Who have you enjoyed working
with the most in the RPO?
At first I found Daniele Gatti (the
RPO’s Conductor Laureate and
former Music Director) pretty
terrifying to work for but once I’d
got used to him I loved his energy
during concerts and amazing
conducting technique.
Where is your favourite place to
perform? I loved playing in the
Amsterdam Concertgebouw
because of its fantastic acoustic
and its shape. In the UK, I love
Cadogan Hall as it’s the venue we
know best.
What has been the most
valuable piece of advice you
have been given in relation to
music? One of my teachers,
whilst I was studying in Vienna,
told me that it’s best to forget
about the mechanics of playing
the bassoon, in order to create
music. Good advice, though
sometimes tricky to adhere to!
What do you listen to in your
spare time? My ‘spare’ time is
generally spent listening to my
children!
Player
ProfileHelen
Storey -Sub-Principal
Bassoon
We would like to remind you about the RPO’s
honoured return to the glorious surroundings
of St Paul’s Cathderal.
John Rutter will conduct his Requiem and
Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge in a concert
of choral and orchestral British music, which
also includes Vaughan Williams’ celebrated
Fifth Symphony. Featuring The Purcell Singers,
this sublime concert promises to
be a night to remember.
Tickets are £50-£12 and are selling
fast! For more information, please
see enclosed flyer. To book tickets
using your exclusive 50% RPO
friends’ discount, please call us on
020 7608 8855.
Rutter’s Requiem at St Paul’s
RPO friends save 50% on tickets. Phone 020 7608 8855 (M-F, 10-6), email [email protected] or visit www.rpo.co.uk/friends.
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 and
'Moonlight' Sonata
Renowned pianist Mario Galeani performs two
great works by Beethoven: the dramatic Third
Piano Concerto and the popular 'Moonlight'
Sonata, conducted by the RPO’s Principal Guest
Conductor, Grzegorz Nowak.
Movie Legends: The Music of John Barry
This CD celebrates John Barry's music and
features hit film scores from: Dances with
Wolves, Out of Africa, Born Free, Zulu and many
more. Featuring four guest conductors: Nic Raine,
Paul Bateman, Nick Ingman and Tolga Kashif.
More Symphonic Rock
Matthew Freeman conducts a brand new CD of
pop and rock music played with a classical twist!
Featuring hits such as Adele's Someone Like You,
Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall,
Meatloaf's I'd Do Anything for Love, Madonna's
Material Girl ... and many more!
Just £8 for RPO friends (R.R.P. £10). To order, please call 020 7608 8837.
Brand new RPO CDs
We were delighted to welcome
Rachel van der Tang (Cello) to the
RPO in April, and we look forward
to more of her performances in
the forthcoming season.
We will be very sad to say our
goodbyes to John Anderson
(Principal Oboe) this summer.
John is a long-serving member of
the Orchestra, having played
since 1999. A superb musician
and a true gent, he will be greatly
missed by us all at the RPO.
We are also very sorry to say
goodbye to Brian Thomson
(Principal Trumpet) and Laura
Holt (Viola) who have also been
great contributors to the
Orchestra and will be very missed.
RPO resound is proud to be in its 20th anniversary year with its busy
schedule of community and education projects going from strength to
strength over recent months.
Earlier this year, RPO resound worked
with young people from the London
Borough of Westminster (pictured top),
encouraging participants to share their
musical passions with each other and to
create a series of completely original
compositions. In May, RPO resound
delivered a thrilling project with
Sandringham Primary School in
Newham in partnership with the Every Child a Musician programme
and funded by the RPO’s corporate partner Northern Trust.
Underpinning both the Orchestra’s long-standing relationship with
Cambridgeshire Music and its recent appointment as the Cambridge
Corn Exchange’s new Orchestra in
Residence, RPO resound delivered a
stimulating coaching course with
members of the Cambridgeshire County
Youth Orchestra in April (pictured
middle). RPO resound also delivered its
third project in partnership with the
Oxford Bach Choir, supporting pupils
from Wood Green School in creating
their own compositional response to
Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. This served as an introduction to the
RPO’s full performance of the masterpiece on the same evening.
Between January and March, RPO resound was delighted to be part of
a ground-breaking nationwide project called First Time Live - Youth
(pictured bottom), which was devised
and led by music charity Orchestras Live
and funded by Arts Council England. The
project aimed to make orchestral music
accessible to school audiences through a
series of workshops with young
producers, and helped to enable the
participants to make key decisions about
concert production and repertoire.
Over the coming year, RPO resound aims to develop these thriving
relationships even further and looks forward to inspiring even more
participants from all over the country through numerous projects.
For more information about RPO resound, please call 020 7608 8800.
News
&
Moves
RPO resound
Players’ news
We were delighted to welcome
Rosi Callery as our new Tours &
Special Projects Assistant in May.
A Music graduate from the
University of Nottingham, Rosi
previously worked at Academy of
St Martin-in-the-Fields.
We look forward to welcoming
Henry Bertram as our new
Marketing Intern in July. A Music
graduate from the University of
Cambridge, Henry has spent the
past year teaching. A huge thanks
to Sebastian Huckle for his hard
work with the Marketing team.
RPO friends save 50% on tickets. Phone 020 7608 8855 (M-F, 10-6), email [email protected] or visit www.rpo.co.uk/friends.
Office news
We hope that you have enjoyed reading this edition of fortissimo. If you would like to talk to us aboutthe Orchestra, book tickets using your exclusive 50% discount, or if you have any other queries at all,then please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to seeing you at an RPO concert soon!
With best wishes,
Jo Thomson (Friends’ & Groups’ Co-ordinator) and the rest of the RPO Marketing team!
Chris Evans Daniel King Kathleen Rule Sebastian Huckle
Director of Press &
Marketing
Regional Marketing
Co-ordinatorMarketing Assistant Marketing Intern
The RPO had a fantastic tour to Spain in May with Artistic Director and Principal
Conductor, Charles Dutoit (pictured). With superb performances of Mahler’s
Symphony No.1 (which you may have heard on our return to London at the Royal
Festival Hall), the programme also featured Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto.
During June and July, the RPO is busy touring the Far East with Maestro Dutoit, with
whom the Orchestra will visit Taiwan, Korea, Japan and China - all in the space of
three weeks! It promises to be a special tour, with performances of Chopin’s Piano
Concertos, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Debussy’s La mer as well as other
brilliant works. This exciting tour features star soloists, including internationally renowned pianist Yuja Wang.
On tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Shiver me timbre! The RPO is delighted to announce a very special and BRAND
NEW concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 5th April 2014 at 3pm &
7.30pm: a unique showing of one of the most successful films of the last
decade, in live synchronisation with the Orchestra. A firm family favourite and
popular with all ages, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
is the latest film to be presented with a live orchestra. It will be shown on the
big screen whilst David Firman conducts the RPO in a performance of Klaus
Badelt’s electrifying score (based on themes by Hans Zimmer).
This first instalment in Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Carribbean franchise has entertained audiences across the
globe with its thrilling adventures, hi-tech special effects and unique storylines.
As Captain Jack and his motley crew come alive on the giant screen in a spectacular
showing of the full feature film, join Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom
in experiencing the 2003 Academy Award nominated film that first began Captain Jack
Sparrow’s swashbuckling adventures.
RPO players Niamh Molloy (Cello), Mike Allen (Trumpet), Fraser Gordon
(Contra-Bassoon), Adam Wright (Trumpet) and Tom Watmough (Clarinet) and
Sali Wyn Ryan (Violin) are pictured here modelling their new pirate look outside the
Royal Albert Hall! Tickets are £55-£20 (before your exclusive 50% RPO friends’
discount). To book, please call us on 020 7608 8855 or email us at [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you there!
RPO friends save 50% on tickets. Phone 020 7608 8855 (M-F, 10-6), email [email protected] or visit www.rpo.co.uk/friends.
Pirates of the Caribbean - with live orchestra!