Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor VLADIMIR JUROWSKI* Principal Guest Conductor YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN Leader Pieter SCHoeman Composer in Residence JULIAN ANDERSON Patron HRH THE DUKE OF KENT KG Chief Executive and Artistic Director TIMOTHY WALKER AM SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL PROGRAMME £3 Saturday 6 April 2013 | 7.30pm CONTENTS 2 Welcome 3 Tonight’s works in context HANS GRAF conductor 4 About the Orchestra SALLY MATTHEWS soprano 5 Leader 6 On stage tonight andrew kennedy tenor 7 Hans Graf rodion Pogossov baritone 8 Sally Matthews / London PHilHarmonic CHoir Andrew Kennedy trinity boys CHoir 9 Rodion Pogossov / Trinity Boys Choir 10 London Philharmonic Choir 11 Programme notes stravinsky 13 Symphony of Psalms text 14 Programme notes contd. Symphony of Psalms (22’) 16 Carmina Burana text 28 Next concerts Interval 29 LPO Chamber Contrasts at Wigmore Hall orff 30 Birthday Appeal update Carmina Burana (65’) 31 Supporters 32 LPO administration Concert introduced by Julian Anderson, London Philharmonic Orchestra The timings shown are not precise and Composer in Residence. are given only as a guide. Free pre-concert event 6.15–6.45pm | Royal Festival Hall Hans Graf looks at the Symphony of Psalms and the lasting appeal of Carmina Burana. * supported by the Tsukanov Family Foundation and one anonymous donor CONCERT PRESENTED BY THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Welcome WELCOME TO SOUTHBANK CENTRE We hope you enjoy your visit. We have a Duty Manager available at all times. If you have any queries please ask any member of staff for assistance. Eating, drinking and shopping? Southbank Centre shops and restaurants include Foyles, EAT, Giraffe, Strada, YO! Sushi, wagamama, Le Pain Quotidien, Las Iguanas, ping pong, Canteen, Caffè Vergnano 1882, Skylon, Concrete and Feng Sushi, as well as cafes, restaurants and shops inside Royal Festival Southbank Centre’s The Rest Is Noise, Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery. inspired by Alex Ross’s book The Rest Is Noise If you wish to get in touch with us following your visit please contact the Visitor Experience Team at Presented by Southbank Centre Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, in partnership with the phone 020 7960 4250, or email London Philharmonic Orchestra. [email protected] southbankcentre.co.uk/therestisnoise We look forward to seeing you again soon. The Rest Is Noise is a year-long festival that digs deep into 20th-century history to reveal the influences on art in A few points to note for your comfort and enjoyment: general and classical music in particular. Inspired by Alex Ross’s book The Rest Is Noise, we use film, debate, talks PHOTOGRAPHY is not allowed in the auditorium. and a vast range of concerts to reveal the fascinating LATECOMERS will only be admitted to the auditorium stories behind the century’s wonderful and often if there is a suitable break in the performance. controversial music. RECORDING is not permitted in the auditorium We have brought together the world’s finest orchestras without the prior consent of Southbank Centre. and soloists to perform many of the most significant Southbank Centre reserves the right to confiscate works of the 20th century. We reveal why these pieces video or sound equipment and hold it in safekeeping were written and how they transformed the musical until the performance has ended. language of the modern world. MOBILES, PAGERS AND WATCHES should be switched off before the performance begins. Over the year, The Rest Is Noise focuses on 12 different parts. The music is set in context with talks from a fascinating team of historians, scientists, philosophers, political theorists and musical experts as well as films, online content and other special programmes. If you’re new to 20th-century music, then this is your time to start exploring with us as your tour guide. There has never been a festival like this. Jude Kelly Artistic Director, Southbank Centre 2 | London Philharmonic Orchestra Tonight’s works in context 1880 1882 Igor Stravinsky born in Oranienbaum, Russia 1886 First sales of Coca-Cola in the USA, originally marketed as a patent medicinal remedy 1890 1895 Carl Orff born in Munich 1897 Marconi awarded a patent for radio communication 1900 1901 Death of Queen Victoria 1906 Kellogg’s began selling Corn Flakes 1908 First commercial radio transmission 1910 1912 Sinking of the RMS Titanic. Premiere of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire in Berlin 1914 Outbreak of World War I 1918 End of World War I 1920 1922 Creation of the Soviet Union (USSR) 1929 Wall Street Crash 1930 1930 Premiere of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms in Brussels 1932 London Philharmonic Orchestra founded by Sir Thomas Beecham 1937 Premiere of Orff’s Carmina Burana in Frankfurt 1940 1939 Outbreak of World War II in Europe 1945 End of World War II 1950 1949 Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four published 1953 Death of Joseph Stalin 1955 Vietnam War began 1960 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1963 Assassination of John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon. Stonewall riots in New York 1970 1971 Death of Stravinsky in New York 1977 First Star Wars film released 1980 1980 John Lennon assassinated 1982 Death of Orff in Munich London Philharmonic Orchestra | 3 London Philharmonic Orchestra ‘The LPO’s playing throughout was exceptional in Harrison © Patrick its warmth, finesse and detail.’ The Guardian (23 January 2013, Royal Festival Hall: Webern, Schoenberg and Mahler) The London Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world’s American works with Marin Alsop; Haydn and Strauss finest orchestras, balancing a long and distinguished with Yannick Nézet-Séguin; and the UK premiere of Carl history with a reputation as one of the UK’s most Vine’s Second Piano Concerto with pianist Piers Lane adventurous and forward-looking orchestras. As well as under Vassily Sinaisky. Throughout 2013 the Orchestra giving classical concerts, the Orchestra also records film is collaborating with Southbank Centre on The Rest Is and video game soundtracks, has its own record label, Noise festival, based on Alex Ross’s book of the same and reaches thousands of Londoners every year through name and charting the 20th century’s key musical activities for schools and local communities. works and historical events. The Orchestra was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham The Orchestra has flourishing residencies in Brighton in 1932, and since then its Principal Conductors have and Eastbourne, and performs regularly around included Sir Adrian Boult, Sir John Pritchard, Bernard the UK. Every summer, the Orchestra leaves London Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur. for four months and takes up its annual residency The current Principal Conductor is Vladimir Jurowski, accompanying the famous Glyndebourne Festival appointed in 2007, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin is Opera, where it has been Resident Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor. since 1964. The Orchestra also tours internationally, performing concerts to sell-out audiences worldwide. The Orchestra is Resident Orchestra at Southbank Tours in the 2012/13 season include visits to Spain, Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, where it has Germany, France, Switzerland, the USA and Austria. performed since it opened in 1951, giving around 40 concerts there each season. 2012/13 highlights include The London Philharmonic Orchestra has recorded three concerts with Vladimir Jurowski based around many blockbuster scores, from The Lord of the Rings the theme of War and Peace in collaboration with the trilogy to Lawrence of Arabia, The Mission, East is East, Russian National Orchestra; Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Hugo, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It also Opera, also conducted by Jurowski; 20th-century broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and in 4 | London Philharmonic Orchestra Pieter Schoeman leader 2005 established its own record label. There are now Pieter Schoeman was nearly 70 releases available on CD and to download. appointed Leader Recent additions include Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies of the LPO in 2008, Nos. 4 & 5 with Vladimir Jurowski; Brahms’s having previously been Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 with Klaus Tennstedt; a disc Co-Leader since 2002. of orchestral works by Mark-Anthony Turnage; and the world premiere of the late Ravi Shankar’s First Born in South Africa, Symphony conducted by David Murphy. he made his solo debut aged 10 with In summer 2012 the London Philharmonic Orchestra the Cape Town performed as part of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Harrison © Patrick Symphony Orchestra. Pageant on the River Thames, and was also chosen to He studied with Jack de Wet in South Africa, winning record all the world’s national anthems for the London numerous competitions including the 1984 World 2012 Olympics. Youth Concerto Competition in the US. In 1987 he was offered the Heifetz Chair of Music scholarship The London Philharmonic Orchestra maintains an to study with Eduard Schmieder in Los Angeles and energetic programme of activities for young people in 1991 his talent was spotted by Pinchas Zukerman, and local communities. Highlights include the who recommended that he move to New York to study Deutsche Bank BrightSparks Series; the Leverhulme with Sylvia Rosenberg. In 1994 he became her teaching Young Composers project; and the Foyle Future Firsts assistant at Indiana University, Bloomington. orchestral training programme for outstanding young players. Over recent years, developments in technology Pieter has performed worldwide as a soloist and and social networks have enabled the Orchestra to recitalist in such famous halls as the Concertgebouw in reach even more people worldwide: all its recordings Amsterdam, Moscow’s Rachmaninov Hall, Capella Hall in are available to download from iTunes and, as well St Petersburg, Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, Hollywood Bowl as a YouTube channel, news blog, iPhone app and in Los Angeles and Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth regular podcasts, the Orchestra has a lively presence on Hall in London.