london philharmonic choir PATRON HRH Princess Alexandra | PRESIDENT Sir Roger Norrington | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Neville Creed ACCOMPANIST Jonathan Beatty | CHAIRMAN Mary Moore | CHOIR MANAGER Kevin Darnell
Prometheus, Poem of Fire, Prokofiev’s Ivan the Terrible, Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3 and Zemlinsky’s Psalm 23 under Vladimir Jurowski; Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Bruckner’s Te Deum under Jannick NézetSéguin; and Delius’s Sea Drift under Sir Mark Elder.
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Regularly appearing at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, the Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem, Liszt’s A Faust Symphony and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in 2011, and this season it will perform Elgar’s The Apostles and Howells’s Hymnus Paradisi.
Founded in 1947, the London Philharmonic Choir is widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest choirs, consistently achieving great critical acclaim. It has performed under leading international conductors throughout the last 65 years and made numerous recordings for CD, radio and television. Enjoying a close relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Choir joins it regularly for concerts in the UK and abroad. In 2011/12, engagements with the LPO included Scriabin’s Sopranos Annette Argent, Tessa Bartley, Clare Brady, Julia Chan, Gemma Chance, Paula Chessell, Sally Cottam, Sarah Deane-Cutler, Philippa Drinkwater, Rosha Fitzhowle, Alison Flood, Claudie Gheno, Rachel Gibbon, Francesca Harris, Catrin Harrison, Sally Harrison, Carolyn Hayman, Elizabeth Hicks, Jessica May Hislop, Mai Kikkawa, Jenni Kilvert, Ilona Kratochvilova, Frances Lake, Suzannah Lipmann, Clare Lovett, Natasha Maslava, Sophie Mearing-Smith, Katie Milton, Eileen Morgan, Linda Park, Susan Powell, Diana Richards, Rebecca Schendal, Christine Scholes, Tania Stanier, Louisa Sullivan, Isobel Timms
Altos Joanna Arnold, Deirdre Ashton, Bisi Bajomo, Phye Bell, Susannah Bellingham, Sally Brien, Andrei Caracoti, Lara Carim, Isabelle Cheetham, Noel Chow, Helen Clough, Yvonne Cohen, Liz Cole, Margaret de Valois Rowney, Margaret Driver, Moira Duckworth, Lynn Eaton, Carmel Edmonds, Regina Frank, Claire Lawrence, Belinda Liao, Lisa MacDonald, Mary Moore, Sophie Morrison, Raluca Negriuc, Jenny Newman,
The Choir has visited many countries in Europe and travelled as far afield as Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Perth, Australia. It has most recently appeared at the Touquet International Music Masters Festival in France. The Choir prides itself on achieving first-class performances from its members, who are volunteers from all walks of life. For more information, please visit www.lpc.org.uk
Angela Pascoe, Helene Richards, Sheila Rowland, Jenny Ryall, Carolyn Saunders, Muriel Swijghuisen Reigersberg, Catherine Travers, Susi Underwood, Darta Valtere, Agnes Vigh, Jenny Watson
Tenors Geir Andreassen, Chris Beynon, Lorne Cuthbert, Kevin Darnell, Michael Delany, Aloysius Fekete, Colin Fleming, Lucas Souza Gomes, Robbie Gordy, Josh Haley, Iain Handyside, Stephen Hodges, Rob Home, Patrick Hughes, Andrew Mackie, Tony Masters, Rhydian Peters, Luke Phillips, Filipe Salvador, Owen Toller, Brad Warburton, Peter Whelan
Basses Jonathon Bird, David Booth, Gordon Buky-Webster, Geoff Clare, David Clark, Phillip Dangerfield, Marcus Daniels, Ian Frost, Robert Garbolinski, Paul Gittens, Nigel Grieve, Martin Harvey, Mark Hillier, Stephen Hines, Rylan Holey, Martin Hudson, Aidan Jones, Steve Kirby, Georges Leaver, John Luff, Ashley Morrison, Will Parsons, David Regan, Andrew Ridal, Fraser Riddell, Chris Short, Daniel Snowman, Alex Thomas, Hin-Yan Wong
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