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
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.
Recently released CDs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra include Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Holst’s The Planets, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross and Honegger’s Une Cantate de Noël under Vladimir Jurowski.
Enjoying a close relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Choir frequently joins it for concerts in the UK and abroad. In 2011/12, engagements included Scriabin’s Prometheus, Poem of Fire, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Prokofiev’s Ivan the Terrible, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3, Zemlinsky’s Psalm 23, Delius’s Sea Drift and Suk’s Ripening. This season, concerts with the LPO include Haydn’s Nelson Mass, Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw, Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Tippett’s A Child of our Time.
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 year it performed Elgar’s The Apostles and Howells’s Hymnus Paradisi. The Choir also performs with other leading orchestras and has visited numeorus countries in Europe and travelled as far afield as Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Perth, Australia. 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
london symphony chorus Patron Simon Russell Beale CBE | President Sir Colin Davis CH | President Emeritus André Previn KBE Vice Presidents Claudio Abbado, Michael Tilson Thomas | Guest Chorus Director Neville Creed Chairman Lydia Frankenburg | Accompanist Roger Sayer | Administrator Andra East Since its formation in 1966, the London Symphony Chorus has consolidated a broad repertoire and has commissioned works from Sir John Tavener, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Jonathan Dove and Eric Whitacre. As well as appearing regularly in the major London venues, the LSC tours extensively throughout Europe and has visited North America, Israel, Australia and the Far East. The Chorus has a discography of over 140 recordings, more than 20 of them on the LSO Live label. These include the Berlioz operas (including the multi awardwinning Les Troyens) conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Other recordings with Sir Colin include the world premiere of James MacMillan’s St John Passion. The Chorus also partners the London Symphony Orchestra on Valery Gergiev’s recordings of Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 8. The most recent release on LSO Live is Britten’s War Requiem conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, which received universal acclaim. 8 | London Philharmonic Orchestra
While maintaining special links with the LSO, the Chorus has partnered all the principal UK orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Internationally, the Chorus has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The recent appointment of Simon Halsey as Chorus Director will lead the LSC to ever higher standards of musical excellence. The London Symphony Chorus is always interested in recruiting new members. For further information about auditioning for the LSC, call Helen Lawford, Auditions Secretary, on 020 8504 0295 or visit www.lsc.org.uk