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Concert programme
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Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor VLADIMIR JUROWSKI Principal Conductor Designate EDWARD GARDNER Leader PIETER SCHOEMAN supported by Neil Westreich Patron HRH THE DUKE OF KENT KG Chief Executive and Artistic Director TIMOTHY WALKER AM
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Friday 1 November 2019 | 7.30pm Brighton Dome Concert Hall Saturday 2 November 2019 | 7.30pm Congress Theatre, Eastbourne Sunday 3 November 2019 | 3.00pm
A Celebration of British Cinema Anthony Weeden conductor Piers Lane piano Matthew Sweet presenter This concert will last approximately 2 hours 10 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
The Steinway concert piano chosen and hired by the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2 & 3 November performances is supplied and maintained by Steinway & Sons, London.
The timings shown are not precise and are given only as a guide. CONCERTS PRESENTED BY THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRIGHTON DOME AND EASTBOURNE BOROUGH COUNCIL
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NOISES Contents 2 Welcome LPO Ring Cycle 2021 4 About the Orchestra 5 Leader: Pieter Schoeman 6 Anthony Weeden 7 Piers Lane 8 Matthew Sweet Film scores on the LPO Label 9 On stage 10 Programme notes 13 Sound Futures donors 14 Supporters 16 LPO administration
Welcome Just announced
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
Friday 1 November
Wagner’s Ring Cycle with Vladimir Jurowski January/February 2021
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 a member of staff for assistance. Eating, drinking and shopping? Enjoy fresh seasonal food for breakfast and lunch, coffee, teas and evening drinks with riverside views at Concrete Cafe, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Riverside Terrace Cafe, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall. Visit our shops for products inspired by our artistic and cultural programme, iconic buildings and central London location. Explore across the site with Foyles, Giraffe, Strada, wagamama, YO! Sushi, Le Pain Quotidien, Las Iguanas, ping pong, Spiritland, Honest Burger, Côte Brasserie, Skylon and Topolski. If you wish to get in touch with us following your visit, please contact the Visitor Experience Team at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, phone us on 020 3879 9555, or email customer@southbankcentre.co.uk We look forward to seeing you again soon. A few points to note for your comfort and enjoyment: PHOTOGRAPHY is not allowed in the auditorium. LATECOMERS will only be admitted to the auditorium if there is a suitable break in the performance. RECORDING is not permitted in the auditorium without the prior consent of Southbank Centre. Southbank Centre reserves the right to confiscate video or sound equipment until the performance has ended. MOBILES AND WATCHES should be switched off before the performance begins.
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Join us as we reach the end of a remarkable three-year journey with two star-studded semi-staged complete Ring Cycles at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. ‘Jurowski’s Wagner is fit for the gods … Jurowski and the London Philharmonic on fine form had as much to say as many a fully-staged production.’ The Financial Times Ring Cycle 1 Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung
Mon 25 Jan 2021 Wed 27 Jan 2021 Fri 29 Jan 2021 Sun 31 Jan 2021
7.00pm 5.00pm 4.00pm 3.00pm
Ring Cycle 2 Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung
Fri 5 Feb 2021 Sat 6 Feb 2021 Mon 8 Feb 2021 Wed 10 Feb 2021
7.00pm 4.00pm 4.00pm 3.00pm
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Brighton Dome
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Saturday 2 November
Sunday 3 November
Welcome to Brighton Dome
Welcome to the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Chief Executive Andrew Comben We hope you enjoy the performance and your visit to Brighton Dome. For your comfort and safety, please note the following: LATECOMERS may not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. Some performances may contain no suitable breaks. SMOKING Brighton Dome is a no-smoking venue. INTERVAL DRINKS may be ordered in advance at the bar to avoid queues. PHOTOGRAPHY is not allowed in the auditorium. RECORDING is not allowed in the auditorium. MOBILES, PAGERS AND WATCHES should be switched off before entering the auditorium. Thank you for your co-operation. The concert at Brighton Dome on 2 November 2019 is presented by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in association with Brighton Dome.
Theatre Director Chris Jordan General Manager Gavin Davis Welcome to this afternoon’s performance. We are pleased to welcome back the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its patrons to the Congress Theatre. The London Philharmonic gave the first ever performance at this Grade II listed building when it originally opened in 1963. This historic building was purpose-built as a theatre and conference venue designed by Bryan and Norman Westwood Architects. What makes the theatre unique is that it is conceived to be a perfect cube. It has fantastic acoustics to enhance your experience of live music, and so it is thrilling to see the Orchestra back in its Eastbourne home. We thank you for continuing to support the concert series. Please sit back in your seats and enjoy the concert and your visit here. As a courtesy to others, please ensure mobile phones are switched off during the performance. Thank you. eastbournetheatres.co.uk
Brighton Dome gratefully acknowledges the support of Brighton & Hove City Council and Arts Council England.
Brighton Dome is managed by Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival, which also runs the annual threeweek Brighton Festival in May. brightondome.org | brightonfestival.org
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic is playing at the peak of its form. Richard Fairman, The Financial Times (27 September 2019: Jurowski conducts Knussen, Britten & Tchaikovsky at Royal Festival Hall)
One of the finest orchestras on the international stage, the London Philharmonic Orchestra balances a long and distinguished history with its reputation as one of the UK’s most forward-looking ensembles. As well as its concert performances, the Orchestra also records film soundtracks, releases CDs and downloads on its own label, and reaches thousands of people every year through activities for families, schools and local communities. The Orchestra was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932, and has since been headed by many great conductors including Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur. In 2017 Vladimir Jurowski celebrated his tenth anniversary as the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor. Edward Gardner is currently Principal Conductor Designate, and will take up the position when Jurowski’s tenure concludes in September 2021. 4 | London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Orchestra is resident at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, where it gives around 40 concerts each season. Throughout the rest of 2019 we celebrate the music of Britain in our festival Isle of Noises, exploring music from and inspired by the British Isles, from Purcell to the present day. 2020 will see a new series entitled 2020 Vision, which features some of the most exciting works written since 2000, each combined in concert with pieces composed exactly 100 and 200 years earlier. The London Philharmonic Orchestra enjoys flourishing residencies in Brighton, Eastbourne and Saffron Walden, and performs regularly around the UK. Every summer, the Orchestra takes up its annual residency at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, where it has been Resident Symphony Orchestra for over 50 years. The Orchestra also tours internationally, performing to sellout audiences worldwide.
Pieter Schoeman leader
In summer 2012 the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed as part of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames, and was also chosen to record all the world’s national anthems for the London 2012 Olympics. In 2013 it was the winner of the RPS Music Award for Ensemble. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is committed to inspiring the next generation of musicians. We recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of our Education and Community department, whose work over three decades has introduced so many people of all ages to orchestral music and created opportunities for people of all backgrounds to fulfil their creative potential. Our dynamic and wide-ranging programme provides first musical experiences for children and families; offers creative projects and professional development opportunities for schools and teachers; inspires talented teenage instrumentalists to progress their skills; and develops the next generation of professional musicians. The Orchestra’s work at the forefront of digital technology has enabled it to reach millions of people worldwide: all its recordings are available to download and stream and, as well as a YouTube channel and podcast series, the Orchestra has a lively presence on social media. lpo.org.uk facebook.com/londonphilharmonicorchestra twitter.com/LPOrchestra youtube.com/londonphilharmonicorchestra instagram.com/londonphilharmonicorchestra
Pieter Schoeman was appointed Leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008, having previously been Co-Leader since 2002. © Benjamin Ealovega
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has recorded many blockbuster film scores, from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to Lawrence of Arabia, East is East, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Thor: The Dark World. It also broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and in 2005 established its own record label. There are now over 100 releases available on CD and to download. Recent additions include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 under the late Kurt Masur, and a film music disc under Dirk Brossé.
Born in South Africa, Pieter made his solo debut aged 10 with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Five years later he won the World Youth Concerto Competition in Michigan. Aged 17, he moved to the US to further his studies in Los Angeles and Dallas. In 1991 his talent was spotted by Pinchas Zukerman who, after several consultations, recommended that he move to New York to study with Sylvia Rosenberg. Pieter has performed worldwide as a soloist and recitalist in such famous halls as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Moscow’s Rachmaninov Hall, Capella Hall in St Petersburg, Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. As a chamber musician he regularly appears at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall. At the invitation of Yannick Nézet-Séguin he has been part of the ‘Yannick and Friends’ chamber group, performing at festivals in Dortmund and Rheingau. Pieter has performed several times as a soloist with the LPO, and his live recording of Britten’s Double Concerto with Alexander Zemtsov was released on the Orchestra’s own label to great critical acclaim. He has also recorded numerous violin solos for film and television, and led the LPO in its soundtrack recordings for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In 1995 Pieter became Co-Leader of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice. Since then he has appeared frequently as Guest Leader with the Barcelona, Bordeaux, Lyon, Baltimore and BBC symphony orchestras, and the Rotterdam and BBC Philharmonic orchestras. In April 2016 he was Guest Leader with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra for Kurt Masur’s memorial concert. He is a Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. Pieter’s chair in the London Philharmonic Orchestra is supported by Neil Westreich.
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Anthony Weeden conductor
Conductor and orchestrator extraordinaire.
© Giorgia Bertazzi
Riddle Magazine
Anthony Weeden is a conductor, composer and orchestrator with a keen desire to step beyond traditional musical boundaries. A classically trained musician, Anthony is particularly renowned for his award-winning work in the film and television industry, orchestrating and conducting several of the late, great Jóhann Jóhannsson’s scores: The Theory of Everything (Golden Globe winner for Best Original Score in 2015), Sicario (OSCAR and BAFTA nominated for Best Original Music), Arrival (BAFTA nominated for Best Original Music) and, most recently, The Mercy, starring Colin Firth. Anthony’s new orchestral suite arranged from Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Arrival score was premiered at the BBC Proms in 2019. Anthony’s own scores, composed for new films The Long Walk (directed by Mattie Do), and Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist, both premiered in Venice in September 2019 – The Long Walk for Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) and Leap of Faith at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. September also saw The Long Walk’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Anthony has notably orchestrated Thomas Adès’s first film score Colette (starring Keira Knightley), which was released in autumn 2018 and premiered at the London Film Festival, and in summer 2018 he conducted and orchestrated the soundtrack for the historical thriller Fanny Lye Deliver’d starring Charles Dance, Maxine Peake and Freddie Fox. Anthony recently composed the trailer music for blockbuster new game Jurassic World: Evolution by Frontier Developments, and orchestrated the score for the Chinese animation Kung Food.
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These film music concerts are Anthony’s debuts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and other conducting engagements this season include his debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Anthony has also directed orchestras such as the Swedish Radio Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Metropole and BBC Concert orchestras. In 2017 he created and conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra’s ‘Spielberg at 70’ celebrations at Royal Festival Hall – his debut with the orchestra, which lead to an immediate re-invitation. He has made several appearances with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and in 2017 conducted a monthlong ‘Toyota Classics’ tour of southeast Asia with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Other recent conducting engagements include appearances with the Royal Philharmonic, Duisburg Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic, RTÉ, Royal Scottish National and Ulster orchestras. Anthony continues to assist on major projects for the film, television and gaming industries; further collaborations are planned with celebrated composers including Tarik O’Regan, this following the recent premiere of The Phoenix for Houston Grand Opera, which was jointly orchestrated by Anthony. Other collaborations of note have included David Arnold and Michael Price’s scores to BBC TV series Sherlock (Emmy Award, 2014), Jekyll and Hyde and Unforgotten. Anthony orchestrated and conducted Rael Jones’s score for the recent film My Cousin Rachel, starring Rachel Weisz. He has also collaborated with Blair Mowat on Class and on Tarik O’Regan’s ballet Mata Hari.
Piers Lane piano
Lane had a formidable technique, a remarkable memory and sophisticated interpretative insights.
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The Daily Mail, 13 January 2018 (Scarlatti, Bach, Beethoven & Chopin at Wigmore Hall)
London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane stands out as an engaging, searching and highly versatile performer, at home equally in solo, chamber and concerto repertoire. Five-times soloist at the BBC Proms, his wide-ranging concerto repertoire exceeds 100 works and has led to engagements with many of the world’s great orchestras, working with conductors including Andrew Davis, Andrew Litton, Vassily Sinaisky, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Brett Dean. Festival appearances have included Aldeburgh, Seattle, Bard, Bath MozartFest, Bergen, Cheltenham, Como Autumn Music, La Roque d’Anthéron, Rockport, Prague Spring, Ruhr Klavierfestival, Schloss vor Husum, and the Chopin festivals in Warsaw, Duszniki-Zdrój, Mallorca and Paris.
transcriptions of Bach and Strauss, as well as complete collections of Concert Etudes by Saint-Saëns, Moscheles and Henselt, and transcriptions by Grainger. He has also recorded 11 volumes of piano quintets with the Goldner String Quartet. Awaiting release are concertos by Bliss, Rubbra and Bax, and a third volume of British sonatas with Tasmin Little.
Highlights of the 2019/20 season include performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for Andrew Davis’s final concerts as its Chief Conductor, a Musica Viva national tour of Australia with the Goldner String Quartet, appearances at several US festivals including Bard Music, a solo recital at Wigmore Hall, and duo performances with violinist Tasmin Little throughout the UK.
Piers Lane is Artistic Director of the Sydney International Piano Competition. He was Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music from 2006–17, and from 2006–13 he also directed the annual Myra Hess Day at the National Gallery in London. In the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished services to the arts. In 1994 he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, where he was a professor from 1989–2007. Piers holds Honorary Doctorates from two Australian universities: Griffith and James Cook.
In recent seasons Piers Lane performed three concertos at Carnegie Hall, and world premieres of Carl Vine’s Second Piano Concerto and Double Piano Concerto (Implacable Gifts), both written for him.
Piers Lane is in great demand as a collaborative artist, and he continues his long-standing partnerships with the Goldner String Quartet, violinist Tasmin Little, cellist Zuill Bailey and actress Patricia Routledge. He has written and presented over 100 programmes for BBC Radio 3, including the popular 54-part series ‘The Piano’.
His extensive discography for Hyperion includes muchadmired recordings of rare romantic piano concertos, including his 2018 release of Ferdinand Ries’s Piano Concertos Nos. 8 and 9 with The Orchestra Now, the complete Malcolm Williamson piano concertos, the complete Preludes and Etudes by Scriabin and
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Matthew Sweet presenter
Film scores on the LPO Label
The Genius of Film Music 1960s-80s Matthew Sweet is author of Inventing the Victorians (2001), Shepperton Babylon (2005) and The West End Front (2011). A familiar voice in British broadcasting, he presents ‘Free Thinking’ and ‘Sound of Cinema’ on BBC Radio 3 and ‘The Philosopher’s Arms’ on BBC Radio 4. He has judged the Costa Book Award, edited The Woman in White for Penguin Classics and was Series Consultant on the Showtime/Sky Atlantic series ‘Penny Dreadful’. In the BBC2 drama ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ he played a moth from the planet Vortis. His fashion history column, ‘The Line of Beauty’, appears in 1843 magazine. His latest book, Operation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers and Themselves is published by Picador.
Including music from Cleopatra, The Godfather, Psycho, Lawrence of Arabia & Star Trek, among others.
LPO conducted by John Mauceri £10.99 (2 CDs) | LPO-0086
The Genius of Film Music 1980s–2000s Including music from Star Wars, Le vita è bella, Gladiator, The Mission & Indiana Jones, among others.
LPO conducted by Dirk Brossé £10.99 (2 CDs) | LPO-0110 Over 100 recordings available from lpo.org.uk/recordings, the LPO Ticket Office (020 7840 4242), all good CD outlets and the Southbank Centre Shop, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall. Download or stream online via Spotify, Apple Music, Idagio & others.
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On stage
First Violins Pieter Schoeman* Leader Chair supported by Neil Westreich
Kevin Lin Co-Leader Chair supported by The Candide Trust
Vesselin Gellev Sub-Leader Molly Cockburn Katalin Varnagy Chair supported by Sonja Drexler
Catherine Craig Martin Höhmann Robert Pool Sarah Streatfeild Grace Lee Georgina Leo Eleanor Bartlett Nilufar Alimaksumova† Katherine Waller† Second Violins Tania Mazzetti Principal Chair supported by Countess Dominique Loredan
Kate Birchall Nancy Elan Fiona Higham Chair supported by David & Yi Buckley
Joseph Maher Ashley Stevens Sioni Williams Emma Purslow Emma Crossley Kate Cole Erzsébet Rácz† Jamie Hutchinson† Violas Richard Waters Principal Ting-Ru Lai Katharine Leek Susanne Martens Chair supported by Gill & Garf Collins
Benedetto Pollani Naomi Holt Martin Wray Martin Fenn Laura Vallejo† Sarah Malcolm†
Cellos David Lale Principal Francis Bucknall Laura Donoghue Gregory Walmsley Elisabeth Wiklander Susanna Riddell Tom Roff† Sibylle Hentschel† Double Basses Kevin Rundell* Principal Hugh Kluger George Peniston David Johnson Antonia Bakewell† Joseph Cowie† Flutes Sue Thomas* Principal Chair supported by Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp
Pedro Lopez Stewart McIlwham* Piccolos Stewart McIlwham* Principal Pedro Lopez Oboes Ian Hardwick* Principal Alice Munday Cor Anglais Helen Vigurs Clarinets Thomas Watmough Principal Chair supported by Roger Greenwood
Elliot Gresty Paul Richards* Bass Clarinet Paul Richards* Principal
Bassoons Jonathan Davies Principal
Percussion Andrew Barclay* Principal
Chair supported by Sir Simon Robey
Chair supported by Andrew Davenport
Luke Tucker
Keith Millar James Bower Karen Hutt Feargus Brennan
Contrabassoon Simon Estell* Principal Horns John Ryan* Principal Stephen Craigen Guest Principal Martin Hobbs Duncan Fuller Gareth Mollison Trumpets Kate Moore Guest Principal Anne McAneney* Chair supported by Geoff & Meg Mann
David Hilton Trombones David Whitehouse Principal Tom Berry Bass Trombone Lyndon Meredith Principal Tuba Lee Tsarmaklis* Principal Timpani Simon Carrington* Principal Chair supported by Victoria Robey OBE
Harp Sue Blair Guest Principal Piano/Celeste Catherine Edwards Guitar Tom Ellis * Holds a professorial appointment in London † 1 & 2 November only Meet our members: lpo.org.uk/players
Chair Supporters The London Philharmonic Orchestra also acknowledges the following chair supporters whose players are not present at this concert: The Chiltern Friends of the LPO William & Alex de Winton Donors to the 2019 Gala Player Appeal Friends of the Orchestra Dr Barry Grimaldi Bianca & Stuart Roden Eric Tomsett
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Programme notes
A Celebration of British Cinema The world of film music has a tendency to be thought of in a less than global light, focussing on the Hollywood output of such luminaries as John Williams and Hans Zimmer. As part of our year-long Isle of Noises series of music inspired by the British Isles, tonight’s concert redresses that balance, turning the eye of the lens over the pond to our own British film industry, from the early 1936 offering of Bliss’s seminal symphonic Things to Come to Richard Rodney Bennett’s Love Theme from Four Weddings and a Funeral, alongside his extraordinary musical
simulacrum of the Orient Express. Another love theme is a highlight of David Copperfield, by one of the most prolific of all film composers, Malcolm Arnold, whose scores have undeservedly fallen out of the public eye. Classical music has been used throughout film history and tonight we hear part of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, now synonymous with David Lean’s Brief Encounter. Our journey begins, though, far from Lean’s reserved home front, in the vast open desert landscapes so thrillingly captured by the music of Maurice Jarre.
Maurice Jarre (1924–2009) Main Theme from ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
The poster for David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia proudly boasts ‘Winner of 7 Academy Awards’, one of the Oscars rightly going to Maurice Jarre, alongside David Lean for Best Director and Best Picture. Lawrence of Arabia is currently ranked No. 3 on the American Film Institute’s list of greatest film scores, and was the very first full feature film score recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, in 1962.
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The score was originally offered to composer Malcolm Arnold, who turned it down because he felt that it was unlikely to succeed. Presumably this ranked high on the ‘wrong decision’ scale: so successful was the subsequent score by Jarre that Lean would only ever choose him for his following films, and Arnold never worked with Lean again; both Lean and Jarre went on to receive another Academy Award each for Dr Zhivago (1965). Jarre certainly grasped the project by its neck, throwing everything bar the kitchen sink at the orchestration – it boasts no less than 11 percussionists, two grand pianos and harps, and even three ondes martenots (think eerie B-movie music) – although the last sadly not heard in this main theme. The expansive theme and the evocative use of eastern instruments literally sweep us away with T. E. Lawrence, across vast sun-drenched deserts.
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Arguably one of the most famous examples of classical music used in a film is Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in the British 1945 weepy Brief Encounter. Directed by David Lean, the film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as suburban housewife Laura and handsome doctor Alec, who embark on a short, passionate but unconsummated affair. The film’s playwright, Noël Coward, decided that the Concerto would suit Laura’s character perfectly, an outlet for the repressed emotions of love and guilt that she cannot reveal because of the social demands of the time. From the start, the narrative of the music is aligned with that of the film, as the opening chords and brooding searching strings are heard immediately over the opening credits; the romantic, luscious Concerto has such a pivotal role that it almost becomes a third character in the film.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 (1785) 2 Andante Bond villains tend to be a classy lot, often demonstrating expensive sophisticated tastes including a love of classical music. In 007’s tenth outing, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), the egomaniac world domination-dreaming
Stromberg, Bond’s nemesis of the day, nonchalantly feeds a traitor to a shark to the accompaniment of Bach’s Air on the G String. Mozart’s graceful strings at the opening of the Piano Concerto No. 21’s second movement are used as a soundtrack when his hideout, Atlantis, majestically rises from the sea. Mozart, by all accounts, liked a good entertainment and would probably have appreciated the tongue-in-cheek use of his music.
Interval – 20 minutes Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006) Suite from ‘David Copperfield’ (1969) 1 2 3 4
Main Titles and Opening Scene: Allegro meno mosso The Micawbers: Allegro Young Lovers: Allegro Finale: Moderato
An esteemed alumnus of the LPO, Malcolm Arnold began his musical career as a trumpeter, and became the Orchestra’s Principal Trumpet in 1941. His ambitions as a composer were strong, however, and he eventually left his prominent post in 1948 to turn his attentions to his passion. His vast catalogue includes many works for orchestra including symphonies and concertos, but he was also a prolific film composer: his innate understanding of drama and plot, and talent for a good melody, meant he had a natural gift, writing for well over a hundred film scores. Somewhat vilified with some critics disparaging his ‘light’ musical style, he nevertheless won an Oscar and a Grammy for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), despite having completed it in a mere ten days due to film schedules. Perhaps his most famous film work (and Arnold’s personal favourite) was for the riotous St Trinians series, his Mickey-Mouse styling a perfect match for the hideously wonderful pupils. David Copperfield would turn out to be Arnold’s last film score. A 1969 star-fest, it featured a veritable Who’s Who of British actors of the time, with Laurence Olivier, Susan Hampshire and Edith Evans, and Robin Philips as the eponymous hero. The music is quintessentially Arnold: the magnificent love theme heard on sweeping strings, worthy of Korngold, pervades each movement of the Suite, and the joy of the Micawbers shows Arnold at his witty best.
Nino Rota (1911–79) Love Theme from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1968) Franco Zeffirelli’s highly romantic version of Shakespeare’s tragedy looks a little dated now, but at the time had girls wishing they were Olivia Hussey (who, at just 17, was not much older than Juliet was supposed to be) and sighing over Leonard Whiting, the handsome young Romeo. Nino Rota’s score was a critical success, earning him an Academy Award nomination, and the Love Theme in particular has become instantly recognisable. It’s so well-known partly because of its life beyond the film: it was adapted into a pop hit, ‘A Time to Love’ by Henry Mancini, reaching No. 1 in the US in 1969, and went on to be released with lyrics by both Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams. It’s also used as the theme tune for radio DJ Simon Bates’s sentimental longrunning ‘Our Tune’ slot. The theme is first heard in the film when Romeo spies Juliet at the Capulets’ ball, and is played with delicacy on the flute.
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012) Waltz from ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (1974) Love Theme from ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ (1994) It’s not obvious from either of this evening’s Richard Rodney Bennett works that he was a huge lover of jazz and composed many works in that genre: he tended to compartmentalise his work, and referred to his film scores as musical ‘journalism’, in that he relied on that branch of his career to allow him to write for his real passion of jazz. However, his ‘journalist’ head for melody made him a popular choice for film scores, and he was nominated for Academy Awards for Far From the Madding Crowd (1967), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and his 1974 score for Murder on the Orient Express. If nothing beats a picture painting a thousand words, then Bennett’s evocation of the majestic monster steam engine, the glamorous Orient Express of the title, must surely come a close second. A masterclass of scoring, pace and melody, the engine slowly lumbers out of the station before gathering momentum into a graceful waltz. Twenty years later, Bennett was called upon to write the score for the still immensely popular Richard Curtis offering Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), directed by
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Mike Newell and starring a floppy-haired Hugh Grant. Bennett’s original score is set amongst a soundtrack of popular songs including Wet Wet Wet’s version of ‘Love is All Around’. The alto flute takes centre stage for the plaintive and beautiful Love Theme. Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) Things to Come: Suite (1935) 1 Ballet 2 Attack 3 Pestilence 4 Reconstruction 5 Machines 6 March Based on H.G. Wells’s The Shape of Things to Come, a prediction of global warfare followed by a scientific utopia, Things to Come (1936), directed by Alexander Korda and starring Raymond Massey, is now a cult classic, but was not a success at the time: reviews were poor and Wells disappointed with the outcome. The one area that came up smelling of utopian roses,
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however, was Bliss’s score. The earliest of the film scores on this evening’s programme, it’s no little achievement of Bliss that it became the bedrock of scores to follow, prophesying the likes of John Williams, and still considered to be the first great British film score, perhaps arguably the first great film score – it predates Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky by some three years. ‘Ballet’ is light and airy, a Mendelssohnian fairylike optimism that accompanies the film’s opening Christmas scene. When the camera focuses on the children’s toys of war, the music changes ominously, and ‘Attack’ soon takes the upper hand as the real machines of war do their worst. Barren ‘Pestilence’ conveys one of the horrors of the aftermath of war, while ‘Reconstruction’ has a more optimistic note, with a hint of Elgar and Vaughan Williams in pastoral vein. Brass and aggressive strings embody the unstoppable march of ‘Machines’. The last is the most famous movement: it became synonymous with war reels, and its triumphal march is another nod to Elgar. Programme notes © Sarah Breeden
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We are grateful to the following donors for their generous contributions to our Sound Futures campaign. Thanks to their support, we successfully raised £1 million by 30 April 2015 which has now been matched pound for pound by Arts Council England through a Catalyst Endowment grant. This has enabled us to create a £2 million endowment fund supporting special artistic projects, creative programming and education work with key venue partners including our Southbank Centre home. Supporters listed below donated £500 or over. For a full list of those who have given to this campaign please visit lpo.org.uk/soundfutures. Masur Circle Arts Council England Dunard Fund Victoria Robey OBE Emmanuel & Barrie Roman The Underwood Trust
The Rothschild Foundation Tom & Phillis Sharpe The Viney Family
Haitink Patrons Mark & Elizabeth Adams Dr Christopher Aldren Mrs Pauline Baumgartner Welser-Möst Circle Lady Jane Berrill William & Alex de Winton Mr Frederick Brittenden John Ireland Charitable Trust David & Yi Yao Buckley The Tsukanov Family Foundation Mr Clive Butler Neil Westreich Gill & Garf Collins Tennstedt Circle Mr John H Cook Valentina & Dmitry Aksenov Mr Alistair Corbett Richard Buxton Bruno De Kegel The Candide Trust Georgy Djaparidze Michael & Elena Kroupeev David Ellen Kirby Laing Foundation Christopher Fraser OBE Mr & Mrs Makharinsky David & Victoria Graham Fuller Alexey & Anastasia Reznikovich Goldman Sachs International Sir Simon Robey Mr Gavin Graham Bianca & Stuart Roden Moya Greene Simon & Vero Turner Mrs Dorothy Hambleton The late Mr K Twyman Tony & Susie Hayes Malcolm Herring Solti Patrons Catherine Høgel & Ben Mardle Ageas Mrs Philip Kan John & Manon Antoniazzi Rehmet Kassim-Lakha de Morixe Gabor Beyer, through BTO Rose & Dudley Leigh Management Consulting AG Lady Roslyn Marion Lyons Jon Claydon Miss Jeanette Martin Mrs Mina Goodman & Miss Duncan Matthews QC Suzanne Goodman Diana & Allan Morgenthau Roddy & April Gow Charitable Trust The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Dr Karen Morton Charitable Trust Mr Roger Phillimore Mr James R.D. Korner Ruth Rattenbury Christoph Ladanyi & Dr Sophia The Reed Foundation Ladanyi-Czernin The Rind Foundation Robert Markwick & Kasia Robinski The Maurice Marks Charitable Trust Sir Bernard Rix David Ross & Line Forestier (Canada) Mr Paris Natar
Carolina & Martin Schwab Dr Brian Smith Lady Valerie Solti Mr & Mrs G Stein Dr Peter Stephenson Miss Anne Stoddart TFS Loans Limited Marina Vaizey Jenny Watson Guy & Utti Whittaker Pritchard Donors Ralph & Elizabeth Aldwinckle Mrs Arlene Beare Mr Patrick & Mrs Joan Benner Mr Conrad Blakey Dr Anthony Buckland Paul Collins Alastair Crawford Mr Derek B. Gray Mr Roger Greenwood The HA.SH Foundation Darren & Jennifer Holmes Honeymead Arts Trust Mr Geoffrey Kirkham Drs Frank & Gek Lim Peter Mace Mr & Mrs David Malpas Dr David McGibney Michael & Patricia McLaren-Turner Mr & Mrs Andrew Neill Mr Christopher Querée The Rosalyn & Nicholas Springer Charitable Trust Timothy Walker AM Christopher Williams Peter Wilson Smith Mr Anthony Yolland and all other donors who wish to remain anonymous
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Thank you
We are extremely grateful to all donors who have given generously to the LPO over the past year. Your generosity helps maintain the breadth and depth of the LPO’s activities, as well as supporting the Orchestra both on and off the concert platform.
Artistic Director’s Circle An anonymous donor Sir Simon & Lady Robey OBE Orchestra Circle The Candide Trust Mr & Mrs Philip Kan Neil Westreich Principal Associates Richard Buxton In memory of Brenda Lyndoe Casbon In memory of Ann Marguerite Collins Associates Steven M. Berzin Kay Bryan William & Alex de Winton Hamish & Sophie Forsyth Mrs Irina Gofman Countess Dominique Loredan Mr & Mrs Makharinsky George Ramishvili Stuart & Bianca Roden In memory of Hazel Amy Smith Gold Patrons An anonymous donor David & Yi Buckley In memory of Allner Mavis Channing The Chiltern Friends of the LPO Gill & Garf Collins Andrew Davenport Sonja Drexler Mrs Gillian Fane Marie-Laure Favre-Gilly de Varennes de Beuill Virginia Gabbertas MBE Mr Roger Greenwood The Jeniffer and Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust Geoff & Meg Mann Julian & Gill Simmonds Eric Tomsett The Viney Family Laurence Watt
Silver Patrons Ms Terri Borain Andrea d’Avack Georgy Djaparidze Ulrike & Benno Engelmann Peter & Fiona Espenhahn Rehmet Kassim-Lakha de Morixe John & Angela Kessler Jamie & Julia Korner The Metherell Family Denis & Yulia Nagy Mikhail Noskov & Vasilina Bindley Tom & Phillis Sharpe Andrew & Rosemary Tusa Guy & Utti Whittaker Grenville & Krysia Williams Bronze Patrons Anonymous donors Michael Allen Mr Mark Astaire Margot Astrachan Mr Geoffrey Bateman Mrs A Beare Dr Anthony Buckland Mr Alan C Butler Desmond & Ruth Cecil The Earl & Countess of Chichester Mr Michael Cole-Fontayn Mr John H Cook Howard & Veronika Covington Mrs Maria Danilova Guy Davies Bruno De Kegel Cameron & Kathryn Doley Jill Dyal David Ellen Ignor & Lyuba Galkin Mr Daniel Goldstein David & Jane Gosman Mr Gavin Graham Lord & Lady Hall Mrs Dorothy Hambleton Wim & Jackie Hautekiet-Clare Eugene & Allison Hayes
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Ms Elena Heinz Malcolm Herring Catherine Høgel & Ben Mardle J Douglas Home Rose & Dudley Leigh Elena Lileeva & Adrian Pabst Drs Frank & Gek Lim Mrs Elizabeth Meshkvicheva Maxim & Natalia Moskalev Mr & Mrs Andrew Neill Peter & Lucy Noble Linda & Tim O’Neill Jacopo Pessina Mr Alex Petrov Mr Roger Phillimore Mr Michael Posen Mr Alex Smedley Ms Nadia Stasyuk Ms Sharon Thomas Mr & Mrs John C Tucker Mr & Mrs John & Susi Underwood Marina Vaizey Ms Jenny Watson CBE Christopher Williams Mr Anthony Yolland Principal Supporters Anonymous donors Ralph & Elizabeth Aldwinckle Helen Brocklebank Mr Philip Bathard-Smith Ms Phyllia Chen Mr & Mrs Stewart Cohen David & Liz Conway Mr Alistair Corbett In honour of Bea Crumbine Mr Jonathan Davies Mr Richard Fernyhough Mr Michael Fox Mr Stephen Goldring Mr Milton Grundy Mr Ian Haslegrave Michael & Christine Henry Lady Hill Mrs Maureen HooftGraafland Jamilya Jakisheva Per Jonsson
Vadim Levin Lady Leonora, Countess of Lichfield Wg. Cdr. & Mrs M T Liddiard OBE JP RAF Paul & Brigitta Lock Mr Peter Mace Michael & Patricia MclarenTurner Alice P. Melly Mr John Meloy Andrew T Mills Dr Karen Morton Maxim & Natalia Moskalev Mrs Jannifer Oxley Mr James Pickford Natalie Pray Mr Christopher Querée Sir Bernard Rix Mr Robert Ross Barry & Gillian Smith Mr Bill Smith Martin & Cheryl Southgate Mr & Mrs G Stein Dr Peter Stephenson Matthew Stephenson & Roman Aristarkhov Marina Vaizey Howard & Sheelagh Watson Supporters Anonymous donors Mr John D Barnard Mr Bernard Bradbury Mr Richard Brooman Mrs Alan Carrington Mr Julien Chilcott-Monk Alison Clarke & Leo Pilkington Mr Joshua Coger Mr Geoffrey A Collens Miss Tessa Cowie Lady Jane Cuckney OBE Mr David Devons Samuel Edge Manuel Fajardo & Clémence Humeau Mrs Janet Flynn Scott & Icy Frantz Christopher Fraser OBE
Will Gold Mr Peter Gray The Jackman Family Mr & Mrs Bon Jasperson Mr David MacFarlane Peter & Isabel Malkin Mr Frederic Marguerre Mr Mark Mishon Trevor Mulineaux Bill & Jane Nickerson Mr Stephen Olton Anju & Radhika Patel Mr David Peters Candace Procaccini Mr & Mrs Graham & Jean Pugh Mr David Russell Deb & Jay Shaw Ms Elizabeth Shaw Mr Kenneth Shaw Ms Natalie Spraggon & Mr David Thomson Mrs John E Stauffer Ronald & Davidde Strackbein Mr John Weekes Joanna Williams Hon. Benefactor Elliott Bernerd Hon. Life Members Alfonso Aijón Kenneth Goode Carol Colburn Grigor CBE Pehr G Gyllenhammar Robert Hill Mrs Jackie Rosenfeld OBE Laurence Watt
LPO International Board of Governors Natasha Tsukanova Chair Steven M. Berzin (USA) Kay Bryan (Australia) Marie-Laure Favre Gilly de Varennes de Bueil (France) Irina Gofman (Russia) Joyce Kan (China/Hong Kong) Countess Dominique Loredan (Italy) Olivia Ma (Greater China Area) Olga Makharinsky (Russia) George Ramishvili (Georgia) Victoria Robey OBE (USA) We are grateful to the Board of the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, who assist with fundraising for our activities in the United States of America: Simon Freakley Chairman Alexandra Jupin William A. Kerr Kristina McPhee Natalie Pray Stephanie Yoshida Antony Phillipson Hon. Chairman Victoria Robey OBE Hon. Director Richard Gee, Esq Of Counsel Jenifer L. Keiser, CPA, EisnerAmper LLP Connecticut Gala Committee Bea Crumbine & Jill Dyal Co-Chairmen Rodica Brune Mandy DeFilippo Rachel Franco Nick Gutfreund Mary Hull Steve Magnuson Natalie Pray Victoria Robey OBE Lisa & Scot Weicker
Corporate Donors Barclays L Catterton Paul Hastings LLP Payne Hicks Beach Pictet Bank White & Case LLP LPO Corporate Circle Leader freuds Sunshine Principal Berenberg Carter-Ruck French Chamber of Commerce Tutti Ageas Lazard Russo-British Chamber of Commerce Walpole Preferred Partners After Digital Heineken Lindt & Sprüngli Ltd London Orthopaedic Clinic Steinway Villa Maria In-kind Sponsor Google Inc Trusts and Foundations The Bernarr Rainbow Trust The Boltini Trust Sir William Boreman’s Foundation Borletti-Buitoni Trust Boshier-Hinton Foundation The Candide Trust The Chalk Cliff Trust Cockayne – Grants for the Arts The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Dunard Fund
Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation The Fidelio Charitable Trust Foyle Foundation Lucille Graham Trust John Horniman’s Children’s Trust John Thaw Foundation The Idlewild Trust Kirby Laing Foundation The Lawson Trust The Leverhulme Trust Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation The London Community Foundation Lord & Lady Lurgan Trust Marsh Christian Trust Adam Mickiewicz Institute PRS For Music Foundation The Radcliffe Trust Rivers Foundation Romanian Cultural Institute RVW Trust The Sampimon Trust Schroder Charity Trust Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation The Steel Charitable Trust Spears-Stutz Charitable Trust The Thomas Deane Trust The Viney Family The Clarence Westbury Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust The William Alwyn Foundation and all others who wish to remain anonymous.
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Administration
Board of Directors Victoria Robey OBE Chairman Stewart McIlwham* President Gareth Newman* Vice-President Dr Catherine C. Høgel Vice-Chairman Henry Baldwin* Roger Barron David Buckley Bruno De Kegel Martin Höhmann* Al MacCuish Susanne Martens* Pei-Jee Ng* Andrew Tusa Timothy Walker AM Neil Westreich David Whitehouse* * Player-Director Advisory Council Martin Höhmann Chairman Rob Adediran Christopher Aldren Dr Manon Antoniazzi Richard Brass Helen Brocklebank Desmond Cecil CMG Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG Andrew Davenport William de Winton Cameron Doley Edward Dolman Christopher Fraser OBE Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE Jonathan Harris CBE FRICS Amanda Hill Rehmet Kassim-Lakha Jamie Korner Geoff Mann Clive Marks OBE FCA Stewart McIlwham Andrew Neill Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Nadya Powell Sir Bernard Rix Victoria Robey OBE Baroness Shackleton Thomas Sharpe QC Julian Simmonds Barry Smith Martin Southgate Andrew Swarbrick Sir John Tooley Chris Viney Timothy Walker AM Laurence Watt Elizabeth Winter
General Administration Timothy Walker AM Chief Executive and Artistic Director
Education and Community Isabella Kernot Education and Community Director
David Burke General Manager and Finance Director
Talia Lash Education and Community Manager
Sarah Gee PA to the Chief Executive/ Office Administrator
Emily Moss Education and Community Project Manager
Finance Frances Slack Finance and Operations Manager
Hannah Tripp Education and Community Project Co-ordinator
Dayse Guilherme Finance Officer
Development Laura Willis Development Director
Concert Management Roanna Gibson Concerts Director
Vicky Moran Development Events Manager
Graham Wood Concerts and Recordings Manager Sophie Richardson Glyndebourne and Projects Manager (maternity leave) Fabio Sarlo Glyndebourne and Projects Manager (maternity cover) Grace Ko Tours Manager Alison Jones Concerts and Recordings Co-ordinator Christina Perrin Concerts and Tours Assistant Matthew Freeman Recordings Consultant Andrew Chenery Orchestra Personnel Manager Sarah Holmes Sarah Thomas Librarians Christopher Alderton Stage Manager Damian Davis Transport Manager Hannah Verkerk Orchestra Co-ordinator and Auditions Administrator Laura Kitson Assistant Transport & Stage Manager
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Christina McNeill Corporate Relations Manager Rosie Morden Individual Giving Manager Anna Quillin Trusts and Foundations Manager Izzy Keig Development Assistant Lewis Hammond Development Assistant ~ Nick Jackman Campaigns and Projects Director Kirstin Peltonen Development Associate Marketing Kath Trout Marketing Director Mairi Warren Marketing Manager Alexandra Lloyd Projects and Residencies Marketing Manager Megan Macarte Box Office Manager (Tel: 020 7840 4242) Rachel Williams Publications Manager Rachel Smith Website Manager Greg Felton Digital Creative Georgie Gulliver Marketing Assistant
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