2020 Vision at a glance

at a glance

Tonight’s concert is part of our year-long 2020 Vision series, exploring the journey of music with pioneering works that have defined the sound of the 21st century, alongside music written exactly 100 and 200 years before. lpo.org.uk/2020vision

2001 NEW CENTURY, NEW SOUNDS SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2020 Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Eötvös Snatches of a Conversation Scriabin Symphony No. 2

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Marco Blaauw trumpet Omar Ebrahim speaker

Generously supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation.

2002 THREE ADVENTURES WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2020 Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Knussen Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Vasily Petrenko conductor Leila Josefowicz violin

Generously supported by Victoria Robey OBE.

2003 FANTASY AND REVOLUTION SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2020 Jörg Widmann Lied for Orchestra Ravel Shéhérazade Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

2004 NEW VISIONS WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2020

Elgar In the South Spohr Violin Concerto No. 2 Webern Im Sommerwind Rautavaara Book of Visions

Osmo Vänskä conductor Sergej Krylov violin

2005 POETRY & BELIEF FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2020

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Krzysztof Penderecki Chaconne in memory of John Paul II Enescu Symphony No. 1

Osmo Vänskä conductor Jeremy Denk piano

Generously supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Romanian Cultural Institute.

2006 THE NEW BACCHUS WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2020

Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Kaija Saariaho Notes on Light Scriabin Symphony No. 4 (The Poem of Ecstasy)

Omer Meir Wellber conductor Johannes Moser cello

2007 BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2020

Sibelius Symphony No. 3 Dutilleux Le temps l’horloge Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Edward Gardner conductor Sally Matthews soprano

Generously supported by Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet.

2008 LANDSCAPE AND MEMORY WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2020

Ives The Unanswered Question Thomas Adès In Seven Days Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Nicolas Hodges piano

2009 THE EVEREST OF PIANO CONCERTOS WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2020

Méhul Symphony No. 1 Ryan Wigglesworth Augenlieder* Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Sophie Bevan soprano Nikolai Lugansky piano

*Supported by Resonate. Resonate is a PRS Foundation initiative in partnership with the Association of British Orchestras, BBC Radio 3 and Boltini Trust.

2010 CROSSING CULTURES WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 2020

John Corigliano Stomp Philip Glass Double Concerto for violin and cello Shankar Symphony

2014 A PADMORE CYCLE WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2020

Schubert Symphony No. 2 Thomas Larcher A Padmore Cycle Nielsen Symphony No. 4 (The Inextinguishable)

Karen Kamensek conductor Daniel Hope violin Alban Gerhardt cello Anoushka Shankar sitar

Generously supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation.

2011 STORMING THE HEAVENS WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2020

Julian Anderson The Discovery of Heaven Nielsen Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 7

John Storgårds conductor Simone Lamsma violin

2012 ABSOLUTE JEST SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2020

John Adams Absolute Jest Bartók Four Orchestral Pieces Beethoven Symphony No. 8

Karina Canellakis conductor Heath Quartet

2013 RITES OF RENEWAL WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER 2020

Schubert Symphony No. 1 Magnus Lindberg Cello Concerto No. 2 (UK premiere) Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor Anssi Karttunen cello Thierry Fischer conductor Mark Padmore tenor

2015 THE MIDNIGHT SUN WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2020

Schubert Symphony No. 3 Krzysztof Penderecki Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra Lotta Wennäkoski Verdigris (London premiere) Sibelius Symphony No. 5

Hannu Lintu conductor Gábor Boldoczki trumpet

2016 SONG OF THE NIGHT WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2020

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 (Classical) Schubert Symphony No. 5 Magnus Lindberg Two Episodes Szymanowski Symphony No. 3 (The Song of the Night)

Thomas Søndergård conductor Michael Weinius tenor London Philharmonic Choir

2017 GAVRYLYUK PLAYS PROKOFIEV SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2020

Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Schubert Symphony No. 6 Anna Thorvaldsdottir Metacosmos Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

Thomas Søndergård conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk piano

2018 JUROWSKI CONDUCTS ENESCU WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2020

J S Bach Orchestral Suite No. 1 Elena Kats-Chernin Piano Concerto No. 3 (European premiere) Enescu Symphony No. 3*

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano London Philharmonic Choir Trinity Boys Choir

*Generously supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute.

2019 ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2020

J S Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Brett Dean The Players, for accordion and orchestra (UK premiere) Stravinsky Pulcinella (complete)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Pieter Schoeman violin Juliette Bausor flute Catherine Edwards harpsichord James Crabb accordion Angharad Lyddon soprano Sam Furness tenor David Soar bass

Generously supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation.

2020 CHRISTMAS ORATORIO SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER 2020

James MacMillan Christmas Oratorio (world premiere)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Mary Bevan soprano Christopher Maltman baritone London Philharmonic Choir

Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, NTR Zaterdagmatinee, Radio 4’s concert series in The Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic Orchestra.