LPO online concert programme: 24 March 2021 - The New World (Mazzola)

SPRING 2021 CONCERT SEASON

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THE STREAM OF LIFE PROGRAMME NOTES WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH 2021 8PM

THE NEW WORLD Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)* Haydn Symphony No. 49 (La Passione) Enrique Mazzola conductor Concert generously supported by an anonymous donor *Presented as part of the 2021 China–UK International Music Festival

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA • THE NEW WORLD • 24 MARCH 2021

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3 WELCOME 4 PROGRAMME NOTES: DVOŘÁK 5 PROGRAMME NOTES: HAYDN 6 ENRIQUE MAZZOLA 7 LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 8 ON STAGE TONIGHT 9 NEXT CONCERTS 10 ANNUAL APPEAL 2021: MUSIC WITH MEANING 11 SOUND FUTURES DONORS 12 THANK YOU 15 MEMBERSHIPS & DONATIONS 16 CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS 17 LPO ADMINISTRATION

Concert performed at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 2 March 2021 and filmed by Intersection.

The safety of our musicians and staff is paramount, and filming sessions adhere strictly to safety measures in line with UK Government guidance.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra is grateful to all those whose who are generously supporting the Orchestra during the 2020/21 season. This performance has been made possible through a grant from the Cultural Recovery Fund from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. #HereForCulture

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WELCOME TO OUR SPRING 2021 CONCERT SEASON present these concerts to make them as interesting and engaging as possible, and hope that they will continue to offer moments of light during the difficult months.

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It will still be a while before we can enjoy live music together, but it is in sight – in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this evening’s concert and the rest of our spring season.

David Burke Chief Executive, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Welcome to this evening’s performance: the first in our Spring 2021 series of streamed concerts in partnership with Marquee TV. Whether you enjoyed our first series of concerts in the autumn, or are joining us for the first time, I hope you enjoy this evening’s performance. We will be sharing a new concert every Wednesday until 9 June, all available free of charge for seven days on Marquee TV (listings on page 9), with further programmes and artists to be announced later in the spring.

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Tonight’s programme, ‘The New World’, is an emotionally charged start to our season, setting the expressive melancholy of Haydn’s tempestuous 49th Symphony alongside the deep, nostalgic ardour of Dvořák’s much-loved ‘New World’ Symphony, all under the expert baton of Italian maestro Enrique Mazzola.

We would like to thank the anonymous donor whose generous support has allowed this evening’s concert to take place.

For all of us – musicians and staff alike – it’s been an absolute joy to be back on the Southbank Centre stage working with Enrique Mazzola, who returns to conduct next week’s concert of music by Sibelius and Missy Mazzoli. Later in the spring we look forward to welcoming guest conductors Ben Gernon, Sir Mark Elder, Robin Ticciati, and, of course, the belated welcome of Karina Canellakis as our Principal Guest Conductor. Together with filming company Intersection (formerly Silent Studios), we have worked hard to –3–

Have you checked out our LPO podcast, LPO Offstage, yet? Throughout the series, presenter YolanDa Brown chats with members of the Orchestra about life on and off the concert stage.

Find LPO Offstage on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, or wherever you listen.

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PROGRAMME NOTES ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 1841–1904

SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E MINOR (FROM THE NEW WORLD) 1893 – APPROX 40 MINS –

1 ADAGIO – ALLEGRO MOLTO 2 LARGO 3 SCHERZO: MOLTO VIVACE – POCO SOSTENUTO 4 ALLEGRO CON FUOCO In June 1891, Antonín Dvořák was approached by Jeannette Thurber, a wealthy American patron of the arts, with an offer he could hardly refuse. Thurber planned to set up a new music conservatory in New York, and she wanted him to serve as its director. A year later, encouraged both by the position’s generous salary and the chance to discover ‘real American music’, Dvořák and his family arrived in America to begin three of the most productive years of his life. As soon as he arrived, he became an instant celebrity and a commission from the New York Philharmonic for a new symphony came just three months later. Although he was busy with his duties at the conservatory, Dvořák was bursting with ideas for new music and accepted the commission with relish. His sketchbooks show that he began work on the new symphony in January 1893 and completed it barely five months later.

Although he was often homesick, Dvořák was fascinated by his new environment, taking every opportunity to discover and absorb the local culture, and actively seeking out the ‘real American music’ he had moved to America to find. Ragtime was hugely popular in the bars and dancehalls of New York during this time, but it left little impression on Dvořák, who instead became infatuated by the Negro spirituals that were brought to his attention by one of his pupils at the conservatory. ‘I am now satisfied that the future music

of this country must be founded upon what are called the Negro melodies’, he later declared. ‘This must be the real foundation of any serious and original school of composition to be developed in the United States.’

His Symphony No. 9, to which Dvořák gave the subtitle ‘From the New World’, was inspired in part by this new preoccupation, although he was at pains to point out that the work is not an exercise in ethnography, as some of his critics claimed. ‘It is merely the spirit of Negro and Indian melodies which I have tried to reproduce in my new symphony’, he wrote. ‘I have not actually used any of the melodies.’ Aside from a theme that bears a strong resemblance to the traditional spiritual ‘Swing low, sweet chariot’ in the Symphony’s first movement, there are no ‘authentic’ Negro melodies to be found. Instead, the Symphony gets its sense of ‘otherness’ from its use of pentatonic melodies, the song-like simplicity of many of its themes, and the pastoral pictorialism that arches across its four movements – features that are no more indigenous to American folk music than they are to many other folk cultures around the world. Rather than hearing it as a musical invocation of his time in America, Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony is better understood as a gift to a country he had grown to love, and a fond letter home to the one he missed so dearly. As he wrote in a letter in 1893, ‘I should never have written these works “just so” if I hadn’t seen America.’

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA • THE NEW WORLD • 24 MARCH 2021

PROGRAMME NOTES FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN 1732–1809

SYMPHONY NO. 49 IN F MINOR (LA PASSIONE) 1768 – APPROX 27 MINS –

1 ADAGIO 2 ALLEGRO DI MOLTO 3 MENUET 4 FINALE: PRESTO Haydn composed much of his music at the whim of his patrons, and new commissions were not always suited to his own personal taste. But between 1768 and 1772, his music went through a dramatic transition, described by some as a ‘romantic crisis’ and by others as the beginning of the Sturm und Drang style (literally ‘storm and stress’). Such changes were at least partly brought about by Haydn’s changing circumstances. Having been appointed to the service of Prince Paul Anton Esterházy at his court in Eisenstadt in 1761, Haydn spent the first half of this decade writing under the watchful eye of Gregor Joseph Werner, the reigning Kappelmeister. After Werner’s death in 1766, however, the court moved to Eszterháza and Haydn gained full responsibility for all musical performances within the court. Not only was Haydn able to return to the church music with which he had grown up, he was now able to compose freely, and assert his own, distinctive compositional voice. ‘I could, as head of an orchestra, make experiments, observe what created an impression …’ he noted afterwards. ‘I was set apart from the world… and so I had to become original’. The Sturm und Drang works carry an unmistakable new boldness (something Haydn was fortunate enough to have skilled musicians to tackle) and a gradual distancing from traditional symphonic practices.

The angst-ridden Symphony No. 49 in F minor was composed at the cusp of this change and was radical in its combination of antiquated formal procedures and

modern, expressive content. The title, ‘La Passione’, appears to carry a double meaning, conveying both the emotional depth of Haydn’s writing and the apparent allusions to the Lenten Passion story in its opening movement. Although these associations have never been proven, it is a compelling narrative, and one that the gloomy and often heart-rending expressivity of the Symphony does little to deflect.

The tone throughout is dark and despondent, barely leaving the tonic of F minor during the Symphony.

With the exception of the F major Menuet, the only keys Haydn traverses are dulled, flat-sided ones such as C minor and E, A and D flat major. Opening with a slow movement, in the archaic sonata di chiesa (‘church sonata’) style, the Symphony begins its long, inexorable journey. Here, the anguished music appears to evoke the heart of the Passion story – the crucifixion itself – with sighing violins and dissonant suspensions depicting the onlookers’ sorrow. The second movement, marked Allegro di molto, offers no release – instead, hurtling violins and propelling lower strings push us perpetually onwards in the struggle for salvation. Ever-widening dramatic leaps and insistent repeated notes convey the desperation. A brief flash of F major in the Trio section of the otherwise stern Menuet is short-lived, as the initially hesitant Presto builds to a fury and draws the Symphony to a solemn, grief-stricken conclusion.

Programme notes © Jo Kirkbride

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TONIGHT'S ARTISTS ENRIQUE MAZZOLA CONDUCTOR

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Capitole de Toulouse, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Northern Sinfonia, New Japan Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Brussels Philharmonic, Staatsphilharmonie Nurnberg and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Renowned as an expert interpreter and champion of bel canto opera and a specialist in French repertoire and early Verdi, Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola is in demand worldwide as both an operatic and a symphonic conductor. He is Music Director Designate of the Lyric Opera of Chicago from the 2019/20 season, commencing as Music Director in September 2021; Principal Guest Conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin from the 2018/19 season; and he served as Artistic & Music Director of the Orchestre National d’Île de France from 2012–19. In 2018 he was made a Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, in recognition of his significant contribution to musical life in France.

Mazzola’s 2020/21 season includes debuts with the Detroit Symphony, Youth Orchestra Flanders and Dutch National Opera (Anna Bolena), and a return to Glyndebourne Festival Opera to conduct Luisa Miller with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Appearances with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Houston Symphony sadly fell victim to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recent seasons include notable debuts with the Salzburg Festspiele (Orphée aux Enfers), Wiener Staatsoper (Don Pasquale), Orchestre National du

Mazzola last appeared with the LPO in October 2018, when he conducted a programme of Berlioz, Canteloube, Bizet and Gershwin at the Royal Festival Hall. He has also conducted the Orchestra in several operas at Glyndebourne including Don Pasquale, Poliuto, L’elisir d’amore and Il barbiere di Siviglia, the last of which was also performed in concert at the 2016 BBC Proms. Other return engagements have included the Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zurich, Bregenzer Festspiele, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Norske Opera, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec and São Paulo State Symphony. His final season with the Orchestre National d’Île de France included recordings and performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Cédric Tiberghien and works by Respighi, of whose work he is an acclaimed interpreter. Highlights of previous seasons with ONDIF included a concert version of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, recordings and concerts in Paris at La Seine Musicale, and their sold-out Philharmonie de Paris series.

An accomplished interpreter of contemporary music, Mazzola has commissioned and conducted several premieres with ONDIF. He conducted the world premiere of Colla’s Il processo at La Scala, Il re nudo by Luca Lombardi at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Medusa

by Arnaldo de Felice at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Isabella by Azio Corghi at the Rossini Opera Festival, and many other premieres with major European orchestras.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA • THE NEW WORLD • 24 MARCH 2021

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR AND ARTISTIC ADVISOR VLADIMIR JUROWSKI PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR DESIGNATE EDWARD GARDNER SUPPORTED BY MRS CHRISTINA LANG ASSAEL PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR KARINA CANELLAKIS • LEADER PIETER SCHOEMAN SUPPORTED BY NEIL WESTREICH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CRISTINA ROCCA • CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID BURKE • PATRON HRH THE DUKE OF KENT KG

One of the finest orchestras on the international stage, the London Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham. Since then, its Principal Conductors have included Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur. In 2007 Vladimir Jurowski became the Orchestra’s current Principal Conductor. Edward Gardner is Principal Conductor Designate, and will take up the position from 2021. Karina Canellakis is the Orchestra’s current Principal Guest Conductor.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has performed at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall since it opened in 1951, becoming Resident Orchestra in 1992. It also has residencies at Glyndebourne and in Brighton, Eastbourne and Saffron Walden, and performs regularly around the UK. The Orchestra also tours internationally, performing to audiences worldwide.

The Orchestra broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and has recorded soundtracks for numerous films including The Lord of the Rings. In 2005 it began releasing live, studio and archive recordings on its own

CD label, which now numbers over 100 releases.

The Orchestra’s work at the forefront of digital technology has enabled it to reach millions of people worldwide: all its own-label recordings are available to download and stream and, as well as a YouTube channel and ‘LPO Offstage’ podcast series, the Orchestra has a lively presence on social media.

Over the pandemic period the LPO has further developed its relationship with UK and international audiences through its ‘LPOnline’ digital content: over 100 videos of performances, insights, and introductions to playlists, which have so far collectively received over 3 million views worldwide and led to the LPO being named runner-up in the Digital Classical Music Awards 2020. During Autumn 2020 and once again from March 2021, the Orchestra is delighted to be able to return to its Southbank Centre home to perform a season of concerts filmed live and streamed for audiences to enjoy at home free of charge via Marquee TV. lpo.org.uk

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA • THE NEW WORLD • 24 MARCH 2021

ON STAGE TONIGHT FIRST VIOLINS Pieter Schoeman* LEADER Chair supported by Neil Westreich

Vesselin Gellev SUB-LEADER Kate Oswin Lasma Taimina

Chair supported by Irina Gofman & Mr Rodrik V. G. Cave

Minn Majoe Catherine Craig Thomas Eisner Yang Zhang

Chair supported by Eric Tomsett

Martin Höhmann Katalin Varnagy

Chair supported by Sonja Drexler

SECOND VIOLINS Tania Mazzetti PRINCIPAL

Chair supported by Countess Dominique Loredan

Emma Oldfield Helena Smart Nancy Elan Kate Birchall Joseph Maher Ashley Stevens Nynke Hijlkema

VIOLAS Ting-Ru Lai PRINCIPAL Katharine Leek Benedetto Pollani Laura Vallejo Stanislav Popov Martin Wray CELLOS Kristina Blaumane PRINCIPAL

Chair supported by Bianca & Stuart Roden

Pei-Jee Ng CO-PRINCIPAL Francis Bucknall Laura Donoghue David Lale

DOUBLE BASSES Kevin Rundell* PRINCIPAL Hugh Kluger George Peniston Laura Murphy

Chair supported by Friends of the Orchestra

Tom Walley

TRUMPETS James Fountain* PRINCIPAL Anne McAneney* TROMBONES Mark Templeton* PRINCIPAL

Chair supported by William & Alex de Winton

FLUTES Juliette Bausor PRINCIPAL

David Whitehouse

Chair supported by Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp

Stewart McIlwham*

BASS TROMBONE Lyndon Meredith PRINCIPAL

PICCOLO Stewart McIlwham* PRINCIPAL

TUBA Lee Tsarmaklis* PRINCIPAL

OBOES Ian Hardwick* PRINCIPAL Alice Munday

TIMPANI Simon Carrington* PRINCIPAL

COR ANGLAIS Sue Böhling* PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSION Andrew Barclay* PRINCIPAL

Chair supported by Victoria Robey OBE

Chair supported by Dr Barry Grimaldi

CLARINETS Benjamin Mellefont PRINCIPAL Thomas Watmough

* Holds a professorial appointment in London

Chair supported by Roger Greenwood

BASSOONS Jonathan Davies PRINCIPAL Chair supported by Sir Simon Robey

Gareth Newman

HORNS John Ryan* PRINCIPAL Martin Hobbs Mark Vines CO-PRINCIPAL Gareth Mollison Duncan Fuller

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra also acknowledges the following chair supporters whose player is not present at this concert: David & Yi Buckley

NEXT CONCERTS SPRING 2021 CONCERT SEASON WITH MARQUEE TV TOWARDS FREEDOM WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 2021 8PM

THE EMPEROR CONCERTO WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2021 8PM

Missy Mazzoli These Worlds In Us Sibelius Finlandia Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) Sibelius Symphony No. 7

Enrique Mazzola conductor

Robin Ticciati conductor Denis Kozhukhin piano

Concert supported by the

LONDON CALLING WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL 2021 8PM Haydn Symphony No. 30 (Alleluia) Coleridge-Taylor Ballade for Orchestra Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 Ben Gernon conductor

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODIES WEDNESDAY 14 APRIL 2021 8PM

LA VIE PARISIENNE WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL 2021 8PM Ravel Mother Goose: Suite Ravel Piano Concerto in G Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne: Ballet Suite Fabien Gabel conductor Alexandra Dariescu piano Further artists and programmes to be announced later in the spring.

Janáček Jealousy Dvořák The Wild Dove Dvořák Cello Concerto Mark Elder conductor Steven Isserlis cello Each concert will be available via marquee.tv for 7 days for free, no registration required.

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SOUND FUTURES DONORS 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 Welser-Möst Circle William & Alex de Winton John Ireland Charitable Trust The Tsukanov Family Foundation Neil Westreich Tennstedt Circle Valentina & Dmitry Aksenov Richard Buxton The Candide Trust Michael & Elena Kroupeev Kirby Laing Foundation Mr & Mrs Makharinsky Alexey & Anastasia Reznikovich Sir Simon Robey Bianca & Stuart Roden Simon & Vero Turner The late Mr K Twyman Solti Patrons Ageas John & Manon Antoniazzi Gabor Beyer, through BTO Management Consulting AG Jon Claydon Mrs Mina Goodman & Miss Suzanne Goodman Roddy & April Gow The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust Mr James R.D. Korner Christoph Ladanyi & Dr Sophia LadanyiCzernin Robert Markwick & Kasia Robinski The Maurice Marks Charitable Trust Mr Paris Natar The Rothschild Foundation Tom & Phillis Sharpe The Viney Family

Haitink Patrons Mark & Elizabeth Adams Dr Christopher Aldren Mrs Pauline Baumgartner Lady Jane Berrill Mr Frederick Brittenden David & Yi Yao Buckley Mr Clive Butler Gill & Garf Collins Mr John H Cook Mr Alistair Corbett Bruno De Kegel Georgy Djaparidze David Ellen Christopher Fraser OBE David & Victoria Graham Fuller Goldman Sachs International Mr Gavin Graham Moya Greene Mrs Dorothy Hambleton Tony & Susie Hayes Malcolm Herring Catherine Høgel & Ben Mardle Mrs Philip Kan Rehmet Kassim-Lakha de Morixe Rose & Dudley Leigh Lady Roslyn Marion Lyons Miss Jeanette Martin Duncan Matthews QC Diana & Allan Morgenthau Charitable Trust Dr Karen Morton Mr Roger Phillimore Ruth Rattenbury The Reed Foundation The Rind Foundation Sir Bernard Rix David Ross & Line Forestier (Canada) 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

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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 CBE 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 Anonymous donors Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet Mrs Christina Lang Assael Sir Simon & Lady Robey OBE Orchestra Circle The Candide Trust William & Alex de Winton Mr & Mrs Philip Kan Neil Westreich Principal Associates An anonymous donor Richard Buxton In memory of Brenda Lyndoe Casbon In memory of Ann Marguerite Collins Hamish & Sophie Forsyth The Tsukanov Family Associates Steven M. Berzin Ms Veronika BorovikKhilchevskaya Irina Gofman & Mr Rodrik V. G. Cave Gill & Garf Collins Countess Dominique Loredan Mr & Mrs Makharinsky George Ramishvili Stuart & Bianca Roden Julian & Gill Simmonds In memory of Hazel Amy Smith Deanie & Jay Stein Gold Patrons An anonymous donor David & Yi Buckley David Burke & Valerie Graham David & Elizabeth Challen In memory of Allner Mavis Channing Sonja Drexler Peter & Fiona Espenhahn Marie-Laure Favre Gilly de Varennes de Bueil Virginia Gabbertas MBE Mr Roger Greenwood Robert Markwick & Kasia Robinski Francis & Marie-France Minkoff Dame Theresa Sackler Eric Tomsett Andrew & Rosemary Tusa The Viney Family Jenny Watson CBE

Silver Patrons Dr Christopher Aldren The Rt Hon. The Lord Burns GCB Bruno De Kegel Ulrike & Benno Engelmann Simon & Meg Freakley Pehr G Gyllenhammar John & Angela Kessler The Metherell Family Andrew Neill Mikhail Noskov & Vasilina Bindley Laurence Watt Guy & Utti Whittaker Grenville & Krysia Williams Bronze Patrons Anonymous donors Michael Allen Dr Manon Antoniazzi Mr Philip Bathard-Smith Sir Peter Bazalgette Mrs A Beare Mr Bernard Bradbury Hon. Group Captain Sally Bridgeland The Earl & Countess of Chichester Mr John H Cook Howard & Veronika Covington Jan & Leni Du Plessis David Ellen David & Jane Gosman Mrs Dorothy Hambleton The Jackman Family Jamie & Julia Korner Rose & Dudley Leigh Drs Frank & Gek Lim Ian Frost & Laetitia Malan Geoff & Meg Mann Mr Fraser Mathews Mrs Elizabeth Meshkvicheva Mr & Mrs Andrew Neill Mr Michael Parloff Marianne Parsons Dr Wiebke Pekrull Jacopo Pessina Mr Gerald Pettit Mr Roger Phillimore Mrs Gillian Pole Mr Michael Posen Sir Bernard Rix Tom & Phillis Sharpe Charlotte Stevenson Robert & Patricia Swannell Mr & Mrs John C Tucker Mr & Mrs John & Susi Underwood Marina Vaizey Tony & Hilary Vines Mr John Weekes Christopher Williams

Principal Supporters Anonymous donors Julian & Annette Armstrong Mr Mark Astaire Mr Anthony Boswood Mr Nick Breckenfield Mr Dennis Bruns Mr Brian Carol Desmond & Ruth Cecil Mr Julien Chilcott-Monk Mr & Mrs Stewart Cohen Professor Susan Cooper Miss Tessa Cowie Mrs Sam Dawson Mr Simon Douglas Mr Charles Draper Miss AM Drew Mr Richard England Mr Richard Fernyhough Nerissa Guest & David Foreman Mrs Ash Frisby Mr Gavin Graham Ms Rosalind Hallifax Mr Charles Henderson Michael & Christine Henry Ms Patricia Hewitt J Douglas Home Martin Hudson Per Jonsson Alexandra Jupin & John Bean Jan Leigh & Jan Rynkiewicz Richard & Briony Linsell Paul & Brigitta Lock Nicholas & Lindsay Merriman Andrew T Mills Simon & Fiona Mortimore Mr James Pickford Michael & Carolyn Portillo Mr Ian Rickworth Mr Robert Ross Mr David Russell Mr Hugh Seeley Colin Senneck & the Hartley & District LPO Group Priscylla Shaw Mr John Shinton Mr Nigel Silby Mr Brian Smith Martin & Cheryl Southgate Mr & Mrs G Stein Dr Peter Stephenson Mr Robert Swift Mr & Mrs Ian Tegner Dr Ann Turrall The Viney Family Jenny Watson CBE Mr Richard Webb Joanna Williams Mr John Wright

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Supporters Anonymous donors Mr Ben Adler Ralph & Elizabeth Aldwinckle Mr John Allen Lindsay Badenoch Diana Barrett Mr Simon Baynham Mr Andrew Botterill Julian & Margaret Bowden & Mr Paul Michel Mr Lawrence Alfred Bradley Richard & Jo Brass Mr Philip Broadway Mr & Mrs Shaun Browne Mr Alan C Butler Marilyn Casford Alison Clarke & Leo Pilkington Mr Joshua Coger Mr Martin Compton Mr Martin Connelly Mr Stephen Connock Damaris, Richard & Friends Mr David Davies Mr Roderick Davies Mr Bob Deffee Anthony & Jo Diamond QC Mr Andrew Dyke Mr Declan Eardly Maureen Erskine Mr Peter Falk Mr Joe Field Christine Louise Fluker Mrs Janet Flynn Mr Kevin Fogarty Mr Richard France Christopher Fraser OBE Mrs Adele Friedland & Friends Mr David Gladwell Mr Daniel Goldstein Mr Andrew Gunn Mr Martin Hale Mr Roger Hampson The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust Mr Graham Hart Mr & Mrs Nevile Henderson Mr David Hodgson The Jackman Family Mr Ian Kapur Martin Kettle My Justin Kitson Ms Yvonne Lock Mr David MacFarlane Mrs Sally Manning Christopher & Diane Morcom Mr Terry Muzzell Mr John Neilson Dame Jane Newell DBE

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THANK YOU – CONTINUED –

Mr Stephen Olton Mr David Peters Caroline Priday Mr & Mrs Graham & Jean Pugh Ms Susan Rivers Mr John Rogers Mr Richard Rowland Barry & Gillian Smith Mr David Southern Mary Stacey Janette Storey Ms Caroline Tate Mr Peter Thierfeldt Mrs Margaret Thompson Mr Owen Toller Michael & Katie Urmston Mr Dominic Wallis Mrs C Williams Mr Kenin Willmering Mr David Woodhead Mr Roger Woodhouse Mr Anthony Yolland

Thomas Beecham Group Members David & Yi Buckley The Candide Trust Gill & Garf Collins William & Alex de Winton Sonja Drexler The Friends of the LPO Irina Gofman Roger Greenwood Dr Barry Grimaldi Mr & Mrs Philip Kan John & Angela Kessler Countess Dominique Loredan Sir Simon Robey Victoria Robey OBE Bianca & Stuart Roden Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp Julian & Gill Simmonds Eric Tomsett Neil Westreich Guy & Utti Whittaker

Hon. Benefactor Elliott Bernerd

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 Jill Dyal Jay Goffman Alexandra Jupin William A. Kerr Kristina McPhee Natalie Pray Damien Vanderwilt Antony Phillipson Hon. Chairman Victoria Robey OBE Hon. Director Richard Gee, Esq Of Counsel Jenifer L. Keiser, CPA, EisnerAmper LLP

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) Veronika Borovik-Khilchevskaya (Cyprus) Marie-Laure Favre Gilly de Varennes de Bueil (France) Aline Foriel-Destezet (France) Irina Gofman (Russia) Countess Dominique Loredan (Italy) Olivia Ma (Greater China Area) Olga Makharinsky (Russia) George Ramishvili (Georgia) Victoria Robey OBE (USA) Jay Stein (USA)

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 AT&T Barclays L Catterton CHANEL Fund for Women in the Arts and Culture Paul Hastings LLP Payne Hicks Beach Pictet Bank Velocity Black 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 Lidl Lindt & Sprüngli Ltd London Orthopaedic Clinic Steinway In-kind Sponsor Google Inc Trusts and Foundations The Bernarr Rainbow Trust The Boltini Trust Borletti-Buitoni Trust Boshier-Hinton Foundation The Candide Trust The Chalk Cliff Trust Cockayne – Grants for the Arts The London Community Foundation The David Solomons Charitable Trust The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Dunard Fund Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation The Fidelio Charitable Trust Foyle Foundation Garrick Charitable Trust The Leche Trust

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Lucille Graham Trust John Horniman’s Children’s Trust John Thaw Foundation The Idlewild Trust Kirby Laing Foundation The Lawson Trust Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Lord & Lady Lurgan Trust Adam Mickiewicz Institute PRS Foundation The Radcliffe Trust Rivers Foundation The R K Charitable Trust Romanian Cultural Institute RVW Trust Schroder Charity Trust Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation Souter Charitable Trust The Steel Charitable Trust The Thomas Deane Trust The Thriplow Charitable Trust The Victoria Wood Foundation The Viney Family Garfield Weston Foundation The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust The William Alwyn Foundation and all others who wish to remain anonymous.

The LPO would also like to acknowledge all those who have made donations to the Play On Appeal and who have supported the Orchestra during the current pandemic.

WONDER AT THE WORLD OF THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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MEMBERSHIPS AND DONATIONS There are many ways in which you can support the LPO at this time: by making a donation, joining as a member, or buying a gift membership for someone else.

With your help we can ensure that this Orchestra will not only survive, but thrive.

However you choose to give at this time, we remain committed to our supporters and will continue to deliver a range of benefits and exclusive opportunities.

Friends

Benefactors

Support the orchestra that you love. Get priority booking for our Southbank Centre concerts plus access to final rehearsals.

Join a circle of dedicated supporters and get access to the Beecham Bar, special events and Glyndebourne.

From £60

From £600

Gifts in wills

Thomas Beecham Group

Help others to experience the wonder of music by remembering the Orchestra in your will.

Give a major supporting gift and build significant relationships within the Orchestra.

Donors can choose to have their gift associated with a player’s chair.

From £5,000

lpo.org.uk/support/individuals 020 7840 4212

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS Partner with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and enjoy the opportunity to align your business with a world-class orchestra who are committed to delivering music throughout the pandemic.

Whether streaming from the concert stage to a global audience, or delivering as much Education and Community work as possible to children, talented young musicians and people with disabilities, the LPO’s activity is varied, engaging, and delivers meaningful benefits to its audiences, participants and partners.

A partnership with the LPO offers companies significant brand exposure and an opportunity to meet CSR needs at a time when charitable community work is facing severe disruption.

Principal Partner

OrchLab Project Partner

Principal Supporters

lpo.org.uk/corporate 020 7840 4210

The Victoria Wood Foundation The Victoria Wood Foundation

The Victoria Wood Foundation

The Victoria Wood Foundation

The Victoria Wood Foundation

The Victoria Wood Foundation

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA • THE NEW WORLD • 24 MARCH 2021

LPO ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Victoria Robey OBE Chairman Martin Höhmann* President Dr Catherine C. Høgel Vice-Chairman Henry Baldwin* Vice-President Roger Barron David Buckley David Burke Bruno De Kegel Tanya Joseph Al MacCuish Tania Mazzetti* Stewart McIlwham* Pei-Jee Ng* Cristina Rocca Andrew Tusa Mark Vines* David Whitehouse* * Player-Director ADVISORY COUNCIL Martin Höhmann Chairman Robert Adediran Christopher Aldren Dr Manon Antoniazzi Richard Brass Helen Brocklebank Simon Callow CBE Desmond Cecil CMG Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG Andrew Davenport William de Winton Guillaume Descottes Cameron Doley Christopher Fraser OBE Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE Jonathan Harris CBE FRICS Marianna Hay MBE 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 Chris Viney Laurence Watt Elizabeth Winter

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

DEVELOPMENT Laura Willis Development Director

Cristina Rocca Artistic Director David Burke Chief Executive CONCERT MANAGEMENT Roanna Gibson Concerts Director

Christina McNeill Corporate Relations Manager

ARCHIVES

Rosie Morden Individual Giving Manager

Graham Wood Concerts and Recordings Manager

Anna Quillin Trusts and Foundations Manager

Fabio Sarlo Glyndebourne and Projects Manager

Izzy Keig Development Assistant ~

Grace Ko Tours Manager

Nick Jackman Campaigns and Projects Director

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

Vicky Moran Development Events Manager

PUBLIC RELATIONS Premier: classical@premiercomms.com Tel: 020 7292 7355/ 020 7292 7335

Kirstin Peltonen Development Associate FINANCE Frances Slack Finance Director Dayse Guilherme Finance Manager Jean-Paul Ramotar Finance and IT Officer

Laura Kitson Stephen O’Flaherty Stage Managers

MARKETING Kath Trout Marketing Director

Damian Davis Transport Manager

Mairi Warren Marketing Manager

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY Isabella Kernot Education and Community Director (maternity leave) Lindsay Wilson Education and Community Director (maternity cover) Talia Lash Education and Community Manager Emily Moss Education and Community Project Manager Hannah Tripp Education and Community Project Co-ordinator

Alexandra Lloyd Projects and Residencies Marketing Manager Megan Macarte Box Office Manager (maternity leave) Alice Harvey Box Office Manager (maternity cover) Rachel Williams Publications Manager Rachel Smith Website Manager Greg Felton Digital Creative Sophie Harvey Marketing and Digital Officer

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Philip Stuart Discographer Gillian Pole Recordings Archive PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Charles Russell Speechlys Solicitors Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP Auditors Dr Barry Grimaldi Honorary Doctor Mr Chris Aldren Honorary ENT Surgeon Mr Brian Cohen Mr Simon Owen-Johnstone Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeons LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 89 Albert Embankment London SE1 7TP Tel: 020 7840 4200 Box Office: 020 7840 4242 Email: admin@lpo.org.uk lpo.org.uk The London Philharmonic Orchestra Limited is a registered charity No. 238045.

COVER PHOTOGRAPH @ Silent Studios/Intersection: James Wicks