LPO programme: 3 Dec 2022 - Jurowski conducts Mahler

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Principal Conductor Edward Gardner supported by Aud Jebsen Principal Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski Patron HRH The Duke of Kent KG Artistic Director Elena Dubinets Chief Executive David Burke Leader Pieter Schoeman supported by Neil Westreich

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Saturday 3 December 2022 | 7.30pm

Jurowski conducts Mahler Mahler Symphony No. 9 (87’) Vladimir Jurowski conductor

There will be no interval in tonight’s concert.

The performance is expected to finish at approximately 9.05pm.

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Laurence Lovelle.

The timings shown are not precise and are given only as a guide.

Concert presented by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Welcome LPO news On stage tonight London Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Pieter Schoeman Vladimir Jurowski Programme notes Laurence Lovelle Next concerts LPO Annual Appeal 2023 Mahler on the LPO Label Sound Futures donors Thank you LPO administration

London Philharmonic Orchestra • 3 December 2022 • Jurowski conducts Mahler

Welcome

LPO news Carols at Waterloo – Friday 9 December

Welcome to the Southbank Centre

After a two-year Covid hiatus, this Friday (9 December) we’re bringing back one of our favourite LPO traditions – Christmas carols at Waterloo railway station. Members of our brass section and friends, plus singers from the London Philharmonic Choir, will be spreading some festive cheer on the main concourse from 5pm onwards, raising money for Save the Children. If you’re passing, please do join us for a carol or two, and please give generously!

We hope you enjoy your visit. We have a Duty Manager available at all times. If you need any information or help, please ask a member of staff.

Eating, drinking and shopping? Take in the views over food and drinks at the Riverside Terrace Cafe, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall. Visit our shops for products inspired by our great cultural experiences, iconic buildings and central London location.

Explore across the site with Beany Green, Côte Brasserie, Foyles, Giraffe, Honest Burger, Las Iguanas, Le Pain Quotidien, Ping Pong, Pret, Strada, Skylon, Spiritland, Topolski, wagamama and Wahaca.

New on the LPO Label James MacMillan: Christmas Oratorio New on the LPO Label is James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio, recorded live at the work’s UK premiere in December 2021.

Conducted by Mark Elder, it features the London Philharmonic Choir, soprano Lucy Crowe and baritone Roderick Williams.

If you would like to get in touch with us following your visit, please write to: Visitor Contact Team, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, or email hello@southbankcentre.co.uk We look forward to seeing you again soon.

A few points to note for your comfort and enjoyment:

Composed in 2019, the Christmas Oratorio embraces a Scots Gaelic lullaby, English poetry and Bible passages, all recounting the Nativity. MacMillan deftly weaves together these strands in his trademark expressive and immediate language, reflecting both his Scottish roots and his deeply-held Catholic faith.

It is available to stream or download via all major platforms, and on sale to buy as a double CD. To listen or find out more, visit lnk.to/lpochristmasoratorio

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On stage tonight First Violins

Pieter Schoeman* Leader Chair supported by Neil Westreich

Alice Ivy-Pemberton Kate Oswin Lasma Taimina

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

Minn Majoe Catherine Craig Thomas Eisner Morane Cohen-Lamberger Katalin Varnagy

Chair supported by Sonja Drexler

Nilufar Alimaksumova Martin Höhmann Cassi Hamilton Yang Zhang

Chair supported by Eric Tomsett

Elizaveta Tyun Ronald Long Amanda Smith Rasa Zukauskaite Chu-Yu Yang

Second Violins

Tania Mazzetti Principal

Chair supported by Countess Dominique Loredan

Emma Oldfield Helena Smart Claudia Tarrant-Matthews Fiona Higham Chair supported by David & Yi Buckley

Nancy Elan Nynke Hijlkema Sioni Williams Ashley Stevens Kate Cole Joseph Maher Sheila Law Jessica Coleman Anna Croad Lyrit Milgram Alison Strange

Violas

Catherine Ribes Guest Principal

Katharine Leek Benedetto Pollani

Oboes

Laura Vallejo Martin Wray Toby Warr Lucia Ortiz Sauco Kate De Campos Raquel López Bolívar Shiry Rashkovsky Stanislav Popov Michelle Bruil Joseph Fisher Alistair Scahill

Ian Hardwick* Principal Alice Munday Lydia Griffiths Sue Böhling*

Cor Anglais

Sue Böhling* Principal

Chair supported by Dr Barry Grimaldi

Clarinets

Cellos

Benjamin Mellefont

Kristina Blaumane Principal

Principal

Chair supported by Bianca & Stuart Roden

James Maltby Emma Burgess

Pei-Jee Ng Co-Principal

Chair supported by The Candide Trust

E-flat Clarinet

Sue Sutherley Susanna Riddell Helen Thomas George Hoult Sibylle Hentschel Tamaki Sugimoto David Bucknall Jane Lindsay Iain Ward Leo Melvin

Thomas Watmough Principal

Chair supported by Roger Greenwood

Bass Clarinet

Paul Richards* Principal

Bassoons

Jonathan Davies Principal

Double Basses

Chair supported by Sir Simon Robey

Kevin Rundell* Principal Sebastian Pennar

Guylaine Eckersley Catriona McDermid Simon Estell*

Co-Principal

George Peniston Laura Murphy Lowri Morgan Charlotte Kerbegian David Johnson Emma Prince Sam Rice Stephen Street

Contrabassoon

Simon Estell* Principal

Horns

John Ryan* Principal Martin Hobbs Mark Vines Co-Principal Gareth Mollison Duncan Fuller

Flutes

Juliette Bausor Principal Imogen Royce Frederico Paixao Camilla Marchant

Trumpets

Paul Beniston* Principal James Nash Anne McAneney* David Hilton

Piccolo

Clare Childs

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Trombones

Mark Templeton* Principal Chair supported by William & Alex de Winton

David Whitehouse Andrew Connington

Bass Trombone

Lyndon Meredith Principal

Tuba

Lee Tsarmaklis* Principal Chair supported by Friends of the Orchestra

Timpani

Simon Carrington* Principal

Chair supported by Victoria Robey OBE

Marney O’Sullivan

Percussion

Andrew Barclay* Principal Chair supported by Gill & Garf Collins

Tom Edwards Karen Hutt Feargus Brennan

Harps

Rachel Masters Principal Tamara Young * Holds a professorial appointment in London

The LPO also acknowledges the following chair supporters whose players are not present at this concert: Caroline, Jamie & Zander Sharp

London Philharmonic Orchestra • 3 December 2022 • Jurowski conducts Mahler

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Our Principal Conductors have included some of the greatest historic names like Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur.

In 2021 Edward Gardner became our 13th Principal Conductor, taking the Orchestra into its tenth decade.

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Soundtrack to key moments Everyone will have heard the London Philharmonic Orchestra, whether it’s playing the world’s National Anthems at every medal ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, our iconic recording with Pavarotti that made Nessun Dorma a global football anthem, or closing the flotilla at The Queen’s Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. And you’ll almost certainly have heard us on the soundtracks for major films including The Lord of the Rings.

Sharing the wonder We’re always at the forefront of technology, finding new ways to share our music globally. You’ll find us online, on streaming platforms, on social media and through our broadcast partnership with Marquee TV. During the pandemic period we launched ‘LPOnline’: over 100 videos of performances, insights and introductions to playlists, which led to us being named runner-up in the Digital Classical Music Awards 2020. During 2022/23 we’ll be working once again with Marquee TV to broadcast selected live concerts, so you can share or relive the wonder from your own living room.

We also release live, studio and archive recordings on our own label, and are the world’s most-streamed orchestra, with over 15 million plays of our content each month. Recent releases include the first volume of a Stravinsky series with Vladimir Jurowski; Tippett’s complete opera The Midsummer Marriage under Edward Gardner, captured in his first concert as

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Pieter Schoeman Leader

LPO Principal Conductor in September 2021; and James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio, recorded at the work’s UK premiere performance in December 2021 (see page 2).

We’re committed to inspiring the next generation of musicians and music-lovers: there’s nothing we love more than seeing the joy of children and families enjoying their first musical moments, and we’re passionate about equipping schools and teachers through schools’ concerts, resources and training.

Reflecting our values of collaboration and inclusivity, our OrchLab and Open Sound Ensemble projects offer music-making opportunities for adults and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

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Today’s young instrumentalists are the orchestral members of the future, so we’re committed to offering them opportunities to progress. Our LPO Junior Artists programme is leading the way in creating pathways into the profession for young artists from under-represented communities, and our LPO Young Composers and Foyle Future Firsts schemes support the next generation of professional musicians, bridging the transition from education to professional careers.

Pieter Schoeman was appointed Leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008, having previously been Co-Leader since 2002. He is also a Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.

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 London’s Royal Festival Hall.

As a chamber musician he regularly appears at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall. His chamber music partners have included Anne-Sophie Mutter, Veronika Eberle, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Boris Garlitsky, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Martin Helmchen and Julia Fischer.

2022/23 and beyond We believe in the relevance of our music, and that our programmes must reflect the narratives of modern times. This season we’re exploring themes of belonging and displacement in our series ‘A place to call home’, delving into music by composers including Austrians Erich Korngold and Paul Hindemith, Hungarian Béla Bartók, Cuban Tania León, Ukrainian Victoria Vita Polevá and Syrian Kinan Azmeh. As we celebrate our 90th anniversary we perform works premiered by the Orchestra during its illustrious history. This season also marks Vaughan Williams’s 150th anniversary and we’ll be celebrating with four of his works, as well as both symphonies by Elgar and music by Tippett and Thomas Adès. Our commitment to everything new and creative includes premieres by Brett Dean and Heiner Goebbels, as well as new commissions from composers from around the world including Agata Zubel, Elena Langer and Vijay Iyer.

Pieter has performed numerous times as a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights have included an appearance as both conductor and soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Royal Festival Hall, the Brahms Double Concerto with Kristina Blaumane, and the Britten Double Concerto with Alexander Zemtsov, which was recorded and released on the LPO Label to great critical acclaim.

Pieter has appeared as Guest Leader with the BBC, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Lyon and Baltimore symphony orchestras; the Rotterdam and BBC Philharmonic orchestras; and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Pieter’s chair in the LPO is generously supported by Neil Westreich.

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Vladimir Jurowski Conductor Emeritus, London Philharmonic Orchestra

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A committed operatic conductor, Vladimir’s recent highlights include semi-staged performances of Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and Siegfried with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall; new productions of Der Rosenkavalier, Shostakovich’s The Nose and Penderecki’s Die Teufel von Loudun at the Bavarian State Opera; Die Frau ohne Schatten in Berlin and Bucharest with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel at the Bavarian State Opera; Henze’s The Bassarids and Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron at the Komische Oper Berlin; his acclaimed debut at the Salzburg Festival with Wozzeck; and his first return to Glyndebourne as a guest conductor, for the world premiere production of Brett Dean’s Hamlet with the LPO. Previous seasons at Glyndebourne – many with the LPO – have included Die Zauberflöte, La Cenerentola, Otello, Macbeth, Falstaff, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Don Giovanni, The Rake’s Progress, The Cunning Little Vixen, Ariadne auf Naxos and Péter Eötvös’s Love and Other Demons.

Vladimir Jurowski became the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Conductor Emeritus in September 2021, following 14 years as Principal Conductor, during which his creative energy and artistic rigour were central to the Orchestra’s success. At the BBC Proms concert with the LPO on 12 August 2021 – his final official concert as Principal Conductor – he received the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, one of the highest international honours in music.

This season Vladimir returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducts new productions of Così fan tutte and Prokofiev’s War and Peace and a revival of Dean’s Hamlet at the Bavarian State Opera, and showcases a wealth of concert repertoire with the Berlin Radio Symphony and Bavarian State orchestras. He returns to the Royal Festival Hall in April 2023 for two concerts with the LPO – a programme of Ustvolskaya, Hindemith and Prokofiev with violinist Gil Shaham (19 April) and a programme of Telemann, Ravel, Ibert and Strauss (22 April) – followed by a third concert on 6 May which includes Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the London Philharmonic Choir.

In September 2021 Vladimir became Music Director at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Since 2017 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and in 2021 stepped down from his decade as Artistic Director of the Russian State Academic Symphony Orchestra to become its Honorary Conductor. He has previously held the positions of First Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper, Berlin (1997–2001), Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (2000–03), Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra (2005–09), and Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2001–13).

The LPO has released a wide selection of Vladimir Jurowski’s live recordings with the Orchestra on its own label, including the complete symphonies of Brahms and Tchaikovsky; Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 8; and works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Julian Anderson and Vladimir Martynov. In 2017 the Orchestra released a 7-CD box set of Jurowski’s LPO recordings in celebration of his 10th anniversary as Principal Conductor, and July this year saw the first of a three-volume Stravinsky series featuring The Rite of Spring and The Firebird (LPO-0123). The second volume is planned for release in spring 2023.

Vladimir enjoys close relationships with the world’s most distinguished artistic institutions, collaborating with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras, the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago and Boston symphony orchestras.

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Programme notes Gustav Mahler 1860–1911

Symphony No. 9 1908–11

1 Andante comodo 2 Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers 3 Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai 4 Adagio Although the Ninth Symphony occupied Mahler intermittently between 1908 and 1911, he wrote most of the work in the summer of 1909, when he took his annual composing holiday in the Dolomites. Two years earlier, he had been prostrated by the death of his elder daughter at the age of four; since then, his own serious heart condition had been diagnosed, and he had had to modify his strenuous way of life. After many years of struggle, he had resigned as music director of the Vienna Opera; during 1908 he had been conducting at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; in the autumn of 1909 he was also to take up a new contract as conductor of the New York Philharmonic. The following summer, after his first New York season, he began sketching his Tenth Symphony, but that was to remain in draft form on his death in May 1911: so the Ninth was his last completed symphony. Its first performance took place in Vienna in June 1912, under the direction of Mahler’s younger colleague Bruno Walter.

The Symphony is scored for a large orchestra, especially numerous in the woodwind section (with a total of 20 players), but without any of the unusual extra instruments that had found a place in Mahler’s previous two symphonies. As in all his music, the scoring is fastidiously detailed; there are remarkably few tuttis (passages for the full orchestra), and there are some moments of extraordinary bareness, using the extreme high and low registers with nothing in the middle. The treatment of tonality is very free, with episodes firmly

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Programme notes rooted in a key alternating with episodes in which the key-centre shifts constantly, and with one of Mahler’s typical ‘progressive’ key-schemes, beginning in one key and ending in another.

the time of the Ländler or its city cousin, the waltz: the treatment is sometimes deadpan, sometimes affectionate, and sometimes deliberately banal.

The Rondo-Burleske third movement is reliably reported to have been headed at one stage with a dedication ‘to my brothers in Apollo’, clearly meaning the fellow members of the musical profession who had made Mahler’s career in Vienna so uncomfortable. It is an exercise in rough-hewn, un-academic counterpoint on brusque, constantly evolving melodic motifs; towards the end, there is an extended episode of visionary calm, in D major, the key of the first movement, but this is gradually overcome by the earlier material, and the ending is savage.

As for the overall shape of the work, it is unconventional: a very long opening movement which fluctuates in tempo but is essentially slow; a central pair of scherzolike movements, the first in 3/4 dance rhythms and the second in duple time; and a long, slow finale. This outline has been compared to that of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony of 1893. But there are also precedents for closing slow movements in Mahler’s own music, in the final Adagio of the Third Symphony, and in ‘Der Abschied’, the prolonged farewell to life that closes Mahler’s previous work before the Ninth, the songsymphony Das Lied von der Erde.

The very slow finale is in D flat major, a semitone lower than the initial key. It has a warmly sustained, hymn-like main theme which is varied and developed on its two subsequent reappearances; these statements alternate with two subsidiary episodes in C sharp minor, the second of them beginning with an allusion to a gentle rocking figure from ‘Der Abschied’ and reaching a despairing climax. The hymn-like main melody not only incorporates the ‘Lebewohl’ motif but also gradually absorbs fragments from the bitterly parodistic RondoBurleske: a potent musical metaphor for a kind of psychological healing process, a reintegration of a damaged personality. And there is a further symbolic gesture in the coda, a high violin line which quotes from Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder (‘Songs on the Death of Children’), which he had written some years before the death of his daughter. This leads to an ending that is not disturbed but deeply peaceful – suggesting that the composer has won his way to a state of mind in which he can contemplate the frustrations and tragedies of his life, and even the inevitability of his own death, in a mood of calm acceptance.

The opening movement of the Ninth Symphony begins (at an ‘easy walking pace’) in the spare, bleak mood of ‘Der Abschied’, with a four-note harp motif and little rocking string figures ushering in a halting, sorrowing violin melody. This is followed shortly by the first appearance of the main contrasting idea, a more despairing melody in the minor key; this later returns in a more animated version, arriving at brass fanfares which mark the end of the opening section. The development begins with a syncopated rhythm in the horns which may suggest Mahler’s irregular heartbeat, and the return of the four-note motif. Rondo-like restatements of the first theme, in varied forms but in its original key, alternate with vehement episodes working up to two powerful climaxes. In the wake of the second of these, the faltering heart rhythm returns on strident trombones, and the harp ostinato also returns on timpani with the steady tread of a funeral march. This passage leads directly to a varied reprise of the main themes, followed by a coda which dies away to nothing.

Programme note © Anthony Burton

This first movement frequently hints at a three-note descending horn-call figure borrowed from Beethoven’s piano sonata ‘Les Adieux’, in which it represents the word ‘Lebewohl’, (‘farewell’), addressed to a friend who was leaving Vienna. And a recurring variant of the first subject brings its melodic shape very close to that of a Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss the younger, called Freut euch des Lebens (‘Enjoy life’). These references suggest that Mahler was taking his leave, if not yet of life, then of the city that had played such a big part in his career. And this is all but confirmed by the two central movements. The second movement is a scherzo in the ‘easygoing’ Austrian dance rhythm of the Ländler, with two more volatile trio sections also in

Recommended recordings

by Laurie Watt Mahler: Symphony No. 9 London Philharmonic Orchestra | Klaus Tennstedt (Warner Classics: part of a complete set) or Berlin Philharmonic | Sir John Barbirolli (Warner) or Berlin Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon)

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In memory of Laurie Lovelle

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1948–2022

Tonight’s concert is dedicated to the memory of Laurence (Laurie) Lovelle, who sadly died earlier this year, after retiring from the LPO in 2019 following 38 years as a much-loved member of the Double Bass section. Laurie is fondly remembered for the fun and humour he brought to those around him, as well as his fine musicianship.

Tonight’s conductor Vladimir Jurowski, who was the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor during Laurie’s latter years with the LPO, also recalls him fondly: ‘I have such wonderful memories of Laurie – always so calm, positive and cheerful! We had long chats in London and during tours, often not about music but about Chinese Tai chi, a passion we shared – he even once gave me a Tai chi lesson, during a long weekend in Aldeburgh with the LPO strings in 2007. When he left the LPO in 2019, he gave me an old LP of Mahler 8 with the LSO, Bernstein and the Highgate School Boys’ Choir – Laurie was one of those Highgate choristers back then in the early 1960s, so it was particularly special. Laurie and I both shared a love of Mahler, and I am honoured to dedicate our concert tonight to his memory.’

Laurie studied at the Guildhall School of Music, where he met his future wife and life companion, Julia.

He first played with the LPO under Bernard Haitink in 1971 before moving to the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon and later the Rotterdam Philharmonic. In 1981 he returned to the UK to join the LPO under Klaus Tennstedt, where he remained until his retirement.

Laurie’s colleague and friend, Principal Double Bass Kevin Rundell, recalls: ‘Laurie was a person who brought a wealth of experience to the LPO and who cared deeply for the music we play. He was kind, thoughtful and humorous. From the day I joined the Orchestra he was welcoming and supportive, and always prepared to let the section know when we were not playing correctly or sensitively. Outside the Orchestra, his life was rich and his interests wide. For many years he and Julia led groups trekking in Nepal, forming strong bonds with local people. At Glyndebourne during the long interval he could often be found guiding fellow orchestral members in Tai chi techniques. He was also an avid cinema-goer who never owned a television. After leaving the Orchestra he continued to spend many hours studying and playing the classical guitar. Laurie was a wonderful man with whom it was a pleasure and a privilege to make music.’

We warmly welcome members of Laurie’s family and friends this evening.

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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 Ladanyi-Czernin 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 KC 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)

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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 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 Aud Jebsen In memory of Mrs Rita Reay Sir Simon & Lady Robey OBE

Orchestra Circle

William & Alex de Winton Patricia Haitink Mr & Mrs Philip Kan Neil Westreich The American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal Associates

Richard Buxton Gill & Garf Collins In memory of Brenda Lyndoe Casbon In memory of Ann Marguerite Collins Sally Groves MBE George Ramishvili

Associates

Mrs Irina Andreeva In memory of Len & Edna Beech Steven M. Berzin Ms Veronika BorovikKhilchevskaya The Candide Trust Irina Gofman & Mr Rodrik V. G. Cave The Lambert Family Charitable Trust Countess Dominique Loredan Stuart & Bianca Roden In memory of Hazel Amy Smith The Tsukanov Family The Viney Family

Gold Patrons

An anonymous donor Chris Aldren David & Yi Buckley In memory of Allner Mavis Channing Sonja Drexler Jan & Leni Du Plessis The Vernon Ellis Foundation Peter & Fiona Espenhahn Hamish & Sophie Forsyth Mr Roger Greenwood Malcolm Herring

Mr & Mrs Ralph Kanza Mrs Elena & Mr Oleg Kolobov Rose & Dudley Leigh Wg. Cdr. & Mrs M T Liddiard OBE JP RAF Drs Frank & Gek Lim Mr Nicholas Little Geoff & Meg Mann Mrs Elizabeth Meshkvicheva Andrew T Mills Peter & Lucy Noble Mr Roger Phillimore Mr Michael Posen Mr Anthony Salz Ms Nadia Stasyuk Charlotte Stevenson Joe Topley Mr & Mrs John C Tucker Timothy Walker CBE AM Jenny Watson CBE Grenville & Krysia Williams

John & Angela Kessler Julian & Gill Simmonds Eric Tomsett Andrew & Rosemary Tusa Guy & Utti Whittaker Mr Florian Wunderlich

Silver Patrons

Dame Colette Bowe David Burke & Valerie Graham John & Sam Dawson Bruno De Kegel Ulrike & Benno Engelmann Virginia Gabbertas MBE Dmitry & Ekaterina Gursky The Jeniffer & Jonathan Harris Charitable Trust Catherine Høgel & Ben Mardle Sir George Iacobescu Jamie & Julia Korner Mr & Mrs Makharinsky Mr Nikita Mishin Andrew Neill Tom & Phillis Sharpe Mr & Mrs John & Susi Underwood Laurence Watt Grenville & Krysia Williams

Principal Supporters

Anonymous donors Dr Manon Antoniazzi Julian & Annette Armstrong Mr John D Barnard Mr Geoffrey Bateman Mr Philip Bathard-Smith Mrs A Beare Dr Anthony Buckland Dr Simona Cicero & Mr Mario Altieri Mr Peter Coe Mrs Pearl Cohen David & Liz Conway Mr Alistair Corbett Ms Mary Anne Cordeiro Ms Elena Dubinets Mr Richard Fernyhough Jason George Mr Christian Grobel Prof Emeritus John Gruzelier Mark & Sarah Holford Mrs Maureen Hooft-Graafland Per Jonsson Mr Ian Kapur Ms Kim J Koch Ms Elena Lojevsky Mrs Terry Neale John Nickson & Simon Rew Oliver & Josie Ogg Ms Olga Ovenden Mr James Pickford Filippo Poli Sir Bernard Rix Mr Robert Ross Priscylla Shaw

Bronze Patrons

Anonymous donors Michael Allen Mr Mark Astaire Nicholas & Christine Beale Mikhail Noskov & Vasilina Bindley Mr Anthony Blaiklock Lorna & Christopher Bown Mr Bernard Bradbury Simon Burke & Rupert King Desmond & Ruth Cecil Mr Evgeny Chichvarkin Mr John H Cook Georgy Djaparidze Deborah Dolce Cameron & Kathryn Doley Mariana Eidelkind & Gene Moldavsky David Ellen Ben Fairhall Mr Richard & Helen Gillingwater Mr Daniel Goldstein David & Jane Gosman Mr Gavin Graham Lord & Lady Hall Mrs Dorothy Hambleton Martin & Katherine Hattrell Michael & Christine Henry Mr Steve Holliday J Douglas Home

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Martin & Cheryl Southgate Mr & Mrs G Stein Dr Peter Stephenson Joanna Williams Christopher Williams Ms Elena Ziskind

Supporters

Anonymous donors Ralph & Elizabeth Aldwinckle Mr & Mrs Robert Auerbach Mrs Julia Beine Harvey Bengen Miss YolanDa Brown Miss Yousun Chae Mr Julien Chilcott-Monk Alison Clarke & Leo Pilkington Mr Joshua Coger Miss Tessa Cowie Mr David Devons Patricia Dreyfus Mr Martin Fodder Christopher Fraser OBE Will Gold Ray Harsant Mr Peter Imhof The Jackman Family Mr David MacFarlane Dame Jane Newell DBE Mr Stephen Olton Mari Payne Mr David Peters Ms Edwina Pitman Mr & Mrs Graham & Jean Pugh Mr Giles Quarme Mr Kenneth Shaw Mr Brian Smith Ms Rika Suzuki Tony & Hilary Vines Dr June Wakefield Mr John Weekes Mr C D Yates

Hon. Benefactor Elliott Bernerd

Hon. Life Members Alfonso Aijón Kenneth Goode Carol Colburn Grigor CBE Pehr G Gyllenhammar Robert Hill Victoria Robey OBE Mrs Jackie Rosenfeld OBE Timothy Walker CBE AM Laurence Watt

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Thank you

Thomas Beecham Group Members

David & Yi Buckley 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

Corporate Donor Barclays

LPO Corporate Circle Principal Berenberg Bloomberg Carter-Ruck French Chamber of Commerce

Tutti

Trusts and Foundations

Board of the American Friends of the LPO

ABO Trust BlueSpark Foundation The Boltini Trust Borrows Charitable Trust The Candide Trust Cockayne – Grants for the Arts The London Community Foundation The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Dunard Fund Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Foyle Foundation Garrick Charitable Trust John Horniman’s Children’s Trust John Thaw Foundation Institute Adam Mickiewicz Kirby Laing Foundation The Marchus Trust The Radcliffe Trust Rivers Foundation Rothschild Foundation Scops Arts Trust Sir William Boremans' Foundation The John S Cohen Foundation The Stanley Picker Trust The Thriplow Charitable Trust Vaughan Williams Foundation The Victoria Wood Foundation The Viney Family The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust

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 Kara Boyle Jon Carter Jay Goffman Alexandra Jupin Natalie Pray Damien Vanderwilt Elizabeth Winter Catherine Høgel Hon. Director Jenifer L. Keiser, CPA, EisnerAmper LLP

LPO International Board of Governors Natasha Tsukanova Co-Chair Martin Höhmann Co-Chair Mrs Irina Andreeva Steven M. Berzin Veronika Borovik-Khilchevskaya Marie-Laure Favre Gilly de Varennes de Bueil Aline Foriel-Destezet Irina Gofman Countess Dominique Loredan Olivia Ma George Ramishvili Sophie Schÿler-Thierry Jay Stein

and all others who wish to remain anonymous.

Lazard Walpole

Trialist Sciteb

Preferred Partners Gusbourne Estate Jeroboams Lindt & Sprüngli Ltd OneWelbeck Steinway

In-kind Sponsor Google Inc

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London Philharmonic Orchestra • 3 December 2022 • Jurowski conducts Mahler

London Philharmonic Orchestra Administration Board of Directors

Dr Catherine C. Høgel Chair Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE Vice-Chair Martin Höhmann* President Mark Vines* Vice-President Kate Birchall* David Buckley David Burke Bruno De Kegel Deborah Dolce Elena Dubinets Tanya Joseph Hugh Kluger* Katherine Leek* Al MacCuish Minn Majoe* Tania Mazzetti* Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Andrew Tusa Neil Westreich Simon Freakley (Ex officio – Chairman of the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra) *Player-Director

Advisory Council

Martin Höhmann Chairman Christopher Aldren Dr Manon Antoniazzi Roger Barron Richard Brass Helen Brocklebank YolanDa Brown Simon Burke Simon Callow CBE Desmond Cecil CMG Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG Andrew Davenport Guillaume Descottes Cameron Doley Christopher Fraser OBE Jonathan Harris CBE FRICS Marianna Hay MBE Nicholas Hely-Hutchinson DL Amanda Hill Rehmet Kassim-Lakha Jamie Korner Geoff Mann Clive Marks OBE FCA Stewart McIlwham Andrew Neill Nadya Powell Sir Bernard Rix Victoria Robey OBE Baroness Shackleton

Thomas Sharpe KC Julian Simmonds Barry Smith Nicholas Snowman OBE Martin Southgate Chris Viney Laurence Watt Elizabeth Winter

Finance

General Administration

Education and Community

Frances Slack Finance Director Dayse Guilherme Finance Manager Jean-Paul Ramotar Finance and IT Officer

Elena Dubinets Artistic Director

Talia Lash Education and Community Director

David Burke Chief Executive Chantelle Vircavs PA to the Executive

Harrie Mayhew Website Manager Gavin Miller Sales and Ticketing Manager Ruth Haines Press and PR Manager Greg Felton Digital Creative Hayley Kim Marketing Co-ordinator Alicia Hartley Marketing Assistant

Lowri Davies Hannah Foakes Education and Community Project Managers

Archives

Roanna Gibson Concerts and Planning Director

Hannah Smith Education and Community Co-ordinator

Gillian Pole Recordings Archive

Graham Wood Concerts and Recordings Manager

Development

Concert Management

Laura Willis Development Director

Maddy Clarke Tours Manager

Rosie Morden Individual Giving Manager

Alison Jones Concerts and Recordings Co-ordinator

Siân Jenkins Corporate Relations Manager

Robert Winup Concerts and Tours Assistant

Anna Quillin Trusts and Foundations Manager

Matthew Freeman Recordings Consultant

Katurah Morrish Development Events Manager

Andrew Chenery Orchestra Personnel Manager

Eleanor Conroy Al Levin Development Assistants

Sarah Thomas Martin Sargeson Librarians

Nick Jackman Campaigns and Projects Director

Laura Kitson Stage and Operations Manager

Kirstin Peltonen Development Associate

Stephen O’Flaherty Deputy Operations Manager

Marketing

Felix Lo Orchestra and Auditions Manager

Kath Trout Marketing and Communications Director Sophie Harvey Marketing Manager Rachel Williams Publications Manager

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Philip Stuart Discographer

Professional Services Charles Russell Speechlys Solicitors Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP Auditors Dr Barry Grimaldi Honorary Doctor Mr Chris Aldren Honorary ENT Surgeon Mr Simon Owen-Johnstone Hon. Orthopaedic Surgeon 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 Cover illustration Simon Pemberton/Heart 2022/23 season identity JMG Studio Printer John Good Ltd