Fairfield Halls September 14 - June 15

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

OCTOBER 14JUNE 15 www.rpo.co.uk

FAIRFIELD HALLS

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Welcome

Acknowledged as one of the UK’s most prestigious orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra enjoys an international reputation for bringing first-class performances and the highest possible standards of music-making to audiences across the world.

The 2014–2015 season at Fairfield Halls is no exception, as the Orchestra returns to Croydon for an extended series of sensational concerts, highlighting some of the most celebrated orchestral masterpieces, choral classics and film music thrillers, plus the ever-popular Christmas Celebration with John Rutter.

With an esteemed line-up of worldwide talent, the Orchestra is delighted to be performing with acclaimed conductors Kirill Karabits, Alexander Shelley and Eduardo Portal, to name just a few, alongside exceptional soloists, including Martin Roscoe, Natalie Clein and Janina Fialkowska.

Plus, we have some fantastic discounts available for our subscription bookers and up to 35% off all ticket prices for groups. Please see booking page for more details.

With our brand new season full of the music that you know and love, we very much look forward to welcoming you to a concert soon!

Ian Maclay

Managing Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

“ There's absolutely no vanity

in his playing, which is bright, clean and unfailingly communicative. In his hands, the Mozartian oeuvre emerged with striking vividness.”

Leon McCawley

International Piano

The Great Classics Wed 29 October 2014 7.30pm

Schubert

Symphony No.8, ‘Unfinished’

Mozart

Piano Concerto No.23

Mendelssohn

Symphony No.3, ‘Scottish’ Conductor : Kirill Karabits Piano: Leon McCawley

With one of the most celebrated tunes in the world, Schubert’s famously ‘unfinished’ two-movement Symphony is both beautiful and mysterious; a small masterpiece beloved by performers and audiences alike. Praised for the purity of his lyrical and heartfelt performances, Leon McCawley performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.23 – a product of one of Mozart’s greatest Viennese years.

Tonight’s concert also features one of Mendelssohn’s stirring evocations of the natural world: his romantic recreation of the dramatic Scottish coast in his Third Symphony, directed by the world-renowned conductor and winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor Award in 2013, Kirill Karabits.

Film Music Gala Wed 12 November 2014 7.30pm Programme to include music from: Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park, The Great Escape, Chariots of Fire, Indiana Jones, Rocky, Gladiator, Out of Africa, The Lord of the Rings, Schindler’s List, The Mission, Star Wars®… and many more!

Conductor: Michael Seal Violin: Clio Gould A sensational concert for all the family, the Orchestra performs award-winning film music by celebrated composers, including John Williams, John Barry, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone and Elmer Bernstein; a magical programme of music from all-time classic films to recent Hollywood blockbusters.

Clio Gould & Michael Seal

“ Alessio Bax made his first entry

and it was clear within minutes that here at last was a pianist with the style, the sound, the breadth of technique and, above all, the ability to listen and participate in a spontaneous give-and-take interpretation.”

The Times

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Wed 4 February 2015 7.30pm

Glinka

Ruslan and Ludmila Overture

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No.2

John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration Sat 13 December 2014 7.30pm Composer/Conductor: John Rutter Organ: Jamie McVinnie London Youth Choir The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the inimitable John Rutter are delighted to return to Fairfield Halls for a Christmas extravaganza that is not to be missed. Kick-start the celebrations with a night of festive favourites, sing-along carols and a selection of John Rutter’s magnificent music that has delighted audiences across the world.

Beethoven

Symphony No.5 Conductor: Alexander Shelley Piano: Alessio Bax With glorious melodies, extensive lyricism and divine harmonies, it’s no wonder Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 is regarded by many as the greatest, and recreating these memorable moments is the young virtuoso Alessio Bax. A dazzling curtain raiser and another uniquely Russian masterpiece, Glinka’s whirlwind Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila has an exclusive combination of earthly exuberance and heroic feeling.

Alexander Shelley, a remarkable young conductor, leads the Orchestra through this concert full of energy and splendour. We end with Beethoven’s legendary Fifth Symphony, a work that changed the face of music forever with its opening four-note motif.

Janina Fialkowska

“ Fialkowska was always one

of those ‘best-kept secret’ pianists, loved by connoisseurs for her tonal refinement and exquisite musical taste, but her ordeal seems to have released a new lease of life in her music-making... the playing is sheer bliss.”

The Sunday Times

Janina Fialkowska Performs Mozart Wed 25 March 2015 7.30pm

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture

Mozart

Piano Concerto No.24

Dvořák

Symphony No.8 Conductor: Michał Nesterowicz Piano: Janina Fialkowska

Enchanting audiences worldwide, esteemed virtuoso Janina Fialkowska performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.24. At the summit of Mozart’s creative genius, the work’s unique quality is fashioned through the ominous darkness of the minor key, and a touch of Mozart’s elegance, rendering it all the more poignant.

Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture depicts the Scottish scenery at Fingal’s Cave with mysteriously intense melodies and calmer passages, capturing both the stormy tides and still waters. Dvo ák’s Eighth Symphony is one of his most exuberant works, drawing on Bohemian folk music for inspiration.

Choral Classics Wed 8 April 2015 7.30pm

Handel

Zadok the Priest

Vaughan Williams

Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

Parry

Blest Pair of Sirens

Mozart

Exsultate, jubilate

Fauré

Requiem Conductor: David Hill Soprano: Susanna Hurrell Baritone: Benedict Nelson The Bach Choir An evening of choral grandeur with British stars Susanna Hurrell and Benedict Nelson, directed by one of the leading choral directors in the UK and Musical Director of The Bach Choir, David Hill.

The programme includes the magnificent and most famous of Handel’s four Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest; an example of Vaughan Williams’ sumptuous string writing and sweeping melodies in his Five Variants of Dives and Lazurus; and a rich and soulful finale in Fauré’s beautiful Requiem.

“ Susanna Hurrell gives a

scintillating performance as the defiant queen, scorching her tormentors in arias of brilliance and precision… quite the equal of many already on the circuit.”

The Independent

Tchaikovsky Gala Wed 29 April 2015 7.30pm

Tchaikovsky

Marche Slave Piano Concerto No.1 Symphony No.6, ‘Pathétique’ Conductor: Garry Walker Piano: Martin Roscoe A spectacular concert that pays tribute to the genius of Tchaikovsky, opening with the patriotic Marche Slave, full of traditional Russian folk melodies and elements of the Russian national anthem.

From one exuberant ending to a triumphant beginning, Martin Roscoe, one of Britain’s most beloved pianists, introduces the thunderous opening chords of Tchaikovsky’s sublime and hugely admired Piano Concerto No.1. Completing the Tchaikovsky Gala is a work that encapsulates the composer’s emotional power: Tchaikovsky’s greatest and final symphonic manuscript, his tragic Symphony No.6, ‘Pathétique’.

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Scheherazade Wed 20 May 2015 7.30pm

Smetana

The Bartered Bride Overture

Dvořák

Cello Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Conductor: Eduardo Portal Cello: Natalie Clein

A display of quintessentially Czech music from two Bohemian legends, with Smetana’s exhilarating Overture to his first and most enduring comic opera The Bartered Bride and Dvo ák’s magnificent Cello Concerto, performed by world-class cellist Natalie Clein.

Although composed in America, it expresses the melodic inflections derived from Czech folk music with a continuous flow of invention and lyricism.

Young Spanish maestro Eduardo Portal leads the Orchestra in the tale of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ in Rimsky-Korsakov’s colourful epic, Scheherazade. A haunting solo violin (Scheherazade), menacing brass fanfares (the Sultan) and the strumming of a harp present a mystical far-away land.

Eduardo Portal & Natalie Clein

Duncan Riddell

The Summer Classics Wed 17 June 2015 7.30pm

Dvořák Carnival Overture Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves

Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variartions: Nimrod Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending

Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture Bizet Carmen: Prelude and Aragonaise, Les Toréadors

Sibelius Karelia Suite: March Massenet Thaïs: Meditation Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture

Conductor: John Rigby Violin: Duncan Riddell Begin your summer in style with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s seasonal extravaganza.

The concert opens with Dvo ák’s exciting carnival scene and features two of Vaughan Williams’ evocations of pastoral England. This concert highlights orchestral miniatures packed full of exhilarating and memorable melodies, with music from all over the globe.

The Orchestra’s acclaimed leader Duncan Riddell performs Massenet’s captivating Thaïs: Meditation, and award-winning conductor and musical director John Rigby leads the Orchestra in a programme that concludes with Tchaikovsky’s explosive 1812 Overture.

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Pricing Structure Number of concerts booked

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Balcony

1-2: Standard Price

£30.00

£28.00

£25.00

£19.00

£12.00

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3–4 (10% Discount)

£27.00

£25.00

£22.50

£17.00

£10.50

5–6 (15% Discount)

.50

£25

.50

£23

£21

£16

£10

7+ (20% Discount)

£24

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£22

£20

£15

£9.50

Under 25s/ Full-Time Students

£8.00

£8.00

£8.00

£8.00

£8.00

(Any concert, any seat, no bulk discount)

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Upper Stalls

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Front Stalls

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Discounts**

Groups of 10+

18 and under

Groups of 30+

Young People

All group members receive a free programme and the organiser receives two free tickets.

Schools

020 8603 3973 groupbooking@fairfield.co.uk

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Buy 1 full price adult ticket for any RPO concert and get 2 free ‘18 and under’ tickets.

35% off all ticket prices

Contact Fairfield Halls' Group Booker to book tickets:

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Platform

Group offers* 25% off all ticket prices

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Young people aged 19-25 pay only £8 for all seating areas.

For details of our excellent school party discounts with free teachers’ tickets, please call our Group Booker on 020 8603 3973.

* G roup offers available on single concert prices only. Offer cannot be combined with Subscription Series or any other offers/discounts. **Discounts are subject to availability and cannot be combined with any other offer/promotion. All information correct at time of going to press.

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