London Philharmonic Orchestra 1960 - 1973

This lists the concerts given by the orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall. From June 1965 until February 1966, the Royal Festival Hall was closed for refurbishment. During this time the orchestra gave concerts in the Fairfield Hall and the Royal Albert Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra 1960 – 1961 season 29th Season Sunday 25 September 1960 Jascha Horenstein The Wasps, Overture VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Peter Katin, piano Thursday 29 September 1960 Sir Adrian Boult The Marriage of Figaro, Overture MOZART Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 MAHLER Isaac Stern, violin Tuesday 4 October 1960 Jascha Horenstein Much Ado About Nothing, Overture KORNGOLD Meditations for Orchestra VON EINEM Violin Concerto BERG Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli TIPPETT Chamber Symphony SCHOENBERG Isaac Stern, violin Thursday 13 October 1960 Hugo Rignold Don Juan RICHARD STRAUSS Fantasia para un gentilhombre RODRIGO Love the Magician, Ballet Suite FALLA Guitar Solos (Torroba, Turina, Albeniz) Capriccio Espagnol RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Andrés Segovia, guitar Josephine Veasey, mezzo soprano Sunday 23 October 1960 Hugo Rignold Der Freischütz, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Moura Lympany, piano Thursday 3 November 1960 John Pritchard Symphony in C major BIZET La vida breve, extracts FALLA Operatic Arias (Rossini, Bizet) Symphony No. 5 SIBELIUS Victoria de los Angeles, soprano Tuesday 8 November 1960 John Pritchard From the House of the Dead, Suite JANACEK Les Offrandes Oubliées MESSIAEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTOK Symphony No. 3 FRICKER Hephzibah Menuhin, piano Thursday 17 November 1960 Jaroslav Krombholc Wallenstein’s Camp SMETANA Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 DVORAK Moura Lympany, piano Sunday 27 November 1960 Jaroslav Krombholc Oberon, Overture WEBER Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ DVORAK Salvatore Accardo, violin Thursday 8 December 1960 Sir Adrian Boult Variations on a Theme by Haydn BRAHMS Violin Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 7, ‘Sinfonia Antarctica’ VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Gioconda de Vito, violin Iris Kells, soprano Tuesday 13 December 1960 Jaroslav Krombholc The Mystery of the Nativity FRANK MARTIN April Cantelo, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor Alfred Hallett, tenor Duncan Robertson, tenor John Carol Case, baritone Denis Dowling, baritone Owen Brannigan, bass Marion Nowakowski, bass London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 17 January 1961 Sir Adrian Boult Dance Concerto (Phalaphala) RAINIER Violin Concerto ELGAR A Colour Symphony BLISS Alfredo Campoli, violin Thursday 26 January 1961 Kirill Kondrashin Mother Goose, Suite RAVEL Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 9 SHOSTAKOVICH Geza Anda, piano Sunday 5 February 1961 Kirill Kondrashin Abu Hassan, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’ MENDELSSOHN Tannhäuser, Overture WAGNER Sergio Varella-Cid, piano Thursday 16 February 1961 Colin Davis Leonore No. 2, Overture BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto KHACHATURIAN The Planets HOLST Alberto Lysy, violin Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 21 February 1961 Colin Davis Theme and Variations, Op. 43b SCHOENBERG Violin Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony in C major STRAVINSKY David Oistrakh, violin Thursday 2 March 1961 Sir Adrian Boult Mass in B minor BACH Heather Harper, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor Richard Standen, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 12 March 1961 Sir Malcolm Sargent A London Overture IRELAND Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS Beryl Kimber, violin Thursday 23 March 1961 Sir Malcolm Sargent Semiramide, Overture ROSSINI Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 WALTON Wilhelm Backhaus, piano Tuesday 28 March 1961 Sir Malcolm Sargent Fantasia Concertante for Violin and String Orchestra SEIBER King David, symphonic psalm HONEGGER Max Rostal, violin Mary Wells, soprano Pamela Bowden, contralto Alexander Young, soprano Ralph Downes, bass Richard Attenborough, narrator London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 6 April 1961 Pierre Monteux Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BACH Prélude á l’après-midi d’un faune DEBUSSY Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Lili Kraus, piano Tuesday 2 May 1961 Pierre Monteux Protée, Suite MILHAUD Symphony No. 3 PIJPER Jeux DEBUSSY Mathis der Maler, Symphony HINDEMITH Thursday 11 May 1961 Sir Malcolm Sargent Benvenuto Cellini, Overture BERLIOZ Tapiola SIBELIUS Piano Concerto No. 1 LISZT Totentanz LISZT La mer DEBUSSY Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano Sunday 21 May 1961 Harry Newstone Symphony No. 101, ‘Clock’ HAYDN Piano Concerto No. 23 MOZART Symphony No. 5 BEETHOVEN Colin Horsley, piano Tuesday 30 May 1961 John Pritchard Fairy Drama for Speaker, Voices and Orchestra SKALKOTTAS Guitar Concerto CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Guitar Solos Parade SATIE Margaret Leighton, speaker Arda Mandikian, soprano Andrés Segovia, guitar Thursday 1 June 1961 Charles Münch Elegy in memory of Serge Koussevitzky HANSON Piano Concerto in D minor BACH Brandenburg Concerto No, 5 BACH Symphony No. 3 ROUSSEL Rosalyn Tureck, keyboard Henry Daytner, flute David Sandeman, flute Sunday 11 June 1961 John Pritchard The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano Thursday 15 June 1961 Bruno Maderna Symphony No. 29 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 MOZART Piano Concerto in G major RAVEL Circus Polka STRAVINSKY Tango STRAVINSKY Scherzo a la Russe STRAVINSKY Philippe Entremont, piano Thursday 29 June 1961 Massimo Freccia Anacreon, Overture CHERUBINI Violin Concerto BRAHMS Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI The Firebird, Suite STRAVINSKY Nathan Milstein, violin London Philharmonic Orchestra 1961 – 1962 season 30th Season Thursday 28 September 1961 Alexander Gibson Coriolan, Overture BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto No. 2 BARTOK Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Yehudi Menuhin, violin Tuesday 3 October 1961 Sir Eugene Goossens Scapino, Overture WALTON Piano Concerto No. 2 REIZENSTEIN Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER Franz Reizenstein, piano Sunday 8 October 1961 Josef Krips Don Juan RICHARD STRAUSS Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Gina Bachauer, piano Thursday 12 October 1961 Josef Krips Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano Norma Procter, contralto John Mitchinson, tenor Donald Bell, bass London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 26 October 1961 Sir Adrian Boult Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’ SCHUMANN Elegy BEETHOVEN A German Requiem BRAHMS Heather Harper, soprano Thomas Hemsley, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 5 November 1961 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Fou Ts’ong, piano Thursday 9 November 1961 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Symphony No. 92, ‘Oxford’ HAYDN Piano Concerto No. 24 MOZART Symphony No. 7 DVORAK Clifford Curzon, piano Monday 13 November 1961 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Symphony in Three Movements STRAVINSKY Petite Symphonie Concertante for Harp, Harpsichord, Piano and Strings MARTIN Don Quixote RICHARD STRAUSS Osian Ellis, harp George Malcolm, harpsichord Colin Horsley, piano Keith Harvey, cello John Coulting, viola Thursday 23 November 1961 John Pritchard Pulcinella, Suite STRAVINSKY Double Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 5 NIELSEN Isaac Stern, violin Leonard Rose, cello Tuesday 5 December 1961 Ferenc Fricsay Two Portraits BARTOK Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK Geza Anda, piano Thursday 7 December 1961 Ferenc Fricsay Symphony KODALY Violin Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin Thursday 18 January 1962 Sir Malcolm Sargent Gloria in Excelsis Deo WALTON Viola Concerto WALTON Belshazzar’s Feast WALTON John Coulling, viola Owen Brannigan, bass Marjorie Thomas, soprano Ronald Dowd, tenor London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 30 January 1962 Sir Adrian Boult The Perfect Fool, Ballet Music HOLST Music for Strings BLISS The Garden of Fand BAX Sancta Civitas VAUGHAN WILLIAMS John Carol Case, baritone Goldsmiths Choral Union Thursday 1 February 1962 John Pritchard Ritual Dances from A Midsummer Marriage TIPPETT Piano Concerto No. 21 MOZART Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’ BEETHOVEN Moura Lympany, piano Sunday 4 February 1962 Charles Groves Der Freischutz, Overture WEBER Willow Song and Ave Maria from Otello VERDI Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux from Le Cid MASSENET Exsultate jubilate MOZART Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra BRITTEN Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Joan Hammond, soprano Thursday 15 February 1962 Sir Malcolm Sargent Die Meistersinger, Prelude WAGNER Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Brigg Fair DELIUS The Firebird, Ballet Suite STRAVINSKY Abbey Simon, piano Thursday 20 February 1962 John Pritchard Sea Drift DELIUS Piano Concerto for the Left Hand RAVEL The Rite of Spring STRAVINSKY Vlado Perlemuter, piano Donald Bell, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 17 April 1962 Paul Hindemith Mass in E minor BRUCKNER An American Requiem (When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloom’d) HINDEMITH Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Thomas Hemsley, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 22 April 1962 John Pritchard Introduction and Allegro ELGAR Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ DVORAK John Ogdon, piano Sunday 6 May 1962 Josef Krips The Magic Flute, Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN Leon Fleisher, piano Thursday 10 May 1962 Josef Krips Leonore No. 3, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 WALTON Shura Cherkassky, piano Tuesday 15 May 1962 Josef Krips Sinfonia da Requiem BRITTEN Das Lied von der Erde MAHLER Kerstin Meyer, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor Thursday 24 May 1962 Josef Krips Symphony No. 3 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No 27 MOZART Till Eulenspiegel RICHARD STRAUSS Robert Casadesus, piano Sunday 3 June 1962 Paul Kletzki Hansel and Gretel, Overture HUMPERDINCK Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS Rudolf Serkin, piano Thursday 7 June 1962 Paul Kletzki Tragic Overture BRAHMS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Alfredo Campoli, violin Tuesday 12 June 1962 Paul Kletzki Symphony No. 2 HONEGGER Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra STRAVINSKY Manfred Symphony TCHAIKOVSKY Fou Ts’ong, piano Thursday 21 June 1962 Sir Adrian Boult Introduction and Allegro ELGAR Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Concertstück WEBER Totentanz LISZT Claudio Arrau, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra 1962 – 1963 season 31st Season Thursday 27 September 1962 John Pritchard Symphony for Brass and Percussion SCHULLER Daphnis and Chloe, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 RAVEL Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Gina Bachauer, piano London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 30 September 1962 Josef Krips Rosamunde, Overture SCHUBERT Enigma Variations ELGAR Piano Concerto SCHUMANN The Firebird, Suite (1919) STRAVINSKY Fou Ts’ong, piano Monday 8 October 1962 Josef Krips Symphony No. 4 MAHLER Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’ MOZART Eileen Poulter, soprano Tuesday 16 October 1962 John Pritchard Agon STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Also sprach Zarathustra RICHARD STRAUSS Zino Francescatti, violin Sunday 4 November 1962 Massimo Freccia Oberon, Overture WEBER Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonie Fantastique BERLIOZ Michael Rabin, violin Tuesday 6 November 1962 Bernard Haitink Coriolan, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3 BRUCKNER Moura Lympany, piano Thursday 8 November 1962 Frederic Jackson Elijah MENDELSSOHN Rae Woodland, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Duncan Robertson, tenor Donald Bell, bass London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 29 November 1962 John Pritchard Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 11 HANDEL Piano Concerto No. 3 BARTOK Le martyre de Saint Sebastien, excerpts DEBUSSY Symphony No. 2 WALTON Bela Siki, piano Sunday 2 December 1962 John Pritchard Royal Hunt and Storm from The Trojans BERLIOZ Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 8 DVORAK Henryk Szeryng, violin Tuesday 4 December 1962 Sir Adrian Boult Symphony No. 5 SCHUBERT Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 7, ‘Sinfonia Antarctica’ VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Peter Katin, piano Hazel Schmid, soprano London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 17 January 1963 John Pritchard Nobilissima Visione HINDEMITH Piano Concerto No. 20 MOZART Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments STRAVINSKY Cantata Academica BRITTEN Shura Cherkassky, piano Heather Harper, soprano Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Kenneth MacDonald, tenor Owen Brannigan, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 20 January 1963 John Pritchard Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 LISZT Totentanz LISZT Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ DVORAK Tamas Vasary, piano Tuesday 29 January 1963 Sir Adrian Boult Der Freischutz, Overture WEBER Violin Concerto BLOCH Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Yehudi Menuhin, violin Monday 11 February 1963 Arthur Fiedler The Hebrides, Overture MENDELSSOHN The Three Cornered Hat, Dances FALLA Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT Dances of Galanta KODALY Leonard Pennario, piano Sunday 17 February 1963 John Pritchard Signor Bruschino, Overture ROSSINI Three Excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream MENDELSSOHN Arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Magic Flute MOZART Prologue from Pagliacci LEONCAVALLO Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Geraint Evans, baritone Tuesday 26 February 1963 Sir Malcolm Sargent Parsifal, Prelude WAGNER Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra BARTOK Te Deum BERLIOZ Louis Kentner, piano Walter Midgley, tenor London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 14 March 1963 John Pritchard King Lear, Overture BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 21 MOZART Piano Concerto for the Left Hand RAVEL La Mer DEBUSSY Robert Casadesus, piano Sunday 17 March 1963 Sir Malcolm Sargent The Flying Dutchman, Overture WAGNER Piano Concerto No. 1 CHOPIN Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS Eric Heidsieck, piano Tuesday 19 March 1963 Dietfried Bernet Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto in D minor BACH Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Rosalyn Tureck, piano Monday 25 March 1963 John Pritchard The Bartered Bride, Overture SMETANA Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Harold in Italy BERLIOZ Paul Badura-Skoda, piano Thursday 18 April 1963 John Pritchard Verklärte Nacht SCHOENBERG Nocturne for Tenor and Orchestra BRITTEN Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’ MOZART Peter Pears, tenor Sunday 21 April 1963 John Pritchard Introduction and Allegro ELGAR Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Philippe Entremont, piano Monday 30 April 1963 John Pritchard Iberia DEBUSSY Flute and Harp Concerto MOZART The Planets, Suite HOLST Richard Adeney, flute Marisa Robles, harp London Philharmonic Choir Monday 13 May 1963 Josef Krips Leonore No. 3, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN Annie Fischer, piano Friday 17 May 1963 Josef Krips Symphony No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Annie Fischer, piano Thursday 23 May 1963 Josef Krips Symphony No. 4 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin Sunday 26 May 1963 Josef Krips Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’ BEETHOVEN Egmont, Overture BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 BEETHOVEN Tuesday 4 June 1963 Josef Krips Symphony No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor Donald Bell, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 16 June 1963 John Pritchard Love in Bath, Suite (arr. Beecham) HANDEL Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV John Ogdon, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra 1963 – 1964 season 32nd Season Sunday 22 September 1963 John Pritchard Don Juan RICHARD STRAUSS Exsultate jubilate MOZART The Firebird, Suite STRAVINSKY Hymn to the Sun, Aria from The Golden Cockerel RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphony No. 8 DVORAK Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano Sunday 29 September 1963 Pablo Casals El Pessebre, oratorio CASALS Olga Iglesias, soprano Norma Procter, contralto John Mitchinson, tenor Delme Bryn-Jones, baritone Forbes Robinson, bass David Sellar, boy soprano London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 24 October 1963 John Pritchard Philharmonic Overture MILHAUD Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 NIELSEN Rudolf Serkin, piano Tuesday 5 November 1963 Sir Adrian Boult Euryanthe, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 ELGAR Peter Katin, piano Sunday 17 November 1963 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 102 HAYDN Piano Concerto No. 2 LISZT Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Clifford Curzon, piano Tuesday 26 November 1963 Roberto Benzi Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’ PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 27 MOZART Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ DVORAK Fou Ts’ong, piano Thursday 5 December 1963 John Pritchard Symphonie Fantastique BERLIOZ Lélio, or the Return to Life BERLIOZ Alexander Young, tenor Peter Lehmann Bedford, actor Eric Porter, actor Tuesday 10 December 1963 Sir Adrian Boult Symphony No. 5 SCHUBERT Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV A Colour Symphony BLISS Moura Lympany, piano Sunday 15 December 1963 John Pritchard Christmas Oratorio CORELLI Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra BRITTEN A Symphonic Story of Jerome Kern ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT Henryk Szeryng, violin Friday 20 December 1963 John Pritchard The Messiah HANDEL Jeannette Sinclair, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Richard Lewis, tenor John Holmes, bass London Philharmonic Choir Friday 10 January 1964 John Pritchard Passacaglia and Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes BRITTEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Gina Bachauer, piano Saturday 18 January 1964 George Malcolm Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 BACH Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Nine Quadrilles MOZART Symphony No. 40 MOZART Tamas Vasary, piano Sunday 26 January 1964 Sir Malcolm Sargent Manfred, Overture SCHUMANN Siegfried Idyll WAGNER Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Enigma Variations ELGAR Shura Cherkassky, piano Thursday 30 January 1964 Norman del Mar Wozzeck, Fragments BERG Symphony of Psalms STRAVINSKY Don Quixote RICHARD STRAUSS Marie Collier, soprano Andre Navarra, cello Quintin Ballardie, viola London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 11 February 1964 Dietfried Bernet La Forza del Destino, Overture VERDI Double Concerto BRAHMS Der Rosenkavalier, Suite RICHARD STRAUSS Hary Janos, Suite KODALY Yan Pascal Tortelier, violin Paul Tortelier, cello Sunday 23 February 1964 John Pritchard The Perfect Fool, Ballet Suite HOLST Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Andor Foldes, piano Friday 28 February 1964 John Pritchard Posthorn Serenade MOZART Symphony No. 5 BEETHOVEN Il Maestro di Cappella CIMAROSA Geraint Evans, baritone Thursday 12 March 1964 Jascha Horenstein Symphony No. 7 MAHLER Saturday 21 March 1964 John Pritchard Overture Di Ballo SULLIVAN The Sorcerer’s Apprentice DUKAS Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Stephen Bishop, piano Tuesday 31 March 1964 Hermann Michael Two Nocturnes DEBUSSY Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Karl Engel, piano Tuesday 7 April 1964 John Pritchard Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 ENESCU Cello Concerto ELGAR Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS Jacqueline du Pre, cello Thursday 16 April 1964 John Pritchard War Requiem BRITTEN Heather Harper, soprano William McAlpine, tenor Hans Willbrink, baritone Melos Ensemble Highgate School Choir London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 19 April 1964 John Pritchard Trumpet Tune and Air PURCELL Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT The Golden Cockerel, Suite RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Ralph Izen, trumpet Alfredo Campoli, violin Tuesday 5 May 1964 John Pritchard Symphony in B flat major CHAUSSON Piano Concerto No. 23 MOZART Petrushka, ballet suite STRAVINSKY Annie Fischer, piano Sunday 10 May 1964 John Pritchard Symphony No. 7 SIBELIUS Piano Concerto GERSHWIN Peter and the Wolf PROKOFIEV Emperor Waltz JOHANN STRAUSS II Malcolm Binns, piano Odo Slobodskaya, narrator Thursday 14 May 1964 John Pritchard Fantasmagoria BURT Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony WEBERN Yehudi Menuhin, violin London Philharmonic Orchestra 1964 – 1965 season 33rd Season The Royal Festival Hall was closed for refurbishment from June 1964 to January 1965. The orchestra gave concerts in other venues during the closure. Sunday 20 September 1964 (Fairfield Hall, Croydon) Sir Adrian Boult The Flying Dutchman, Overture WAGNER Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 1 ELGAR Peter Katin, piano Tuesday 20 October 1964 (Royal Albert Hall) John Pritchard Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BARTOK Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS John Ogdon, piano Saturday 24 October 1964 (Fairfield Hall) John Pritchard Leonore No. 3, Overture BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto SIBELIUS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice DUKAS Szymon Goldberg, violin Wednesday 28 October 1964 (Royal Albert Hall) Massimo Freccia Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’ MOZART The Firebird, Suite STRAVINSKY Carmina Burana ORFF Anne Edwards, soprano John Hauxvell, baritone Francis Egerton, tenor London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 12 November 1964 (Royal Albert Hall) John Pritchard Egmont, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’ PROKOFIEV Totentanz LISZT Claudio Arrau, piano Saturday 14 November 1964 (Royal Albert Hall) John Pritchard Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra WEBER Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Claudio Arrau, piano Sunday 29 November 1964 (Fairfield Hall) Rudolf Schwarz Sinfonia da Requiem BRITTEN Cello Concerto ELGAR Symphony No. 5 TCHAIKOVSKY Jacqueline du Pre, cello Monday 14 December 1964 (Royal Albert Hall) Hermann Michael Der Freischutz, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 SCHUBERT Romeo and Juliet TCHAIKOVSKY Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Saturday 16 January 1965 (Fairfield Hall) Dietfried Bernet Dance Scene FRICKER Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathetique’ TCHAIKOVSKY Stephen Bishop, piano Sunday 24 January 1965 (Royal Albert Hall) Moshe Atzmon Carnival Overture DVORAK Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Louis Kentner, piano Tuesday 2 February 1965 Sir Adrian Boult Michael Tippett* Violin Concerto ELGAR A Child of our Time TIPPETT Yehudi Menuhin, violin Heather Harper, soprano Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Joseph Ward, tenor Forbes Robinson, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 7 February 1965 Jascha Horenstein Oberon, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 BRUCKNER John Browning, piano Tuesday 9 February 1965 Jascha Horenstein The Magic Flute, Overture MOZART Cello Concerto DVORAK Symphony No. 3 BRUCKNER Leonard Rose, cello Sunday 21 February 1965 Constantin Silvestri Partita WALTON Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 10 SHOSTAKOVICH Paul Badura-Skoda, piano Friday 26 February 1965 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’ SCHUMANN Piano Concerto No. 1 LISZT The Three Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2 FALLA John Ogdon, piano Sunday 7 March 1965 Evgeny Svetlanov Russlan and Ludmila, Overture GLINKA Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes VAINBERG Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Ida Haendel, violin Tuesday 9 March 1965 Evgeny Svetlanov Night on the Bare Mountain MUSSORGSKY Piano Concerto KHACHATURIAN Symphony No. 5 SHOSTAKOVICH Shura Cherkassky, piano Friday 12 March 1965 John Pritchard Mass in B minor BACH Heather Harper, soprano Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Alexander Young, tenor Victor Godfrey, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 28 March 1965 John Pritchard Eliahu Inbal* Queen Mab and Tomb Scenes from Romeo and Juliet BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Vladimir Krainov, piano Tuesday 30 March 1965 John Pritchard Eliahu Inbal* Queen Mab and Tomb Scenes from Romeo and Juliet BERLIOZ Violin Concerto No. 5 MOZART Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony No. 2 WALTON Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin Thursday 1 April 1965 Christoph von Dohnanyi Piano Concerto No. 23 MOZART Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Fou Ts’ong, piano Tuesday 6 April 1965 Dietfried Bernet Egmont, Overture BEETHOVEN Double Concerto BRAHMS Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK Ralph Holmes, violin Rohan de Saram, cello Saturday 17 April 1965 John Pritchard Johnny Dankworth* Suite from West Side Story BERNSTEIN Improvisations for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra SEIBER/DANKWORTH Items by the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra An American in Paris GERSHWIN Johnny Dankworth Orchestra Thursday 22 April 1965 John Pritchard Peacock Variations KODALY Piano Concerto No. 1 BARTOK Ein Heldenleben RICHARD STRAUSS Andor Foldes, piano Sunday 25 April 1965 Sir Malcolm Sargent Beatrice and Benedict, Overture BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Geza Anda, piano Friday 30 April 1965 John Pritchard Violin Concerto No. 2 BARTOK Second Fantasia on John Taverner’s “In Nomine” MAXWELL DAVIES Henryk Szeryng, violin Sunday 2 May 1965 Tuesday 4 May 1965 John Pritchard War Requiem BRITTEN Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano Loren Driscoll, tenor Hans Wilbrink, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Melos Ensemble Highgate School Choir Friday 7 May 1965 Sir Adrian Boult The Impresario, Overture MOZART Bassoon Concerto WEBER Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Martin Gatt, bassoon Malcolm Binns, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra 1965 – 1966 season 34th Season Sunday 23 September 1965 John Pritchard March and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary PURCELL Brigg Fair DELIUS Orpheus Britannicus BRITTEN The Planets HOLST John Wakefield, tenor Tuesday 5 October 1965 John Pritchard Partita WALTON Kindertotenlieder MAHLER Symphony No. 2 RACHMANINOV Geraint Evans, baritone Sunday 10 October 1965 Evgeny Svetlanov Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’ PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 TCHAIKOVSKY Hans Richter-Haaser, piano Thursday 14 October 1965 Evgeny Svetlanov Rosamunde, Overture SCHUBERT Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 9 SHOSTAKOVICH Daniel Barenboim, piano Thursday 21 October 1965 Sir Adrian Boult Symphony No. 2 WALTON Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTOK The Firebird, Suite STRAVINSKY Heinz Medjimorec, piano Sunday 31 October 1965 John Pritchard Phedre, Overture MASSENET Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde WAGNER Hary Janos, Suite KODALY Rodney Friend, violin Thursday 11 November 1965 John Pritchard The Dream of Gerontius ELGAR Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Ronald Dowd, tenor Don Garrard, bass London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 16 November 1965 Bernard Haitink Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 MAHLER Ida Haendel, violin Sunday 21 November 1965 Bernard Haitink Egmont, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN Gina Bachauer, piano Sunday 28 November 1965 John Pritchard The Perfect Fool, Suite HOLST Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV Symphonic Variations FRANCK Symphony No. 8 DVORAK Aldo Ciccolini, piano Thursday 2 December 1965 John Pritchard Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee SCHULLER Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Shura Cherkassky, piano Tuesday 7 December 1965 Sir Adrian Boult Santiago de Espada, Overture WILLIAMSON Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Bronislav Gimpel, violin Thursday 16 December 1965 John Pritchard The Messiah HANDEL Elizabeth Robson, soprano Yvonne Minton, mezzo soprano John Wakefield, tenor Donald Bell, bass London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 20 January 1966 Sir Adrian Boult A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Belshazzar’s Feast WALTON John Shirley-Quirk, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 23 January 1966 Christoph von Dohnanyi Symphony No. 25 MOZART Violin Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ DVORAK Christian Ferras, violin Tuesday 1 February 1966 Hans Gierster Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 BRUCKNER Fou Ts’ong, piano Sunday 13 February 1966 Colin Davis Leonore No. 2, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’ BEETHOVEN Daniel Barenboim, piano Thursday 17 February 1966 Constantin Silvestri Three Nocturnes DEBUSSY Piano Concerto in G major RAVEL Symphony of Psalms STRAVINSKY Rapsodie Espagnole RAVEL Peter Frankl, piano London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 24 February 1966 Sir Adrian Boult Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 ELGAR Martha Argerich, piano Tuesday 1 March 1966 Paul Kletzki Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 39 MOZART Concerto for Orchestra LUTOSLAWSKI Henryk Szeryng, violin Sunday 6 March 1966 Paul Kletzki Oberon, Overture WEBER Cello Concerto DVORAK Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS Radu Aldulescu, cello Thursday 10 March 1966 John Pritchard Serenata Notturna MOZART Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK Andor Foldes, piano Tuesday 15 March 1966 Antal Dorati The Creation HAYDN Elizabeth Harwood, soprano John Wakefield, tenor John Shirley-Quirk, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 20 March 1966 Antal Dorati Piano Concerto No. 21 MOZART Symphony No. 5 BRUCKNER Peter Katin, piano Sunday 27 March 1966 John Pritchard Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge BRITTEN Piano Concerto GRIEG Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Clifford Curzon, piano Sunday 3 April 1966 John Pritchard West Side Story, Suite GERSHWIN Ebony Concerto STRAVINSKY Dialogues for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra BRUBECK A Symphonic Story of Jerome Kern ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT Johnny Dankworth and Orchestra Thursday 7 April 1966 John Pritchard Cello Symphony BRITTEN Piano Concerto BUSONI Maurice Gendron, cello John Ogdon, piano London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 10 April 1966 Evgeny Svetlanov Prelude to Khovanshchina (Dawn on the Moscow River) MUSSORGSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathetique’ TCHAIKOVSKY Ronald Turini, piano Tuesday 12 April 1966 Evgeny Svetlanov The Flying Dutchman, Overture WAGNER Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 10 SHOSTAKOVICH Bella Davidovich, piano Tuesday 19 April 1966 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Symphony No. 104, ‘London’ HAYDN Shéhérazade RAVEL Four Last Songs RICHARD STRAUSS Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2 RAVEL Victoria de los Angeles, soprano Tuesday 3 May 1966 Lamberto Gardelli William Tell, Overture ROSSINI Sinfonia concertante for Winds MOZART The Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Richard Morgan, oboe John McCaw, clarinet Keith Whitmore, horn Martin Gatt, bassoon London Philharmonic Orchestra 1966 – 1967 season 35th Season Tuesday 20 September 1966 Constantin Silvestri Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell BRITTEN Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV Enigma Variations ELGAR Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Sunday 25 September 1966 Constantin Silvestri In the South ELGAR Violin Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 DVORAK Ida Haendel, violin Thursday 29 September 1966 Constantin Silvestri Symphony No. 3 MAHLER Norma Procter, contralto London Philharmonic Choir Choir of Ealing Grammar School for Boys Thursday 6 October 1966 John Pritchard War Requiem BRITTEN Heather Harper, soprano Gerald English, tenor John Shaw, baritone Highgate School Choir London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 9 October 1966 John Pritchard Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes BRITTEN Piano Concerto GRIEG Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’ MENDELSSOHN The Firebird, Suite STRAVINSKY Gina Bachauer, piano Tuesday 18 October 1966 John Pritchard Ritual Dances from Midsummer Marriage TIPPETT Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK John Ogdon, piano Thursday 17 November 1966 Georg Solti Symphony in Three Movements STRAVINSKY Piano Concerto No. 20 MOZART Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Paul Badura-Skoda, piano Thursday 22 November 1966 Georg Solti Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 BRUCKNER Thursday 1 December 1966 Walter Susskind Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Carmina Burana ORFF April Cantelo, soprano Francis Egerton, tenor John Hauxvell, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 4 December 1966 Antal Dorati Concerto for Orchestra KODALY Cello Concerto ELGAR Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’ BEETHOVEN Paul Tortelier, cello Sunday 11 December 1966 Antal Dorati Symphony No. 34 MOZART Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Henryk Szeryng, violin Tuesday 17 January 1967 Jascha Horenstein Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Daniel Barenboim, piano Sunday 22 January 1967 Sir Adrian Boult Fugal Overture HOLST Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 ELGAR Nathan Milstein, violin Thursday 26 January 1967 Neeme Järvi Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’ MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 MOZART Symphony No. 40 MOZART Stephen Bishop, piano Thursday 2 February 1967 Neeme Järvi Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 HANDEL Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Overture in the Italian Style in D major SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 SCHUBERT Vasso Devetzi, piano Sunday 5 February 1967 Karl Richter Mass in B minor BACH Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Peter Pears, tenor John Carol Case, bass London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 9 February 1967 Jean Martinon Symphony No. 4 ROUSSEL Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments STRAVINSKY Mother Goose, Suite RAVEL La Mer DEBUSSY Shura Cherkassky, piano Tuesday 21 February 1967 Karel Ancerl Serenade for Orchestra KREJCÍ Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN Andor Foldes, piano Thursday 23 February 1967 Karel Ancerl Sinfonietta JANACEK Three Lieder RICHARD STRAUSS Composer’s Aria from Ariadne auf Naxos RICHARD STRAUSS Symphony No. 7 DVORAK Irmgard Seefried, soprano Thursday 2 March 1967 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 32 MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola MOZART Symphony No. 4 MAHLER Elly Ameling, soprano Rodney Friend, violin Quintin Ballardie, viola Sunday 5 March 1967 Bernard Haitink Roman Carnival, Overture BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Daniel Wayenberg, piano Thursday 9 March 1967 Evgeny Svetlanov Romeo and Juliet TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Yakob Flier, piano Tuesday 14 March 1967 Evgeny Svetlanov Kamarinskaya GLINKA Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1 RACHMANINOV Igor Oistrakh, violin Thursday 23 March 1967 Sir Adrian Boult The Dream of Gerontius ELGAR Anna Reynolds, contralto Ronald Dowd, tenor Forbes Robinson, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 26 March 1967 Evgeny Svetlanov A Night on the Bare Mountain MUSSORGSKY Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathetique’ TCHAIKOVSKY Leonid Kogan, violin Sunday 2 April 1967 Antal Dorati Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BACH Double Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 5 DVORAK Josef Suk, violin Maurice Gendron, cello Tuesday 11 April 1967 Antal Dorati A Faust Overture WAGNER Siegfried Idyll WAGNER Symphony No. 9 BRUCKNER Sunday 16 April 1967 Sir Adrian Boult Music for His Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornets LOCKE Violin Concerto No. 1 (arr. Wilhelmj) PAGANINI Piano Concerto No. 2 CHOPIN Symphony No. 3 BRAHMS Tamas Vasary, piano Rodney Friend, violin Thursday 20 April 1967 Constantin Silvestri Piano Concerto No. 22 MOZART Symphony No. 1 MAHLER Annie Fischer, piano Sunday 23 April 1967 Lawrence Foster Symphony No. 26 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Hans Richter-Haaser, piano Tuesday 2 May 1967 John Pritchard Beatrice and Benedict (concert performance) BERLIOZ Malvina Parnas, soprano Jean Bonhomme, tenor Sheila Armstrong, soprano Georgetta Psaros, contralto Raymond Myers, bass Napoleon Bisson, bass Robert Eddison, narrator New Opera Chorus Tuesday 9 May 1967 John Pritchard Piano Concerto No. 17 MOZART Mass in C minor MOZART John Ogdon, piano Catherine Gayer, soprano Patricia Johnson, contralto Alexander Young, tenor Raymond Myers, bass London Philharmonic Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra 1967 – 1968 season 36th Season Tuesday 26 September 1967 Jascha Horenstein Symphony No. 101, ‘Clock’ HAYDN Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 BEETHOVEN Ida Haendel, violin Thursday 5 October 1967 Jascha Horenstein Symphony No. 39 MOZART A German Requiem BRAHMS Heather Harper, soprano Kim Borg, bass London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 10 October 1967 Sir Adrian Boult Hammersmith Prelude and Scherzo HOLST Cello Concerto WALTON Symphony No. 1 ELGAR Paul Tortelier, cello Sunday 22 October 1967 Sir Adrian Boult The Marriage of Figaro, overture MOZART Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 MAHLER Henryk Szeryng, violin Sunday 29 October 1967 Richard Bonynge The Messiah HANDEL Joan Sutherland, soprano Monica Sinclair, contralto Peter Baillie, tenor Raymond Myers, bass Ambrosian Singers Sunday 5 November 1967 Constantin Silvestri Penelope, prelude FAURÉ Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Peter Frankl, piano Thursday 9 November 1967 Bernard Haitink Benvenuto Cellini, overture BERLIOZ Symphonies of Wind Instruments STRAVINSKY Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK Hans Richter-Haaser, piano Sunday 12 November 1967 Bernard Haitink Egmont, overture BEETHOVEN Cello Concerto DVORAK Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Leonard Rose, cello Thursday 7 December 1967 Antal Dorati Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Artur Rubinstein, piano Sunday 10 December 1967 Antal Dorati The Creation HAYDN Heather Harper, soprano William Blankenship, tenor Forbes Robinson, bass London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 19 December 1967 Carl Melles Symphony No. 5 SCHUBERT Piano Concerto No. 4 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ DVORAK John Ogdon, piano Thursday 18 January 1968 Brian Priestman Romeo and Juliet TCHAIKOVSKY Three Excerpts from Boris Godunov MUSSORGSKY Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Yi Kwei Sze, bass Tuesday 23 January 1968 Bernard Haitink Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 BRUCKNER Josef Suk, violin Sunday 28 January 1968 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 102 HAYDN Spring Symphony BRITTEN Elly Ameling, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Ronald Dowd, tenor London Philharmonic Choir Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir Sunday 18 February 1968 Karl Richter St. John Passion BACH Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Ernst Haefliger, tenor Ernst Gerald Schramm, bass John Carol Case, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 20 February 1968 Lamberto Gardelli The Firebird, Suite STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphonie Fantastique BERLIOZ Rodney Friend, violin Sunday 25 February 1968 Bernard Haitink Leonore No. 3, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Petrushka (1947) STRAVINSKY Clifford Curzon, piano Thursday 29 February 1968 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 27 MOZART Symphony No. 9 MAHLER Clifford Curzon, piano Sunday 3 March 1968 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 3 SCHUBERT Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra STRAVINSKY Symphony No. 8 DVORAK Nikita Magaloff, piano Sunday 10 March 1968 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN Ingrid Haebler, piano Heather Harper, soprano Anna Reynolds, contralto Alexander Young, tenor Donald Bell, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 17 March 1968 Maxim Shostakovich Katerina Ismailova, Suite SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 SHOSTAKOVICH Peter Katin, piano Gordon Webb, trumpet Thursday 21 March 1968 Christoph von Dohnanyi The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite BARTOK Piano Concerto No. 23 MOZART Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathetique’ TCHAIKOVSKY Christoph Eschenbach, piano Sunday 31 March 1968 Paul Kletzki Der Freischutz, Overture WEBER Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 SIBELIUS Yehudi Menuhin, violin Thursday 4 April 1968 Evgeny Svetlanov Lieutenant Kije, Suite PROKOFIEV Rococo Variations TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3 RACHMANINOV Paul Tortelier, cello Sunday 14 April 1968 Evgeny Svetlanov Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV Francesca da Rimini TCHAIKOVSKY Agostin Anievas, piano Thursday 18 April 1968 Evgeny Svetlanov The Golden Cockerel, Suite RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 SHOSTAKOVICH Rafael Orozco, piano Tuesday 23 April 1968 John Pritchard The Planets, Suite HOLST Belshazzar’s Feast WALTON Dan Garrard, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 30 April 1968 John Pritchard La Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite RICHARD STRAUSS Piano Concerto No. 9 MOZART Symphony No. 5 NIELSEN Rudolf Firkusny, piano Thursday 9 May 1968 Bernard Haitink Coriolan, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN The Rite of Spring STRAVINSKY Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Sunday 12 May 1968 Bernard Haitink Die Meistersinger, Overture WAGNER Piano Concerto No. 1 LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 LISZT The Rite of Spring STRAVINSKY Claudio Arrau, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra 1968 – 1969 season 37th Season Tuesday 17 September 1968 Jerzy Semkow Symphony No. 33 MOZART Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 SCRIABIN Isaac Stern, conductor Sunday 29 September 1968 Sir Adrian Boult Die Meistersinger, Overture WAGNER Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 RUBBRA Nathan Milstein, violin Thursday 3 October 1968 Sir Adrian Boult Don Juan RICHARD STRAUSS Organ Symphony COPLAND Organ Concerto No. 2 in C major HAYDN Enigma Variations ELGAR E. Power Biggs, organ Thursday 17 October 1968 Georg Solti Dance Suite BARTOK Violin Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Gyorgy Pauk, violin Tuesday 29 October 1968 Georg Solti Symphony No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BRUCKNER Sunday 3 November 1968 Eugen Jochum Tragic Overture BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Daniel Barenboim, piano Sunday 10 November 1968 Eugen Jochum Masonic Funeral Music MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 MOZART Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER Nikita Magaloff, piano Tuesday 19 November 1968 Bernard Haitink Exsultate, jubilate MOZART Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ MAHLER Heather Harper, soprano Norma Procter, contralto London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 24 November 1968 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 32 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, ‘Jeunehomme’ MOZART Ein Heldenleben RICHARD STRAUSS André Watts, piano Thursday 5 December 1968 John Pritchard Piano Concerto No. 2 HENZE Symphony No. 3, ‘Espansiva’ NIELSEN Christoph Eschenbach, piano Thursday 19 December 1968 Antal Dorati Chant du Rossignol STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 10 SHOSTAKOVICH Henryk Szeryng, violin Thursday 16 January 1969 Bernard Haitink Three Pieces from Arden Must Die GOEHR Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS Yonty Solomon, piano Tuesday 21 January 1969 Bernard Haitink Three Pieces from Arden Must Die GOEHR Violin Concerto BRITTEN Belshazzar’s Feast WALTON Rodney Friend, violin John Shirley-Quirk, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 26 January 1969 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN Stephen Bishop, piano Heather Harper, soprano Anna Reynolds, mezzo soprano Ryland Davies, tenor Donald Bell, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 2 February 1969 Daniel Barenboim Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 CHOPIN Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Sunday 9 February 1969 Daniel Barenboim The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture ROSSINI Italian Serenade WOLF Piano Concerto No. 2 LISZT Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Alfred Brendel, piano Sunday 16 February 1969 Karl Richter St. Matthew Passion BACH Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto John Van Ketteren, tenor Robert Tear, tenor Ernst Gerald Schumann, baritone Kieth Engen, bass Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir Wednesday 19 February 1969 Richard Bonynge Alcina (concert performance) HANDEL Joan Sutherland, soprano Mary O’Brien, soprano Margaret Elkins, soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano Monica Sinclair, contralto Ryland Davies, tenor John Gibbs, bass Ambrosian Singers Thursday 6 March 1969 Josef Krips Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN Sunday 9 March 1969 Joseph Krips Leonore No. 3, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN Rudolf Firkusny, piano Tuesday 11 March 1969 Josef Krips Il Seraglio, Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 MOZART Symphony No. 7 BRUCKNER Friedrich Gulda, piano Sunday 16 March 1969 Bernard Haitink Beatrice and Benedict, Overture BERLIOZ Violin Concerto ELGAR Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Ida Haendel, violin Thursday 20 March 1969 George Szell Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn MAHLER Symphony No. 6 MAHLER Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Tuesday 25 March 1969 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 33 MOZART Mass in E minor BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 30 March 1969 Bernard Haitink Overture, Nocturne, Intermezzo, Scherzo, Funeral and Wedding Marches from A Midsummer Night’s Dream MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 9, ‘Jeunehomme’ MOZART Mother Goose, Suite RAVEL La Mer DEBUSSY Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Sunday 13 April 1969 Georg Solti Symphony No. 25 MOZART Partita WALTON Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Sunday 27 April 1969 John Pritchard Royal Hunt and Storm from The Trojans BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Malcolm Binns, piano Sunday 4 May 1969 Bernard Haitink Overture in the Italian Style SCHUBERT Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Claudio Arrau, piano Thursday 8 May 1969 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 BRUCKNER Claudio Arrau, piano Sunday 11 May 1969 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Claudio Arrau, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969 – 1970 season 38th Season Thursday 16 October 1969 Jerzy Semkow La cenerentola, Overture ROSSINI Piano Concerto No. 25 MOZART Don Juan RICHARD STRAUSS Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Michael Roll, piano Sunday 19 October 1969 Evgeny Svetlanov Symphony No. 1, ‘Winter Daydreams’ TCHAIKOVSKY Alexander Nevsky, cantata PROKOFIEV Larissa Avdeyeva, contralto London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 21 October 1969 Evgeny Svetlanov Introduction to Sorochintsy Fair MUSSORGSKY Violin Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Pictures from an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Ida Haendel, violin Thursday 23 October 1969 Evgeny Svetlanov The Maid of Pskov, Overture RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOV Nuages et Fêtes from Nocturnes DEBUSSY La Mer DEBUSSY Malcolm Binns, piano Thursday 30 October 1969 Edward Downes Der Freischütz, Overture WEBER Violin Concerto BRAHMS Voices of Night, Cantata REIZENSTEIN Yehudi Menuhin, violin Elizabeth Harwood, soprano Benjamin Luxon, baritone BBC Chorus BBC Choral Society Sunday 9 November 1969 Lorin Maazel Symphony No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 BEETHOVEN Wilhelm Kempff, piano Thursday 13 November 1969 Lorin Maazel Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 BRAHMS Israela Margalit, piano Sunday 30 November 1969 Bernard Haitink Benvenuto Cellini, Overture BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphonies of Wind Instruments STRAVINSKY Taras Bulba JANACEK Hans Richter-Haaser, piano Thursday 4 December 1969 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 102 HAYDN Das Lied von der Erde MAHLER Anna Reynolds, mezzo soprano Alexander Young, baritone Tuesday 13 January 1970 Bernard Haitink Cantata No. 170 BACH Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ MAHLER Margaret Price, soprano Norma Procter, contralto London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 15 January 1970 Bernard Haitink Don Giovanni, Overture MOZART Concerto in A minor for two violins, Op. 3 No. 8 VIVALDI Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonie Fantastique BERLIOZ Henryk Szeryng, violin Rodney Friend, violin Tuesday 20 January 1970 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 MAHLER Nikita Magaloff, piano Sunday 25 January 1970 Bernard Haitink The Silken Ladder, Overture ROSSINI Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BARTOK Masuko Ushioda, violin Thursday 5 February 1970 Eugen Jochum Piano Concerto No. 17 MOZART Symphony No. 5 BRUCKNER Ingrid Haebler, piano Sunday 8 February 1970 Eugen Jochum Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’ MOZART Symphony No. 5 BRUCKNER Sunday 15 February 1970 Karl Richter Passacaglia in C major, K582 BACH Fantasia in F minor MOZART Requiem Mass MOZART Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Alexander Young, tenor John Shirley-Quirk, bass John Alldis Choir Thursday 19 February 1970 Jerzy Semkow Funeral Music LUTOSLAWSKI Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Roberto Szidon, piano Thursday 26 February 1970 Sir Adrian Boult The Kingdom ELGAR Margaret Price, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Alexander Young, tenor Benjamin Luxon, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 5 March 1970 Maxim Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 SHOSTAKOVICH Sunday 8 March 1970 Maxim Shostakovich Euryanthe, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 8 SHOSTAKOVICH Shura Cherkassky, piano Tuesday 10 March 1970 Charles Mackerras Robert Simpson* Symphony No. 1 SIMPSON Cello Concerto ELGAR Symphony No. 3 BRAHMS Leonard Rose, cello Tuesday 17 March 1970 Bernard Haitink The Building of the House, Overture BRITTEN Piano Concerto No. 2 PROKOFIEV The Planets, Suite HOLST Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 26 March 1970 Bernard Haitink The Magic Flute, Overture MOZART Violin Concerto MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 2 BRUCKNER Pinchas Zukerman, violin Thursday 2 April 1970 Hans Werner Henze Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’ MOZART Piano Concerto No. 2 HENZE Christoph Eschenbach, piano Sunday 12 April 1970 John Pritchard Tannhäuser, Overture WAGNER Dance Scene FRICKER Piano Concerto No. 24 MOZART Symphony No. 8 DVORAK Radu Lupu, piano Sunday 19 April 1970 Sir Adrian Boult Cockaigne, Overture ELGAR Organ Concerto WILLIAMSON Choral Symphony HOLST Malcolm Williamson, organ Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano London Philharmonic Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra 1970 – 1971 season 39th Season Tuesday 22 September 1970 Bernard Haitink Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN The Rite of Spring STRAVINSKY André Watts, piano Thursday 24 September 1970 Bernard Haitink Le Corsaire, Overture BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 24 MOZART Symphony No. 2 BRUCKNER Gina Bachauer, piano Thursday 8 October 1970 Jascha Horenstein Symphony No. 4 MAHLER Overture, Die Fledermaus JOHANN STRAUSS II Artists’ Life, Waltz JOHANN STRAUSS II Emperor Waltz JOHANN STRAUSS II Heather Harper, soprano Tuesday 13 October 1970 François Huybrechts Lachian Dances JANACEK Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Peter Frankl. piano Tuesday 20 October 1970 Josef Krips Improvisations on an Impromptu by Benjamin Britten WALTON Violin Concerto No. 2 BARTOK Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Itzhak Perlman, violin Tuesday 3 November 1970 Sir Adrian Boult The Pilgrim’s Progress (concert performance) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS John Noble, baritone Norma Burrowes, tenor Gerald English, tenor Raimund Herincx, baritone Robert Lloyd, bass London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 10 November 1970 John Pritchard Seven Studies on themes of Paul Klee SCHULLER Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Tong Il Han, piano Thursday 19 November 1970 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 3 MAHLER Norma Procter, mezzo soprano Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 22 November 1970 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 3 MAHLER Norma Procter, mezzo soprano Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 3 December 1970 Lorin Maazel Don Quixote RICHARD STRAUSS Symphony No. 2 SIBELIUS Paul Tortelier, cello Quintin Ballardie, viola Tuesday 8 December 1970 John Pritchard Mother Goose, Suite RAVEL Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Ida Haendel, violin Sunday 13 December 1970 John Pritchard Oberon, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Peter Katin, piano Thursday 17 December 1970 Daniel Barenboim Five Orchestral Pieces WEBERN Cello Concerto DVORAK Symphony No. 5 BEETHOVEN Jacqueline du Pré, cello Sunday 17 January 1971 Georg Solti Symphony No. 9 MAHLER Tuesday 19 January 1971 Brian Priestman Symphonic Variations DVORAK Piano Concerto No. 1 LISZT Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV John Ogdon, piano Sunday 24 January 1971 Georg Solti Violin Concerto No. 5 MOZART Symphony No. 9 MAHLER Pinchas Zukerman, violin Thursday 4 February 1971 Paavo Berglund Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 BACH Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Malcolm Binns, piano Rodney Friend, violin Douglas Whittaker, flute Colin Chambers, flute Tuesday 9 February 1971 Aldo Ceccato Partita PETRASSI Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 RACHMANINOV Lorin Hollander, piano Tuesday 16 February 1971 Charles Groves A Mass of Life DELIUS Heather Harper, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Ryland Davies, tenor Benjamin Luxon, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 23 February 1971 Raymond Leppard Concerto a Due Cori in F major HANDEL Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 SIBELIUS Henryk Szeryng, violin Thursday 4 March 1971 Jascha Horenstein Iphigenie en Aulis, Overture GLUCK Alto Rhapsody BRAHMS Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Tuesday 9 March 1971 Bernard Haitink Eleven Viennese Dances BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 24 MOZART Three Orchestral Pieces BERG Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe RAVEL Clifford Curzon, piano Sunday 14 March 1971 Bernard Haitink Three Orchestral Pieces BERG Piano Concerto No. 23 MOZART Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY Clifford Curzon, piano Sunday 21 March 1971 Bernard Haitink Violin Concerto No. 1 BRUCH A German Requiem BRAHMS Sheila Armstrong, soprano Thomas Helmsley, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 28 March 1971 John Pritchard Circus, for two trumpets and orchestra HAMILTON Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’ NIELSEN Gordon Webb, trumpet Howard Snell, trumpet Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Tuesday 30 March 1971 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 20 MOZART Symphony No. 8 BRUCKNER Wilhelm Kempff, piano Thursday 8 April 1971 Sir Adrian Boult Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin WAGNER Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Claudio Arrau, piano Tuesday 13 April 1971 John Pritchard Symphony No. 7 SIBELIUS Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 SIBELIUS Rodney Friend, violin Thursday 15 April 1971 John Pritchard Symphony No. 2 WILLIAMSON Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN The Bells RACHMANINOV Alfred Brendel, piano Margaret Price, soprano Kenneth Bowen, tenor Alan Charles, bass London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 20 April 1971 Josef Krips Il Seraglio, Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Rudolf Firkusny, piano Sunday 25 April 1971 Lorin Maazel Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Prometheus, The Poem of Fire SCRIABIN The Firebird, Suite (1919) STRAVINSKY Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Sunday 2 May 1971 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Les Illuminations BRITTEN Symphony No. 3 BRUCKNER Elisabeth Söderström, soprano Tuesday 4 May 1971 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Leonore No. 3, Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 BEETHOVEN Christoph Eschenbach, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra 1971 – 1972 season 40th Season Tuesday 21 September 1971 John Pritchard Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes BRITTEN Cello Concerto DVORAK Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Paul Tortelier, cello Sunday 24 October 1971 Bernard Haitink Le Corsaire, Overture BERLIOZ Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 10 SHOSTAKOVICH Christoph Eschenbach, piano Sunday 7 November 1971 Daniel Barenboim Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe BACH Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’ BEETHOVEN Isaac Stern, violin Roger Winfield, oboe Tuesday 9 November 1971 Bernard Haitink Praeludium for Brass, Bells and Percussion TIPPETT Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3 BRAHMS Ida Haendel, violin Sunday 14 November 1971 Bernard Haitink The Marriage of Figaro, Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 BRUCKNER Peter Katin, piano Thursday 18 November 1971 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 3 MAHLER Norma Procter, mezzo soprano Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 21 November 1971 Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 3 MAHLER Norma Procter, mezzo soprano Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir Tuesday 30 November 1971 Georg Solti The Creation HAYDN Heather Harper, soprano Stuart Burrowes, tenor Gwynne Howell, bass London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 5 December 1971 Edo de Waart Symphony No. 5 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto No. 5 MOZART Symphonic Dances RACHMANINOV Yong Uck Kim, piano Sunday 19 December 1971 John Pritchard Symphony No. 3 LENNOX BERKELEY Piano Concerto No. 4 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’ TCHAIKOVSKY John Ogdon, piano Thursday 20 January 1972 Bernard Haitink Don Giovanni, Overture MOZART Double Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’ SCHUBERT Hermann Krebbers, violin Tibor de Machula, cello Sunday 23 January 1972 Bernard Haitink Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten WALTON Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Scheherazade RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Radu Lupu, piano Thursday 27 January 1972 Sir Adrian Boult William Alwyn* Don Juan RICHARD STRAUSS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 ALWYN* Nathan Milstein, violin Sunday 30 January 1972 Sir Adrian Boult Don Juan RICHARD STRAUSS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Nathan Milstein, violin Thursday 10 February 1972 Georg Solti Symphony No. 7 MAHLER Sunday 13 February 1972 Georg Solti Piano Concerto No. 12 MOZART Symphony No. 7 MAHLER Ingrid Haebler, piano Tuesday 15 February 1972 Moshe Atzmon Oberon, Overture WEBER Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Concerto for Orchestra BARTÓK John Lill, piano Sunday 20 February 1972 Georg Solti Tragic Overture BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Tuesday 7 March 1972 Bernard Haitink Star Clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon DAVID BEDFORD Piano Concerto SCRIABIN Also Sprach Zarathustra RICHARD STRAUSS Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano London Philharmonic Choir Thursday 9 March 1972 Bernard Haitink Serenade for Strings DVORAK Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’ BEETHOVEN Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Thursday 16 March 1972 Bernard Haitink Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde WAGNER Violin Concerto BRITTEN Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Rodney Friend, violin Sunday 2 April 1972 Georg Solti Symphony No. 3 ROUSSEL Sheherazade RAVEL Symphonie Fantastique BERLIOZ Josephine Veasey, contralto Thursday 6 April 1972 Georg Solti Psalmus Hungaricus KODALY Das Lied von der Erde MAHLER Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Robert Tear, tenor Tuesday 18 April 1972 Eugen Jochum Symphony No. 93 HAYDN Symphony No. 94, ‘Surprise’ HAYDN Symphony No. 95 HAYDN Sunday 23 April 1972 Josef Krips Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’ MOZART Symphony No. 8 BRUCKNER Thursday 27 April 1972 Josef Krips Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN The Firebird, Suite (1919) STRAVINSKY Hans Richter-Haaser, piano Tuesday 2 May 1972 Bernard Haitink Notturni ed Alba McCABE Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Enigma Variations ELGAR Sheila Armstrong, soprano Alfred Brendel, piano Sunday 7 May 1972 Bernard Haitink Three Nocturnes DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra FAURÉ Symphonic Variations FRANCK Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream MENDELSSOHN Alicia de Larrocha, piano Felicity Palmer, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra 1972 – 1973 season 41st Season Thursday 28 September 1972 Daniel Barenboim Euryanthe, Overture WEBER Violin Concerto No. 1 MOZART Symphony No. 2 ELGAR Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Wednesday 4 October 1972 Aldo Ceccato Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’ PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Christoph Eschenbach, piano Thursday 19 October 1972 Raymond Leppard Rosamunde, Overture SCHUBERT Cello Concerto ELGAR Cassation derived from ‘The Rising of the Moon’ NICHOLAS MAW Enigma Variations ELGAR Paul Tortelier, cello Sunday 22 October 1972 Eugen Jochum Symphony No. 96, ‘Miracle’ HAYDN Symphony No. 97 HAYDN Symphony No. 98 HAYDN Thursday 26 October 1972 Eugen Jochum Concerto da Camera HONEGGER Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN John Lill, piano Tuesday 31 October 1972 Edo de Waart La Peri, Fanfare DUKAS Integrales VARESE Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6 DVORAK Itzhak Perlman, violin Sunday 5 November 1972 Bernard Haitink Leonore No. 3, Overture BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Requiem Mass MOZART Ida Haendel, violin Heather Harper, soprano Anna Reynolds, contralto Gerald English, tenor Benjamin Luxon, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 19 November 1972 Bernard Haitink ‘Parto, parto’, aria from La Clemenza di Tito MOZART Wesendonck Lieder WAGNER Symphony No. 6 MAHLER Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Thursday 23 November 1972 Bernard Haitink Lontano LIGETI Piano Concerto No. 2 LISZT Totentanz LISZT Petrushka STRAVINSKY Alfred Brendel, piano Tuesday 28 November 1972 Maxim Shostakovich Khovanshchina, Prelude MUSSORGSKY Piano Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOV Pathetique, Oratorio SVIRIDOV Peter Katin, piano Nina Isakova, mezzo soprano Alexander Vedernikov, bass Russian State Yurlov Choir Thursday 30 November 1972 Evgeny Svetlanov Symphony No. 2 BORODIN Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Capriccio Italien TCHAIKOVSKY David Oistrakh, violin Tuesday 5 December 1972 Josef Krips Symphony No. 2 SEARLE Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 BEETHOVEN Nathan Milstein, violin Tuesday 12 December 1972 Kurt Sanderling Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 6 No. 7 HANDEL Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Lorin Hollander, piano Sunday 17 December 1972 Kurt Sanderling Details need to be traced Thursday 25 January 1973 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 3 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Sunday 28 January 1973 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 20 MOZART Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’ BRUCKNER Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Tuesday 30 January 1973 Eugen Jochum Symphony No. 99 HAYDN Symphony No. 100, ‘Military’ HAYDN Symphony No. 101, ‘Clock’ HAYDN Thursday 15 February 1973 Sir Georg Solti Symphony No. 5 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 7 BRUCKNER Sunday 18 February 1973 Sir Georg Solti Piano Concerto No. 24 MOZART Symphony No. 7 BRUCKNER Stephen Bishop, piano Thursday 22 February 1973 Sir Georg Solti Concerto for Orchestra BARTOK Bluebeards Castle BARTOK Tatiana Troyanos, soprano Andras Farrago, baritone Tuesday 27 February 1973 Sir Georg Solti La Damnation de Faust BERLIOZ Josephine Veasey, mezzo soprano Stuart Burrows, tenor Gwynne Howell, bass Paul Hudson, bass London Philharmonic Choir Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir Tuesday 3 April 1973 Edo de Waart Sonata Pian e Forte GABRIELI Washington’s Birthday IVES Rückert Lieder MAHLER Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathetique’ TCHAIKOVSKY Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Sunday 8 April 1973 Sir Adrian Boult John Alldis* The Flying Dutchman, Overture WAGNER Monologue from Act 1 of The Flying Dutchman WAGNER Siegfried Idyll WAGNER Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music WAGNER Dona Nobis Pacem VAUGHAN WILLIAMS* Sheila Armstrong, soprano David Ward, tenor John Carol Case, baritone London Philharmonic Choir Sunday 22 April 1973 Josef Krips Symphony No. 3 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 21 MOZART Till Eulenspiegel RICHARD STRAUSS Walter Klien, piano Tuesday 1 May 1973 Erich Leinsdorf Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’ MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) MUSSORGSKY Peter Katin, piano Friday 4 May 1973 Bernard Haitink Concerto for Orchestra IAIN HAMILTON Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Also sprach Zarathustra RICHARD STRAUSS Kyung Wha Chung, violin Tuesday 8 May 1973 Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 BRAHMS Daniel Barenboim, piano Thursday 10 May 1973 Josef Krips Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ MAHLER Ileana Cotrubas, piano Norma Procter, mezzo soprano London Philharmonic Choir