Sunday, 3 July 2016

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 1994 - 1999

21 September 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Debra Winger, narrator
MacMillan: Britannia
Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Ann Frank
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


22 September 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Debra Winger, narrator
MacMillan: Britannia
Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Ann Frank
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


25 September 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Sarah Leonard, soprano
Nina Stemme, soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
London Symphony Chorus
Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks
Krenek: Die Nachtigall
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’


27 September 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Sarah Leonard, soprano
Nina Stemme, soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
London Symphony Chorus
Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks
Krenek: Die Nachtigall
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’


29 September 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Mstislav Rostropovich*
Sir Colin Davis#
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Sarah Chang, violin
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Glinka: Gloria from A Life for the Tsar *
Haydn: Symphony No. 72 #
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy#
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra


5 October 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
Karen Vaughan, harp
Timothy Jones, horn
William Haskins, horn
London Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Four Songs, Op. 17
Benjamin: Jubilation
Mahler: Symphony No. 3



6 October 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
Karen Vaughan, harp
Timothy Jones, horn
William Haskins, horn
London Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Four Songs, Op. 17
Benjamin: Jubilation
Mahler: Symphony No. 3


9 October 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Stephen Westrop*
Renée Fleming, soprano
Yuri Bashmet, viola
London Symphony Chorus
Tavener: The Myrrh-Bearer*
Schubert: On the River and The Shepherd on the Rock
Feldman: The Viola in my Life IV
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


10 October 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Stephen Westrop*
Renée Fleming, soprano
Yuri Bashmet, viola
London Symphony Chorus
Tavener: The Myrrh-Bearer*
Schubert: On the River and The Shepherd on the Rock
Feldman: The Viola in my Life IV
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


13 October 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Reich: Three Movements
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


20 October 1994
Michael Tilson Thomas
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Reich: Three Movements
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


25 October 1994
Sir Georg Solti
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


2 November 1994
Mstislav Rostropovich
Michael Feast, narrator
Balakirev: King Lear, Overture
Shostakovich: Suite from Hamlet
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet (with readings)



3 November 1994
Mstislav Rostropovich
Michael Feast, narrator
Balakirev: King Lear, Overture
Shostakovich: Suite from Hamlet
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet (with readings)


8 November 1994
Seiji Ozawa
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Shchedrin: ‘Sotto voce concerto’ for cello and orchestra


9 November 1994
Seiji Ozawa
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Shchedrin: ‘Sotto voce concerto’ for cello and orchestra


13 November 1994
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Gidon Kremer, violin
Schnittke: Symphony No. 6
Berg: Canon for violin and strings (arr. Schnittke)
Schnittke: Concerto for Three


15 November 1994
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Gidon Kremer, violin
Schnittke: Symphony No. 6
Berg: Canon for violin and strings (arr. Schnittke)
Schnittke: Concerto for Three


25 November 1994
Sir Colin Davis
Francisco Araiza, tenor
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Nancy Gustafson, soprano
Maria Bayo, soprano
John Dobson, tenor
Robert Tear, tenor
Michael Druiett, baritone
Susan Gritton, soprano
Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Ashley Thorburn, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Idomeneo (concert performance)



27 November 1994
Sir Colin Davis
Francisco Araiza, tenor
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Nancy Gustafson, soprano
Maria Bayo, soprano
John Dobson, tenor
Robert Tear, tenor
Michael Druiett, baritone
Susan Gritton, soprano
Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Ashley Thorburn, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Idomeneo (concert performance)


4 December 1994
Richard Hickox
Lars Vogt, piano
London Symphony Chorus
Arnold: Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Elgar: The Black Knight


8 December 1994
Sir Colin Davis
Radu Lupu, piano
Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


11 December 1994
Sir Colin Davis
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Moser, tenor
Anthony Michaels-Moore, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius


15 December 1994
Sir Colin Davis
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Moser, tenor
Anthony Michaels-Moore, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius


12 January 1995
Iván Fischer
Truls Mørk, cello
Dvořák: Legend No. 10
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op. 72 Nos. 1 and 2
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


22 January 1995
Pierre Boulez
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
Boulez: Notations I – IV
Webern: Six Pieces
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1

24 January 1995
Pierre Boulez
Jessye Norman, soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Boulez: Livre pour cordes
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Berg: Altenberg Lieder
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin


26 January 1995
Pierre Boulez
Jessye Norman, soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Boulez: Livre pour cordes
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Berg: Altenberg Lieder
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin


29 January 1995
Pierre Boulez
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Françoise Pollet, soprano
Lucy Shelton, soprano
London Voices
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Boulez: Le Visage nuptial


5 February 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos
Deborah Riedel, soprano
Florence Quivar, contralto
Laurence Dale, tenor
Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos and orchestra
Tippett: A Child of our Time


12 February 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Alexander Barantschik, violin
Edward Vanderspar, violin
Moray Welsh, cello
Tippett: Triple Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


16 February 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
Faye Robinson, soprano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Tippett: Symphony No. 3


19 February 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
Tippett: Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Tippett: The Rose Lake
Debussy: La Mer



23 February 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Midori, violin
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Tippett: Symphony No. 4


26 February 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Faye Robinson, piano
Maria Popescu, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Randle, tenor
Stephen Richardson, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Tippett: The Mask of Time


2 March 1995
Pierre Boulez
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin
Boulez: Figures, Doubles, Prismes
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2


5 March 1995
Pierre Boulez
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Messiaen: Chronochromie
Boulez: Messagesquisse
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911)


8 March 1995
Pierre Boulez
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Laura Aikin, soprano
Boulez: Improvisation III from Pli Selon Pli
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


9 March 1995
Pierre Boulez
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Laura Aikin, soprano
Boulez: Improvisation III from Pli Selon Pli
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


19 March 1995
Daniele Gatti
Colin Matthews: M50
Wagner: Overture to The Mastersingers
Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione, Suite
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


22 March 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Gidon Kremer, violin
Vadim Sakharov, violin
Schnittke: Concerto Groso No. 5
Mahler: Symphony No. 6



26 March 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Ben Heppner, tenor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Rott: Opening from Pastorales Vorspiel
Rott: Scherzo from Symphony in E major
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


29 March 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Daniel Harding*
Hamish Milne, piano
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Schumann: Drei Fantasiestücke
Boulez: Eclat*
Mahler: Symphony No. 7


2 April 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Kô Ishikawa, shô
Moura Lympany, piano
Takemitsu: Ceremonial
Weber: Konzertstück in F minor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


9 April 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Nancy Gustafson, soprano
Lynda Russell, soprano
Katarina Dalayman, soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
Thomas Moser, tenor
Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone
Peter Rose, bass
Southend Boys Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’


5 May 1995
Sir Simon Rattle
Jean Rigby, soprano
Faye Robinson, soprano
Cynthia Clarey, mezzo-soprano
Wills Morgan, tenor
Daniel Washington, baritone
Willard White, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Gershwin: Excerpts from Porgy and Bess


12 May 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Leon Kirchner*
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Tippett: The Rose Lake
Kirchner: Music for Cello and Orchestra*
Elgar: Cello Concerto



8 June 1995
André Previn
Gil Shaham, violin
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica


15 June 1995
André Previn
Cheryl Studer, soprano
Tim Hugh, cello
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: ‘Un moto di gioia’, arietta
Beethoven: ‘Ah! Perfido’, concert aria
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


18 June 1995
André Previn
Cheryl Studer, soprano
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony


29 June 1995
Daniele Gatti
Roy Carter, oboe
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Martin Gatt, bassoon
Tim Jones, horn
Mozart: Divertimento No. 3 in F major
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Wind Instruments
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


9 July 1995
Richard Hickox
Michèle Crider, soprano
Markella Hatziano, mezzo-soprano
Gabriel Sadé, tenor
Robert Lloyd, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Requiem Mass


13 July 1995
Richard Hickox
Michèle Crider, soprano
Markella Hatziano, mezzo-soprano
Gabriel Sadé, tenor
Robert Lloyd, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Requiem Mass

16 July 1995
Yuri Ahronovitch
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Copland: A Quiet City
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4



23 July 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Robin Sutherland, piano
Connor Burrowes, treble
Paula Robison, flute
London Symphony Chorus
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2, ‘The Age of Anxiety’
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Bernstein: Halil
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story



20 September 1995
André Previn
Sarah Chang, violin
Maw: Spring Music
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (complete)


21 September 1995
André Previn
Sarah Chang, violin
Maw: Spring Music
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (complete)


24 September 1995
Kent Nagano
Barry Douglas, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’


28 September 1995
Kent Nagano
Yvonne Loriod, piano
Paul Edmund-Davies, flute
Roy Carter, oboe
Tim Hugh, cello
Messiaen: Concerto à quatre
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


1 October 1995
Luciano Berio
Andrea Lucchesini, piano
Berio: Ritirata Notturna di Madrid (arr. of Boccherini)
Berio: Rendering (arr. of Schubert)
Maderna: Serenata per un Satellite
Berio: Piano Concerto No. 2, ‘Echoing Curves’


5 October 1995
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Albeniz: Suite Espagnola (arr. de Burgos)
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Falla: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from The Three Cornered Hat


8 October 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Robert Tear, narrator
Michèle Crider, soprano
Maria Popescu, contralto
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Peter Rose, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’



10 October 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Robert Tear, narrator
Michèle Crider, soprano
Maria Popescu, contralto
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Peter Rose, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


12 October 1995
Michael Tilson Thomas
Robert Tear, narrator
Michèle Crider, soprano
Maria Popescu, contralto
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Peter Rose, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


15 October 1995
Richard Hickox
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
Steven Isserlis, cello
Olli Mustonen, piano
Ingrid Attrot, soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Nigel Robson, tenor
Stephen Roberts, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Maxwell Davies: The Three Kings


21 October 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Luciana D’Intino, soprano
Laurence Dale, tenor
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (complete)


22 October 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Luciana D’Intino, soprano
Laurence Dale, tenor
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (complete)


25 October 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Alfred Brendel, piano
Tippett: Ritual Dances from A Midsummer Marriage
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8



26 October 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Alfred Brendel, piano
Haydn: Scena di Berenice – ‘Berenice che Fai?
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


2 November 1995
Jiří Bělohlávek
Smetana: Má vlast (complete)


8 November 1995
André Previn
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Shapiro: Symphony for Classical Orchestra
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


9 November 1995
André Previn
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Shapiro: Symphony for Classical Orchestra
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


22 November 1995
Mstislav Rostropovich
Helen Huang, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


23 November 1995
Mstislav Rostropovich
Han Na Chang, cello
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


26 November 1995
Sir Georg Solti
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin
Bartók: Dance Suite
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta


30 November 1995
Sir Georg Solti
András Schiff, piano
Julia Varady, soprano
Laszlo Polgar, bass
Sandor Elès, narrator
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle



10 December 1995
Sir Colin Davis
Brian Azawa, counter-tenor  
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
Carl Ferguson, actor
Brian Bannatyne Scott, bass
Hilary Summers, contralto
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Paul Whelan, baritone
Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano
Janice Watson, soprano
Robert Lloyd, bass
Gwynne Howell, bass
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Stephen Richardson, bass-baritone
Mark Tucker, tenor
Neal Davies, bass
David Newman, soprano
New London Children’s Choir
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (concert performance)


16 January 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Midori, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9


24 January 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6


11 February 1996
Myung-Whun Chung
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano
Sergei Larin, tenor
Stephen Richardson, bass
Catherine Edwards, organ
London Symphony Chorus
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass


15 February 1996
Myung-Whun Chung
Mussorgsky: Prelude and Gopak from Sorochintsky Fair
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)


18 February 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5


21 February 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Bruckner: Symphony No. 0

22 February 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5


29 February 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Dmitri Vassiliev, violin
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


6 March 1996
David Robertson
Sarah Eyden, soprano
Micaela Haslam, soprano
Rachel Weston, soprano
Heather Cairncross, alto
Neil Percy, clapper
Steve Reich, clapper and sound desk
Ian Dearden, sound desk
Reich: Clapping Music
Reich: Eight Lines
Reich: Sextet
Reich: Tehillim


13 March 1996
Sir Georg Solti
Murray Perahia, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’


14 March 1996
Sir Georg Solti
Murray Perahia, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’


17 March 1996
Daniele Gatti
Paul Edmund-Davies, flute
Bryn Lewis, harp
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue, K546
Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1


27 March 1996
Christoph Eschenbach
Ralph Kirshbaum, cello
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Brahms: Double Concerto
Dvořák: Cello Concerto


28 March 1996
Daniele Gatti
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3



31 March 1996
Christoph Eschenbach
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2


16 April 1996
Michael Tilson Thomas
Barry Douglas, piano
Holloway: Concerto No. 3 for Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’


18 April 1996
Michael Tilson Thomas
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Stravinsky: Ode
Stravinsky: Variations in Memoriam Aldous Huxley
Stravinsky: Agon
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Ravel: La Valse


21 April 1996
Michael Tilson Thomas
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
London Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: Concertino
Stravinsky: Scherzo à la Russe
Stravinsky: Scènes de Ballet
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe


28 April 1996
Richard Hickox
John Lill, piano
Arnold: Tam O’Shanter, Overture
Arnold: Four English Dances (Set 1)
Arnold: Fantasy on a Theme of John Field
Arnold: The Sound Barrier, Film Suite
Arnold: Symphony No. 5


2 May 1996
Daniel Harding
John Williams, guitar
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Jonathan Harvey: Concerto Antico
Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream
Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin


12 May 1996
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6



14 May 1996
Mstislav Rostropovich
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Hugh Seenan, horn
Rodney Bennett: Partita for Orchestra
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, horn and Strings
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


6 June 1996
André Previn
Tommaso Placidi*
André Previn, piano
Matthews: Machines and Dreams*
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


11 June 1996
André Previn
Gil Shaham, violin
Maw: Spring Music
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


13 June 1996
André Previn
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, ‘London’
Mozart: ‘Dove sono’ and ‘Porgi amor’ from The Marriage of Figaro
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Richard Strauss: Closing Scene from Capriccio


7 July 1996
Kent Nagano
Ian Bousfield, trombone
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 in B minor
Takemitsu: Fantasma/Cantos II
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


11 July 1996
Kent Nagano
Christine Pendrill, cor anglais
MacMillan: The World’s Ransoming
Mahler: Symphony No. 6


14 July 1996
Kent Nagano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Sabbatini, tenor
Natale De Carolis, baritone
Anthony Stuart Lloyd, bass
London Symphony Chorus
New London Children’s Choir
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust



17 September 1996
Colin Davis
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Sibelius: En Saga
Colin Matthews: Cello Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


19 September 1996
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, ‘The Year 1905’


22 September 1996
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Prokofiev: The Meeting of the Volga and the Don
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


29 September 1996
Richard Hickox
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Stephen Roberts, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims


3 October 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Sibelius: En Saga
James MacMillan: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


6 October 1996
Kent Nagano
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


9 October 1996
Kent Nagano
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)


20 October 1996
Mikhail Pletnev
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Barbara Frittoli, soprano
Gwyn Hughes Jones, tenor
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427


30 October 1996
Riccardo Chailly
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Mahler: Symphony No. 10

31 October 1996
Riccardo Chailly
Katarina Dalayman, soprano
Wolfgang Schmidt, tenor
Gudjon Oskarsson, bass
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Wagner: Act 1 of Die Walküre


3 November 1996
Myung-Whun Chung
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


24 November 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Radu Lupu, piano
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Sibelius: Kullervo Symphony


28 November 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Radu Lupu, piano
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Sibelius: Kullervo Symphony


10 December 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Christine Pendrill, cor anglais
Steven Isserlis, cello
MacMillan: The World’s Ransoming
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


11 December 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Christine Pendrill, cor anglais
Steven Isserlis, cello
MacMillan: The World’s Ransoming
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


15 December 1996
Sir Colin Davis
Georgina Lukacs, soprano
Markella Hatziano, mezzo-soprano
 Stuart Neill, tenor
Gudjon Oskarsson, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Requiem


19 December 1996
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
Rossini: Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring



9 January 1997
Antonio Pappano
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Dvořák: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


16 January 1997
Tommaso Placidi
Roy Carter, oboe
Benjamin Luxon, narrator
Stephen Montague: The Creatures Indoors
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird


29 January 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


30 January 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


2 February 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Sara Mingardo, contralto
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
London Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Gesang der Pärzen
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


6 February 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Alexander Barantschik, violin
Moray Welsh, cello
Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn
Brahms: Double Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


9 February 1997
Sir Colin Davis
London Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Nänie
Brahms: Schicksalslied
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


13 February 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4



16 February 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
Peter Mattei, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: A German Requiem


20 February 1997
Michael Tilson Thomas
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
John Harle, saxophone
Peter Mattei, baritone
Tallis Chamber Choir
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Debussy: Rhapsodie for Clarinet
Debussy: Rhapsodie for Saxophone
Debussy: Berceuse héroïque
Debussy: Trois Ballades de François Villon
Debussy: La Mer


23 February 1997
Michael Tilson Thomas
Paula Aimerares, soprano
Jacqueline Miura, mezzo-soprano
Anna Larson, contralto
Leslie Caron, narrator
London Symphony Chorus
Debussy: Jeux
Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien


27 February 1997
Michael Tilson Thomas
Lucy Wakeford, harp
Debussy: ‘Fanfare’ and ‘Le sommeil de Lear’ from King Lear
Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane
Debussy: La boîte à joujoux
Debussy: Trois Images


8 March 1997
Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Slava! Overture
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


11 March 1997
Mstislav Rostropovich
Walton: Prologue and Fantasia
Shostakovich: Novelette
Schnittke: Symphony No. 6


13 March 1997
Zubin Mehta
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Cello Concerto



16 March 1997
Zubin Mehta
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Bloch: Schelomo
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote



17 March 1997
Zubin Mehta
Ravi Shankar, sitar
Naresh Sohal: Satyagraha
Ravi Shankar: Sitar Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


25 March 1997
Seiji Ozawa
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante


13 April 1997
David Robertson
Maurice Murphy, trumpet
Janáček: Taras Bulba
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6


20 April 1997
Richard Hickox
Barry Douglas, piano
Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Britten: Piano Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits


26 April 1997
Sir Georg Solti
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Excerpts from Das Knaben Wunderhorn
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15


 6 May 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Finchley Children’s Music Group
Piers Hellawell: Do Not Disturb
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


7 May 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Finchley Children’s Music Group
Piers Hellawell: Do Not Disturb
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4



21 May 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Alfred Brendel, piano
Finchley Children’s Music Group
Piers Hellawell: Do Not Disturb
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


22 May 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Alfred Brendel, piano
Finchley Children’s Music Group
Piers Hellawell: Do Not Disturb
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


29 May 1997
Christian Thielemann
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


1 June 1997
André Previn
Eunice Lee, violin
Ravel: Mother Goose, ballet
Ravel: Tzigane
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe


5 June 1997
André Previn
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
Juanita Lascarro, soprano
Robert Lloyd, bass
David Wilson-Johnson, baritone
Mark Tucker, tenor
Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano
Mary Plazas, soprano
Jacqueline Miura, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges


12 June 1997
André Previn
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Georges Gautier, tenor
Kurt Ollmann, baritone
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: L’Heure Espagnole


17 June 1997
John Eliot Gardiner
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Ballet (complete)



22 June 1997
John Eliot Gardiner
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Bryn Terfel, baritone
Martin Robson, bass
Deborah York, soprano
Anne Howells, mezzo-soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Peter Bronder, tenor
Julian Clarkson, bass
Monteverdi Choir
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (concert performance)


8 July 1997
Kent Nagano
Matthew Long, boy soprano
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
Thomas Young, tenor
Nancy Gustafson, soprano
Jacqueline Miura, mezzo-soprano
Neil Jenkins, tenor
Blair Wilson, baritone
Keel Watson, bass
London Voices
Bernstein: A White House Cantata



23 September 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Midori, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Walton: Symphony No. 1


24 September 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Midori, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Walton: Symphony No. 1


28 September 1997
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
MacMillan: Symphony No. 1 ‘Vigil’
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto


2 October 1997
Richard Hickox
Rosa Mannion, soprano
Thomas Randle, tenor
Matthew Brook, baritone
London Philharmonic Chorus
Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance (adapted from Hugh the Drover)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, ‘London’


9 October 1997
Mark Wigglesworth
Fiona Shaw, actor
Requiem (poem by Anna Akhmatova read before the symphony)
Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’ Shostakovich:


12 October 1997
André Previn
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3


18 October 1997
André Previn
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131 (arranged for string orchestra)


23 October 1997
André Previn
Alexander Barantschik, violin
Paul Silverthorne, viola
Tim Hugh, cello
Walton: Viola Concerto
Walton: Cello Concerto
Walton: Violin Concerto



26 October 1997
Richard Hickox
Janice Watson, soprano
Neal Davies, bass
Felicity Palmer, contralto
Thomas Randle, tenor
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
John Graham-Hall, tenor
Richard Suart, baritone
Stephen Richardson, bass
Gail Pearson, soprano
Helen Williams, soprano
Claire Bradshaw, contralto
London Symphony Chorus
Vaughan Williams: Extracts from The Poisoned Kiss
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5


30 October 1997
Michael Tilson Thomas
Jessye Norman, soprano
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)


2 November 1997
Michael Tilson Thomas
Jessye Norman, soprano
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)


6 November 1997
Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No. 7


 16 November 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


20 November 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Sibelius: The Oceanides
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4


23 November 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Katarina Dalayman, soprano
Sibelius: Four Lemminkaïnen Legends
Sibelius: Five Orchestral Songs (Black Roses, Sigh, rushes, sigh, The First Kiss, Was it a dream?, The girl returned from meeting her lover)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5



26 November 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Sibelius: Symphony No. 6
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7


27 November 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Sibelius: Symphony No. 6
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7


30 November 1997
Sir Colin Davis
Peter Mattei, baritone
Katarina Dalayman, soprano
Helsinki University Choir
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Sibelius: Kullervo Symphony


 18 December 1997
Tadaaki Otaka
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


19 December 1997
Tadaaki Otaka
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


11 January 1998
Bernard Haitink
Haydn: Symphony No. 86
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


14 January 1998
Bernard Haitink
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


15 January 1998
Bernard Haitink
Haydn: Symphony No. 86
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


21 January 1998
Elgar Howarth
Janice Graham, violin
Ian Bousfield, trombone
Neil Percy, percussion
Simon Carrington, timpani
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Gordon Jacob: Trombone Concerto
Philip Cashian: Night Journeys
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra



25 January 1998
Kent Nagano
David Wilson-Johnson, baritone
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
Stephen Richardson, bass
Teresa Shaw, mezzo-soprano
Deborah Miles-Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Higgins, mezzo-soprano
Carl Tanner, tenor
Wendy Hill, soprano
Judith Howarth, soprano
London Voices
Adams: Nixon in China (concert performance)


28 January 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Roy Carter, oboe
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Rachel Gough, bassoon
Tim Jones, horn
Michael Berkeley: Secret Garden
Sinfonia concertante for wind instruments Mozart:
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


15 February 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Tippett: The Rose Lake
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


19 February 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Kenneth Tarver, tenor
Egils Silins, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2, ‘October’
Shostakovich: Suite from The Nose
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1


22 February 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
London Symphony Chorus
Shostakovich: Suite from New Babylon
Shostakovich: Suite from The Golden Age
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3, ‘May Day’


26 February 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mikhail Rudy, piano
Rod Franks, trumpet
Shostakovich: Five Fragments
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4


1 March 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Excerpts from Jazz Suite No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5



4 March 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music from King Lear
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, ‘Leningrad’


12 March 1998
Pierre Boulez
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Carter: Three Occasions for Orchestra
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite


22 March 1998
Pierre Boulez
Emanuel Ax, piano
Bartók: Four Orchestral Pieces
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
Carter: A Symphony of Three Orchestras
Debussy: La Mer


25 March 1998
Riccardo Chailly
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Janice Watson, soprano
Jonathan Summers, bass-baritone
Philip Kang, bass
Mahler: Totenfeier
Wagner: Closing Part of Act 3 of Götterdämmerung


27 March 1998
Riccardo Chailly
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


5 April 1998
Dmitri Kitaenko
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony


17 April 1998
Michael Tilson Thomas
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Ives: Six Songs (The New River, The Pond, The Housatonic at Stockbridge, Serenity (orch Adams) Charlie Rutlage, General William Booth Enters Into Heaven (orch. Becker)
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2, ‘The Age of Anxiety’


21 April 1998
Michael Tilson Thomas
Marin Alsop*
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Christopher Rouse: Der gerettete Alberich*
Mahler: Symphony No. 5



29 April 1998
Michael Tilson Thomas
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Bernstein: Suite from A Quiet Place
Mahler: Rückert Lieder
Copland: Symphony No. 3


7 May 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


10 May 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Alexander Barantschik, violin
Timothy Hugh, cello
Michael Berkeley: Secret Garden
Brahms: Double Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


31 May 1998
André Previn
Harolyn Blackwell, soprano
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Previn: Honey and Rue
Previn: Vocalise
William Schuman: Symphony No. 3


7 June 1998
Andrew Litton
Gil Shaham, violin
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Andrew Litton, piano
Copland: Quiet City
Barber: Violin Concerto
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue


11 June 1998
Walter Weller
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


14 June 1998
Claus Peter Flor
Janice Watson, soprano
Mozart: Symphony No 34
Mozart: Vado, ma dove?, concert aria
Mozart: Bella mia fiamma addio - Resta, oh cara, concert aria
Richard Strauss: Befreit
Richard Strauss: Muttertändelei
Richard Strauss: Freundliche Vision
Richard Strauss: Morgen
Richard Strauss: Frühlingsfeier
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration


18 June 1998
Andrew Davis
Roy Carter, oboe
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Richard Strauss: Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

12 July 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Olga Borodina, soprano
José Cura, tenor
Nikolai Dobrev, baritone
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
Susan Gritton, soprano
Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano
Neal Davies, baritone
Bülent Bezdüz, tenor
Liao Chang Yong, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys Choir
Bizet: Carmen (concert performance)


15 July 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Olga Borodina, soprano
José Cura, tenor
Nikolai Dobrev, baritone
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
Susan Gritton, soprano
Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano
Neal Davies, baritone
Bülent Bezdüz, tenor
Liao Chang Yong, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys Choir
Bizet: Carmen (concert performance)


17 July 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Olga Borodina, soprano
José Cura, tenor
Nikolai Dobrev, baritone
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
Susan Gritton, soprano
Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano
Neal Davies, baritone
Bülent Bezdüz, tenor
Liao Chang Yong, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys Choir
Bizet: Carmen (concert performance)


23 September 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Radu Lupu, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6


24 September 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Radu Lupu, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6


27 September 1998
Kent Nagano
Yvonne Loriod, piano
Paul Edmund Davies, flute
Moray Welsh, cello
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Neil Percy, percussion
Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ


1 October 1998
Richard Hickox
Jean-François Heisser, piano
Bruch: Swedish Dances Nos. 1-8
Bruch: Double Piano Concerto
Bruch: Serenade on Swedish Folk Melodies
Bruch: Symphony No. 3
Michel Béroff, piano


3 October 1998
Richard Hickox
Joshua Bell, violin
Bruch: Swedish Dances 9-15
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruch: Loreley Prelude
Bruch: Symphony No. 1


10 October 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8


13 October 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Shostakovich: 'Recollection' and 'Winter Garden' from Michurin
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


14 October 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Shostakovich: 'Recollection' and 'Winter Garden' from Michurin
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10



17 October 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Ryusuke Numajiri*
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1*
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, ‘The Year 1905’


22 October 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Sergei Aleksashkin, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Shostakovich: 'Dresden in Ruins' from Five Days Five Nights
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, ‘The Year 1911’
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’


25 October 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Elena Prokina, soprano
Sergei Aleksashkin, bass
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14


28 October 1998
Mstislav Rostropovich
Tigran Martirossian, bass
Shostakovich: Suite on Michelangelo Sonnets
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15


1 November 1998
John Adams
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Jeremy White, bass
Emanuel Ax, piano
London Symphony Chorus
Adams: Scenes and Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer
Adams: Piano Concerto
Adams: Century Rolls


4 November 1998
Michael Tilson Thomas
Peter Eyre, narrator
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale
Stravinsky: The Firebird


8 November 1998
Michael Tilson Thomas
Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Tarver, tenor
David Wilson-Johnson, bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: Ode
Stravinsky: Pulcinella (complete)
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)



15 November 1998
Michael Tilson Thomas
Stuart Neill, tenor
Stephanie Cosserat, narrator
New London Children’s Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: Persephone
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


25 November 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 3 (realised Payne)


6 December 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Heinrich Schiff, cello
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 2


9 December 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Elgar: Falstaff
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


13 December 1998
Sir Colin Davis
Sara Mingardo, mezzo-soprano
Robert Dean Smith, tenor
Jonathan Summers, bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius


18 December 1998
Kent Nagano
Jerry Hadley, tenor
June Anderson, soprano
Nickolas Grace, baritone
Patricia Routledge, mezzo-soprano
John Daszak, tenor
Jacqueline Miura, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Roderick Earle, bass
Philip Salmon, tenor
Keel Watson, tenor
Ashley Holland, baritone
Craig Downes, tenor
London Symphony Chorus
Bernstein: Candide (concert performance)




19 December 1998
Kent Nagano
Jerry Hadley, tenor
June Anderson, soprano
Nickolas Grace, baritone
Patricia Routledge, mezzo-soprano
John Daszak, tenor
Jacqueline Miura, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Roderick Earle, bass
Philip Salmon, tenor
Keel Watson, tenor
Ashley Holland, baritone
Craig Downes, tenor
London Symphony Chorus
Bernstein: Candide (concert performance)


13 January 1999
Ryusuke Numajiri
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Simon Carrington, percussion
Neil Percy, percussion
John Alley, celesta
London Voices
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun


3 February 1999
Sir Colin Davis
Sarah Chang, violin
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


4 February 1999
Sir Colin Davis
Sarah Chang, violin
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


7 February 1999
Sir Colin Davis
Emanuel Ax, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Elgar: Enigma Variations


18 February 1999
Myung-Whun Chung
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances


21 February 1999
Myung-Whun Chung
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Sara Mingardo, contralto
London Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’



24 February 1999
Lorin Maazel
Wolfgang Gieron*
Lorin Maazel, violin
Cyril Dupuy, cimbalom
Bartók: Portrait No. 1, ‘An Ideal’*
Maazel: Music for Violin and Orchestra*
Kreisler: Gypsy Caprice arr, Maazel*
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


25 February 1999
Lorin Maazel
Wolfgang Gieron*
Lorin Maazel, violin
Cyril Dupuy, cimbalom
Bartók: Portrait No. 1, ‘An Ideal’*
Maazel: Music for Violin and Orchestra*
Kreisler: Gypsy Caprice arr, Maazel*
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


28 February 1999
Lorin Maazel
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


10 March 1999
André Previn
Felicity Lott, soprano
Roberta Alexander, soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
London Symphony Chorus
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Britten: Spring Symphony


15 March 1999
André Previn
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Closing Scene from Capriccio
Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier


15 April 1999
Michael Tilson Thomas
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Ruggles: Evocations
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9


 18 April 1999
Michael Tilson Thomas
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Haydn: Symphony No. 21
Bartók: Viola Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


29 April 1999
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Prokofiev: Pushkin Waltzes
Shchedrin: Violin Concerto, ‘Concerto Cantabile’
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

5 May 1999
Christoph Eschenbach
Midori, violin
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


6 May 1999
Christoph Eschenbach
Midori, violin
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


17 May 1999
Sir Colin Davis
José Cura, tenor
Carlos Alvarez, baritone
John Daszak, tenor
Bülant Bezdüz, tenor
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
Andrew Greenan, bass
Graeme Broadbent, bass
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Enkelejda Shkosa, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Otello (concert performance)


20 May 1999
Sir Colin Davis
José Cura, tenor
Carlos Alvarez, baritone
John Daszak, tenor
Bülant Bezdüz, tenor
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
Andrew Greenan, bass
Graeme Broadbent, bass
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Enkelejda Shkosa, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Otello (concert performance)


23 May 1999
Sir Colin Davis
José Cura, tenor
Carlos Alvarez, baritone
John Daszak, tenor
Bülant Bezdüz, tenor
Miguel Angel Zapater, bass
Andrew Greenan, bass
Graeme Broadbent, bass
Andrea Dankova, soprano
Enkelejda Shkosa, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Otello (concert performance)


26 May 1999
Antonio Pappano
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1



2 June 1999
Antonio Pappano
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Bernstein: Three dances from On the Town
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade


10 June 1999
Bernard Haitink
András Schiff, piano
Moray Welsh, cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


13 June 1999
Bernard Haitink
András Schiff, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
Richard Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


22 June 1999
Bernard Haitink
András Schiff, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony


23 June 1999
Bernard Haitink
András Schiff, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony


27 June 1999
Mstislav Rostropovich
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Britten: American Overture
Britten: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6


4 July 1999
John Eliot Gardiner
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey Stewart, tenor
Darren Fox, tenor
Simon Preece, baritone
Jeremy White, bass
Richard Strauss: Symphony in Three Movements
Weill: Seven Deadly Sins
Weill: Broadway Songs (My Ship, One Life to Live, Surabaya Johnny, Das Lied von der Harten Nuss, Speak Low, I’m a Stranger Here Myself)
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


8 July 1999
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Lilli Boulanger: Du fond de l’abîme
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe

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