2006-2007
06/07 Season
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall performances onlySep / Oct / Nov / Dec / Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul
September 06
14 September 2006
Opening Celebration
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Alexander Kobrin piano
Rhys Owens trumpet
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: The Snow Maiden
Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet
and Strings in C minor
Rachmaninov Symphony No.2
20 & 21 September 2006
Shostakovich Centenary
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Christian Poltéra cello
Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: excerpts
Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1919)
21 September 2006
Clark, Aasgard and Parkin
James Clark violin
Jonathan Aasgaard cello
Simon Parkin piano
Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia
Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 in E minor
Mozart Piano Trio
27 September 2006
The Gamblers
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Directed by Elena Tzavara
Soloists of the European Opera Centre
Shostakovich The Gamblers
Fleishman Rothschild’s Violin (completed
and orchestrated by Shostakovich)
30 September 2006
A Prayer To Mary
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Sin Nyung Hwang soprano
Nicola Dunne mezzo-soprano
Colin Lee tenor
Peter McGillivray baritone
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Rossini Overture: Robert Bruce
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes (ballet in three deals)
Rossini Stabat Mater Back to the top ^
October 06
3 October 2006
Song Recital by Soloists of the
European Opera Centre
An de Ridder soprano
Roman Astakhov bass
Stephanos Thomopoulos piano
Schumann Lieder
Mendelssohn Duets
Poulenc Banalites
Tchaikovsky Songs
5 October 2006
Shostakovich Centenary
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Weill Kleine Dreigroshenmusik (A Little
Threepenny Music)
Shostakovich Symphony No.7 ‘Leningrad’
8 October 2006
Shostakovich Centenary
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Shostakovich Jazz Suite No.1
Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
(Little Threepenny Music)
Shostakovich Ballet Music from Cheremushki
Falla Love the Magician (El Amor Brujo)
Shchedrin Concerto for Orchestra
No.1 ’Naughty Limericks’
17 October 2006
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
Haydn Quartet No.57 in C major, Op.74 No.1
Shostakovich Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110
Schubert Quartet No.15 in G major, D887
18 and 19 October 2006
Virtuosi
Harry Bicket conductor
Nicholas Cox clarinet
David Fletcher double bass
Mendelssohn Overture: Athalia
Weber Clarinet Concerto No.1
Rossini Overture: William Tell
Bottesini Double Bass Concerto No.1
Beethoven Symphony No.2
19 October 2006
Fusion Wind Quintet
Poulenc Sextet
Mozart Quintet in E flat major, K452
Ludwig Thuille Sextet in B flat major, Op.6
23 October 2006
First Notes
28 October 2006
Listen Up!
JoAnn Falletta conductor
Alison Balsom trumpet
Adams A short ride in a fast machine
Joby Talbot Trumpet Concerto
(world premiere)
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Back to the top ^
November 06
2 November 2006
Love and Landscape
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Sibelius Suite: Rakastava
Sibelius Symphony No.4
Rachmaninov Symphony No.3
5 November 2006
Inspired by Shakespeare
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
Walton Suite: Henry V
Elgar In the South
Khrennikov Excerpts from Suite: Much Ado
about Nothing
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet excerpts
7 November 2006
Royal Northern College of Music
Paul Keohone baritone
Clark Rundell conductor
Mark Simpson Septet
Mark-Anthony Turnage The Torn Fields
Stephen Pratt New Work (world premiere)
Mark-Anthony Turnage Crying Out Loud
10 November 2006
The Phil on Tour - The Brindley, Runcorn
Directed by James Clark
Handel Concerto Grosso in D major, Opus 6 No. 5
Wirén Dag Serenade for String Orchestra
Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor
BWV 1060
Dvorák Serenade in E major for String
Orchestra, Opus 22
12 November 2006
Musical Archaeology
Clark Rundell conductor*
Jean Deroyer conductor**
Pascal Gallois bassoon
Richard Barrett Melos** (World premiere)
Olga Neuwirth Torsion: Transparent Variation*
(UK premiere)
Robin Hartwell Unequal Division*
(World premiere)
Richard Barrett Codex 1
Liza Lim Machine for Contacting the Dead*
14 November 2006
Nikolai Demidenko, piano
Bach-Liszt Fantasy and Fugue in G minor BWV542
J.S. Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Liszt Variations on a theme from Bach’s Cantata
"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" S180
Schubert Sonata in D major D850
15 and 16 November 2006
Melody in Nature
Herbert Blomstedt conductor
Linus Roth violin
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Mahler Symphony No.1
16 November 2006
French Connections
Brendan Ball trumpet
Ian Tracey organ
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Prélude from Te Deum
Pierre-Louis Couperin Passacaglia in B minor
Mouret Fanfare from Suite No.1 in D
Dandrieu Rondeau from Les Fifres
Purcell Two Trumpet Tunes & Air
Reginald Goss-Custard Chelsea Fayre
Dukas Fanfare pour précéder La Péri
18 November 2006
Carl's 70th Birthday Bash
Carl Davis CBE conductor
Michael Angelis narrator*
Bernstein arr. Peress Overture: West Side Story
Davis excerpts from The World at War, Hollywood,
Napoleon, and Chaplin’s Easy Street
Davis The Town Fox (words by Carla Lane)*
Davis excerpts from The French Lieutenant’s Woman,
Champions (opening titles & Grand National),
Pride and Prejudice, and his newest score,
Cyrano de Bergerac (world premiere)
19 November 2006
Grieg's Piano Concerto
Matthew Wood conductor
Tim Abel piano
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Sibelius Symphony No.1
22 November 2006
Andriessen - Sonic Splendour
Clark Rundell conductor
Cristina Zavalloni soprano
Monica Germino violin
Louis Andriessen Zilver
Gary Carpenter Die Flimmerkiste
Stephen Pratt Double Act
(anniversary commission)
Gary Carpenter After Braque (world premiere)
Louis Andriessen La Passione
23 November 2006
Mozart by Candlelight
Steven Devine conductor/piano
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
Mozart Festival Orchestra in full 18th Century costume
Marriage of Figaro Overture
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Piano Concerto No 21
Clarinet Concerto
Symphony No. 40
25 November 2006
Musical Pictures
Clark Rundell conductor
Rachmaninov arr. Respighi Three Études Tableaux
(Little Red Riding Hood, The Sea and the Seagulls, March)
Andriessen arr. Rundell Vermeer Pictures
(UK premiere)
Mussorgsky orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
26 November 2006
Family Concert: Choral Power
Alasdair Malloy presenter
28 November 2006
Preston Series: Romantic Classics
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Jonathan Biss piano
Euryanthe and Jupiter
Jonathan Biss piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Mendelssohn Psalm 114
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.2
J.S. Bach Jesu meine Freude
Mozart Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’ Back to the top ^
December 06
2 December 2006
Birkenhead School Choral Society
The Clock
Jonathan Biss piano
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.2
Brahms Symphony No.2
A Gospel Christmas
It's Magic
Christian Lindberg trombone
Ferdinand David Trombone Concerto
Christian Lindberg Mandrake in the Corner
(trombone concerto) (UK premiere)
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Lunchtime Recital
Roy Howat piano
Debussy Images oubliees
Faure Nocturne No. 6
Ravel A la maniere de Borodin
Chabrier Trois pieces
Debussy D'un cahier d'esquisses: L'ile joyeuse
Lecture: A Fresh Look at Gabriel Faure - 3pm
Evening Concert
Roy Howat piano
Panocha String Quartet
Faure Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89
Dvorák Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, Op.81
14 December 2006
Carols and Brass
Liverpool Welsh Choral
Northop Silver Band
16, 17, 19, 21, 23 December 2006
Carol Concerts - The Spirit of Christmas
Roger McGough presenter (16/17)
Very Rev. Ken Riley presenter (19)
Jenni Murray presenter (21/23)
Ian Tracey conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
17 December 2006
Family Concert: A Christmas Present
Alasdair Malloy presenter
18 November 2006
Christmas Concert
Matthew Wood conductor
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
20 December 2006
Christmas Carol Singalong
Philharmonic Orchestra
Winter Wonderland
Mary Plazas soprano
Liverpool Philharmonic Training Choir
January 07
Victoria Joyce soprano
directed by Daniel Rowland
Joanne Lunn soprano
Melanie Marshall mezzo-soprano
James Gilchrist tenor
Christopher Purves bass
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
John Wilson conductor
Llyr Williams, piano
Schumann Fantasy in C, Op.17
Tchaikovsky The Seasons (selection)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
13 January 2007
Spanish Night
Craig Ogden guitar
Chabrier España
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Falla Jota from The Three-Cornered Hat
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol
Bizet Suite No.1 from Carmen
Ravel Boléro
18 January 2007
Elgar and Delius: Liverpool Echoes
Vernon Handley conductor
Tasmin Little violin
Delius Brigg Fair
Delius Violin Concerto
Elgar Symphony No.1
19 January 2007
Phantom Instruments
Ensemble 10/10
Clark Rundell conductor
Nicholas Cox clarinet
Michael Walsh new work
Raymond Yiu Night Shanghai
Kurt Schwertsik new work
(anniversary commission & World Premiere)
David Horne Phantom Instruments
(anniversary commission & World Premiere)
Gyorgy Ligeti Chamber Concerto
23, 24 and 25 January 2007
(Preston Series 23 January) - Carnival
Libor Pesek KBE conductor
Julian Lloyd Webber cello
All-Dvorák Programme:
Overture: Carnival
Cello Concerto
Symphony No.8
25 January 2007
Ensemble of St. Luke's
Alexander Marks violin
Celia Goodwin violin
Robert Shepley viola
Gethyn Jones cello
Prokofiev String Quartet No.1 in B minor,
Op.50
Borodin String Quartet No.2 in D major Back to the top ^
February 07
3 February 2007
Liverpool Echoes: The Bells
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Elena Gorshunova soprano
Dmitry Voropaev tenor
Eduard Tsanga bass
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Schubert Symphony No.5
Mahler Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rachmaninov The Bells
8 February 2007
Liverpool Echoes: Walton
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Kathryn Stott piano
Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps
Walton Sinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra
Elgar Symphony No.2
11 February 2007
Fairytales
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Kathryn Stott piano
Sviridov The Snow Storm: Waltz, March, Romance
Walton Sinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses of themes by Weber
Rossini arr. Respighi La Boutique Fantasque - Suite
14 February 2007
First Notes
14 February 2007
Valentine's Day Love Classics
Anthony Inglis conductor
Murray McLachlan piano
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Waltz
and Rose Adagio
Debussy Clair de Lune
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
16 February 2007
Visual Music
Clark Rundell conductor
Ella Kirkpatrick vocalist
Louis Andriessen M is for Man, Music and Mozart
Kenneth Hesketh Lichtspiel
(anniversary commission & World Premiere)
Ian Gardiner Vormittagsspuk (Ghosts before Breakfast)
Ian Gardiner Rose Hobart (World Premiere)
17 February 2007
A Night at the Opera featuring tenor John Hudson
Julian Smith conductor
John Hudson tenor
Programme includes:
Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Puccini "Recondita Armonia" from Tosca
Puccini "E Lucevan Le Stelle" from Tosca
Bizet From Carmen : Prelude to Act I ,
Entracte before Act 3 & before Act 4
Massenet "Pourqoi me Reveiller" from Werther
Verdi “Oh fede negar potessi” & "Quando le sera al Placido"
from Louisa Miller
Verdi Overture to La forza del destino
Puccini "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot
20 February 2007
Wihan String Quintet with Martin Kasík, piano
Haydn Quartet in C major, Op.76 No.3 ‘Emperor’
Beethoven Quartet in F minor, Op.95
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op.44
21 and 22 February 2007
Classic Sounds
Robin Ticciati conductor
James Ehnes violin
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Sibelius En Saga
Sibelius Scene with Cranes (from Kuolema)
Beethoven Violin Concerto
22 February 2007
John Harle, alto saxophone
Steve Lodder piano
Bartók Three Folksongs
Machaut N’Adroit Pas
Graham Fitkin Bob
Sondheim arr. Bennett Three Waltzes
Peter De Rose Deep Purple
Chick Corea Children’s Songs
25 February 2007
Family Concert - The World at Our Feet
Alisdair Malloy presenter Back to the top ^
March 07
3 March 2007
French Touch
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor
John Harle saxophone
Chausson Symphony in B flat
Debussy Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Milhaud Scaramouche
Debussy La Mer
4 March 2007
Liverpool Welsh Choral
Willard White bass
Mendelssohn Elijah
5 March 2007
The Sound of Musicals
6 March 2007
Preston Series - Hough and Rachmaninov
Stephen Hough piano
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Walton Symphony No.2
Hough and Rachmaninov
Stephen Hough piano
Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
Sibelius Symphony No.2
Steps in Time: A Look Back at the last 800 Years
Alisdair Malloy presenter
Stephen Hough, piano
Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses, Op.54
Webern Variations Op. 27
Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op.111
Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op.65
Chopin Waltz in C sharp minor
and Valse brilliante in A flat major
Saint-Saëns Valse nonchalante, Op.110
Chabrier Feuille d’album (Valse)
Debussy La plus que lente (Valse)
Liszt Valse Oubliée No.1
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1
Hough and Haydn
Steven Isserlis cello
Mozart Piano Concerto No.21
Haydn Cello Concerto in C K467
Hough The Loneliest Wilderness: Elegy for cello and orchestra
(world premiere)
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’
18 March 2007
A Touch of Anarchy
Clark Rundell conductor
Christian Forshaw saxophone
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Tarik O'Regan Triptych
Ian Stephens ... through the affrighted air ...
(anniversary commission & World Premiere)
Howard Skempton Chamber Concerto
Gary Carpenter Sonatinas for Alto Saxophone
and Chamber Orchestra
(anniversary commission & World Premiere)
Igor Stravinsky Mass
21 and 22 March 2007
Russian Rhapsody
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Simon Trpceski piano
Prokofiev Symphony No.1 ‘Classical’
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.1
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
22 March 2007
Cerberus Trio
Mandy Burvill clarinet
Ian Bracken cello
Ian Buckle piano
Bruch Eight Pieces, Op.83
Brahms Trio in A minor, Op.114
25 March 2007
Mark Simpson: Weber Clarinet Concerto
Matthew Wood conductor
Mark Simpson clarinet
Verdi Nabucco Overture
Weber Clarinet Concerto No.2
Grieg Symphonic Dances
29 March 2007
Voices of Spring
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Jonathan Aasgaard cello
Tchaikovsky Excerpts from The Snow Maiden
Henze Ode to the West Wind
for cello and orchestra
Johann Strauss II Voices of Spring
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Back to the top ^
April 07
13 and 14 April
(Preston Series 13 April) -
Hollywood Divas: Legends of the Silver Screen
John Wilson conductor
Kim Criswell vocalist
Programme includes songs made famous by
Judy Garland (Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Get Happy),
Doris Day (Ten Cents a Dance, Shakin’ The Blues Away),
Julie Andrews (Feed the Birds, I Have Confidence),
Barbra Streisand (Don't Rain on My Parade, Love is Only Love)
and others
17 April 2007
Endellion String Quartet
Mozart Quartet in C major, K465 'Dissonant'
Beethoven Quartet in F, Op. 14 No. 1
Beethoven Quartet in B flat, Op. 130
18 and 19 April 2007
From London to the Med
Adrian Leaper conductor
Alba Ventura piano
Alan Pendlebury bassoon
Elgar Overture: Cockaigne
Nino Rota Bassoon Concerto
Albéniz arr. Arbós El Albaicin
and El Corpus en Sevilla from Iberia
Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
for piano and orchestra
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
19 April 2007
Alba Ventura, piano
22 April 2007
Family Concert - Let's Get Animated
Alisdair Malloy presenter
28 April 2007
Romantic Wanderings
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Ewa Kupiec piano
Ravel Piano Concerto in G
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Back to the top ^
May 07
3 May 2007
Pastoral Landscape
Andreas Delfs conductor
Viviane Hagner violin
Brahms Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’
6 May 2007
Bohemian Dances
Andreas Delfs conductor
Viviane Hagner violin
Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride
Brahms Violin Concerto
Brahms Hungarian Dances
Dvorák Slavonic Dances
10 May 2007
Voices of Angels
Ensemble 10/10
Clark Rundell conductor
Johan Strauss II arr. Brett Dean Die Fledermaus, Overture
Ian Gardiner new work
(anniversary commission & World Premiere)
Stephen Pratt Double Act
Howard Skempton Piazza for 14 players
(anniversary commission & World Premiere)
Brett Dean Voices of Angels
12 May 2007
Best of British: Liverpool Echoes
John Wilson conductor
Joe Riley presenter
Walton Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.2
Delius Walk To The
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the
Orchestra
Sullivan Overture Di Ballo
Ireland The Forgotten Rite
Coates London Again
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
13 May 2007
Concerto Winner
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Matthew Wood Conductor
Matthew Hardy Trumpet
Arnold Scottish Dances
Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto
Franck Symphony in D minor
15 May 2007
Florestan Piano Trio
Haydn Piano Trio in E flat major, Hob XV:30
Dvorák Piano Trio in G minor
Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 70
15, 16 and 17 May 2007
(Preston Series 15 May) - Elgar's 150th
Anniversary Celebration
Cellos of the RLPO with Martin Smith
Klengel Hymnus
Kaiser-Lindemann Mambo for Six
Pärt Fratres
Smith/Costas/Ormesher arr. Aasgaard
Our Fathers for trumpet and 4 cellos
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.1: Modinha & Embolada
Ellington/Tizol arr. Aasgaard
Caravan for trumpet and 12 cellos
24 May 2007
Elgar 150th Anniversary Celebration
Vernon Handley CBE conductor
Philippe Graffin violin
Natalie Clein cello
All-Elgar programme:
Serenade for strings
Enigma Variations
Violin Concerto
Romance
La Capricieuse
26 May 2007
Elgar 150th Anniversary Celebration -
The Dream of Gerontius
Vernon Handley CBE conductor
John Daszak tenor
(change to previously advertised soloist)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano
Matthew Rose baritone
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Elgar Chorale
St George’s Singers, Cape Town
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Back to the top ^
June 07
7 June 2007
Asrael Symphony: Liverpool Echoes
Libor Pešek KBE conductor
Jonathan Small oboe
Suk Asrael Symphony
Haim Permont Oboe Concerto (UK premiere)
16 June 2007
Summer Pops - Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
at Liverpool Cathedral
Carl Davis CBE conductor
Mary Plazas soprano
Sally Burgess mezzo-soprano
Peter Hoare tenor
Robert Hayward bass
Luke Freeney treble
Paul McCartney and Carl Davis
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
23 June 2007
Summer Pops - White Nights
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Glinka Valse Fantasie
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts)
Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Khachaturian Sabre Dance from Gayaneh,
Waltz from Masquerade, Adagio from Spartacus
Glazunov Three Dances from Raymonda
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
24 June 2007
Summer Concert for Children - Dance Around the World!
Fusion Wind Quintet
28 June 2007
Summer Pops - James Bond Night
Carl Davis CBE conductor
Mary Carewe & Jon Christos vocalists
Honor Blackman narrator Back to the top ^
July 07
10 July 2007
In Celebration 2008
Philip Lawrence conductor
Roger Phillips compere
Margaret McDonald soprano
Richard Marshall trumpet
Fairey Brass Band
Philip Lawrence Blaze Trumpet Concerto
Philip Lawrence Poets. Life and Loves
(UK Premiere)
12 July 2007
Summer Pops - All Beethoven Night
Beethoven Overture, Fidelio
Marcel Khalife and the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra
Summer Pops - Last Night of the Proms
(matinee and evening)
Delius La Calinda from Koanga
Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major: Andante *
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets,
Young Juliet, Masks, Death of Tybalt
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
Sousa March: Stars and Stripes
Mozart arr. Milone Rondo alla Turca *
Piazzolla arr. Milone Escualo *
Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Rozsa The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Laurie Johnson The Avengers Theme
Traditional arr. Fritz Spiegl Johnny Todd (Z Cars Theme)
Mancini The Pink Panther Theme
Parry arr. Elgar Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major
Opera Gala
James Holmes conductor
from Carousel