Leeds International Orchestral Season 2015/16. Leeds Town Hall

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1 Leeds International Orchestral Season 0/ Leeds Town Hall

2 Welcome to Leeds International Concert Season s 0/ Orchestral Season. The 0/ season opens with one of the greatest works of the twentieth century, Stravinsky s Rite of Spring given by the Basel Symphony Orchestra. Also from abroad we are delighted to welcome the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. Leeds Town Hall continues to host visits from some of the finest British orchestras and their Music Directors, including the Orchestra of Opera North and Richard Farnes with Mahler s Symphony No in December, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko with an all-russian programme in January and the BBC Philharmonic with Juanjo Mena in February. The City s two great choral societies continue to play an important role in the season. Leeds Philharmonic Chorus performs an all-mozart programme in November including Mozart s final work, his Requiem and Leeds Festival Chorus presents Tippett s A Child of our Time in March. To end the 0/ season we are very excited to announce a performance of Mahler s Symphony No (Symphony of a Thousand). This will be the first performance at Leeds Town Hall of this legendary work since. The Orchestra of Opera North will be conducted by David Hill joined by Leeds Festival Chorus, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Bradford Cathedral Youth Choir and eight vocal soloists. A performance not to be missed! Leeds International Orchestral Season continues to be one of the finest orchestral programmes in the country. We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds Town Hall during the 0/ season. Leeds International Orchestral Season 0/ All concerts start at.0pm (except Saturday March which starts at pm) Free pre-concert talks Discover more about the music at one of our free pre-concert talks, at.pm on the night of each concert an opportunity to learn more about the music you are about to hear, background to the composers and tips on what to listen out for. Find out first Be the first to hear about the latest music events by signing up to our e-bulletin service at You can also follow Leeds International Concert Season at twitter.com/leedsconcerts and facebook.com/ LeedsInternationalConcertSeason Gift vouchers Treat your loved one, friend or colleague to a special night out gift vouchers are available from the Box Office in denominations of, 0 and 0. Subscribe and save money Save up to % on the cost of your tickets by booking five or more concerts. See page for further details. Under? Hear great music for a fiver If you re under, you can buy a ticket in Rows for in the seven days before a concert (subject to availability).

3 Basel Symphony Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Sat September 0 by George Kennaway Sat October 0 by Judy Blezzard Dennis Russell Davies Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Michael Sanderling Andrei Korobeinikov piano Les Six Marriage at the Eiffel Tower Mozart Piano Concerto No Stravinsky The Rite of Spring DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES Wagner Overture: The Mastersingers of Nuremburg Schumann Piano Concerto Beethoven Symphony No (Eroica) MICHAEL SANDERLING ELISABETH LEONSKAJA ANDREI KOROBEINIKOV Pound[ing] with the rhythm of engines, whirls and spirals like screws and fly-wheels, grinds and shrieks like labouring metal. PAUL ROSENFELD ON THE RITE OF SPRING A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 Beethoven was doing for music what Napoleon was doing for society turning tradition upside down. GARETH JENKINS A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0

4 The Hallé BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sat October 0 by Julian Rushton Sat October 0 by Dan Holden Karl-Heinz Steffens Jack Liebeck violin Rafael Payare Alisa Weilerstein cello Rossini Overture: The Silken Ladder Dvořák Violin Concerto Vaughan Williams A London Symphony KARL-HEINZ STEFFENS FRANK VINKEN Strauss Don Juan Shostakovich Cello Concerto No Dvořák Symphony No RAFAEL PAYARE JACK LIEBECK CHRIS DUNLOP ALISA WEILERSTEIN HARALD HOFFMANN If the listener will imagine himself standing on Westminster Embankment at night, surrounded by the distant sounds of The Strand... with its crowded streets and flaring lights, it may serve as a mood in which to listen to this movement. RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ON THE THIRD MOVEMENT OF A LONDON SYMPHONY A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 Gentlemen, in Bohemia the trumpets never call to battle they always call to the dance! RAFAEL KUBELIK ON THE FINALE OF DVOŘÁK S SYMPHONY NO A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0

5 Flanders Symphony Orchestra Manchester Camerata Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Sat October 0 by David Fligg Sat November 0 by Catherine Tackley Jan Latham-Koenig Simon Callow narrator Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Debussy Berceuse héroïque Elgar Carillon Blackford In Flanders Field Elgar Enigma Variations JAN LATHAM-KOENIG SIMON CALLOW Grant Llewellyn Rebecca Evans soprano Catherine Wyn Rogers mezzo soprano John Daszak tenor Stephan Loges bass Mozart Splendente te, Deus Mozart Symphony No 0 Mozart Requiem GRANT LLEWELLYN REBECCA EVANS MICHAEL ZIRLE Mr Elgar tells us that the heading Enigma is justified by the fact that it is possible to add another phrase, which is quite familiar, above the original theme that he has written. What that theme is no one knows except the composer. Thereby hangs the Enigma. F G EDWARDS A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of god. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART A.0 B 0.0 C D O n/a

6 Prague Symphony Orchestra Orchestra of Opera North Sat November 0 by Peter Whitfield Sat December 0 by Brian Newbould Pietari Inkinen Chloë Hanslip violin Smetana Má Vlast: Šárka Beethoven Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No PIETARI INKINEN Richard Farnes Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra Mahler Symphony No RICHARD FARNES CHLOË HANSLIP Sibelius is so concentrated and exact. With Sibelius you feel that if one drop touches your skin it would burn right through the bone. SIMON RATTLE ON SIBELIUS A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. GUSTAV MAHLER A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 0

7 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain The Hallé Sat January 0 by George Kennaway Sat January 0 by Julian Rushton Nicholas Collon Tai Murray violin Lothar Koenigs Gretha Tuls bassoon Tchaikovsky Hamlet Korngold Violin Concerto Prokofiev Symphony No NICHOLAS COLLON Wagner A Faust Overture Weber Bassoon Concerto Brahms Symphony No LOTHAR KOENIGS ALXANDER PAUL ENGLERT TAI MURRAY MARCO BORGGREVE GRETHA TULS A hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit... I cannot say that I deliberately chose this theme. It was born in me and clamoured for expression. The music matured within me. It filled my soul. SERGEI PROKOFIEV ON WRITING SYMPHONY NO A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration. JOHANNES BRAHMS A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0

8 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra European Union Chamber Orchestra Sat January 0 by Dan Holden Sat February 0 by Catherine Tackley Vasily Petrenko Boris Giltburg piano Hans-Peter Hofmann director Martin James Bartlett piano Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Shostakovich Piano Concerto No Prokofiev Symphony No (Classical) Khachaturian Suite: Gayane VASILY PETRENKO Bach Brandenburg Concerto No Vivaldi Concerto for Two Oboes Mozart Piano Concerto No Liszt Angelus! Prayer to the Guardian Angels Haydn Symphony No (Schoolmaster) HANS-PETER HOFMANN BORIS GILTBURG MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music. PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 So far as genius can exist in a man who is merely virtuous, Haydn had it. He went as far as the limits that morality sets to the intellect. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0

9 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Sat February 0 by Catherine Tackley Sat February 0 by Brian Newbould Alexander Liebreich Nikolai Demidenko piano Juanjo Mena Augustin Hadelich violin Adams The Chairman Dances Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No Penderecki Chaconne Brahms Symphony No ALEXANDER LIEBREICH Smetana Má Vlast: Vltava Bartók Violin Concerto No Dvořák Symphony No (From the New World) JUANJO MENA BBC/SUSSIE AHLBURG NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO MERCEDES SEGOVIA AUGUSTIN HADELICH I have rewritten my First Concerto; it is really good now. All the youthful freshness is there, and yet it plays itself so much more easily. SERGEI RACHMANINOV ON HIS PIANO CONCERTO NO A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 A cross-section of Czech history and legend and impressions of its scenery... conveys vividly to us Smetana's view of the ethos and greatness of the nation. JOHN CLAPHAM ON MÁ VLAST A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0

10 English Chamber Orchestra Please note this concert starts at pm Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Leeds Festival Chorus Sat March 0 Free pre-concert talk at.pm by Judy Blezzard Sat March 0 by Peter Whitfield Gérard Korsten Aristo Sham piano Schubert Overture: In the Italian Style Beethoven Piano Concerto No (Emperor) Mendelssohn Symphony No (Scottish) GÉRARD KORSTEN MARCO BORGGREVE Simon Wright Leticia Moreno violin Rebecca Evans soprano Jennifer Johnston mezzo soprano Ben Johnson tenor David Soar bass SIMON WRIGHT ARISTO SHAM Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Tippett A Child of our Time JENNIFER JOHNSTON GISELA SCHENKER The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. FELIX MENDELSSOHN A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 Music is a performance and needs the audience. MICHAEL TIPPETT A.0 B 0.0 C D O n/a

11 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Royal Northern Sinfonia Sat March 0 by Mark Pallant Sat April 0 by Judy Blezzard Edward Gardner Lawrence Power viola Walton Prelude: Richard III Walton Viola Concerto Elgar Symphony No EDWARD GARDNER LAWRENCE POWER Kyra Humphreys director Tim Orpen clarinet Stephen Reay bassoon Peter Francomb horn Mozart Symphony No Strauss Duet Concertino Mozart Horn Concerto Tchaikovsky Suite No : (Mozartiana) KYRA HUMPHREYS TIM ORPEN BENJAMIN HARTE My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. EDWARD ELGAR A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life have you left in our souls! FRANZ SCHUBERT A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 0

12 Moscow State Symphony Orchestra Orchestra of Opera North Leeds Festival Chorus Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Bradford Catholic Youth Choir Sat May 0 by Mark Pallant Sat June 0 by Dan Holden Pavel Kogan John Lill piano Shostakovich Festive Overture Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No Shostakovich Symphony No Our audience is organically incapable of accepting decadent, gloomy, pessimistic art. Our audience responds enthusiastically to all that is bright, clear, joyous, optimistic, life-affirming. ALEXEI TOLSTOY ON THE FINALE OF SHOSTAKOVICH S SYMPHONY NO PAVEL KOGAN JOHN LILL A.0 B 0.0 C D O.0 David Hill Lee Bisset soprano Katherine Broderick soprano Kate Valentine soprano Sarah Castle mezzo soprano Madeleine Shaw mezzo soprano Peter Wedd tenor Michael Druiett bass Andrew Foster Williams baritone Mahler Symphony No (Symphony of a Thousand) DAVID HILL LEE BISSET Area Tickets A B 0 C D E O n/a

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