Wednesday 22 May: Concert Programme - London Symphony ...

London Symphony Chorus
President Emeritus
André Previn KBE
Vice Presidents
Claudio Abbado
Michael Tilson Thomas
Patron
Simon Russell Beale
Chorus Director
Simon Halsey
Chairman
Lydia Frankenburg
Accompanist
Roger Sayer
The London Symphony Chorus was formed in 1966 to complement
the work of the London Symphony Orchestra. It continues to maintain
a close association with the Orchestra today and the partnership
between the LSC and LSO was developed and strengthened last
year with the joint appointment of Simon Halsey as Chorus Director of
the LSC and Choral Director for the LSO. The LSC has also partnered
other major UK orchestras and internationally worked with orchestras
such as the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, the Boston
Symphony Orchestra and the European Union Youth Orchestra.
The LSC tours extensively throughout Europe and has visited North
America, Israel, Australia and South East Asia. This season’s highlights
included performances of Szymanowski Symphony No 3 with the LSO
under Valery Gergiev in Luxembourg and Paris.
The Chorus has recorded extensively, with recent releases including
Britten’s War Requiem with Gianandrea Noseda, Haydn’s The Seasons,
Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, Verdi’s Otello and the world premiere of
James MacMillan’s St John Passion, all with Sir Colin Davis. The Chorus
also partnered the LSO on Gergiev’s recordings of Mahler Symphonies
Nos 2, 3 and 8, while the men of the Chorus took part in the recent
Gramophone award-winning recording of Götterdämmerung with the
Hallé and Sir Mark Elder. Other award-winning recordings include
Britten’s Peter Grimes (with the late Richard Hickox), which received
a Grammy Award. Two further Grammys were received for Berlioz’s
Les Troyens with Sir Colin Davis and the LSO in 2000. Other collaborations
with Sir Colin Davis and the LSO on LSO Live are Verdi’s Falstaff (which
won a Grammy Award), Sibelius’ Kullervo (which won a BBC Music
Magazine Award). More recently, Britten’s Billy Budd conducted by
Daniel Harding won Best Opera Recording at the 2010 Grammy Awards.
The Chorus has also commissioned new works from composers
such as Sir John Tavener, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Michael Berkeley
and Jonathan Dove, and took part in the world premiere of James
MacMillan’s St John Passion with the LSO and Sir Colin Davis in 2008,
and in the second London performance in February 2010.
Sopranos
Kerry Baker, Carol Capper, Sara Daintree, Lucy Feldman,
Eileen Fox, Joanna Gueritz, Maureen Hall, Jessica Harris,
Emily Hoffnung*, Gladys Hosken, Claire Hussey,
Helen Lawford*, Debbie Lee, Meg Makower, Alison Marshall,
Irene McGregor, Jane Morley, Dorothy Nesbitt, Jenny Norman,
Emily Norton, Maggie Owen, Isabel Paintin, Oktawia Petronella,
Ann Pfeiffer, Carole Radford, Mikiko Ridd, Amanda Thomas*,
Joanna Turner, Lizzie Webb
Alto
Elizabeth Boyden, Gina Broderick*, Jo Buchan*,
Janette Daines, Zoë Davis, Maggie Donnelly, Diane Dwyer,
Linda Evans, Lydia Frankenburg*, Amanda Freshwater,
Christina Gibbs, Rachel Green, Elisabeth Iles, Marina Kurkina,
Selena Lemalu*, Belinda Liao, Anne Loveluck, Liz McCaw,
Aoife McInerney, Jane Muir, Caroline Mustill, Alex O’Shea,
Lucy Reay, Lis Smith, Jane Steele, Claire Trocmé,
Curzon Tussaud, Agnes Vigh, Mimi Zadeh, Magdalena Ziarko
Tenor
David Aldred, Paul Allatt, John Farrington, Warwick Hood,
Tony Instrall, John Marks, Alastair Mathews, John Moses*,
Chris Riley, Peter Sedgwick, Richard Street,
Anthony Stutchbury, Malcolm Taylor, Owen Toller,
James Warbis, Robert Ward*, Paul Williams-Burton
Bass
David Armour, Bruce Boyd, Dominic Beecher,
Andy Chan, Steve Chevis, Ian Fletcher, Robert French,
Robert Garbolinski*, John Graham, Gergo Hahn,
Brian Hammersley, Owen Hanmer*, Derrick Hogermeer,
Antony Howick, Alex Kidney*, Thomas Kohut,
Gregor Kowalski*, Georges Leaver, Geoff Newman,
Peter Niven, Caleb Pillsbury, Tim Riley, Alan Rochford,
Malcolm Rowat, Nic Seager, Zac Smith, Jez Wareing,
Nick Weekes
*denotes Council Member
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