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ROYAL
PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
Resident Orchestra at Cadogan Hall
MAY 2010 – NOVEMBER 2010
www.rpo.co.uk
Resident Orchestra at Cadogan Hall
JANUARY – JULY 2011
Orchestral excellence in London’s award-winning venue
Welcome
January-March
Grzegorz Nowak
Roustem Saitkoulov
Josep Caballé-Domenech
Mario Galeani
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes you to its new
season at Cadogan Hall. Matching the elegant surroundings of
this venue, the RPO presents a series of concerts boasting
some of the most exquisite classical music in the repertoire.
Opening the season are three concerts themed by composer:
two showcasing the melodic flair and intense emotional language
of Tchaikovsky, and another offering us a portrait of Beethoven,
culminating in his glorious ‘Pastoral’ Symphony. Later in the season,
we are also treated to Beethoven’s majestic Egmont Overture and
his Eighth Symphony, framing not one but two piano concertos:
Concerto No.1 by Shostakovich and the world première of Fribbins’
dynamic new Piano Concerto, with Diana Brekalo as soloist.
Another première featured during this season, and exclusive to the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, is the London début of Ryu’s powerful
Sinfonia da Requiem ‘Ju-yung Chung’, hailed by Polish composer
Penderecki as ‘a masterpiece’. The Requiem is heard alongside two
thrilling Russian works: the glittering Festive Overture by Shostakovich
and Prokofiev’s enigmatic Second Violin Concerto. Our season
concludes with two concerts full of joie de vivre: a tour of America
(with a quick stop-off in Paris) courtesy of Bernstein, Gershwin
and Copland, and a pair of moving works for cello and orchestra
contrasted with the sparkling wit of Beethoven and Mozart.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is very grateful to Cadogan
Estates for their generous support of this concert series.
Notes supplied by Jo Wyld
Meet the artists:
Edward Seckerson
(Chief Critic, Independent,
and BBC presenter) chats
informally to the artists in
his free pre-concert talks.
From 6.30pm in the main
auditorium, Edward can be
heard enlightening audiences
with interesting facts about
the evening’s programme,
and engaging in discussion
with the artists themselves.
March-April
Alessandro Fabrizi
Francesco Manara
Robertas Šervenikas
Diana Brekalo
April-May
Grzegorz Nowak
Chloë Hanslip
Dmitry Yablonsky
Farhad Badalbeyli
See individual concerts
for details:
Tuesday 8th March 2011
Tuesday 12th April 2011
July
Fabien Gabel
Natalie Clein
“The vibrant, grainy weight
of the RPO strings was a
wonder to hear...the ensuing
applause confirmed that
the message had come over”
The Independent
RPO friends’ discounts apply
Tuesday 8th March 2011
7.30pm
A Beethoven Portrait
Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven
Symphony No.6, ‘Pastoral’
Josep Caballé-Domenech
Conductor
Mario Galeani Piano
RPO friends’ discounts apply
Few introductions are as imposing as that which
opens Beethoven’s majestic Coriolan Overture.
Written to precede a tragedy, Beethoven’s
Overture captures the play’s theme of noble
sacrifice by ratcheting up the tension by degrees
– with thrillingly dramatic results. The graceful
Piano Concerto No.1 could not be more
different, combining a refinement inherited
from Mozart and Haydn with Beethoven’s
own harmonic twists. Finally we travel to the
countryside to revel in the glorious musical
landscape of Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony.
Meet the artists: Free pre-concert talk from 6.30pm presented by Edward Seckerson.
JAN-MAR
Tonight we are treated to a trio of Tchaikovsky:
three of his finest works, each of them showcasing
different sides of his personality. The Waltz of
Tchaikovsky
the Flowers from The Nutcracker is, justly, one of
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
his most celebrated pieces, a gem sparkling with
Tchaikovsky
melodic grace and orchestral colour.
Piano Concerto No.1
Can there be any opening bars more famous
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.3, ‘Polish’
than those of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto?
They herald a sweeping main theme, delicate
Grzegorz Nowak Conductor
slow movement and passionate finale. The ‘Polish’
Roustem Saitkoulov Piano
Symphony is unique: it is the only one Tchaikovsky
wrote in a major key, and in five movements. Its
nickname comes from the Polish dances used in the
finale – a wonderful fusion of elegance and energy.
Friday 28th January 2011
7.30pm
“With the rich-toned
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra going for broke,
there were some roofraising performances”
Financial Times
Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.4
Alessandro Fabrizi Conductor
Francesco Manara Violin
Inspired by a trip to Rome, Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio
Italien is one of those irresistible pieces that draws
the listener in with spine-tingling grandeur, sensual,
exotic melody and a parade of tunes which simply
radiate Italian sunshine. It is almost impossible to
believe that Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto was
panned by some of the most prominent critics of the
age. It bursts with infectious melody and stunning
virtuosity, becoming one of the composer’s best
loved works. The Fourth Symphony is fiendishly
difficult to play but thrilling to hear. More than
any other piece, this shows us Tchaikovsky the
man: a complex mixture of intensely held feelings,
expressed through music of heartfelt passion.
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Saturday 9th April 2011
7.30pm
Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Fribbins
Piano Concerto (World Première)
Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven
Symphony No.8
Robertas Šervenikas Conductor
Diana Brekalo Piano
Angela Whelan Trumpet
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A concert featuring Beethoven’s famous Egmont
Overture, composed for Goethe’s play of the
same name, his joyous Eighth Symphony of 1812,
and not one but two piano concertos.
Rising star Diana Brekalo will be joined by
trumpeter Angela Whelan in Shostakovich’s
entertaining First Concerto from the 1930s,
which is preceded by the eagerly awaited
première of the Piano Concerto by British
composer Peter Fribbins, well known for his
dramatic and memorably melodic musical style.
Promoted by Music Haven London under the auspices of the
United Kingdom Embassy of the Republic of Croatia and with
the support of Middlesex University.
MAR-APR
Tuesday 29th March 2011
7.30pm
“The opening shimmered
with mysterious delights:
slithering harmonics from
the strings; the bubbling
mud of winds and brass”
The Times
Shostakovich
Festive Overture
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No.2
Ryu
Sinfonia da Requiem
‘Ju-yung Chung’ (London première)
Grzegorz Nowak Conductor
Chloë Hanslip Violin
In-Hye Kim Soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
Written in just three days, Shostakovich’s
Festive Overture is full of bombast and glittering
orchestral sounds, from its blazing fanfare to the
sparkling melodies dashing across the orchestra.
Another Russian classic, but in an entirely
different mood, is Prokofiev’s Second Violin
Concerto, full of enigmatic twists and turns.
Composed to commemorate the late
Ju-yung Chung, Jeajoon Ryu’s intense and
powerful Sinfonia da Requiem was hailed by
fellow-composer Penderecki as ‘a masterpiece’.
RPO friends’ discounts apply
Meet the artists: Free pre-concert talk from 6.30pm presented by Edward Seckerson.
Tuesday 24th May 2011
7.30pm
American Classics
The glittering Overture to his operetta Candide is
among Bernstein’s most accomplished orchestral
movements, bursting with a contagious joie
de vivre. English composer William Walton
expressed admiration for Gershwin’s superb
Piano Concerto in F, the perfect marriage of
jazz and classical techniques carried off with his
customary panache. From the urbane America
of Bernstein and Gershwin we travel to the Wild
West, to the spacious prairies of Copland’s Billy
the Kid ballet suite, which bristles with American
folk song and cowboy tunes. Then Gershwin
whisks us off to Paris, with his witty depiction of
an American traveller absorbing the sights and
sounds of that buzzing, bustling metropolis.
Bernstein
Candide Overture
Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Copland
Billy the Kid: Suite
Gershwin
An American in Paris
Dmitry Yablonsky Conductor
Farhad Badalbeyli Piano
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APR-MAY
Tuesday 12th April 2011
7.30pm
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After one of Mozart’s most flamboyant
Overtures, we are treated to the more rarelyheard Cello Concerto No.1 of Saint-Saëns,
Mozart
a tour de force of dramatic flourishes and
The Marriage of Figaro Overture
exquisite melodies. An ideal companion piece
Saint-Saëns
to Saint-Saëns’ work, Fauré’s brooding Élégie
Cello Concerto No.1
is a mournful cello soliloquy supported by
Fauré
an orchestral cushion of sound. The famous
Élégie
second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh
Beethoven
Symphony grows from its whispering opening to
Symphony No.7
a dramatic conclusion, and the work ends with
Fabien Gabel Conductor
an irrepressibly boisterous finale.
Natalie Clein Cello
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(Booking fees apply)
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2 or 3 concerts – 15% discount
4 or 5 concerts – 25% discount
6 or more concerts – 30% discount
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
2 minutes’ walk from Sloane
Square Underground
JULY
Ticket prices
£37.50, £30, £22, £12.50
Subscription discounts
Generous discounts are available for
booking multiple concerts from the
RPO’s Resident Season. Please ask at
the Box Office when booking.
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Tuesday 5th July 2011
7.30pm
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