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WelcomeFor over a century now, the Berliner Philharmoniker has had an unrivalled reputation for orchestral brilliance and flair. The London Residency is a special occasion for the capital city, not just for those of us who have gathered to hear them play, but also the hundreds of young Londoners who have been working together for many weeks as part of the Young Orchestra for London, specially formed for this residency. It is with great pleasure that our two organisations – the Barbican and Southbank Centre – have come together to help make this possible. This follows our previous collaboration in 2011, the last time the orchestra held a residency in London. Leading the London Residency is, of course, Sir Simon Rattle, Principal Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker. We are delighted to mark his 60th birthday here in London by celebrating Sir Simon’s commitment to great music making – whether with one of the world’s greatest orchestras or with young people near the start of their musical journey.

Jude Kelly CBEArtistic Director, Southbank Centre

Louise JeffreysDirector of Arts, Barbican

The London Residency 2015 of the Berliner Philharmoniker presents London audiences – whether they are seasoned or first-time concert goers, families or aspiring young musicians – with the opportunity to hear one of the world’s greatest orchestras display its mastery in a huge range of music.

The seven symphonies of Jean Sibelius have played an important role in Sir Simon Rattle’s career, being the first complete cycle that he both performed and recorded. On the occasion of Sir Simon’s 60th birthday and at the start of the 150th anniversary year of the composer’s birth, the cycle takes audiences on an epic journey full of broad landscapes, sweeping melodies and brilliant orchestral writing.

Rattle has made Mahler’s gigantic Symphony No.2 one of his signature works, with its dramatic, almost cinematic depictions of life, death and resurrection. Helmut Lachenmann’s music, with which these musicians have chosen to pair Mahler’s Symphony No.2, is a delicate, ethereal and often ghostly continuation of the great German symphonic tradition.

Aside from performances from the full orchestra, there is also the opportunity to hear these great performers in more intimate music: the famous Twelve Cellos ensemble from the orchestra gives a concert for children and families and the virtuosic Philharmonic Octet Berlin performs chamber music, including Schubert’s sublime Octet. Throughout the Residency, young musicians in the Young Orchestra for London – formed especially for this residency – will have the opportunity to play alongside these great international performers, learning about Sibelius, taking on Malcolm Arnold and inspiring a brand new piece of music from composer Stephen Montague.

Huw Humphreys Head of Music, Barbican

Gillian Moore MBEHead of Classical Music, Southbank Centre

Please note that this is a reduced online version of the programme. Full concert programmes are on sale from the foyers.

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Concerts

TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2015 BARBICAN, 7.30PM

Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor IntervalSibelius Symphony No.2 in D

WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2015 BARBICAN, 7.30PM

Berliner PhilharmonikerSir Simon Rattle conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin

Sibelius Symphony No.3 in C Violin Concerto IntervalSibelius Symphony No.4 in A minor

THURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2015BARBICAN, 7.30PM

Berliner PhilharmonikerSir Simon Rattle conductor

Sibelius Symphony No.5 in E flat IntervalSibelius Symhony No.6 in D minor Symphony No.7 in C

Please note there is no break between Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7

FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2015QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, 7.30PM

Nielsen Serenata in vano for clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello & double bass Berwald Grand Septet in B flat IntervalSchubert Octet

SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2015 & SUNDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2015ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, 7.30PM

Berliner PhilharmonikerSir Simon Rattle conductorKate Royal sopranoMagdalena Kožená mezzo-sopranoLondon Symphony ChorusCBSO Chorus

Helmut Lachenmann Tableau for orchestra Mahler Symphony No.2 (Resurrection)

NO INTERVAL

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Biographies

Berliner Philharmoniker The Berliner Philharmoniker, founded in 1882 as a self-governing body, has long been esteemed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras. Sir Simon Rattle has served as its artistic director since September 2002.

The orchestra gave its first concert on 17 October 1882 under conductor Ludwig von Brenner, who was chosen by the musicians themselves. Five years later, impresario Hermann Wolff, the orchestra’s financial manager from its inception, engaged as its new chief Hans von Bülow, who rapidly brought the Berliner Philharmoniker into the first rank of German ensembles. Under the leadership of Arthur Nikisch (from 1895 to 1922), the orchestra’s repertoire grew substantially, embracing works by Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Strauss, Ravel and Debussy. After Nikisch’s death, the 36-year-old Wilhelm Furtwängler became the orchestra’s new principal conductor. His specialities were Classicism and German Romanticism, but he also included in his programmes contemporary compositions by Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartók and Prokofiev.

Immediately after the war, when Furtwängler was forced to relinquish his position, Leo Borchard was appointed conductor. Through a tragic misunderstanding in August 1945, Borchard was shot by an American sentry. His successor was the young Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache. Furtwängler was formally allowed to return as principal conductor in 1952 following his denazification. Also dating from the postwar years was the founding in 1949 of the Society of Friends of the Berlin Philharmonie e. V., which was instrumental in the building of the orchestra’s new home and continues to support the Philharmonie and the activities of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Upon Furtwängler’s death in 1954, Herbert von Karajan became the orchestra’s permanent conductor and artistic director. In the ensuing decades he worked with the orchestra to develop a unique tonal quality and performing style that made the Berliner Philharmoniker famous all over the world. Claudio Abbado, appointed the orchestra’s new chief conductor in October 1989, devised an approach contrasting traditional programmes with thematic cycles that included contemporary works alongside classical pieces. An increased number of chamber recitals and concert performances of opera lent further distinction and variety to the orchestra’s activities.

With Sir Simon Rattle’s appointment, the orchestra succeeded not only in recruiting one of the most successful conductors of the younger generation but also in introducing a further series of important innovations. The conversion of the orchestra into the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation under public law provided up-to-date structural conditions, allowing a broad range of opportunities for creative development while ensuring the ensemble’s economic viability. The foundation enjoys the generous support of Deutsche Bank, its principal sponsor. One focus of this sponsorship is the Education Programme, initiated when Sir Simon Rattle took the helm, by which means the orchestra is now reaching an ever wider and, especially, younger audience. In recognition of this commitment, the Berliner Philharmoniker and its artistic director Sir Simon Rattle

were named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors, the first time that distinction had ever been bestowed upon an artistic ensemble.

Its partnership with Deutsche Bank enabled the orchestra in January 2009 to launch its innovative Digital Concert Hall, which broadcasts the Berliner Philharmoniker’s concerts live over the internet. In spring 2012 the Berliner Philharmoniker gave its last performance at the Salzburg Easter Festival. In spring 2013 the orchestra started with a new festival tradition: the Easter Festival of the Berliner Philharmoniker in Baden-Baden. The 2013/2014 season was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Philharmonie, which was designed for the orchestra by the architect Hans Scharoun.

In May 2014 the Berliner Philharmoniker released one of the most important musical projects in recent years on their newly launched label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings: the complete symphonies of Robert Schumann, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. This release marks the first time the orchestra has been responsible for the technical and editorial presentation of its recordings.

Sir Simon Rattle Sir Simon Rattle was born in Liverpool and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.

Between 1980 and 1998, Rattle was Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and was later appointed Music Director. He toured and recorded extensively with the orchestra whilst also building strong relationships with the leading orchestras in London, Europe and the USA; initially working closely with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestras, and more recently with The Philadelphia Orchestra. He regularly conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, with which he has recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies and piano concertos (with Alfred Brendel) and is also a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Founding Patron of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Following his 1977 Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut, he has conducted many productions there, as well as a series for Netherlands Opera. Other notable debuts included English National Opera (1985), his US opera debut in Los Angeles (1988), Royal Opera House (1990) and Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (1996).

For 15 years a regular guest conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle became its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director in September 2002. As well as fulfilling a taxing concert schedule in Berlin, the partnership tours extensively and has garnered many awards for its recordings and pioneering educational work. During the past decade Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker have commissioned many works by composers such as Tom Adès, Berio, Boulez, Gérard Grisey, Sofia Gubaidulina, Magnus Lindberg and Mark-Anthony Turnage. The orchestra has for many years enjoyed close links with the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and, since his appointment, Simon Rattle has led two projects in Venezuela.

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For the Salzburg Easter Festival Rattle has conducted staged productions of Fidelio (Beethoven), Cosí fan tutte (Mozart), Peter Grimes (Britten), Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy), Salome (R Strauss) and Carmen (Bizet), a concert performance of Idomeneo (Mozart) and many contrasting concert programmes, all with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Between 2006 and 2010 he also conducted Wagner’s complete Ring cycle with the Berliner Philharmoniker for the Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Easter Festivals. His latest productions have included Pelléas et Mélisande and Les Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc) for the Royal Opera House; Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) for the Wiener Staatsoper; L’Étoile (Chabrier), Aus einem Totenhaus and Kát’a Kabanová (both Janáček) for the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin; and his debut at Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy).

Rattle has made over 70 recordings for EMI record label and has received numerous prestigious international awards for his recordings on various labels. Releases on EMI with Berliner Philharmoniker include Holst’s The Planets, together with Colin Matthews’ Pluto, and the world premiere recordings of further ‘asteroids’ by Kaija Saariaho, Matthias Pintscher, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Brett Dean; Shostakovich Symphonies Nos.1 and 14; Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben and Le burgeois gentilhomme suite; Debussy’s La mer; Dvorák Tone Poems; Schubert’s Symphony No.9; Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana; Bruckner Symphony No.4, the Nielsen Clarinet and Flute concertos; and Brahms Requiem with Röschmann and Quasthoff, which won Best Choral Recording at the 2008 Grammy awards. Other releases include Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (recipient of the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance), Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Ravel L’enfant et les sortileges, Brahms’ The Symphonies, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Mahler’s Symphony No.2, Bruckner’s Symphony No.9 and Bizet’s Carmen (August 2012). In April 2013 EMI released Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and in August 2013 Warner Classics released Rachmaninov The Bells and Symphonic Dances, both recorded with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Rattle’s most recent releases have been for Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings – the orchestra’s new in-house label, established in early 2014.

In 2013 Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker took up a residency at the Baden-Baden Osterfestspiele performing Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and a series of concerts. Last season, he conducted Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Peter Sellars’ ritualisation of Bach’s St John Passion and this season he conducts R Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust.

Forthcoming seasons for Sir Simon include performances in Vienna, Berlin and in New York; extensive touring with the Berliner Philharmoniker; and projects with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Among his many awards, Simon Rattle was knighted in 1994 and in the New Year’s Honours of 2014, he received the Order of Merit from Her Majesty the Queen. Since taking up his appointment with the Berliner Philharmoniker, he has broken new ground with the educational programme Zukunft@Bphil. This has also earned him the 2004 Comenius Prize, the Schiller Special Prize from the city of Mannheim in May 2005, the Golden Camera and the Urania Medal in Spring 2007. He and the Berliner Philharmoniker were also appointed International UNICEF Ambassadors, the first time this honour has been conferred on an artistic ensemble.

CBSO Chorus

Chorus Director: Simon Halsey Associate Conductors: David Lawrence & Julian Wilkins

The CBSO Chorus was founded in 1973, made its concert debut in 1974 and has since become one of the finest of its kind, performing regularly with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and in regular demand from a whole host of other world-class orchestras.

Directed by internationally-renowned choral conductor Simon Halsey for over 30 years, the CBSO Chorus is one of the pillars of Birmingham’s musical life. It attracts amateur singers from throughout the West Midlands and beyond, who come together as a body of ‘unpaid professionals’ to perform regularly at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and undertake a huge range of challenging repertoire with the CBSO. The Chorus is an extremely important cultural ambassador, both for the CBSO and for Birmingham, and its resume of engagements with other orchestras rivals any other symphony chorus in the world. It also has over 40 recordings to its credit, including five award-winning releases.

In May 2002, shortly after the end of his celebrated tenure at the CBSO, Sir Simon Rattle invited the CBSO Chorus to join the Vienna Philharmonic for a live EMI recording of Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 at Vienna’s Musikverein. The CBSO Chorus again collaborated with Rattle when the Berlin Philharmonic visited the UK in 2004, attracting unanimous critical acclaim from Birmingham and BBC Proms audiences alike for further performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No.9.

Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos is recognised across the world as a violinist and artist of rare quality, known at the highest level for his virtuosity, superb musicianship and the integrity of his playing. In recognition of this, he was voted Gramophone Artist of the Year 2014.

Born and brought up in Athens in a musical family, where he still lives and works, Kavakos’ first steps as a violinist were guided by his parents. He studied at the Hellenic Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris, one of the three important mentors in his life, together with Josef Gingold and Ferenc Rados.

By the age of 21, Leonidas Kavakos had already won three major competitions, the Sibelius Competition in 1985, and the Paganini and Naumburg competitions in 1988. This success led to his recording the original Sibelius Violin Concerto (1903 – 4), the first recording of this work in history. It won Gramophone Concerto of the Year Award in 1991. He was also accorded the honour of performing on the famous ‘Il Cannone’ Guarneri del Gesù, which belonged to Paganini.

Kavakos’ international career has allowed him to develop close relationships with the world’s major orchestras and conductors, such as: the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons; and the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev. Kavakos also works closely with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others.

Leonidas Kavakos has now established a strong profile as a conductor and has worked with the likes of the London Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Budapest Festival.

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As a recording artist he works with a variety of labels. He is an exclusive Decca Classics recording artist and his first release on the label, the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Enrico Pace, resulted in the award of ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the 2013 ECHO Klassik Awards. The duo has presented the complete cycle at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Salzburg Festival, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, in Hong Kong and Shanghai and at the Beethovenfest Bonn. He has since release two further well-received discs.

Following the Sibelius and other early recordings for BIS and ECM, Kavakos recorded Mozart’s five Violin Concertos and Symphony No.39 in concert for Sony Classical, conducting and playing with Camerata Salzburg. He then recorded Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, again with Camerata Salzburg, for which he received an ECHO Klassik ‘Best Concerto Recording’ award in 2009.

Kavakos has always retained strong links with his native Greece. For 15 years he curated a chamber music cycle at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) which featured some of his close musical friends, including Mstislav Rostropovich, Heinrich Schiff, Emanuel Ax, Nikolai Lugansky, Yuja Wang and Gautier Capuçon. For the past two years Kavakos has curated an annual violin and chamber-music masterclass in Athens, attracting violinists and ensembles from all over the world and reflecting his deep commitment to the handing on of musical knowledge and traditions.

The London Symphony Chorus

President Emeritus: André Previn KBEVice President: Michael Tilson ThomasPatron: Simon Russell BealeChorus Director: Simon HalseyChairman: Lydia FrankenburgDeputy Chorus Director/Accompanist: Roger SayerAssociate Directors: Neil Ferris and Matthew Hamilton

The London Symphony Chorus (LSC) was formed in 1966 to complement the work of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). The partnership between the LSC and LSO has continued to develop and was strengthened in 2012 with the appointment of Simon Halsey as joint Chorus Director of the LSC and Choral Director for the LSO. It now plays a major role in furthering the vision of the LSO Sing initiative.

The LSC has also partnered many other major orchestras and has performed nationally and internationally with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Boston Symphony and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestras. Championing the musicians of tomorrow, it has also worked with both the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra. The chorus has toured extensively throughout Europe and has also visited North America, Israel, Australia and South East Asia.

Much of the LSC repertoire has been captured in its large catalogue of recordings featuring renowned conductors and soloists. Recent releases include Britten’s War Requiem with Gianandrea Noseda and Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 8 with Valery Gergiev.

The Seasons by Haydn, Otello by Verdi and the world premiere of the St John Passion by James MacMillan’s were all under the baton of the late Sir Colin Davis. The recent recording of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung with the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder won a Gramophone award and the recording of the Grande

Messe des Morts by Berlioz with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, won an International Music Award in the Choral Works category.

Last season the Chorus undertook critically acclaimed performances of the Mozart Requiem, the Brahms Requiem, the Stabat Mater by Symanowski and The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz. It also gave a series of a cappella concerts featuring the Rachmaninov Vespers and Spem in Alium by Tallis. More recently, the LSC and LSO have given the world premiere performance of Equal Voices, a new work by Sally Beamish based on the war poetry of Andrew Motion. It was jointly commissioned by the LSO and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in commemoration of the centenary of the First World War.

The London Symphony Chorus is always interested in recruiting new members, welcoming applications from singers of all backgrounds. Interested singers are always welcome to attend rehearsals before arranging an audition.

Simon Halsey

Simon Halsey is a sought-after conductor of choral repertoire at the very highest level and an ambassador for choral singing across the world. Since 2001 he has been Principal Conductor of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, the permanent partner of the Berliner Philharmoniker, which under Halsey’s leadership, has gained a reputation internationally as one of the finest professional choral ensembles. In the UK, Halsey has been Chorus Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Choruses for over 30 years and, in 2012, was appointed Choral Director of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and London Symphony Chorus (LSC). He has been credited with bringing about a ‘spectacular transformation’ (London Evening Standard) of the LSC. In this new position, Halsey leads choral activities across the LSO’s performance and education programmes. Simon Halsey is also Artistic Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Youth Choral Programme, as well as Director of the BBC Proms Youth Choir. Since 2014 he has been Artistic Advisor of the Choir Academy of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Making singing a central part of these world-class institutions, Halsey has been instrumental in changing the level of symphonic singing across Europe.

Simon Halsey is Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Birmingham, where he directs a postgraduate course in Choral Conducting, in association with the CBSO. Halsey is in great demand as a teacher at other universities and has presented masterclasses at top universities such as Princeton and Yale. In 2011 Schott Music published his book and DVD on choral conducting, Chorleitung: Vom Konzept zum Konzert, as part of its ‘Master Class’ series.

Halsey has worked on numerous recording projects, many of which have won major awards, including the Gramophone Award, Diapason d’Or and Echo Klassik.

Magdalena Kožená Magdalena Kožená was born in the Czech city of Brno and studied voice and piano at the Brno Conservatory and later with Eva Bláhová at Bratislava’s Academy of Performing Arts. She has been awarded several major prizes both in the Czech Republic and internationally, culminating in the Sixth International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 1995.

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She was signed by Deutsche Grammophon in 1999 and immediately released her first album of Bach arias on its Archiv label. Her recital debut recording, an album of songs by Dvorák, Janáček and Martinu , appeared on Deutsche Grammophon’s yellow label in 2001 and was honoured with Gramophone’s Solo Vocal Award. She was named Artist of the Year by Gramophone in 2004 and has won numerous other awards since, including the Echo Award, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, and Diapason d’or. Most recent releases for Deutsche Gramophon have included Prayer for voice and organ with Christian Schmidt (2014) and Love and longing with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle (2012).

Kožená has worked with many of the world’s leading conductors inclucing Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Bernard Haitink. Her list of distinguished recital partners includes the pianists Daniel Barenboim, Yefim Bronfman and Mitsuko Uchida, with whom she has performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and at the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh and Salzburg festivals.

She is also in demand as soloist with the Berlin, Vienna and Czech Philharmonics and the Cleveland, Philadelphia and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras.

Kožená first performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2002 as Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Mozart) and returned in 2013 as Idamante (Mozart), a role she has also sung for the Glyndebourne Festival and in Berlin and Lucerne. Kožená made her first appearance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 2003 as Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figero and has since been a regular guest. Her opera credits also include Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Royal Opera House, 2007), Oktavian in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (Berlin Staatsoper, 2009), Lazuli in Chabrier’s L’étoile (Berlin Staatsoper, 2010), and the title-role in Bizet’s Carmen (Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals, 2012).

This season sees performances at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, a European tour with La Cetra, Basel, and the Berliner Philharmoniker, the title role in Médée at Basel Opera, Oktavian in Der Rosenkavalier at Baden Baden Easter Festival and recitals with Mitsuko Uchida.

Kožená was appointed a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2003 for her services to French music.

Philharmonic Octet BerlinThe Philharmonic Octet Berlin was founded more than 70 years ago and was the first chamber association of the Berliner Philharmoniker to appear in all major European cities. Since then the ensemble has continually renewed itself, drawing from the Berliner Philharmoniker’s membership: its history features such great names and world-famous musicians as the former concertmasters Spivakovsky, Rohn and Borries; the cellists Piatigorsky, Graudan and de Machula; the clarinetist Bürkner and the bassoonist Rothensteiner.

After World War Two, the ensemble expanded its already vigorous touring activities within Europe to take in other continents, visiting the USA, Canada, Africa, Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia. In 1978 the Philharmonic Octet gave its first concerts in Israel and the Soviet Union. It has appeared regularly at the festivals of Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh and Berlin. Paul Hindemith dedicated his Octet to the ensemble in 1958 and played first viola when they gave the premiere in Berlin. Other composers who have written for them include Hans Werner Henze, Boris Blacher, Werner Thärichen, Karl Heinz Wahren, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Isang Yun.

Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet:Daishin Kashimoto violinRomano Tommasini violinAmihai Grosz violaChristoph Igelbrink celloEsko Laine double bassWenzel Fuchs clarinetStefan Dohr hornMor Biron bassoon

Kate RoyalBorn in London, Kate Royal studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio. Awards include the 2004 Kathleen Ferrier Award, the 2004 John Christie Award and the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award.

In concert she has appeared with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Sir Simon Rattle (BBC Proms and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden); the Bach Akademie Stuttgart and Helmuth Rilling; at the Edinburgh Festival with Sir Charles Mackerras; the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington) and Helmuth Rilling; the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vassily Petrenko; the Orchestra of La Scala Milan and Myung-Whun Chung; the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Pablo Heras-Casado; the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Adès; the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Alan Gilbert; Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst; Le Concert d’Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm; the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Robin Ticciati; the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen; the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jir í B e lohlávek; the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Nézet-Séguin; the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding at the Baltic Sea Festival and the BBC Proms; and both the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Orchestra of Bavarian Radio under Simon Rattle. She has appeared in recital throughout Europe and North America.

In opera she has sung Marschallin in R Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni for the Glyndebourne Festival; Pamina for the Baden-Baden Festival with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle, the Lucerne Festival with Daniel Harding, and the Royal Opera; Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw for Glyndebourne on Tour; Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for both the Teatro Real, Madrid, and the Glyndebourne Festival; Poppea (Montiverdi) for English National Opera; Miranda in Ades’ The Tempest for the Royal Opera; Handel’s L’Allegro for the Paris Opera; and Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figero for the Aix-en-Provence Festival. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Euridice in Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice, returning for Micaela.

She has recorded Mahler’s Symphony No.4 with the Manchester Camerata, and Schumann’s Liederkreis with Graham Johnson for Hyperion. In October 2006 she signed an exclusive contract with EMI Classics for whom her first solo recordings were a musical portrait with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Edward Gardner, followed by 20th-century arias (Midsummer Night) with the Orchestra of English National Opera and Gardner. Her solo recital disc with Malcolm Martineau (A Lesson in Love) was released in February 2011.

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12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker

The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker have long been a prominent institution in international musical life. It was in 1972 that a radio production of Julius Klengel’s Hymnus for 12 cellos with Philharmonic members became the impetus for founding a solo ensemble of this formation. Its exceptional tonal and virtuosic qualities soon took worldwide concert audiences by storm and now the 12 Cellists enjoy a remarkable international following. Whether they’re playing the classics, jazz, tango or avant garde, listeners are invariably fascinated by the wide range of unique and intoxicating timbres that these 12 cellos can produce; and their mixture of seriousness and humour, of depth and lightness, appeals to audiences of all ages. Among the contemporary composers who have written works specially for the ‘12’ are Boris Blacher, Jean Françaix, Iannis Xenakis, Wolfgang Rihm, Brett Dean, Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann, Frangis Ali-Sade, Christian Jost, Kaija Saariaho and Tan Dun. They have accompanied the German president as ambassadors of Berlin and appeared on several occasions at the Japanese Imperial Palace. Their CDs regularly make the charts and in 2001 and 2005 were awarded the Echo Klassik prize.

Sarah Willis

Sarah Willis was born in Maryland, USA and holds dual citizenship, British and American. Her father was a foreign correspondent and her family lived in the USA, Tokyo and Moscow before moving to England when she was 13. She began playing the horn aged 14 at school and then attended the Royal College of Music Junior Department. She went on to study full time at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where her teachers included Anthony Halstead and Jeff Bryant.

She later studied with Fergus McWilliam in Berlin, where she became 2nd Horn in the Berlin State Opera under Daniel Barenboim in 1991. During this time, Sarah played as a guest with many top orchestras such as Chicago Symphony, London Symphony and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and performed worldwide as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles.

In 2001 Sarah Willis joined the Berliner Philharmoniker, becoming the first female member of the brass section. She has recorded various acclaimed CDs including works such as the Brahms Horn Trio and the Rosetti Double Horn Concertos as well as the much celebrated CDs Opera! and Four Corners! with the Berliner Philharmoniker Horns.

Sarah is involved in Berliner Philharmoniker Education projects and enjoys creating and presenting Berliner Philharmoniker concerts for children. She also interviews conductors and soloists for the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall and in 2011 she presented live to 33 million viewers during the Final Concert of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.

Sarah Willis plays on a Gebr. Alexander hand-hammered Model 103.

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Berliner Philharmoniker

Chief Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle

Violin INoah Bendix-Balgley 1st ConcertmasterDaishin Kashimoto 1st ConcertmasterDaniel Stabrawa 1st ConcertmasterAndreas Buschatz ConcertmasterZoltán Almási Maja Avramović Simon Bernardini Peter Brem Alessandro Cappone Madeleine Carruzzo Aline Champion Felicitas Clamor-Hofmeister Luiz Felipe CoelhoLaurentius Dinca Sebastian Heesch Aleksandar IvićRüdiger Liebermann Kotowa Machida Alvaro ParraKrzysztof PolonekBastian SchäferRainer Sonne Dorian Xhoxhi

Violin IIChristian Stadelmann 1st PrincipalThomas Timm 1st PrincipalChristophe Horak PrincipalHelena Madoka BergHolm Birkholz Philipp BohnenStanley Dodds Cornelia Gartemann Amadeus HeutlingMarlene ItoChristoph von der Nahmer Raimar OrlovskySimon RoturierBettina Sartorius Rachel Schmidt Armin Schubert Stephan Schulze Christoph Streuli Eva-Maria Tomasi Romano Tommasini

ViolaAmihai Grosz 1st PrincipalMáté Szucs 1st PrincipalNaoko Shimizu PrincipalMicha AfkhamJulia GartemannMatthew HunterUlrich KnörzerSebastian KrunniesWalter KüssnerIgnacy MiecznikowskiMartin von der NahmerNeithard ResaJoaquín Riquelme GarcíaMartin StegnerWolfgang Talirz

CelloBruno Delepelaire 1st PrincipalLudwig Quandt 1st PrincipalMartin Löhr PrincipalOlaf Maninger PrincipalRichard Duven Rachel HelleurChristoph Igelbrink Solène KermarrecStephan KonczMartin Menking David Riniker Nikolaus Römisch Dietmar Schwalke Knut Weber

BassMatthew McDonald 1st PrincipalJanne Saksala 1st PrincipalEsko Laine PrincipalMartin Heinze Michael KargStanisław PajakPeter Riegelbauer Edicson Ruiz Gunars UpatnieksJanusz Widzyk Ulrich Wolff

FluteAndreas Blau PrincipalEmmanuel Pahud PrincipalProf. Michael HaselJelka WeberEgor EgorkinPiccolo

OboeJonathan Kelly PrincipalAlbrecht Mayer PrincipalChristoph HartmannAndreas WittmannDominik Wollenweber Cor anglais

ClarinetWenzel Fuchs PrincipalAndreas Ottensamer PrincipalAlexander BaderWalter SeyfarthManfred Preis Bass Clarinet

BassoonDaniele Damiano PrincipalStefan Schweigert PrincipalMor BironMarkus WeidmannSophie Dartigalongue Contra Basson

HornStefan Dohr PrincipalStefan de Leval JezierskiFergus McWilliamGeorg SchreckenbergerKlaus WallendorfSarah WillisAndrej Žust

TrumpetGábor Tarkövi PrincipalTamás Velenczei PrincipalGuillaume JehlMartin Kretzer Florian Pichler

TromboneProf. Christhard Gössling PrincipalOlaf Ott PrincipalThomas LeyendeckerJesper Busk SørensenProf Stefan SchulzBass Trombone

TubaAlexander von Puttkamer

TimpaniRainer Seegers Wieland Welzel

PercussionRaphael HaegerSimon Rössler Franz Schindlbeck Jan Schlichte

HarpMarie-Pierre Langlamet

ChairmenUlrich KnörzerPeter Riegelbauer

Media ChairmenStanley Dodds Olaf Maninger

Orchestra CommitteePeter BremNikolaus RömischStephan SchulzeChristian StadelmannMartin Stegner

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CBSO ChorusChorus Director: Simon HalseyAssociate Conductors: David Lawrence & Julian Wilkins

SopranoAnna Allsop *Sally BatemanRachael Baylis *Sarah Beedle *Ruth BertramDianne Charles **Vincy ChauTanya Cutts *Helen Davies *Rhiannon DaviesSheila Davies **Isobel Edgar **Lisa Elkington-Bourne *Lynne Evans **Catherine Foster **Prue Hawthorne **Alison HaynesClaire HughesRobyn Jennings **Catherine LanderAlexandra LewisGillian Machin **Eluned MansellVal Matthews ****Stefanie McMinnLaura MunslowEleanor NixonClare NoakesJessica NortonEmily Peverelle *Sarah Russell ***Ruth SandersonJennifer Scholes **Marion Scholey *Jean Scott **Victoria ShirtliffHelen Smallwood **Wendy Spinner *Allison TaylorEmma Thickens *Diane Todd **Helen Tunnicliffe

AltoAnne Almond **Lara BienkowskaAlison Bownass ***Kath Campbell ****Helen Chamberlain *Medina Cole ***Catherine Duke **Claudia EfstathiouSarah Ennis ***Gill FletcherSylvia Fox ***Christine Giles **Hazel Hughes ****Sheila Koch **Hannah LackClare LangstoneVal LewisSarah MainwaringKate Marriott *Josephine Mesa Bandrés *Anna ParkerLaura Taylor **Hannah TrippKaty Wakeford-BrownChristina Warner ***Rosemary Watts *Margaret Wilson ***Toni Wright **Alison York **

TenorJack ApperleyDavid Barber *Charles BarwellMillar Bownass **Richard Cook **Peter Davies *David FletcherPaul Glossop **Cliff HaresignTom HendersonRobin LewisHoward Marriott *Allen Roberts *Daniel RollasonDavid RoweHarpreet SandhuGareth ThomasHugh Thomson **Jon Wilson *Alan Winwood *

BassSteven BacheLawrence Bacon **Peter BealPhil Beynon *Patrick CharlesRob Cleal *Blake ClarkJulian Davey *Julian EdwardsMichael Foster *Richard Fullbrook *Steve Gibbs **Andrew HalsteadMike HartleyHugh Houghton *Anthony JonesJohn Keast **Peter Leppard **Chris O’Grady *Andrew Packer ***Tom ParkerAndrew ParkesRichard Prew **Phil Rawle ****Calum RobartsMike Smith **Gordon Thornett ***Alan White **Tony Whitehouse

* CBSO Chorus Bronze 10 Year Long Service Award

** CBSO Chorus Silver 20 Year Long Service Award

*** CBSO Chorus Gold 30 Year Long Service Award

**** CBSO Chorus Ruby 40 Year Long Service Award

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London Symphony Chorus

Soprano Kerry BakerFaith BaxterLouisa BlanksonEvaleen BrintonCarol Capper *Shelagh ConnollyHarriet CrawfordRebecca DentKatharine ElliotLucy FeldmanNaomi FletcherMaureen HallIsobel HammondEmma HarryEmily Hoffnung *Josafin HolmbergClaire HoggKuan HonClaire HusseyDebbie JonesJulia JosephsLuca KocsmarszkyMimi KrollDebbie LeeMarylyn LewinMeg MakowerJane MorleyEmily NortonHiroko O’ReillyMaggie OwenIsabel PaintinAndra PattersonFrances PopeCarole RadfordTamsin RaittLiz ReeveMikiko RiddChen ShwartzPloen SopitpongstornLizzie WebbBecky Wheaton

Alto Hetty Boardman-WestonElizabeth BoydenGina BroderickJo Buchan *Jenni ButlerLizzy CampbellMaggie DonnellyDiane DwyerLydia Frankenburg *Amanda FreshwaterRachel GreenYoko HaradaJo HoustonGinger HunterLis IlesElla JacksonChristine JasperJill JonesVanessa KnappGilly LawsonBelinda Liao *Etsuko MakitaJane MuirCaroline MustillDorothy NesbitSusannah PriedeLucy ReayFran RingerLis SmithJane SteeleClaire TrocmeCurzon Tussaud *Lillis WeeksKathryn WellsSara Williams

Tenor David AldredPaul Allatt *Robin AndersonSteve BerrymanMichael DelanyDaniel EhrlichJohn FarringtonMatt FernandoAndrew FullerSimon GoldmanJesse HollisterWarwick HoodTony InstrallJohn MarksAlastair MathewsJohn Moses *Daniel OwersMalcolm TaylorOwen TollerBrad WarburtonRobert Ward *Paul Williams-BurtonJames Warbis

Bass Simon BackhouseBruce BoydAndy ChanEd CurryDamian DayThomas FeaIan FletcherRobert FrenchRobert Garbolinski *Richard GilfillanGerald GohJohn GrahamOwen Hanmer *Christopher HarveyAnthony HowickAlex KidneyThomas KohutGregor Kowalski *Georges LeaverStefan MagierPeter NivenTim RileyAlan RochfordZac SmithRod StevensRobin ThurstonGordon ThomsonWareing JezPaul Wright

* denotes LSC Council member

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Young Orchestra for London

YOUNG ORCHESTRA FOR LONDON IS A JOINT LEARNING PROJECT BETWEEN SOUTHBANK CENTRE AND THE BARBICAN GUILDHALL. HERE WE EXPLAIN WHO IT IS FOR AND WHAT IT WILL ACHIEVE.

Why are we doing it?

When plans for the Berliner Philharmoniker London Residency were first being discussed, Southbank Centre and the Barbican Guildhall, along with Sir Simon Rattle, agreed that a vital component of the residency would be a joint learning project between the two venues; one which would bring together our skills, specialisms and contacts. Joining forces would result in a greater project than either venue could achieve on their own. The hope was that this project would truly represent young classical musicians in London and challenge perceptions of what an orchestra is - and can be. Thus the idea of a Young Orchestra for London was born.

What is it?

Young Orchestra for London is a unique 100 strong orchestra of young people, aged 11 to 21, ranging from grades 3 to 8 plus, who represent Greater London’s 33 boroughs. Both venues believe that an important part of learning is peer-to-peer mentoring and so our older more experienced members are acting as mentors to our younger, less experienced players. We also acknowledge that, as musicians, we are learning all the time and so our younger players have a key role for teaching older players too. Alongside learning repertoire, our orchestra are developing general musicianship skills and are spending time discovering more about the Berliner Philharmoniker’s concert programme, Berlin and Sir Simon Rattle’s career as a conductor.

How was it created?

Back in October 2014 we held an Application Workshop Day to launch the project. Potential applicants had the chance to learn about the orchestra, the music they’d be playing, meet the tutors and take part in taster workshops demonstrating what would be involved. Between October and early December we invited young people to fill out an application form. This was accompanied by a statement of support from a teacher. We received nearly 400 applications and invited 360 to hour-long application workshops run by Rachel Leach and several professional musicians. Following these, we used all of the information we had to make a final selection of 100 young people, representing every London borough. There is an even proportion of grades and ages in every section. The whole group met for the first time on Sunday 11 January 2015.

What have they been up to?

Rehearsals have been running every weekend since 11 January with a team comprising of Ben Gernon and Duncan Ward as our rehearsal conductors, and Rachel Leach bringing all the learning together, running creative sessions and giving more in-depth insights into the music. The orchestra has had full and sectional rehearsals with coaching from London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Berliner Philharmoniker musicians, singing sessions, repertoire discovery, Q&A’s and the chance to attend performances by the Berliner Philharmoniker too. We’ve also invited parents and guardians to some of the sessions so they can experience the project together.

What next?

To ensure that the learning generated through the Young Orchestra for London extends far beyond the Residency itself, every student will be signposted to opportunities where they can continue their musical journey – through performance and training programmes delivered by ourselves and our partner organisations.

The project has also allowed us to develop stronger relationships with the crucial people who deliver music education directly to these young people, all year round. We will strengthen these relationships through further collaborative working.

Southbank Centre and the Barbican Guildhall are proud that the Berliner Philharmoniker London Residency 2015 has an impressive learning legacy which will continue to resonate far into the future.

Barbican Guildhall would like to thank the London Symphony Orchestra for their generous contribution to the project.

‘The hope was that this project would truly represent young classical musicians in London.’

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Young people taking part in Young Orchestra For London

Alex Care Tuba

Alex Chan Viola

Alexander Lee Violin

Alfie Smith French Horn

Alison Bayley French Horn

Anna Pamfil Double Bass

Anush Prabhu Trombone

Anushka Thapliyal Cello

Anyanna Harker Violin

Ararat Ameen Violin

Arthur Wills Viola

Artibella Ainley Bassoon

Benjamin Winstanley Trumpet

Buki Bayode Flute

Caius Williams Trombone

Charis Morgan Viola

Charles Campbell-Peek Double Bass

Clara Ramsay Gray Viola

Claudia Fuller Violin

Daisy Heath Cello

Edward Chesterman Cello

Eleanor Glynn French Horn

Elena Accogli Viola

Elizabeth Whittall Clarinet

Emily Blayney Violin

Emma Donington-Kiey Cello

Esther Evans Violin

Esther Mandisodza Trumpet

Ethan Roberts Percussion

Filip Igov Viola

Frank Roselli Double Bass

Gabrielle Carberry Double Bass

Georgia Wright Viola

Georgina Lawrence Cello

Gorka Puerta Trumpet

Hannah Roberts Trombone

Isabella Clews Viola

Isaiah Daniel-Grillo Tuba

Isaiah Edwards Violin

Jade-Ellen Brown Viola

Janakan Bosch Oboe

Joél Okolo-Hunter Double Bass

Joshua Anthony Rivet Cello

Joshua Lee Violin

Joshua Wright Percussion

Josie Dixon-Cater Trumpet

Julia Flint Bassoon

Julia Willers Bassoon

Katie Tomlinson Double Bass

Katya Herberg Viola

Kobby Akuoko Violin

Kye Lawton Cello

Lily D’Agostino Violin

Luca Fero Violin

Macy Lawrence-Botu Violin

Martha Cruz Cello

Maura Shivkumar Flute

Maxim Moseley Clarinet

Melis Elgin Cello

Michael Cottom Trumpet

Millie Ashton Violin

Milo Rothschild-Davies French Horn

Miranda Stocker Viola

Molly Worboys-Sayers French Horn

Naima Slany-Clarvis French Horn

Nicholas Dolbaia Violin

Nimat Awoyemi Viola

Noeka Bradley Violin

Nolitha Olusanya Violin

Nora Divver Oboe

Olamiju Fajemisin Double Bass

Oliver Paul Violin

Olivia Jenkins Violin

Otis Enokido-Lineham Cello

Owen Turner Viola

Pelinsu Selmooglu Violin

Phoebe Strauss Violin

Posha Manchanda Oboe

Rahul Gohil Percussion

Rahul Mancin Percussion

Rex Enokido-Lineham Trombone

Rhea Witherford Violin

Romy McCarthy Viola

Rowan Guy Double Bass

Rose Williamson Violin

Ruby Widdowson Cello

Sam Almond-Seago Violin

Sami Latif Violin

Samuel Teague Violin

Sasha Adam-Grylls Cello

Saul Levene Violin

Sinead Barton Violin

Sophia Clairmont Violin

Sophia Sofianou Violin

Sophie Goddard-Hunt Double Bass

Sultan Djelal Violin

Tom Benyunes Flute

Tom Hill Clarinet

Vaishnavi Subramaniam Double Bass

William Millet Percussion

YeYe Xu Violin

Zozi Sookanadenchetty Violin

PerformancesTHURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 6.30PMBARBICAN HALL

This is the Orchestra’s first public rehearsal and performance with Sir Simon Rattle conducting. They play Sibelius’ Finlandia.

SUNDAY 15 FEBRUARY, 3PMTHE CLORE BALLROOM AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, SOUTHBANK CENTRE

The orchestra’s final performance as part of the Imagine Children’s Festival.

Duncan Ward conducts a new commission by Stephen Montague, Zero at the Bone, followed by Sir Simon Rattle taking the stage to conduct Sibelius’ Finlandia and Malcolm Arnold’s Little suite Number 2, Movement III.

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