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The London Chamber Orchestra

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David & Claudia Harding FoundationMariaMarina FoundationMartin & Roni LovegroveRWE Dea UK

On behalf of the London Chamber Orchestra,may I welcome you to this evening’s performance.

For the 2012/13 season we have yet another terrific setof concerts and we hope you will enjoy them. In thesesomewhat darkened times, an evening with LCO can bea great boost. For me, what is most lifting is seeing ourtalented musicians enjoy themselves as they perform.The smiles that play across their faces as the music flowsare just magical. As the musicians will readily tell you, thisis in part because Christopher Warren-Green gives themthe freedom to express themselves as they play, somethingwhich is hard to do in a bigger orchestra.

Our focus in 2012/13 is to ensure our sustainability and,in so doing, to help worthy causes; this is easier said thandone. Demand for support comes from so many places: thelarge, the small, the established, the new, the great and theaspiring. We hope that as you enjoy LCO this season you willvalue what we do, become even closer to us, and proactivelyprovide support. Any member of our management as wellas myself would be pleased to tell you how you can help.

Thank you for your kind attention and your support bybeing with us tonight.

MARTIN LOVEGROVEChairman, The London Chamber Orchestra Trust

Welcome

London Chamber Orchestra

PatronHer Royal HighnessThe Duchess of Cornwall

Life PresidentRev. John Wates Hon FRAM

PresidentVladimir Ashkenazy

President of the Patron’s CircleThe Countess of Chichester

Music Director andPrincipal ConductorChristopher Warren-Green

Artistic Director ConcertmastersRosemary FurnissVasko Vassilev

Series supported byThe London Chamber Orchestra TrustChairman Martin LovegroveRegistered Charity No 297852

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Welcome fromChristopher Warren-GreenOur 11/12 season ended in a hive ofactivity linked to Her Majesty theQueen’s Diamond Jubilee and theOlympics with performances at StPancras Station, the Southbank Centreand Hampton Court Palace. Those ofyou who joined us for these concertswill have vivid memories of theincredible engagement and enthusiasmof the children involved in LCO’sMusic Junction project and of thespectacular architecture of the GreatHall at Hampton Court.

Programming LCO’s season is aprivilege I find genuinely exciting.Each year, I seek to provide a ‘menu’of repertoire that will inspire ourmusicians and audience alike.

For 12/13 I have chosen Bach as thekey, and specifically his BrandenburgConcerti as a binding musicalingredient to the season. Alongside theBrandenburgs, with their vitalrhythmic drive and clear musical lines,it made sense to include Stravinskyand Shostakovich. ‘Main course’composers were needed and of coursethese had to include Mozart andBeethoven. Mozart’s C minor Mass isone of his greatest works and I hopeyou agree with me in thinking thatLCO has a special relationship withBeethoven – hence an heroic end tothe season with his Egmont Overture,‘Emperor’ piano concerto and ‘Eroica’symphony.

In April, Music Junction participantswill also draw inspiration from Bach’sBrandenburg Concerto No 5, as will

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harpsichordist and jazz musicianDavid Gordon, who is writing an‘Inspired by Bach’ piece for LCO withhis trio. And in the same concert youmust not miss hearing LCOConcertmaster Rosemary Furnissperform the Vivaldi Violin andRecorder Concerto with the BBCYoung Musician 2012 finalistCharlotte Barbour-Condini.

All through its 91 years LCO haschampioned new music and recentlymuch has been achieved through theLCO New ‘Inspired by’ series. We havein the past taken inspiration from art,architecture and, last year, fromBritain’s railway history as part of theCultural Olympiad. Through 12/13,LCO is working in partnership with theCentre for Digital Music at QueenMary, University of London, present-ing young composers with frontiertechnology in ‘Inspired by Digital’.

I offer my sincere thanks toeveryone who supports LCO, from ourPatron HRH the Duchess of Cornwall,LCO’s trustees and advisers to themany generous supporters, and ofcourse our essential and loyalaudience.

Christopher Warren-GreenMusic Director andPrincipal ConductorMusic Director of the CharlotteSymphony and London Chamberorchestras, this season Warren-Greenreturns to the Royal PhilharmonicOrchestra and conducts the worldpremiere of Frank Corcoran's ViolinConcerto with the RTÉ NationalSymphony Orchestra, Dublin. He alsoreturns to the St Louis Symphony and,following his acclaimed debut with theDetroit Symphony Orchestra inDecember 2011, he was immediatelyreinvited for the 2012/13 season.Other highlights this season includeperformances with the OrchestreNational de Belgique and his Italiandebut with Orchestra I PomeriggiMusicali.

Last season he debuted with theMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra andthe Zürcher Kammerorchester, andreturned to the Sapporo Symphony,Armenia Philharmonic and LondonPhilharmonic orchestras.

In North America, Warren-Greenhas also conducted the PhiladelphiaOrchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, theNational Symphony OrchestraWashington, D.C. and the Houston,Seattle and Vancouver symphonyorchestras, to name a few. Elsewhere,recent seasons have seen performanceswith Royal Scottish National, RoyalLiverpool Philharmonic and IcelandSymphony orchestras, the OrquestraMetropolitana de Lisboa and BBCConcert Orchestra.

A regular on the summer festivalscene, Warren-Green recentlyappeared with the Philharmonia

Orchestra at the 2012 Three ChoirsFestival as well as the Boston SummerArts Weekend Festival in the same yearwith trumpeter Alison Balsom. Otherfestival appearances include theclosing concert of the BerlinInternational Festival with the LondonChamber Orchestra, the InternationalMusic Festival ‘Chopin and hisEurope’ with Sinfonia Varsovia andMaria João Pires, the Menton Festivaland the Enescu Festival with theChamber Orchestra of the RomanianNational Radio Society. He frequentlycollaborates with the ChapelleMusicale Reine Elisabeth in Brussels.

Warren-Green has been personallyinvited to conduct for the RoyalFamily on many occasions in the lastthirty years. In April 2011, Warren-Green conducted the LondonChamber Orchestra during themarriage ceremony of HRH PrinceWilliam Duke of Cambridge andHRH Duchess of Cambridge atWestminster Abbey, which wastelevised to over a billion worldwide.

Other notable occasions have

included Her Majesty the Queen’s80th birthday celebrations at KewPalace and HRH Prince of Wales’ 60thbirthday concert. Warren-Green alsoconducted the PhilharmoniaOrchestra for the Service of Dedi-cation and Prayer (celebrating themarriage of HRH Prince of Wales andHRH Duchess of Cornwall) in 2005.

Previous orchestral appointmentshave included Principal Conductor ofthe Camerata Resident Orchestra ofthe Megaron, Athens, taking over fromSir Neville Marriner (2004-2009),Chief Conductor of the NordiskaKammar Orkestern (1998-2005), andChief Conductor of the JönköpingsSinfonietta (1998-2001).

Warren-Green has recordedextensively for Sony, Phillips, Virgin,EMI, Chandos and DeustcheGrammophon, and regularly recordswith the London Chamber Orchestrafor Signum Classics. He is a regular onUK television and radio, and hasfeatured as a mentor on the BBC’shigh-profile television series ‘Maestro’.

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The London Chamber Orchestra

Inspired by the chamber orchestras ofthe eighteenth century, AnthonyBernard pioneered the idea that therewas space in modern music for aprofessional chamber orchestra, withmusicians of soloist quality and artisticdirection tailored to the repertoire. On11 May 1921 Bernard launched hisnew orchestra, The London ChamberOrchestra, at 4 St James’s Square.

LCO remains innovative andadventurous, premiering works bysome of the twentieth century’s mostimportant composers, includingStravinsky, Bloch, Vaughan Williams,Respighi, Delius, de Falla, Fauré,Finzi, Prokofiev, Hindemith, Poulencand Villa Lobos. Since his appoint-ment as LCO’s Principal Conductorand Music Director in 1988,Christopher Warren-Greenhas continued this tradition withpremieres including works by MaxwellDavies, MacMillan, Fitkin and a hostof new compositions from youngcomposers.

As LCO Life President and formerChair of The LCO Trust John Wateshas said, ‘When you come to an LCOconcert you are buying into a biggerpicture.’ This bigger picture reflectsLCO’s philosophy, as an elite ensemble

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One of the world’s finest music ensembles,the LondonChamber Orchestra combines the charismatic leadershipof Principal Conductor Christopher Warren-Green withthe skills of some exceptional musicians.

Alongside its established classical repertoire, LCO isdedicated to the promotion of new work.

Its concerts regularly feature international solo artistsas well as promoting younger promising talent.

with an enviable reputation, of sharingits excellence in a socially awareenvironment. Alongside its transfor-mational outreach programme, MusicJunction, LCO supports a number ofcharities throughout its season ofconcerts.

Aside from its enviable nationalcredentials LCO is also recognisedglobally, playing in concert hallsaround the world – from La Scala,Milan to City Hall, Hong Kong, andthroughout the Far East, the USAand Europe.

In retaining its independence frompublic subsidy, LCO continuesto enjoy significant support fromprivate donors, audiences, sponsors,trusts and foundations. It is LCO’simpeccable performance credentialsthat continue to attract its advocates.

Principal Conductor ChristopherWarren-Green, LCO’s musicians andmanagement aim to uphold LCO’sworld-class stature and its missionto educate, enlighten and entertain.‘Everyone on stageseems to be having

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‘The concerts of Warren-Green and theLondon Chamber Orchestra aren't oftennoticed in the press, but their large regularaudience knows that they are some of themost exciting in London. Their Beethoven9th was one of the best I have ever heard.’The Times

musicjunction

Music Junction issupported by:

MariaMarina FoundationThe City Bridge TrustThe J P Getty Jnr CharitableTrust

Baring Asset Management

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“ I am so moved bythe students’ responseto the music last nightand the experience asa whole ... it reminds mewhy I love my job somuch! ... and why thisproject is so importantfor children like ours.Thank you from thebottom of my heart.”A Barnardo's teacher

Music Junction brings together children and youngpeople from different backgrounds and gives themthe opportunity to make music as a group.

LCO would like to thank the staff and pupils at allthe schools involved in Music Junction.

Valuable contributions havealso been made by:

The Drapers’ Charitable TrustRWE Dea UKQueen Mary, Universityof London

LCO

In 2012/13, LCONew Explore presents‘Inspired by Digital’in partnership withthe Centre for DigitalMusic at Queen Mary,University of London.Workshops andperformances forgenew connectionsbetween composers,state-of-the-arttechnologies,performers andlisteners.

‘Inspired by Digital’is generously supported by:

QMUL Centre for Public EngagementLCO Trust

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Corporate Partnership

LCO offers companiesthe following opportunities:

▪ Align their brand to“excellence in performance”of the LCO

▪ Enjoy hospitalityopportunities

▪ Access to musicians,soloists and conductor

▪ Commitment to thecommunity and their ownCSR objectives by supportingand engaging staff in LCO’seducation projects

▪ Branding on LCO marketingmaterial and website, and afull page colour advertisementin the season brochure

Corporate partnership starts at£20,000

(All figures subject to VATwhere applicable)

Membership

Join the LCO as membersand benefit from programmerecognition, advertising, priorityticket booking, complimentarytickets and entertainmentbenefits.

Musical Chairs

Join the Musical Chairs schemeto have your name associatedwith an LCO musician and attendpost-concert receptions.

LCO Benefactor£250

LCO PrincipalBenefactor£500

LCO Silver CorporateMember£2500

LCO Gold CorporateMember£5000

LCO OrchestraChair£1001

LCO PrincipalChair£2500

LCO Concertmaster Chair£5000

LCO Conductor’sPodium£20,000

Headline, season and concert sponsorshipPlease get in touch with us to enquire about Headline Sponsorship for the season.Contact Pippa French, Head of Fundraising, pippa@lco.co.uk

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Soloists

Peter JablonskiPianoSwedish-Polish pianist Peter Jablonskihas given critically acclaimed concertsall over the world, with orchestras suchas the Deutsches Symphonie-OrchesterBerlin, the Philharmonia, Cleveland,Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, TheKirov, London Philharmonic, NHKSymphony, Seoul Philharmonic andCzech Philharmonic orchestras; andhas worked with notable conductorssuch as Valery Gergiev, Esa-PekkaSalonen, Vladimir Ashkenazy andMyung-Whun Chung.

In celebration of his compatriotLutoslawski’s 100th anniversary,Jablonski performs the composer'sPiano Concerto with Hannu Lintu andthe Finnish Radio SymphonyOrchestra, before also performing thesame work with the WarsawPhilharmonic Orchestra in March2013. Other highlights of the 2012/13season include performances with theBusan Philharmonic, a concerto andrecital tour of Japan, a debut with theKaohsiung City Symphony andappearances with the Royal Phil-harmonic and Brussels Philharmonicorchestras.

Peter Jablonski is Artistic Directorof the annual Karlskrona ChamberMusic Festival in Sweden. He is alsoArtistic Director of Altara Records andadditionally records regularly forOctavia Records – his recent Liszt discwas voted CD of the month in Japan’sRecord Geijitsu Magazine. He has anextensive, multi-award winning disc-ography with Decca and DeutscheGrammophon.

Pavel GomziakovCelloPavel Gomziakov was born in the cityTchaikovsky in Russia in 1975. Hebegan cello studies at the age of nine.At the age of fourteen he moved toMoscow where he studied at theGnessin School and later at theMoscow State Conservatory with Prof.Dmitri Miller.

In July 2007 Pavel performed withMaria João Pires at the EscorialFestival in Spain. This began acollaboration that saw them performtogether throughout Europe, the FarEast and South America. In May 2009Deutsche Grammophon released arecording of Chopin's Cello Sonataperformed by Pavel and Maria JoãoPires. The recording received aGrammy Award nomination.

In the last two seasons, Pavel hasperformed with the New JapanPhilharmonic, London ChamberOrchestra and the Orchestre Nationalde Montpellier. In April 2010 PavelGomziakov made his criticallyacclaimed American debut with theChicago Symphony Orchestraconducted by Trevor Pinnock. In 2011Pavel toured Japan for the second timewith the Kansai Orchestra and inApril 2012 he released his recordingof the Saint-Saëns cello concerto withAugustin Dumay and the KansaiOrchestra for the Onyx label.

In July 2012 Pavel made his debutat Valery Gergiev’s White NightsFestival in Russia.

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Anna Lucia RichterSopranoAnna Lucia Richter was born in1990 and brought up in a large familyof musicians. She received her firstsinging lessons from her mother,Regina Dohmen and continued herstudies with Professor Kurt Widmer inBasel and Professor Klesie Kelly-Moogin Cologne.

Current season highlights includeSandmännchen Hänsel und Gretel andBarbarina Le nozze di Figaro at theDeutsche Oper am Rhein, Pergolesi’sStabat Mater with BarockensembleWeimar at Kissinger Sommer andBach’s Weihnachtsoratorium I withKölner Kammerorchester underReiner Schuhenn.

Recent key engagements haveincluded collaborations withGürzenich-Orchester Köln underMarkus Stenz, RundfunkorchesterWDR under Helmut Froschauer andDüsseldorfer Symphoniker under bothAxel Kober and Christoph Altstaedt.She made her Wigmore Hall debutwith Christoph Prégardien and JuliusDrake. Together with her regularaccompanist, Christoph Schnackertzshe has appeared at SchwetzingerSWR Festspiele and at Easter-Schubertiade WDR. Future plans withChristoph Schnackertz include recitalsat Wigmore Hall and at Park AvenueArmory, New York.

Competition successes haveincluded the 2012 InternationalRobert Schumann Competition, theFelix Mendelssohn BartholdyCompetition and the Luitpold Awardat Kissinger Sommer both in 2011.

Helena JuntunenSopranoHelena Juntunen is internationallyrecognised for her expressive characterportrayals in both the lyric andcontemporary repertoire. Recentnotable roles include MariettaDie tote Stadt, and Jenny Hill Aufstiegund Fall der Stadt Mahagonny both forOpéra national de Lorraine, MarieWozzeck with Opéra de Nice, andZdenka Arabella for Vlaamse Opera.Recent concert highlights includeBeethoven’s Missa Solemnis with theLondon Symphony Orchestra underSir Colin Davis, Mendelssohn’s AMidsummer Night’s Dream at the LucerneFestival under Vladimir Jurowski, andBrahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with theBerliner Philharmoniker underDonald Runnicles. This season shemakes her recital debut at WigmoreHall and her debut with SydneySymphony performing Sibelius’Kullervo under Vladimir Ashkenazy.Role debuts include Der Ferne Klang forOpéra National du Rhin, Der Zwergfor Opéra national de Lorraine andI pagliacci for Finnish National Opera.

A specialist of Finnish music, shehas created a number of contem-porary roles including Veli-MattiPuumala’s opera Anna Liisa at theHelsinki Festival, Leevi Madetoja’sThe Ostrobothnians, Mikko Heiniö’sopera Eerik XIV at the Turku MusicFestival and most recently in the worldpremiere of Jüri Reinvere’s Puhdistusfor Finnish National Opera.

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Nicky SpenceTenorHailed recently in the Daily Telegraphas ‘a voice of real distinction’, NickySpence is currently a Harwood YoungArtist at ENO, having trained at theGSMD and the National OperaStudio. Nicky’s diverse repertoireranges from Handel and Mozart toDonizetti, Britten and Jonathan Dove,having collaborated with the finestorchestras on some of the world’smost major platforms.

Nicky has appeared at OperaNorth, Opera Holland Park, ScottishOpera and English National Opera,where he performed the leading partof Brian in the world premiere ofNico Muhly’s Met-commissionedopera, Two Boys. His portrayal ofNovice in Billy Budd at ENO lastseason gained him equally outstandingreviews.

Concert performances include aBritten song cycle series in Aldeburghand at Kings Place (recorded forOnyx), Britten’s Serenade for Tenor,Horn and Strings with l’OrchestraNational d’Ile de France, a Galaperformance at the Royal Festival Halland Mozart Requiem with theCambridge Philharmonic. In recital,he has most recently appeared at theLeeds and Oxford Lieder festivals.

An experienced recording artist,Nicky’s world premiere recording ofMark-Anthony Turnage’s song cycleA Constant Obsession, for ResonusClassics, was released in January 2012and received excellent reviews.

Matthew TreviñoBassA former member of the SanFrancisco Opera’s prestigious MerolaOpera Program and recent recipientof the ‘Best Singer Award’ by the 2011Austin Critics’ Table for his perform-ance in The Man Who Mistook His Wifefor a Hat, Matthew Treviño is provingto be one of today’s most sought-afteryoung basses.

Last season Matthew Treviñoappeared as Timur Turandot at AustinLyric Opera, as the King Aida forArizona Opera, Sarastro Die Zauberflötewith the Opera Theatre Company inIreland and he made his role debut asDon Giovanni with Opera Naples.Other appearances have includedPistola Falstaff for Opera Cleveland,Nourabad Les Pêcheurs des Perles forSyracuse Opera, Sparafucile Rigolettofor San Antonio Opera, and CollineLa bohème for Opera Carolina, LyricOpera of Kansas City and FresnoGrand Opera. Under the auspices ofSan Francisco Opera’s Merola OperaProgram he has performed the roles ofSimone Gianni Schicchi, Don AlfonsoCosì fan tutte and Don Basilio Il barbieredi Siviglia - the San Francisco Chronicledescribing his performances as DonBasilio as “sonorous and neatlymalevolent”. He has performedAlcade La forza del destino and DonBasilio with the Caramoor Festival.

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The London ChamberOrchestra SingersFounded in 1930 by Anthony Bernard,the London Chamber OrchestraSingers were inactive from his death in1963 until they were reformed byChristopher Warren-Green in 2010.Before 1963 they appeared with (andwithout) the London ChamberOrchestra in numerous concerts,recordings and broadcasts. Amongstthe chorus members in its early dayswere Sir Peter Pears, Dame JanetBaker, Heather Harper and JohnShirley-Quirk.

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The choir is made up of youngsoloists who are establishing them-selves at the forefront of Europeanmusic making but who also have had achoral background. All the singerswork with leading vocal ensembles aswell as working on some of Europe’spremier opera and oratorio stages.

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Suzanne Willison-KawalecHarpSuzanne Willison-Kawalec was bornin London in 1976 and has beenenjoying a varied and exciting careersince graduating from the RoyalAcademy of Music in 1999 with firstclass honours. She has since beenmade an Associate of the RAM.In April 2005 Suzanne was appointedprincipal harpist with the RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra. As guestprincipal harpist she regularly playswith the Philharmonia, the LondonPhilharmonic, BBC Symphony, RoyalLiverpool Philharmonic, and theLondon Chamber orchestras.With the RPO and some of theseensembles she has performed inall of the major concert halls aroundthe world.

Suzanne’s acclaimed recording forNaxos of William Alwyn’s HarpConcerto, Lyra Angelica, prompted ravereviews. Gramophone describes theperformance as “immaculate”. Shehas also recorded with Nigel Kennedyon his most recent album. Concertoappearances, solo and chamber musicrecitals have taken her to France,Germany, Italy and the Middle East.She will perform Mozart’s flute andharp concerto with the RPO in theautumn 2012.

From 1997 to 2000 she wasprincipal harpist with the EuropeanUnion Youth Orchestra and was afinalist in The Royal Over-SeasLeague Music Competition, winningthe Outstanding Chamber MusicHarpist Award.

Mark van de WielClarinetLCO’s principal clarinettist Mark vande Wiel is also principal with thePhilharmonia Orchestra (since 2000),the London Sinfonietta (since 2002),and Endymion (founder principal).This varied career enables him to workclosely with leading composers andconductors.

Highlights as soloist have includeda number of London premieres in thePhilharmonia’s Music of Today series;and elsewhere the European premiereof George Palmer’s Clarinet Sonata inYork, the Spanish premiere of theElliott Carter Concerto in Madrid,Berio’s Sequenza at the Sydney OperaHouse, the UK premiere of Sir JohnTaverner’s Cantus Mysticus with theLondon Sinfonietta at the Proms, theLondon premiere of Sir Peter MaxwellDavies’ Clarinet Quintet with theBrodsky Quartet at Kings Place,Graham Fitkin’s Agnostic with theLondon Chamber Orchestra at StJohn’s, Smith Square and the MozartConcerto with the Mozart FestivalOrchestra in the UK and Switzerland.

Mark was born in Northamptonand studied at Oxford and the RCM.Mark’s services to music have beenrecognised with an HonoraryAssociateship from the Royal Academyof Music, where he is a professor, andwith an Honorary Doctorate byNorthampton University.

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Rosemary FurnissDirector / ViolinAs one of the most respected violinistsof her generation, Rosemary Furnisscombines a career as soloist with thatof Concertmaster, chamber musicianand teacher.

Rosemary was a protégée of thelate Lord Menuhin, with whom shehad the privilege of performing assoloist. She went on to study withother eminent teachers includingFredrick Grinke, Alberto Lysy andIvan Galamian.

Since then Rosemary’s careerhas taken her all over the world.She has appeared as soloist withthe Philharmonia Orchestra , Hallé,Singapore Symphony, ScottishChamber and Royal Philharmonic.She has given Wigmore Hall recitals tocritical acclaim and broadcastfrequently for the BBC. She taughtand collaborated with Lord Menuhinon the documentary ‘Menuhin’sChildren’ for BBC television.

Rosemary was a violin professor atthe Royal College of Music in Londonbefore moving to Charlotte with herhusband Christopher Warren-Green.As Artistic Director for the WinterfieldEducation project with CharlotteSymphony, she has been selected asthe Association of FundraisingProfessionals - Charlotte Chapter’s2011 Outstanding Champion ofDiversity.

She was awarded a RAMfellowship and is also a ChurchillFellow. She is Artist in Residenceat Davidson College where shefrequently performs with herpiano trio.

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Pascal RogéPianoPascal Rogé exemplifies the finest inFrench pianism; his playing ofPoulenc, Satie, Fauré, Saint-Saëns andRavel in particular is characterised byits elegance, beauty and delicatephrasing – his name is synonymouswith the best playing of Frenchrepertoire in the world today.

Born in Paris, Rogé became anexclusive Decca recording artist at theage of 17. He has won manyprestigious awards including twoGramophone Awards, a Grand Prixdu Disque and an Edison Award forhis interpretations of the Ravel andSaint-Saëns concertos. Otherrecordings include the complete pianoworks of Poulenc and Ravel, fouralbums of Satie and two of Debussy.For the Poulenc Edition in 1999 Rogérecorded the Aubade and theConcerto Champêtre under CharlesDutoit.

Rogé has performed in almostevery major concert hall in the world.Some of the orchestras he hasappeared with include thePhiladelphia Orchestra, MontrealSymphony, L’Orchestre de Paris,L’Orchestre National de Radio France,Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraAmsterdam, NHK SymphonyOrchestra Tokyo, Vienna SymphonyOrchestra, Orchestre de la SuisseRomande, Leipzig GewandhausOrchestra and the major Londonorchestras. He appears regularly in theUnited States and is a frequent guestartist in Japan, Australia and LatinAmerica.

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David Gordon Triowith Paul Cavaciuti and Jonty Fisher

One of the UK’s finest jazz groups,the David Gordon Trio has madeseveral tours of the UK and Denmark,including concerts at PizzaExpressJazz Club, Dean Street, CopenhagenJazzhouse and the Aarhus JazzFestival. Recent performances includea concert at London’s Kings Place inDecember 2011 and a live broadcaston BBC Radio 3.

One of the most unusualmusicians on the scene today, DavidGordon combines a career as jazzpianist with that of harpsichordist,appearing with violinist AndrewManze at the BBC Proms, theMusikverein in Vienna, and CarnegieHall, New York. But there’s nothingsquare about his jazz playing: theChattanooga Free Press describes himas “an aggressive pianist with a lighttouch”.

‘Mr Latin’ himself, Paul Cavaciuti,found he was too groovy for the UKand studied and worked in the USA.He is one of the most thoughtful andknowledgeable drummers anywhere,his sense of fun and crisp, drivingrhythm making his playing irresistible.

The finest jazz double bass playerto come out of Ghana, Jonty Fisher isa member of the critically acclaimedworld music group Deva, performswith singers Jacqui Dankworth andKate Dimbleby, and in the house bandof ITV1’s You Cannot Be Serious withAlistair McGowan.

Charlotte Barbour-CondiniRecorderCharlotte, from Stoke Newington,made history by being the firstrecorder player to reach the Final ofBBC Young Musician. She performedthe Vivaldi Concerto in C minor withDavid Gordon on harpsichord.

She started learning the pianoaged 5 and the violin at age 7 andbegan group recorder lessons at age 6.In September 2010 she was awarded ascholarship at Junior Royal Academy.Her first study is recorder withBarbara Law and second study, violinwith Ben Wragg. In 2011 she won theJunior Academy Wind & Brasscompetition Junior Prize and in June2012 won the Junior AcademyWoodwind competition AdvancedPrize.

Charlotte has been taking part inmusic festivals and charity concertssince 2008 and is the first recorderplayer to win the Beckenham Musicianof the Year 2009 and 2010,Rickmansworth Young Musician ofthe Year 2010 and the 2012 Stratford& East London Young Musician of theYear.

Charlotte is leader of the HackneyBorough Youth Orchestra, which shehas been a member of since itsformation over 4 years ago. When notinvolved in her many musical activitiesor studying, Charlotte likes to gorunning. She has represented the Cityof London Schools in the LondonMini Marathon for the last 4 years.

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Riyad NicolasPianoThe Syrian born pianist Riyad Nicolaswas the Educational Award winner inthe 2005 London International PianoCompetition. This enabled him tostudy at the Purcell School and laterat the Royal Academy of Music withSulamita Aronovsky, graduating in2011.

His successes include top prizes inthe Seiler (Greece) and Jean Françaix(Paris) International PianoCompetitions.

In the UK, Riyad gave concertsat such venues as St John’s, Smith

Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields,St James’s Piccadilly with LeightonHouse Museum as well as at theNorfolk/Norwich and HarrogateFestivals. He also gave concertoperformances with the ChamberOrchestra in Aleppo, the SyrianNational Orchestra in Damascus,the Young Musicians SymphonyOrchestra in London and the EmirateSymphony Orchestra in the Gulf.

In 2012, Riyad has been chosen tobe represented by the Tillett Trust’sYoung Artists’ Platform and in2012/13 performs at Wigmore Hall,London, and in Switzerland andSpain.

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ThankYou

Concert & Project SponsorsDavid & Claudia Harding FoundationMartin and Roni LovegroveMariaMarina Foundation

Core Operations SponsorsDoubleTree by HiltonNicholas and Matti EgonQueen Mary, University of London

Principal Chair and Section Supporters

Concertmaster ChairFred Davis

Flute SectionLazard

Bassoon SectionRWE Dea UK

Trumpet SectionChristopher A Holder

Principal Cello ChairLiz & Philip Stephens

Principal Oboe ChairStanley Lowy – in memory

of Ann Lowy

Principal Clarinet ChairJoan & Richard Price

Principal Horn ChairCarol & John Wates

Timpani ChairSusan & R Malloy McKeithen

Orchestra ChairsAnonymousCarolyn & Matthew ArnoldRichard & Fiona BrooksFlaxman Partners LimitedMarta KinallyWendy & Michael MaxGill & Chris Nicol

BenefactorsEmma ColeUlrich EnglerMaureen EverettChrissie & Peter JohnsonMavis & Hugh OgusMargery & Graham TurnerDr Richard Williams

GroupsMary BickleyDianne Blythman – Spelthorne U3AJean ClaphamElizabeth Douglas – Hillingdon U3AKath HughesKen SmithTony Weston – Rose Street Theatre

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Cadogan Hall5 Sloane TerraceLondonSW1X 9DQ

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LCO Auction

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(auction@lco.co.uk) with your bidfor the item you want and cross yourfingers.

You can follow the progress ofbidding across the season atwww.lco.co.uk

Winning bids will be announcedon 17 May at Cadogan Hall.

Good luck.

Designed by Ulrich Engler www.ulrichengler.comOpening bids £1,000

Signed by Christopher Warren-GreenOpening bids £400

Signed by Christopher Warren-GreenOpening bids £40

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4 LCO LiveCDs

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LCO LiveHaydn | Mozart | Beethoven Warren-Green | Furniss | Tan(2009, Signum Classics SIGCD175)

“The LCO's light but vivacious sound is ideally suited to Beethoven's ironicallyyouthful and joyous symphony. In particular, the finale is bursting with energy,pristine articulation, and driven tempos.” Allmusic.com

Beethoven | Mendelssohn Warren-Green | Tan(2010, Signum Classics SIGCD200)

“Warren-Green’s shaping of phrasing throughout the Mendelssohn is superb,and the fiery ‘Saltarello’ will have listeners at the edge of their seats.”Allmusic.com

Rossini | Mozart | Beethoven Warren-Green | Gritton(2010, Signum Classics SIGCD201)

“Susan Gritton’s delivery of the three arias has an exquisite balance ofgrace and intensity befitting their spurned heroines.” The Independent

Ravel | Fauré | Poulenc | Ibert Warren-Green | Rogé(2011, Signum Classics SIGCD211)

“Here’s a recording guaranteed to put a smile on your face!Enthusiastic and fun, yet with touching, tender moments and a cleverawareness of the music’s irony, the London Chamber Orchestra deliversa witty, exuberant collection.” Classic FM magazine

Buy your LCO Live CD at www.signumrecords.com

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