London Philharmonic Choir
Noted performances

London Philharmonic Choir

Section Title: Noted performances
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Date	Composer	Performance	Orchestra / Ensemble	Conductor	Venue	Occasion

15 May 1947	Ludwig van Beethoven	Ninth Symphony	LPO	Victor De Sabata	Royal Albert Hall	LPC Debut

12 October 1947	Igor Stravinsky	Symphony of Psalms	LPO	Ernest Ansermet	Royal Opera House Covent Garden	First Recording by the LPC

20 March 1948 21 March 1948	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Sancta Civitas	BBCSO	Sir Adrian Boult	Maida Vale Studios	First Broadcast by the LPC

Giuseppe Verdi	Stabat Mater

13 October 1949	Ernest Bloch	Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh)	LPO	Ernest Bloch	Royal Albert Hall	London Première

9 March 1950	Benjamin Britten	Spring Symphony	LPO	Eduard van Beinum	Royal Albert Hall	UK Première

30 June 1951	Edmund Rubbra	Festival Te Deum	LPO	Frederic Jackson	Royal Festival Hall	World Première and closing event of the Art Council's 'Season of the Arts' (Festival of Britain)

20 June 1952	Franz Reizenstein	Voices of Night	LPO	Sir Adrian Boult	Maida Vale Studios	UK Première Broadcast

26 August 1952	Igor Stravinsky	Symphony of Psalms	LPO	Basil Cameron	Royal Albert Hall	First LPC Performance at the Proms

3 June 1953	Malcolm Arnold	Symphony No.2	LPO	Sir Adrian Boult	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

7 October 1953	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Serenade to Music	LPO	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Royal Albert Hall	LPO's 21st anniversary concert

19 November 1954	Albert Roussel	Aeneas	LPO	Jean Martinon	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

10 June 1955	Samuel Barber	Prayers of Kierkegaard (Op.30)	LPO	Massimo Freccia	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

20 November 1955	Stanley Bate	Symphony No. 4	LPO	Sir Adrian Boult	Royal Festival Hall	World Première

5 February 1956	Sergei Prokofiev	The Tale of the Stone Flower (Orchestral Suite)	LPO	Anatole Fistoulari	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

16 March 1956	Ludwig van Beethoven	Der glorreiche Augenblick (The Glorious Moment Op. 136)	LPO	Hermann Scherchen	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

6 October 1957	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Serenade to Music	LPO	Sir Adrian Boult	Royal Festival Hall	LPO's 25th anniversary and LPC's 10th anniversary concert

Gustav Holst	The Planets

2 June 1959	Igor Stravinsky	The Lamentations of Jeremiah	LPO	William Steinberg	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

13 December 1960	Frank Martin	Le Mystère de la Nativité (The Mystery of the Nativity)	LPO	Jaroslav Krombholc	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

24 June 1961	Havergal Brian	Symphony No. 1 in D minor "The Gothic"	Polyphonia Symphony Orchestra	Bryan Fairfax	Westminster Central Hall	World Première

26 October 1961	Ludwig van Beethoven arr. Herbert Zipper	Elegischer Gesang (Elegy for choir and organ)	LPO	Sir Adrian Boult	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

18 February 1962	William Walton	Gloria	LPO	Malcolm Sargent	Royal Festival Hall	London Première

17 April 1962	Paul Hindemith	An American Requiem (When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)	LPO	Paul Hindemith	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

2 January 1966	William Walton	The Twelve	LPO	William Walton	Westminster Abbey	UK Première (Orchestral Version)

29 October 1963	Pablo Casals	El Pessebre (The Manger)	LPO	Pablo Casals	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

24 May 1966	Franz Schmidt	The Book with Seven Seals	Polyphonia Symphony Orchestra	Bryan Fairfax	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première

28 January 1970	Ludwig van Beethoven	Choral Fantasia	LPO	Bernard Haitink	Royal Festival Hall	Royal Philharmonic Society bicentenary concert

Ninth Symphony

7 March 1972	David Bedford	Star clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon	LPO Brass	John Alldis	Royal Festival Hall	World Première Commissioned work

1 March 1977	William Walton	Belshazzar's Feast	LPO	Georg Solti	Royal Festival Hall	William Walton's 75th Birthday and Solti's last LPO concert

18 September 1977	Gustav Mahler	Symphony No. 2 Resurrection	LPO	Bernard Haitink	Royal Festival Hall	Concert for Haitink's 10th Anniversary as LPO's Principal Conductor

8 October 1977	Joseph Horovitz	Samson	Various Brass Bands	Joseph Horovitz	Royal Albert Hall	World Première for Royal Silver Jubilee Festival Concert and National Brass Band Festival

28 September 1986	Benjamin Britten	War Requiem	BBCSO	John Pritchard	Royal Albert Hall	Part of the Britten Tippett Festival

6 July 1987	Gustav Holst	Hymn of Jesus	Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra	Richard Cooke	Royal Festival Hall	LPC's 40th anniversary concert

Carl Orff	Carmina Burana

10 December 1988	Olivier Messiaen	Saint François d'Assise (Saint Francis of Assisi)	LPO	Kent Nagano	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première (Complete concert performance)

22 April 1995	Arvo Pärt	Litany: Prayers of St John Chrysostom for Each Hour of the Day and Night	LPO	Roger Norrington	Queen Elizabeth Hall	UK Première with The Hilliard Ensemble

13 May 1997	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Sea Symphony	LPO	Neville Creed	Royal Albert Hall	LPC 50th Anniversary Concert

16 September 1999	Thomas Adés	America: A Prophecy	LPO	Kurt Masur	Royal Festival Hall	London Première

5 October 2002	Richard Fitzhugh	Where Everything is Music	Richard Pearce (Organ)	Neville Creed	Mote Hall, Maidstone	World Première for The Mayor of Maidstone's Charity Concert

15 October 2003	Julian Anderson	I saw Eternity	(a cappella)	Neville Creed	St Botolph's Aldgate	World Première

17 January 2004	John Harbison	Abraham	Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra	Sir Gilbert Levine	Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican	World Première at the 'Papal Concert of Reconciliation'

8 May 2005	Benjamin Britten	War Requiem	LPO	Kurt Masur	Royal Festival Hall	Concert for 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II and last performance at the Royal Festival Hall prior to refurbishment.

23 August 2006	Mark-Anthony Turnage	A Relic of Memory	LPO	Vladimir Jurowski	Royal Albert Hall	UK Première for BBC Proms 53.

13 May 2007	Johann Sebastian Bach	Lobet den Herrn	(a cappella)	Neville Creed	Queen Elizabeth Hall	LPC 60th Anniversary Concert

Anton Bruckner	Bruckner Motets

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem	LPO	Vladimir Jurowski

11 June 2007	Julian Anderson	Alleluia	LPO	Vladimir Jurowski	Royal Festival Hall	World Première for the Royal Festival Hall gala reopening and LPO's 75th Anniversary season.

4 April 2009	Johannes Brahms	A German Requiem	LPO	Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Royal Festival Hall	First collaboration with LPO Principal Guest Conductor

1 August 2009	Goldie	Sine Tempore	BBC Concert Orchestra	Charles Hazelwood	Royal Albert Hall	BBC Commission; World Première for BBC Evolution! Prom (Prom 21 and 23).

28 January 2012	Prokofiev	Ivan the Terrible	LPO	Vladimir Jurowski	Royal Festival Hall	World Première (arrangement by Levon Atovmyan) as part of "Prokofiev: Man of the people?" Festival.

25 June 2012 and 26 June 2012	Berlioz	Grande Messe des Morts	LSO, LSC	Sir Colin Davis	St Paul's Cathedral	50th Anniversary of the City of London Festival with London Symphony Chorus

29 August 2012	Herbert Howells	Hymnus Paradisi	BBC SO, BBC SC	Martyn Brabbins	Royal Albert Hall	BBC Proms Première (Prom 61)

10 August 2014	William Walton arr. Christopher Palmer	Henry V - a musical scenario after Shakespeare	Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Trinity Boys Choir, Stephen Disley (Organ), John Hurt (Narrator)	Sir Neville Marriner	Royal Albert Hall	BBC Proms Première of Palmer arrangement (Prom 32) and Sir Neville Marriner at age 90, holds record for oldest conductor at the proms.

27 October 2014	Malcolm Forsyth	A Ballad of Canada	LPO	Pinchas Zukerman	Royal Festival Hall	UK Première. The concert commemorated British and Canadian soldiers who served in the First World War.

30 July 2015	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Sancta Civitas	The Hallé, The Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Trinity Boys Choir, Iain Paterson, Robin Tritschler	Sir Mark Elder	Royal Albert Hall	BBC Proms Première (Prom 17)

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John Alldis encouraged the performance of David Bedford's Star clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon.

final_sentence: John Alldis encouraged the performance of David Bedford's Star clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon.