4th March 2025

CLASSICAL GREATS WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

MOZART Symphony No. 31, ‘Paris’

GRIEG Piano Concerto

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’

Cadogan Hall

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Natasha Paremski, piano

Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

16th February 2025

BEETHOVEN'S FIFTHS WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

BEETHOVEN

Fidelio Overture

Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’

Symphony No. 5

Cadogan Hall

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Elizabeth Sombart, piano

Michalis Economou, conductor

11th February 2025

CHOPIN &c.: (3) NOCTURNE - THE ROMANTIC LIFE OF FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

Nocturne by Lucy Parham

Cadogan Hall

Lucy Parham, piano

Patricia Hodge, narrator

Alex Jennings, narrator

16th October 2024

CHOPIN &c.: (2) ELIZABETH SOMBART

SCHUBERT Klavierstück No. 2

MOZART

Piano Concerto No. 12 (quintet version)

Piano Concerto No. 23 (quintet version)

CHOPIN

Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2

Mazurka Op. 63 No. 3

Étude Op. 25 No. 7

Cadogan Hall

Elizabeth Sombart

RPO principals:

Duncan Riddell, violin

Andrew Storey, violin

Abigail Fenna, viola

Richard Harwood, cello

10th September 2024

CHOPIN &c.: (1) JANINA FIALKOWSKA

WEBER Invitation to the Dance

GRIEG Lyric Pieces

SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke

CHOPIN

Polonaise Op. 26 No. 1 in C sharp minor

Ballade No. 2 in F Major

Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1 in B Flat Major

Mazurka Op. 17 No. 2 in E Minor

Scherzo No. 4 in E Major

Cadogan Hall

Janina Fialkowska

24th March 2024

QUINTESSENTIAL QUINTETS

IRELAND Phantasie Trio in A Minor

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Piano Quintet in C Minor

ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor

Cadogan Hall

Mark Bebbington, piano

RPO principals:

Tamás András, violin

Andrew Storey, violin

Abigail Fenna, viola

Jonathan Ayling, cello

Benjamin Cunningham, double bass

10th October 2023

PIANO PASSIONS II: CHOPIN AND LISZT

CHOPIN

Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, Op. posth.

Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58

LISZT

Consolation No. 3

Valse-Impromptu

Mephisto Polka

Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este (from Années de pèlerinage III)

WAGNER (arr. Liszt) Liebestod (from Tristan and Isolde)

VERDI (arr. Liszt) Rigoletto Concert Paraphrase

Cadogan Hall

Mark Bebbington

17th May 2023

CARNIVAL!

MOZART Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major

SCHUMANN

Carnaval

Widmung (arr. Liszt)

CHOPIN

Grande valse brillante in E Flat Major, Op. 18

Nocturne in F Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Cadogan Hall

Clélia Iruzun

12th March 2023

MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS (2)

MOZART

Symphony No. 38, 'Prague'

Piano Concerto No. 23

Piano Concerto No. 27

Cadogan Hall

Elizabeth Sombart, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Vallet, conductor

John Suchet, host

26th February 2023

MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS (1)

MOZART

Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

Piano Concerto No. 20

Piano Concerto No. 21

Cadogan Hall

Elizabeth Sombart, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Vallet, conductor

John Suchet, host

7th November 2022

PIANO PASSIONS I

BEETHOVEN

Sonata in C Minor Op.13, ‘Pathétique’

Sonata in F Minor Op. 57, ‘Appassionata’

CHOPIN

Nocturne in B Flat Minor Op. 9 No. 1

Nocturne in F Major Op. 15 No. 1

Tarantella Op. 43

Barcarolle Op. 60

Scherzo in B Flat Minor Op. 31

Cadogan Hall

Mark Bebbington

18th February 2022

BELOVED MASTERPIECES

MOZART Symphony No. 40

GRIEG Piano Concerto in A Minor

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’

Cadogan Hall

Mark Bebbington, piano

London Mozart Players

Christopher Seaman, conductor

4th February 2022

NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND III

ROBERT MATTHEW-WALKER The Fields are White Already

ROBERT SIMPSON Variations and Finale on a Theme

JOHN McCABE Tenebrae for solo piano

St John's Smith Square

Mark Bebbington, piano

3rd November 2021

GRAND OPERA GALA

Cadogan Hall

Tali Ketzef, soprano

Catherine Carby, mezzo soprano

Alexander James Edwards, tenor

Colin Schachat, baritone

London Mozart Players

City of London Choir

Benjamin Pope, conductor

24th October 2021

BEETHOVEN 250th ANNIVERSARY SERIES (4)

MOZART Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 3

Piano Concerto No. 5

Cadogan Hall

Elizabeth Sombart, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Barry Wordsworth, conductor

17th October 2021

BEETHOVEN 250th ANNIVERSARY SERIES (3)

MOZART Overture to Die Zauberflöte, ‘The Magic Flute’

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 4

‘Triple’ Concerto

Cadogan Hall

Elizabeth Sombart, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Barry Wordsworth, conductor

1st October 2021

NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND II

IRELAND Fantasy-Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

PETER DICKINSON

Lullaby

Five Forgeries

ELGAR Quintet in A Minor for Piano and String Quartet, Op. 84

St John's Smith Square

Mark Bebbington, piano

Principals of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

4th June 2021

NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND I

ROBERT MATTHEW-WALKER

Adagio in B minor: The Evening of Memory (2021) – Premiere

Fantasy-Sonata: Hamlet (Piano Sonata No 3) Opus 34 (1980)

WILLIAM ALWYN Sonata all toccata

IRELAND Sarnia: An Island Sequence

17th March 2020

BEETHOVEN 250th ANNIVERSARY SERIES (2)

MOZART

Symphony No. 32, ‘Overture in the Italian Style’

Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’

Symphony No. 40

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2

Cadogan Hall

Elizabeth Sombart, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Vallet, conductor

12th February 2020

MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH

MENDELSSOHN Elijah

Cadogan Hall

Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano

Katie Bray, mezzo-soprano

Ed Lyon, tenor

Colin Schachat, baritone

City of London Choir

London Mozart Players

Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

5th November 2019

BEETHOVEN 250th ANNIVERSARY SERIES (1)

MOZART

Symphony No. 34

Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1

Cadogan Hall

Elizabeth Sombart, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Vallet, conductor

13th October 2019

ELIZABETH SOMBART PLAYS SCHUBERT AND CHOPIN AT LEIGHTON HOUSE

SCHUBERT

Klavierstück No. 2 in E Flat Major

Sonata in B Flat Major

CHOPIN Barcarolle in F Sharp Op. 60

Leighton House

Elizabeth Sombart

4th July 2019

PIANOGRAMS: SONGS WITHOUT WORDS

SCHUBERT

Impromptus Nos. 1-4

Sonata No. 13 in A

CHOPIN Sonata in B Minor

Sinfonia Smith Square

Mark Bebbington

4th April 2019

PIANOGRAMS: ISLAND STORIES

FAURÉ Nocturne No. 6 in D Flat

FRANCK Prélude, Choral et Fugue

SATIE

Gnossienne No. 4

Embryons desséchés

IRELAND Sarnia - An Island Sequence

CHOPIN

Nocturne in B Flat Minor

Nocturne in F

Ballade in G Minor

14th November 2018

PIANOGRAMS: SCENES FROM THE OPERA

SCARLATTI

Sonata in F Sharp

Sonata in B Minor

Sonata in D

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No. 21

VERDI (transcribed by Liszt)

Danza sacra e duetto finale d’Aida

Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto

WAGNER Isolde’s Liebestod

DONIZETTI Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor

Sinfonia Smith Square

Mark Bebbington

17th June 2018

PARISIAN SUMMER NIGHTS

FAURÉ

Pavane

Requiem

SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major

Cadogan Hall

City of London Choir

London Mozart Players

Vitaly Pisarenko, piano

Cecilia Osmond, soprano

Thomas Humphreys, baritone

Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

2nd June 2018

WAVES FROM HEAVEN

YERKESH SHAKEYEV Waves from Heaven

Cadogan Hall

Chloe Hanslip, violin

John Lenehan, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

David Firman, conductor