Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2021-22 series | Cadogan Hall

Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at its resident home, Cadogan Hall, as it celebrates its 75th year at the forefront of music-making in the UK. Passion, versatility and uncompromising artistic standards, as well as a belief that music is a gift that can bring people together and inspire positive change, have been RPO hallmarks for the past 75 years. As it embarks on the next exciting chapter, we invite you to join the journey and share the thrill of live orchestral music.

See concerts in the RPO’s 2022 autumn series

Series discounts

There are generous discounts available for booking multiple concerts in the 2021-22 series:

Book 2 or 3 concerts, save 15%
Book 4 or 5 concerts, save 25%
Book 6 or more concerts, save 30%

(Please note, the Christmas Cracker and Valentine’s Opera Gala concerts are not included in the series discounts as part of the RPO 2021-22 concert series.)

Group discounts

Groups of 6+: save up to 35% – see the RPO website for details and how to book.

Past events in this series

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Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2

Wednesday 29 September 2021, 7.30pm

Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Resident Orchestra here at Cadogan Hall, for this opening concert of its 2021/22 series including Romantic masterpieces Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2.

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RPO: Anu Tali conductor & Barnabás Kelemen violin

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

A Hungarian Celebration

Wednesday 6 October 2021, 7.30pm

Explore colourful soundworlds and celebrate great Hungarian music in a programme conducted by Anu Tali. Hungarian soloist Barnabás Kelemen performs Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, followed by a chance to hear Bartók's orchestral showpiece, Concerto...

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RPO: Jamie Phillips, conductor & Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar’s Enigma Variations

Wednesday 13 October 2021, 7.30pm

A programme of enduring orchestral favourites including Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by Italian pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell who makes her debut at Cadogan Hall, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, regarded as one of the greatest or...

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RPO: Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor & City of London Choir

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Choral Masterworks

Tuesday 19 October 2021, 7.30pm

The RPO is joined by Hilary Davan Wetton, the City of London Choir and two guest soloists for a selection of life-affirming choral and orchestral music by Ravel, Vaughan Williams and Fauré, including the latter's Requiem which embraces rich emotions...

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RPO: Kevin John Edusei, conductor & Roman Kosyakov, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony

Thursday 11 November 2021, 7.30pm

Roman Kosyakov, winner of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, puts his own stamp on Rachmaninov’s passionate Piano Concerto No. 2 before the Orchestra embraces Beethoven’s expansive ‘Pastoral’ Symphony, inspired by his love...

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RPO: Antonello Manacorda, conductor & Jae-Hyuck Cho, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Jae-Hyuck Cho plays Rachmaninov

Tuesday 23 November 2021, 7.30pm

Celebrated pianist Jae-Hyuck Cho performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 stands out as one of his greatest musical achievements, while Mozart’s magical Overture to The Marriage of Figaro captures the wonder and wit o...

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Opera Rara

RPO & Opera Rara: Carlo Rizzi, conductor Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Opera Rara

Zingari: The Complete Opera in One Act

Friday 3 December 2021, 7.30pm

The RPO and London-based opera company Opera Rara reunite for a concert performance of Leoncavallo’s rarely performed opera 'Zingari', led by Carlo Rizzi and featuring international operatic stars including Carlos Álvarez and Krassimira Stoyanova....

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Choral Christmas

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

A Choral Christmas

Tuesday 7 December 2021, 7.30pm

Begin your festive season in the sparkling surroundings of a decked-out Cadogan Hall with this concert of choral and orchestral Christmas music, featuring the City of London Choir and acclaimed baritone Njabulo Madlala. Enjoy seasonal gems, much-love...

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Alexander Shelley, conductor & Fumiaki Miura, violin

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Stravinsky’s Firebird, Ravel, Prokofiev & Anna Clyne

Wednesday 9 February 2022, 7.30pm

Alexander Shelley conducts Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto with RPO Artist-in-Residence Fumiaki Miura before Ravel’s magical Mother Goose Suite. 'This Midnight Hour' by London-born Anna Clyne, the GRAMMY-nominated composer of acoustic and elec...

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Suzy Willison-Kawalec, harp & Pablo González, conductor

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6

Thursday 24 February 2022, 7.30pm

The RPO's very own Suzy Willison-Kawalec is the soloist in Glière’s rarely performed Harp Concerto. One of Tchaikovsky’s most highly regarded works follows: his Sixth Symphony, ‘Pathétique’. Glinka’s famous Ruslan and Ludmila Overture ope...

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Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor & Llŷr Williams, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Choral Journeys

Thursday 10 March 2022, 7.30pm

Join Hilary Davan Wetton and the City of London Choir for this evocative exploration of choral works, including Vaughan Williams’ Benedicite and Five Mystical Songs alongside Ravel’s exquisite, jazz-infused Piano Concerto in G with soloist Llŷr...

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Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor & Jayson Gillham, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes conducts Sibelius

Tuesday 12 April 2022, 7.30pm

Grieg’s evergreen Piano Concerto, performed by soloist Jayson Gillham, is followed by Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony which distils the wonder and beauty of the natural world. Welsh composer Grace Williams’ piece 'Penillion', which opens the concert,...

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Violinist Fumiaki Miura

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Fumiaki Miura performs Brahms

Wednesday 20 April 2022, 7.30pm

Brahms’ exquisite Violin Concerto is performed by RPO Artist-in-Residence Fumiaki Miura, is followed by Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7, full of the life and sound of his Czech heritage. The overture to the only opera Schumann ever wrote, Genoveva, ba...

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Kerem Hasan, conductor & Fumiya Koido, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade

Wednesday 4 May 2022, 7.30pm

Rising British star Kerem Hasan conducts the RPO Beethoven’s uplifting Piano Concerto No. 4, with 2019 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition winner Fumiya Koido, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s fantastical Scheherazade. Weber’s Oberon Overtur...

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Chloé van Soeterstède, conductor & Andrei Ionita, cello

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrei Ionita performs Dvořák

Tuesday 7 June 2022, 7.30pm

Chloé van Soeterstède conducts this delightful array of classical favourites including Dvořák's richly romantic Cello Concerto, with Romanian soloist Andrei Ionita, Brahms' lyrical Third Symphony and Mendelssohn's fairytale-inspired The Fair Melu...

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Jae-Hyuck Cho performs piano sonatas

Jae-Hyuck Cho

Jae-Hyuck Cho performs piano sonatas

Beethoven the Revolutionary

Tuesday 21 June 2022, 1pm

From the first dramatic chord of the ‘Pathétique’ Sonata, Beethoven fills the air with the tension and turbulence of the late 1700s. Celebrated pianist Jae-Hyuck Cho opens the Festival with this work that exemplifies Beethoven ‘The Revolutiona...

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Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven the Revolutionary: The Emperor and the King

Tuesday 21 June 2022, 7.30pm

Composed in 1809 during the French invasion of Austria, it is a miracle that Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto was ever completed. Beethoven was lodging next to the city ramparts as Napoleon’s army bombarded Vienna and he was struggling with his i...

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Royal College of Music Ensemble

Beethoven the Revolutionary

Royal College of Music Ensemble

Beethoven the Revolutionary: Chamber Recital

Thursday 23 June 2022, 1pm

An ensemble comprising senior students from the Royal College of Music joins the festival for this lunchtime concert which features a particular favourite of Beethoven’s. Written when he was only 26, Beethoven regularly programmed his Quintet for p...

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John Suchet, presenter

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Beethoven the Revolutionary: Hans Graf conducts Symphony No. 8

Thursday 23 June 2022, 7.30pm

Austrian conductor Hans Graf leads an evening comprising some of the most sublime orchestral works Beethoven produced. The theatrical overture to Coriolan opens the concert with dramatic tragedy, portraying the legendary Roman figure who betrayed his...

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Christoph Altstaedt

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven The Revolutionary: The Creatures of Prometheus

Saturday 25 June 2022, 7.30pm

Beethoven lived through a time of extraordinary political upheaval – war and revolution had torn up the old aristocratic ruling system of Europe and the new United States of America. Beethoven fervently believed in democracy and the rights of the o...

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