RPO Music Director Vasily Petrenko and presenter Leah Broad reveal the secrets of Mozart's final symphony – Symphony No. 41, the ‘Jupiter’ – followed by an exhilarating performance of the piece itself.
RPO Artist-in-Residence Liya Petrova brings fire and brilliance to Sibelius' mighty Violin Concerto, in a concert that opens with Bacewicz's bold, defiant Overture, and closes with Vaughan Williams' serene Fifth Symphony.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Brighton Festival Chorus
Sunday 11 October 2026, 4pm
The RPO joins forces with BFC for a programme of exquisite French and English music including Fauré’s celebrated Requiem. Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia, Boulanger’s Hymne au soleil and Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine complete this unmis...
The NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover ignites the stage with Prokofiev’s sparkling 'Classical' Symphony, Rachmaninov’s dazzling, youthful Piano Concerto No. 1 with star pianist Nikolai Lugansky, and Brahms’ joyful, sunlit Symphony No. 2.
A spectacular 30th anniversary gala featuring Tchaikovsky's Capriccio italien, Liszt's Les préludes, Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3 and a world premiere by Mark Bowden, to celebrate the Orchestra’s history whilst welcoming its new conductor and a b...
Brahms' heart-racing First Symphony and a sensuous classic from Debussy frame a thrilling world premiere: cellist Zlatomir Fung unveils a brand-new concerto by innovative British composer Laurence Osborn.
Film screening with new score performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sunday 25 October 2026, 3.30pm & 7pm
A cinematic masterpiece transformed! The 1931 classic film starring Boris Karloff with a thrilling new film score by Grammy-nominated composer Michael Shapiro played live by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, turning a horror classic into a contempora...
Inspired by lyricism and pastoral beauty, a programme including sumptuous works by Butterworth (A Shropshire Lad) and Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending), Mozart’s good-humoured Violin Concerto No. 5, and Dvořák’s exuberant Symphony No. 8.
The final concert of NSO's 2026 season, conducted by Rimma Sushanskaya, features Vaughan Williams' evocative 'Greensleeves Fantasia' and Elgar's 'Enigma Variations’ as well as Mendelssohn's sparkling Violin Concerto with soloist Mathilde Milwidsky....
Daniel Hyde conducts City of London Choir and Britten Sinfonia in two powerful British war requiems: Vaughan Williams’ heartfelt cry for peace, written between World Wars, and Finzi’s exquisite lament for lost youth and ancient rural ways of life...
Three great orchestral works that balance turbulence with tranquility featuring Mendelssohn’s storm‑tossed Hebrides Overture, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor with Jeneba Kanneh‑Mason, and Brahms’ deeply expressive Third Symphony.
A programme of Russian and German masterpieces featuring Glinka’s vibrant Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture and Beethoven’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 4 with pianist Ronan O'Hora. Tchaikovsky’s powerful and moving Sixth Symphony, the 'Pathétique',...
Christmas music couldn’t feel more at home than at the cosy Cadogan Hall – located in the heart of London’s most exquisite borough, Chelsea.
The winter season sees the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra don woolly white beards and bobbled hats to bri...
This programme celebrates the elegance, charm and sheer joy of the Viennese tradition with a dazzling selection of orchestral and vocal favourites.
At its heart is the music of Johann Strauss II, the ‘Waltz King’, whose works capture the...
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields marks 15 years of collaboration with its Music Director, violinist Joshua Bell, in an all-Romantic programme, pairing Dvořák’s lyrical Violin Concerto with Mendelssohn’s sweeping ‘Scottish’ Symphony No...
RPO Music Director Vasily Petrenko conducts Beethoven's earth-shattering Fifth Symphony, paired with Prokofiev's dazzling, death-defying Second Piano Concerto – performed here by the brilliant Jan Lisiecki.
29 May 1913, billed as a Portrait of Pagan Russia, The Rite of Spring sat at the heart of a very traditional evening of popular favourites. Odyssey recreates the programme - and atmosphere - of that momentous and chaotic evening.
A centenary screening of Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, with Covent Garden Sinfonia playing Gottfried Huppertz‘s original score live to picture, conducted by Ben Palmer.
Mozart’s birthday concert with the award-winning Mozartists explores love across his operas, with arias and ensembles from The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Idomeneo, and more, each paired with a related poem.
The first of four concerts with the RPO marking the bicentenary of Beethoven, featuring the dramatic Overture Leonore No. 3, the majestic 'Emperor' Piano Concerto with pianist Elizabeth Sombart, and the charming Symphony No. 8. Michalis Economou cond...
The Strasbourg Philharmonic unleashes a thrilling journey from Saint‑Saëns’s eerie Danse macabre to Prokofiev’s dazzling Violin Concerto No. 1, before soaring through Rachmaninov’s sweeping Symphony No. 2 – an evening of drama, virtuosity...
Prokofiev’s satirical Lieutenant Kijé Suite and Shostakovich’s powerful Eleventh Symphony, 'The Year 1905', which reveal two Soviet masters confronting oppression, blending wit, tragedy and history into vivid, deeply human orchestral storytellin...
Pianist-conductor Sunwook Kim directs Beethoven's sunny First Concerto from the keyboard, in a sparkling programme that is completed by Dvořák's folk-inspired Eighth Symphony.
