2022/23 London Season
Welcome to the first half of our 2022/23 London season at the Southbank Centre.
Our Principal Conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, kicks things off with two Mahler symphonies. Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is our Featured Artist, and Anna Clyne is our Featured Composer. Conductors Jordan de Souza and Tabita Berglund make their Royal Festival Hall debuts. Look out for extraordinary pianists Víkingur Ólafsson, Benjamin Grosvenor and Yuja Wang, and percussionist Colin Currie too.
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Santtu and Víkingur Ólafsson
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Anna Clyne Masquerade
- John Adams Must the Devil have all the good tunes?
- Mahler Symphony No. 5
Priority booking is open now. General booking opens at 10am on Monday 11 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.
Santtu conducts Mahler 1
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Carolin Widmann – violin
- George Walker Lyric for Strings
- Korngold Violin Concerto
- Mahler Symphony No. 1
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Philharmonia Chamber Players: Spotlight on the Second Violins
Philharmonia Second Violin section
- Bach Sonata da Chiesa No. 4 BWV 528 (Andante) arr. Milone
- Julian Milone En Coulisses
- Prokofiev Sonata for Violin Ensemble Op.115
- Paganini Caprice No.9 'The Hunt' arr. Milone
- Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 6, 4 & 5 arr. Milone
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Haydn
Marin Alsop – conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason – cello
- Strauss Don Juan
- Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1
- Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2
- Ravel Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2
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Prokofiev, Wagner and Sibelius
Tabita Berglund – conductor
Truls Mørk – cello
- Prokofiev Classical Symphony
- Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante
- Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
- Sibelius Symphony No. 7
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Music of Today: Anna Clyne Curates
Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra
- Jessie Montgomery Strum (original version for string quartet)
- Caroline Shaw Punctum
- Paola Prestini G-Force
- Anna Clyne Strange Loops (UK premiere, Philharmonia co-commission)
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Santtu conducts Clyne, Brahms and Dvořák
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Lars Vogt – piano
- Anna Clyne Color Field (UK premiere)
- Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
- Dvořák Symphony No. 7
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Vaughan Williams: a Celebration
David Hill – conductor
Elizabeth Watts – soprano
Roderick Williams – baritone
The Bach Choir
- Vaughan Williams Overture, The Wasps
- Vaughan Williams The Garden of Proserpine
- Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
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Music of Today: Colin Currie Curates
Michael Francis – conductor
Colin Currie – percussion
- Luke Bedford Staggered Nocturne (World premiere, Philharmonia commission)
- Philippe Hurel Four Variations
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Strauss and Brahms with Alisa Weilerstein
Jordan de Souza – conductor
Alisa Weilerstein – cello
- Strauss Don Quixote
- Brahms Symphony No. 4
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Philharmonia Chamber Players: Beethoven and Shaw
Rebecca Chan – violin
David López Ibáñez – violin
Sylvain Seailles – viola
Ella Rundle – cello
- Beethoven String Quartet in E flat, Op. 74 No. 10
- Caroline Shaw Entr'acte
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Chopin and Bartók with Benjamin Grosvenor
Joana Carneiro – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Anna Clyne This Midnight Hour
- Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
- Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
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Christmas at the Movies
Music from Elf, E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Home Alone, The Polar Express and more.
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Handel’s Messiah
Brian Wright – conductor
Highgate Choral Society
Goldsmiths Choral Union
English Concert Chorus
- Handel Messiah
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Sibelius and Mahler with Lisa Batiashvili
Lahav Shani – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
- Sibelius Violin Concerto
- Mahler Symphony No. 6
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Santtu and Yuja Wang
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Yuja Wang – piano
- Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
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Philharmonia Chamber Players: Three Trios
Samuel Coles – flute
Yukiko Ogura – viola
Heidi Krutzen – harp
- Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp
- Bax Elegiac Trio
- David Heath Falcon Spirit (world premiere)
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Santtu and Nemanja Radulović
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nemanja Radulović – violin
- Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra (Jazz Suite No. 2)
- Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
- Beethoven Symphony No. 2
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