2023/24 London Season
This season our Principal Conductor Santtu conducts some thrilling repertoire, from Duke Ellington and Wynton Marsalis to Mahler, Strauss and Elgar. You can catch him playing drum kit in a free performance by the Philharmonia Big Band too.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and soprano Julia Bullock are the Philharmonia’s Featured Artists for 2023/24. Both of them appear in our autumn series Let Freedom Ring: Celebrating the Sounds of America, which celebrates the dazzling diversity of American music, the creative crosscurrents between classical music and jazz, and the musicians whose distinctive sounds have shaped their country’s identity.
Julia Bullock returns in February in music by Berlioz and Mahler. She brings her project History’s Persistent Voice to London, shining a light on the work of Black women artists. Nicola Benedetti joins us for Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy in March.
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Bruce Liu, Alice Sara Ott, Alexandre Kantorow and Daniil Trifonov all join us at the piano this season. And we welcome some fantastic string soloists including cellists Steven Isserlis and Sol Gabetta, and violinists Vadim Gluzman and Isabelle Faust.
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Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Mitsuko Uchida – piano
- Beethoven Overture, Leonore No. 2
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
- Sibelius Lemminkäinen Legends
Santtu conducts Mahler & Berlioz
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Julia Bullock – voice
- Berlioz Les nuits d’été
- Mahler Symphony No. 4
History’s Persistent Voice, with Julia Bullock
Christian Reif – conductor
Julia Bullock – voice and curator
Hana S. Kim – visual artist
- Montgomery Five Freedom Songs
- Kinoshi blue skies, bluer seas
- Loggins-Hull Mama's Little Precious Thing
- León Green Pastures
Santtu conducts Strauss & Shostakovich
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Vadim Gluzman – violin
- Sibelius Andante Festivo
- Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 2
- Strauss Death and Transfiguration
- Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Scheherazade, and Dessner with Alice Sara Ott
Elim Chan – conductor
Alice Sara Ott – piano
- Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire
- Dessner Piano Concerto (UK premiere, Philharmonia Orchestra co-commission)
- Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay – violin
Karen Stephenson – cello
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Tom Poster – piano
- Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Santtu and Frank Dupree in a Jazz Concerto
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Frank Dupree – piano
- Glinka Capriccio Brillante (Spanish Overture No. 1)
- Kapustin Piano Concerto No. 5
- Borodin Symphony No. 2
- Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Beethoven & Bruch with Nicola Benedetti
Pablo Heras-Casado – conductor
Nicola Benedetti – violin
- Farrenc Overture No. 1
- Bruch Scottish Fantasy
- Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Tchaikovksy
Rebecca Chan – violin
David López Ibáñez – violin
Sylvain Séailles – viola
Ella Rundle – cello
- Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1
Tchaikovsky & Mozart with the Jussen brothers
Eun Sun Kim – conductor
Lucas Jussen – piano
Arthur Jussen – piano
- Texu Kim Spin-Flip
- Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 365
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Pictures at an Exhibition
Jakub Hrůša – conductor
Steven Isserlis – cello
- Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
- Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 2
- Mussorgsky (arr. Stokowski) Pictures at an Exhibition
Bruce Liu plays Rachmaninov
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano
- Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Beethoven, Schumann and Dvořák
Conductor tba
Jean-Guihen Queyras – cello
- Beethoven Egmont Overture
- Schumann Cello Concerto
- Dvořák Symphony No. 6
Daniil Trifonov plays Brahms
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Daniil Trifonov – piano
- Wagner The Entry of the Gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold
- Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
- Schumann Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Schubert’s Quintet in C
Eunsley Park – violin
Nuno Carapina – violin
tbc – viola
Richard Birchall – cello
Alexander Rolton – cello
- Schubert String Quintet in C major
Alexandre Kantorow plays Liszt
Manfred Honeck – conductor
Alexandre Kantorow – piano
- Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2
- Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Soumik Datta: Philharmonia Artist in Residence
Soumik Datta – composer & sarod
The Bach Choir: The Dream of Gerontius
David Hill – conductor
Jennifer Johnston – mezzo-soprano
Daniel Norman – tenor
Roderick Williams – baritone
The Bach Choir
- Williams Cusp (World premiere)
- Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Nicola Benedetti & Philharmonia Chamber Players
Nicola Benedetti – violin
Philharmonia musicians
- Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
- Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
Music of Today: Composers’ Academy
Members of the Philharmonia
- Florence Anna Maunders New work (World premiere)
- Mathis Saunier New work (World premiere)
- Yfat Soul Zisso New work (World premiere)
Brahms & Beethoven with Isabelle Faust
Philippe Herreweghe – conductor
Isabelle Faust – violin
- Beethoven Violin Concerto
- Brahms Symphony No. 4
Santtu conducts Elgar’s Enigma Variations
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Sol Gabetta – cello
- Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
- Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1
- Elgar Enigma Variations