2024/25 London Season
This autumn, explore the music of the Nordic countries in our series Nordic Soundscapes, with our Principal Conductor Santtu. And enjoy great music from Mozart to Mahler, featuring some of the most inspiring musicians in the business.
Welcome to our 2024/25 season at our home in the heart of London.
You can hear our Principal Conductor Santtu’s interpretation of a wide range of repertoire, from Debussy to Shostakovich’s first and last symphonies.
Charismatic violinist Nemanja Radulović is our Featured Artist this season. He’s playing Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto in October, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in April, and in February he play-directs a deeply personal programme of Bach and melodies from his native Serbia, France and Spain.
On 14 February, our Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop is joined by two champion tango dancers in a programme with a South American flavour. And on 24 April, as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival, she conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, with an animated film by artist William Kentridge.
Our Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen returns in November to conduct the UK premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Viola Concerto, and in March Riccardo Muti, our Principal Conductor back in the 1970s, makes a long-anticipated return with Verdi’s powerful Requiem.
We hope to see you there.
Multibuy offer:
Book 3 – 5 concerts and get 10% off
Book 6 – 8 concerts and get 15% off
Book 9 – 10 concerts and get 20% off
Book 11 or more concerts and get 30% off
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Spotlight on the Clarinet
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Eugene Lee – violin
Fiona Cornall – violin
Scott Dickinson – viola
Karen Stephenson – cello
- Gipps Rhapsody in E flat Op. 23 for clarinet and string quartet
- Weber Clarinet Quintet
Rachmaninov and Prokofiev with Daniel Lozakovich
Tugan Sokhiev – conductor
Daniel Lozakovich – violin
- Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
- Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Järvi conducts Stravinsky’s The Firebird
Paavo Järvi – conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt – cello
- Stravinsky Petrushka
- Erkki-Sven Tüür Cello Concerto No. 2 ‘Labyrinths of Life’ (UK premiere)
- Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919)
Nemanja Radulović: Journeys with a violin
Nemanja Radulović – director / violin
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay – violin
String players of the Philharmonia Orchestra
- Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
- Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
- Bach Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052R
- Interspersed with:
- De Falla (arr. Sedlar, Kreisler & Radulović) Spanish Dance from La Vida Breve
- Muréna (arr. Sedlar & Radulović) Indifférence
- Hristovski (arr. Sedlar & Radulović) Makedonsko devojče
- Šišić (arr. Sedlar) Hommage à Aleksandar Šišić
Mao Fujita plays Mozart Part 1
Giedrė Šlekytė – conductor
Mao Fujita – piano
- Kodály Dances of Galánta
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 K. 595
- Brahms Symphony No. 1
Bancroft conducts Beethoven and Strauss
Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Michelle Cann – piano
- Ives The Unanswered Question
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
- Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Beethoven’s Septet
Maura Marinucci – clarinet
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay – violin
Scott Dickinson – viola
Alexander Rolton – cello
Owen Nicolaou – double bass
Norberto López – horn
Marceau Lefevre – bassoon
- Beethoven Septet, Op. 20a
Mao Fujita plays Mozart Part 2
Osmo Vänskä – conductor
Mao Fujita – piano
- Mazzoli These Worlds In Us
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 K. 503
- Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’
Muti conducts Verdi’s Requiem
Riccardo Muti – conductor
Marie Lys – soprano
Elīna Garanča – mezzo-soprano
Piotr Beczała – tenor
Ildebrando d’Arcangelo – bass
Philharmonia Chorus
- Verdi Requiem
Santtu conducts French masterpieces
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Javier Perianes – piano
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
- Debussy Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and orchestra
- Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Egyptian’
- Franck Symphony in D minor
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Spotlight on the Harp
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay – violin
Rebecca Chan – violin
Scott Dickinson – viola
Karen Stephenson – cello
Sam Coles – flute
Maura Marinucci – clarinet
Heidi Krutzen – harp
- Mozetich Angels in Flight
- Ravel Introduction and Allegro
Santtu conducts Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nemanja Radulović – violin
- Prokofiev Classical Symphony
- Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
Santtu conducts Shostakovich and Mendelssohn
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Arabella Steinbacher – violin
- Rossini William Tell Overture
- Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 15
Oh To Believe in Another World: Shostakovich 10
Marin Alsop – conductor
William Kentridge – director
Philharmonia Chorus
- Bernstein Chichester Psalms
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, with Oh To Believe in Another World, a film by William Kentridge
The Bach Choir: Belshazzar’s Feast
David Hill – conductor
Christopher Purves – baritone
The Bach Choir
- Delius The Song of the High Hills
- Blackford La Sagrada Familia Symphony (World premiere)
- Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Music of Today: Composers' Academy
Soosan Lolavar
Sarah Lianne Lewis
Elif Karlidağ
Santtu and Nikolai Lugansky
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nikolai Lugansky – piano
- Ravel Alborada del gracioso
- Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
- Ravel La Valse
- Respighi Pines of Rome