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.
This autumn we invite you to join us for Nordic Soundscapes, a series of concerts and discussions about the relationship between nature, music and the climate crisis from a Nordic perspective. Alongside masterpieces by Sibelius, Nielsen and Grieg, discover new music by composers engaging directly with the climate crisis, arguably the crucial issue of our time.
Charismatic violinist Nemanja Radulović is our Featured Artist for the 2024/25 season. In October you can hear him play Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto. With our Principal Conductor Santtu on the podium, we’re expecting sparks to fly.
Our Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop conducts music by both Gustav and Alma Mahler, and Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to conduct the UK premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Viola Concerto with Lawrence Power.
We’re also thrilled to be working with classical greats Sir András Schiff, Leonidas Kavakos and Herbert Blomstedt, while pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, violinist Maria Dueñas, and saxophonist Jess Gillam are among the most exciting soloists of the next generation.
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
Nordic Soundscapes Pass
Join us for the journey.
Our £250, £150 and £75 Nordic Soundscapes Passes get you great seats for every London event in the series – seven concerts and four thought-provoking discussions. Passholders also receive a series magazine signed by Santtu, and an invitation to drinks on the opening night.
Santtu conducts Sibelius and Grieg
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Stephen Hough – piano
Johanna Rusanen – soprano
Tommi Hakala – baritone
Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat Male Voice Choir
- Sigfúsdóttir Oceans (London premiere)
- Grieg Piano Concerto
- Sibelius Kullervo
Notes on Nature 1: The Sea
Joakim Odelberg – host
Jon Copley – host
Santtu conducts Sibelius and Nielsen
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Bomsori Kim – violin
- Sibelius The Oceanides
- Nielsen Violin Concerto
- Hazama What the Wind Brings (UK premiere, with film)
- Sibelius Symphony No. 3
Music of Today: Kaija Saariaho and Hans Abrahamsen
Chloe Rooke – conductor
Ella Taylor – soprano
- Kaija Saariaho Semafor
- Hans Abrahamsen Two Inger Christensen Songs
András Schiff: Haydn, Schubert and Mozart
András Schiff – piano / conductor
- Haydn Piano Concerto in D, Hob.XVIII/11
- Schubert Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Salonen and Nielsen
Philharmonia Wind Quintet
- Salonen Memoria
- Nielsen Wind Quintet
Marin Alsop conducts Mahler's Fifth Symphony
Marin Alsop – conductor
Sasha Cooke – mezzo-soprano
- Gustav Mahler Blumine
- Alma Mahler Selection of songs (orch. David & Colin Matthews), including:
- Die stille Stadt
- Waldseligkeit
- Bei dir ist es traut
- Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5
Notes on Nature 2: The Forest
Vidya Patel – host
Annika Lindskog – host
Sibelius & Grieg: In the Land of the Mountain King
Emilia Hoving – conductor
- Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
- Outi Tarkiainen Mosaics (UK premiere, with film)
- Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Santtu and Nemanja Radulović
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nemanja Radulović – violin
- Khachaturian Three Pieces from the ballet 'Gayaneh'
- Khachaturian Violin Concerto
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1
Notes on Nature 3: Wildlife
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – host
Lisa Chilton – host
María Dueñas plays Sibelius
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
María Dueñas – violin
- Larsson Gothe Submarea (UK premiere, with film)
- Sibelius Violin Concerto
- Nielsen Symphony No. 5
Notes on Nature 4: The Human Dimension
Andrew Mellor – host
Love Ssega – host
Salonen conducts Sibelius and Lindberg
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Lawrence Power – viola
- Wennäkoski Flounce
- Lindberg Viola Concerto (UK premiere)
- Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Philharmonia Chamber Players: Turina and Ravel
Rebecca Chan – violin
David López Ibáñez – violin
Sylvain Séailles – viola
Ella Rundle – cello
- Turina La oración del torero
- Ravel String Quartet
Herbert Blomstedt and Leonidas Kavakos
Herbert Blomstedt – conductor
Leonidas Kavakos – violin
- Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 218
- Mahler Symphony No. 9
Santtu and Jess Gillam
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophone
- Shostakovich (arr. Cornall) Suite from Moscow, Cheryomushki
- Glazunov Saxophone Concerto
- Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Chopin
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nobuyuki Tsujii – piano
- Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
- Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
- Bartók Concerto for Orchestra