2025/26 Basingstoke season
Superstar soloists and beloved repertoire run through our season in Basingstoke
Welcome to our 2025/26 season in Basingstoke.
Next season, we celebrate our 80th birthday as an Orchestra. Our birthday celebrations kickstart in September with our Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, our Featured Artist next season.
Santtu returns to close the season in June in a rip-roaring all-Strauss programme, once conducted by the composer himself! He’s joined by stellar British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor in one of Strauss’s lesser-known masterpieces.
Other stars joining us this season include violinist Nicola Benedetti, soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, and conductors Thomas Søndergård and Cristian Măcelaru. Enjoy orchestral favourites including Debussy’s La Mer, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, in a season jam-packed with classical masterpieces.
And in December, our popular Philharmonia Brass at Christmas returns for the third time to The Haymarket, ready to bring in the festive season.
Basingstoke: Santtu and Víkingur Ólafsson
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Sibelius Finlandia
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
- Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1945)
Basingstoke: Wagner, Strauss and Tchaikovsky
Thomas Søndergård – conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha – soprano
- Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
- Strauss Four Last Songs
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Basingstoke: Philharmonia Brass at Christmas
Philharmonia Brass Ensemble
Basingstoke: Nicola Benedetti plays Elgar
Cristian Măcelaru – conductor
Nicola Benedetti – violin
- Elgar Violin Concerto
- Chaminade Callirhoë
- Debussy La Mer
Basingstoke: Santtu and Benjamin Grosvenor in a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Rondo Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)