2025/26 Bedford season
Five fantastic concerts at our Bedford home
Welcome to our 2025/26 season at the Bedford Corn Exchange, the Philharmonia’s longest-standing residency.
Piano music runs through our season, and we’re joined by some top soloists: Víkingur Ólafsson, our Featured Artist, plays Beethoven, and Bruce Liu performs Ravel’s jazzy Piano Concerto in G. Scottish star Steven Osborne opens our season with Mozart’s final piano concerto, and our season closes with more Beethoven in the hands of Alim Beisembayev, winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition.
Our Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali returns to Bedford in October in a programme featuring music by his compatriot Sibelius and Gabriela Ortiz, our Featured Composer next season.
And in December, see our brass and percussion players take centre stage for an evening of festive music at our Philharmonia Brass at Christmas concert.
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Friends of the Philharmonia get access to priority booking from 10am on Thursday 24 April. To secure your favourite seats for our 2025/26 concerts, find out more about becoming a Friend.
General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 29 April.
Bedford: Beethoven and Mozart with Steven Osborne
Rory Macdonald – conductor
Steven Osborne – piano
- Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
- Beethoven Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
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Bedford: Santtu and Víkingur Ólafsson
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
- Ortiz Si el oxígeno fuera verde
- Sibelius Symphony No. 5
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Bedford: Philharmonia Brass at Christmas
Philharmonia brass ensemble
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Bedford: Bruce Liu plays Ravel
Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano
- Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
- Ravel Piano Concerto in G
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
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Bedford: Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms
Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano
- Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
- Brahms Symphony No. 1
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