Concerts & Events

Martin Helmchen smiling and looking into the camera
Friends event

Open Rehearsal in Bedford: Beethoven & Mozart with Martin Helmchen

Alessandro Crudele – conductor
Martin Helmchen – piano

  • Beethoven Overture, Fidelio
  • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 16, K. 451
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Bedford Corn Exchange

Martin Helmchen smiling and looking into the camera
Concert

Bedford: Beethoven & Mozart with Martin Helmchen

Alessandro Crudele – conductor
Martin Helmchen – piano

  • Beethoven Overture, Fidelio
  • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 16, K. 451
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Bedford Corn Exchange

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 2 May. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Soumik Datta in a colourful jacket, holding his sarod and smiling into the camera. He is photographed outdoors at the Southbank Centre, in front of the yellow staircase
Concert

Soumik Datta: Borderlands

Soumik Datta – composer & sarod
Gurdain Singh Rayatt – tabla
Nina Harries – double bass
Adrián Varela – violin
Karen Stephenson – cello
Carol Hultmark – viola
Robert Looman – flute
Anna Douglass – french horn
Francesca Lombardelli – percussion
Paddy Davies – percussion
Camilo Tirado – sound engineer & live effects
Zoë Svendsen – dramaturg
Johannaes Beraurer – arranger
Jakob Helling – arranger
Markus Neuwirth – arranger
Simon Daw – set and visual design

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Monday 30 October. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Small-ensemble performance

Salon Music: Philharmonia MMSF Lunchtime Recital

Carys Barnes – viola
Tiago Soares Silva – violin
Jenny Clare – violin
Oonah Lowther – cello

  • Haydn String Quartet No. 2
  • Imogen Holst Phantasy Quartet
  • Beethoven String Quartet No. 4
Hampstead Lane

Concert

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
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Monday 30 October. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Nicola Benedetti playing the violin in concert at the Royal Festival Hall
Concert

CANCELLED: Nicola Benedetti & Philharmonia Chamber Players

Nicola Benedetti – violin
Philharmonia musicians

  • Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
  • Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
Queen Elizabeth Hall

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More info Cancelled
Philharmonia performing at The Anvil, Basingstoke
Concert

Basingstoke: Elgar's Cello Concerto

Tabita Berglund – conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt – cello

  • Mozart Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
  • Elgar Cello Concerto
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 2
The Anvil, Basingstoke

Production image from The Marriage of Figaro
Opera

Garsington Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Tabita Berglund – conductor
John Cox – original director
Bruno Ravella – revival director
Garsington Opera Chorus

 

Figaro – David Ireland
Susanna – Claire Lees
Count Almaviva – Rafael Fingerlos
Countess Almaviva – Samantha Clarke
Cherubino – Bethany Horak-Hallett
Doctor Bartolo – Neal Davies
Marcellina – Susan Bickley
Don Basilio – Paul Nilon
Barbarina – Stephanie Hershaw
Antonio – Frazer Scott
Bridesmaid 1 – Jessica Lawley
Bridesmaid 2 – Hannah Bennett

  • Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
Garsington Opera

Small-ensemble performance

Music of Today: Composers’ Academy

Members of the Philharmonia

  • Florence Anna Maunders Bare Boss, Innit? (World premiere)
  • Mathis Saunier Noctopolis (World premiere)
  • Yfat Soul Zisso Spiral (World premiere)
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Monday 30 October. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Isabelle Faust holding her violin and smiling
Concert

Brahms & Beethoven with Isabelle Faust

Philippe Herreweghe – conductor
Isabelle Faust – violin

  • Beethoven Violin Concerto
  • Brahms Symphony No. 4
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Monday 30 October. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Sol Gabetta leaning on her cello case and smiling
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: 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
Royal Festival Hall

Sol Gabetta leaning on her cello case and smiling
Concert

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
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Monday 30 October. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Production image from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Opera

Garsington Opera: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Netia Jones – director & designer

 

Oberon – Iestyn Davies
Tytania – Lucy Crowe
Puck – Jerone Marsh-Reid
Bottom – Richard Burkhard
Lysander – Caspar Singh
Demetrius – James Newby
Hermia – Stephanie Wake-Edwards
Helena – Camilla Harris
Theseus – Nicholas Crawley
Hippolyta – Christine Rice
Quince – John Savournin
Flute – James Way
Snug – Frazer Scott
Starveling – Geoffrey Dolton
Snout – Adam Sullivan
Garsington Opera Youth Company

  • Britten Midsummer Night's Dream
Garsington Opera

Opera

Garsington Opera: Un giorno di regno

Tobias Ringborg – conductor
Christopher Alden – director
Garsington Opera Chorus

 

Belfiore – Joshua Hopkins
Marchesa del Poggio – Christine Rice
Baron Kelbar – Henry Waddington
Edoardo – Oliver Sewell
Giulietta Kelbar – Madison Leonard
La Rocca – Grant Doyle
Servant – Daniel Vening
Delmonte – James Micklethwaite

  • Verdi Un giorno di regno
Garsington Opera

An evening shot on the grounds of Garsington Opera
Concert

Garsington Opera: Gala Concert

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Jonathon Cole-Swinard – conductor
Chloe Rooke – conductor
Tess Jackson – conductor
Natalya Romaniw – soprano
Madison Leonard – soprano
Isabelle Peters – soprano
Christine Rice – mezzo soprano
Olive Sewell – tenor
Roderick Williams – baritone
Joshua Hopkins – baritone
Henry Waddington – bass-baritone
Garsington Opera Chorus
Garsington Opera Youth Company

  • Highlights from:
  • Beethoven Fidelio
  • Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Dvořák Rusalka
  • Handel Semele
  • Mozart Così fan tutte
  • Mozart Idomeneo
  • Mozart The Magic Flute
  • Rossini The Barber of Seville
  • Smetana The Bartered Bride
  • Strauss Der Rosenkavalier
  • Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin
  • Verdi La traviata
Garsington Opera