Concerts & Events

Gilbert and George at home in Spitalfields, London UK
Concert

Gilbert & George: Sex, Money, Race, Religion

Jessica Cottis – conductor

  • Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (Land of Hope and Glory)
  • Wagner Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
  • Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Ellington arr. Peress Black, Brown and Beige: 1. Black
  • Xenakis Tracées
  • Bach arr. Reger O Mensch bewein
  • Flanagan/Connelly arr. Farrington Underneath the Arches
  • Medley of songs chosen by Gilbert & George
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Vikingur Olafsson standing at the piano on stage at the Royal Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Friends event

Open Rehearsal in 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
Bedford Corn Exchange

Vikingur Olafsson standing at the piano on stage at the Royal Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Concert

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
Bedford Corn Exchange

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali with him arms up, conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall
Concert

Philharmonia Orchestra: 80th anniversary US tour

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Marin Alsop – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
Alexandre Kantorow – piano

  • Ortiz Si el oxígeno fuera verde (US premiere)
  • Sibelius Finlandia
  • Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
  • Ravel Piano Concerto in G
  • Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 5
  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
  • Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Multiple venues

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducting the Philharmonia
Friends event

Up Close Rehearsal: Santtu conducts Sibelius, Lindberg & Shostakovich

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Christian Lindberg – trombone

  • Sibelius Finlandia
  • Lindberg Trombone Concerto, 'Golden Eagle'
  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Royal Festival Hall

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducting the Philharmonia
Concert

Santtu conducts Sibelius, Lindberg & Shostakovich

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Christian Lindberg – trombone

  • Sibelius Finlandia
  • Lindberg Trombone Concerto, 'Golden Eagle'
  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Cecilia Masabane Rangwanasha against a black background, wearing a black long sleeve top with sparkly jewellery, smiling
Concert

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’
The Anvil, Basingstoke

4. Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha c. Vera Elma Vacek
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Wagner, Strauss and Tchaikovsky: Last Songs

Thomas Søndergård – conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha – soprano

  • Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
  • Strauss Four Last Songs
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Royal Festival Hall

4. Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha c. Vera Elma Vacek
Concert

Wagner, Strauss and Tchaikovsky: Last Songs

Thomas Søndergård – conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha – soprano

  • Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
  • Strauss Four Last Songs
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Alena Baeva with her violin
Concert

Paavo Järvi conducts Bruch and Sibelius

Paavo Järvi – conductor  
Alena Baeva – violin  

  • Brahms St Anthony Variations
  • Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Jakub Hrusa
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Jakub Hrůša conducts Mahler 7

Jakub Hrůša – conductor

  • Mahler Symphony No.7
Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia Chamber Players
Small-ensemble performance

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Transfigured Night

Rebecca Chanviolin 
David López Ibáñez – violin 
Scott Dickinson – viola 
Sylvain Séailles – viola 
Ella Rundle – cello 
Silvestrs Kalniņš – cello 

  • Montgomery Break Away
  • Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
Royal Festival Hall

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Jakub Hrusa
Concert

Jakub Hrůša conducts Mahler 7

Jakub Hrůša conductor  

  • Mahler Symphony No. 7
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Evgeny Kissin
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Evgeny Kissin - one concert, three concertos

Lawrence Foster – conductor
Evgeny Kissin – piano

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto
  • Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1
  • Rachmaninov The Rock
  • Scriabin Piano Concerto
Royal Festival Hall