Concerts & Events

The Royal Albert Hall with a full audience and bright lights
Concert

Classic FM Live

Ben Palmer – conductor
Nathan Amaral – violin
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason – piano
Sterling Elliott – cello
Alis Huws – harp
Brad Kella – piano
Alan Titchmarsh – narrator
Grace Davidson – soprano

Programme to include:
COATES The Dambusters March
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
DEBBIE WISEMAN – New work (world premiere)

Royal Albert Hall

Friends event

Open Rehearsal: 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
Royal Festival Hall

Small-ensemble performance

CANCELLED: Philharmonia Chamber Players: Salonen and Nielsen

Philharmonia Wind Quintet

  • Salonen Memoria
  • Nielsen Wind Quintet
Royal Festival Hall.

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

More info Cancelled
Concert

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
  • Bei dir ist es traut
  • Erntelied
  • Laue Sommernacht
  • In meines Vaters Garten
  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Friends event

Open Rehearsal: 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
Royal Festival Hall

Community performance

Morning Song

Sigrún Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths – workshop leader
Philharmonia musicians

Clore Ballroom, RFH, Level 2

More info Sold out
Landscape shot of a forest in the daylight
Insights

Notes on Nature 2: The Forest

Julian Glover (journalist) – host
Vidya Patel (dancer, Philharmonia Artist in Residence) – host
Annika Lindskog (musicologist) – host
Sigrun Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths (Icelandic musician) – host

Level 5 Function Room, RFH

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

More info Sold out
Concert

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
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

The Philharmonia and The Bach Choir in concert at Royal Festival Hall
Concert

The Bach Choir: Britten's War Requiem

David Hill – conductor
Elizabeth Watts – soprano
Andrew Staples – tenor
Mark Stone – baritone
London Youth Choirs – LYC Junior Boys & LYC Junior Girls
The Bach Choir

  • Britten War Requiem
Westminster Cathedral

Nemanja Radulović playing violin in the outdoors, his hair blowing in the wind
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: 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
Royal Festival Hall

Small-ensemble performance

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
Royal Festival Hall.

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Nemanja Radulović playing violin in the outdoors, his hair blowing in the wind
Concert

Santtu and Nemanja Radulović

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nemanja Radulović – violin

  • Khachaturian Three Pieces from the ballet Gayaneh: Dance of the Rose Maidens, Lullaby, Sabre Dance
  • Khachaturian Violin Concerto
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Reindeer strolling in greenery
Insights

Notes on Nature 3: Wildlife

Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Philharmonia Principal Conductor) – host
Laurence Rose (conservationist, composer) – host
Ruth Padel (poet, novelist) – host

Level 5 Function Room, RFH

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

More info Sold out
Concert

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
Royal Festival Hall

Priority booking is now open. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 23 April. Join the Friends to book your tickets now.

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Philharmonia
Concert

Philharmonia: Italy tour with Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor

  • Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Multiple venues