Concerts & Events

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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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 of The Marriage of Figaro at Garsington Opera
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 New work (World premiere)
  • Mathis Saunier New work (World premiere)
  • Yfat Soul Zisso New work (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

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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 of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Santa Fe Opera
Opera

Garsington Opera: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Netia Jones – director & designer
Garsington Opera Youth Company

 

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

  • 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

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

Themba Mvula smiling into camera
Concert

Three Choirs Festival: Stanford's Stabat Mater

Samuel Hudson – conductor
Rebecca Hardwick – soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons – mezzo-soprano
Nicky Spence – tenor
Themba Mvula – baritone
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Worcester Cathedral Choristers

  • Mason The Imagined Forest
  • Holst Hymn of Jesus
  • Stanford Stabat Mater
Worcester Cathedral

Beth Taylor credit Olivia Da Costa
Concert

Three Choirs Festival: The Cloud Messenger

Geraint Bowen – conductor
Beth Taylor – mezzo-soprano
Three Choirs Festival Voices

  • Dearden New work (World premiere)
  • Weir Still, Glowing
  • Respighi The Birds
  • Holst The Cloud Messenger
Worcester Cathedral

Cathedral concert at Three Choirs Festival, seen through a window shaped like a clover
Concert

Three Choirs Festival: Mass for the Endangered

Samuel Hudson – conductor
Three Choirs Festival Chorus

  • Biles-Liddell Yr Afon Yn Yr Awyr (UK premiere)
  • Weir O Sweet Spontaneous Earth
  • Elgar Serenade for Strings
  • Snider Mass for the Endangered
Worcester Cathedral

Opera

Garsington Opera: A Trip to the Moon

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Karen Gillingham – director
Rhiannon Newman Brown – designer
Ben Pickersgill – lighting designer
Garsington Opera Adult Company
Garsington Opera Youth Company
Primary School Youth Company

 

George Méliès – Robert Murray
Eoa – Jennifer France

  • Norman A Trip to the Moon
Garsington Opera

Anna Lapwood sat at the organ looking into the camera and smiling
Concert

Three Choirs Festival: Anna Lapwood and BBC Singers

Sofi Jeannin – conductor
Mark Padmore – tenor
Charles Gibbs – narrator
BBC Singers
Anna Lapwood – organ
Nicholas Freestone – organ

  • Arakelyan Seascapes
  • Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (trans. Lapwood)
  • Poulenc Figure Humaine
  • Weir In the Land of Uz
Worcester Cathedral