Concerts & Events

Concert

Three Choirs Festival: Songs of the Sea

Martyn Brabbins – conductor
Roderick Williams – baritone
Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir

  • Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides
  • Wood Never weather-beaten sail
  • Elgar Sea Pictures
  • Sumsion They that go down to the sea in ships
  • McDowall Ave Maris Stella
  • Stanford Songs of the Fleet
Gloucester Cathedral

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Three Choirs Festival: Beethoven Mass in C

Samuel Hudson – conductor
Charlotte Bowden – soprano
Olivia Ray – mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore – tenor
John Savournin – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus

  • McDowall A Song for St Cecilia
  • Rubbra Symphony No. 10, 'Sinfonia da Camera'
  • McDowall Rain, Steam and Speed
  • Beethoven Mass in C
Gloucester Cathedral

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Three Choirs Festival: Mozart Requiem

Andrew Reid – conductor
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay – director/violin
Scott Dickinson – viola
Aoife Miskelly – soprano
Annabella-Vesela Ellis – mezzo-soprano
Gwilym Bowen – tenor
Aidan Smith – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus

  • Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
  • Mozart Requiem
Gloucester Cathedral

Niamh O'Sullivan
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Three Choirs Festival: The Dream of Gerontius

Adrian Partington – conductor
Niamh O’Sullivan – mezzo-soprano
John Findon – tenor
David Ireland – bass-baritone
Three Choirs Festival Chorus

  • Wagner Prelude to Act 1 from Parsifal
  • Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Gloucester Cathedral

Philharmonia playing in concert hall in Mikkeli
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Mikkeli Music Festival 2026

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Erkki Lasonpalo – conductor
Gabriela Montero – piano
Silja Aalto – soprano
Lilja Haatainen – violin

  • Sibelius Finlandia
  • Montero Piano Concerto No. 1, 'Latin'
  • Strauss Four Last Songs
  • Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Dvořák Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'
  • Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Mikkeli Music Festival, Finland

String section performing in concert
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Grafenegg: Beethoven and Orff with Cristian Măcelaru

Cristian Măcelaru –  conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder – piano

Nikola Hillebrand –  soprano
Nicholas Phan – tenor
Germán Olvera – baritone
Wiener Singverien
Wiener Chormädchen

  • Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Choir and Orchestra
  • Orff Carmina Burana
Wolkenturm, Grafenegg

Pianist and bassist on stage in front of the orchestra, with Marin Alsop watching them and smiling
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BBC Proms: Marin Alsop & the Marcus Roberts Trio

Marin Alsop – conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio

  • Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1
  • Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
  • Moross Prelude from The Big Country
  • Copland Appalachian Spring
  • Still Summerland from Three Visions
  • Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
Royal Albert Hall

Front photo of Marin Alsop standing before the Philharmonia Orchestra, arms raised, conducting at the Royal Festival Hall
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Fire in my Mouth with Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop – conductor

  • Wolfe Fire in my Mouth (London premiere)
Royal Festival Hall

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Sol Gabetta stands on stage with the Philharmonia Orchestra, facing the audience
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Season Opening Concert: Santtu and Sol Gabetta

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Sol Gabetta – cello

  • Brahms Academic Festival Overture
  • Elgar Cello Concerto
  • Dvořák Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
Royal Festival Hall

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Delyana Lazarova wearing dark clothing and shoes, sat cross-legged on a bench. She is holding her baton in her hand and looking diagonally away from the camera.
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Bedford: Beethoven's Fifth with Delyana Lazarova

Delyana Lazarova – conductor
Lukas Sternath – piano

  • Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
  • Grieg Piano Concerto
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Bedford Corn Exchange

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Delyana Lazarova
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Canterbury: Beethoven’s Fifth with Delyana Lazarova

Delyana Lazarova – conductor

Lukas Sternath – piano 

  • Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
  • Grieg Piano Concerto
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

Seong-Jin Cho sat at the piano looking downwards. The image largely shows the inside of the piano.
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Bedford: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Seong-Jin Cho

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Seong-Jin Cho – piano

  • Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 11, 'The Year 1905'
Bedford Corn Exchange

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Seong-Jin Cho sits at the keyboard, looking towards the photographer.
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Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Seong-Jin Cho

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Seong-Jin Cho – piano

  • Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 'The Year 1905'
Royal Festival Hall

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James Ehnes, seated, holds his violin in front of a white background.
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Dvořák Violin Concerto with James Ehnes

Kevin John Edusei – conductor
James Ehnes – violin

  • Pejačević Overture for Large Orchestra
  • Dvořák Violin Concerto
  • Suk Scherzo Fantastique
  • Janáček Sinfonietta
Royal Festival Hall

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