Concerts & Events

Small-ensemble performance

Philharmonia Chamber Players: A Portuguese Quartet

Players to include: 
Nuno Carapina – violin 

Silvestrs Kalniņš – cello
Piano tbc

Eunsley Park – violin

Emma Lisney – violin 
Daichi Yoshimura – viola  
Alexander Rolton – cello  

  • Freitas Branco String Quartet
Royal Festival Hall

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

Pacho Flores with a trumpet
Concert

Rafael Payare conducts Symphonie fantastique

Rafael Payare – conductor  
Pacho Flores – trumpet  

  • Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
  • Ortiz Trumpet Concerto, 'Altar de Bronce' (London premiere)
  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Royal Festival Hall

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

Fazil Say
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Santtu and Fazıl Say

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Fazıl Say – piano

  • de Falla El Amor Brujo Suite (orchestral version)
  • Say Mother Earth (Piano Concerto)
  • Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Royal Festival Hall

Small-ensemble performance

Vidya Patel: Artist in Residence

Vidya Patel – dance artist and choreographer

Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall

More info No ticket required
Fazil Say
Concert

Santtu and Fazıl Say

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor  
Fazıl Say – piano  

  • de Falla El Amor Brujo Suite (orchestral version)
  • Say Mother Earth (Piano Concerto) (UK premiere)
  • Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Royal Festival Hall

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

Philharmonia brass ensemble on stage at the Marlowe Theatre, against a colourful pantomime setting
Concert

Canterbury: Philharmonia Brass at Christmas

Philharmonia Brass Ensemble

The Marlowe, Canterbury

Brass players wearing Christmas jumpers
Concert

Basingstoke: Philharmonia Brass at Christmas

Philharmonia Brass Ensemble

The Haymarket, Basingstoke

Philharmonia Orchestra first violins in concert at the Royal Festival Hall
Concert

Canterbury: Philharmonia at the Movies

Stephen Bell – conductor

The Marlowe, Canterbury

Three women in discussion sitting at a table
Insights

Philharmonia debates... Music & Exile

Speakers to be announced

Clore Ballroom, RFH, Level 2

Hilary Hahn holding her violin and smiling
Concert

Santtu and Hilary Hahn

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor  
Hilary Hahn – violin  

  • Stravinsky Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss
  • Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Royal Festival Hall

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

Marin Alsop conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra
Concert

Marin Alsop conducts Star Wars and The Planets

Marin Alsop – conductor 
Sean Shibe – guitar 

  • Williams Star Wars Suite
  • Rodrigo Guitar Concerto, 'Concierto de Aranjuez'
  • Holst The Planets
Royal Festival Hall

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

Cello laid down in the Royal Festival Hall
Small-ensemble performance

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Goldberg Variations

Players to include:

Rebecca Chan – violin  
Scott Dickinson – viola  
Richard Birchall – cello 

  • Bach Goldberg Variations
Royal Festival Hall

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

Donald Runnicles conducting
Concert

Runnicles conducts Bruckner 8

Donald Runnicles – conductor  

  • Bruckner Symphony No. 8
Royal Festival Hall

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

Woman playing the harp and reading sheet music
Small-ensemble performance

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Conductors Compose

Players to include:
Julian Milone – violin

8 other players tbc

  • Svetlanov 24 Hours in the Country for Wind Quintet
  • Sinopoli Numquid for Oboe Quartet
  • Salonen Homunuculus
  • Klemperer String Quartet No. 7
  • Markevitch Galop
Royal Festival Hall

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