Concerts & Events

Woman in long red dress with a red flower in her hair, posing as if dancing and holding a cocktail glass in her hand. The worlds 'La Traviata' are designed onto the image.
Opera

Garsington Opera: La traviata

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Tess Jackson – conductor (24 June & 9 July)
Louisa Muller – director
Garsington Opera Chorus

Violetta Valéry – Madison Leonard
Alfredo Germont – Oleksiy Palchykov
Giorgio Germont – Roland Wood
Gastone de Letorières – Sam Harris
Barond Douphol – Chuma Sijeqa
Doctor Grenvil – Henry Waddington, Thomas D. Hopkinson (24 June, 9, 11, 20 July)
Annina – Mathilda Bryngelsson
Flora Bervoix – Alexandria Moon
Marchese d’Obigny – Sam Young
Giuseppe – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke
Messenger – Peter Lidbetter
Flora’s servant – Sisa Mjekula

  • Verdi La traviata
Garsington Opera

Adults sitting on chairs in rows, clapping their hands
Community performance

Bedford: Hear and Now

Tim Steiner – artistic director
Supported by members of the Philharmonia

Main Theatre, University of Bedfordshire

A main crouching with his feet in an open brown bag. He iswearing a white shirt, brown trousers, brown waistcoat, black bow tie and brown hat. He is holding a cup and saucer, and the words 'The Importance of Being Earnest' are designed onto the image
Opera

Garsington Opera: The Importance of Being Earnest

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Jack Furness – director

John Worthing – Zahid Siddiqui
Algernon Moncrieff – Seán Boylan
Cecily Cardew – Jennifer France
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax – Holly Brown
Miss Prism – Susan Bickley
Lady Bracknell – Henry Waddington
Lane/Merriman – Peter Lidbetter

  • Barry The Importance of Being Earnest
Garsington Opera

View of the whole church from the back of the choir and orchestra.
Friends event

Philharmonia supporters trip: the opening weekend of The Three Choirs Festival 2026

Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Adrian Partington
VOCES8
Roderick Williams OBE
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Three Choirs Festival

Concert

Three Choirs Festival: Belshazzar's Feast

Adrian Partington – conductor
Three Choirs Festival Chorus

  • Higgins Fanfare Americana (UK premiere)
  • Elgar Symphony No. 1
  • Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Gloucester Cathedral

Concert

Three Choirs Festival: Glagolitic Mass

Adrian Partington – conductor
Katelyn Emerson – organ
Rachel Nicholls – soprano
Hilary Summers – contralto
Gwyn Hughes Jones – tenor
Ashley Riches – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus

  • Elgar Overture, Cockaigne
  • Poulenc Organ Concerto
  • Janáček Glagolitic Mass
Gloucester Cathedral

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

Concert

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

Concert

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
Concert

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
Concert

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
Concert

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
Concert

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

String section performing in concert
Concert

Cadogan Hall: Brothers in harmony: where Beethoven & Rachmaninov meet new voices

Geoffrey Paterson – conductor
Kevin Tan – piano
Carey Tan – marimba

  • Carey Tan Symphony No. 2
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
  • Carey Tan Symphony No. 3
  • Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Cadogan Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra performing at Bold Tendencies
Concert

Bold Tendencies: Mozart's Mass in C minor

Tess Jackson – conductor
Olivia Warburton – soprano

Anita Monserrat – mezzo-soprano
Liam Bonthrone – tenor
Daniel Vening – bass
Philharmonia Chorus

  • Mozart Mass in C minor
Bold Tendencies, Peckham