Concerts & Events

Vikingur Ólafsson
Concert

Víkingur Ólafsson celebrates Kurtág at 100

Elena Schwarz – conductor 
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano  
István Várdai – cello 

  • Kurtág Hommage à J. S. B.
  • Kurtág Double Concerto, Op. 27 No. 2
  • Schumann Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60
  • Kurtág Hommage à R. Sch.
  • Simpson Hommage à Kurtág
  • Kurtág ...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1
  • Bach Music for solo cello and solo piano
Queen Elizabeth Hall

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

Mark van de Wiel with Santtu-Matias Rouvali on stage at the Royal Festival Hall
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Santtu conducts Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Frank Dupree – piano

  • Bernstein On the Waterfront Suite
  • Dove Clarinet Concerto, 'Rainbow'
  • Copland Clarinet Concerto
  • Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Royal Festival Hall

Mark van de Wiel with Santtu-Matias Rouvali on stage at the Royal Festival Hall
Concert

Santtu conducts Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Frank Dupree – piano

  • Bernstein On the Waterfront Suite
  • Dove Clarinet Concerto, 'Rainbow' (World premiere, commissioned by Mark van de Wiel and the Philharmonia)
  • Copland Clarinet Concerto
  • Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Royal Festival Hall

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

Small-ensemble performance

Philharmonia Big Band

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – drums

Musicians to be announced

Royal Festival Hall

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

Marin Alsop conducting
Concert

Canterbury: Marin Alsop conducts Scheherazade

Marin Alsop – conductor
Alisa Weilerstein – cello

  • Márquez Danzón No. 2
  • Ortiz Cello Concerto, ‘Dzonot’ (UK premiere)
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
The Marlowe, Canterbury

Alisa Weilerstein
Friends event

Up Close Rehearsal: Marin Alsop conducts Scheherazade

Marin Alsop – conductor
Alisa Weilerstein – cello

  • Márquez Danzón No. 2
  • Ortiz Cello Concerto, 'Dzonot'
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Royal Festival Hall

Gabriela Ortiz
Small-ensemble performance

Music of Today: Gabriela Ortiz curates

Musicians to be announced

  • Cortés-Álvarez Transcendiendo Muros
  • Vázquez Son Crepuscular
  • Ortiz Corpórea
Royal Festival Hall

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

Alisa Weilerstein
Concert

Marin Alsop conducts Scheherazade

Marin Alsop – conductor
Alisa Weilerstein – cello

  • Márquez Danzón No. 2
  • Ortiz Cello Concerto, 'Dzonot' (London premiere)
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Royal Festival Hall

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

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein
Concert

Manchester: Marin Alsop conducts Scheherazade

Marin Alsop – conductor
Alisa Weilerstein – cello

  • Márquez Danzón No. 2
  • Ortiz Cello Concerto, 'Dzonot'
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Bridgewater Hall

Kent Nagano conducting
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Nagano conducts Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony

Kent Nagano – conductor
Jane Archibald – soprano
Christina Bock – mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Chorus

  • Hildegard of Bingen O vis aeternitatis
  • Mahler Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'
Royal Festival Hall

Woman holding a microphone with other audience members in discussion
Insights

Philharmonia debates... Music & Belief

David Newsholme – host
Hari Trivedi – host
Teddy Prout – host

St Johns Waterloo, SE1 8TY

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

Kent Nagano conducting
Concert

Nagano conducts Mahler's Resurrection Symphony

Kent Nagano – conductor
Jane Archibald – soprano
Christina Bock – mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Chorus 

  • Hildegard of Bingen O vis aeternitatis
  • Mahler Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'
Royal Festival Hall

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

Lisa Batiashvili playing the violin
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Lisa Batiashvili plays Tchaikovsky

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin

  • Bacewicz Divertimento
  • Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
  • Walton Symphony No. 1
Royal Festival Hall

Lisa Batiashvili playing the violin
Concert

Lisa Batiashvili plays Tchaikovsky

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin

  • Bacewicz Divertimento
  • Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
  • Walton Symphony No. 1
Royal Festival Hall

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