This concert seeks to musically commemorate the First World War. Elgar’s The Spirit of England (1917) and Vaughan William’s The Lark Ascending (1921) are complimented by a festival commission and world premiere, A Foreign Field (Echoes 1914), by German composer Torsten Rasch, who moved to Japan following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. read more MORE
In 2011, Maestro Lorin Maazel spoke to Classic FM's Anne-Marie Minhall about the composer and conductor, Gustav Mahler, in this film from our archives.
The Philharmonia is a self-governing orchestra whose world-class players are both its owners and at the centre of its continuing creativity and innovation. Many have been with the Orchestra for a decade or more. Find out more.
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