As part of our new Symphony Days project we are producing a range of guides to a selection of pieces in the Philharmonia Orchestra's repertoire.
The guides contain both interesting bites of trivia about both the composer and the individual piece itself, plus a break down of things you may like to listen out for during either a live performance or simply whilst enjoying in the comfort of your own home.
We have also produced some listening guides as part of our monthly video podcast, starting with Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Berlioz' Symphony Fantastique and this month featuring Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
Use the links to the right to navigate through the guides.
Keep checking back for the latest guides.
Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Stravinsky's brutal and paganistic Rite of Spring.
Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite
A listening guide to Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite.
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
A guided tour through Mendelssohn's violin concerto in E Minor.
Messiaen Turangalīla-symphonie
Learn more about Messiaen's Turangalîla-symphonie.
- Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin
- Beethoven Egmont
- Beethoven Piano Concerto 5
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9
- Berlioz Symphony Fantastique
- Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2
- Britten In Memoriam Dennis Brain
- Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
- Bruckner Symphony No. 4
- Debussy Images
- Debussy Jeux
- Debussy La Mer
- Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
- Messiaen Turangalīla-symphonie
- Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 4
- Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27
- Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
- Ravel La Valse
- Ravel, Concerto in D
- Ravel, Piano Concerto in G Major
- Schumann, Symphony No. 1
- Sibelius Karelia Suite
- Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss, Horn Concerto No.1
- Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite
- Stravinsky Rite of Spring
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
- Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D
