Come to the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall tomorrow (23rd February) to hear the London Première of Tansy Davies's 'Forest' (Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra), in the Philharmonia's...
Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra perform extracts from Schoenberg's Verklaerte Nacht, String Quartet No. 2 with soprano Ailish Tynan and String Quartet No. 3, showing the changes...
Check out this incredible GoPro view from a trombone at the heart of the Philharmonia Orchestra, part of the Philharmonia Orchestra's Universe of Sound installation.
Southbank...
It’s getting properly dark in Finland as the nights close in. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto shares “Pirun Polska,” a polska for the Devil, written by Samuel Rinda-Nickola.
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Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Live performance: 1 October 2017
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Mahler Symphony...
We're excited to share this world premiere recording of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Pentatonic Étude for solo viola, performed by Lawrence Power. Salonen wrote the piece for Power and it was...
Trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger, who performs a major series, titled The Trumpet Shall Sound, with the Orchestra in December 2015/January 2016. Ahead of a film release on Wednesday 5...
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Universe of Sound is now available on Blu-ray & DVD.
www.universeofsound.co.uk
Listen to a preview of Nielsen's Serenata in vano, performed by the Philharmonia Chamber Players, and scored for clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello and double bass.
Series Advisor Steven Stucky talks with Philharmonia Orchestra members Samuel Coles (Joint Principal Flute) and Mark van de Wiel (Joint Principal Clarinet) about Witold Lutosławski's...
Today, 6 December 2017, Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. This latest folk song from violinist Pekka Kuusisto celebrates that most Finnish of pastimes: heating up the sauna....
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Darbar have collaborated on an exciting cross-cultural music project called Universal Notes. The new piece was created in a year of workshops in India...
Merry Christmas from the Philharmonia Orchestra!
Send this video as a digital Christmas card: philharmonia.co.uk/christmas_card
Our 2017 Christmas Card...
FIRST RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE.
Continuing an artistic relationship spanning decades, the Philharmonia Orchestra and its Conductor Laureate Vladimir Ashkenazy present...
In three new upcoming album releases, the Philharmonia Orchestra and its Conductor Laureate, Vladimir Ashkenazy, present Rachmaninov’s three symphonies and his Symphonic Dances, recorded...
Step inside the beating heart of the Philharmonia Orchestra in our breathtaking Universe of Sound installation this autumn.
Southbank Centre's Clore Ballroom will be...
We’re thrilled to share the second instalment of violinist Pekka Kuusisto’s folk song videos from his home in Finland. This tune is a minuet from the village of Tuikka (Tjöck)...
Trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger, performs a major series, titled The Trumpet Shall Sound, with the Philharmonia Orchestra in December 2015/January 2016. We caught Håkan after his rehearsal...
Season's Greetings from the Philharmonia Orchestra. We celebrate this year with a brass quintet of Philharmonia players, playing an arrangement of Gustav Holst's carol 'In the Bleak...
On Thurs 28 Sept 2017, violinist Pekka Kuusisto joins Finnish folk singer, Ilona Korhonen, to present a unique, modern perspective on runo-song, an ancient storytelling tradition from...
Hollywood film composer/conductor Brian Tyler returns on Thursday 25 October to Royal Festival Hall in London for an electrifying evening of his dramatic scores to some of the biggest...
In this archive film from 2008, we go behind the scenes at a Philharmonia Orchestra rehearsal with Gustavo Dudamel to see what goes into rehearsing and conducting such an incredible...
（２００８年）オーケストラのツアーを記念して１２月版のポッドキャストを日本語でもご利用いただけます。今月の番組には、諏訪内晶子やウラディミール・アシュケナージとのインタビュー、メンデルスゾーンのバイオリン協奏曲の解説が含まれています。
A short clip from the 2016 Aix Festival of our performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, directed by Peter Sellars.
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Universe of Sound is now available on Blu-ray & DVD.
www.universeofsound.co.uk
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Live performance: 1 October 2017
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Mahler Symphony...
Peter Jablonski plays Debussy's "Reflets dans l'eau", the first of three pieces for the piano from his first volume of Images. "Reflets dans l'eau" is an example of the new tone colours...
We speak to violinist Akiko Suwanai about Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending ahead of her performance at the BBC Proms 2008.
Did you know that the composer Igor Stravinsky conducted the New Philharmonia Orchestra in September 1965 in London's Royal Festival Hall? Check out this amazing clip from that legendary...
Philharmonia Orchestra Principal Flutist Sam Coles performs Debussy's groundbreaking work, Syrinx, in the famous Théâtre des Champs-Elysées concert hall in Paris, where Stravinsky's...
Merry Christmas from everyone at the Philharmonia Orchestra!
Enjoy our 2016 Christmas Card, filmed in St Mary de Castro, Leicester, with eight wonderful cellists from...
Season's greetings from the Philharmonia Orchestra!
Send this video as a greeting card here. (philharmonia.co.uk/christmas)
"Ding Dong Merrily on High" arranged...
Enjoy this exclusive clip of pianist Daniil Trifonov rehearsing Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Intro & Variation I, with the Philharmonia Orchestra at Southbank...
In this new album release, the Philharmonia Orchestra and its Conductor Laureate Vladimir Ashkenazy present a performance of Rachmaninov’s magnificent Second Symphony, recorded live...
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Live performance: 1 October 2017
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Mahler Symphony...
In this video from 2008, we speak to violinist Akiko Suwanai ahead of performances of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in her home country, Japan, with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Enjoy this sneak peek of British violist Lawrence Power performing Esa-Pekka Salonen's Pentatonic Étude for solo viola. We release the full, world-premiere recording of this piece...
On Friday 24 November, we publish a YouTube playlist of the complete performance by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the orchestra of Mahler's mighty Third Symphony. Here is an excerpt from the...
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Live performance: 1 October 2017
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Mahler Symphony...
The culminating concert of 'Alike in Dignity', a collaboration between the Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Shakespeare Company in 2010, based upon Romeo and Juliet. The performance...
Hungarian folk ensemble Muzsikás perform three traditional pieces for us before going onstage at the Valley of the Arts music festival in Kapolcs, Western Hungary. Muzsikás performed...
Pianist Nikolai Lugansky plays excerpts from Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and takes a closer look at this work.
An extract from Holst's 'The Planets', Saturn, in the cello section.
Nikolai Lugansky guides us through Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto.
Between November 2015 and 2016, the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Conductor Laureate Vladimir Ashkenazy conducted the Orchestra in a cycle of Rachmaninov’s three symphonies and the Symphonic...
Over the course of three months, composer and project leader Tim Steiner and Philharmonia Orchestra musicians worked with children from five SEN schools and two youth brass bands to...
“Ashkenazy found an almost pastoral shade to the opening of the second movement Allegro animato; later, the music flickered like a Russian Mendelssohn.” – Seen and Heard
Hear...
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Soft Touch Arts (Leicester, UK) are partners on Symphonize, a pioneering creative project aiming to empower young people in Leicester through intensive...
Join us backstage ahead of our latest concert with Tim Gibbs, the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Principal Double Bass. The Royal Festival Hall is our home in London and this video gives...
Earth-shattering double timpani to finish: Mahler's complete Third Symphony in concert, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Watch the full symphony now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqR22EoucCyfOJdXv0m36aMuc__qKNsxW...
The sounds of the cosmos brought to life - hear the magnificent Philharmonia Voices in rehearsal for Sunday's European premiere of Unsuk Chin's The Song of the Children of the Stars...
Take the best seat in the house: on stage in front of Esa-Pekka Salonen.
The Philharmonia Orchestra, in partnership with Southbank Centre and technology company Inition...
Welcome to the Philharmonia Orchestra: 40 concerts, including live screenings, Sunday Matinees, Christmas concerts, a Chinese New Year Celebration, free events and pre-concert talks...
オーケストラのツアーを記念して１２月版のポッドキャストを日本語でもご利用いただけます。今月の番組には、諏訪内晶子やウラディミール・アシュケナージとのインタビュー、メンデルスゾーンのバイオリン協奏曲の解説が含まれています。
The Philharmonia Chamber Players open their 15/16 Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre season with a free concert on Thursday 1 October 2015 at 6pm. We hope to see you there, and hope...
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Universe of Sound is now available on Blu-ray & DVD.
www.universeofsound.co.uk
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Live performance: 1 October 2017
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Mahler Symphony...
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Live performance: 1 October 2017
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Mahler Symphony...
For the first day of autumn, violinist Pekka Kuusisto shares another folk song video from his home in Finland. This sombre polska was written by Samuel Rinda-Nickola.
Pekka...
We dared to go where no orchestra has gone before...
To celebrate The Virtual Orchestra 10-day event at Southbank Centre, the Philharmonia Orchestra is inviting you (yes...
We speak to violinist Nicola Benedetti ahead of performances of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Bimm! Bamm!
Hear the Tiffin Boys' Choir and Philharmonia Voices in action in our second preview before we release our full Mahler 3 performance on YouTube this Friday.
Next...
Legendary Maestro Riccardo Muti, discusses conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, as he prepares for the Orchestra's 65th Birthday Gala Concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Pianist Peter Jablonski plays the last of the Op. 17 Mazurkas. In 3/4 time, and marked "Lento, ma non troppo" this is one of Chopin's more popular Mazurkas. The mazurka is originally...
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto offers up his last instalment of Finnish folk song, filmed on a snowy afternoon at his home in Finland. These two polskas tie up a series of folk songs that...
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