Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The joys of life and, perhaps, a good death: Beethoven and Strauss thrill at @cadoganhall.bsky.social with the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social
✍️ Christopher Woodley
bachtrack.com/review-eduse...

VIER LETZTE LIEDER

Samy Moussa • Adgilis Deda
Richard Strauss • Vier letzte Lieder
L. v. Beethoven • Symphonie Nr. 7

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha • Sopran
@masabane_cecilia_rangwanasha

#royalphilharmonicorchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social #classical #music

Read more about it and see more photos in our latest blog: www.rpo.co.uk/news-and-pre...

📷 Jasmine Waterfield

An audience watching a Relaxed Performance. The screen behind the Orchestra says R-P-O!

An RPO player and participant stretching in a breakout session

RPO musicians at a breakout session smiling and interacting with the participants, with kids raising their hands

Aga Serugo-Lugo leaning down towards a child and pointing. Families and other audience members are mingling and watching the musicians

Orchestral music is for everyone ✨

Recently we welcomed audiences to Brent Civic Centre for a Relaxed Performance, an inclusive experience especially designed for those who find traditional concerts challenging. Led by Tim Steiner, we brought music to life with visual aids and breakout sessions.

10 Female Chief Executives of UK Orchestras — Alternative Classical An introduction to some of the women who are running British orchestras.

10 Female Chief Executives of UK Orchestras:

www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/fem...

Secure your spot for next year's Valentine's Day concert at Cadogan Hall at rpo.co.uk/valentines

The RPO performing in Cadogan Hall with red lighting behind them

This weekend we painted @cadoganhall.bsky.social and Northampton's @royalderngate.bsky.social pink with soprano Anne-Marie MacIntosh, tenor Nicky Spence and conductor Jordan de Souza for Valentine's Day, music from operas by Puccini, Massenet, Verdi and more that made our hearts burst 💝

YouTube video by Deutsche Grammophon - DG Esther Yoo - Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (Arr. Iain Farrington)

Watch Mahler's Adagietto as arranged for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington: www.youtube.com/watch?v=itg1...

The cover of the album featuring Esther Yoo in white dress holding her violin in a side profile, the Deutsche Grammophon yellow label, and the text 'Esther Yoo, Long Yu, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra'

Want to feel a little classical love this Valentine's Day? 🎻❤️🤍

Esther Yoo's Love Symposium, an album featuring Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium, Mahler's Adagietto and Elgar's Salut d'amour, is out now!

💿 Listen: estheryoo.lnk.to/LoveSymposium

See more photos and reactions from the night in our latest blog: www.rpo.co.uk/news-and-pre...

Vasily Petrenko conducting the Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall with baritoen Yuriy Yurchuk singing at the front of the stage

Benjamin Grosvenor playing the piano with the Orchestra

The RPO trumpet section

Vasily Petrenko conducting and facing the violins

🔥 'The RPO were on fire, with power and intensity combined with electric precision at pace.' @bachtrack.com

Read the review from our return to Southbank Centre with Shostakovich, Beethoven and Ustvolskaya: bachtrack.com/review-petre...

📷 Sarah Louise Bennett

Book your seats: www.rpo.co.uk/whats-on/eventdetail/2718/274/alexandra-tirsu-plays-prokofiev

A melody too good to resist using for yourself – Eric Carmen's 'Never Gonna Fall in Love Again' has tune that you might recognise from the Adagio in Rachmaninoff's Symphony No.2...

Hear this heartstring-tugging late-Romantic symphony at Cadogan Hall on Wednesday 4 March, conducted by Eun Sun Kim.

We'll see you back here on Thursday 23 April for Messiaen's Turangalîla, part of Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival: www.rpo.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Benjamin Grosvenor and Vasily Petrenko talking by the piano at rehearsal

Vasily Petrenko gesturing towards Yuriy Yurchuk as he sings

Beforehand, Benjamin Grosvenor performed Beethoven's convention-breaking Piano Concerto No.1, and baritone Yuriy Yurchuk sung Galina Ustvolskaya's reimagining of the Cossack leader of legend in The Dream of Stepan Razin.

Yuriy Yurchuk at the front of the stage receiving applause

Vasily Petrenko conducting the Orchestra on the stage of the Royal Festival Hall, facing the First Violins

Benjamin Grosvenor playing the piano with the Orchestra on stage. The RPO logo is projected to the side and behind the Orchestra.

Vasily and the Orchestra standing on stage for applause, taken from the side stalls of the Hall

A reckoning with the stifling shadow of tyranny, and the hope that endures underneath it – Shostakovich's Tenth filled the Royal Festival Hall yesterday in our return with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko. Thank you to all of you who made the atmosphere electric 🎶

📷 Sarah Louise Bennett

The RPO first violins posing on stage in concert dress with Ray Chen at the front

The RPO woodwind section on posing on stage

The RPO double bass section

The RPO Second Violins

And with a final concert at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana with Ray Chen, that's a wrap on our tour to the US! Thank you to the audiences everywhere we went who made it so special #RPOonTour

The audience in the Mead Witters concert hall as seen from near the double basses

Thank you for having us, Madison! @uwmadison.bsky.social

Tonight we'll be in Illinois at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 🎻 #RPOonTour

📷 Adriana Iacovache-Pana

"[The RPO brings] the joy and healing of live music to those who otherwise would not experience it."

Read John Rutter's reflections on and the power of collaborative music-making and our innovative STROKESTRA® programme.

The RPO, Ray Chen and Vasily Petrenko standing for applause in the Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall

Vasily and Ray's autographs on a poster for the concert

Our latest stop on tour with Vasily Petrenko and Ray Chen was the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina - thank you so much for having us! #RPOonTour

YouTube video by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Retiring cellist Bill Heggart reflects on his time in the Orchestra

"What's made me stay? Well, I just felt at home immediately, it's like a family, I didn't want to leave."

After being part of the RPO for nearly 40 years, we recently said goodbye to retiring cellist Bill Heggart. Thank you for making music with us, Bill.

youtu.be/GvbuJyq3pn8

See more photos in our latest blog: www.rpo.co.uk/news-and-pre...

John Rutter conducting the Orchestra in the Steinmetz Hall

Clara Rottsolk in a blue dress performing on stage in front of the Orchestra

The RPO standing on stage to receive applause, with John Rutter facing the Orchestra and stretching out his arms

The Bach Festival Choir singing in the choir stalls behind the Orchestra

On Thu 15 Jan our Artist Laureate @johnrutter.bsky.social opened our US tour at Orlando's Dr Phillips Center, as we performed the American premieres of his Celebration Overture and Cityscapes, and finished with his Magnificat, featuring the Bach Festival Choir and Clara Rottsolk.

📷 Petru Cuciuc

Hear Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 in concert at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 3 February, conducted by our Music Director Vasily Petrenko.

www.rpo.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Shostakovich at a desk with a green filter, the RPO circles, and some faint notes overlaid

Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony is a signal of defiance against absolute tyranny, in which he encoded something small but powerful - his own name.

Discover more about the Tenth in our latest blog:
www.rpo.co.uk/news-and-pre...

The Orchestra, John Rutter, soprano Clara Rottsolk, and the Orlando Bach Festival Choir taking applause on stage at the Dr Phillips Center

Yesterday we arrived at Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center with our Artist Laureate @johnrutter.bsky.social, who conducted American premieres of his music and as well as his glorious Magnificat with the Bach Festival Choir. Clara Rottsolk also sang Canteloube's charming Chants d'Auvergne 🎶

#RPOonTour

John Wallace playing the trumpet in concert

We were saddened to learn of the recent death of John Wallace, who was Co-Principal Trumpet with the Orchestra from 1974–76. His brilliant musicianship, passion for music education and his kindness were an inspiration to our musicians and to audiences around the world throughout his long career.

Hear us perform it with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko on Tuesday 3 February at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall: www.rpo.co.uk/.../2705/275...

An old photo of Shostakovich on stage with the Leningrad Philharmonic receiving applause

On this day in 1953: Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 was premiered by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Yevgeny Mravinsky.

Find out more about Tom: www.rpo.co.uk/orchestra-players/211-trombones/1053-tom-berry