For one night only, allow yourself to be swept off your feet for an evening of passion and drama from the world of opera in our Valentine’s Day Opera Gala. Performed by the exciting soprano Elin Pritchard and tenor Samuel Sakker, this is the perfect concert for anyone who has not been to an opera before but would like to dip their toe in the water. Promising to be a Valentine’s Day to remember, this concert brings you outstanding overtures, poignant arias and exquisite duets from some of the world’s favourite operas, all beautifully performed within the intimate surroundings of Cadogan Hall.
Programme to include music from: La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La traviata, Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto, Carmen, Rusalka, The Merry Widow, Manon Lescaut… and much more!
Raising the curtain to an all-German programme, Beethoven’s much-loved Leonore Overture No. 3 opens with sparkling tunes and uncontainable waves of joy. Musical fireworks colour Bruch’s First...
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra joins forces with the City of London Choir and a stellar line up of soloists for perhaps Mozart’s most famous choral work: his thrilling Requiem. Written during the...
RPO Preludes are a series of chamber concerts curated and performed by leading musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. These concerts take place on the concert stage of Cadogan Hall from...
For centuries composers have been inspired by the great outdoors and in this concert Jac van Steen conducts a programme of such picturesque inspirations.
Enthused by a holiday trip to the Italian...
Beginning with a seductive whisper from the strings, Wagner’s most powerful expression of love, torment and loss opens the concert with music from his operatic masterpiece _Tristan und...
In 1940, Bartók fled his native Hungary for the USA as World War II ravaged Europe. A happy outcome was a commission by the Boston Symphony Orchestra of the Concerto for Orchestra, a work that...
Journey through a musical winter wonderland packed full of well-known orchestral works and themes from seasonal operas and ballets, all conducted by the Welsh maestro Owain Arwel Hughes.
This...
Christmas isn’t the same without attending the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Christmas Cracker. This fun, festive concert is back for two performances of glittering Christmas songs, seasonal...
Genius, revolutionary, rebel – there are so many words used to describe Beethoven, many of which also epitomise his ground-breaking Symphony No. 3. Composed at the turn of the 19th-century, the...
RPO Preludes are a series of chamber concerts curated and performed by leading musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. These concerts take place on the concert stage of Cadogan Hall from...
Dvořák left his native Bohemia in 1892, to seek new opportunities in the USA, marking one of the most productive periods of his career and resulting in his 'New World' Symphony, a work imbued with...
At just 22 years old, Mozart vowed to write a mass as a celebration of his marriage for his beloved Constanze, the result was his stirring ‘Great’ Mass in C minor. Skilfully written for voices...
RPO Preludes are a series of chamber concerts curated and performed by leading musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. These concerts take place on the concert stage of Cadogan Hall from...
Mark Wigglesworth, a notable interpreter of British music, opens the programme of English music with Delius’ gentle tone-poem _The Walk to the Paradise Garden_. Beginning with beautiful dream-like...
The legend that the violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini sold his soul to the devil in order to become obscenely talented has inspired numerous composers, but one of the finest variations of the theme...
This programme celebrates the rich music heritage of Romania, beginning with Enescu’s neoclassical Suite No. 2, full of spirit and vigour from the composer’s homeland.
Renowned violinist...
RPO Preludes are a series of chamber concerts curated and performed by leading musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. These concerts take place on the concert stage of Cadogan Hall from...
In a bombastic, passionate and lively programme, this concert will display the full force of the orchestra in an exhilarating programme. Opening with Borodin’s much-loved _Polovtsian Dances_ from...
Commencing with a high-octane opening, Glinka’s famous Overture to his opera _Ruslan and Ludmila_ sets the scene before the young and exciting cellist, Kian Soltani, performs one of the great...
