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Season Opening Week
Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth with Marin Alsop
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
London Voices
RSNO Youth Chorus
Farnham Youth Choir
Repertoire
Julia Wolfe: Fire in my Mouth (London premiere)
Santtu & Sol Gabetta
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor
Sol Gabetta cello
Repertoire
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Interval
Dvořák: Symphony No.9 (From the New World)
Keyboard Music
Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
Contemporary Edit
Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth with Marin Alsop
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
London Voices
RSNO Youth Chorus
Farnham Youth Choir
Repertoire
Julia Wolfe: Fire in my Mouth (London premiere)
Chamber Music
Resident Orchestras
Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alan Pierson conductor
Taylor Mac artist
Karina Canellakis Conducts Beethoven
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karina Canellakis conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Repertoire
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Interval
Dai Fujikura: Radiance (UK premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No.5
A Viennese House Party
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Matthew Truscott director, violin
Jane Gower bassoon
Repertoire
Mozart: Menuetto (2nd movement) from String Quartet in B flat, K.458 (Hunt); Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
Dittersdorf: Symphony in C (The Four Ages of the World)
Vanhal: Bassoon Concerto in C
Interval
Mozart: Serenade in D, K.239 (Serenata notturna)
Haydn: Symphony No.101 (The Clock)
Chineke! Orchestra: Hailstork + After Dark
Performers
Chineke! Orchestra
Tatiana Pérez conductor
Plínio Fernandes guitar
Repertoire
Stravinsky: Suite No.1 for chamber orchestra; Suite No.2 for chamber orchestra
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra
Interval
Eliana Echeverry: Canalete (World premiere)
Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No.1
Artist Residencies
Alternative Experiences
Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
After Dark: Club Cyborg – Zubin Kanga
Performers
Zubin Kanga piano, keyboards, electronics, interactive technologies
Repertoire
Alex Groves: PARTITA (World premiere)
After Dark: Samba Café – Chineke! Orchesta
Performers
Players from Chineke! Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin
Plínio Fernandes guitar
Repertoire
Sérgio Assad: Valseana
Reis: Xodó da Baiana
Sérgio Assad: Menino
Piazzolla: Nightclub 1960; Café 1930 from L'histoire du tango
Paganini: Andante larghetto; Rondo from Terzetto in D
Family Classical Concerts
The Multi-Story Orchestra: Dreamer
Performers
The Multi-Story Orchestra
Repertoire
The Multi-Story Young Creatives: Dreamer
OAE TOTS
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Repertoire
Programme to be announced
OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics
LPO FUNharmonics: The Big Enigma
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
to be announced conductor
Rachel Leach presenter
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Repertoire
Programme includes: -
Elgar: Excerpts from Enigma Variations
Programme to be announced
Multi-buy savings
Make savings when booking multiple concerts across the season:
10% discount when booking 3 – 4 events
15% discount when booking 5 – 7 events
20% discount when booking 8 – 10 events
25% discount when booking 11 – 14 events
30% discount when booking 15+ events
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