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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 27 May 2026

Wed 27 May 2026, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Orchestra sets out to put a great orchestra through its paces and ends up by punching the air with glee

Wednesday 10 June 2026:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 10 June 2026

Wed 10 Jun 2026, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Tchaikovsky never held back. He asked for his Fifth Symphony to be performed con desiderio e passione - with desire and passion - and when guest conductor Ben Glassberg joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall we can promise exactly that. With its heartfelt melodies and blazing colours, we love playing Tchaikovsky’s Fifth as much as you love hearing it, and there’s no more stirring w

Thursday 1 October 2026:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday 1 October 2026

Thu 1 Oct 2026, 18:08 - Cadogan Hall, London
Get under the skin of Mozart’s last symphony, as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra retells the story of a masterwork.
In 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his last symphony.
We’re still not quite sure how he did it: creating a masterpiece so perfect that for more than two centuries, it has shared a name with the king of the gods. But why is it considered to be a masterpiece? Here to an

Thursday 8 October 2026:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday 8 October 2026

Thu 8 Oct 2026, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Vaughan Williams’ dreams of England, plus a gripping showcase for violinist Liya Petrova.
In the darkest days of the Second World War, the 70-year-old Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote a symphony that sounded like a vision of peace. From misty opening to visionary finish, the Fifth Symphony is Vaughan Williams doing what he does best: spacious, eloquent and rapturously beautiful. But it’s got drama

Wednesday 21 October 2026:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 21 October 2026

Wed 21 Oct 2026, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Drama, fantasy and something wholly new: music by Brahms, Debussy and Laurence Osborn.
Brahms’ First Symphony begins with the beating of a heart in torment and ends with a hymn of triumph. Debussy’s Prélude à I’après-midi d’un faune is very different - as a soft, sultry flute opens the gateway to a dream-world of sensuous sound. Two huge imaginations; two unforgettable musical journeys, brough

Saturday 5 December 2026:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday 5 December 2026

Sat 5 Dec 2026, 15:07 - Cadogan Hall, London
Christmas music couldn’t feel more at home than at the cosy Cadogan Hall - located in the heart of London’s most exquisite borough, Chelsea.
The winter season sees the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra don woolly white beards and bobbled hats to bring you a sackful of festive orchestral delights.
Conductor Stephen Bell and two guest vocalists make for the perfect Christmas elves as they magic u

Wednesday 20 January 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 20 January 2027

Wed 20 Jan 2027, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Beethoven’s Fifth: Vasily Petrenko and the RPO play the classic to end all classics.
'Thus fate knocks at the door’: even if you’ve never heard a Beethoven symphony, you’ll know the shattering four notes that open his Fifth.
But if that’s all you know, you’re in for the ride of your life, as Vasily Petrenko conducts the symphony that redefined classical music - a white-knuckle ride from de

Thursday 25 February 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday 25 February 2027

Thu 25 Feb 2027, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
and ends with an all-out knees-up.
In between, you’ll hear birdsong, thunder, village bands and

Wednesday 3 March 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 3 March 2027

Wed 3 Mar 2027, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Piano passion, Hungarian style: Emilia Hoving conducts Bartók, Kodály and Liszt.
"The forests, the cascading Danube, the wide, open fields... this is my homeland, this wild, untamed nation!" Franz Liszt never did anything by halves, and when he discovered the folk music of his native Hungary, his imagination caught fire.
That passionate spirit blazes through this sizzling concert from RPO

Thursday 22 April 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday 22 April 2027

Thu 22 Apr 2027, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: a night of celebration, including the famous Ode to Joy.
From tragic opening to climactic, world-embracing Ode to Joy , Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has never been just another symphony - it’s an emotional experience with the power to change lives.
Every performance is a special occasion, but tonight at Cadogan Hall Conductor-in-Residence Adam Hickox and the RPO h

Thursday 29 April 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday 29 April 2027

Thu 29 Apr 2027, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Liya Petrova plays Beethoven in a concert that buzzes with wit and drama. Expect the unexpected.
The Soviet authorities wanted Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony to be a blockbuster epic, but instead they got a sardonic showstopper with a wicked sense of humour - music that entertains even while it subverts. No wonder they banned it!
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto begins with a drum solo and a hym

Sunday 9 May 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sunday 9 May 2027

Sun 9 May 2027, 16:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Love, moonlight and the wonders of Egypt: a sparkling French adventure with the RPO.
They do things differently in France. A vision of moonbeams, transformed into shimmering poetry?
A fairytale told in music so vivid that it went on to inspire Disney’s Fantasia ? Or a piano concerto written on a Nile cruise, complete with the sunlight, the bustle and even the croaking frogs that Saint-Saën

Wednesday 19 May 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 19 May 2027

Wed 19 May 2027, 18:08 - Cadogan Hall, London
The RPO and presenter Leah Broad uncover the secrets of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony.
Few composers’ lives are more tangled up with their music than Tchaikovsky’s. His Fourth Symphony is practically an autobiography in sound: a no-holds-barred self-portrait of a composer wrestling with his demons and telling the tale in some of the most glorious sounds ever created for a full orchestra. Intri

Thursday 10 June 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday 10 June 2027

Thu 10 Jun 2027, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
'A wondrous tone, an elegant straightforwardness and a freshness of utterance’ - that was how one critic described the playing of Johan Dalene, when he won the Nielsen International Violin Competition in 2019. We’re always delighted to welcome this young Swedish-Norwegian violinist back to London. This time, he’s playing one of the warmest and best-loved of all violin concertos; the big, songful c

Thursday 24 June 2027:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday 24 June 2027

Thu 24 Jun 2027, 19:30 - Cadogan Hall, London
Folksongs, fantasies and glorious Tchaikovsky from Kirill Karabits and violinist Liya Petrova.
Genius enjoys a challenge. Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto begins with a chord that was supposed to be impossible, though with a violinist as brilliant as RPO Artist-in-Residence Liya Petrova ("exquisite", The Guardian ), the impossible comes as standard.
It’s the elegant jewel at the centre of a co






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