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Let’s begin at the beginning – with the sound of silence. That’s how the young Gustav Mahler launched his First Symphony, and there’s no more thrilling way to open the new season: this is music of breathless beauty and youthful passion, gripping drama and roof-raising joy. Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan sets the scene with a gorgeous gift from his native Venezuela, and there’s pure loveliness from the German soprano Sarah Wegener in Richard Strauss’ heart-melting Four Last Songs.

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Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2

Sir Bryn in Belshazzar’s Feast

Thursday 7 November 7.30pm

Saturday 9 November 7.30pm

An American in Paris Thursday 14 November 7.30pm

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestras Sunday 17 November 2.30pm

Anna Meredith Nautilus Barber Violin Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

Anna Meredith Nautilus Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Walton Belshazzar’s Feast*

Elfman Percussion Concerto Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo Gershwin An American in Paris

Adam Hickox conductor Ning Feng violin

Adam Hickox conductor Sir Bryn Terfel bass-baritone* Ning Feng violin Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Paul Whittaker OBE BSL Interpreter

JoAnn Falletta conductor Colin Currie percussion

Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

October 1931: William Walton takes a huge choir and a giant orchestra, adds a couple of brass bands, and blasts British music skyhigh. Belshazzar’s Feast is big, brassy, and utterly outrageous – now add the one and only Sir Bryn Terfel, and you’ve got a seriously impressive celebration of the human voice. Anna Meredith’s Nautilus and Mendelssohn's gorgeous Violin Concerto – with international violin sensation Ning Feng returning as soloist – are the icing on the cake! Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

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Sir Bryn Terfel © Mitch Jenkins

Adam Hickox © Olivia da Costa

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Danny Elfman is a legend of movie music, the man whose scores for Batman and Edward Scissorhands fused rock ‘n’ roll with orchestral technicolour to dazzling effect. His Percussion Concerto is a gripping way to get to know Colin Currie – as one critic put it, “surely the world’s finest and most daring percussionist”. And conductor JoAnn Falletta – an American in Liverpool – delivers a side-order of highkicking tunes and fascinating rhythms, courtesy of Aaron Copland and George Gershwin.

JoAnn Falletta © David Adam Beloff

Imagine the ultimate Romantic symphony: brooding passions, crashing storms and huge, blissful melodies that seem to unfurl without end. You’re thinking of Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony, the glorious climax of a concert that begins with Anna Meredith’s electrifying fanfare and stars violin phenomenon Ning Feng in Barber’s soaring Violin Concerto. In short, it’s a magnificent Liverpool debut for Adam Hickox – a young British conductor who’s already creating quite a stir.

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Academy Orchestra: Dvořák (arr. Tim Jackson) Symphony No. 9 ‘New World Symphony’ Alex Dunn conductor Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets Elfman Wunderkammer Robert Guy conductor Hannah Mackenzie and Richard Cowen piccolo trumpets Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Academy Orchestra Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra brass players Hannah Mackenzie and Richard Cowen started out in Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (formerly Merseyside Youth Orchestra). Now, they’re back where it all began, taking to the stage alongside our current Youth Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as soloists in Vivaldi’s sparkling Concerto for Two Trumpets. In the first half, the talented Youth Academy Orchestra perform Dvořák's New World Symphony, arranged especially for them by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Tim Jackson. Tickets £18 (£9 under 25s) 10% discount for groups of 6+

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Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Mozart’s Oboe Concerto Sunday 1 December 2.30pm

Saturday 23 November 7.30pm

Mendelssohn Symphony No.4, ‘Italian’ Mozart Oboe Concerto Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Poulenc Sinfonietta

Programme to include music from: The Nightmare Before Christmas Batman Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Corpse Bride Beetlejuice

Karel Deseure conductor Helena Mackie oboe

A magical celebration of one of cinema’s most inventive duos. Tim Burton’s films conjure up captivating worlds, and the incredible musical imagination of Danny Elfman brings those stories to life. Outrageously tuneful, deliciously dark or just plain fantastical, there’s no film composer quite like him. Tonight, the Orchestra celebrate music and storytelling, performing works from Beetlejuice, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands and more, all enhanced by visuals of original sketches, drawings and storyboards on the big screen.

December’s drawing in on Merseyside, but here at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall it’s summer all over again! Mendelssohn’s heart turned somersaults when he arrived in the sunshine of Italy, but today his Italian symphony is just the starting point for a whole afternoon of winter warmers. Karel Deseure conducts Ravel’s dreamy Spanish fantasy, Poulenc’s witty Sinfonietta, and Mozart’s ebullient Oboe Concerto – with the Orchestra’s very own Helena Mackie in the spotlight. It’s music that practically dances for joy. Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1

Simon Trpčeski © KulturOp

Anthony Gabriele conductor Kantos Chamber Choir

Thursday 5 December 7.30pm

Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (excerpts) Domingo Hindoyan conductor Simon Trpčeski piano

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Tuesday 17 December 7.30pm Wednesday 18 December 7.30pm Saturday 21 December 7.30pm Monday 23 December 7.30pm

It's Liverpool's biggest Christmas party – and you’re invited! Come along and help us celebrate the festive season in our legendary Spirit of Christmas concerts. There’ll be classic carols, seasonal readings, audience singalongs, and this year, the fabulous Roderick Williams will be back at the Hall to not only deliver some musical magic, but host the entire extravaganza. © Mark McNulty

White Christmas Saturday 14 December 7.30pm

Richard Balcombe conductor Graham Bickley, Stuart Matthew Price, Katie Birtill and Laura Tebbutt vocalists Paul Whittaker OBE BSL Interpreter

Dreaming of a White Christmas? Tonight, holiday wishes come true as we invite you to the most glamorous Christmas party in town. A team of top West End vocalists present a glittering evening of seasonal favourites – the songs everyone loves, from Let it Snow to Santa Baby, wrapped up with a bow and delivered with a swing by the fabulous full Orchestra. You’d better believe it’s the most wonderful time of the year! Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24 BSL interpretation provided at this performance – call 0151 709 3789 or email ticketing@liverpoolphil.com to book suitable seats.

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Programme to include: Let it Snow It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas When a Child is Born It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year I’ll Be Home for Christmas Santa Baby Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas White Christmas

So join Roderick, Matthew, the Orchestra and our Choirs in Liverpool’s great musical

festive tradition – it just wouldn’t be Christmas without it!

Roderick Williams © Theo Williams

Roderick Williams OBE presenter/ baritone Matthew Hamilton conductor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert: Film with Live Orchestra (PG) Saturday 28 December 1pm & 6.30pm Sunday 29 December 2.30pm

Benjamin Pope conductor Cars fly, trees fight back, and monsters are on the loose in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! This concert features the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in high definition, on a giant screen, while the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra performs John Williams’ unforgettable score. Relive every magical moment as the music brings life to a story that has enchanted the world. Performances last 3 hours including one interval. This performance will have subtitles.

Thank You for the Music: ABBA on New Year’s Eve Tuesday 31 December 7.30pm

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Alfonso Casado Trigo conductor Alice Fearn vocalist Lucy May Barker vocalist Rob Houchen vocalist Luke Brady vocalist Natalie Davies BSL Interpreter BSL interpretation provided at this performance – call 0151 709 3789 or email ticketing@liverpoolphil.com to book suitable seats.

ABBA, the world’s number one 70s pop group, stormed onto the international stage back in 1974 with their Eurovision-winning song, ‘Waterloo’. Fifty years later, it’s safe to say that their music has stood the test of time, still filling dancefloors around the globe. Tonight, see in the New Year with the ultimate ABBA celebration – presented by four leading West End artists and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, get ready to experience over 20 of the group’s most famous songs including ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Take a Chance on Me’, ‘The Name of the Game’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Money, Money, Money’, ‘Super Trouper’, ‘The Winner Takes It All’, the immortal ‘Thank You for the Music’ and of course, ‘Happy New Year’. Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

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Artist in Residence

Messiah

Bernstein, Barber and Glass

Saturday 11 January 7pm (NB start time)

Leeds International Piano Competition Winner

Thursday 16 January 7.30pm

Sunday 26 January 2.30pm

He’s been no stranger to Liverpool Philharmonic over the years, stunning audiences with ‘unbearably moving’ (The Times) performances, so we’re delighted to announce Benjamin Appl as our Artist in Residence for the 2024/25 season. Having sung in our annual performance of Messiah back in 2023, this season Benjamin will step onto the podium to conduct Handel’s epic masterpiece (11 January). He’ll also take our Chamber series by storm – first, he’ll be performing Widmann’s Schumannliebe (5 March), before reuniting with pianist James Baillieu for a very special recital. Benjamin will be presenting his own homage to his former teacher Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, weaving personal memories and anecdotes of the iconic baritone into an evening of truly magical music (18 June).

Handel’s Messiah isn’t just the greatest story ever told, set to some of the most thrilling – and tuneful – music you’ll ever hear. It’s a celebration of the human voice, and the human spirit, in all their glory. Ev’ry Valley, For Unto Us a Child is Born, The Trumpet Shall Sound… you already know the melodies. But with the brilliant Benjamin Appl – a singer himself – conducting, there’s no more inspiring way to welcome the New Year. Hallelujah! Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

Piano Concerto* Bruckner Symphony No.9

Joseph Young conductor Chloë Hanslip violin

Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony is a piece that you simply must hear live. It’s sometimes compared to a “cathedral in sound”, and no question, it’s got majesty to spare. But Bruckner was on a lifelong spiritual quest, and Domingo Hindoyan feels a deep kinship with this very personal masterpiece. First, though, we welcome the winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, and while we don’t yet know who they are, we do know that they’ll be incredible!

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition piano

New York, New York – it’s a helluva town! Here in Liverpool, we’ve always had a special connection with our sister city across the pond, so naturally, the dynamic young American maestro Joseph Young is making his Liverpool debut with Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying, alldancing salute to the Big Apple. First, though, Chloë Hanslip weaves modern-day magic from Philip Glass – and if you enjoy Barber’s Adagio for Strings, you’re going to love his Essay No.2.

*Concerto will be announced in September 2024 following the competition final. Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

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Benjamin Appl conductor Anna Devin soprano Silke Gäng mezzo-soprano James Way tenor Alex Rosen bass Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

Barber Essay No.2 Philip Glass Violin Concerto No.1 Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On The Town

Domingo Hindoyan © Gareth Jones

Handel Messiah

Chloë Hanslip © Kaupo Kikkas

Benjamin Appl, baritone

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Slavic Masterpieces

Víkingur Ólafsson plays Brahms

Shostakovich Symphony No.6

Thursday 6 February 7.30pm

Sunday 9 February 2.30pm

Thursday 13 February 7.30pm

Kodály Dances of Galánta Bartók Violin Concerto No.2 Dvořák Symphony No.7

Kodály Dances of Galánta Dvořák Scherzo capriccioso Brahms Piano Concerto No.2

Missy Mazzoli River Rouge Transfiguration Brahms Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.6

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Michael Barenboim violin

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Víkingur Ólafsson piano

Lidiya Yankovskaya conductor Alena Baeva violin

Fiery folk tunes meet the Orchestra – Domingo Hindoyan dives deep into a whirlwind of colour and rhythm, straight from the untamed musical imagination of Zoltán Kodály. A different kind of passion drives Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto, and violinist Michael Barenboim is just the artist to uncover both its poetry and its inner fire. Meanwhile, if you enjoy Dvořák’s ‘New World’ symphony, you simply have to hear the Seventh. This tempestuous portrait of a nation awakening to freedom packs a serious emotional punch.

There’s only one Víkingur Ólafsson, and if you haven’t yet heard him, Brahms’ mighty Second Piano Concerto offers a magnificent introduction to this Icelandic piano sensation. “Everyone knows how to listen to music, just like we know how to drink water,” he says, “you just listen…” – and that’s all that you need do this afternoon. Domingo Hindoyan and the Orchestra will take care of the rest, and they’ll be bringing fire, as well as ice, in orchestral showpieces by Dvořák and Kodály.

When East meets West, anything becomes possible. For Russian-American conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, it can mean Missy Mazzoli seeing heaven in a Detroit steelworks, or Brahms embracing his inner Hungarian in one of the sweetest and sunniest of great violin concertos. And above all, it can mean Dmitri Shostakovich combining tragedy, irony and pure knockabout farce in his extraordinary Sixth Symphony. A fitting tribute in his anniversary year.

Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

Symphonic 90s Friday 14 February 7.30pm

Featuring 90s classics including ‘Let Me Entertain You’, ‘Love is All Around’, ‘Believe’, ‘The Show Must Go On’, ‘I Will Always Love You’, ‘Vogue’, ‘Livin' la Vida Loca’, ‘Spice Up Your Life’ and more! Steve Bell conductor Annie Skates, Emma Kershaw, Steve Trowell and Lance Ellington vocalists Natalie Davies BSL Interpreter Let the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and a team of show-stopping vocalists entertain you as they celebrate boy bands, girl power, Britpop and ballads. You won’t want to miss a thing as you relive the decade that gave us Take That, Steps and Oasis and many more besides! One thing is certain… you won’t look back in anger after this evening. It would be a 'Tragedy’ to miss it! Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

Post-concert Question Time Víkingur Ólafsson – see p.63 for details

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Lidiya Yankovskaya © Karen Almond

Víkingur Ólafsson © Ari Magg

Michael Barenboim © Neda Navaee

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Dream Team

LIMF Academy Orchestrated with Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra

Thursday 20 February 7.30pm

Celebrating the talented young music creators of our city, this annual collaboration brings together musicians from Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra with the best of Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) Academy’s singer-songwriters. Join us for this showcase event featuring specially arranged cross-genre originals and covers. Tickets £10 (£5 under-25s)

José Pablo Moncayo Huapango Stravinsky Petrushka (1947) Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Daniel Freiberg Historias de Flores y Tangos Domingo Hindoyan conductor Pacho Flores trumpet Some say that Pacho Flores is the greatest trumpeter in the world. We just know that whenever he comes to Liverpool, things tend to catch fire! In carnival season, Domingo Hindoyan throws caution to the wind: expect Latin rhythms, Russian colours and of course – it goes without saying – Pacho’s own brand of pyrotechnics to light up the sky. How many different trumpets will he play this time? There’s only one way to find out…

Javier Perianes © Igor Studio

Saturday 15 February 7.30pm

Franck Symphony in D minor

Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

Sunday 2 March 2.30pm

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Debussy (arr. Ansermet) Six épigraphes antiques Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.5 Franck Symphony in D minor

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Domingo Hindoyan conductor Javier Perianes piano

Never mind Poirot: here’s a real famous Belgian. César Franck seemed like the quiet type until, late in life, his music suddenly exploded with passion and power. His Symphony in D minor begins in gothic grandeur and ends with a tune that you’ll never forget. Domingo Hindoyan loves it, and it’s a thrilling complement to the sunlight and wit of Saint-Saëns’ delightful ‘Egyptian’ concerto. Javier Perianes has been called its “ideal interpreter”, and you’re about to hear why. Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

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Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestras and Youth Choir

Eroica Thursday 20 March 7.30pm Sunday 23 March 2.30pm

Sunday 16 March 2.30pm Beethoven Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No.3, ‘Eroica’ Programme to be announced.

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Veronika Eberle violin

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Academy Orchestra Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir Simon Emery conductor The full array of Liverpool Philharmonic’s Youth Orchestras and Youth Choir come together for a Sunday afternoon concert.

“If I understood war like I understand music, I would conquer him!” Ludwig van Beethoven was an idealist – and when his hero Napoleon betrayed the revolution, he tore up the score of his Eroica symphony. That same energy pulses through every bar of this game-changing work, and Domingo Hindoyan certainly won’t hold back tonight. But Beethoven was a poet, too, and when Veronika Eberle plays his radiant Violin Concerto, you’ll hear just how beautiful music can be. As an added treat, her performance on Thursday 20 March will incorporate ingenious new cadenzas by Jörg Widmann: one of Germany’s boldest living composers shaking hands across the centuries with the greatest of them all.

Tickets £18 (£9 under-25s)

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Mahler Symphony No.3 Saturday 29 March 7.30pm

Mahler Symphony No.3 Domingo Hindoyan conductor Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Sopranos and Altos of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir

Veronika Eberle © Louie Thain

Please note, this performance has no interval.

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Jennifer Johnston © Gerard Collett

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Robert Guy conductor

There’s nothing like thinking big. “The symphony should be like the world,” said Gustav Mahler, “it should embrace everything”. But even by his own epic standards, his Third Symphony is extraordinary: a whole concert, complete with distant trumpets, children’s songs, glittering marches and lofty mountaintop meditations. Domingo Hindoyan conducts it tonight, and with two choruses, a colossal orchestra and Liverpool’s own Jennifer Johnston joining the adventure, this should be a night and a half. Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19 Supported by Robin Bloxsidge and Nick Riddle

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Grieg Piano Concerto Sunday 6 April 2.30pm

Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass Saturday 12 April 7.30pm

Humperdinck Prelude, Hansel and Gretel Grieg Piano Concerto Dvořák Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’

Beethoven Symphony No.6 Janáček Glagolitic Mass

Erina Yashima conductor Anna Tsybuleva piano

Thursday 3 April 7.30pm

Mathilde Wantenaar Prélude à une nuit américaine Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1 Dvořák Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’ Erina Yashima conductor Anna Tsybuleva piano Post-concert Question Time Erina Yashima – see p.63 for details

Some pieces are classics for a reason – and let’s face it, when it comes to Dvořák’s New World symphony it’s been a long time since the Hovis ad! This great symphony of exile, hope and nostalgia has been touching hearts since 1893. Shostakovich’s uproarious Piano Concerto is a bit newer, and Anna Tsybuleva makes it sparkle tonight. First, though, guest conductor Erina Yashima shares a piece of pure magic from a young Dutch composer with a huge imagination. Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

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“The fragrance of the trees was like incense,” declared Leoš Janáček, “I felt a cathedral grow from a great forest”. And with its jubilant trumpets, thundering organ and raw, unbuttoned lust for life, there’s nothing quite like the Glagolitic Mass. It’s an ear-tingling, soul-shaking adventure of a lifetime for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and fastrising guest conductor Dinis Sousa – and there’s no better way to set the mood than with Beethoven’s leafiest (and loveliest) symphony. Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

From the New World

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Anna Tsybuleva © Daria Sozal

Erina Yashima © Todd Rosenberg

All the right notes in rather more than just the right order! Grieg’s Piano Concerto is one of those pieces that absolutely everyone knows. The real skill is making it sound as fresh as new – and when the 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition winner Anna Tsybuleva joins forces with guest conductor Erina Yashima, we think the results will be magical. As for Humperdinck’s fairytale prelude and Dvořák’s New World symphony…well, enough said, really. It’s just tune after tune after tune.

Dinis Sousa conductor Evelina Dobračeva soprano Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano Aleš Briscein tenor Jan Martiník bass Daniel Greenway organ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

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Highlights from Wagner’s Ring Cycle

Douze Points: Eurovision Classics

Thursday 1 May 7.30pm

Friday 9 May 7.30pm

All-Wagner programme including excerpts from Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung

Richard Balcombe conductor Owain Wyn Evans presenter Annie Skates, Kate Graham, Steve Trowell and Andrew Playfoot vocalists

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Elena Pankratova soprano Richard Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle tells a tale of gods, monsters and heroes set in a thrillinglyimagined world of ancient myth. But the story he’s really telling is startlingly modern – and the ravishing, all-embracing power of Wagner’s music goes straight to your heart. A full performance takes four days but don’t worry – tonight Domingo Hindoyan and the great Wagnerian soprano Elena Pankratova bring you all the highlights (including the famous Ride of the Valkyries) in just two unforgettable hours! Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra plays your favourite Eurovision hits! Hello, this is Liverpool calling… From folk to power ballads, heavy metal to Europop, Eurovision has it all, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra are ready to embrace the musical madness, bringing you orchestral versions of iconic Eurovision songs. Hosted by the wonderful broadcaster Owain Wyn Evans (host of BBC Radio 2’s Early Breakfast Show) and joined by incredible vocalists, the Orchestra will take you on a trip around the continent, performing ‘Waterloo’, ‘Boom Bang a Bang’, ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’, ‘Stefania’ and many more. Tickets for this one will go fast, so don’t take too long ‘Making Your Mind Up’!

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Sunday 11 May 2.30pm

Verdi Simon Boccanegra Antony Hermus conductor PJ Harris stage director Roland Wood Simon Boccanegra Brindley Sherratt Jacopo Fiesco Andrés Presno Gabriele Adorno Mandla Mndebele Paolo Albiani

Set in 14th-century Genoa, Simon Boccanegra is a gripping story of political intrigue and personal tragedy. At its core is a decades-long feud between political rivals: Simon Boccanegra, former pirate and man of the people, and Jacopo Fiesco, a leading member of the nobility. But these enemies are bound together by the strongest of family ties: one is the father and the other the grandfather of the same woman, Amelia. With music full of darkhued grandeur and excitement, Opera North’s first ever performances of Simon Boccanegra follow their acclaimed concert stagings of large-scale Italian classics such as Turandot and Aida. Concert Staging. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. This performance will last approximately 2 hours 50 minutes, including an interval.

Owain Wyn Evans © Gareth Jones

Elena Pankratova © Vitaly Zapryagaev

Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

Opera North: Simon Boccanegra

Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19 Tickets for this event include a £1 venue restoration levy, included in the ticket price. This fee supports building investment at the Grade II-listed Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

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Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Mahler Symphony No.4

Saturday 17 May 7.30pm

Thursday 5 June 7.30pm

Roberto Sierra Fandangos Elgar Cello Concerto Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Strauss Don Juan Grace-Evangeline Mason new work (world premiere) Mahler Symphony No.4

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Pablo Ferrández cello There’s rhythm in the air, and it’s not just confined to Roberto Sierra’s toe-tapping Fandangos. It’s the driving force behind the nostalgic melodies of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances – the sound of a Russian composer stranded in Centerport, New York, and amid the freeways and palm trees of 1940s California. In between, Pablo Ferrández summons up the quiet power and deep poetry of Elgar’s hugely popular Cello Concerto. “A star in the making” says one critic: we say he’s already up there! Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

Ryan Wigglesworth conductor Sophie Bevan MBE soprano There’s nothing the human voice can’t do. In Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, it paints a picture of heaven at the end of a journey through blue skies, summer storms and shining mountain peaks. Meanwhile, Grace-Evangeline Mason’s exciting new piece has been created especially for our soloist Sophie Bevan, a soprano with a voice of pure gold. Strauss’ Don Juan kicks things off in truly swashbuckling style. Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19 Post-concert Question Time Ryan Wigglesworth and Sophie Bevan – see p.63 for details

A Night at the Musicals Saturday 14 June 7.30pm

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Sophie Bevan © Sussie Ahlburg

Pablo Ferrández © Kristian Schuller

Michael England conductor Sophie Evans, Laura Tebbutt, Scott Davies and Tyrone Huntley vocalists Paul Whittaker OBE BSL Interpreter BSL interpretation provided at this performance – call 0151 709 3789 or email ticketing@liverpoolphil.com to book suitable seats.

Want to take in a show? Why travel to London when tonight, the Orchestra and leading West End vocalists bring the musical hits right here to Hope Street? Packed with your favourite songs from Hamilton, Six, The Book of Mormon, Frozen, Aladdin, Mamma Mia!, Grease, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, expect showbiz glamour and knockout tunes. And in the stunning surroundings of Philharmonic Hall, every seat is the best seat in the house! Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

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White Nights

Verdi’s Requiem

Thursday 3 July 7.30pm

Saturday 12 July 7.30pm

Weinberg Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4

Verdi Requiem

Vasily Petrenko conductor Hear the blazing fanfares that open Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony? For Tchaikovsky, they symbolised Fate, and the whole symphony simply bursts with melody and emotion. If you’ve already heard Vasily Petrenko conduct Russian music, you won’t need telling twice: things are about to get exciting, in a concert that begins with the flying fiddles of Weinberg’s Moldavian Rhapsody and features the unforgettable tunes of Shostakovich’s irreverent Suite. Trust us, you’ll know them when you hear them!

Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

Saturday 28 June 7.30pm

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From down on the Docks to here at the Hall, music is the lifeblood of Liverpool – so much so that we’re officially a UNESCO City of Music. Tonight, we’re shining a spotlight on the artists who were made on Merseyside, opening the Liverpool Songbook and celebrating the iconic tracks that helped put our city on the musical map. With star singers from the West End and the full might of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra taking to the stage, get ready for hits from The Coral, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, OMD, Cilla Black, Elvis Costello, Ken Dodd, The Spinners, a little-known band called The Beatles, and many, many more. Tickets £62, £54, £45, £40, £37, £24

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Richard Balcombe conductor Graham Bickley presenter/vocalist

Judgement Day: drums thunder, trumpets blast, and a massed chorus cries out in terror. Verdi’s Requiem might not be what you expect from religious music. But it’s exactly what you’d expect from the grand master of Italian opera, and with the full Choir joined by four world-class soloists, hold on to your seats and prepare to be overwhelmed as Domingo Hindoyan ends our season of song by taking you to the end of the world – and back again.

Rachel Willis-Sørensen © Lukas Beck

The Liverpool Songbook

Tickets £56, £51, £42, £36, £29, £19

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Rachel Willis-Sørensen soprano Annalisa Stroppa mezzo-soprano A J Glueckert tenor Nicholas Brownlee bass Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Paul Whittaker OBE BSL Interpreter

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Youth Company Festival 2025 Over two weeks, 450 young musicians aged 7-21 will take to the stage here at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in this incredible showcase of the region’s brightest young musical talent.

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Brass Band Saturday 5 July 1.3opm Simon Cowen conductor Starting your summer with a bang, Youth Brass Band return to the main stage at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall to perform an exciting programme of works, showcasing the best of Liverpool’s emerging brass talent.

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir: 30th Birthday Concert

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestras Celebration Concert

Sunday 6 July 6.30pm

Saturday 19 July 7.30pm

Sunday 13 July 7.30pm

Youth Company's summer celebration culminates in Youth Session Orchestra presenting an exciting concert of pop classics as well as original new songs written by the talented young members of the band.

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Academy Orchestra Ben Draper conductor

Ali White conductor Simon Emery conductor Ian Stephens conductor Paul Whittaker OBE BSL Interpreter Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir turns 30 in 2025! To celebrate, we’ll be welcoming some former Youth Choir members back to the Hall, and these very special guest artists will showcase just how Youth Choir has impacted the lives of so many young singers over the years. Bringing together Melody Makers, Liverpool Philharmonic Children's Choir, Cambiata Choir and Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir, this performance will showcase the best of the city's young singers aged 7 to 19.

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Robert Guy conductor Youth Company’s epic summer festival continues with a celebration of our incredible Youth Orchestras. This high energy performance will showcase the talent of the newest generation of classical musicians.

Tickets £18 (£9 under-25s) 10% discount for groups of 6+

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Windrush, The Journey. For more than 30

Windrush, The Journey Friday 31 May 2024 7.30pm Saturday 1 June 2024 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Joseph Bologne le Chevalier de Saint-Georges L'Amant Anonyme (Extracts) Overture to L'Amant Anonyme Depuis longtemps mon coeur soupire (Act 1, Scene 1) Tant de Constance (Act 1, Scene 2) Son amour, Sa constance extrême (Act 1, Scene 3) Enfin une foule… L’Amour, deviant propice (Act 2, Scene 1) Aimer sans pouvoir le dire (Act 2, Scene 2) Non, non je ne puis rien entendre (Act 2, Scene 3) Ah! Quel trouble Richard Thompson Aspects of Othello & Desdemona Des Oliver “Windrush Opera” (Scenes 3 and 4)

years, Pegasus Opera Company has fearlessly paved the way for diverse talent in opera. Today, we’re paying tribute to Windrush, showcasing a rich tapestry of music and storytelling, and celebrating Black classical composers: past, present and future. Through the outstanding music of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Richard Thompson and Des Oliver – three composers who represent different eras of Black history – we’ll honour the legacy of the Windrush generation with an exciting fusion of classical music, steel pan, jazz and blues.

Jeri Lynne Johnson conductor Singers from Pegasus Opera Company

A fascinating immersive exhibition showcasing the work of Black British composers through music, photographs and local Windrush testimony will accompany this concert in The Tung Auditorium Foyer.

Pegasus Opera, in partnership with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, present

Tickets £20

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A Little Night Music Sunday 23 June 2024 2.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Sunday 9 June 2024 2.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Arvo Pärt Summa Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor * # Grieg Holberg Suite Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires * Sarasate Introduction and Tarantella * Simone Lamsma violin*/director Eva Thorarinsdottir violin # Strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 Bach Concerto for oboe d’amore Marianna Martines Overture / Symphony in C Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik Dittersdorf Concerto in A for oboe d’amore Thelma Handy violin / director Jonathan Small oboe d’amore

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s string section take centre stage in a concert that spans both continents and centuries. Artist in Residence Simone Lamsma brings the many moods and colours of Argentina’s capital to the stage as she takes on Piazzolla’s passionate Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, then treats us to Sarasate’s enchanting Introduction and Tarantella. Heading north on our musical journey, Eva Thorarinsdottir joins Simone for Bach’s iconic Double Concerto, and we experience Arvo Pärt’s enigmatic Summa and the celebratory sounds of Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Tickets £29

Led by violinist Thelma Handy, the Orchestra showcases five bright, vibrant and perfectly playful pieces. There’s Bach’s lively Brandenburg Concerto No.3 and the irresistible romance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik, as well as rarer gems from the likes of Marianna Martines – a big name in 18th-century Vienna whose work is not nearly performed enough today. Meanwhile, in his last ever performance with the Orchestra, Jonathan Small delivers a masterclass on the oboe d’amore – the oboe’s softer and more reclusive cousin – via works by Bach and Dittersdorf. Tickets £29

Thelma Handy © Lindsay Burgess

Don’t miss our series of concerts at The Tung Auditorium. The Tung Auditorium is in the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre on the corner of Grove Street and Oxford Street, 10 minutes' walk from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, with nearby parking at Paddington Village Car Park.

Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Simone Lamsma © Otto van den Toorn

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at The Tung Auditorium Summer 2024 Season

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Rossini Overture, The Barber of Seville Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Bizet Symphony in C Domingo Hindoyan conductor

Tchaikovsky struggled to complete Souvenir de Florence – but you wouldn’t be able to tell. A work inspired by fond memories of time in Italy, the piece came at the height of the composer’s career, and its power and passion really stop you in your tracks. Here, it sits in between the Overture from Rossini’s comic opera The Barber of Seville – a piece whose high energy and drama even inspired a 1950 episode of Looney Tunes – and Bizet’s impressive Symphony in C, a work the composer created when he was just 17 years old. Tickets £29

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Serenades

Thursday 4 July 2024 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Thursday 26 September 2024 7.30pm Sunday 29 September 2024 2.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Clark Rundell conductor Will Pound harmonica/melodeon Delia Stevens percussion Phoebe Hanson, Force of Nature climate speaker Ian Gardiner orchestrator Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music

Dvořák Wind Serenade Hindemith Kammermusik No.5 Brahms Serenade No.2

Award-winning BBC Radio 3 presenter, Delia Stevens and three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, Will Pound, present an unprecedented collaboration with the youth-led global climate non-profit organisation, Force of Nature. Alongside members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Northern College of Music they give the world premiere of their new double percussion and harmonica/ melodeon concerto at The Tung Auditorium. To mark Holst's 150th anniversary in 2024, Stevens and Pound reimagine his iconic Planets suite – adding an additional movement which Holst chose to silence as "astrologically insignificant" – Earth.

Domingo Hindoyan conductor Nicholas Bootiman viola A tortured genius, Brahms was known for his serious and sombre style, but here we see a different side to the composer, as we’re treated to the whimsical and sun-drenched Serenade No.2. And, rumour has it we can thank Brahms for another work in today’s programme. Dvořák’s Wind Serenade – a fun and joyous celebration of the Czech folk tradition – was allegedly inspired by music the composer heard while on his way to visit, you guessed it, Johannes Brahms. Tickets £29

Tickets £20

Thursday 27 June 2024 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium

The Silent Planet

Clark Rundell © Benjamin Ealovega

Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence

Domingo Hindoyan © John Millar

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Ensemble 10:10 Ensemble 10:10 is Liverpool Philharmonic’s contemporary music ensemble.

Wednesday 9 October 2024 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium Prokofiev Classical Symphony Jasdeep Singh Degun Arya, Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra Jasdeep Singh Degun (arr. Gupta) Lament Beethoven Symphony No.2 Harish Shankar conductor Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar Harkiret Bahra tabla

Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2024 Instrumentalist of the Year Award, Jasdeep Singh Degun was born in Leeds, but his music evokes whole worlds, and his sitar playing…well, let’s just say that it has to be heard to be believed. Tonight at The Tung Auditorium he joins the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and tabla virtuoso Harkiret Bahra to perform his own Sitar Concerto Arya – a lyrical, brilliantly imaginative tale of different musical cultures, united by a willingness to explore, and (above all) by the spirit of song. A night of wonder with an artist born to inspire. Tickets £29

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Ensemble 10:10 Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Phoenix Rousiamanis New work (world premiere commissioned by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society) Elliott Carter Instances Knussen Ophelia Dances, Book 1 Berio Rendering Manoj Kamps conductor

Manoj Kamps © Juri Hiensch

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Jasdeep Singh Degun, sitar

Jasdeep Singh Degun © Robert Leslie

It celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022, at the same time it became resident at The Tung Auditorium in Liverpool University’s Yoko Ono Lennon Centre. The ensemble is central to Liverpool Philharmonic’s commitment to new writing, and, in particular, supporting composers from and associated with Liverpool and the North West region. The group is integrated into the regular Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert series and the flexibility of its ensemble allows it to bring the widest range of new music and great modern classics to its audiences here in Liverpool and around the UK.

Inspired by unfinished symphonic sketches by Schubert, Luciano Berio decided to “cement the gaps” with his own musical reflections and restorations and created a 20th century classic. Oliver Knussen, inspired by Shakespeare’s Ophelia chanting “snatches of old tunes”, snatched snippets of Schumann and Debussy for his highly compressed set of dances. In the 21st century Elliott Carter’s last orchestral piece, a “series of short interrelated episodes”, is an often lyrical and moving farewell to life, whilst a similar dark beauty occupies the genre defying music of North West based Phoenix Rousiamanis. Manoj Kamps makes their debut with Ensemble 10:10. Tickets £20

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Wednesday 22 January 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Sam Kane New work – 2023 Rushworth Composition Prize Winner (world premiere) Kareem Roustom Violin Concerto No.1 Berg Chamber Concerto Domingo Hindoyan conductor Michael Barenboim violin William Bracken piano Rushworth Composition Prize supported by

Music from different worlds and centuries collide in Domingo Hindoyan’s debut with Ensemble 10:10. Featuring Liverpool's own William Bracken on piano, Alban Berg's 1920s masterpiece was fashioned in the intellectual cauldron of Vienna. Kareem Roustom’s Violin Concerto was inspired by a musical phrase from a Mozart concerto which invoked his own Arabic musical heritage and language, and will be played tonight by its dedicatee, Michael Barenboim. On the other hand, Sam Kane – winner of the 2023 Rushworth Composition Prize – takes his musical roots from his own Irish ancestry. Tickets £20

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Ensemble 10:10

Wednesday 5 March 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Saturday 26 April 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Nneka Cummins Flow state (world premiere) Goehr Sinfonia Boulez Mémoriale Widmann Schumannliebe*

Kapustin Concerto for Eleven Instruments Carmel Smickersgill Charcoal Howard Skempton Ballade* Steve Reich Pulse Graham Fitkin Plan B*

Geoffrey Paterson conductor Benjamin Appl baritone*

Clark Rundell conductor Apollo Saxophone Quartet*

Jörg Widmann’s love of Schumann impelled him to reflect, reconsider and then weave his own instrumental tapestry in and around Schumann’s great song cycle Dichterliebe, sung tonight by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Artist in Residence, Benjamin Appl. Geoffrey Paterson returns to Ensemble 10:10 to guide us through this and the contrasting musical landscapes of Alexander Goehr and Pierre Boulez (to honour his 100th anniversary), and introduce new music from Liverpool-born former Rushworth Composition Prize winner, Nneka Cummins.

We celebrate the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo Saxophone Quartet with two of the many wonderful pieces they have commissioned from UK composers through the years. Clark Rundell returns to join in the celebrations and adds one of his favourite Steve Reich pieces, a jazz-infused work of virtuosity by Ukrainian Nikolai Kapustin, and replays a piece by talented North West composer Carmel Smickersgill. Tickets £20

Tickets £20

Apollo Saxophone Quartet © Charlotte Wellings

Ensemble 10:10

Geoffrey Paterson © Benjamin Ealovega

Michael Barenboim © Neda Navaee

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Chamber Music Come and hear some of the world’s greatest artists and ensembles in Liverpool Philharmonic’s Chamber Music series. Concerts take place in the stunning surroundings of The Tung Auditorium.

Mozart String Quartet K428 Haydn String Quartet Op.64 No.3 Komitas/Aslamazyan Armenian Songs and Dances Borodin String Quartet No.2

Chilingirian Quartet © Susan Pattie

Sunday 27 October 2.30pm The Tung Auditorium

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Levon Chilingirian violin Mark Butter violin Simon Rowland-Jones viola Stephen Orton cello ‘The Chilingirian String Quartet, the sensational British ensemble, has been known to provoke whoops and cheers out of ordinarily staid audiences.’ The Toronto Star ‘One of the great string quartets of our day.’ The Boston Globe Four wonderful musicians; one extraordinary sound: there’s a reason why the Chilingirian String Quartet is a legend and this great British string quartet has been astonishing audiences for over fifty years. Today they play three solid gold classics (including Borodin’s ravishing Second Quartet) as well as a magical tribute to their Armenian-born founder and leader, Levon Chilingirian himself. Tickets £29

Musical Postcards: Kathryn Stott’s Final Recital Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium Bach Prelude and Fugue No.1 Lili Boulanger Thème et Variations Fauré Barcarolle No.4 Ravel Jeux d’eau Grieg Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Piazzolla (arr. Kyoko Yamamoto) Milonga del Angel Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No.24 Graham Fitkin Scent Rodgers and Hammerstein/Hough My Favourite Things Caroline Shaw Gustave Le Gray Chopin Mazurka Op.17 No.4 Grainger Molly on the Shore Carl Vine The Anne Landa Preludes: No.1 – Short Story Graham Fitkin Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

Kathryn Stott © Jacqui Ferry

Chilingirian Quartet

Ever since the 1970s, the artistry of pianist Kathryn Stott has won the hearts of audiences and colleagues alike. Now she’s decided to retire, and for this, her very last public concert, she comes home to the place where it all began: Liverpool. “I have enjoyed the most wonderful and fulfilling career,” she says. Tonight, Kathy plays the pieces she loves best of all, as she bids farewell to the concert stage and looks forward to a new chapter in a remarkable career. Tickets £29

Kathryn Stott piano/presenter

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Benjamin Appl, baritone celebrates Dietrich FischerDieskau

Sunday 16 February 2.30pm The Tung Auditorium

Close Up Concerts Join the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ensembles and guest artists in the intimate and informal surrounds of our Music Room.

Wednesday 18 June 7.30pm The Tung Auditorium Schubert Piano Sonatas in C Major, D840; in A Major, D664; and in A minor, D845 Paul Lewis CBE piano "With someone like Schubert, there are many layers, many things being said at the same time, shedding different light. The tricky thing, the point, is to get the delicate balance that conveys the message." Paul Lewis Dreamer, poet, radical, and visionary, Franz Schubert was a composer who stood between worlds – and Paul Lewis’ astounding performances are coming to define the way our generation understands his music. Today Lewis brings all his energy and insight to Schubert’s late piano sonatas: a trilogy of masterpieces charged with beauty, power and something more – something that goes far beyond words. But if anyone can make it speak, it’s Paul Lewis. Tickets £29

Programme to include songs by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Britten, Barber, Mahler, Schumann, Wolf, Verdi, Bach, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and more. Benjamin Appl baritone James Baillieu piano

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"His singing reached so many people and he touched their hearts with the art of song. For me he was more than just a teacher. Thank you, Dieter." Benjamin Appl For millions, the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012) was one of the greatest singers of modern times. But for Artist in Residence Benjamin Appl he was a hero, a mentor, and – above all – a friend. Crafted from Appl’s personal memories, and incorporating letters, readings and anecdotes from Fischer-Dieskau’s incredible career, this is a song recital with an extraordinary difference: an intensely personal tribute from a brilliant young singer to the artist who changed his life. Tickets £29

Liverpool Wind Collective Monday 14 October 8pm

Richard Rodney Bennett Travel Notes 2 Bozza Trois Pièces Pour Une Musique de Nuit Françaix Quatuor Schulhoff Bassnachtigall Tansman Suite for Wind Trio Villa-Lobos Wind Quartet

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Benjamin Appl © David Ruano

Paul Lewis © Kaupo Kikkas

Helen Wilson flute Ruth Davies oboe Ausiàs Garrigós Morant clarinet Gareth Twigg bassoon

Gareth Twigg © Gareth Jones

Paul Lewis, piano

There’s nothing to match the colours of a woodwind ensemble – put four terrific wind players together and it’s like opening a musical paintbox! Four of the Orchestra’s own woodwind superstars travel from swinging London to the jungles of Brazil in this joyous recital. Tickets £21, £18

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Equilibrium Advent

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Brass Band

Monday 2 December 8pm

Myth and Legend

Pixels Ensemble: Portrait of composer Rebecca Clarke

Monday 13 January 8pm

Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm

Emilie Mayer String Quartet No.1 Grażyna Bacewicz String Quartet No.3 Florence Price Folk songs in Counterpoint Jessie Montgomery Voodoo Dolls William Grant Still Danzas de Panama Rebecca Clarke Combined Carols Kate Richardson violin Kate Marsden violin Rachel Jones viola Hilary Browning cello There’s no limit to the stories that can be told by a string quartet. The Equilibrium Quartet, four members of the Orchestra who aim to rebalance inequality in music, present a chamber concert with a fascinating difference. They'll perform works from the first lady of Polish music, Grażyna Bacewicz, Panamanian folk, and the beautiful yet largely undiscovered music of Emilie Mayer, before easing gently into the Christmas season with Rebecca Clarke’s Combined Carols.

Monday 10 February 8pm

Simon Cowen conductor Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Brass Band continues to excite and inspire the next generation of the North West’s young brass players. Under the baton of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s section leader trombone, Simon Cowen, join Youth Brass Band for a thrilling performance of Brass Band classics. Tickets £10 (£5 under-25s)

Thea Musgrave Narcissus Valerie Coleman Legends Jolivet Chant de Linos Debussy Syrinx Liszt Legend No.1, Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds Brian Ferneyhough Cassandra's Dream Song Carl Reinecke Sonata Undine

Midsummer Moon, for violin and piano Songs with piano (selection) Cortège, for piano Binnorie, a ballad, for voice and piano Lullaby, for violin and piano Old English Songs and Irish Country Songs, for voice and violin Three movements, for two violins and piano

Helen Wilson flute Benjamin Powell piano The Ancient Greeks believed that the flute was the oldest of all musical instruments, created by the god Pan himself. Debussy’s retelling of that myth is at the heart of this ravishing recital from the Orchestra’s flautist Helen Wilson: an evening of magical melody and wondrous new sounds. Tickets £21, £18

Anna Crookes voice Thelma Handy violin Sophie Rosa violin Ian Buckle piano Rebecca Clarke’s output ranges from playful folk song arrangements to dark, paganinspired instrumental pieces. In this programme, Pixels Ensemble showcases the variety and sophistication of this passionate and independent English composer. Tickets £21, £18

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Thelma Handy © Gareth Jones

Helen Wilson © Gareth Jones

Equilibrium Advent © Emily Mowbray

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Masters of Song

Liverpool String Quartet

Monday 10 March 8pm

Monday 24 March 8pm

Mendelssohn Capriccio in E minor Op.81 No.3 Finzi By Footpath and Stile for Baritone and String Quartet Barber Dover Beach Op.3 for Baritone and String Quartet Elgar String Quartet in E minor Op.83

Schumann Adagio and Allegro Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole Britten Cello Sonata Janáček Pohádka Poulenc Cello Sonata Jonathan Aasgaard cello Ian Buckle piano Songs, dances and secrets… Tonight, Jonathan Aasgaard, leader of the Orchestra’s cello section, joins pianist Ian Buckle in a recital that embraces both the smoky Spanish flavours of Manuel de Falla, and Benjamin Britten’s intensely personal tribute to a Russian great. And the cello’s magical, melodic tones allow these songs to simply soar. Tickets £21, £18

Róisín Verity violin Sarah Hill violin Dani Sanxis viola Nick Byrne cello Armand Rabot baritone Something magical happens when a human voice joins the four wordless singers of a string quartet. Baritone Armand Rabot joins the Liverpool String Quartet in ravishing, heartfelt mini-masterpieces by Gerald Finzi and Samuel Barber.

Youth Company New Works Concert with the Equilibrium String Quartet

Ormonde Ensemble

Wednesday 9 April 7.30pm

Ligeti Six Bagatelles Germaine Tailleferre (arr. Prince) Quatuor à cordes Valerie Coleman Afro-Cuban Concerto Isa Gibbs Dreamery Nielsen Wind Quintet Op.43 Florence Price (arr. Prince) Adoration

Join us for an evening of new music, composed by Youth Company members taking part in the Rushworth Young Composers and Songwriters programme this year. The Equilibrium String Quartet performs works from the newest generation of contemporary composers. Tickets £10 (£5 under-25s) 10% discount for groups of 6+

Monday 12 May 8pm

Cara Houghton flute Helena Mackie oboe Isaac Prince clarinet Bruce Parris bassoon Alec Ross horn Alongside Ligeti’s musical puzzles and Nielsen’s captivating Wind Quintet, the Ormonde Ensemble shine a spotlight on incredible works by female composers and those from underrepresented backgrounds. They’ll perform some exciting new arrangements and Isa Gibbs’ Dreamery – a musical journey through a factory where dreams are made…

Tickets £21, £18

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Liverpool String Quartet © Emily Mowbray

Jonathan Aasgaard © Gareth Jones

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The Lunchtime Concerts series is sponsored by

Join the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ensembles and guest artists in the intimate and informal surroundings of the Music Room. For 2024/25, we are introducing reserved seating at all our Music Room concerts. To view available seating and book your ticket, please refer to the individual event pages on the website, or call the box office to discuss your seating options.

Leeds International Piano Competition Recital II

Monday 23 September 1pm

Tuesday 24 September 1pm

A showcase piano recital from the third prize winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition. Details to be announced after the Competition final in September 2024.

A showcase piano recital from the second prize winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition. Details to be announced after the Competition final in September 2024.

Tickets £13, £9

Organ Sleigh Ride Monday 23 December 1pm Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Monday 21 October 1pm

Handel Concerto No.3 for Double Bass Bruch Kol Nidrei Op.47 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor Marcel Becker double bass David Dear piano The double bass might be the largest of string instruments, but it has the soul of a great singer. In the hands of the Orchestra’s principal bass Marcel Becker it’ll stretch its wings in music by Handel, Bruch – the passionate Kol Nidrei – and Schubert.

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Bach Chorale Prelude 'In Dulci Jubilo' Louis-Claude Daquin Noël X in G major 'Grand Jeu et Duo' Bach Fuga sopra il Magnificat Brahms Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Henri Mulet Noël (Esquisses Byzantines) Richard Elliott Variations on 'I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In' Hérold (arr. Tracey) Clog Dance Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride Garth Edmundson Toccata Prelude ‘Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her' Ian Tracey organ

Tickets £13, £9

Liverpool’s City Organist Ian Tracey needs no introduction. Today he puts the Hall’s magnificent organ through its paces in a recital that celebrates four centuries of festive cheer – from Bach to Sleigh Ride! Tickets £13

Marcel Becker © Gareth Jones

Leeds International Piano Competition Recital I

Marcel Becker, double bass and David Dear, piano

Ian Tracey © Ben Anguige

Lunchtime Concerts

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Ensemble of St. Luke’s

St Patrick’s Day Concert

Summer Organ Recital

Bromborough Quartet

Monday 24 February 1pm

Monday 17 March 1pm

Monday 19 May 1pm Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Monday 9 June 1pm

Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 Ravel String Quartet in F

Programme to include:

Purcell (arr. Tracey) Rondeau from 'Abdelazer' Michael Christian Festing Largo, Allegro, Aria and Two Variations Bach Fantasia in G Haydn Three Pieces for a Mechanical Clock Marco Enrico Bossi Scherzo in G Joseph Jongen Chant de Mai Noel Rawsthorne Prelude on 'A Londonderry Air' Gordon Balch Nevin Scherzo-Toccatina 'Will o' the Wisp' Walton (arr. Tracey) Coronation March: Crown Imperial

Haydn String Quartet Op.64 No.5 ‘Lark’ Beethoven String Quartet Op.18 No.3

Ian Tracey organ

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Purcell Fantasias in Four Parts Webern Langsamer Satz Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor, Op.80

Hamilton Harty In Ireland John Field Nocturnes Turlough O’Carolan Carolan’s Concerto

Alexander Marks violin Elizabeth Lamberton violin Robert Shepley viola Gethyn Jones cello

James Pattinson violin Emily Mowbray violin Rachel Jones viola Simon Denton cello Mendelssohn was a poet in sound, and when his beloved sister died, he poured all his anguish into a string quartet like no other. The Grosvenor Quartet steps into his imagination today. Tickets £13, £9

Ravel’s String Quartet is a vision of beauty from turnof-the-century Paris. Shostakovich’s Eighth could be from another world: an explosive Cold War thriller, with nothing off limits. The Ensemble of St Luke’s brings the same fire to both. Tickets £13, £9

Cormac Henry flute Elizabeth McNulty harp What better way to mark St Patrick’s Day than a concert packed with Irish traditional music through the ages? The Orchestra’s Section Leader flute Cormac Henry and Section Leader harp Elizabeth McNulty celebrate their Celtic roots, performing songs, jigs, reels and slow airs from various collectors of traditional Irish music.

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Cormac Henry & Elizabeth McNulty © Mark McNulty

Elizabeth Lamberton © Gareth Jones

Emily Mowbray © Gareth Jones

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From the most delicate of musical miniatures, to the full splendour of Walton’s Crown Imperial, there’s nothing that can’t be played on a great organ. And there’s no organist alive who knows the Philharmonic Hall organ better than Liverpool’s City Organist Ian Tracey.

Emily Mowbray violin Rebecca Steventon violin Ian Fair viola Mark Lindley cello Haydn never had a pupil quite as unruly as the young Beethoven – but then, he didn’t mind breaking the odd rule himself! The Bromborough Quartet plays favourite quartets by each composer – music packed with warmth, melody and quite irresistible wit.

Tickets £13

Rebecca Steventon © Gareth Jones

Monday 27 January 1pm

Grosvenor String Quartet

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Family Concerts The whole family is invited to experience the power of a full symphony orchestra at these lively, interactive concerts. Fidgeting is allowed and fancy dress is positively encouraged! Concerts last approximately one hour. Tickets for children under 18 months are free, but must be booked in advance. Family concerts are most suitable for children aged 5-10 years. Children’s snack packs are available to pre-order at each event.

Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! Saturday 21 December 11.30am & 2.30pm Sunday 22 December 11.30am & 2.30pm*

Family Concert: The Fantastic Philharmonic Time Machine

Film with Live Orchestra: How to Train Your Dragon – In Concert (PG)

Sunday 9 March 2.30pm

Saturday 3 May 1pm & 5pm

Matthew Lynch conductor Alasdair Malloy presenter

Anthony Gabriele conductor

Join the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as they program the Fantastic Philharmonic Time Machine and take us Back to the Future to some fascinating periods in world history, including Ancient Egypt and the Era of the Dinosaurs. You’ll even discover how one famous composer needed some inspiration from the future for one of their most wellknown pieces! A thrilling trip through time with amazing music to match. Tickets Adult: £23, £16, £14 Child: £15, £13, £9

A winner with audiences and critics alike, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon is a captivating and original story that combines humour, fire-breathing action, and epic adventure! When a young Viking defies tradition and befriends a ferocious dragon, together they must fight against all odds to save both their worlds. Experience this enchanting film in HD, with John Powell’s Oscar®-nominated musical score performed live by the Orchestra. This performance will last 2 hours including an interval How To Train Your Dragon © 2010 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Programme to include music from Jonathan Dove's Gaspard’s Christmas and other seasonal favourites Michael Seal conductor Alasdair Malloy presenter Zeb Soanes narrator Liverpool Philharmonic Children’s Choirs Kate Labno BSL Interpreter

Join the merry musicians of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the fabulously festive Philharmonic Hall for a stocking-full of sensational seasonal songs and surprises. Taking centre stage is the story of how Gaspard the Fox saved Christmas and we’ll also be meeting other animals who are part of the Christmas celebrations – including a certain red-nosed reindeer and a partridge in a pear tree… Even Santa himself takes time out to come along, so don’t miss it!

Tickets Adult: £25, £18, £16 Child: £18, £15, £10

BSL interpretation provided at the 2.30pm performance on Sunday 22 December – call 0151 709 3789 or email ticketing@ liverpoolphil.com to book suitable seats.

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Alasdair Malloy © Mark McNulty

Tickets Adult: £30, £19, £16 Child: £19, £15, £11

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Under-5s Concerts Musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra bring you a series of specially-designed musical extravaganzas, perfect for introducing your little ones to the magic of a live orchestra. With our fabulous presenter Claire Henry as our guide, these relaxed concerts allow our youngest audiences to explore familiar and new classical pieces through movement, songs and interactive fun. All taking place in our Music Room – an easy to access space, with a baby-changing area and plenty of room for prams – our audiences will enjoy wriggling and jiggling along to the music from comfy floor mats (limited seating is also available). Our Under 5s concerts are incredibly popular – so book early to avoid disappointment! Tickets for under-9 months are free but must be booked in advance with an adult ticket.

Family Concert: The Bear Hunt Adventure Sunday 22 June 2.30pm

Under-5s Concert: The Quest

Wednesday 29 January 1pm & 2.45pm

Bring your musical paint to create a masterpiece alongside presenter/producer Claire Henry and musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Watch as an artwork inspired by the music is brought to life before your eyes, exploring all the wondrous colours and shapes that music can produce.

We’re inviting you to come along and join the Musical Professors in their musical laboratory! Claire Henry will work with their musicmaking machines to create musical experiments with players from our Orchestra.

Join musicians of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on an exciting and high energy adventure to search for some lost music. This magical, melodic journey is led by presenter Claire Henry.

Tickets £12.50

Wednesday 7 May 1pm & 2.45pm

Tickets £12.50

Tickets Adult: £23, £16, £14 Child: £15, £13, £9 BSL interpretation provided at this performance – call 0151 709 3789 or email ticketing@liverpoolphil.com to book suitable seats.

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Wednesday 2 October 1pm & 2.45pm

Ellie Slorach conductor Lucy Drever presenter James Mayhew live illustration Kate Labno BSL Interpreter

Inspired by the beloved children's story We're Going on a Bear Hunt, there's fun for all the family as we head off on an epic adventure. From the exciting, to the scary, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra serve as your guide on this musical journey, as we discover iconic pieces by Grieg and Mussorgsky, an enchanting original work by Ian Stephens, and Debbie Wiseman's musical portrait of a polar bear from her Carnival of the Endangered Animals.

Under-5s Concert: The Musical Professor

Ian Stephens We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Grieg In The Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Mussorgsky Great Gate of Kiev Debbie Wiseman Polar Bear from Carnival of the Endangered Animals Jessie Montgomery Starburst

Under-5s Concert: Seeing Sounds

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For You Blue: Celebrating The Beatles Greatest Hits 1967-1970

Post Concert Talks If you have ever left a concert with questions, this is your chance to ask the artists! Grab a drink from the bar and join conductors and soloists for an informal 30-minute question and answer session in the Music Room, starting about 15 minutes after the concert ends in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. These talks are led by Sandra Parr, Artistic Planning Director (Orchestra & Ensembles). Free to all ticket-holders

Friday 5 July 2024 7.30pm M&S Bank Arena

Richard Balcombe conductor The Bootleg Beatles Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Following on from two hugely successful collaborations (And In The End and It Was 50 Years Ago Today), The Bootleg Beatles and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra are coming together again. Their latest venture is a 50th anniversary celebration of The Beatles 1967-1970, affectionately known as The Blue Album. Encompassing the period from Sgt Pepper through to Let It Be, this is an extraordinary one-off chance to witness ‘the concert that never was’, featuring all the classic late period Beatles hits including ‘All You Need Is Love’, ‘Strawberry Fields’ and ‘Penny Lane’, complete with full-throttle symphonic sound. A mustsee multi-media show for Beatles fans of all ages.

Thursday 14 November JoAnn Falletta

Colin Currie

Conductor JoAnn Falletta, percussionist Colin Currie

Thursday 5 December

Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan and pianist Simon Trpčeski

Sunday 9 February Domingo Hindoyan

Simon Trpčeski

Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson

Thursday 3 April

Conductor Erina Yashima

Thursday 5 June Víkingur Ólafsson

Erina Yashima

Ryan Wigglesworth

Sophie Bevan

Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and soprano Sophie Bevan

‘A joy to behold’ The Telegraph Tickets £57.75, £47.75, £37.75, £32.75 Please note, subscription discounts do not apply to this concert.

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How to Book Booking Information

How to Book

Liverpool Philharmonic Subscribers, Members and group bookers have an exclusive booking period.

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Key dates are: Friday 3 May Subscription Booking opens at the Season Launch event. Subscriptions can be booked at liverpoolphil.com from 9pm on Friday 3 May. Alternatively, you can email your ticket requests to ticketing@liverpoolphil.com. Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May The box office will open for telephone subscription bookings only on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May, 9.30am–5.30pm. Tuesday 7 May The box office will be open for in person subscription bookings from Tuesday 7 May (10am–5.30pm), and after that from 12–5pm Monday – Friday. Friday 17 May All tickets go on general sale at 10am. Please note, your credit card is charged when your order is received. Direct Debit payments split over several months are available. Contact box office for more information. Your tickets will be sent out in June.

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Phone 0151 709 3789 Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am–5.30pm Post Box Office Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Hope Street Liverpool L1 9BP In person Monday-Friday, 12-5pm, plus 2 hours prior to the start of each event in the Hall. Booking Fees An £8 booking fee applies to all subscription/ multibuy orders placed by phone, email or post before Friday 17 May. There is no booking fee applied to subscription/multibuy orders placed online. From Friday 17 May, the following fees apply: Online/Phone orders 9% booking fee (+£2.50 postage, or free e-tickets) In person No fees Group tickets (15+) 50p per ticket (15-50 tickets per event) 25p per ticket (51+ tickets)

Silver+ Members don’t pay any booking fees – see p68 for details. © Gareth Jones

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Seat Map

Ticket prices for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts Please see individual event pages for prices. The seat map on p66 shows the position of each price band in the Hall. Please note, price sections are subject to change from 17 May, subject to demand.

Box

Price A

Price B

Price C

Price D

Price E

Rear Circle N M L K J H G Upper Circle F E D C B A

F E 1 D 1 C 1 B 1 A 1 1

1 1 1 1

1 1 1

P O N M L K J H G F E D C B A

Boxes

Stalls P O N M L K J H G F E D C B A

48 48 48 50 50

F E 46 D 38 C 38 B 38 A 46

X W V U T S

Please note, these price bands do not apply for Opera North: Simon Boccanegra, Chamber Music concerts, Family Concerts, For You Blue or concerts at The Tung Auditorium – please see individual event pages for details.

48 50 50 50

P O N M L K J H G F E D C B A

X W V U T S

44 44

Stage

Concessions

Standby tickets - Save 25%

For most Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra events, under-25s, Students and those in receipt of Universal Credit or Jobseekers’ Allowance can purchase tickets for just £9*, subject to availability. Discounts do not apply to Music Room concerts, Family Concerts, New Year’s Eve, Messiah, The Film Music of Danny Elfman, For You Blue: Celebrating The Beatles Greatest Hits 19671970 and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert, and may be limited for other events. Discounted tickets can be purchased in person or by phone (not available online).

On the day of a concert, Senior Citizens (aged 65+ at the time of booking) can enjoy 25% off tickets to Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts. This discount is available in person only from the Liverpool Philharmonic box office, is limited to two tickets per person, and is subject to availability. Please note, standby tickets may not be available for all events.

*You will be required to provide proof of eligibility

Group discounts

Generous group discounts are available for most concerts:

44 44 44 44 44 42 42 42 42

40 40 40

Price bands listed high to low, with Box/Price A high

O N M L K J H G

X W V U T S 9

F E D C B A

X W V U T S

Grand Circle

X W V 1 U 1 T 1 S 1 7

N M L K J H G

Groups of 15-29 Groups of 30-59 Groups of 60+

10% off 15% off 20% off

Tickets for groups may be reserved in advance and paid 30 days prior to the event date. For more details, email groupbookings@liverpoolphil.com or call 0151 709 3789.

Booking fees may apply – see page 65 for more information

N M L K J H G

1 O N 1 M 1 L 1 K 1 J 1 H 1 G 1

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Membership

Silver £200+

Gold £400+

• Invitations to at least four Open Rehearsals

Silver Membership benefits, plus:

(£16 per month)

Join as a Member today and enjoy fantastic benefits, designed to get you closer to the music.

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Your support will enable us to be even more ambitious, to continue to bring exciting and memorable music to the stage, to provide quality musical experiences and training to the next generation of musicians, and to take music into our communities.

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each season Limited access to our Members-only bar, the 1840 Room, with complimentary drinks at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts (pre-booking required) Invitations to exclusive events No booking fees and free ticket exchange Invitation to Annual Season Launch and priority booking for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra performances Regular Members’ E-Newsletters Invitation to the Annual General Meeting and voting rights

(£33 per month)

• Invitations to at least eight Open Rehearsals each season

• Invitations to exclusive VIP events and launches

• Gold Members can adopt a musician in the

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra or dedicate a seat in the auditorium

1840 Circle £1200+ (£100 per month)

Gold Plus Membership benefits, plus:

Gold Plus £750+

Booking fees may apply – see page 65 for more information

(£62 per month)

Gold Membership benefits, plus:

As a Member, you will receive invitations to exclusive events designed to enhance your concert-going experience, including pre-concert receptions and behind-the-scenes visits to open rehearsals. You will have access to our private Members’ Bar, the 1840 Room (pre-booking required), where you can enjoy complimentary refreshments pre-concert and during the interval. You will also receive priority booking and be exempt from booking fees for all Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts.

To join as a Member, call 0151 210 2921, email fundraising@liverpoolphil.com or visit liverpoolphil.com

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bar, the 1840 Room (pre-booking required, subject to availability) Invitation to our Annual Patrons’ Thank You Dinner with Chief Conductor, musicians and Liverpool Philharmonic senior management Opportunities to attend learning workshops and Schools’ Concerts Priority Booking for rock, pop, comedy, and folk shows in the auditorium of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Opportunity to adopt a Section Leader in the Orchestra

• Priority booking and unlimited access to our Members-only bar, the 1840 Room (pre-booking required, subject to availability) • Invitation to our exclusive Pre-Season Launch where you can find out about the new season before anyone else and receive the highest level of priority booking • Dedicated member of Fundraising Team to manage your ticket requests • Access to the Caledonia Street car park for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts (pre-booking required, subject to availability) • Opportunity to adopt a Guest Artist or Guest Conductor

Chief Conductor’s Circle £5000+ (£400 per month)

1840 Circle Membership benefits, plus:

• Invitations to London concerts with the Royal

Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, including BBC Proms performances, and associated VIP receptions • Signed copies of new recordings

• Invitations to meet with senior management of Liverpool Philharmonic

• Opportunity to adopt an Artist in Residence or the Leaders of the Orchestra

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Leave a legacy

Dedicate a seat

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1840 by a group of music lovers. Since then, we have gone from strength to strength thanks to the generosity of supporters who have invested in our vision to transform lives through music. A legacy is the greatest gift that anyone can make. Leaving a gift in your will to support Liverpool Philharmonic allows generations to come to share in your love of music.

Commemorate that special occasion, arrange a unique gift, or remember a loved one. Our brass plaques can be engraved with the name or message of your choice and attached to your chosen seat in the Auditorium for £400. You will also receive Gold Membership or Priority Premium Membership as part of your purchase.

If you are interested in making a charitable gift in your will, here is the essential information:

You can dedicate a seat online by visiting liverpoolphil.com/seat or by calling us on 0151 210 2921.

Charity name: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society

Love Music: From the First Note

Address: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP

Support In Harmony Liverpool, Schools’ Concerts, and Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company.

Registered Charity Number: 230538

Today we provide high quality music training to 2,200 young people every week, and over 18,000 schoolchildren and their teachers attend our Schools’ Concerts each year.

If you would like to discuss leaving a legacy, please call 0151 210 2921 or email fundraising@liverpoolphil.com

We know first-hand that our activities help to build confidence, pride, and skills so that children and young people can live happier, healthier lives. With your support we can expand our reach so that more children, more families, and more schools can take part.

Booking fees may apply – see page 65 for more information

To find out more or to make a donation, visit liverpoolphil.com/first-note or call us on 0151 210 2921.

'I’ve been an 1840 Circle Member for a number of years now and am proud to support our fantastically talented orchestra. A particular highlight was attending the Annual Dinner on stage last year with Domingo, musicians, and staff.' 1840 Circle Member

Plan Your Visit For more details and frequently asked questions, please go to liverpoolphil.com/plan-your-visit Parking Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral We offer pre-reserved parking at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral car park (L3 5TQ) for most Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts. Located on Mount Pleasant, it is a five minute walk down Hope Street from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. The car park is available from 6-11pm and is charged at £5.50. For matinee concerts, the car park is open from 1pm. To book, call Box Office on 0151 709 3789 or book online with your tickets. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Caledonia Street There is limited parking available at this car park (L1 9BP), especially on Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concert nights. The charge is £8, or £16 overnight parking, and can be paid for at the pay and display machine in the car park, or using the smartphone app. Please note, prices for the car park are subject to change. ParkBee, Liverpool Central Village Car Park Situated on Heathfield Street, just off Renshaw Street (L1 4AT). Just 10 minutes' walk from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this car park is open 24/7.

minute walk away from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Parking must be pre-booked via justpark.com. Mount Pleasant Car Park Situated on Mount Pleasant (L3 5TB), this car park is open 24 hours a day and just a 10 minute walk away from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. The Tung Auditorium Parking at Paddington Village 24-hour pay and display parking is available at Paddington Village Multi-Storey car park located at The Spine building, Grove St, Liverpool L7 3FA. Tung Auditorium ticketholders can park here for £5, for a stay of up to 5 hours. To use this offer, park as usual then on return press the information button on the pay machine and inform the member of staff you have been to a Tung Auditorium event and they will reduce the parking fee to £5.

Blue Badge Holders Spaces for Blue Badge holders can be reserved in our Caledonia Street car park for most Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts. Please call 0151 709 3789 in box office hours at least three days prior to the concert to reserve your space. Please note, these spaces are subject to availability.

University of Liverpool Visitor Car Park, Mount Pleasant Situated opposite Metropolitan Cathedral, visitor Travelling by train or bus parking is available at the University of Liverpool's The nearest train stations are Liverpool Central Sports Centre. and Liverpool Lime Street (both approximately a 10-15 minute walk away). Liverpool Cathedral Car Park Situated on Upper Duke Street (L1 7AZ), this We are also on the 75, 80 and 86 bus routes. secure car park is open 24 hours. www.merseytravel.gov.uk has comprehensive Blackburne House Car Park Situated on Hope Street (L8 7PE), and just a 2

transport information and a ‘Journey Planner’ service, or you can call Traveline on 0871 200 2233.

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How to Find Us

Access For All We strive to be as accessible as possible to everyone, and joining our free Access Scheme is the best way to help us provide you with the appropriate support you need to enjoy your visit. We also offer a variety of benefits, including complimentary tickets for personal assistants, access to wheelchair and transfer seating, large print materials and more. You can find out more by reading our Access Guide, available at liverpoolphil.com/ access, or email us at access@liverpoolphil.com or call to speak to a member of our team on 0151 709 3789.

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP Music Room Entrance is on Sugnall Street, to the rear of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

The Tung Auditorium Yoko Ono Lennon Centre 60 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY

We also have a number of events throughout the season, specifically suited to audiences with access needs.

British Sign Language Nine of our concerts this season will be signed by a BSL interpreter Sir Bryn in Belshazzar’s Feast (see p.12) Saturday 9 November 7.30pm White Christmas (see p.16) Saturday 14 December 7.30pm Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (see p.58) Sunday 22 December 2.30pm Thank You For The Music: ABBA on New Year’s Eve (see p.19) Tuesday 31 December 7.30pm

A Night at the Musicals (see p.33) Saturday 14 June 7.30pm Family Concert: The Bear Hunt Adventure (see p.60) Sunday 22 June 2.30pm Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir: 30th Birthday Concert (see p.36) Sunday 6 July 6.30pm Verdi’s Requiem (see p.35) Saturday 12 July 7.30pm

Symphonic 90s (see p.23) Friday 14 February 7.30pm

To book for any of our concerts, please email Box Office at ticketing@liverpoolphil.com or call 0151 709 3789 for further details on how to book the most suitable seats.

Booking fees may apply – see page 65 for more information

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Diary

November 2024 Thu 14

May 2024 Fri

31 7.30pm Windrush, The Journey

Post Concert Talk

January 2025 Mon 27 1pm

Grosvenor String Quartet

Sun 17 2.30pm Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestras

Wed 29 1pm

Under-5s Concert: The Musical Professor

Wed 20 7.30pm Ensemble 10:10

Sat 23 7.30pm Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Wed 29 2.45pm Under-5s Concert: The Musical Professor

June 2024 Sat 1

7.30pm Windrush, The Journey

December 2024

Sun 9

2.30pm Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Sun 1

2.30pm Mozart’s Oboe Concerto

Sun 23 2.30pm A Little Night Music

Mon 2

8pm

Equilibrium Advent

Thu 27 7.30pm Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence

Thu 5

7.30pm Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1

Post Concert Talk

Thu 5

July 2024 Thu 4

7.30pm The Silent Planet

Fri

7.30pm For You Blue: Celebrating The Beatles Greatest Hits 1967-1970

September 2024

Wed 11 7.30pm Musical Postcards: Kathryn Stott’s Final Recital

Wed 11 7.30pm Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Brass Band

Sat 14 7.30pm White Christmas

Tue 17 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas

Mon 21 1pm

Marcel Becker, double bass and David Dear, piano

Sat 26 7.30pm The Planets

Sun 27 2.30pm Chilingirian Quartet

Sun 3

2.30pm Sunday Afternoon Mozart

Thu 7

7.30pm Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2

Sat 9

7.30pm Sir Bryn in Belshazzar’s Feast

Thu 14 7.30pm An American in Paris

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Mon 10 8pm

Pixels Ensemble: Portrait of composer Rebecca Clarke

Sat 17 7.30pm Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Mon 19 1pm

Summer Organ Recital

Thu 5

7.30pm Mahler Symphony No.4

Thu 5

Post Concert Talk

Thu 13 7.30pm Shostakovich Symphony No.6

Fri

14 7.30pm Symphonic 90s

Ormonde Ensemble

June 2025

Sat 28 7.30pm The Liverpool Songbook

Sat 28 1pm

Harry Potter and the Chamber of 18 Secrets™ in Concert: Film with Live Orchestra (PG)

Sat 28 6.30pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of 18 Secrets™ in Concert: Film with Live Orchestra (PG) Sun 29 2.30pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of 18 Secrets™ in Concert: Film with Live Orchestra (PG) Tue 31 7.30pm Thank You for the Music: ABBA on New Year’s Eve

Sun 2

2.30pm Franck Symphony in D minor

Wed 5

7.30pm Ensemble 10:10

Sun 9

2.30pm Family Concert: The Fantastic Philharmonic Time Machine

Mon 10 8pm

Messiah

Mon 13 8pm

Myth and Legend

Masters of Song

Sun 16 2.30pm Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestras and Youth Choir

Mon 17 1pm

St Patrick’s Day Concert

Thu 20 7.30pm Eroica

Sun 23 2.30pm Eroica

Mon 24 8pm

Liverpool String Quartet

Sat 29 7.30pm Mahler Symphony No.3

April 2025 Thu 3

Sat 11 7pm

Ensemble of St. Luke’s

March 2025

Thu 3

January 2025 November 2024

Mon 12 8pm

Sun 20 2.30pm Season Opening Concert

Sun 22 2.30pm Family Concert: The Bear Hunt Adventure

Sun 11 2.30pm Opera North: Simon Boccanegra

Post Concert Talk

Mon 23 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas

Sun 9

Liverpool Wind Collective

2.30pm Víkingur Ólafsson plays Brahms

Wed 18 7.30pm Benjamin Appl, baritone celebrates Dietrich FischerDieskau

Organ Sleigh Ride

Thu 17 7.30pm Season Opening Concert

7.30pm Slavic Masterpieces

Sun 9

Mon 23 1pm

Mon 14 8pm

Thu 6

7.30pm Douze Points: Eurovision Classics 30

Mon 24 1pm

7.30pm Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Jasdeep Singh Degun, sitar

Fri

Sun 22 2.30pm Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town!

Wed 9

Under-5s Concert: Seeing Sounds 61

Under-5s Concert: The Quest

2.45pm Under-5s Concert: The Quest

Sat 14 7.30pm A Night at the Musicals

Sun 22 11.30am Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town!

1pm

Wed 7

2.45pm Under-5s Concert: Seeing Sounds 61

Wed 7

February 2025

Thu 20 7.30pm Dream Team

Sat 21 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas

Wed 2

Film with Live Orchestra: How to 59 Train Your Dragon - In Concert (PG)

Wed 2

5pm

Wed 18 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas

Sat 21 2.30pm Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town!

October 2024

Sat 3

Bromborough Quartet

Film with Live Orchestra: How to 59 Train Your Dragon - In Concert (PG)

Mon 9

Leeds International Piano Competition Recital II

1pm

Tue

29 2.30pm Serenades

Sat 3

Sun 16 2.30pm Paul Lewis, piano

26 7.30pm Serenades

Leeds International Piano Competition Recital I

Sun

7.30pm Highlights from Wagner’s Ring Cycle

Mon 23 1pm

Thu

Thu 1

Sat 15 7.30pm LIMF Academy Orchestrated with Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra

Sat 21 11.30am Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town!

24 1pm

May 2025

7.30pm From the New World Post Concert Talk

28 63

Sun 6

2.30pm Grieg Piano Concerto

Wed 9

7.30pm Youth Company New Works Concert with the Equilibrium String Quartet

Thu 16 7.30pm Bernstein, Barber and Glass

Wed 22 7.30pm Ensemble 10:10

Sat 12 7.30pm Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass

Sun 26 2.30pm Leeds International Piano Competition Winner

Sat 26 7.30pm Ensemble 10:10

1pm

July 2025 Thu 3

7.30pm White Nights

Sat 5

1.30pm Youth Company Festival 2025: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Brass Band

Sun 6

6.30pm Youth Company Festival 2025: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir: 30th Birthday Concert

Sat 12 7.30pm Verdi’s Requiem

Sun 13 7.30pm Youth Company Festival 2025: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestras Celebration Concert

Sat 19 7.30pm Youth Company Festival 2025: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra

Key

• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra • Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company • Chamber Music • Close Up Concerts

• Lunchtime Concerts • Family Concerts • Ensemble 10:10 • Post Concert Talks • Other

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