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Our 2024/25 season brings world firsts, global stars, all-time favourites and moments to remember.

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2024/25 season photography by Jason Bell

Strands in this season

All London events

Wed 27 Nov 2024, 10.30am

Private Members’ Rehearsal

London, Royal Festival Hall

Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw
Weinberg Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)

Andrey Boreyko conductor
Gidon Kremer violin
Alexander Roslavets narrator/bass*
London Philharmonic Choir

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Wed 15 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

Strauss, Berg & Brahms

London, Royal Festival Hall

R Strauss Metamorphosen (26’)
Berg Violin Concerto (28’)
Brahms Symphony No. 2 (40’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Isabelle Faust violin

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Sat 18 Jan 2025, 10.30am

Private Members’ Rehearsal

London, Royal Festival Hall

Haydn Missa in tempore belli
György Kurtág Petite musique solennelle
John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Anna Devin soprano
Hanna Hipp mezzo-soprano
Rupert Charlesworth tenor
Trevor Eliot Bowes bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Youth Choir

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Sat 18 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

On the Transmigration of Souls

London, Royal Festival Hall

Haydn Missa in tempore belli (41’)
György Kurtág Petite musique solennelle (6’)
John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls (25’)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Anna Devin soprano
Hanna Hipp mezzo-soprano
Rupert Charlesworth tenor
Trevor Eliot Bowes bass
London Philharmonic Choir
Tiffin Youth Choir

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Wed 22 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Perry Requiem for Orchestra (7’)
Evan Williams Dead White Man Music (Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Ensemble) (31’)
Vivaldi The Four Seasons (45’)

Richard Egarr conductor/harpsichord
Alice Ivy-Pemberton violin

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Amjad Ali Khan - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sat 25 Jan 2025, 7.30pm

An evening with Amjad Ali Khan

London, Royal Festival Hall

Reena Esmail RE|Member (7’)
Amjad Ali Khan Samaagam (Concerto for Sarod) (40’)
AR Rahman Selections from film soundtracks including Slumdog Millionaire, Bombay and others

Lidiya Yankovskaya conductor
Amjad Ali Khan sarod virtuoso
Amaan Ali Bangash sarod
Ayaan Ali Bangash sarod

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Benjamin Grosvenor - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wed 29 Jan 2025, 6.30pm

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Mozart

London, Royal Festival Hall

Sibelius En Saga (17’)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, K467 (29’)
Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite (44’)

Karina Canellakis conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor piano

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Wed 19 Feb 2025, 7.30pm

Symphonic Dances

London, Royal Festival Hall

Glazunov Concert Waltz No. 1 (11’)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (33’)
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (35’)

Juraj Valčuha conductor
Boris Giltburg piano

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Edward Gardner with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Fri 21 Feb 2025, 7.30pm

An Alpine Symphony

London, Royal Festival Hall

Tania León Pasajes
Grieg Piano Concerto (30’)
R Strauss An Alpine Symphony (51’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Alexandra Dovgan piano

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Wed 26 Feb 2025, 7.30pm

Symphonie Fantastique

London, Royal Festival Hall

David Sawer Sphinx (world premiere)* (20’)
Britten Violin Concerto (32’)
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (49’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin

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Sat 1 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider plays Tchaikovsky

London, Royal Festival Hall

Mahler/Schnittke Piano Quartet, arranged for piano and strings (18’)
Haydn Symphony No. 49 (La Passione) (24’)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (34’)

Omer Meir Wellber conductor/piano
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider violin

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Renée Fleming - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wed 5 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

An evening with Renée Fleming

London, Royal Festival Hall

Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (17’)
R Strauss Four Last Songs (25’)
Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser (24’)
Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin (7’)
Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (10’)

Thomas Guggeis conductor
Renée Fleming soprano

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Wed 12 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

Crossing Generations

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Zappa The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat; Outrage at Valdez; G-Spot Tornado (15’)
Dinuk Wijeratne Clarinet Concerto (European premiere) (27’)
Martinů Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies symphoniques) (25’)

Kevin John Edusei conductor
Kinan Azmeh clarinet

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Wed 19 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

Mahler’s Fifth

London, Royal Festival Hall

R Schumann Piano Concerto (31’)
Mahler Symphony No. 5 (72’)

Robin Ticciati conductor
Francesco Piemontesi piano

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FUNharmonic: The Snail and the Whale - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sun 23 Mar 2025, 12.00pm

FUNharmonics: The Snail and the Whale

London, Royal Festival Hall

Juya Shin conductor
Lucy Hollins presenter

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Alina Ibragimova - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wed 26 Mar 2025, 6.30pm

Alina Ibragimova plays Prokofiev

London, Royal Festival Hall

Saariaho Orion (22’)
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 (20’)
Nielsen Symphony No. 5 (35’)

Hannu Lintu conductor
Alina Ibragimova violin

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Sat 29 Mar 2025, 7.30pm

Tan Dun’s Water Concerto

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Pärt Symphony No. 1 (Polyphonic) (16’)
Tan Dun Water Concerto (27’)
Lutosławski Symphony No. 3 (28’)

Eva Ollikainen conductor
Colin Currie percussion

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Wed 2 Apr 2025, 7.30pm

War and Peace

London, Royal Festival Hall

Prokofiev Selection from Semyon Kotko (20’)
Mussorgsky (arr. Denisov) Songs and Dances of Death (19’)
Lyatoshynsky Symphony No. 3 (46’)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Matthew Rose bass

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Sat 5 Apr 2025, 7.30pm

Tragedy to Triumph

London, Royal Festival Hall

Beethoven Coriolan Overture (8’)*
R Schumann Violin Concerto (30’)
Schubert Symphony No. 9 (The Great) (50’)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Vilde Frang violin

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Sat 12 Apr 2025, 7.30pm

Jan Lisiecki plays Beethoven

London, Royal Festival Hall

Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter (12') *
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) (38') *
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (44’)

Tarmo Peltokoski conductor
Jan Lisiecki piano

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Sat 26 Apr 2025, 7.30pm

Mahler 8

London, Royal Festival Hall

Mahler Symphony No. 8 (semi-staged) (80’)

Edward Gardner conductor
Sarah Wegener soprano
Emma Bell soprano
Jennifer France soprano
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Andreas Schager tenor
Tomasz Konieczny bass-baritone
Derek Welton bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys' Choir

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Moments Remembered

For most of us, music is inextricably tied up with memory.

We’ve all experienced the flood of recollections and emotions that rushes in when a certain melody starts to play. But personal memories can play tricks, and public memory – the stories, beliefs and monuments with which we create and sustain a society – is slippier still. As Beethoven realised after dedicating his Third Symphony to Napoleon, today’s hero might be tomorrow’s villain. That’s the concept behind Moments Remembered.

Our 2024/25 season is punctuated by pieces that grapple with these ideas. Some were conceived as public memorials, some rather more intimate. The composers featured all have memories to share: sometimes fantastic, sometimes vivid, but always intensely personal. Music’s unique relationship with memory comes into play outside the concert hall too, as we join with organisations dealing with memory loss and dementia to work together on some special projects this season.

‘Each of us consists of multiple types of memories’ says the LPO’s Artistic Director Elena Dubinets. ‘We epitomise our times, our countries, our families and our personal situations. What interests me is the crossroads of our feelings. And that’s the beauty of our art form: emotionally, it might inspire very different reactions in any given moment.’ But one function of art is to help us ask questions. And in all its contradictory forms, memory – like music – is part of what makes us human.

The Chamber Sessions

Get closer to the action.

Get closer to the action in three special rush hour concerts from the London Philharmonic Orchestra at St John’s Church, Waterloo. This is chamber music, for sure – but there’s nothing small about the emotions.

All concerts start at 6.30pm and have no interval.

Private Members’ Rehearsal

Strauss, Berg & Brahms

Private Members’ Rehearsal

On the Transmigration of Souls

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

An evening with Amjad Ali Khan

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Mozart

Symphonic Dances

An Alpine Symphony

Symphonie Fantastique

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider plays Tchaikovsky

An evening with Renée Fleming

Crossing Generations

Mahler’s Fifth

FUNharmonics: The Snail and the Whale

Alina Ibragimova plays Prokofiev

Tan Dun’s Water Concerto

War and Peace

Tragedy to Triumph

Jan Lisiecki plays Beethoven

Mahler 8

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