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John Rutter @johnrutter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

COMING SOON! A brand-new Christmas release with The Cambridge Singers and the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social. johnrutter.com/news-feature...

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Earlier this month we toured Japan with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko and pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii 🗾 See more photos from our travels in our latest blog: www.rpo.co.uk/stories/phot... #RPOonTour

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We couldn't have wished to spend our 80th Anniversary celebrations in better company 💗🎼 Thank you to all who joined us at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday for a special evening with Vasily Petrenko, Julia Fisher, Pablo Ferrández, Jan Lisiecki and composer Errollyn Wallen. 📷 Andy Paradise

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wishing a very happy birthday to our Artist Laureate and Honorary Life Member, @johnrutter.bsky.social 🎶 We'll be back with John in the concert hall at his legendary Christmas Celebration at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 4 December ✨ 📷 Duncan Wood

John Rutter and the Orchestra standing for applause at St Paul's Cathedral

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This past weekend we finished up our tour to Japan with a concert at Osaka Festival Hall with Vasily Petrenko and Nobuyuki Tsujii 🎹🎶 Thanks for the memories!

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A joyful new commission to celebrate the Orchestra's 80th Anniversary, Errollyn Wallen's FLARE, premieres at the Royal Albert Hall on Wed 23 Sep with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko. Read our interview with Errollyn ahead of the premiere: www.rpo.co.uk/stories/an-interview-with-errollyn-wallen

A portrait photo of Errollyn Wallen and the text 'As always when I compose for orchestra, I wanted to make every section and every player shine.’

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

'Japan has been part of my life for at least 30 years by now... coming back another time feels like being able to discover even more in a very familiar place which you love.' Our Music Director Vasily Petrenko recently spoke about our tour to Japan this month: best-japanese.co.uk/vasily-petre...

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Vasily Petrenko on the RPO’s Japan Tour - Best Japanese

Vasily Petrenko talks about his connection to Japan, Nobuyuki Tsujii, the RPO and AI ahead of the RPO Japan Tour 2026, with concert dates and venues.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

'I am so excited to join the RPO. I look forward to getting to know my amazing new colleagues and playing the huge variety of repertoire that the RPO does so well.' Today we welcome James Bower as our new Principal Timpani. We're glad to have you on the team! 🥁

James Bower playing the timpani in rehearsal

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Discover what goes on under the bonnet of Mozart's last and greatest symphony, 'Jupiter', in our new concert format at Cadogan Hall on Thursday 1 October at 6pm and 8.30pm. [1/2]

Discover the architecture and drama of Mozart's last symphony.

Artwork of a godly hand holding a lighting bolt with a blue brushstroke and musical bar lines,

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

'[The RPO] positively dazzled.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ @theartsdesk.bsky.social Did you catch us at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday? We gave a sold-out performance of Walton's Symphony No.2 and Elgar's Cello Concerto with soloist Pablo Ferrández, conducted by Vasily Petrenko. 📷 Mark Allan

A wide shot of the Orchestra performing with Vasily Petrenko on stage at the Royal Albert Hall

Pablo Ferrández playing the cello on stage in front of the Orchestra next to conductor Vasily Petrenko

Pablo Ferrández performing solo on stage with the Orchestra in dark blue lighting behind him

Vasily Petrenko conducting with his baton pointed upwards and his left palm open

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🎧 There's only nine days left for you to listen to our performance with Vasily Petrenko of Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead, Joe Hisaishi's The Border (Concerto for 3 Horns and Orchestra) and Scriabin's Symphony No.3, 'The Divine Poem' from Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.

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Radio 3 in Concert - The dazzling cosmos of Scriabin’s The Divine Poem - BBC Sounds

Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Hisaishi

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

57 years ago today, the first human beings walked on the Moon 🧑‍🚀🌔 Discover the story of the Apollo 11 mission told through stunning original footage and music by Anne Nikitin in The Moonwalkers at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 20 October. 🚀 rpo.co.uk/moonwalkers

An astronaut in front of the lunar module on the moon. A pole with long white fabric is stuck in the ground

An astronaut on the moon carrying large white boxes walking away from the camera

The lunar module in space. Blue lens flare effects appear on each side

The earth emerging from the edge of the moon

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This past week, BBC Radio 3 has been broadcasting performances featuring the Orchestra and our Music Director Vasily Petrenko from the Royal Albert Hall and Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on the programmes Classical Live and Radio 3 in Concert. Catch up on rpo.co.uk/radio3

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Our incredible Sub-Principal Flute, Jo Marsh, has smashed through a challenge she set for herself for the Orchestra’s 80th Anniversary year: visiting 80 schools across the country to introduce school children to orchestral music and answer questions from them about being a musician.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🔔 Tonight on BBC Radio 3 at 7.30pm you can hear vivid musical colours from the world of late-Romanticism and beyond in Hisaishi x Scriabin – a broadcast of our concert recorded at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on Friday 5 June. 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Just released! We are so excited that our 2026–27 residency concerts at Reading's The Hexagon @rdgwhatson.bsky.social are now available for booking at rpo.co.uk/reading We'll be performing...

Conductor Emilia Hoving with wavy blue topographical lines behind her

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thank you to all the brilliant audience members, big and small, who made Noisy Kids @rdgwhatson.bsky.social The Hexagon on Saturday out of this world! 👽🧑‍🚀🎶🎻🎺 Together we played, danced and sang through your favourite sci-film themes and orchestral pieces that were inspired by the night sky ✨

Patrick Bailey conducting the RPO in Reading's Hexagon. Some of the orchestra are in alien-themed costumes

The Orchestra wind and brass, with some in space and alien-themed costumes

Presenter Tim Steiner standing by the conductor in a sparkly gold suit speaking to the audience

A violinist in a rocket costume looking towards the conductor

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'The majestic solemnity of the RPO's sound... melted away my scruples.' The Telegraph On Friday 5 June we performed the final concert of our 2025–26 London season with Vasily Petrenko at Southbank Centre. Read more: programmewww.rpo.co.uk/stories/photos-hisaishi-scriabin 📷 Sarah Louise Bennett

A wide shot of the three horn soloists at the front of the stage and Orchestra receiving applause

The three horn players receiving applause taken from behind them, with Ben Hulme smiling and looking at the others

Vasily Petrenko conducting the Orchestra, his arms raised and left palm facing upwards

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We had the enormous pleasure of sharing the stage yesterday with the stunning Clara Jumi-Kang and Ben Glassberg for our season finale at @cadoganhall.bsky.social, featuring Britten's introspective Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's tumultuous reckoning with fate in his Symphony No.5.

Violinist Clara Jumi-Kang in a night-blue dress standing at the front of the stage holding her violin and smiling

Conductor Ben Glassberg raising his arms and standing with the Orchestra to receive applause

Ben Glassberg and the Orchestra standing on stage for applause

A black and white photo of Clara Jumi-Kang walking onto stage in-between RPO violinists

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What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Joe Hisaishi is a name familar to fans of Japanese cinema - he's written music for all but one of Miyazaki's films - but he's also Composer-in-Association with the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social, and a brand new miniature from him opens this Saturday's concert at The Hexagon. 1/2

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

'Mahler’s Third is a profound parable of nature’s suffering and the pursuit of its purifying redemption.' Dr Genevieve Robyn Arkle, author of the sleeve notes for our recent Mahler 3 release, explores the symphony through the lens of ecology and the climate crisis. Listen on Monday's Front Row:

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Front Row - Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, Pan African art and John Taverner's opera Krishna - BBC Sounds

Samira Ahmed's guests include Thomas Bangalter, Ekow Eshun and David Pountney.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

On Friday 5 June we performed our final concert of the season at Southbank Centre with Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead and Scriabin's Symphony No.3, as well Joe Hisaishi's The Border Concerto for Three Horns, featuring Ben Hulme, Alexander Edmundson and Katy Woolley. 📷 Sarah Louise Bennett

Vasily Petrenko conducting with his arms stretched out and looking at the horn players

Three horn soloists standing in front of the Orchestra on stage

The RPO and horn soloists receiving applause on stage at the Royal Festival Hall

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Out now via harmonia mundi! Embracing the whole world, Mahler’s Symphony No.3 is a vast fresco in which nature, man and the spiritual interact on a cosmic scale. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, Vasily Petrenko reveals all the richness of this visionary peak of post-Romanticism. [1/2]

Album artwork of a crescent moon, dandelions, and a yellow brushstroke

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

'The whole RPO championed this concerto as if they believed in it.' @bachtrack.com Last week we joined Ray Chen at the Royal Albert Hall for Korngold's cinematic Violin Concerto, before Mahler's Fifth with Music Director Vasily Petrenko. www.rpo.co.uk/stories/phot... 📷 Frances Marshall

Violinist Ray Chen at the front of the stage raising his bow for a final note with other RPO strings

Vasily Petrenko conducting with his baton raised and his left hand slightly curled

The RPO and Vasily standing for applause on the stage

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

'I begin a journey into the unknown, I travel between fear and hope...' Last night we made a spiritual journey with Taneyev's cantata John of Damascus with the Philharmonia Chorus, and the numinous legend of Wagner's Parsifal in an orchestral suite conducted by Vasily Petrenko. 📷 Mark Allan

Vasily Petrenko conducting at the Royal Festival Hall with his head raised and his left hand in a fist

The Philharmonia Chorus singing in front of the Royal Festival Hall organ

The RPO and Philharmonia Chorus performing on stage. The surtitles above them read 'into Thy heavenly dwelling'

RPO strings and woodwind performing in concert

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What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

And in the evening, guest conductor Cornelius Meister leads them through Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, plus a delightful new miniature from Composer-in-Association Joe Hisaishi, and Clara-Jumi Kang is the soloist on Britten’s captivating Violin Concerto. whatsonreading.com/ClassicalMus... 2/2

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang holding her instrument

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What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social are back at The Hexagon on 13 June with two very different concerts. In the day, it's another Noisy Kids, a fun-filled, interactive concert designed for young music lovers. The theme this time is "It Came From Outer Space"! whatsonreading.com/ClassicalMus... 1/

Poster for Noisy Kids concert with cartoon artwork of a space rocket and a planet with musical notes around them

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Although less well known today than Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, Taneyev's music is every bit as powerful and masterfully crafted, and the Romantic composer's influence was instrumental to their creative output. Read about the life of 'the Russian Bach': www.rpo.co.uk/stories/russ...

A graphic with a pink background, a yellow paintbrush, and an image of Taneyev playing the piano that repeats and fades

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we're sharing a story from Sound Sanctuary, our programme to support the mental health of people in Brent. Participants, alongside RPO players, created a piece of music inspired by their love of nature to celebrate David Attenborough’s 100th birthday... [1/2]

RPO musicians and Brent participants playing music together in a circle

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Last night we concluded our series of Mahler symphonies this season @royalalberthall.bsky.social with the almighty Fifth, conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Before that, superstar violinist Ray Chen performed Korngold's swashbuckling Violin Concerto in all its colour and glamour. 🎻 📷 Frances Marshall

Ray Chen playing the violin at the front of the Royal Albert Hall stage

Vasily Petrenko conducting with his head slightly raised and his left palm facing down

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

One of the most beautiful and affecting pieces of Russian choral music ever written. This is the Philharmonia Chorus singing Taneyev's cantata John of Damascus – they'll be joining us to perform it at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 17 May under the baton of our Music Director Vasily Petrenko.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We are delighted to share that our next album with harmonia mundi will be available to stream and purchase on Friday 22 May: Mahler’s Symphony No.3, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall. Find out more at rpo.co.uk/recordings

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Mahler Symphony No.3
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Recorded Live in Concert

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The RPO’s inspired collaboration with the multi-award-winning 1927 Studios was a triumph.' – @theguardian.com Last week we brought the cosmic revelations of Messiaen's Turangalîla to Southbank Centre. See more photos and reviews from the evening: www.rpo.co.uk/stories/five...

The RPO performing on stage viewed from behind audience members in the stalls. On the screen behind the Orchestra it shows a woman drinking a potion cyanotype coloured filter

Steven Osborne, Vasily Petrenko, Cecile Lartigau and the Orchestra performing on stage

A wide shot from the side stalls of the Orchestra on stage, with the screen behind them showing a scene of a woman lying on the ground with a yellow filter

Vasily Petrenko, Steven Osborne and Cecile Lartigau standing and smiling at the front of the stage as they receive applause

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Our 2026–27 Season is now on sale 🎶 Our 80th Anniversary Season is full of reflections, remembrances and evocations: music that celebrates music, and the musicians who make it. And above all, music that celebrates you, our audience – the people who make the music complete. rpo.co.uk/2026-27

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Last night we told a love story for the ages at Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival with Messiaen's Turangalîla, which was accompanied by a film created by 1927 Studios. We were joined by Cécile Lartigau on the ondes Martenot and pianist Steven Osborne. 📷 Andy Paradise

The Orchestra playing at the Royal Festival Hall in front of a screen that has a sepia toned scene of a woman lying down

Cecile Lartigau playing the ondes Martenot

Vasily Petrenko conducting with his baton pointed up

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We're proud to be part of the University of Reading's Centenary celebrations, and this May we're giving music-making workshops for local groups and participants in the lead-up to a public performance of a brand new work on Saturday 9 May 🎶 @rdgwhatson.bsky.social Join us!

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Reading Sound Foundry

Join us for an unforgettable evening of music as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra join forces with the University of Reading orchestra and community musicians, featuring the WORLD PREMIERE of a brand ...

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We're turning 80 years old in 2026, and you're invited to the party. In our 2026–27 Season, we're making music that celebrates music, the musicians who make it, and you, our audience – the people who make the music complete.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We spent a beautiful evening @cadoganhall.bsky.social yesterday with @johnrutter.bsky.social for the world premiere of his Shakespeare Sketchbook, performed by our Principal Oboe John Roberts. It was a fitting tribute to late oboist Tim Watts, who played with us for many years. 📷 Frances Marshall

John Rutter stretching his arms out on the podium as he and the Orchestra face the audience to receive applause at Cadogan Hall

John Roberts standing in front of the Orchestra playing the Oboe as John Rutter conducts

John Rutter clasping his hands together and smiling as he stands on stage

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Last month we were at the Charis Centre in delivering one of our Relaxed Performances with Creative Crawley. We were especially delighted that audience member Lonny Chauhan created a beautiful portrait of First Violin Judith Templeman during the performance! It was an inspiring afternoon for all 🎼❤

A woman holding a painting of herself playing the violin

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

80 schools for 80 years 🎶 To celebrate the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 80th anniversary, our Sub-Principal Flute Jo Marsh has set herself the challenge of performing at 80 schools and youth clubs this year. Read more: www.rpo.co.uk/news-and-pre...

Flautist Jo Marsh performing in front of children at a school hall

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at @cadoganhall.bsky.social last night 🎶✨ Conducted by Nil Venditti, the programme featured Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No.1, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture, and Rubbra’s Piano Concerto with pianist Mark Bebbington. 📷Jasmine Waterfield/RPO

Nil Venditti conducting the Orchestra as Mark Bebbington plays the piano

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What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Nil Venditti will take up the conductor's baton when @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social return to The Hexagon on 27 March, for a programme boasting Rossini's Barber of Seville Overture, Rachmaninoff's Symphony No.1 and Dvořák's Cello Concerto with soloist Andrew Byun buff.ly/fM6czDh

Conductor Nil Venditti wielding her baton and tossing her flower-emblazoned hair

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

'Not one of his works came as directly from his inmost heart as this.' wrote Alma Mahler on Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony. It was a joy to bring this music to you at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko. Thank you for being there to hear it. 📷 Frances Marshall

A wide shot of the Orchestra on the stage

The Orchestra and Vasily performing on stage. The organ behind them is lit in blue.

A shot from just in front and below Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra as they stand for applause on stage. Vasily is spreading his arms out.

Principal Percussion Stephen Quigley holding the Mahler 6 hammer.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We're looking for a Tutti Cello 🎶 Do you think that you or someone you know is up to the job? Find out more about applying: www.rpo.co.uk/about/work-with-us/1067-tutti-cello

The RPO cello section in concert at Cadogan Hall. Overlaid is a blue gradient and the text 'We're looking for a Tutti Cello'

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Yesterday we performed Rachmaninoff's radiant Symphony No.2 and Lili Boulanger's playful Marche gaie @cadoganhall.bsky.social with conductor Eun Sun Kim, and we welcomed soloist Alexandra Tirsu to the stage for a stunning rendition of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.1 🎻

Conductor Eun Sun Kim and violinist Alexandra Tirsu clasping hands as they receive applause on stage with the Orchestra at Cadogan Hall

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Kevin John Edusei @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

BRAVO Sterling Elliott for a wonderful Elgar cello concerto with @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social

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Bachtrack @bachtrack.com · 27/02/2026

The joys of life and, perhaps, a good death: Beethoven and Strauss thrill at @cadoganhall.bsky.social with the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social ✍️ Christopher Woodley bachtrack.com/review-eduse...

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Kevin John Edusei @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

VIER LETZTE LIEDER Samy Moussa • Adgilis Deda Richard Strauss • Vier letzte Lieder L. v. Beethoven • Symphonie Nr. 7 Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha • Sopran @masabane_cecilia_rangwanasha #royalphilharmonicorchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social #classical #music

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Orchestral music is for everyone ✨ Recently we welcomed audiences to Brent Civic Centre for a Relaxed Performance, an inclusive experience especially designed for those who find traditional concerts challenging. Led by Tim Steiner, we brought music to life with visual aids and breakout sessions.

An audience watching a Relaxed Performance. The screen behind the Orchestra says R-P-O!

An RPO player and participant stretching in a breakout session

RPO musicians at a breakout session smiling and interacting with the participants, with kids raising their hands

Aga Serugo-Lugo leaning down towards a child and pointing. Families and other audience members are mingling and watching the musicians

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