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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Enjoyed this hour-long concert format? Tchaikovsky Revealed comes to Cadogan Hall on Wednesday 19 May with showings at 6pm and 8.30pm with Leah Broad and Conductor-in-Residence Adam Hickox. www.rpo.co.uk/tickets-memb...
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Tchaikovsky Revealed - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The RPO and presenter Leah Broad uncover the secrets of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yesterday we dug into the story of Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony at Cadogan Hall with @leahbroad.bsky.social, Vasily Petrenko and our Principal Viola Abigail Fenna, uncovering the nuances of the music and how people in Mozart's time would have responded to it, before we performed the symphony in full.
Leah Broad, Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra on stage at Cadogan HallVasily Petrenko talking from the stagePrincipal Viola Abigail Fenna talking on the stageVasily Petrenko conducting
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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
There's much more in store for you in our 80th Anniversary Season, and we'd love for you to be part of it. Find out more: www.rpo.co.uk/tickets-memb...
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RPO x Vasily Petrenko - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerts in London with our Music Director
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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
We'll take the music apart and put it back together again in under an hour as you'll hear the insights and perspectives of our musicians, conductor Vasily Petrenko and presenter @leahbroad.bsky.social. [2/2] ⚡ rpo.co.uk/revealed
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Mozart Revealed - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Get under the skin of Mozart’s last symphony
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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
Pablo Ferrández will be joining us again on stage at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 23 September for our 80th Anniversary Celebration, playing Beethoven's Triple Concerto alongside Julia Fischer and Jan Lisiecki. www.rpo.co.uk/tickets-memb...
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 80 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Strauss, Beethoven and Errollyn Wallen raise the roof as the RPO turns 80 years young
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You can listen back to the this richly expressive music from the twentieth century on BBC Sounds, and see photos and reactions from the evening in our latest blog: www.rpo.co.uk/stories/phot...
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Photos and reactions: The RPO's sell-out return to the BBC Proms - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
On Sunday 16 August we returned to the world's biggest classical music festival with a sold-out performance conducted by our Music Director Vasily Petrenko.…
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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 HallPablo Ferrández playing the cello on stage in front of the Orchestra next to conductor Vasily PetrenkoPablo Ferrández performing solo on stage with the Orchestra in dark blue lighting behind himVasily 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
Accompanying the full force of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on stage at the Royal Albert Hall will be the BBC Singers and sopranos Grace Davidson and Dessislava Stefanova, with conductor Anthony Gabriele. rpo.co.uk/moonwalkers
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The Moonwalkers: Live in Concert - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Narrated on film by Tom Hanks
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Co-written and narrated by Tom Hanks, and featuring interviews with Artemis astronauts as they look ahead to future moon landings, be transported to the lunar surface in a film that charts humanity's most extraordinary journey like you've never seen it before.
The image of the astronaut on the moon on the screen at the Royal Albert Hall
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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 groundAn astronaut on the moon carrying large white boxes walking  away from the cameraThe lunar module in space. Blue lens flare effects appear on each sideThe earth emerging from the edge of the moon
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
You can hear Elgar's Falstaff, Mahler's First Symphony, Joe Hisaishi's The Border (Concerto for 3 Horns and Orchestra), Scriabin's Symphony No.3, Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead and The Bells, and Strauss' Alpine Symphony via BBC Sounds. 📻 The broadcasts are available for up to 29 days.
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RPO concerts on BBC Radio 3 this July - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hear performances captured at the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall, conducted by Vasily Petrenko.
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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
Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra taking applause at the Royal Festival Hall. There are blue wavy musical stave lines running between Vasily and the Orchestra. At the top is the BBC Radio 3 logo, and at the bottom is the text 'Catch up on our week of broadcast performances on BBC Sounds, rpo.co.uk/radio3'.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
'As an orchestral musician I think it is easy to take what we do for granted and it’s been so refreshing to break down the barrier between the platform and audience.' Read our interview with Jo about the project: www.rpo.co.uk/stories/joan...
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Joanna Marsh Q&A: 80 school visits for 80 years of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Joanna Marsh shares her stories from visiting schools across the country to celebrate 80 years of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Thank you also to the following music hubs for supporting Jo: Entrust Music Service, Staffordshire Thinking Music, Bristol Suffolk County Music Service West Sussex Music Camden Music Service SoundStorm Music Education Hub
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Special thanks to @johnrutter.bsky.social who composed two beautiful new pieces of music for Jo, ‘Lullaby’ and ‘Short Fast Showoff’, which she performed at every school.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
She didn’t just manage to visit 80 schools – she reached 108! Across 20 counties, Jo visited over 24,500 students, and for every child inspired to take up an instrument or join an orchestra, it was her relentless enthusiasm and barrier-breaking music-making that made it happen.
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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
Discover the full schedule of RPO performances broadcast on BBC Radio 3 this week: www.rpo.co.uk/stories/hear-the-rpo-in-concert-on-bbc-radio-3-from-monday-13-july
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RPO concerts on BBC Radio 3 this July - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hear performances captured at the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall, conducted by Vasily Petrenko.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
...you can also hear Rachmaninoff's deeply evocative Isle of the Dead, before the concert closes out with Scriabin's numinous monument to the creative spirit in his Symphony No.3, 'The Divine Poem', conducted by our Music Director Vasily Petrenko.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Featuring the London premiere of our Composer-in-Association Joe Hisaishi's rhythmically-charged The Border (Concerto for 3 Horns and Orchestra) with soloists Ben Hulme, Alexander Edmundson and Katy Woolley...
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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/...
Three horn soloists playing on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in front of the Orchestra. At the top is the BBC Radio 3 logo, and below it some wavy blue lines and the text Radio 3 in Concert, Tue 14 Jul, 7.30pm, Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead, Hisaishi: The Border (Concerto for 3 Horns and Orchestra), Scriabin: Symphony No.3, 'The Divine Poem'

Originally recorded at the Royal Festival hall on Friday 5 June
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Having made our debut at The Hexagon on its opening year in 1978, we are grateful to have had a significant relationship with the Reading area for over four decades, and we look forward to another year of wonderful music! rpo.co.uk/reading
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Reading - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s (RPO) mission is to place orchestral music at the heart of contemporary society and to ensure that live orchestral music is accessible to as inclusive and diverse an...
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🎹 Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Walton with Isata Kanneh-Mason, Wednesday 26 May 2027, 7.30pm Conducted by Vasily Petrenko, making his first appearance with the Orchestra at the Hexagon!
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Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Walton - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Adventure, passion, and mystery.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🎻 Bruch Violin Concerto with Esther Yoo, Saturday 6 March 2027, 7.30pm Conducted by our Associate Conductor Emilia Hoving, and featuring music inspired by dance and folk traditions by Kodály and Bartók.
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Bruch Violin Concerto - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A colourful programme of folk-inspired music
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
⚡ Noisy Kids: The Gods are Back in Town, Saturday 6 March 2027, 11.30am The audience-favourite show returns for some fantastical worlds of myths and legends from near and far.
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Noisy Kids: The Gods are Back in Town - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A musical adventure for the whole family
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🎺 Brahms 1, Wednesday 14 October 2026, 7.30pm Conducted by Kristian Sallinen, and featuring Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with RPO Principal Clarinet Katherine Lacy.
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Brahms 1 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Featuring Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with soloist Katherine Lacy
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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
Noisy Kids will be back in the Hexagon with more musical journeys through fantastical worlds next season - keep your eyes peeled for an announcement soon! 🛸
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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 costumesThe Orchestra wind and brass, with some in space and alien-themed costumesPresenter Tim Steiner standing by the conductor in a sparkly gold suit speaking to the audienceA violinist in a rocket costume looking towards the conductor
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🤦‍♂️ the correct link is here! www.rpo.co.uk/stories/phot...
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Hisaishi x Scriabin closes out our season with Vasily Petrenko at Southbank Centre: photos and reviews - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
On Friday 5 June we performed our final Royal Festival Hall concert of the season Southbank Centre with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko. Diving into the inner…
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Discover our 2026–27 Season with Vasily Petrenko at Southbank Centre, Cadogan Hall and the Royal Albert Hall at rpo.co.uk/rpoxvp
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RPO x Vasily Petrenko - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerts in London with our Music Director
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
If you missed the concert then don't worry - you can listen back on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds from 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 July!
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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 applauseThe three horn players receiving applause taken from behind them, with Ben Hulme smiling and looking at the othersRPO cellists performing in concertVasily 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're in Hull this evening with Ben and Clara for the final concert of the Hull City Hall Classics season, performing Joe Hisaishi's Encounter, Sibelius' icy Violin Concerto, and Beethoven's unforgettable Symphony No.5. See you there!
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
with conductor Ben Glassberg
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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 smilingConductor Ben Glassberg raising his arms and standing with the Orchestra to receive applauseBen Glassberg and the Orchestra standing on stage for applauseA 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
Stream or purchase our recording of Mahler's Third with conductor Vasily Petrenko: rpo.co.uk/recordings
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Recordings - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s mission is to enrich lives through orchestral experiences that are uncompromising in their excellence and inclusive in their appeal.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A lecturer at King's College London, she is also writing a biography of Alma Mahler. Genevieve was selected by BBC Radio 4 and the @ukri.org Arts and Humanities Research Council as a New Generation Thinker, bringing her expertise on rethinking and historicising classical music to a wider audience.
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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
Thank you to everyone there who made the atmosphere electric! Missed the concert? Listen to the broadcast on Tuesday 14 July on BBC Radio 3 at 7.30pm, or catch up afterwards on BBC Sounds.
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