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On Tuesday 23 April the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra continued its Icons Rediscovered series at the Royal Albert Hall with Verdi's Requiem, sung by a 120 member-strong Philharmonia Chorus and soloists Miah Persson, Jennifer Johnston, David Junghoon Kim and Alexander Vinogradov, conducted by Music Director Vasily Petrenko.

Read on to see more photos and reactions to the performance.

On Thursday 11 April the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra continued its Icons Rediscovered series at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall with Rachmaninov's 'The Bells' symphony, sung by the Philharmonia Chorus and soloists Mirjam Mesak, Pavel Petrov and Andrii Kymach, and also featured BSL artist Dr Paul Whittaker OBE. It was accompanied by Elgar's In the South (Alassio) and Mieczysław Weinberg's Cello Concerto, performed by soloist Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Music Director Vasily Petrenko led the orchestra and 80-voice choir, soloists for what was a truly moving experience.

On Wednesday 27 March the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra brought the latest instalment of our Icons Rediscovered series to Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall with Music Director Vasily Petrenko, juxtaposing the music of two late-Romantic icons, Edward Elgar with Sergei Rachmaninov; the Russian's Piano Concerto's No.3 preceding the former's Symphony No.2.