On Wednesday 13 March the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed Wagner's Grand Festival, part of our Icons Rediscovered series in Royal Albert Hall with Music Director Vasily Petrenko, exploring the power of the human voice.
In its Icons Rediscovered series, linking works by two late romantics – Sergei Rachmaninov and Edward Elgar – the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra showed its mettle. The orchestra’s game has been lifted to new levels by the arrival of Vasily Petrenko as music director. In Rachmaninov’s mighty Symphony No 2, the strings were precise and unanimous. Balance across every section of the orchestra was ideal. ★★★★ The Guardian
On Thursday 8 February the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed the latest concert in our Icons Rediscovered series in Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall with Music Director Vasily Petrenko, dedicated to the music of two icons of late Romanticism, Sir Edward Elgar and Sergei Rachmaninov.
Travelling state to state and city to city, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) enjoyed another busy week of touring in the USA. Led by our music director Vasily Petrenko and joined by British pianist and former RPO Artist-in-Residence Isata Kanneh-Mason, the Orchestra performed in some amazing venues across the Midwest and the East Coast.
Read on to see some snapshots from the second leg of the RPO USA Tour...
On Thursday 8 February, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be joined by British soprano Jennifer France for a performance of Richard Strauss' Six Songs After Poems by Brentano in Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. We asked France a few questions about the piece and the key influences that have shaped her as a musician. Read on to find out what she had to say...
