On Wednesday 2 March the Royal Albert Hall was filled with the noise and dazzling lights of Broadway as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed the hits from the nation's best-loved musicals with stars Kerry Ellis, Marisha Wallace, Ben Forster and Bradley Jaden.
Read on for photos and reactions from the day.
The University of Hull Students Training Programme is a partnership between the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Hull and Hull Music Service.
Second Violin Peter Graham recounts the second week of the RPO's tour to the USA as the players took up residency in Orlando's Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts as part of the celebrations surrounding the opening of the new Steinmetz Hall.
"After our fleeting visit to the San Francisco Bay area, sadly without having the time to visit the great city itself, and only a brief glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge from the coach, we embarked on the next phase of our tour...
The last leg of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's tour to the USA along the East Coast topped off an ambitious project that involved months of planning, with the logistics of nagivating changing pandemic restrictions to move 80 players from the UK to California, to Orlando and finally New York. With the final concert in Carnegie Hall, we had completed the first major tour to the USA by any international orchestra since February 2020.
Read on to see photos and reactions from our concerts in New York, New Jersey and Virginia.
