Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky! 🎂🎶 As we celebrate the legendary Russian composer, born on this day in 1882, we're looking back through the archives at this historic performance of The Firebird, with Stravinsky himself leading the Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in 1965. ✨🎻

The bells toll for Aschenbach’s slow demise... 🔔    Taken from a performance of Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice Suite, this moment captures the haunting atmosphere of Britten’s final opera all about obsession, conflict, and moral decay. 💀 #Britten #Opera #DeathinVenice #classicalmusic #orchestra

5 things you didn’t know about Edvard Grieg 🎼🐸 To celebrate the 183rd birthday of the great Norwegian composer, we've collected together a few fun facts about the man behind 'In the Hall of the Mountain King'... 👑⛰️ Book your ticket now for Grieg's vibrant Piano Concerto with Lukas Sternath

Ravel pulling at our heart strings... 🩰🥀🎻   Enjoy this rehearsal extract from the romantic final movement of the iconic 'Daphnis and Chloe' by Maurice Ravel, led by our Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen.   #Ravel #Orchestra #ClassicalMusic #Ballet #Philharmonia80

Tonight, we launch our Strauss extravaganza in Leicester, led by Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, as we celebrate the final concert performances of our 80th birthday season. ✨ 📍 2 June | De Montfort Hall, Leicester 📍 3 June | The Anvil, Basingstoke 📍 4 June | Royal Festival Hall, London

Leonidas Kavakos conducts Brahms’s Symphony No. 1! 😍🎶 As we gear up for three more performances of Brahms’s monumental First Symphony, here’s a glimpse from rehearsals at the Royal Festival Hall last week with Leonidas Kavakos. book your tickets now: 🔗: philharmonia.co.uk/series/beise...

Today, we celebrate our very first Principal Conductor, Otto Klemperer - born on this day in 1885! 🎉🎶 Enjoy this extract from our 1970 performance at the Royal Festival Hall, when Klemperer returned to conduct a cycle of Beethoven symphonies, including the monumental Ninth.

Santtu conducts Strauss’s Alpine Symphony 🏔️🎶 In just a few weeks, we reach the apex of our 80th birthday season as our Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali leads a Strauss extravaganza 🎟️ Book now: philharmonia.co.uk/series/santtu-conducts-a-strauss-extravaganza

To commemorate the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, here is a moment of calm from Ravel's heartfelt Pavane pour une infante défunte 👑💕 Why not share this with someone you think needs some Ravel magic ✨ #mentalhealthawarenessweek #ravel #esapekkasalonen

Our Autumn 2026 London concerts are on sale now! 📢🙌 This season, we bring together landmark works, distinctive voices and major artists in a series that celebrates both tradition and new perspectives. 🎟️ Book your tickets today: philharmonia.co.uk/seasons/lond...

Celebrating Prokofiev’s ‘official’ birthday with a classic 🎉🎶 The current season of The Apprentice may be over, but there’s always time for ‘Dance of the Knights’ from Romeo and Juliet, conducted here by our Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.

Bernstein’s On the Waterfront Suite with Santtu-Matias Rouvali! 🌊🎶 Last month, we brought this Oscar-winning score to life at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. The suite is full of brassy bravado, but there are moments of tender hopefulness too...

Motörhead, Mahler, Metallica and more… ⚡🎻 Heavy metal meets orchestral power for one epic night. 📍 Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre ⏰ Tonight, 7.30pm 🎟️ Limited tickets remaining - book now: 🔗 philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/for...

Who doesn't love some Elgar strings on a Monday afternoon? ✨ If you’re craving more, join the Philharmonia Orchestra and Nicola Benedetti this weekend for a truly unmissable programme 🎟️ Book now: 📆 Sat 18 April, 7.30pm | The Anvil, Basingstoke 📆 Sun 19 April, 3pm | Royal Festival Hall, London

Rehearsals are in full swing with Bruce Liu! 🎹✨ Tonight in Bedford, we kick off the first of three concerts this weekend, conducted by Ryan Bancroft. Here’s a sneak peek inside the rehearsal room - Ravel’s infectious rhythms are starting to take over… 🕺 🔗 philharmonia.co.uk/series/bruce...

We’re delighted to welcome back Ryan Bancroft! 🎶✨ The acclaimed American conductor returns this week for three performances, featuring music from Britten, Ravel and Tchaikovsky. Here's a look back at his electrifying performance of a Beethoven classic. 💪 🔗 philharmonia.co.uk/series/bruce...

Stomping into the Easter weekend with music from Anna Clyne. 👀🦵 Enjoy this encore extract from last month's performance of 'Restless Oceans', led by our Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop and featuring the multi-dextrous players of the Orchestra!

Happy World Piano Day! 🎹🎶 As we prepare for today's performance of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto with Denis Kozhukhin, we’re revisiting the concerto that came just before it - the Fourth, often considered his second most beloved with Steven Osborne. 🎟️: philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/den...

A moment of Scheherazade magic with Marin Alsop 😍🎶 Enjoy this rehearsal excerpt from Rimsky-Korsakov's masterpiece, led by our Principal Guest Conductor ahead of our recent performance at the Royal Festival Hall. An enduring favourite for audiences and musicians alike.

Bruce Liu returns for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G! 🎹🎶 In just a few weeks, we’re delighted to welcome back the brilliant Canadian pianist for Ravel's vibrant concerto - inspired by the Spanish and jazz rhythms he discovered whilst touring the US. 🎟️ Book now: 🔗 philharmonia.co.uk/series/bruce...

The epic finale of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 🙌✨ A behind-the-scenes glimpse from yesterday’s rehearsals, ahead of our sold-out performance at the Royal Festival Hall with conductor Kent Nagano, soprano Jane Archibald, mezzo-soprano Christina Bock, and the Philharmonia Chorus.

Epic Mahler moments 🥁💪 As we gear up for this week’s performance of Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 2 with conductor Kent Nagano, enjoy the electrifying finale of his Symphony No. 3, featuring this thunderous timpani climax. 🎟️ Book now: philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/nag...

Wagnerian brass beauty in Bruckner’s Eighth 😍🎶 A moment from rehearsals with conductor Lawrence Renes, featuring a beautiful Wagner tuba solo. In this symphony, 4 horn players switch to Wagner tubas, creating a sound designed to mimic the church organs that Bruckner loved.

Marin Alsop returns this week for concerts in Canterbury, London and Manchester! 😍🎶 Here's an extract from rehearsals during her last visit in February, rehearsing 'Jupiter' from Holst’s The Planets. 🪐 🎟 Book your tickets: philharmonia.co.uk/series/marin...

This week we welcome back American cellist Alisa Weilerstein 🤩🎶 Ahead of tomorrow evening's UK premiere of Gabriela Ortiz's Cello Concerto, 'Dzonot' in Canterbury, enjoy this beautiful extract from Dvořák's Silent Woods for cello and orchestra. 🎟 Book now: philharmonia.co.uk/series/marin...

Gabriela Ortiz's ‘Si el oxígeno fuera verde’ 😍🙌 Ahead of the UK premiere of her Cello Concerto ‘Dzonot’ with Alisa Weilerstein next week, enjoy our performance of ‘Si el oxígeno fuera verde’, performed earlier this season with Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

A world premiere of Jonathan Dove's 'Rainbow' with former Principal Clarinettist Mark van de Wiel! 😍🎶 Join us for an evening celebrating the clarinet, with 'Rainbow', Copland's Clarinet Concerto and that iconic opening to Rhapsody in Blue. 🎟️ Limited tickets: philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/san...

Celebrating Kurtág at 100 with Víkingur Ólafsson 🎉 We marked the 100th birthday of György Kurtág with a special concert honouring his legacy. Thank you to our Featured Artist, conductor Elena Schwarz, presenter Tom Service and Ólafsson’s wife Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir! 📸 Alejandro Sanchez-Garrido

An evening celebrating the clarinet 🎶😍 We’re thrilled to welcome back our former Principal Clarinet, Mark van de Wiel, to perform Copland's Clarinet Concerto, and the world premiere of a brand new concerto, commissioned from his friend Jonathan Dove. Book now: philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/san...

A sneak peek at John Adams’s 'After The Fall' with Víkingur Ólafsson! 👀🎹✨ Join us at 7.30pm at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre for what promises to be an unforgettable evening. 🎟️ Book now: philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/esa...