Set sail on a musical voyage with the RCM Philharmonic in a concert themed around the sea, featuring Debussy’s majestic seascape, La mer, alongside the most threatening two-note film music motif ever composed...

Blending a cappella singing with expressive movement, Gesualdo Passione crowns Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants' work on Carlo Gesualdo, in a modern creation by choreographer Amala Dianor.

‘Titanic’ was how one critic described the playing of pianist Boris Giltburg, and they didn’t stop there: ‘Giltburg had enormous reserves of firepower – and of musing poetry, too – to open up whole worlds of feeling and imagination.’ Now imagine him bringing all his wizardry to one of the best-loved showpieces of all time – Grieg’s evergreen (and gloriously tuneful) Piano Concerto. With an extra touch of magic from the RPO’s charismatic Conductor-in-Residence Kevin John Edusei, it’s the big heart of a concert that begins in California, with Gabriella Smith’s ingenious musical nature notebook and ends beneath the Northern Lights of Finland, as Sibelius’ mighty Second Symphony grows from tranquil beginnings to a soaring hymn of triumph. Prepare to be swept away.

‘He made me listen to the music afresh... the whole trajectory of the piece became clearer. The audience’s reaction was fervent and impassioned, and rightly so.’ Seen and Heard International on Boris Giltburg, February 2024

RPO Annual Legacy Giving Concert

Kaleidoscopic music by Adès and Ruders meet Sibelius’ evocative landscapes, and the promise of vibrant new music by Alex Paxton.

The barnstorming Sinfonia of London have garnered rave reviews since their relaunch in 2018, and this concert presents a rare opportunity to hear them in a smaller, more intimate arrangement.

The Concert

Thomas Adès leads us through Sibelius’ Finland and conjures magical images in his own evocation of a Celtic legend.

Anchored by three Bach Sarabandes, cellist Seth Parker Woods explores three centuries of cello music, focusing on identity, storytelling, and polyphony.

Barbican artist-in-residence Davóne Tines performs a multidisciplinary all-Julius Eastman program curated by Seth Parker Woods, alongside AMOC* & Kyle Marshall Dance Company. 

The Concert

Stravinsky and Gubaidulina breathe vivid, visceral life into Russian fairy tales, plus Shostakovich’s most beautiful and riveting concerto.