2017/18 Season Brochure by Liverpool Philharmonic

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Kate Marsden, Second Violins

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IN HARMONY LIVERPOOL

   PRINCIPAL PARTNERS

PREMIER SPONSOR

MEDIA PARTNER

SPONSORS

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TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

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RESTAURANT PARTNER

TRAVEL PARTNER

DIGITAL PARTNER

HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS

IN-KIND SPONSORS

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Vasily Petrenko Chief Conductor

 Liverpool Philharmonic Starter Collection

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Membership

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Subscribe and Save

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Critical Acclaim

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2017/2018 Season

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Family Concerts

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Chamber Music at St George’s Hall

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Music Room Concerts

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Talks, Tours and Taking Part

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Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company

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Plan your Visit

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Booking Information

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Liverpool Philharmonic Starter Collection A Playlist for Beginners It can be hard if you’re unfamiliar with classical music to know where to start. Don't be put off by all the fancy language and exotic titles, or worry that you’re supposed to find Messiaen amazing straight away (you might not!). It's just music. Very good music. Just remember, it could take you a few listens before you understand a classical piece in the same way that you do popular music. When you’re just starting out you might need to listen to a piece all the way through several times before you start to make any sense of it. That’s totally normal. We’ve put together a list of several concerts for you to start with if you want to get into classical music, but are overwhelmed by the sheer number of concerts in this brochure!

CLASSIC FM: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Thursday 7 September 7.30pm (Page 17) A great ‘taster’ concert of well-loved music, including Bruch’s Violin Concerto, which for many years was No. 1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame, and which remains one of the most popular – and beautiful – of all violin concertos.

THE PLANETS II Sunday 22 October 2.30pm (Page 23) The Planets, by Gustav Holst is one of those pieces that you need to hear live to feel its full impact. If you’ve never been blown away by a full symphony orchestra at the height of its power (and immense volume!) this is your chance. And you’re certain to have heard bits of it before – it’s been used in everything from the Rugby World Cup song, ‘World In Union’, to Super Mario Bros. video games and is the basis for the hymn, ‘I Vow to Thee My Country’. Iron Maiden have even used part of it to pump up the crowd on several tours!

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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

PETRENKO’S SHOSTAKOVICH

Sunday 5 November 2.30pm 

Thursday 26 April 7.30pm Friday 27 April 1.30pm 

               

VERDI’S REQUIEM Sunday 19 November 6pm        

VALENTINE’S CLASSICS Wednesday 14 February 7.30pm           

          

BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR Thursday 7 June 7.30pm                          

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Vasily Petrenko; Principal Oboe, Jonathan Small and Second Violinist, Sally-Anne Anderson enjoy the company of donors.

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Silver

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                                £150 to dedicate a seat  £200 to adopt a player    

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Gold

                

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Gold+

                     

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        

Glyn Môn Hughes, September 2016

Martin Kettle, September 2016

Feature: The Best Recordings of Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 Top Choice – Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko

           David Gutman, January 2017

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Recording Pick: Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 6

                

4 *Concert Review of Beethoven’s 

           Alfred Hickling, September 2016

Concert Review: Songs of Lamentation

           Richard Ely, May 2016

Chris O’Reilly, January 2017

Recording Review: Tchaikovsky Symphonies 3, 4, and 6

               Hugh Canning, January 2017

Recording Review: Vaughan Williams Symphonies Volume 1 (Onyx)

                 Norman Lebrecht, May 2016

Concert Review: BBC Prom 53

      Catherine Jones, August 2016

4*Recording Review: Tchaikovsky Symphonies 3, 4, and 6 (Onyx)

       Fiona Maddocks January 2017

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CLASSIC FM: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Thursday 7 September 7.30pm Handel  Rimsky-Korsakov   Bruch  Sibelius  Walton  Mozart  Jenkins  Beethoven   Borodin  Bill Turnbull  Michael Seal  Callum Smart  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                  Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

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Dvořák with his wife, children, and friends in New York. Photo courtesy of Czech Museum of Music, Antonín Dvořák Museum Prague.

View of Spillville, Iowa (1895), where Dvořák spent his summer holiday and composed two of his greatest string quartets.

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NEW WORLD SYMPHONY Saturday 16 September 7.30pm Sousa     Ives   Weill  Gershwin  Bernstein  Dvořák  Dvořák   Sir Andrew Davis  Emily Birsan 

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ř              Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

Starts 15 mins after the concert ends (Music Room) Sir Andrew Davis and American Emily Birsan Sponsored by

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The perfect way to end your week… an afternoon with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Vasily Petrenko  Alexey Stadler 

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    ř         

 So if you book early, you could get fantastic seats in the boxes, stalls or grand circle! Please note that subscription discounts do not apply to the Friday concerts, although these may be included in your ‘flexi’ subscription.                 www.thelondoncarriageworks.co.uk/fooddrink  0151 705 2222

Tickets Thursday £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Friday £25 Booking fees may apply* Sponsored by

Alexey Stadler © Marie Staggat

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PHILIP GLASS: 80TH BIRTHDAY Thursday 28 September 7.30pm Dvořák  Philip Glass  Scriabin  Vasily Petrenko               ř          

THE BIRDS Thursday 5 October 7.30pm Korngold   Delius     Respighi  Stravinsky   Vasily Petrenko                      

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CASABLANCA : FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA Saturday 14 October 2.30pm & 7.30pm Dirk Brossé  

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Classic Intro 6.15pm (Music Room) Join conductor Dirk Brossé and BBC Radio Merseyside’s Angela Heslop to explore the music of .

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THE PLANETS I

THE PLANETS II

Thursday 19 October 7.30pm

Sunday 22 October 2.30pm

Bernstein   Aaron Jay Kernis       Holst 

Adams  Gershwin  Holst 

James Feddeck  Timothy Jackson  Ladies of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                

James Feddeck  Julian Joseph  Ladies of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                   

Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

Julien Joseph

Timothy Jackson

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FINGAL’S CAVE

RACHMANINOV’S THIRD: WORLD’S TOUGHEST PIANO PIECE?

Thursday 26 October 7.30pm Friday 27 October 1.30pm Mendelssohn  

Thursday 2 November 7.30pm

Sibelius  Brahms 

Rachmaninov  Gabriela Ortiz 

Jacek Kaspszyk  Henning Kraggerud 

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Carlos Miguel Prieto  Boris Giltburg 

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Jacek Kaspszyk

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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION Sunday 5 November 2.30pm Rachmaninov  Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) 

Carlos Miguel Prieto  Boris Giltburg                  Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44

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Boris Giltburg © Sasha Gusov

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THE LARK ASCENDING Thursday 9 November 7.30pm David Matthews  Vaughan Williams   Hamish MacCunn    Vaughan Williams   Andrew Manze  James Ehnes  Sarah Fox  Andrew Foster-Williams  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                   Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

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    The Guardian, 2008       

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Sunday 19 November 6pm

Friday 24 November 7pm Sunday 26 November 2.30pm

Verdi  Vasily Petrenko  Ainhoa Arteta  Ekaterina Gubanova  David Butt Philip  Sir Bryn Terfel  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                

Verdi  Vasily Petrenko  Sir Bryn Terfel  Judit Kutasi  Rebecca Evans   European Opera Centre Amy Lane               

CLASSIC INTRO

Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Concert will last approximately 3 hours.

4.30pm (Main Auditorium)     

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Tickets £30, £37, £42, £52, £68

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Sir Bryn Terfel © Warren Orchard

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A NIGHT AT THE MUSICALS

FIRST LADIES OF SWING: ELLA, LENA, AND MORE

Wednesday 29 November 7.30pm

Saturday 2 December 7.30pm Ruthie Henshall Sir Bryn Terfel Paul Bateman                Tickets £30, £37, £42, £52, £68 Booking fees may apply*

            Clare Teal  Guy Barker               Clare Teal  Guy Barker  Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

Clare Teal © Fei Liu

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A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS Thursday 7 December 7.30pm Friday 8 December 1.30pm Prokofiev   Shostakovich  Rimsky-Korsakov   Delius  Tchaikovsky  Elim Chan  Kathryn Stott                Tickets Thursday £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Friday Afternoon £25

Elim Chan © Lau Kwok Kei

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SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Saturday 16 December 7.30pm Sunday 17 December 7.30pm Tuesday 19 December 7.30pm Thursday 21 December 7.30pm Friday 22 December 7.30pm Saturday 23 December 2.30pm 

Ian Tracey  Jesús León  John Suchet  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir

                 Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47 Booking fees may apply*

Simon Emery     

Exclusive Event for Gold Members (and above)   www.liverpoolphil.com/support  0151 210 2921 

Jill, concertgoer

Sponsored by

Spirit of Christmas © Mark McNulty

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Pops

BACK TO THE FUTURE: FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA Saturday 30 December 2.30pm & 7.30pm Dirk Brossé conductor Back to the Future™ & © Universal Studios and U-Drive Joint Venture. Power up your DeLorean… recharge your flux capacitor… and get ready to celebrate this unforgettable movie classic as you’ve never seen and heard it before! Back to the Future, staring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover, is the 1.21-gigawatt blockbuster that topped the 1985 box office chart, spawned two wildly successful sequels and stamped an enduring imprint on pop culture. In this time-traveling coming-of-age story, Marty McFly (Fox) suddenly finds himself transported back to 1955… where he struggles to change the destiny of his parents (Thompson, Glover), rescue an eccentric friend (Lloyd) from terrorists, and solve an alternative-plutonium crisis… all while trying to ensure he has a future to get back to! Now, fans old and new will experience the thrill of Back to the Future like never before – on a big hi-def screen with a full symphony orchestra performing Alan Silverstri’s dazzling musical score live in synch with the movie. Audiences will also be in for an exclusive treat: approximately twenty minutes of brand new music added by award-winning composer Silvestri to the film's score especially for these unique live orchestra presentations. Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47 £15 / under 25s Booking fees may apply*

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ABBA ON NEW YEAR’S EVE

MESSIAH

Sunday 31 December 7.30pm Michael England  West End International Cast               Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47 Booking fees may apply*

Saturday 6 January 7pm 

Handel  Nicholas Kraemer  Sarah Tynan  Robin Blaze  Nicholas Mulroy  Christopher Purves  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                

Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47 Booking fees may apply*

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THE ART OF THE PIANO

WINTER LANDSCAPES Thursday 11 January 7.30pm Friday 12 January 1.30pm Brahms  Wilhelm Stenhammar  Sibelius  Andrew Manze  Marc-André Hamelin               Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

Thursday 11 January

POST-CONCERT QUESTION TIME Starts 15 minutes after the concert ends (Music Room) Andrew Manze and Marc-André Hamelin

Marc-André Hamelin © Sim Canetty Clarke

                            

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ELGAR’S ENIGMA

ELGAR’S SERENADE

Thursday 18 January 7.30pm

Sunday 21 January 2.30pm

Weber  Brahms  Stephen Pratt   Elgar 

Weber  Brahms  Elgar  Elgar 

Vasily Petrenko  Julian Rachlin                 Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply* Sponsored by

Vasily Petrenko  Julian Rachlin                    Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44

Julain Rachlin © Julia Wesely

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Thursday 25 January 8pm

Thursday 1 February 7.30pm

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Walton  Rachmaninov   Tchaikovsky 

Messiaen  Vasily Petrenko  Steven Osborne  Nathalie Forget               

Vasily Petrenko  Nobuyuki Tsujii                

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Steven Oshorne © Benjamin Ealovega

Starts 15 minutes after the concert ends (Music Room) Vasily Petrenko, Steven Osborne and Nathalie Forget

Irish Times review of the recording of Tchaikovsky Symphonies 3, 4 and 6 (ONYX), February 2017

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GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO Walton  Grieg  Tchaikovsky  Vasily Petrenko  Nobuyuki Tsujii            

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EROICA Thursday 8 February 7.30pm Friday 9 February 1.30pm Rossini   Tchaikovsky  Tchaikovsky    Beethoven  Julian Rachlin  Jian Wang                 Tickets Thursday - £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Friday - £25 Booking fees may apply*

     

Jian Wang © Xu Bin

Maria D, concertgoer

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VALENTINE’S CLASSICS

COCKTAIL CLASSICS

Wednesday 14 February 7.30pm

Roderick Dunk  Gary Williams 

Saturday 17 February 7.30pm

Tchaikovsky   Rachmaninov  Prokofiev   Ravel 

              

Martin Yates  Zhang Zuo                

Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47

Zhang Zuo © Maria Borggreve

Booking fees may apply*

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

FANTASTIC DANCES

MOZART’S REQUIEM

Thursday 22 February 7.30pm

Saturday 3 March 7.30pm

Turina  Bartók   Ravel  Strauss  

Haydn   Mozart 

                

Lorezno Viotti

Lorenzo Viotti  Khatia  Gvantsa Buniatishvili  Graham Johns  Neil Hitt 

Gvantsa and Khatia Buniatishvili

Maxim Emelyanychev  Ruby Hughes  Claudia Huckle  Thomas Walker  Darren Jeffery  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44

Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44

Booking fees may apply*

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Ruby Hughes © Phil Sharp

Lorenzo Viotti © Stephan Doleschal

Sponsored by

Anna Tsybuleva © Vera Greiner

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MAHLER ONE Thursday 15 March 7.30pm Friday 16 March 1.30pm Schumann  Mahler  Joshua Weilerstein  Anna Tsybuleva           Tickets Thursday - £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Friday - £25 Booking fees may apply*

Thursday 15 March 6.15pm (Music Room)

CLASSIC INTRO     

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BEETHOVEN’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO

BEETHOVEN’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO

Thursday 22 March 7.30pm Mozart   Beethoven  Debussy  Debussy  Vasily Petrenko  Stephen Hough                

CLASSIC INTRO 6.15pm Stephen Johnson introduces us to the first two of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos, prior to Stephen Hough’s performances. Stephen broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio 3, 4 and the World Service, and presents Radio 3’s .

Sunday 25 March 2.30pm Mozart  Beethoven  Debussy  Debussy  Vasily Petrenko  Stephen Hough                       Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

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ELGAR’S CELLO CONCERTO

Wednesday 28 March 7.30pm

Thursday 5 April 7.30pm

Brahms  Bernstein  Brahms  Bernstein 

Wagner  Elgar  Schumann 

Christian Lindberg  Anna Larsson  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

Ben Gernon  Narek Hakhnazaryan                 

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Narek Haknazaryan © Marco Borggreve

Anna Larsson © Anna Thorbjornsson

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THE POWER OF LOVE Thursday 12 April 7.30pm Verdi   Dvořák  Wagner   Brahms  Nathalie Stutzmann  Thelma Handy               ř  Tickets Thursday - £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

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Thelma Handy © Jon Barraclough

Nathalie Stutzmann © Simon Fowler

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SPANISH RHAPSODY Thursday 19 April 7.30pm Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber Ravel Piano Concerto in G Francesco Tristano Neihou (uK Premiere) Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Maxime Tortelier conductor Francesco Tristano piano It’s not quite the summer yet, so why not give the sunny weather a kick-start? Debussy’s Faun dreams wondrous dreams; Paul Hindemith unleashes the full orchestra in a riot of melody, Ravel whisks us off to a Spanish fiesta – and the Barcelona-based pianist and composer Francesco Tristano revels in the jazzy melodies and southern sunshine of Ravel’s fabulous Piano Concerto. He’s bringing a little something of his own, too, Neihou, a work made of one long rhythmic sequence with slow harmonic shifts, inspired by minimalist structures. Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44

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PETRENKO’S SHOSTAKOVICH

RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Thursday 26 April 7.30pm Friday 27 April 1.30pm

Duke Ellington  Gary Carpenter    Gershwin  Julian Joseph   

Thursday 3 May 7.30pm

Walton  Tchaikovsky  Shostakovich  Vasily Petrenko  Nobuyuki Tsujii 

Clark Rundell  Iain Ballamy  Julian Joseph  Julian Joseph Trio  

                

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Tickets Thursday - £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Friday - £25 Booking fees may apply*

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Julian Joseph © Andres Neumann

Nobuyuki Tsujii © Yuji Hori

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POST-CONCERT QUESTION TIME Starts 15 minutes after the concert ends (Music Room) Gary Carpenter, Clark Rundell, Iain Ballamy and Julian Joseph

Thursday 10 May 7.30pm Richard Strauss  Aleksandar Markovic  Salome  Herodias  Jochanaan  Orchestra of Opera North   Tickets £17, £25, £29, £36, £45 

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CARMINA BURANA Saturday 12 May 7.30pm

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VERTIGO: FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA Thursday 24 May 7.30pm Anthony Gabriele conductor Under the blue skies of 1950s San Francisco, James Stewart becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman – and obsession, as he’s about to find out, can be deadly. Film critics recently voted Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo the best film ever made, and Bernard Herrmann’s mesmerising score is one of the greatest of all movie soundtracks. Vertigo is 60 years old this year, so for this one-off screening, Herrmann’s music is performed live by the full Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. It’s never sounded more vivid – or more gripping. Just don’t look down... Film courtesy of Paramount Pictures Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

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BEETHOVEN’S THIRD PIANO CONCERTO Thursday 31 May 7.30pm Li Huanzhi  Beethoven  Tchaikovsky  Long Yu  Stephen Hough                 

CLASSIC INTRO 6.15pm (Music Room)      

POST-CONCERT QUESTION TIME  (Music Room) Stephen Hough.

Booking fees may apply*

Sponsored by

Long Yu

Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44

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BEETHOVEN’S FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO Sunday 3 June 2.30pm Beethoven  Beethoven  Tchaikovsky  Long Yu  Stephen Hough                   Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44

          Linda H, concertgoer

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BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONY

Thursday 7 June 7.30pm

Thursday 14 June 7.30pm Friday 15 June 1.30pm

Holst  Beethoven  Vaughan Williams   Andrew Manze  Stephen Hough  Rowan Pierce  Ladies of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir                   

Brahms  Haydn  Korngold  Beethoven  Alpesh Chauhan  Pablo Ferrández                  Tickets Thursday - £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Friday - £25 Booking fees may apply*

Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

       Philip, concertgoer

Alpesh Chauhan © Marcello Orselli

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THE BEST OF THE WEST END

JOHN WILLIAMS AT THE OSCARS

WEST END INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

Saturday 30 June 7.30pm

Thursday 28 June 7.30pm Programme includes excerpts from:                     Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47 £7 / Under 25’s Booking fees may apply*

Includes music from:           Tommy Pearson  Michael Seal             Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47 £7 / Under 25’s

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Booking fees may apply*

Measha Brueggergosman © Hiep Vu

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SHÉHÉRAZADE

LAST NIGHT OF THE POPS

Thursday 5 July 7.30pm Programme to include: Ravel  Bartók  Vasily Petrenko  Measha Brueggergosman           Tickets £15, £21, £27, £34, £44 Booking fees may apply*

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Saturday 7 July 7.30pm Programme to include: Elgar  Mussorgsky   – Land of Hope And Glory, Jerusalem, and Fantasia on British Sea Songs Vasily Petrenko  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir         Tickets £20, £26, £35, £40, £47 Booking fees may apply*

Y FAMILE TS R C N CO Liverpool Philharmonic Family Concerts are a great way for children and adults to come together to experience a full symphony orchestra performing music live. Concerts last about one hour. Fidgeting is allowed, and the whole family is welcome, so come along and give it a try! Children are invited to have a go on a variety of instruments from 30 minutes prior to each concert at our Instrument Petting Zoo. For the under 5s, we have two new concerts especially designed for the youngest members of our audience, held in our smaller, more informal venue, Music Room.

SPOOKTACULAR! Sunday 29 October 2.30pm Alasdair Malloy presenter Kevin Field conductor Calling all Ghostbusters! Come along in your devilish disguises and hear the Orchestra at their spookiest and spinechilling best in this concert combining the creepiest classics with a gruesome mix of all manner of haunting Halloween music. The concert includes The Devil’s Galop, Overture from The Flying Dutchman, Phantom Fairground, and, of course, music from Ghostbusters! Tickets Adults £11, £15, £22 Children £8, £10, £13 Booking fees may apply*

SING-ALONG WITH SANTA! Saturday 16 December 11.30am & 2.30pm Sunday 17 December 11.30am & 2.30pm Alasdair Malloy presenter Michael Seal conductor Liverpool Philharmonic Children’s Choirs and Melody Makers He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice – and now he’s asking you to join in and sing along! That’s right, Santa himself is leading the musical fun today, and he really wants to hear how loud you can sing! That goes for the whole family: but don’t worry, the Liverpool Philharmonic Children’s Choirs are here to help, and this is a musical Christmas treat filled with seasonal songs that simply everyone will know. Plus a few surprises too – whether you’ve been naughty or nice! Tickets Adults £14, £17, £28 Children £9, £10, £15 Booking fees may apply*

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Paul Coghlin

Alasdair Malloy

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FROM HAMELIN TO HOGWARTS

ALL ABOARD THE PIRATE SHIP!

ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNDER 5S…..

Sunday 11 March 2.30pm

Sunday 24 June 2.30pm

Alasdair Malloy  Kevin Field 

                   

                        

Wednesday 11 October 1pm and 2.45pm Saturday 24 February 1pm and 2.45pm Music Room

Tickets Adults £11, £15, £22 Children £8, £10, £13 Booking fees may apply*

Tickets Adults £11, £15, £22 Children £8, £10, £13

                          

Booking fees may apply*

Tickets Adults £11 Children £7 Booking fees may apply*

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  

Khafia Buniatishvili

Liverpool Philharmonic’s Chamber Music series features performances by some of the world’s greatest string ensembles, vocalists and recital artists. The glorious setting of Liverpool’s St George’s Hall Concert Room, a wonderfully intimate space seating around 450 people, provides a splendid backdrop for the concerts.          www.opencircuitfestival.co.uk 

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RED PRIEST: GYPSY BAROQUE FANTASY Tuesday 26 September 7.30pm Piers Adams  Adam Summerhayes  Angela East  David Wright          The Daily Telegraph            

ZEN TRIO Tuesday 3 October 7.30pm Haydn  Dvořák  Brahms  Esther Yoo  Narek Hakhnazaryan  Zhang Zuo      Bachtrack, on Esther Yoo         ř    Tickets £25 Booking fees may apply*

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ENSEMBLE 10/10 Wednesday 11 October 7.30pm Copland  Steve Reich  Andrew Norman  Nico Muhly  Richard Miller  Clark Rundell               Tickets £20 Booking fees may apply*

DIOTIMA QUARTET Tuesday 7 November 7.30pm Szymanowski  Ravel  Schubert            The Guardian                    

Ensemble 10/10

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STILE ANTICO Sunday 10 December 2.30pm

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN 

KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI 

A Tudor Christmas

Sunday 14 January 2.30pm

Music of William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Robert White, John Sheppard and others

Samuil Feinberg   Beethoven    Schumann 

Sunday 18 February 2.30pm

    Classics Today                   Tickets £25 Booking fees may apply*

     The New York Times                    Tickets £25

Stile Antico

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Brahms  Liszt  Tchaikovsky   Stravinsky         London Evening Standard                     Tickets £25 Booking fees may apply*

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ENSEMBLE 10/10 Wednesday 28 February 7.30pm Stravinsky  Elena Kats-Chernin  Anna Clyne  Georges Lentz  Mihkel Kerem  Oliver Knussen  Jessica Cottis                 Tickets £20 Booking fees may apply*

RODERICK WILLIAMS  IAIN BURNSIDE  Tuesday 17 April 7.30pm Vaughan Williams   Fauré  Schubert      The Guardian                Tickets £25

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PAVEL HAAS QUARTET Tuesday 8 May 7.30pm

STEPHEN HOUGH  Saturday 9 June 7.30pm

Dvořák  Shostakovich     Classical Source       ř   ř     Tickets £25 Booking fees may apply*

Debussy    Debussy  Schumann  Debussy    Debussy   Beethoven      International Record Review              Tickets £25

Marco Borggreve

Booking fees may apply*

Book now at liverpoolphil.com

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    Welcome to the informal, intimate setting of our newest venue, Music Room. In our  series, we feature ensembles from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and visiting guest artists. Seating is unreserved and doors open one hour prior to the performance start time.    

MISHIMA QUARTET Monday 18 September 8pm Glass  Gershwin  Copland  John McHugh  Kate Richardson  Kate Marsden  Rachel Jones  Hilary Browning  John McHugh          Tickets £17 Booking fees may apply*

PHILHARMONIC QUINTET Monday 30 October 8pm Dvořák  Delibes   Rossini  Mihkel Kerem  Kate Richardson  Gwendolyn Fisher  Ian Bracken  Anthony Williams  Lunchtime Concerts sponsored by

Tickets £17 Booking fees may apply*

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JESÚS LEÓN 

KLEZMER-ISH: VOICES FROM THE ROAD

Monday 18 December 8pm

Monday 12 March 8pm Tuesday 13 March 8pm

           Tickets £17 Booking fees may apply*

Thomas Verity  Concettina Del Vecchio  Marcel Becker  Robert Shepley           Tickets £17 Booking fees may apply*

Jesús León

PIANO CIRCUS

NATHALIE FORGET  Friday 26 January 8pm             Tickets £17 Booking fees may apply*

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Monday 9 April 8pm Max Richter  Steve Reich  David Lang  Marc-André Hamelin (arr. J. Young)  Graham Fitkin     The Times                Tickets £17 Booking fees may apply*

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FRANCESCO TRISTANO  Friday 20 April 8pm Piano 2.0

STEPHEN HOUGH     Monday 4 June 8pm

Francesco Tristano  Frescobaldi    Bach  John Cage  Berio  Tristano  Tristano      Francesco Tristano          Tickets £17 Booking fees may apply*

Mozart  Stephen Hough   Poulenc                        Tickets £17

Stephen hough © Marcello Orselli

Francesco Tristano

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Join us in the Music Room for a one-hour musical interlude to your busy day, featuring Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra musicians.

JAMES CLARK  JONATHAN AASGAARD  TIMOTHY HORTON  Monday 11 September 1pm Rachmaninov   Tickets £8 Booking fees may apply*

LIUBOV ULYBYSHEVA  JOHN PAUL EKINS  Monday 2 October 1pm Stravinsky  Copland   Samuel Barber  Gershwin 

SINGERS FROM EUROPEAN OPERA CENTRE Monday 27 November 1pm               Tickets £8 Booking fees may apply*

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ST. LUKE’S ENSEMBLE: SECRET SANTA Monday 18 December 1pm Alexander Marks  Elizabeth Lamberton  Robert Shepley  Gethyn Jones      Tickets £8

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ANDREW HARVEY  ALEXANDER HOLLADAY  IAN BUCKLE  Monday 29 January 1pm Schubert  Tickets £8 Booking fees may apply*

TRIO D’ANCHES Monday 30 April 1pm Ibert  Lutosławski  Richard Walthew  Françaix  Thomas Verity  Ruth Davies  Rebekah Abramski  Tickets £8 Booking fees may apply*

MANON QUARTET WITH BENJAMIN MELLEFONT  Monday 19 February 1pm Osvaldo Golijov   Mozart  Ren Jian  Naomi Watson  Morag Robertson  Deni Teo  Benjamin Mellefont 

MARCEL BECKER  RON ABRAMSKI  Monday 25 June 1pm Bach   Beethoven    Brahms  

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PIXELS ENSEMBLE Monday 19 March 1pm Debussy  Debussy  Richard Rodney Bennett  Richard Rodney Bennett  Weber   Fiona Fulton  Jonathan Aasgaard  Ian Buckle 

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Classic Intros    Saturday 22 October (see page 22)     Sunday 19 November, 4.30pm in the Main Auditorium (see page 28)        Thursday 15 March (see page 41)      

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Thursday 22 March (see page 44)        Thursday 31 May (see page 51)      

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Post-concert Question Time            Saturday 16 September (see page 19)   

Thursday 11 January (see page 34)   

Thursday 25 January (see page 36)     

Thursday 3 May (see page 48)    

Thursday 31 May (see page 51)  

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Discover the Classics                  Sessions take place on Saturdays from 11am to 1pm in the Music Room. Tickets are £15 per session or £84 for all seven sessions. Students/claimants £10 per session.   

Tim Lihoreau  

Gethyn Jones  

Jane Jones  

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Tim Lihoreau with Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko Saturday 23 September  (see page 21)  Gethyn Jones with Timothy Jackson, horn Saturday 14 October   (see page 23)  Tim Lihoreau with Sir Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone and Vasily Petrenko, Chief Conductor Saturday 18 November     (see page 28)  Tim Lihoreau with Guy Barker, trumpet Saturday 2 December    (see page 29)  Gethyn Jones with Julian Rachlin, violin Saturday 20 January  (see page 35)    (see page 38)  Jane Jones with Stephen Hough, piano Saturday 24 March    (see page 44)  Tim Lihoreau with Anthony Gabriele Saturday 19 May   (see page 50)

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Lunchtime Learning

    

Wednesday 4 October 12.45pm     Wednesday 8 November 1.45pm      Wednesday 24 January 12.45pm     Wednesday 21 February 12.45pm     

Tickets: £15 / £10 (under 25s and claimants) All 7 Lunchtime Learning Sessions - £85 Booking fees may apply*

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Percussion, Graham Johns with Ian Stephens

Ian Stephens          

Wednesday 21 March 12.45pm     Wednesday 18 April 12.45pm      Wednesday 6 June 1.45pm   

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Liverpool Philharmonic Experience Tour        

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Thursday 28 September 11am Thursday 3 May 11am

Sunday 3 December 11am Saturday 10 February 11am Saturday 28 April 11am

     Tour lasts approximately 2 hours. Tickets £15

Play         Tour lasts approximately 90 minutes. Tickets £12, children £8

DELVE DEEP Thursday 1 February 11am Thursday 12 April 11am         Tour lasts approximately 2 hours. Tickets £15

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  

Simon Emery    Sir Simon Rattle   

  

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA Sunday 12 November 2.30pm Britten  Bizet   Tchaikovsky  Simon Emery  Tickets £9 adults / £6 under 25s Booking fees may apply*

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LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC YOUTH COMPANY Thursday 8 February 6pm Music Room      Tickets Free but must be booked in advance

MUSIC INDUSTRY CAREERS DAY Saturday 17 February 10am – 3pm Music Room             Tickets Free but must be booked in advance

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LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA Sunday 4 March 2.30pm Prokofiev    Gershwin  Gershwin  Delius  Bernstein   Simon Emery  Ian Buckle  Tickets £9 adults / £6 under 25s

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC YOUTH COMPANY BIG BAND Thursday 3 May 6pm Music Room     Richard Iles  Tickets Free but must be booked in advance

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA & YOUTH CHOIR Sunday 15 July 2.30pm Vivaldi  Mahler  Simon Emery  Tickets £9 adults / £6 under 25s

Corporate and Private Events at Liverpool Philharmonic We’re pleased to be able to offer Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and the associated spaces to be hired for a range of events from private parties and weddings to corporate receptions and conferences. Whatever the occasion, we provide unique settings for a memorable occasion.

The Grand Foyer, brimming with art deco features with large etched windows overlooking Hope Street, is the perfect place for an afternoon tea for 50, a celebration dinner for 100 or a cocktail party for 350! Our newest space, Music Room, is a double-height room located on the ground floor and can accommodate up to 250 for a reception, or 120 for lunch or dinner. A versatile space with outstanding acoustics and a state of the art sound system make it the perfect choice for your meetings, seminars and wedding receptions. Views across the city don’t come much better than our top-floor 1840 room. It’s an intimate space for a small-scale reception or private dinner. Easy access to the Grand Circle makes it ideal for pre-concert receptions and corporate hospitality. The much-loved and highly-rated Delifonseca is Liverpool Philharmonic’s new catering partner. Delifonseca have years of experience and will work with you to create the perfect food for your special event. Danielle and Charlotte will listen to your ideas and help distil them into a menu that suits your budget as well as your aspirations.

Call or email for more information: 0151 210 3802 hire@liverpoolphil.com www.liverpoolphil.com

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To book, call The London Carriage Works on 0151 705 2222 or email eat@hopestreethotel.co.uk or ask Liverpool Philharmonic’s Box Office team to put your call through to the restaurant after you have booked your concert.

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We offer pre-reserved parking for most Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concerts at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (L3 5TQ).

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Car Park (Caledonia St)    

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David Owen Senior Investment Director Investec Wealth & Investment

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   A

Marathon Series  with Thursday Classic FM

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Marathon Series  with Friday Classic FM

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Liverpool John Moores University Series 

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£117.90

£153

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£240.30

Henry E Rensburg Series 

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Classic FM Series 

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Sunday Afternoon Classics 

£81.00

£113.40

£145.80

£183.60

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Pops Series 

£119.00

£159.80

£210.80

£251.60

£309.40

Chamber Music Concerts 

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Book 8      

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- Wheelchair spaces - Transfer seats - Armrest on aisle lifts for ease of transfer from wheelchair or walker

               

Henry E Rensburg Series 28 September, 5 October, 19 October, 2 November, 9 November, 18 January, 25 January, 1 February, 22 February, 22 March, 5 April, 12 April, 19 April, 3 May, 31 May, 7 June, 5 July Sunday Afternoon Classics 22 October, 5 November, 21 January, 4 February, 25 March, 3 June

Classic FM Series 21/22 September, 26/27 October, 7/8 December, 11/12 January, 8/9 February, 15/16 March, 26/27 April, 14/15 June Chamber Series 26 September, 3 October, 11 October, 7 November, 10 December, 14 January, 18 February, 28 February, 17 April, 8 May, 9 June

Liverpool John Moores University Series 16 September, 14 October, 2 December, 6 January, 3 March, 12 May

      

               

                            

Professor Nigel Weatherill DL Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Liverpool John Moores University

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DECEMBER 2017

Classic FM: Celebrating 25 Years Lunchtime Concert New World Symphony Post-Concert Question Time Mishima Quartet Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Discover the Classics Gypsy Baroque Fantasy! Experience: Discover Philip Glass: 80th Birthday

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Lunchtime Concert Zen Trio Lunchtime Learning The Birds Under 5s Concert Under 5s Concert Ensemble 10/10 Discover the Classics Casablanca: Film with Live Orchestra Pre-Concert Talk Casablanca: Film with Live Orchestra The Planets I The Planets II Fingal’s Cave Fingal’s Cave Spooktacular! Philharmonic Quintet

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11am 4.30pm 6pm 7pm 2.30pm 1pm 7.30pm

Rachmaninov’s Third: World’s Toughest Piano Piece? Pictures at an Exhibition Diotima Quartet Lunchtime Learning The Lark Ascending Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Discover the Classics Pre-Concert Talk Verdi’s Requiem Verdi’s Falstaff Verdi’s Falstaff Lunchtime Concert A Night at the Musicals

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Key Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Youth Ensembles Chamber Music Concerts Close Up Concerts Lunchtime Concerts Talks, Tours and Taking Part Events Family Concerts

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Sat 11am Sat 7.30pm

Discover the Classics First Ladies of Swing: Ella, Peggy, Doris and more Sun 11am Experience: Play Thu 7.30pm Russian Christmas Fri 1.30pm Russian Christmas Sun 2.30pm Stile Antico Sat 11.30am Sing-Along with Santa Sat 2.30pm Sing-Along with Santa Sat 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas Sun 11.30am Sing-Along with Santa Sun 2.30pm Sing-Along with Santa Sun 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas Mon 1pm St. Luke’s Ensemble: Secret Santa Mon 8pm Jesús León tenor and guitar Tue 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas Thu 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas Fri 7.30pm Spirit of Christmas Sat 2.30pm Spirit of Christmas Sat 2.30pm Back to the Future: Film with Live Orchestra Sat 7.30pm Back to the Future: Film with Live Orchestra Sun 7.30pm ABBA on New Year’s Eve

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JANUARY 2018 6 11 11 12 14 18 20 21 24 25 25 26 29

Sat Thu Thu Fri Sun Thu Sat Sun Wed Thu Thu Fri Mon

7pm 7.30pm

Messiah Winter Landscapes Post-Concert Question Time 1.30pm Winter Landscapes 2.30pm Marc-André Hamelin piano 7.30pm Elgar's Enigma 11am Discover the Classics 2.30pm Elgar's Serenade 12.45pm Lunchtime Learning 8pm Turangalîla Post-Concert Question Time 8pm Nathalie Forget ondes martenot 1pm Lunchtime Concert

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FEBRUARY 2018 1 1 4 8 8 9 10 14 17 17 18 19 21 22 24 24 28

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11am 7.30pm 2.30pm 6pm

Experience: Delve Deep Rhapsody Grieg's Piano Concerto Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company Thu 7.30pm Eroica Fri 1.30pm Eroica Sat 11am Experience: Play Wed 7.30pm Valentine's Classics Sat 10am Music Industry Careers Day Sat 7.30pm Cocktail Classics Sun 2.30pm Khatia Buniatishvili piano Mon 1pm Manon Quartet with Benjamin Mellefont clarinet Wed 12.45pm Lunchtime Learning Thu 7.30pm Fantastic Dances Sat 1pm Under 5s Concert Sat 2.45pm Under 5s Concert Wed 7.30pm Ensemble 10/10

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MAY 2018

Sat 7.30pm Sun 2.30pm

Mozart's Requiem Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Sun 2.30pm From Hamelin to Hogwarts Mon 8pm Klezmer-ish: Voices from the Road Tue 8pm Klezmer-ish: Voices from the Road Thu 6.15pm Pre-Concert Talk Thu 7.30pm Mahler One Fri 1.30pm Mahler One Mon 1pm Pixels Ensemble Wed 12.45pm Lunchtime Learning Thu 6.15pm Pre-Concert Talk Thu 7.30pm Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto Sat 11am Discover the Classics Sun 2.30pm Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto Wed 7.30pm Eastertide

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APRIL 2018 5 Thu 7.30pm 9 Mon 8pm 12 Thu 11am 12 Thu 7.30pm 17 Tue 7.30pm 18 19 20 26 27 28 30

Elgar’s Cello Concerto Piano Circus Experience: Delve Deep The Power of Love Roderick Williams baritone & Iain Burnside piano Wed 12.45pm Lunchtime Learning Thu 7.30pm Spanish Rhapsody Francesco Tristano piano Fri 8pm Thu 7.30pm Petrenko’s Shostakovich Fri 1.30pm Petrenko’s Shostakovich Sat 11am Experience: Play Mon 1pm Trio D’Anches

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Thu Thu Tue Thu Sat Sat Thu Thu Thu Thu

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 11am 7.30pm 6.15pm 7.30pm

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Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto Stephen Hough piano Lunchtime Learning Beethoven’s Emperor Stephen Hough piano Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony All aboard the Pirate Ship! Lunchtime Concert John Williams at the Ocscars

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Shéhérazade Last Night of the Pops Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra & Youth Choir

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2.30pm 8pm 1.45pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 1pm 7.30pm

JULY 2018 5 Thu 7.30pm 7 Sat 7.30pm 15 Sun 2.30pm

Key Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Youth Ensembles Chamber Music Concerts Lunchtime Concerts Talks, Tours and Taking Part Events Family Concerts

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Experience: Discover Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company Big Band Rhapsody in Blue Post-Concert Question Time Pavel Haas Quartet Opera North’s Salome Carmina Burana Discover the Classics Vertigo: Film with Live Orchestra Pre-Concert Talk Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto Post-Concert Question Time

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