Dear Group Travel Organiser,
We are delighted to welcome you to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2024–25 London Season.
Groups of just six or more people can receive up to 35% off tickets and a range of other benefits for each of the concerts listed in this brochure.
Reserve your seats free of charge, with no payment needed until two months before each concert, and join us for some exceptional performances at the capital’s most exciting music venues.
We very much look forward to welcoming you and your group to an RPO concert soon.
Karolina
Hracka
Karolina Hracka Assistant Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover)
Jo Thomson
Jo Thomson RPO Friends’ & Groups’ Manager
Email: groups@rpo.co.uk
Tel: 020 7608 8840
(Mon–Fri, 9.30am–5.30pm)
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At a glance
Autumn / Winter 2024
Wed 18 Sep, 7.30pm Esther Yoo plays Bernstein Cadogan Hall
Wed 25 Sep, 7.30pm American Classics Royal Albert Hall
Thu 26 Sep, 7.30pm Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner Cadogan Hall
Tue 22 Oct, 7.30pm ABBAphonic Royal Albert Hall
Wed 30 Oct, 7.30pm Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Shostakovich Cadogan Hall
Tue 5 Nov, 7.30pm Let’s Face the Music Royal Albert Hall
Tue 12 Nov, 7.30pm Mozart’s Requiem Cadogan Hall
Thu 28 Nov, 7.30pm Tribute to a Hungarian Legend Cadogan Hall
Thu 5 Dec, 3pm & 7.30pm John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration Royal Albert Hall
Sat 7 Dec, 3pm & 7.30pm Christmas Cracker Cadogan Hall
Spring/Summer 2025
Sun 26 Jan, 3pm Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring Southbank Centre
Fri 14 Feb, 7.30pm Orchestral Valentines Cadogan Hall
Thu 27 Feb, 7.30pm Johan Dalene plays Tchaikovsky Cadogan Hall
Wed 12 Mar, 7.30pm Bizet’s Carmen Symphony Cadogan Hall
Sat 15 Mar, 3pm & 7.30pm Film Music Gala: And the winner is… Royal Albert Hall
Sun 23 Mar, 7.30pm Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra Southbank Centre
Wed 2 Apr, 7.30pm Symphonic Soul Royal Albert Hall
Wed 9 Apr, 7.30pm Korngold’s Violin Concerto Cadogan Hall
Wed 16 Apr, 7.30pm Elgar’s Enigma Variations Cadogan Hall
Sun 27 Apr, 3pm Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony Southbank Centre
Thu 1 May, 7.30pm Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony Cadogan Hall
Tue 20 May, 7.30pm Yunchan Lim performs Chopin Royal Albert Hall
Sun 25 May, 3pm Maxim Vengerov performs Sibelius Royal Albert Hall
Thu 29 May, 7.30pm Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony Cadogan Hall
Wed 11 Jun, 7.30pm Prokofiev and Borodin Cadogan Hall
Wed 25 Jun, 7.30pm Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4 Southbank Centre
For full details of concerts and group discounts, visit rpo.co.uk/groups.
Royal Albert Hall
Make it a night to remember at one of the world’s most iconic venues and join the RPO and special guests for a series of unforgettable shows.
American Classics
An evening of timeless American classics, from the captivating sounds of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man to John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare and Theme. Plus Gershwin’s jazzinspired Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, music from the much-loved musical West Side Story and more.
Let’s Face the Music
Featuring much-loved songs and duets from Singin’ in the Rain, Guys & Dolls, Anything Goes, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Hello, Dolly!, West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma!, Calamity Jane, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, A Star is Born, Top Hat and Brigadoon, to name but a few.
ABBAphonic
Dance the night away to timeless charttopping tracks performed by the RPO and guest vocalists: Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Money, Money, Money, Take a Chance on Me, S.O.S., Voulez-Vous, Super Trouper, The Winner Takes it All, Fernando, Does Your Mother Know, Thank You for the Music… and more.
John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration
Back by popular demand, this festive extravaganza returns to the Royal Albert Hall.
Join John Rutter and the RPO for a sparkling programme featuring many of John Rutter’s own works and arrangements, alongside symphonic classics and sing-along carols.
Two shows – both selling fast.
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Film Music Gala: And the winner is…
Filled with music from your favourite awardwinning Hollywood blockbusters, including La La Land, The Sound of Music, Schindler’s List, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Lord of the Rings, E.T., The Bridge on the River Kwai, Star Wars, Jaws, Out of Africa, Titanic, Chariots of Fire, Aladdin, West Side Story, The Lion King and more.
Two shows.
Yunchan Lim performs Chopin
Star pianist Yunchan Lim joins the RPO for this exclusive Royal Albert Hall performance, performing Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. In the second half, Music Director Vasily Petrenko transports us to the Alps, with Richard Strauss’ thrilling tone poem, An Alpine Symphony.
Symphonic Soul: A Celebration of Motown and More
An unmissable night of soul music from the legendary Motown record label and leading artists of the era. Featuring unforgettable tracks including R.E.S.P.E.C.T., Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Reach Out (I’ll Be There), Dancing in the Street, Midnight Train to Georgia, Stop! In the Name of Love, Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing, My Guy, Proud Mary, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, My Girl and more.
Maxim Vengerov performs Sibelius
Legendary violinist Maxim Vengerov takes to the Royal Albert Hall stage with the RPO with Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, a piece suffused with the atmosphere of his Finnish homeland. Music Director Vasily Petrenko then concludes this concert with Stravinsky’s dramatic musical illustration of the Russian fairytale, The Firebird.
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Mariotta Mendez
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The RPO at the Royal Albert Hall Groups save up to 30%
Booking fees apply: £4 per transaction for 6– 9 people; £1 per ticket for 10+ people, capped at £30 per group booking. Prices subject to change. All group requests and discounts are subject to availability.
John Rutter and Vasily Petrenko at the Royal Albert Hall Groups save up to 30%
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Lights in the Dark
Join us at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall for a concert series which celebrates orchestral music that is filled with resistance, courage and hope.
“Together, the RPO and Vasily Petrenko are making indispensable music in performances that are invariably alive, deeply considered and anything but routine.” - Bachtrack, February 2024
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
Berg Three Pieces for Orchestra
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, ‘Emperor’
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Paul Lewis Piano
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
Korngold The Sea Hawk: Main Theme, Reunion and Finale
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Bruce Liu Piano
Sun 27 Apr 2025 3pm
Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony
Sibelius Finlandia
Weill Four Walt Whitman Songs
Shostakovich Symphony No.7, ‘Leningrad’
Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Roderick Williamns OBE Baritone
This concert has been developed with the Southbank Centre, with further details to be announced.
Wed 25 Jun 2025 7.30pm
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4
Dorothy Howell Lamia
Florence Price Piano Concerto in One Movement
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason Piano
Lights in the Dark at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Groups save up to 35%
Seating Area
Booking fees apply: £4 per transaction for 6– 9 people; £1 per ticket for 10+ people, capped at £30 per group booking. Prices subject to change. All group requests and discounts are subject to availability.
* Full price Band A tickets for Sunday 27 April £70, Band B £55.
The RPO at Cadogan Hall
Enjoy favourite melodies, contemporary classics, new discoveries and sonic surprises at the RPO’s Resident Home, Cadogan Hall.
Wed 18 Sep 2024 7.30pm
Esther Yoo plays Bernstein
Mussorgsky, orch. Rimsky-Korsakov Khovanshchina: Prelude
Bernstein Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’)
Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Long Yu Conductor
Esther Yoo Violin
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Thu 26 Sep 2024 7.30pm
Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner
Wagner Rienzi: Overture
Schumann Piano Concerto
Mendelssohn Symphony No.3, ‘Scottish’
Jac van Steen Conductor
Curtis Phill Hsu Piano (Winner of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition 2024)
Kindly supported by Fairlight Arts Trust
Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2
Rachmaninov Symphony No.3
Robert Trevino Conductor
Johan Dalene Violin
(RPO Artist-in-Residence, 2024–25)
RPO Annual Legacy Giving Concert Tue 12 Nov 2024
Tribute to a Hungarian Legend
Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture
Péter Eötvös Cziffra Psodia (UK premiere)
Brahms Symphony No.2
Alexander Shelley Conductor
János Balázs Piano
Presented by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Cziffra Festival
Mozart’s Requiem
Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Mozart Exsultate, jubilate
Beethoven Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra
Mozart Requiem
Daniel Hyde Conductor
With soloists including Rachel Nicholls Soprano City of London Choir
& 7.30pm
Christmas Cracker
Stephen Bell Conductor
Katie Birtill and Oliver Tompsett Vocalists
Join us for our annual celebration of all things festive: a mouth-watering spread of Yuletide music old and new, with well-loved tunes, seasonal classics and a few magical surprises.
For seating, prices and group discounts, please refer to page 14.
Musacchio
Ianniello
Frances Marshall
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Orchestral Valentines
Richard Balcombe Conductor
Petroc Trelawny Presenter
Soloist to be announced
Petroc Trelawny presents an evening filled with much-loved romantic pieces from the worlds of film, opera and the concert hall. See the RPO website for full programme details.
Johan Dalene Violin (RPO Artist-in-Residence, 2024–25) Thu 27 Feb 2025 7.30pm Fri 14 Feb 2025 7.30pm
Wed 12 Mar 2025 7.30pm
Bizet’s Carmen Symphony
Rossini William Tell: Overture
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise, Waltz and Ecossaise
Bizet, arr. Serebrier Carmen Symphony (in Twelve Scenes)
Stephanie Childress Conductor
Anastasia Kobekina Cello
Johan Dalene plays Tchaikovsky
Sibelius Nightride and Sunrise
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Nielsen Symphony No.2, ‘The Four Temperaments’
Shiyeon Sung Conductor
Wed 9 Apr 2025 7.30pm
Korngold’s Violin Concerto
Kaprálová Suita Rustica
Korngold Violin Concerto
Dvořák Symphony No.8
Eduardo Strausser Conductor
Liya Petrova Violin
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Wed 16 Apr 2025 7.30pm
Elgar’s Enigma Variations
Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Bliss Piano Concerto
Elgar Enigma Variations
Martyn Brabbins Conductor
Mark Bebbington Piano
Tchaikovsky’s
Thu 1 May 2025 7.30pm
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony
Weber Der Freischütz: Overture
Hummel Trumpet Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.7
Adam Hickox Conductor
Matthew Williams Trumpet
Thu 29 May 2025 7.30pm Wed 11 Jun 2025 7.30pm
Sixth Symphony
Mozart The Magic Flute: Overture
Nielsen Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, ‘Pathétique’
Antonello Manacorda Conductor
Johan Dalene Violin
(RPO Artist-in-Residence, 2024–25)
Prokofiev and Borodin
Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3
Victoria Borisova-Ollas Open Ground
Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Gemma New Conductor
Daniel Ciobanu Piano
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The RPO at Cadogan Hall Groups save up to 35%
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Christmas Cracker & Valentine's Opera Gala Groups save up to 30%
Seating Area
Booking fees apply: £4 per transaction for 6–9 people; £1 per ticket for 10+ people, capped at £30 per group booking. Some prices may be subject to change without notice. All group requests and discounts are subject to availability.
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GREAT GROUP DISCOUNTS
30+ people save up to 35%
10+ people save up to 25%
6+ people save up to 15% (discount applied directly at checkout)
Plus:
• No payment needed until two months before the concert
• Two FREE tickets for the organiser (10+ parties)
• FREE concert programmes (selected concerts)
• FREE taster tickets for new RPO group bookers
• Priority booking
• Dedicated group bookings line
• Regular news and updates from the Orchestra
Please note that discounts will be calculated according to the number of tickets booked, not the number reserved.
Visit: rpo.co.uk/groups
Email: groups@rpo.co.uk
Call: 020 7608 8840
