Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its new season for 2023 into 2024.
The new selection of concerts and events has been carefully selected and curated by the team headed by chief conductor Domingo Hindoyan. The new season will see soloists from all over the world and feature music from well-known composers as well as championing new music.
It will also see the return of former chief conductor Vasily Petrenko who will be back to conduct Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 ‘The Year 1905’. Also announced is a collection of family concerts including Santa and The Showman and performances designed especially for audiences aged five and under.
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It will be Domingo Hindoyan’s third season with The Philharmonic, he said: "This season ties together musical threads and themes that have been taking shape over the past two years and I’m particularly looking forward to continuing our exploration of Bruckner, with the Seventh Symphony, Mahler’s great Fifth Symphony, Brahms’ Fourth, Shostakovich’s Fifth, and opera and song continue to run throughout the season.
"We will continue to champion new music, with the world premiere of Eleanor Alberga’s piano concerto, performed by rising star Alim Beisembayev. I am thrilled to welcome two exceptional soloists to join as our Artist in Residence and Young Artist in Residence – Simone Lamsma and Johan Dalene respectively."
Michael Eakin, chief executive of Liverpool Philharmonic, added: "It is wonderful to be launching our new 2023/24 season, our third with chief conductor Domingo Hindoyan, during such a culturally significant week for Liverpool. As the largest music organisation in the city, we are central to that cultural offering all year round, and I am incredibly proud of our work both on and off the stage in reaching right across Liverpool’s diverse communities and in welcoming artists and audiences from all over the world."
Family concerts
Family Film Favourites - October 22, 2023
Concerts for under fives - October 31, 2023
Santa and The Snowman - December 16 and 17, 2023
Amazing Animals around the World - March 9, 2024
Concerts for under fives - March 28, 2024
Concerts
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Copland’s Piano Concerto - September 21, 2023
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir - Beethoven’s Mass in C - October 5, 2023
Queen: A Kind of Magic - October 14, 2023 (BSL interpreter)
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 ‘The Year 1905’ - October 19, 2023
Hitchcock’s Psycho with live orchestra - October 31, 2023
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir - Faure’s Requiem - November 11, 2023
Brahms’ Double Concerto - November 23, 2023
Youth Orchestra with violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason - November 26, 2023
Spirit of Christmas - December 16, 19, 21 and 22, 2023
The Nutcracker: Reimagined - December 23, 2023
Harry Potter with live orchestra - December 30, 2023
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir - Handel’s Messiah - January 6, 2024
What the World Needs Now: A Tribute to Burt Bacharach - February 10, 2024
The Best of John Williams - February 14, 2024
Stravinsky’s ballet suite The Firebird - February 22, 2024
Merseyside Youth Orchestra reunion concert - February 25, 2024
Bruckner’s Symphony No.7 - February 29, 2024
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth and Children's Choirs - Plastic Theatre by Joanna Marsh - March 24, 2024
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir - Poulenc’s Gloria - April 20, 2024
Eleanor Alberga’s Piano Concerto (world premiere) - April 25, 2024
The season also includes a number of chamber performances, a number of open days and more from the youth orchestra and choirs. For full listings, visit liverpoolphil.com
Booking opens for multibuy bookings, Members and Groups on Monday 15 May. General booking opens Monday 12 June.
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