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Music Director Vasily Petrenko introduces our 2024–25 season, Lights in the Dark ☀
Hear music by composers who faced adversity, conflict and exile
@southbankcentre
's Royal Festival Hall and
@RoyalAlbertHall
with some of today's most exciting soloists.
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We were honoured to play a key role in the spectacular Coronation Service of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey today. A hugely memorable day for the nation and for us here at the RPO.
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Happy
#JamesBondDay
!
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra was honoured with the privilege of playing for The Sound of 007 concert yesterday celebrating
#60YearsofBond
@RoyalAlbertHall
with
@shirleybassey
and
@DavidGArnold
.
You could say we... toot to kill 😎
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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is delighted to announce HRH The Prince of Wales as our new patron, ahead of the 75th Anniversary Season this autumn.
Find out more:
📷 Black Swan
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Our second game in focus is
#HorizonZeroDawn
- from
@Guerrilla
- and its stripped-back, ambient soundtrack by Dutch composer
@jorisdemanmusic
. Book now to hear it live in concert:
#PlayStationInConcert
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🚨 Announcing... 🚨
@official_joeh
is joining the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as Composer-in-Association.
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"O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him..."
An incredible scene from last year
@RoyalAlbertHall
as the audience joined the Orchestra and choir in
@johnmrutter
's Christmas Celebration.
🎄Not many tickets left for this Wednesday!
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We're thrilled to announce that Vasily Petrenko will be our new Music Director! Read all about it here:
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‘Music needs to stay on the school curriculum’, says head of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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The RPO teamed up with
@mattgoss
to record his new single, The Beautiful Unknown, which is out today!
Next year the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra will join Matt on his 2023 tour across the UK!
👉
💿
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Everyone at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra wishes our Patron, His Majesty King Charles III, the very happiest of birthdays today.
Wishing His Majesty The King a very happy birthday today.
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Kicking off with Crash Bandicoot, first released in 1996, and given its trademark quirky score by composer
@MancellJosh
. We can't wait to perform a medley of Crash themes in the
@RoyalAlbertHall
.
#PlayStationInConcert
#CrashBandicoot
@VvisionsStudio
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In the weeks leading up the world premiere of PlayStation in Concert in
@RoyalAlbertHall
on May 30, we'll be focusing on a different video game score each day. Follow
#PlayStationInConcert
to stay in the loop!
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Cup of tea is essential before playing Tchaikovsky 6 , right?
This is just the bassoon section:
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The incomparable
@nickybenedetti
🎻
Don't miss her performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto from the
@RoyalAlbertHall
, streaming tomorrow from 7.30pm until 29 April.
Make sure you've got your tickets!
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We have been deeply saddened to learn today of the death of Yuri Temirkanov, who served as the RPO’s Principal Guest Conductor from 1979 and the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor from 1992–1998.
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When the backstage freezer breaks down, and you have a whole symphony orchestra to help eat the steadily defrosting contents....
#h
äagendazs
#freeicecream
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The full programme of PlayStation soundtracks featured in May is now live here! >>>
#vgmusic
@jessicacurry2
@jimfowler
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The members and staff of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra are shocked and saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague Tim Watts. Tim was our much loved second oboist for over 20 years. We send our deepest sympathies to Tim’s family. He will be greatly missed.
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We're delighted to welcome our latest appointment, Zoë Tweed, who joins the Orchestra as No.3 Horn.
“I am so excited to be joining the RPO, I’ve always had a brilliant time with the Orchestra so far and I feel very grateful to work somewhere with such a positive energy."
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Thrilled to announce that award winning Video Game Composer
@jessicacurry2
will be hosting Playstation in Concert in the
@RoyalAlbertHall
in May!
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Co-Principal Cello Jonathan Ayling plays the final movement of Bach's solo Cello Suite No.5, completing his mission since lockdown to learn and perform the whole piece.
#RPOatHome
Watch the full video diary:
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We are delighted to announce that Sarah Bardwell will be joining the Orchestra as our new Managing Director.
Find out more here:
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"We've been expecting you, Mr Horowitz...'
We're delighted to be joined by special guest presenter, author
@AnthonyHorowitz
, for our Music of Bond concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 4 April.
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Our Artist-in-Residence
@FumiakiMiura
performs Brahms' exquisite Violin Concerto this spring
@CadoganHall
.
🎻 Wednesday 20 April, 7.30pm
Find out more:
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It just wouldn’t be Christmas without
@johnmrutter
and the RPO! This year, we're bringing you a special festive celebration of carols with
@VOCES8
&
@Sviceridor
– streamed into your home. Grab your tickets (and mince pies!) and join us from 10 December:
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A warm welcome to Toby Street, our new Fourth Trumpet
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📰 Just announced: Vasily Petrenko is extending his contract as Music Director through to 2030. Petrenko will lead the RPO into its next artistic chapter, further strengthening its position as one of the world’s great orchestras in London, across the UK and internationally.
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By popular demand, today's game in focus is
@fromsoftware_pr
's Bloodborne! We'll be playing Tsukasa Saitoh's stunning 'The First Hunter'
#PlayStationInConcert
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Our performances of Mahler's choral symphonies Nos. 8, 2 and 3 from the
@royalalberthall
, under the baton of our Music Director Vasily Petrenko and with the voices of the Philharmonia Chorus, are now available to stream
@medicitv
.
📺
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Excited to perform the world premiere of Bachianus Americanus with composer & conductor
@EricWhitacre
tonight
@RoyalAlbertHall
🎶
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A big congratulations to one of our regular freelance drivers, Anna Ward, who won the award for HGV Driver of the Year at the Women In Live Music awards ceremony on Tuesday. Anna has been freelancing with the RPO for two years and should be immensely proud of all her hard work!
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Six choirs, eight soloists and the Orchestra are playing a symphony that will shake the roof of the
@RoyalAlbertHall
at 3pm this afternoon with Mahler’s Eight, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, conducted by our Music Director Vasily Petrenko 🎶🎻🎺🥁
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Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 with Nobuyuki Tsujii in
@SuntoryHallE
, Tokyo 🎹
🇯🇵 We're having an amazing time on tour in Japan! Catch us back in London playing the Concerto with Nobuyuki on 7 June in
@southbankcentre
's Royal Festival Hall.
📷
@frasercontra
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It was a privilege to perform the very first video game music Prom
@bbcproms
@RoyalAlbertHall
- we won't forget it for a very long time!
@robertamesmusic
conducted some spellbinding music by
@awintory
, Jessica Curry,
@hildurness
, Koji Kondo and many other greats of the genre.
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On 18 June the Orchestra returns to Birmingham's Symphony Hall for a glorious performance of Beethoven's Ninth with the City of Birmingham Choir & Birmingham Choral Union 🎶
🎫
@BMusic_Ltd
@RaymondGubbay
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Did you know that our PlayStation in Concert event will include music from
@bearmccreary
's new
#GodofWar
soundtrack? Catch it on May 30 in
@RoyalAlbertHall
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Tonight in
@GlosCathedral
, our second concert in the
@3choirs
Festival as we play Francis Pott's poignant and powerful Song on the End of the World, alongside music by Bax, Holst and Randall Svane with conductor Adrian Partington 🎶🎻🎺🕊
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"The people that make up the RPO are a bit like an extended family. There is a true feeling that we’ve all ‘got each other’s backs’ and there is an extraordinary spirit on stage when we perform."
Meet cellist Naomi Watts in our latest player profile:
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We're back
@RoyalAlbertHall
for Christmas 🎄
❄️ Christmas with
@RoyalChoral
, Wed 9 Dec, 7.30pm
🌟 Handel's Messiah, Tue 15 Dec, 7.00pm
🔔 Carols at the Royal Albert Hall, 20 - 23 Dec
We can't wait! 🎁
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NEW ON SALE! In May 2018 we perform the sensational soundtracks of
@PlayStation
games in London’s
@RoyalAlbertHall
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✨ Merry Christmas from a quintet of musicians in the RPOs wind section! 🎶
Featuring (left to right), Joanna Marsh (flute), Sonia Sielaff (clarinet),
@frasercontra
(contrabassoon), Helen Storey (bassoon) and Tim Watts (oboe).
Recorded in a winter wonderland (
@royalalberthall
)
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"I'm extremely happy to be joining the RPO - I'm a fan of the big symphonic repertoire the Orchestra plays, and I'm looking forward to all the upcoming tour dates as well, so it's very exciting!"
We're delighted to welcome David FC Johnson to the RPO as our No.6 double bass.
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We're tuned into
@ClassicFM
for a special radio show to keep dogs calm during Bonfire Night firework displays. The show airs tonight at 7pm BBC Breakfast host, Bill Turnbull, will present the show. Research suggests that classical music calms dogs!
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Don't miss the Music of Bond at
@RoyalAlbertHall
on September 19! Presented by
@AnthonyHorowitz
, and featuring hits from Goldfinger, Licence to Kill, Casino Royale, Skyfall, and many more.
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We are saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Sir Andrew Davis, a hugely respected musician, and a very kind and genuine human being. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra sends deepest sympathies and condolences to Sir Andrew’s family.
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Seen as Ico's spiritual successor, 2005's Shadow of the Colossus features a stunning orchestral score from
@kowotani
. Catch it at
@RoyalAlbertHall
on May 30.
#PlayStationInConcert
@SonyJapanStudio
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Vasily Petrenko introduces the first Icons Rediscovered concert of 2024 in
@SouthbankCentre
's Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 8 February 2024, featuring one of the greatest late-Romantic orchestral works - Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2.
🎫
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With concerts currently suspended for the time being, we want to keep music-making alive in these difficult times. Principal Flute Emer McDonough took the opportunity to record a beautiful rendition of Danny Boy on St Patrick’s Day.
#RPOatHome
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😍😍😍
@awintory
Suite for Journey was spine-tinglingly beautiful 🎵
Some pre-concert prep yesterday before performing
@awintory
's Traveler-A Journey Symphony for cello & orchestra
@RoyalAlbertHall
. Listen to
@bbcproms
21 Gaming Prom now
@BBCSounds
@BBCRadio3
or watch it on 📺 BBC4 on Friday at 8pm BST.
@rpoonline
@robertamesmusic
@thatgamecompany
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An RPO string octet performs
@EricWhitacre
's Sleep in a beautiful new arrangement by second violin Elen Hâf Rideal, which is poignant as ever with so many artists continuing to face uncertainty.
Watch the full video:
#RPOatHome
#LetTheMusicPlay
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The countdown to 3 November is officially underway!
@ROYORBISON
The power of Roy's voice has finally met its match! ‘A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison with The
@rpoonline
' out 11/3:
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Congratulations to our long-time collaborator and Honorary Life Member
@johnmrutter
on his knighthood!
Congratulations to English composer and conductor
@johnmrutter
, who has been awarded a knighthood in His Majesty The King’s 2024 Birthday Honours for services to music.
Arise, Sir John!
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👾👾👾ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: PERFORM VIDEO GAMES IN CONCERT WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT ORCHESTRA👾👾👾
What an awe-inspiring show yesterday at the
@royalalberthall
with
@eimearnoone
, Lauren and Aisling McGlynn and
@cantusensemble
!
📷
@ParadisePh0t0
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.
@johnmrutter
conducts his own tender and lyrical Requiem in
@StPaulsLondon
on Wednesday 15 November, with
@LucyCoxSoprano
,
@TheBachChoir
and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
🎟
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Truly saddened by the passing of Michel Legrand last night. Best known for ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’ we were privileged to have recently worked with him on his last UK concert at the Royal Festival Hall in September 2018. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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Yesterday we began our European tour in Erlangen's Heinrich-Lades-Halle with Vasily Petrenko and
@janlisiecki
🎹
Tonight: Munich's Isarphilharmonie with Daniel Müller-Schott!
📷 Richard Ion, Josh Cirtina
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.
@ShelleyConduct
narrates and conducts the online premiere of Benjamin Britten's celebrated Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra this summer. 🎵
Watch out for coming
#RPOatHome
videos from the players ahead of the grand finale performance on YouTube and Facebook! 📺
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Happy 150th Birthday
@RoyalAlbertHall
!
We’ve made so many spectacular memories over the years at the Hall, and we’re proud to be your Associate Orchestra.
Here’s to many years more of music-making!
#RAH150
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Merry Christmas to everyone on the journey with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ✨🦌🎅
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Tonight the sounds of Verdi's colossal Requiem will fill the
@royalalberthall
with the help of
@philchorus
, soprano Miah Persson,
@jjohnstonmezzo
, tenor David Junghoon Kim and bass Alexander Vinogradov, conducted by Vasily Petrenko.
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Today is the first day of the
@bbcproms
!
We're taking part in the world's biggest classical music festival on Thursday 1 August as we perform works by Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Ravel and Charles Ives
@RoyalAlbertHall
with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko.
📷 Andy Paradise
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Before playing it tonight in Montreux, our 5 bassoonists visit the villa where Stravinsky wrote The Rite of Spring!
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Rehearsing for our
@bbcproms
concert on Wednesday
@RoyalAlbertHall
, our first concert with Vasily Petrenko in the role of Music Director!
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RPO trumpeter Toby Street arranged 'Luck be a Lady' from the musical Guys and Dolls for a small orchestra, played here in style by the RPO.
#RPOatHome
🎺
Watch the full video:
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We were overjoyed to welcome a full house to
@StPaulsLondon
for a performance of Mozart's Requiem with
@johnmrutter
,
@TheBachChoir
& soloists
@lucycrowesop
,
@songstressmel21
,
@JoshuaEllicott
and
@stoutbaritone
Thank you for the incredible experience in such a beautiful venue!
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So.... it’s farewell USA 🇺🇸 from all of us......
including our wonderful RPO cello section.... (thread)
#RPOontour
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Hello Japan! 🇯🇵
We've had the pleasure of visiting Fukuoka's ACROS Hall, Osaka's Festival Hall and Tokyo's Suntory Hall in the past three days, performing with Vasily Petrenko and Nobuyuki Tsujii! 🎹
See where we're visiting:
#rpoontour
📷 Josh Cirtina
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Crisis averted... 🎺
Our trumpets unfortunately didn't arrive with us when we landed on the other side of the Atlantic, so we are immensely grateful for Bob Malone, Jeff Peterson and Yamaha Los Angeles for letting us borrow trumpets until our own arrive.
#RPOonTour
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New on sale! 🎮
⚔ Awe-inspiring scores from World of Warcraft, Super Mario, Fortnite, Halo, The Legend of Zelda and many more are brought to breathtaking life by the power of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from the
@RoyalAlbertHall
🎫 2 June 2022:
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One of the world’s leading cancer research organisations,
@ICR_London
has teamed up with
@rpoonline
to create a beautiful new piece of music with a twist – it has been left deliberately unfinished. Entitled ‘Let’s Finish It’, here's a 30 sec preview.
#CancersLastNote
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Today's game in focus is
@ChineseRoom
's Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, with a beautiful, pastoral
@jessicacurry2
score - this piece is extra special to us as Jessica will be presenting the whole concert next Wednesday.
#PlayStationInConcert
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Thank you for the rapturous reception last night
@southbankcentre
🎶
With the premiere of
@DaniHoward6
's Ellipsis, a superb interpretation of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by
@maof1128
& a thunderous performance of The Planets, it really was a night to remember✨
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Vaughan Williams' The Wasps 🐝
Written for a production of the play by Aristophanes, this piece is quintessential Vaughan Williams - inventive, melodious and sparkling with wit.
Hear it
@cadoganhall
on Wed 12 Jun or
@CityHallHull
on Thu 13 Jun:
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.
@cantusensemble
preparing for Symphonic Star Wars
@RoyalAlbertHall
, Sun 29 Oct. See you there!
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We've been rehearsing Vaughan Williams' epic opera, The Pilgrim's Progress, with
@BYOpera
, the
@3choirs
Festival Youth Choir and conductor
@ccorderoy
before the performance at the Festival
@gloscathedral
on Mon 24 July. It's going to be jaw-dropping!
🎶
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An inspiration to so many in dark times. You will be missed, Dame Vera Lynn.
As a tribute, here are our Second Violins playing "We'll Meet Again".
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The latest RPO blog is a fond farewell to the RPO's Roger Argente, after 26 years of service on the bass trombone
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Our Music Director Vasily Petrenko introduces the British music that he loves to bring to the stage 🎶
🌊 Find out more about the rest of our Great British Music season
@SouthbankCentre
and
@RoyalAlbertHall
:
#RPOat75
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The very first video games Prom
@bbcproms
@RoyalAlbertHall
is almost here 👾🕹🎮🎻🥁🎶
Hear music by the legendary Jessica Curry, music from Pokémon, The Legend of Zelda, The Shadow of the Colossus and more tonight
@royalalberthall
&
@bbcsounds
@BBCRadio3
with
@robertamesmusic
.
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We return to
@StPaulsLondon
this evening for a special concert with
@johnmrutter
:
☀️ Rutter’s Distant Land, The Lord is My Light and My Salvation & The Lord Bless You and Keep You
🎻 Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending
🎵 Mozart’s Requiem with
@TheBachChoir
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Thank you to the everyone who made yesterday's Symphonic Queen
@RoyalAlbertHall
with
@scott_mills
so incredible ✨✨
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It is with deep sorrow that Buckingham Palace has announced the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
On behalf of the staff, players, supporters and partners of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, we send our deepest condolences to the entire Royal Family (1/3)
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As we returned to the
@RoyalAlbertHall
this evening, conductor David Firman opened with a special message before the RPO played the Ukrainian National Anthem. (1/2)
Photo: Andy Paradise
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Rehearsing Mahler 2 for this evening
@RoyalAlbertHall
, view from the off-stage horn position!
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Anyone more excited about
#GameOfThones
than our bassoon section? Thanks
@frasercontra
& Helen
#GoTS7
#WinterIsHere
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🎄🎄🎄 Get on your dancing shoes and enjoy this arrangement of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree by
@samstoreymusic
, performed by the RPO Second Violins
@RoyalAlbertHall
❄🎅
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Some players from our wind section have been buzzing to show off during
#NationalInsectWeek
with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, arranged by
@benpopemusic
.
#RPOatHome
🐝
@insectweek
@BeesForDev
@BumblebeeTrust
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It's a scary time for
@frasercontra
ahead of a special Noisy Kids concert this Friday at Reading's The Hexagon 🕷🕸
Find out more:
@RDGWhatsOn
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