ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra Events
Fri 7 Nov 2025
- 19:30Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Join us in Nottingham with conductor Elena Schwarz for Debussy’s La Mer, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, and Dani Howard’s Trombone Concerto featuring Peter Moore.
Join us in Nottingham with conductor Elena Schwarz for Debussy’s La Mer, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, and Dani Howard’s Trombone Concerto featuring Peter Moore.
Programme
- La mer
- Trombone Concerto
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in D major
Performers
- Elena Schwarzconductor
- Peter Mooretrombone
Composers
Sat 8 Nov 2025
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
You’d be hard-pressed to find a programme that is a greater expression of the titanic power of the symphony orchestra. Tonight, more is most certainly more.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a programme that is a greater expression of the titanic power of the symphony orchestra. Tonight, more is most certainly more.
Programme
- La Mer
- Trombone Concerto
- Symphony No. 1
Performers
- Elena Schwarzconductor
- Peter Mooretrombone
Composers
Sat 15 Nov 2025
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Grief, rage and manic intensity.
Grief, rage and manic intensity.
Programme
- Festive Overture
- Cello Concerto in B minor
- Symphony No. 10
Performers
- John Storgårdsconductor
- Anastasia Kobekinacello
Composers
Fri 21 Nov 2025
- 14:25MediaCityUK Salford
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto sings with elegance and life. This meticulous yet passionate piece takes you on a heartfelt journey of discovery.
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto sings with elegance and life. This meticulous yet passionate piece takes you on a heartfelt journey of discovery.
Programme
- Violin Concerto in E minor
- Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
Performers
- Giuseppe Mengoliconductor
- Clara-Jumi Kangviolin
Composers
Sat 29 Nov 2025
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
In Steve Reich’s endlessly tessellating music, shapes emerge, solidify, uncouple, drift away, and begin to emerge anew.
In Steve Reich’s endlessly tessellating music, shapes emerge, solidify, uncouple, drift away, and begin to emerge anew.
Programme
- Variations for Winds, Strings, and Keyboards
- Frenzy: a short symphony
- ´Ú(³æ)=²õ¾±²Ô²³æ-1/³æ
- The Four Sections
Performers
- Colin Currieconductor
Composers
Sat 25 Oct 2025
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
These startlingly evocative scores defy easy categorisation.
These startlingly evocative scores defy easy categorisation.
Programme
- The End We Start From – suite
- Arrival – suite
- The Brutalist – ‘Overture (Bus)’
- Joker – ‘Subway’; ‘Bathroom Dance’; ‘The Kiss’
- Pride & Prejudice – ‘Dawn’
- Atonement – ‘Briony’
- On the Nature of Daylight
- Interstellar – suite
- There Will Be Blood – suite
- Moon – suite
- Poor Things – suite
Performers
- Robert Amesconductor
- Ali Plumbpresenter
Mon 20 Oct 2025
- 19:30National Center Performing Arts, Beijing
As part the 28th Beijing Music Festival, we visit China with our Chief Conductor John Storgårds. Hayato Sumino joins us as soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
As part the 28th Beijing Music Festival, we visit China with our Chief Conductor John Storgårds. Hayato Sumino joins us as soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Programme
- City of Floating Sounds(40 mins)(Asian premiere)
- interval
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major(28 mins)
- Symphony No 9 in E flat major(25 mins)
Performers
- Hayato Suminopiano
- John StorgårdsConductor
Sat 11 Oct 2025
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The rugged coastline of Northern California was the inspiration for this similarly jagged piece for singing cellist and orchestra by American composer Gabriella Smith.
The rugged coastline of Northern California was the inspiration for this similarly jagged piece for singing cellist and orchestra by American composer Gabriella Smith.
Programme
- Overture
- Lost Coast: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (UK premiere)
- Symphony No. 2
Performers
- Gemma NewConductor
- Gabriel Cabezascello
Fri 10 Oct 2025
- 19:30Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent
Conductor Gemma New joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra at Victoria Hall Hanley with soloist Noa Wildschut.
Conductor Gemma New joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra at Victoria Hall Hanley with soloist Noa Wildschut.
Programme
- Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in D major
Performers
- Gemma Newconductor
- Noa Wildschutvolin
Composers
Sat 27 Sep 2025
- 19:30O2 Apollo Manchester
Pop idol Rufus Wainwright brings an epic reimagining of his *Want One* and *Want Two* albums to Manchester following a premiere performance at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms, and tours across Europe and the US.













