For each Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concert during the 2022/23 season, you can read our free digital programme notes below as well as watch a pre-concert talk with Stephen Johnson.
Whether you’re attending one of our concerts or not, this is the perfect place to explore our programme or find out more about classical music.
If you would like to view our 2021/22 season programme notes then click here.
Evencio Castellanos Santa cruz de pacairigua, Suite Sinfónica
Antonio Estévez Mediodía en el Llano (Midday in the Plains)
Gabriela Ortiz Altar de Bronce, Concerto for Trumpet (UK premiere)
Inocente Carreño Variations for orchestra, Margariteña
Roberto Sierra Salseando for trumpet and orchestra
Ginastera Four Dances from Estancia
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Pacho Flores trumpet
Strauss Don Juan
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
Sibelius Symphony No.5
Roderick Cox conductor
Inon Barnatan piano
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Eleanor Alberga Tower
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel *
Tippett A Child of Our Time #
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Nardus Williams soprano #
Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano #
Elgan Llŷr Thomas tenor #
Roderick Williams baritone *#
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
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Dvořák The Wood Dove
Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat
Prokofiev Symphony No.3
Karel Deseure conductor
Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos
John Adams The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Nico Muhly ‘In Certain Circles’: Concerto for Two Pianos (UK premiere: co-commissioned with New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra)
Prokofiev Symphony No.3
Karel Deseure conductor
Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos
Berlioz Overture, Roman Carnival
Tomasi Trumpet Concerto
Pacho Flores Albares, Concerto for Flugelhorn: World Premiere
Rachmaninov Symphony No.3
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Pacho Flores trumpet
Bernd Richard Deutsch Phantasma (UK premiere: co-commissioned with the Concertgebouw, Cleveland Orchestra and Bamberger Symphoniker)
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
Scriabin Symphony No.3, The Divine Poem
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
We are indebted to Jennifer Johnston for stepping in to perform Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer in tonight's concert. It is with regret that Adela Zaharia has had to withdraw due to illness.
Falla Suite 1 and 2, The Three-Cornered Hat
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
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Bach (arr. Mendelssohn) St Matthew Passion (ed. Bruno)
Andrew Manze conductor
Andrew Staples Evangelist, tenor
Susanne Bernhard soprano
Kathryn Rudge Magdalen, mezzo-soprano
Mark Stone Judas, Peter, Jesus, baritone
Davide Gastaldello Pilate
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
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Florence Price Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Barber Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.3, 'Eroica'
Joshua Weilerstein conductor
Johan Dalene violin
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Mozart Symphony No.32
Gigout Grand chœur dialogué for organ and orchestra
Poulenc Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani
Sibelius Symphony No.1
Andrew Manze conductor
Ian Tracey organ
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Mozart Symphony No.31, 'Paris'
Gavin Bryars Harpsichord Concerto (world-premiere: co-commission with Orchestre National de Lyon)
Sibelius Symphony No.1
Andrew Manze conductor
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
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Puccini La Tregenda (Le Villi, Act II)
Mascagni Intermezzo sinfonico (L’amico Fritz)
Mascagni Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Ponchielli Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
Puccini Gianni Schicchi
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Gianni Schicchi dramatised by Bernard Rozet
Sir Bryn Terfel Gianni Schicchi
Singers from the European Opera Centre:
Anaïs Constans Lauretta
Indyana Schneider Zita
Matteo Roma Rinuccio
Robert Forrest Gherardo
Aimée Fisk Nella
Dominik Drabik/Jamie Gilchrist Gherardino
Matteo Loi Betto
Felipe Cudina Simone
Stefano Marchisio Marco
Céline Akçağ La Ciesca
Jacobo Ochoa Maestro Spinelloccio (doctor)
Emmanuel Franco Ser Amantio di Nicolao (notary)
Patrick Keefe Pinellino (cobbler)
Dionysios Avgerinos Guccio (dyer)
Irene Kudela Head of Music Staff
Juliette Sabbah Repetiteur
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 (44')
Brahms Symphony No.2
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Sergio Tiempo piano
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Haydn Symphony No.49, La Passione
Marianna Martines Orgoglioso fiumicello for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Mozart Requiem
Corinna Niemeyer conductor
Victoria Randem soprano
Eléonore Pancrazi mezzo-soprano
Stuart Jackson tenor
Benjamin Appl baritone
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
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Miaskovsky Symphony No.21
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Kahchun Wong conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
Strauss An Alpine Symphony
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor/violin
Bruch Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra
Bruckner Symphony No.4, 'Romantic'
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Timothy Chooi violin
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Lutosławski Little Suite
Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson piano
Ligeti Concert Românesc (Romanian Concerto)
Václav Trojan Fairytales for Accordion and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Act II (complete)
Elena Schwarz conductor
Ksenija Sidorova accordion
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Tomasi Fanfares Liturgiques
Glazunov Saxophone Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No.10
Andris Poga conductor
Jess Gillam saxophone
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Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Debussy La Mer
Puccini Messa di Gloria
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Jesús León tenor
Adam Kutny bass
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
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Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Tune
Dvořák Slavonic Dance op. 72 no.2
Dvořák Symphony No.9, 'New World'
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
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Bartók Suite, The Wooden Prince
Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Tune
Dvořák Slavonic Dance op. 72 no.2
Dvořák Symphony No.9, 'New World'
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
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Mihkel Kerem Divertimento (UK premiere)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius Symphony No.3
Emilia Hoving conductor
Henning Kraggerud violin
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Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Haydn Cello Concerto in D
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Alban Gerhardt cello
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James Macmillan For Zoe*
Rubinstein Cello Concerto No.2
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Alban Gerhardt cello
*For Zoe is dedicated to the memory of former Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra cor anglais player, Zoe Kitson
Beethoven Overture, The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, 'Emperor'
Beethoven Symphony No.6, 'Pastoral'
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Nobuyuki Tsujii piano
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Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams Scott of the Antarctic
Andrew Manze conductor
Thelma Handy violin
Katie Coventry mezzo
Sopranos and Altos from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
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Coleridge-Taylor Symphonic Variations on an African Air
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5
Andrew Manze conductor
Sebastian Bohren violin
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Elgar Overture, Froissart
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.2
Vaughan Williams The Running Set
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5
Andrew Manze conductor
Sebastian Bohren violin
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Ibert Escales (Ports of Call), Suite for Orchestra
Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane; Alborada del gracioso; Boléro
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Javier Perianes piano
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Janáček Sinfonietta
Mahler Symphony No.4
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Kateřina Kněžíková soprano
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