For each Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra concert during the 2023/24 season, you can read our free digital programme notes below.
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.
You can also view our 2021/22 season and 2022/23 season programme notes.
Bernstein Symphonic Dances, West Side Story
Copland Piano Concerto
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Paul Lewis CBE piano
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Smetana Overture, The Bartered Bride
Dvořák Cello Concerto
Brahms Symphony No.4
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Pablo Ferrández cello
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks
Haydn Symphony No.94, ‘Surprise’
Beethoven Mass in C
Matthew Halls conductor
Jennifer France soprano
Claire Barnett-Jones mezzo-soprano
Oliver Johnston tenor
Dominic Sedgwick baritone
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Liadov Kikimora
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No.11, ‘The Year 1905’
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Christian Li violin
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Mahler Symphony No.5
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Julian Bliss clarinet
Brahms Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Brahms Nänie
Mahler Symphony No.5
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Tansy Davies Inside Out 2
Ligeti Melodien
Michael Betteridge Ode to Urbanity - Royal Philharmonic Society Commission (world premiere)
Takemitsu Tree Line
Birtwistle Secret Theatre
Geoffrey Paterson conductor
Lyatoshynsky Grazhyna, Symphonic Picture
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
Richard Strauss Don Juan
Liszt Mazeppa
Volodymyr Sirenko conductor
Aleksey Semenenko violin
Bizet Carmen (Suite)
Fauré Pavane
Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Fauré Requiem
Ben Glassberg conductor
Jacques Imbrailo baritone
Eleonore Sian Cockerham soprano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
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Rossini Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers
Walton Cello Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.7
Andrew Manze conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Rossini Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers
Vaughan Williams/David Matthews Dark Pastoral for cello and orchestra
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite
Beethoven Symphony No.7
Andrew Manze conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
Bizet Jeux d’enfants
Brahms Double Concerto
Debussy Ibéria
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Simone Lamsma violin (Artist in Residence)
Victor Julien-Laferrière cello
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer*
Dvořák Symphony No.8
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Sonya Yoncheva soprano*
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Prokofiev Suite from Cinderella
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (excerpts)
Karen Kamensek conductor
Suk Scherzo fantastique
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphony No.1
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Simone Lamsma violin (Artist in Residence)
Beethoven Overture, Egmont
Richard Strauss Don Quixote
Beethoven Symphony No.5
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Jonathan Aasgaard cello
Nicholas Bootiman viola
Mozart Symphony No.29
Mozart Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra
Mozart Symphony No.41, ‘Jupiter’
Nil Venditti conductor
Cormac Henry flute
Elizabeth McNulty harp
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Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Paolo Bortolameolli conductor
Elisabeth Brauss piano
Edmund Finnis Between Rain
Samy Moussa Violin Concerto (UK premiere)
Jacques Hétu Symphony No.3 (UK premiere)
David Diamond Music from Romeo and Juliet
Samy Moussa conductor
Thelma Handy violin
Martinů La Bagarre
Grieg Piano Concerto
StravinskyThe Firebird (complete)
Vasily Petrenko conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
Korngold Violin Concerto
Bruckner Symphony No.7
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Johan Dalene violin (Young Artist in Residence)
Handel Zadok the Priest
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Smetana Vltava (from Ma Vlast)
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Verdi Triumphal March and Chorus from Aida
Handel Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Beethoven Symphony No,1 : first movement
Mozart Lacrimosa from Mozart’s Requiem
Morricone Gabriel’s Oboe (from The Mission)
Holst Jupiter from The Planets
Orff O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
David Parry conductor
Aled Jones presenter
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No.1
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2
Brahms Symphony No.3
Lawrence Foster conductor
Arabella Steinbacher violin
Vaughan Williams Old King Cole
Joanna Marsh A Plastic Theatre * (Liverpool Philharmonic commission in consortium with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera, and youth choirs from Denmark, Peru, Australia and USA)
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Summer Night on the River
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Ellie Slorach conductor
Jennifer Johnston mezzo soprano*
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir*
Liverpool Philharmonic Children’s Choir*
Coleridge-Taylor Ballade
Weinberg Cello Concerto in C minor op.43
Elgar Symphony No.1
Andrew Manze conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Ruth Gipps Song for Orchestra
Nielsen Violin Concerto
Borodin Symphony No.2
Andrew Manze conductor
Johan Dalene violin (Young Artist in Residence)
Charles Koechlin Vers la voûte étoilée (Visions of the starry firmament)
Poulenc Gloria
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Ariane Matiakh conductor
Daniella Sicari soprano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Roussel Bacchus and Ariadne, Op.43: Suite 2
Eleanor Alberga Piano Concerto (world premiere)
Shostakovich Symphony No.5
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Alim Beisembayev piano
Walton Overture, Scapino
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Nobuyuki Tsujii piano
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Sonya Yoncheva soprano
Riccardo Massi tenor
Programme to include:
Arias from La Bohème, Madame Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, and Le Villi Capriccio Sinfonico, Act III Prelude to Madame Butterfly, and Intermezzo from Suor Angelica.
Joseph Bologne le Chevalier de Saint-Georges L'Amant Anonyme (Extracts)
Overture to L'Amant Anonyme
Depuis longtemps mon coeur soupire (Act 1, Scene 1)
Tant de Constance (Act 1, Scene 2)
Son amour, Sa constance extrême (Act 1, Scene 3)
Enfin une foule… L’Amour, deviant propice (Act 2, Scene 1)
Aimer sans pouvoir le dire (Act 2, Scene 2)
Non, non je ne puis rien entendre (Act 2, Scene 3)
Ah! Quel trouble
Richard Thompson Aspects of Othello & Desdemona
Des Oliver and Edson Burton composer and librettist “Windrush Opera” (Scenes 3 and 4)
Jeri Lynne Johnson conductor
Christian Joel tenor – Valcour (L'Amant Anonyme); Vanley (Windrush Opera)
Benson Wilson baritone – Ophémon (L'Amant Anonyme); Don (Windrush Opera)
Marie Cayeux soprano – Leontine (L'Amant Anonyme)
Donna Bateman soprano – Avril and Desdemona
Felicity Buckland mezzo-soprano – Smiley (Windrush Opera)
Victoria Evaristo narrator
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvo Pärt Summa
Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor * #
Grieg Holberg Suite
Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires *
Sarasate Introduction and Tarantella *
Simone Lamsma violin*/director
Eva Thorarinsdottir violin #
Strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Jack Sheen A line, a curve, or figure (arr. for chamber orchestra, world premiere)
Sky Macklay Microvariations (arr. for chamber orchestra, world premiere)
Jack Sheen Études (arr. for orchestra, world premiere)
Sylvia Lim Reframe
Timothy Jackson Traffic Jams and Anagrams (world premiere)*
Stephen Pratt Noting the Landscape (world premiere)
Jack Sheen conductor
Jonathan Aasgaard cello*
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Bach Concerto for oboe d’amore
Marianna Martines Overture / Symphony in C
Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Dittersdorf Concerto in A for oboe d’amore
Thelma Handy violin / director
Jonathan Small oboe d’amore
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Rossini Overture, The Barber of Seville
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
Bizet Symphony in C
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Silent Planet Suite (première)
Holst’s Planets re-imagined Stevens & Pound / orch Ian Gardiner
Mars, the Bringer of War *
Venus, the Bringer of Peace ^
Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Earth – new work by Stevens & Pound and Force of Nature / orch Gardiner
Clark Rundell, Matteo Dal Maso *, Andreas Ashikkis ^ conductors
Delia Stevens percussion
Will Pound harmonica/melodeon
Phoebe Hanson, Force of Nature climate speaker
Ian Gardiner orchestrator
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music
Dvořák Wind Serenade
Hindemith Kammermusik No.5
Brahms Serenade No.2
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Nicholas Bootiman viola
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev Classical Symphony (14')
Jasdeep Singh Degun Arya, Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra (40')
-INTERVAL- (20')
Jasdeep Singh Degun (arr. Gupta) Lament (5')
Beethoven Symphony No.2 (34')
Harish Shankar conductor
Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar
Harkiret Bahra tabla
Jasdeep Singh Degun Arya, Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra
Jasdeep Singh Degun (arr. Gupta) Lament
Mozart Symphony No.36, ‘Linz’
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
Chloe Rooke conductor
Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar
Harkiret Bahra tabla