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- A reckoning with the stifling shadow of tyranny, and the hope that endures underneath it – Shostakovich's Tenth filled the Royal Festival Hall yesterday in our return with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko. Thank you to all of you who made the atmosphere electric 🎶 📷 Sarah Louise Bennett
- And with a final concert at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana with Ray Chen, that's a wrap on our tour to the US! Thank you to the audiences everywhere we went who made it so special #RPOonTour
- Thank you for having us, Madison! @uwmadison.bsky.social Tonight we'll be in Illinois at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 🎻 #RPOonTour 📷 Adriana Iacovache-Pana
- "[The RPO brings] the joy and healing of live music to those who otherwise would not experience it." Read John Rutter's reflections on and the power of collaborative music-making and our innovative STROKESTRA® programme.
- Our latest stop on tour with Vasily Petrenko and Ray Chen was the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina - thank you so much for having us! #RPOonTour
- "What's made me stay? Well, I just felt at home immediately, it's like a family, I didn't want to leave." After being part of the RPO for nearly 40 years, we recently said goodbye to retiring cellist Bill Heggart. Thank you for making music with us, Bill. youtu.be/GvbuJyq3pn8
- On Thu 15 Jan our Artist Laureate @johnrutter.bsky.social opened our US tour at Orlando's Dr Phillips Center, as we performed the American premieres of his Celebration Overture and Cityscapes, and finished with his Magnificat, featuring the Bach Festival Choir and Clara Rottsolk. 📷 Petru Cuciuc
- Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony is a signal of defiance against absolute tyranny, in which he encoded something small but powerful - his own name. Discover more about the Tenth in our latest blog: www.rpo.co.uk/news-and-pre...
- Yesterday we arrived at Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center with our Artist Laureate @johnrutter.bsky.social, who conducted American premieres of his music and as well as his glorious Magnificat with the Bach Festival Choir. Clara Rottsolk also sang Canteloube's charming Chants d'Auvergne 🎶 #RPOonTour
- We were saddened to learn of the recent death of John Wallace, who was Co-Principal Trumpet with the Orchestra from 1974–76. His brilliant musicianship, passion for music education and his kindness were an inspiration to our musicians and to audiences around the world throughout his long career.
- On this day in 1953: Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 was premiered by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Yevgeny Mravinsky.
- “I’m thrilled to be starting with the RPO. I’m especially excited to join the fantastic RPO trombone section for major projects around the world - including Mahler’s Sixth Symphony in the new year. I can’t wait to get started.” We're very happy to announce our new Sub-Principal Trombone, Tom Berry.
- This morning (on Christmas Jumper Day!) we held sessions of our Sound Sanctuary programme at Brent Mencap, working to improve local residents' wellbeing through the power of making music. We'd like to thank Brent Mencap for all the support they've given us for this programme throughout 2025! 🎶🎹🥁
- Our staff had a fantastic time yesterday visiting our neighbours at Punchdrunk Enrichment, one of our partners in the Vi-Brent consortium of creative organisations in Brent, to experience their brand-new immersive show for families, Fireside Tales 🔥📖
- What a fantastic time we had @cadoganhall.bsky.social on Saturday for Christmas Cracker with conductor Stephen Bell and vocalists Juliette Crosbie and Matt Ford as we delivered a stocking full of musical treats 🎁 📷 Danny Kaan
- 'Rachmaninov had his whole life in front of him, so he wanted to give this message of hope, a sense of rebirth.' Our recording of Rachmaninoff's The Bells and Elgar's Falstaff, released via harmonia mundi, is an Editor's Choice for the December 2025 issue of Gramophone!
- The festive spirit has well and truly descended after @johnrutter.bsky.social's Christmas Celebration at the Royal Albert Hall with The Bach Choir, @kingssingers.bsky.social and BSL interpreter Angie Newman for carols old and new, seasonal fanfares and John's famous Christmas quiz! 📷 Gurnoor Singh
- This #GivingTuesday we’re launching our Big Give Christmas Challenge, running until 9 December, to raise money for RPO Resound, our ground-breaking community and education programme. Any donation you make is matched for double the impact: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000005BSKfYAO
- From the Royal Albert Hall with love 🍸🤵🏻♂️💌 Last night we gave the music of cinema's great spy a spectacular symphonic treatment in The Music of Bond, featuring conductor Stephen Bell, vocalists Alison Jiear and Matt Ford, presenter Charlie Higson and BSL interpreter Kate Green. 📷 Danny Kaan
- 'The deeps have music soft and low When winds awake the airy spry...' Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday at a sea-swept Cadogan Hall with conductor Antony Hermus for Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, Elgar's Sea Pictures with @jessdandy.bsky.social, and Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony.
- Today we're off on a spectacular voyage at Cadogan Hall with conductor Antony Hermus as we embark on Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, ride the impassioned waves of Elgar's Sea Pictures with contralto @jessdandy.bsky.social, and traverse the wild Highlands in Mendelssohn's Symphony No.3, 'Scottish' 🌊⛵⛰️
- 💿 Our latest release has hit No.5 in the Classical Charts! Recorded live at Southbankcentre's Royal Festival Hall, our Music Director Vasily Petrenko conducts two seldom-heard masterpieces from 1913 - Elgar's Falstaff and Rachmaninoff's The Bells.
- Out now! 💿 Today we launched our collaboration with harmonia mundi with the release of Rachmaninoff’s The Bells and Elgar’s Falstaff conducted by Vasily Petrenko, recorded live at performances at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
- 👏👏👏 to the City of London Choir and soprano Ailish Tynan for a magnificently soulful performance of Poulenc's Gloria last night at Cadogan Hall, under the baton of Daniel Hyde. We also performed Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24, Barber's Adagio for Strings and Knoxville 1915, and Debussy's Clair de Lune.
- "When I first worked with the RPO back in 2019, I was instantly made to feel at home by the warm and welcoming atmosphere. I’m so proud to now be joining as a member of this fantastic trumpet section." Today we're excited to welcome Kaitlin Wild as our new Sub-Principal Trumpet! 🎺
- Did you know that this Art Deco landmark in Kilburn once hosted Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Shirley Bassey, The Rolling Stones and Tom Jones? Today we're performing the first concert at the Gaumont State Cinema for nearly 50 years as part of the Kilburn Music Mile Festival.
- Yesterday at St Paul's Cathedral @johnrutter.bsky.social conducted the premiere of his I'll Make Me a World with mezzo-soprano Melanie Marshall, baritone Jonathan Brown and The Bach Choir. We also performed John's The Gift of Life, as well as Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5. 📷 Duncan Wood
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- Want to hear a world premiere by our Artist Laureate @johnrutter.bsky.social in the stunning surroundings of @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social? Sound-only seats for Wednesday 5 November are available to book for just £15: rpo.co.uk/soundonlystpauls
- And that's a wrap on our tour to Spain! We had a fantastic final concert in Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música with Vasily Petrenko and Simon Trpčeski, who played Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3, and we also performed Guinovart's La Vida Secreta and Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka 🩰 #RPOonTour
- Stage Team Move A Piano Down Stairs, c.2025, digital, smartphone 📷 The backstage crew of Valencia's Palau de la Música
- Thank you to everyone who came to our sold-out concert in Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música last night with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko and pianist Mao Fujita! We're back here tonight with Simon Trpčeski for the final concert of our Spain tour. #RPOonTour 📷 Rafa Martin/Ibermusica
