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31 years ago today, 96 people lost their lives at Hillsborough Stadium.
We invite you to watch the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir performing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ sung in memory of those who died, in an arrangement by Chorus Master, Ian Tracey. Performed 26 April 2016
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Today we have a big announcement - the brilliant Domingo Hindoyan will join us as Chief Conductor in September 2021, succeeding Vasily Petrenko who has led the Orchestra for a wonderful 15 seasons. Here’s an introduction video from
@DGarciaHindoyan
himself!
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Welcome back to Liverpool Philharmonic Hall…
We’re excited to announce that we will be opening up our doors and returning to live music with a series of exciting one-hour concerts by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and associated ensembles!
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Happy Birthday to John Lennon on what would have been his 81st birthday, pictured here in 1957 on Hope Street during his time at Liverpool Art School.
Today we celebrate his musical contribution to the city of Liverpool and beyond.
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Please join us in congratulating our Chief Executive Michael Eakin who is being awarded an OBE in The King’s New Year’s Honours list for services to music and to the community in Liverpool.
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Congratulations to our Artist in Residence
@ShekuKM
who has been named in
@standardnews
as one of London's most influential people 2018 in the Performance: Classical music category
#Progress1000
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A huge congratulations to our Artistic Planning Director, Sandra Parr, who has been awarded a special commendation in the Orchestra Manager of the Year category at the
@aborchestras
Awards. Well done Sandra – we’re all very proud! Find out more:
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We are saddened to hear that past Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra principal flautist Atarah Ben-Tovim has died. Known to thousands of children who grew up in the 60s and 70s simply as “Atarah”, she will always be an important part of the history of Liverpool Philharmonic.
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After 41 years with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, violinist Jim Hutton is retiring. It was Jim’s childhood dream to play in a professional orchestra, and we’re so glad he brought his talent to ours. Thank you for everything, Jim, and all the best for the future!
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We’re deeply saddened to hear of the passing of musical icon, Burt Bacharach. The writer behind some of the greatest songs of the 20th century, it was an honour to have him perform here at the Hall back in 2016. He will be greatly missed.
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After 38 amazing seasons, Ian Tracey will retire as Chorusmaster of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir next Summer, making him the longest-serving Chorusmaster in the history of the Choir. Thank you for everything Ian! You can read more here:
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It is with a very heavy heart that we have to tell you that our former Principal Trumpet, Rhys Owens, died on Friday. Rhys had recently had to step down from the Orchestra after some thirty years, after being diagnosed just over a year ago with Motor Neurone disease.
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Our Opening Night is here! Tonight, after 6 months we are so pleased to be back with the first of our socially-distanced concerts. Enjoy music by Mozart, Pärt and Beethoven, conducted by Thomas Jung, it’ll be a night to rememeber.
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Hello London! So excited to be here and in rehearsal for tonight's
@bbcproms
@RoyalAlbertHall
with
@DGarciaHindoyan
and
@ShekuKM
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The Hall may be quiet, but our ghost light is still shining brightly.
We love this tradition and the promise of return that it represents.
We’ll be back as soon as we can🧡
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On the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, we reflect on his music with the original, handwritten lyrics of one of his best loved songs. We're so proud of our city’s rich musical landscape and John Lennon’s lasting contribution to our musical heritage
#InMyLife
#JohnLennon
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On this day in 1840, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society was born!
Founded by Liverpool music-lovers, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is one of the world’s oldest concert societies. Here's a copy of the original rules and the programme from our first concert on 12 March 1840.
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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir and staff are saddened to hear of the death of Sir Andrew Davis.
Our condolences to Sir Andrew's family, friends and colleagues around the world.
📷: John Ward
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Congratulations to pianist Stephen Hough who was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Stephen has performed in many memorable concerts with the Orchestra, most recently Brahms' First Piano Concerto back in November.
Congratulations once again Sir Stephen!
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We’re delighted to announce Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s concerts in December are going ahead as planned. We hope you’re as excited as we are to welcome back live music making! Click here for more details about our concerts -
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Merry Christmas from everyone here at Liverpool Philharmonic!
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RT
@MaryEarnshaw
Get a hanky. Beautiful performance of 'You'll never walk alone' by
@liverpoolphil
choir for
@5news
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We are completely overwhelmed by the support & generosity of our audience members♥️🎶
As of yesterday, over half of you have either donated your tickets or taken a credit note towards a future show and we can't thank you enough for your support!
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We are very grateful for the grant received as part of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund today. We hope to be able to continue with concerts with live audiences in the coming months.
#HereForCulture
@DCMS
@hmtreasury
@ace_national
@KimJohnsonMP
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Shankly: Nature's Fire - a film that searches for the soul of British football. Sun 29 Oct:
@TBirdReleasing
#shankly
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Congratulations to Hilary Browning who celebrates 30 years with the Orchestra today! Since joining in 1991 as Associate Principal Cello, she’s performed in chamber concerts, taken part in our learning programme & started Equilibrium, a group dedicated to music by women.
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Congratulations to Kate Richardson, second violin, who is marking 20 years playing with the Orchestra today! Kate started learning the violin at the age of 4, taught by her mother & went on to study at the
@RNCMvoice
before joining us on 13 April 1999. Thank you Kate!
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#OnThisDay
in 1840 the Liverpool Philharmonic Society was born!
That's 180 years of music making, and now our Orchestra is the UK’s oldest professional symphony orchestra!
Here's an extract of the Society's rules, and also the programme from our first concert on 12 March 1840.
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Our new Mussorgsky bell has been inscribed with a special message from Vasily Petrenko, to celebrate his 15 years as our Chief Conductor:
To all my friends and colleagues
Thank you for fifteen wonderful years
‘In my Liverpool home’
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A very Happy Birthday to our Chief Conductor, Vasily Petrenko from everyone here at Liverpool Philharmonic!
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A huge congratulations to our Chief Executive, Michael Eakin, who receives an honorary degree from
@LivUni
today recognising his outstanding contribution to the Arts and to the city.
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The interior of the new Philharmonic Hall when it was finished in 1939
#LPturns80
We're celebrating tonight with a screening of the wonderful Wizard of Oz on our Walturdaw cinema screen, which remains the oldest remaining working example of its type anywhere in the world!
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Today we’re saying congratulations to Tim Jackson, Section Leader - Horn, who celebrates 10 years with the Orchestra in January 2021.
Well done Tim - we look forward to welcoming you back to the stage as soon as we can!
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We join with all of Merseyside in expressing our sadness over Paul O’Grady’s passing.
An exceptional performer, beloved campaigner for LGBT+ equality and animal rights, Paul’s work to make Liverpool a vibrant and inclusive place is something we’ll always be grateful for.
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Congratulations to Jonathan Aasgaard, section leader cellist, who is marking 20 years playing with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra today! Thanks for all he contributes to our successes - including a critically acclaimed performance of Weinberg’s Cello Concerto!
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At 1pm today, Ensemble of St Luke's, from Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, will be live-streamed from
@VictoriaGallery
at
@LivUni
as part of their lunchtime concert series.
We hope this brings a little sunshine to your day! Tune in here:
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Tomorrow, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society turns 180!🎂🎈
Here's something we found in the archives - a programme for the first ever offering from the Society, which took place at Mr Lassell's Saloon on Great Richmond Street!
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Today is our 180th birthday! 🎂🎈🎉
To celebrate, we’re giving away 180 tickets to our Wizard of Oz: Film with Live Orchestra concert on 18 April -
To be in with a chance of winning tickets, just complete this short form –
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On this day in 1840, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society was born! Founded by a group of Liverpool music-lovers, we are one of the world’s oldest concert societies. Here's an extract of the original rules (which included performing only 12 concerts a year and £2 tickets!):
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Just finished another great rehearsal for Sunday's
@bbcproms
@RoyalAlbertHall
with
@DGarciaHindoyan
and
@ShekuKM
- London, see you soon!
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We are very grateful for
@mayor_anderson
and
@lpoolcouncil
for their continuing support of Liverpool Philharmonic throughout this COVID-19 crisis. We’re proud to play our part in this city.
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Sadly, cellist Gethyn Jones had his cello stolen from his car Friday evening. It’s in a dark navy Gewa case and has the number 72 written inside with Colin Irving’s signature.
If anyone has any information on it, please contact Merseyside Police -
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We’ve got 150 young performers in today from across Merseyside, Newcastle and Leeds! Continuing our
@IHLiverpool
10th birthday celebrations, with special guest appearance from
@ShekuKM
, rehearsals are well under way for this afternoons concert
#inharmony10
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We're incredibly proud to receive a
#HappyXmasVinyl
in support of our
@IHLiverpool
programme!
@yokoono
&
@seanonolennon
have gifted these specifically to music charities, non-profits & grassroots organisations undertaking great work across the UK music scene.
Thank you so much!🎶
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) → 50 Acetates for the 50th Anniversary.
#HAPPYXMASVINYL
@YokoOno
&
@SeanOnoLennon
release a strictly Limited Edition of 50 Acetates, hand-cut at
@AbbeyRoad
, in aid of UK grassroots music causes.
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Congratulations to Leader Thelma Handy who today marks the 25th anniversary of joining the Orchestra! 🎻🎵
Thelma joined us from the English Chamber Orchestra in 1995, and is a keen teacher and string coach, also setting up a String Quartet Academy for local young players.
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What a way to finish our birthday weekend celebrations! 💚🎉 Thank you everyone involved and happy 10th birthday to
@IHLiverpool
#inharmony10
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Happy 70th Birthday to Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra!
Formerly known as Merseyside Youth Orchestra, the group was founded in 1951 by William Jenkins and to date has seen 4,000 musicians pass through its ranks. We look forward to celebrating properly as soon as we can!
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The new
@SteinwayAndSons
piano has arrived! Now we leave it to rest before its first performance. Thank you to
@PianoLogistics
for its safe arrival.
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We were so excited to welcome back members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to the Friary and the Hall as rehearsals got under way last week – we can’t wait to have them all back on stage!
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She's the pianist that everyone is talking about…
@BuniatishviliKh
will be at
@StGeorgesHall
Concert Room on Sun 18 Feb, for an afternoon recital of music by Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Liszt -
#pianist
#classicalmusic
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What a night! Our first Orchestra concert with a live audience since 16 March….This has been the longest period our stage has been dark in our history, apart from periods of refurbishment. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a truly special return to live music in the Hall🎶
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We join together with the nation in mourning Her Majesty The Queen, our Patron since 1958.
Her Majesty was a supporter of the arts across the UK. Everyone at Liverpool Philharmonic sends their deepest sympathies to the Royal Family at this time.
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It is with deep sadness that we learnt that Libor Pešek KBE died yesterday in Prague. Libor was Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra from 1987 until 1997.
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In rehearsal with Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and
@DGarciaHindoyan
, who has just swapped baton for bow to join the violins!
Tomorrow, see our Youth Orchestra, Youth Academy Orchestra (and Domingo!) play side by side with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Congratulations to Jim Hutton who is celebrating an incredible milestone today - 40 years with the orchestra! During this time, Jim has had the privilege of playing for & with some of the world’s greatest musicians, & he is grateful to everyone who has been a part of his journey.
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This evening, Vasily Petrenko will conduct his final performance as Chief Conductor. To mark this special day and the past 15 wonderful years we are inviting you to support projects which are very close to the Maestro’s heart🎶
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On this day, 181 years ago, the Liverpool Philharmonic Society was born. Musicians performed our first ever concert in Mr Lassell's Saloon on Great Richmond Street, Liverpool (just around the corner from where the Orchestra sometimes rehearse in The Friary!)
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Huge congratulations to Peter Garden, our Executive Director – Performance and Learning who won Orchestra Manager of the Year at the
@aborchestras
awards last night! 🎉🥂
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4 concerts, 3 days, 2 fantastic soloists, 504 young musicians performing, 4380 people in the audience & streamed to 85,000 live - we’re still on a high after
@IHLiverpool
10th birthday. Thank you to our young musicians, our RLPO members & of course our fabulous In Harmony team.
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One week to go! We’re counting down to this time next week when we reopen our doors to the public in the first of our socially-distanced concerts. Our musicians have been working hard to get ready. Here they are in rehearsals at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall earlier this week.
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We’re delighted to announce that Matthew Hamilton will be joining us as our new Director of Choirs and Singing. From October 2023, he’ll lead and develop all choral activity at Liverpool Philharmonic. Read more:
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We are thrilled to receive a grant of £755,917 from the Government’s
#CultureRecoveryFund
#HereForCulture
.
Join us for our streamed On Demand concerts from 6 April and concerts at the Hall from 20 May.
@DCMS
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Everyone had a fantastic time on Saturday as
@DGarciaHindoyan
swapped his baton for the violin to play with the Orchestra alongside our Youth Orchestra and Youth Academy Orchestra. Here are some photos taken during last week’s rehearsals. Well done to all involved! 🎻🎶
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If you’re unable to join us for live events, don’t worry as on 30 September we’re launching Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on Demand, bringing the Orchestra to your living room with an innovative online experience!
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It's here! We're delighted to present our 2022/23 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra season, our second season with Chief Conductor
@DGarciaHindoyan
.
It's time to get excited - explore the full season here:
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Please join us in welcoming Hannah Mackenzie who has joined the Orchestra as Principal Second Trumpet. Hannah is a also former member of Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company.
Congratulations Hannah! 👏
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We’re delighted that Liverpool Philharmonic’s Music and Mental Health programme has been shortlisted as a finalist in the
@LpoolCityRegion
Culture and Creativity Awards, Impact – Health and Wellbeing category.
@LifeRooms_MC
@Mersey_Care
@cwpnhs
#LCRCultureAwards2020
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*Tickets Released* A few last minute tickets have been released for the brilliant
@kdlang
on 24 July - she'll be celebrating the 25th anniversary of her platinum selling breakthrough album Ingénue. Tickets available here -
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We’re getting a new piano for the Music Room! And pianist
@IsataKm
, our Young Artist in Residence has helped select it recently at the
@SteinwayAndSons
showroom in London🎶🎹
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A huge congratulations to our Principal Bass Trombone Simon Chappell who is celebrating 20 years with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra! Our thanks to Simon for everything he’s contributed to our success in a distinguished career.
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After 18 months apart, our full orchestra finally reunited on stage with Chief Conductor
@DGarciaHindoyan
to perform music by Strauss, Falla, Granados and Ravel. Joined by superstar
@IsataKm
performing Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, it was definitely a night to remember!
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We’re getting ready for our opening night tonight!
@DGarciaHindoyan
takes to the stage to conduct music by Falla, Granados, Ravel and Clara Schumann with
@IsataKm
. Here’s a few pictures from behind the scenes at yesterday’s rehearsals!
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Happy New Year from Liverpool Philharmonic! We can’t thank you enough for all your support in 2021 - here’s to even more music in 2022🎶
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We hope you enjoy these new Christmas lights on Hope Street! Don’t forget, we have a host of Christmas concerts this festive season🎄☃️❄️
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,What a whirlwind of a weekend reuniting hundreds of past Merseyside and Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra members. Thank you to everyone who performed and supported this wonderful reunion. Please continue to share your images and experiences of the day.
#MYOreunion2024
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As we work to increase our environmental sustainability, we're proud to announce we no longer use single use plastics in our bar! We now use polycarbonate plastic glasses and 100% bio-degradable straws, saving 425,000 plastic cups and 25,000 straws a year!
#plasticfree
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Due to high demand,
@ShekuKM
& Isata Kanneh-Mason’s Close Up concert on Fri 30 Nov has moved from Music Room to the main Auditorium.
The Award-winning siblings will be performing the music of Boccherini, Poulenc, Debussy and Brahms. Book now -
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We’re so pleased to have music back in the Hall! Yesterday, the Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko recorded our online season opening concert which is available to purchase and stream online only from Wednesday 30 September at 7pm.
Tickets here:
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Remember to join us on Facebook at 2.30pm this afternoon for Mahler's Symphony No.5, performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Vasily Petrenko -
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Backstage with… superstar pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii and Chief Conductor
@DGarciaHindoyan
as they finish rehearsing for tomorrow’s concert – the first of two performances featuring Beethoven’s majestic Emperor concerto.
Tickets still available:
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Happy New Year from everyone here at Liverpool Philharmonic!
We look forward to seeing you in 2019 - it’s going to be a great year with more exciting performances from Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and fantastic artists at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and the Music Room.
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We were thrilled to open our doors again last night to an audience of over 400 people, to listen to the Orchestra perform Beethoven, Delius and Prokofiev. Supporters Sue and Howard Rogers summed up the mood with their sign - how we’ve all missed listening to music together!
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Our partnership with
@Mersey_Care
has helped reduce isolation and increased the wellbeing of over 10,000 service users since 2008, through live performance, practical music making and composing workshops. We hope to aid 10,000 more in the next 5 years!
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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Another Wednesday, another lunchtime concert for you! 🧡This time it's Ian Buckle, pianist with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, who will be live-streamed today at 1pm, treating us to some Mozart, Montgeroult and Beethoven -
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The city feels electric and we’re ready to kick off our
#Eurovision
events tonight, welcoming our friends from Ukraine and around the world. Join the Orchestra and
@OwainWynEvans
as they give iconic Eurovision songs a sensational orchestral twist –
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At last……
We’re getting ready for a very special announcement tomorrow at 12pm! Keep your eyes on our social media pages and website for more details.
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Merry Christmas from everyone at Liverpool Philharmonic! 🎄🎵
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Want to know why percussionist Grahams Johns is ‘playing’ a typewriter in rehearsals?? Come along to our Spirit of Christmas concerts to find out! 🎶
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Our new series of On Demand concerts starts tonight!
Join us for music by Roberto Sierra and Beethoven with our Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir:
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In Harmony Liverpool has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Classical Music Education Initiative Award at the 2019 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence! A fantastic achievement and testament to the impact
@IHLiverpool
has had on the lives of so many children in North Liverpool.
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Tonight’s the night –
@gemmanewmusic
,
@maofujita_piano
and the Orchestra take to the stage for a programme featuring Tchaikovsky’s soaring First Piano Concerto. We popped down to check out rehearsals – it was sounding fabulous!
Tickets still available –
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We’re thrilled to announce that Chief Conductor
@DGarciaHindoyan
will extend his contract with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra until July 2028. We can’t wait to see what the next five years of music making with Domingo will bring! Read more:
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We’re proud to join
#WeMakeEvents
and
#LightItInRed
. Tonight at 9pm, live music venues across the UK, including Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, will be lighting their buildings in red light as a collective effort to get the events industry’s voice heard -
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What a way to finish a performance! 🎶🎉 Thank you to everyone involved from
@IHLiverpool
@ResonateHub
@Opera_North_Ed
@InHarmonyNE
, what a fantastic concert!
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Thank you to the Garfield Weston Foundation for awarding us £750,000 as part of their Weston Culture Fund. The grant will help us to transform lives through music, re-build post-pandemic and perform live and ‘on demand’ concerts.
@WestonFdn
#WestonCultureFund
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Ding dong merrily on…forever bells! As a bit of Christmas Eve fun, we wanted to share this film made by our percussionists Graham Johns and Scott Lumsdaine to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Happy holidays!
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On this day back in 1840, the Liverpool Philharmonic Society gave its first ever performance – and what an incredible 183 years have followed!
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