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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Dvořák

Classical Music Alive 25-26

** Early Bird Offer **

10% off ALL tickets if booked before midnight on MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER*

Nil Venditti, Conductor
Andrew Byun, Cello

Rossini | Barber of Seville
Dvořák | Cello Concerto
Rachmaninov | Symphony No.1

Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) for a dramatic programme of musical delights. Opening with a young, heartbroken Rachmaninov as he pours all of his ambition and emotion into the epic score of his First Symphony, which goes off like a volcano – wild, passionate and positively brimming with inspiration. For many years, it was lost, but today conductor Nil Venditti gives this youthful tour-de-force its due.

In contrast, Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor was the last solo concerto written before his death. A cornerstone of the cello repertoire, its rich textures and lyrical melodies demand a level of virtuosity that is more than met by award-winning soloist Andrew Byun. Praised for his ‘electrifyingly energetic, room-commanding combination of musicality, theatre, technique and tone’, Buyn brings ‘a world of thought and sound’ to its lush harmonies. The famous ‘Rossini crescendo’ sets the tone for the evening with the Overture to his highly popular comic opera The Barber of Seville, what more could you want?

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* This offer applies to individual full price tickets AND subscription tickets for all 11 main concerts. (Not valid for RPO Relaxed, RPO Noisy Kids or any concessionary prices)

Pre-concert Talk - 6.30pm

The Hexagon Auditorium - FREE

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Subscriber - 10% off when booking 3 or more concerts.

Supersubscriber - 20% off plus a free programme for every concert - when you book for the whole season

Pre-paid Programmes

Printed programmes will be available on the night for £2.50 but all bookers can buy in advance for only £2.

Simply add this merchandise item to your basket before checking out, and request your copy at the programme stand on the night