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Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM

Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM Events

  • Fri 16 Oct 2026

    • 20:00
      Royal Northern College of Music

      Leader Zoë Beyers leads the latest instalment in our series at the RNCM – music from William Byrd, Benjamin Britten, Errollyn Wallen, Edmund Finnis, Tom Coult and Michael Tippett.

      Leader Zoë Beyers leads the latest instalment in our series at the RNCM – music from William Byrd, Benjamin Britten, Errollyn Wallen, Edmund Finnis, Tom Coult and Michael Tippett.

      Programme

          • Christe qui lux es et dies
          • Photography
          • Les illuminations
          • Hymn (after Byrd)
          • Black Shuck Lament
          • Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli

      Performers

      • director
        director
      • tenor
        tenor

      Composers

  • Fri 26 Feb 2027

    • 20:00
      Royal Northern College of Music

      Guitarist Sean Shibe collaborates with the Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra to present an intimate programme at the RNCM examining the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern.

      Guitarist Sean Shibe collaborates with the Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra to present an intimate programme at the RNCM examining the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern.

      Programme

          • Funeral Music for Queen Mary (‘March’ and ‘Canzona’)
          • Aequale I & II
          • Fantasia 7 after Henry Purcell
          • Reeling
          • Needy Mouth Corners
          • Chanter
          • Grabstein fur Stephan

      Performers

      • conductor/keyboards
        conductor/keyboards
      • guitar
        guitar

      Composers

  • Fri 16 Apr 2027

    • 20:00
      Royal Northern College of Music

      Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov collaborates with the Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM for a programme of Mozart, Britten and John Adams.

      Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov collaborates with the Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM for a programme of Mozart, Britten and John Adams.

      Programme

          • Eros Piano
          • Young Apollo
          • Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K 271, ‘Jeunehomme’

      Performers

      • piano
        piano

      Composers

  • Fri 7 May 2027

    • 20:00
      Royal Northern College of Music

      Johanna Soller directs from the harpsichord this collaboration with the Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM, featuring J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto’s Nos. 1 and 2, alongside music from Zelenka, Heinichen and W.F. Bach.

      Johanna Soller directs from the harpsichord this collaboration with the Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM, featuring J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto’s Nos. 1 and 2, alongside music from Zelenka, Heinichen and W.F. Bach.

      Programme

          • Sinfonia à 8 in A minor, ZWV 189
          • Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046
          • Concerto in F Major, S. 234
          • Sinfonia in D minor, Fk 65
          • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047

      Performers

      • director/harpsichord
        director/harpsichord

      Composers

  • Fri 1 May 2026

    • 20:00
      Royal Northern College of Music

      We continue our thrillingly up-close series at the RNCM with a heavyweight artistic collaboration – our Chief Conductor John Storgårds joins the acclaimed pianist Tamara Stefanovich in this exploration of the pure power of the piano.

      We continue our thrillingly up-close series at the RNCM with a heavyweight artistic collaboration – our Chief Conductor John Storgårds joins the acclaimed pianist Tamara Stefanovich in this exploration of the pure power of the piano.

      Programme

          • Concerto for piano and wind instruments
          • Grand Pianola Music

      Performers

      • Conductor
        Conductor
      • piano
        piano

      Composers

      Grand Pianola Music
  • Fri 30 Jan 2026

    • 20:00
      Royal Northern College of Music

      Music from the court of Versailles begins and ends this sparkling exploration of the baroque.

      Music from the court of Versailles begins and ends this sparkling exploration of the baroque.

      Programme

          • Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
          • Selections from The Art of Fugue
          • Concerto for Two Trumpets
          • Concerto for Oboe and Violin
          • Selections from Les Indes Galantes, Naïs, Hippolyte et Aricie, and Dardanus

      Performers

      • director
        director
      • trumpet
        trumpet
      • Tom Fountain
        trumpet
        trumpet
      • oboe
        oboe
      • Zoë Beyers
        violin
        violin

      Composers

      Music of the Sun King
  • Sat 10 Jan 2026

    • 19:30
      Royal Northern College of Music

      The RNCM Strings Festival celebrates the versatility, beauty, and brilliance of string music through a weekend of inspiring performances and collaborations.

      The RNCM Strings Festival celebrates the versatility, beauty, and brilliance of string music through a weekend of inspiring performances and collaborations.

      Programme

          • Pearly, goldy, woody, bloody, or, Abundance
          • Cello Concerto No 1 in C major
          • Violin Concerto in D major
          • Don Juan Op 20

      Performers

      • Conductor
        Conductor
      • violin
        violin
      • cello
        cello
      • RNCM Students

      Composers

      RNCM Strings Festival – Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra with RNCM Students
  • Fri 5 Dec 2025

    • 20:00
      Royal Northern College of Music

      Tonight, our string section takes centre stage. Written in 1939 as Europe teetered on the brink of war, Bartók’s Divertimento fuses Hungarian folk-rhythms with his signature spiky harmonies and driving momentum.

      Tonight, our string section takes centre stage. Written in 1939 as Europe teetered on the brink of war, Bartók’s Divertimento fuses Hungarian folk-rhythms with his signature spiky harmonies and driving momentum.

      Programme

          • Divertimento
          • Serenade for Strings

      Performers

      • director
        director

      Composers

      Serenade for Strings