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We open our 24/25 season with an interstellar journey in The Planets with Chief Conductor John Storgårds in command, meanwhile Paul Lewis is one of the finest interpreters of Beethoven’s piano works and returns for his Piano Concerto No. 3.

91Èȱ¬ Philharmonic Chief Conductor John StorgÃ¥rds conducts the orchestra in a dazzling programme at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, with violinist Simone Lamsma and organist Jonathan Scott.

Burlesque comes to The Bridgewater Hall in Stravinsky’s electrifying ballet, Petrushka, meanwhile the spotlight shines on one of the world’s most distinguished trumpet players, Håkan Hardenberger, all with Chief Conductor John Storgårds at the reins.

A master of the keyboard, Garrick Ohlsson returns to Manchester to perform Brahms’s mighty Piano Concerto No. 1. It’s an evening in the company of some truly great Romantic composers with Chief Conductor John Storgårds on the podium.

Elgar loved cryptic codes and he hid one in his most famous work, ‘Enigma’ Variations. The music of Frank Martin, is brought to the concert platform by world renowned baritone Roderick Williams, plus the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon’s Anima Mia.

Join us in the 91Èȱ¬ Philharmonic Studio for Elgar’s deeply expressive Violin Concerto with Christian Tetzlaff.

From Elgar’s green and pleasant lands with the famous Cello Concerto to depths of Russia, culminating in Stravinsky’s ballet ‘The Firebird’.

We’re off to the wilds of Scandinavia and Finland. Northern Lights, midnight sun and a smorgasbord of Nordic greats with John Storgårds at the helm, Sibelius is guaranteed be at its finest.

The season ends with Mahler’s Symphony No.3, a hymn to the natural world. John Storgårds is joined by contralto Jess Dandy.