
Philharmonic Hall
Wander just outside of the Liverpool city centre and just opposite the city’s second cathedral is where you’ll find the home of the oldest surviving professional symphony orchestra, the ‘Liverpool Phil.’
This is of course the art deco, Grade II listed Philharmonic Hall founded in 1840. When the venue first opened it was without a permanent concert hall. In 1846 the foundation stone was laid and the £30,000 (£2.78m in 2016) permanent concert hall opened in 1849. In 1933 the concert hall was tragically destroyed by a fire, but 6 years later the current hall opened and still stands strong.
Positioned on Hope Street, it’s complimented by its Georgian surroundings especially the ‘Philharmonic Pub’ another Grade II listed building, deemed the most richly decorated of Liverpool’s Victorian public houses. The quality of the gentlemen’s toilets is of particular interest too, we believe.
The superb Philharmonic Hall has a year-round programme of classical music, contemporary and chamber music, folk, roots, jazz, blues, rock, comedy and more. The hall even houses a cinema screen where guests can enjoy classic films.
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Petrenko's Shostakovich
Liverpool
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, and Walton's Johannesburg Festival Overture, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, with Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano.
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company Big Band
Liverpool
Enjoy jazz standards and new arrangements of popular tunes.
Rhapsody in Blue
Liverpool
Pianist, composer and living jazz legend Julian Joseph performs Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Duke Ellington's Night Creature and Symphonic Stories Suite for Piano and Orchestra with his Trio.
Opera North's Salome
Liverpool
Continuing Opera North’s successful series of dramatic concert stagings, Strauss’s most intense and shocking opera.
Carmina Burana
Liverpool
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Ian Tracey and Alison White, stars in Orff's Carmina Burana, Pärt's Songs from Childhood and Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes for choir and piano duet.
Vertigo: Film with Live Orchestra
Liverpool
Alfred Hitchcock's classic tale of 1950s San Francisco and James Stewart's obsession with a mysterious woman, performed live with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto
Liverpool
Artist-in-Residence Stephen Hough performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, in a programme including Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5, and Li Huanzhi's Spring Festival...
Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto
Liverpool
Artist-in-Residence Stephen Hough performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4