Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Santtu-Matias Rouvali took up the baton as Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in September 2021. He is just the sixth person to hold that title since the Philharmonia was founded in 1945.
In our 80th birthday season, he collaborates with soloists including Víkingur Ólafsson, Hilary Hahn and Lisa Batiashvili, and conducts music from Beethoven to Bernstein. In the season finale, he recreates an epic all-Strauss concert originally conducted in 1947 by Richard Strauss himself.
Santtu and Nikolai Lugansky
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Nikolai Lugansky – piano
- Ravel Alborada del gracioso
- Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
- Ravel La Valse
- Respighi Pines of Rome
Santtu conducts Sibelius, Lindberg & Shostakovich
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Christian Lindberg – trombone
- Sibelius Finlandia
- Lindberg Trombone Concerto, 'Golden Eagle'
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
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Santtu and Fazıl Say
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Fazıl Say – piano
- de Falla El Amor Brujo Suite (orchestral version)
- Say Mother Earth (Piano Concerto) (UK premiere)
- Dvořák Symphony No. 8
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Santtu and Hilary Hahn
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Hilary Hahn – violin
- Stravinsky Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss
- Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
- Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
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Santtu conducts Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Frank Dupree – piano
- Bernstein On the Waterfront Suite
- Dove Clarinet Concerto, 'Rainbow' (London premiere, commissioned by Mark van de Wiel and the Philharmonia)
- Copland Clarinet Concerto
- Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
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Lisa Batiashvili plays Tchaikovsky
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
- Bacewicz Divertimento
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
- Walton Symphony No. 1
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Hard Rock Hallelujah: Philharmonia x Heavy Metal All-Stars
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Plus special guests
Santtu conducts a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
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