Composer

The Opera Orchestra's Midis Musicales are always a great success with audiences. These short concerts (from 45 minutes to 1 hour) are presented in a warm and friendly atmosphere and will surprise you with the richness of the offerings!

Midi Musical | Montpellier Occitanie National Opera Choir

Opéra Comédie

EPSG:4326

Symphonic Metamorphosis

Ohio Wesleyan University

The sonorous and sparkling virtuosity of MSO Principal Clarinetist Jorge Diez holds the spotlight in two definitive works by Debussy and Weber. Plus, Berlioz’s daring blockbuster Symphonie Fantastique engages the senses and enlivens the imagination to deliver a bold genius-stroke of a finish, in a program that will take you places you never knew you wanted to go.

Bravo 2: Epic Dreamscape

Thalia Mara Hall

Coffee Concert No. 2 »On the Road Through Europe«

Volkshaus Jena

The "Freischütz Overture" had already established itself quite early on. Independent of the opera to which it actually belongs, it enjoyed a remarkable career in the concert halls. Carl Maria von Weber incorporates the central elements of the opera's plot in it. The forest atmosphere, the Wolf's Glen, and Agathe's love aria characterize the overture, which anticipates the opera's happy ending in radiant C major.

2. Classical on Sunday

Kleist Forum

Philippe Herreweghe, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, and Robert Schumann form a golden trio. Decades of collaboration have cultivated a deep affinity for Schumann’s music, making each performance a profound experience. Joining them is German cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, born in Schumann’s hometown of Zwickau, for a long-awaited reunion after their celebrated recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Schumann’s own cello concerto, once overlooked, now shines as one of the Romantic era’s finest, blending lyricism with heartfelt emotion. The programme concludes with his hopeful Second Symphony, a testament to resilience in the face of personal darkness. Together, Herreweghe and the Antwerp Symphony deliver a concert that speaks directly to the soul.

Opening concert: Schumann with Herreweghe and Hecker

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Concertgebouw Brugge

Spohr, Weber, Schubert, and Haydn—four titans of Classical-Romantic music history! Undoubtedly, they were pioneers in their respective musical paths, intuitively grasping the trends of their time and laying the foundations for future generations of composers. One thing is certain, however: without the others, they would probably not have existed, nor would they have achieved the virtuoso brilliance for which they are still celebrated today. A mutual influence was clearly present and contributed to the development of the musical landscape of their time. One example of this interaction is the connection between Franz Schubert and Carl Maria von Weber. Although they took different musical paths, as contemporaries they shared a common era of transition from Viennese Classicism to Romanticism. Schubert, inspired by Weber's operas, incorporated some of his ideas into his songs and music-dramatic works, thus coming closer to the Romantic ideal of musical expression.

Spohr, Weber, Schubert, Haydn – Classical! Romantic!

State Theatre Eisenach

Guest Concertmaster Alexandra Preucil and violist Antoine Tamestit lead a thrilling exploration of Hungarian music and culture with the raw passion of Bartók's duos, the folk-infused charm of Weber's Andante e Rondo ungarese, the dazzling virtuosity of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, and the fiery rhythms of Brahms' Hungarian Dances.

Hungarian Dances

Orpheum Theater

Riccardo Minasi—familiar to Hamburg residents through his long-standing collaboration with Ensemble Resonanz—and Beatrice Rana make their debuts with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with this program. Both are known for their dedicated and electrifying music-making, making them a perfect fit for the Bremen orchestra, which regularly captivates audiences at the Elbphilharmonie and around the world with its intense concerts.

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Beatrice Rana / Riccardo Minasi

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Scheherazade, based on the Middle Eastern folktales, One Thousand and One Nights, showcases Rimsky-Korsakov’s mastery as an orchestrator and storyteller. Waves of sound feature many instrumental solos with a prominent role throughout for the solo violin. Our very own talented Concertmaster, Scott Moore, will be featured in this performance. The German-Jewish composer Paul Hindemith was newly settled in New York in 1951 when he transformed his sketches of a ballet based on themes by Carl Maria von Weber into his “American Symphony”.

Exotic Nights

Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building

Kick off the new season in style! Superstar mezzo-soprano and 2025/26 CSO Artist-in-Residence Joyce DiDonato joins Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the CSO for a celebratory program of vocal pieces by Richard Strauss and Georges Bizet, stirring overtures by Weber and Wagner and selections from Mendelssohn’s enchanting A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Walk the red carpet and toast to the start of another incredible season.

Joyce DiDonato & the CSO

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Visible from afar, the imposing Elbphilharmonie building towers over Hamburg's Hafencity as the metropolis's new landmark and one of the world's most exciting concert venues. The Duisburg Philharmonic's invitation to make its debut there in September is also a sign of the esteem in which this traditional orchestra is held far beyond the borders of its home city - a philharmonic accolade, so to speak. And for this special occasion, conductor Stefan Blunier has put together a program that revels in the most beautiful Romantic tones: Among the most popular operas of all time is "Der Freischütz", for whose overture Carl Maria von Weber anticipated the greatest hits of his Romantic opera. Full of catchy melodies, the yearning and melancholy First Violin Concerto by Max Bruch, played by Diana Tishchenko, a well-known singer to Duisburg audiences, follows . And finally, Antonín Dvořák's Eighth Symphony, a work overflowing with musical ideas. The "melodies just fly to me," the composer wrote of this cheerful and life-affirming work, for which he borrowed some themes from Bohemian folk music. The exuberant orchestral jubilation at the end of the symphony provides a fitting conclusion to this guest performance in the far north.

YSP Closing Concert — Mozarteum Orchestra · Cimento

House for Mozart

Eröffnungskonzert "Dresden"

Schloss Moritzburg

The human voice, the most natural instrument, has inspired chamber music for centuries, bringing melodic beauty and the unique musicality of languages. This program celebrates the range and timbre of the voice as the ideal chamber collaborator. Music@Menlo debut artists include soprano Tony Arnold, “a luminary in the world of chamber music and art song” (Huffington Post), Met Opera mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack, and baritone John Moore.

Let’s Add Voices!

Menlo School Campus

The early string quintets on this program represent the passions of their composers: W. A. Mozart, the avid violist wanting to join the ensemble, and Luigi Boccherini, the premier cello virtuoso of his day. The works by these quintet pioneers are juxtaposed with Romantic nineteenth-century essays in the genre, demonstrating the evolution of this versatile grouping. An all-star roster of violinists includes Indianapolis Competition-winner Richard Lin, Kristin Lee, and Julian Rhee.

Quintessential Quintets

Bregenz Festival 'The Marksman'

Bregenzer Festspiele

Weber Wirth Brahms

Opernhaus Zürich

Johann Sebastian Bach was not only a scholarly composer, but also a popular one. In 1742, he wrote a "Cantate burlesque" in Leipzig, a roughly half-hour-long work later referred to as a peasant cantata . Its distinctive character is not only due to the Saxon dialect in which some sections are written, but also due to the inclusion of dance forms and folk song melodies.

Summer Concert Children's Choir of the State Opera

State Opera Unter den Linden

This program begins with Dvořák’s Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola, a captivating suite of graceful, intimate pieces. Next is Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major, where the clarinet’s virtuosic passages and lyrical warmth blend beautifully with the strings. The evening closes with Weber’s Clarinet Quintet in B-flat Major, a lively showcase of the clarinet’s expressive power and brilliance.

Dvořák, Mozart, and Weber

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center

"I make, play, write, compose, write lyrics, sing, pluck, and bow so many different kinds of music because it's the most natural thing for me. Limitless, just like the world is," says double bassist and composer Georg Breinschmid. And so it happened as it had to: Festival Prize winner Matthias Schorn found a soul mate in Breinschmid, who promptly tailored a rustic composition for them both.

Double concert with Viennese charm

Schloss und Gut Ulrichshusen

Clarinet and string quartet: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tried this combination for the first time in 1789 - and it was a great success. The quintet that Carl Maria von Weber composed 26 years later for the clarinetist Heinrich Joseph Baermann was just as popular. The fact that both pieces are still among the most popular of their kind today is not only due to their magical sound and melodies, but also to the humorous, cheerful mood that connects them. The path to Joseph Haydn, the grand master of musical humor, is of course not far. It was probably an enterprising publisher who first heard the many bird calls in his famous quartet op. 33 no. 3, to which the piece owes its sales-boosting nickname: "Bird Quartet".

2nd Serenade Concert

Abbey Church in Duisburg

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Music Festival

Promoting young talent is a central concern of the Hamburg Chamber Music Festival. This concert features five young prizewinners of international competitions. Together, they will rehearse true chamber music »highlights« especially for this evening.

Hamburg Chamber Music Festival International

We cordially invite you to a spectacular concert, where the most talented pupils of the ZUŠ from all over South Moravia will sit together with our musicians in the orchestra.
Keep your fingers crossed for us:-). We are looking forward to the concert.

Invitation To The Dance

The National Theatre Brno - Janáček Theatre

NASO Jun' Concert 2025 

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space

Paganini, then Dvořák: the young American violinist Kevin Zhu, most recently heard at the Dresdner Musikfestspiele with Paganini’s 24 Caprices, »scaling the Mount Everest of violin literature« (thus the publication »Musik in Dresden«), returns this season with Dvořák’s only Violin Concerto, a gem heard far too rarely. Stylistically, it forms part of the so-called Slavic period, in which the Czech composer dedicated himself with particular intensity to the folklore of his homeland. 

Zhu – Prague Philharmonia – Villaume

Frauenkirche Dresden

The young American violinist Kevin Zhu, most recently heard at the Dresdner Musikfestspiele with Paganini’s 24 Caprices, »scaling the Mount Everest of violin literature« (thus the publication »Musik in Dresden«), returns this season with Dvořák’s only Violin Concerto, a gem heard far too rarely. Stylistically, it forms part of the so-called Slavic period, in which the Czech composer dedicated himself with particular intensity to the folklore of his homeland.

Weber. Dvořák. Wagner

Join us for the grand finale of the 2024-2025 season. Featuring Quinn Mason’s A Joyous Trilogy, a contemporary masterpiece that ushers in a celebration of musical diversity and innovation, the evening continues with Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, a timeless work that transcends eras with its epic and powerful resonance.

Beethoven’s Ninth

The Maryland Theatre

Celebrate the grand finale of SOGO’s 25th anniversary season with a spectacular concert! Join us as we embark on a musical journey with the Conservatory Orchestra performing Dvořák’s lively Polka for Prague Students, followed by the enchanting Andante and Rondo Ongarese by Carl Maria von Weber, featuring the virtuosity of senior clarinetist Diego Cortes-Monroy. The evening culminates in a celestial performance of Mars and Jupiter from Holst’s epic The Planets, presented in a thrilling side-by-side collaboration with members of the Olympia Symphony Orchestra. The Brass Choir and Academy and Philharmonic orchestras will also perform. This unforgettable concert promises to highlight the extraordinary talent of over 160 young musicians from across the South Sound region.

SOGO 25th Season Spring Concert

Washington Center for the Performing Arts

Before the soloists can shine in the 9th symphony concert, the evening opens with Franz Schubert's Overture in C major in the Italian style. He wrote this in 1817 after a performance of Rossini's "Tancredi" and bet with friends that he too could write such music.

9th Symphony Concert

Staatstheater Braunschweig

Our "Artist in Residence" Matthias Schorn is the principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and performs in the world's most famous concert halls. But you can also see him in lederhosen on pub and festival stages and with partners beyond the classical music scene. He often arranges such cross-border excursions with Georg Breinschmid, whose latest composition we are premiering this evening in cooperation with the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.

9th Philharmonic Concert

Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

We bring our season to a close with an array of magical music, guaranteed to dazzle and delight. While Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain conjures up scenes of madness and fear, Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice is all about zany fantasy and frantic antics. Of course, no program about sorcery is complete without a touch of music from Mozart’s beloved Magic Flute. Rounding out the fun, our featured soloist, Kevin Judge, shows off his own wizardry on the “clown of the orchestra,” the bassoon.

Magic and Mayhem

Ames City Hall

‘I am the new Bacchus, pressing out glorious wine for the human spirit’ declared Ludwig van Beethoven. True, he wasn’t known for his modesty – but until you’ve heard his incredible Seventh Symphony in full, heart-pounding flight, you’ve never known just how intoxicating music can be. This is music that demands total commitment, body and soul and we can expect the young British conductor Adam Hickox to raise the roof tonight. First, though, he joins the RPO’s own Principal Trumpet, Matthew Williams, in the delightfully operatic concerto by Beethoven’s great friend Hummel – and ventures deep into the dark heart of the German forest in the Overture to Weber’s supernatural shocker Der Freischütz. The perfect opener to an evening of music to set the pulse racing.

Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony

Cadogan Hall 

The penultimate concert of the season transports us into the world of 19th-century German vocal music. Prague's Rudolfinum will first resound with Weber's overture to his most famous opera Der Freischütz, considered the first German Romantic opera in history and a cornerstone of Romantic music itself.

Weber. Wagner. Mahler

Dvořák Hall Rudolfinum

Meli Everson, clarinet - Senior Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

4. Sinfoniekonzert

Kongresshaus

This recital is an evening for reflection and appreciation. To reflect on what I’ve learned these past four years in this dynamic program and to appreciate the skills I’ve gained, the relationships I’ve formed and the music I’ve performed.

Student Degree Recital: Lexi Deifallah B.M. clarinet senior recital

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

TŌN’s tenth season at the Fisher Center concludes with a program of dazzling and colorful music by three European composers. The concert begins with Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica, inspired by the autobiography of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Then the orchestra is joined by clarinetist Miles Wazni, a winner of the 2023 Bard Conservatory Concerto Competition, for Carl Maria von Weber’s virtuosic Clarinet Concerto No. 2. We close with the luminous and beautifully crafted final symphony of French composer Albéric Magnard.

Weber & “Laterna Magica”

Fisher Center at Bard

Florian Illies had his big breakthrough as a chronicler of the German sensibility with his first novel, Generation Golf . Most recently, his feature compilations 1913 and Love in Times of Hate have delighted audiences. These works bring the eras shortly before the world wars to life. Most recently, the trained art historian Illies turned far back into German Romanticism and, in his novel Magic of Silence, based on the life of the painter Caspar David Friedrich, traced an era of German history that bears the seeds of modernity. He presents Friedrich as a painter of God-fearing inwardness on the edge of the abyss of abstraction. The symphony concert Sound of Silence provides the soundtrack and shows that Friedrich was not the only one to take this artistic path.

Symphony Concert: Sound of Silence

Komische Oper Berlin @Schillertheater

Frühlingskonzert

bigBOX Allgäu

Wundersam

Allerheiligen-Hofkirche

Die Rheinische In Boppard Symphony Concert

Stadthalle Boppard

Schubert’s “Great” C major Symphony is considered by many to epitomise romanticism in orchestral music. The first call of the horns is typical of the era – evoking a sound world that is at once warm, idyllic and full of yearning. Conductor Zubin Mehta has included two further Romantic works on the programme: Carl Maria von Weber’s overture to the fairy-tale opera Oberon and Henryk Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 1, with its combination of heartfelt expression and overwhelming virtuosity. Himari, who comes from Japan and is just 13 years old, makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker as soloist.

Romantic music with Zubin Mehta and Himari

Berliner Philharmonie

Janina Fialkowska, a revered Canadian grand master, has graced the world stage for over five decades.

Music Toronto: Janina Fialkowska

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

In the Woods

Alte Oper

Victoria Hall

Victoria Hall in Geneva

Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall

Xinghai Concert Hall

Shenzhen Concert Hall

Pre-College Studio Recital: Ginger Kroft, clarinet

This event is in collaboration with SF Music Week: "San Francisco's newest gathering for the Bay Area music community." SF Music Week is presented by @NoisePop, @SFLive, and @SFOEWD. The citywide, weeklong celebration was made possible by a grant from the Office of Mayor Daniel Lurie and @SFOEWD. Follow this link for a list of all SF Music Week Events.

Masterclass with Dr. Marie Ross, clarinet

Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts

National Centre for the Performing Arts

Yokohama

Queen's Square Yokohama

Spectacular singer and performer Meow Meow, who has been called “sensational” and a “diva of the highest order,” comes to SFCM for its first orchestra concert of the season. The Opus 3 Artist is known for her wild and collaborative stage presence. Her performance of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s last collaboration before they fled Germany features a semi-staged theatrical production on the SFCM stage.

SFCM Orchestra with Meow Meow

“And the whole thing ended happily,” wrote Weber about his new opera Der Freischütz to his bride Caroline Brandt in March of 1817. But before everything can end happily ever after in this eerie story about fear of failure, societal constraints, and the individual’s right to happiness, the abyss opens up, and for a moment it seems as though evil will prevail. Max, the young forester, knows that his social standing and romantic prospects are dependent upon his performance at the traditional test of skill in marksmanship. But the only way he sees to pass the test involves a deal with the devil. Kaspar, disillusioned, has already submitted to the devil. And Agathe, betrothed to Max, must ask herself: “Do I leave myself to the hand of Fate?” Troubled, she tries to fight against what she perceives to be her destiny’s inevitability. Like all of the characters in the opera, she believes that her God has a true enemy. Weber created a unique musical context in which his characters’ thoughts and deeds all take place in a religious-demonic world, one that is entangled with the dark powers

Der Freischütz

Oper Leipzig

Tokorazawa

Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Center MUSE

The opening movement of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto is full of tension and drama. The slow movement is a lyrical dialogue between the soloist and woodwinds, while the vivacious finale is a rondo, punctuated with quicksilver piano cadenzas, which bounds to a joyful conclusion.

Philharmonia Orchestra

The Anvil

Beatrice Rana performs Felix Mendelssohn’s youthful, exuberant Piano Concerto No. 1. The program opens with Weber’s Oberon Overture, the tuneful introduction to his opera based on a fantastical medieval French poem. Robert Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony vibrantly depicts the Rhineland’s landscapes, dances, and grand Cathedral at Cologne. Marek Janowski leads the Orchestra in his NY Phil debut.

Beatrice Rana Plays Mendelssohn

David Geffen Hall

This concert, Shakespeare in Paradise, showcases Hawai‘i’s emerging talent as it features of the winners of the Philharmonic’s 2024/25 Madeline Schatz-Harris Youth Concerto Competition, a perennial season standout. Additionally, Vincenzo Bellini’s The Capulets and the Montagues Overture evokes the drama and romance of Shakespeare’s classic tale. Carl Maria von Weber’s Overture to Oberon enchants listeners with its fairy-tale charm. Richard Strauss’s Macbeth, op. 23 adds a dark, intense interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragic hero. Felix Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream: Nocturne brings a serene, magical atmosphere to the program. Expect a rich tapestry of music inspired by Shakespeare’s timeless works.

Shakespeare In Paradise

Kahilu Theatre

The Belgian clarinetist Annelien Van Wauwe is known for her emotional, intense and lyrical interpretations. In the performance of Carl Maria von Weber's 2nd Clarinet Concerto, which was written in 1811 for the clarinet virtuoso Heinrich Joseph Baermann, the design principle of sound speech seems crucial to her: she extracts the small musical cells from the musical text and thus finds a precise vocabulary that enables her to articulate herself clearly in melodies. At the same time, she embarks on a highly virtuoso journey in which the composer presents the enormous possibilities of the then new instrument and amazes his audience.

Saturday Concert No. 3

Scintillating Conductor Jonathon Heyward of the Baltimore Symphony — where he recently became the youngest music director of any major orchestra in the United States — is joined by featured soloist Yeol Eum Son who brings an expressive style to Mozart’s revered Piano Concerto No. 20, creating a performance that will captivate from the first note to the last.

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 featuring Yeol Eum Son

Denver Performing Arts Complex

This concert is full of music that feels good. If you like Barber’s Adagio, you’ll love Walker’s Lyric for Strings. Mozart’s Figaro sounds like radiant sunshine, and Weber’s captivating Clarinet Concerto is virtuosic and tuneful. Lastly, you’ll delight in the lightheartedness of early Beethoven.

Mozart & Beethoven

Frauenthal Center

Just as every new year has its January 1st, (almost) every opera has an overture: sometimes as a turbulent introduction to a comedy full of intrigue and passion, as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Figaro", sometimes as a departure into an adventure fairy tale full of magic, as in Mikhail Glinka's "Ruslan and Ludmilla". The Duisburg Philharmonic's salon orchestra welcomes the year 2025 with a selection of overtures that is as varied as it is virtuoso, mixing lively sounds in three-quarter time. "Everything is a waltz" is not only the motto of Johann Strauss and his brother Josef, but also in Carl Maria von Weber's "Invitation to the Dance" from 1819 - the epitome of Biedermeier waltz bliss.

New Year's Concert with the Salon Orchestra

Theater Duisburg

Anyone who thinks that Wagner's "Ring Without Words" is something like a low-fat fried carrot and celery schnitzel with a dollop of low-fat quark will be surprised. The "Ring Without Words" is more of a rip-off. Because if you condense the 15-hour tetralogy into 1.5 hours, you get syrup. ...

Guest Concert

Great Festival House

The Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra plays the historical program of the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra from March 29, 1945.


Music in Times of War

Bremer Philharmoniker

Beethoven’s most widely recognized piece, Symphony No. 5, was one of the earliest symphonies to call for trombones in the brass section, and the first to reintroduce a theme from one movement to a later one.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Southern Oregon University

Grants Pass High School

Collier Center for the Performing Arts

Das Wormser, Theater Kultur und Tagungszentrum

Tourist, Congress and Saalbau GmbH

2. Chamber music

Händel-Haus

University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra

University of Toronto Faculty of Music

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study.

Woodwind Department Recital

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Yi Chen Feng's Second Year Artist Diploma Piano Recital

Without Heinrich Joachim Baermann, Carl Maria von Weber would not have written those wonderful works for clarinet, which are among the best that have ever been composed for this instrument. Baermann, born in Potsdam in 1784 and died in Munich in 1847, was considered the most important clarinetist of his time. He held the solo position in the Munich court orchestra, was a European celebrity thanks to his concert tours, and was close friends with Carl Maria von Weber. Weber was so fascinated by Baermann's clarinet art that in 1811 he wrote two clarinet concertos specifically for him, which emphasize Baermann's virtuoso genius and give him wonderful lyrical passages. We are devoting ourselves here to the first of these clarinet concertos, which offers the soloist space for excellent, virtuoso solos - especially in the beautifully atmospheric Adagio and its elegiac clarinet singing. And when the clarinet and horns sound along with softly weaving strings, it comes very close to the romantic forest atmosphere in Weber's "Freischütz"... The solo part is taken on by "Artist in Residence" Matthias Schorn. The principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera is a guest in the world's leading concert halls and opera houses.

2nd Classic on Sunday

### Event Description: London Philharmonic Orchestra at Saffron Hall

**Date and Time:** Saturday, 30th November 2024, 7:30 PM  
**Location:** Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden  
**Running Time:** 1 hour 40 minutes  
**Tickets:** Starting from £26  
**Special Offer:** Under 25s can purchase half-price tickets for this show.

#### Event Overview:
Join the London Philharmonic Orchestra for an enchanting evening of classical music at Saffron Hall. The program features a selection of timeless pieces that promise to captivate and inspire.

**Repertoire:**
- **Weber:** Overture, Oberon
- **Tchaikovsky:** Variations on a Rococo Theme
- **Tchaikovsky:** Selections from Swan Lake

**Performers:**
- **Conductor:** Tianyi Lu (replacing the late Sir Andrew Davis)
- **Cello:** Zlatomir Fung

**Program Highlights:**
- **Swan Lake:** Perhaps the world’s most enduringly popular classical ballet, Swan Lake is a classic fairytale of a lovelorn Prince, an evil sorcerer, and a spell that can only be broken by true love. It inspired some of Tchaikovsky’s most sumptuous music, impassioned, delicate, and brilliantly colored.
- **Variations on a Rococo Theme:** This piece pays homage to the suave eighteenth-century style in a charming, lyrical slice of elegance.
- **Overture to Oberon:** The magic of Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his enchanted forest kingdom is perfectly captured by the overture to Weber’s opera.

**Additional Information:**
- **Shuttle Bus:** A pre-show shuttle bus will be operating from Audley End Station to Saffron Hall. This service is free to use, with no need to book in advance.

**Booking Information:**
- **Tickets:** Available now. Book your tickets to ensure you don't miss this spectacular performance.

For more details and to purchase tickets, visit the official event page.

LPO at Saffron Hall 2

Saffron Hall

A handsome prince, a wicked wizard and a swan princess: Swan Lake might be a ballet about black magic and doomed love, but the real sorcery comes from Tchaikovsky’s ravishing score. That’s the climax of this concert – but make no mistake, tonight there’s wonder from first note to last. Weber’s fairytale overture opens the portals of enchantment, and the award-winning young American cellist Zlatomir Fung sprinkles his own brand of stardust on the delightful Rococo Variations. Tchaikovsky meets Mozart, with a twinkle in his eye.

Swan Lake

Royal Festival Hall

Tchaikovsky’s ravishing score tops a fairytale-imbued evening conjured by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Southbank Centre

In the third symphony concert we welcome our "Artist in Residence" Daniel Ottensamer (brother of conductor Andreas Ottensamer) for the first time. With Johannes Brahms' Second Symphony, the Braunschweig State Orchestra presents one of the pieces with which the Braunschweig State Theater resumed its performances in 1945. With its song-like melodies, this work exudes a happy atmosphere that finds its calming point at the end.

3rd Symphony Concert

Classical Music on Sunday

Nikolaisaal

Yet its lilting melodies and exuberant dance rhythms could hardly be more Czech – in fact, it’s hard to think of a composer who sounds more thoroughly at home, and loving it. Pure sunshine, in other words, and a gloriously tuneful climax to a concert that begins with Weber’s spine-tingling gothic fairytale. In between: well, you can’t have missed the buzz around Isata Kanneh-Mason, and tonight this superb young British pianist joins guest conductor Martin Rajna for Beethoven’s fourth (and most personal) piano concerto. Pure poetry.

Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Beethoven

Brighton Dome

The LPO make their first visit to Malvern in over a decade, conducted by Martin Rajna, with pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, who is the soloist in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto.

Composer

Carl Maria von Weber

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