Since its formation in 1987, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra has been in constant demand for performances and recordings of classical, light classical and popular music both in the UK and abroad. The Orchestra has a history of working with international celebrity artists ranging from Andrea Bocelli, Montserrat Caballe, Lesley Garrett, Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti and Bryn Terfel to Burt Bacharach, George Benson, Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, Sir Cliff Richard, Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra has delighted audiences around the world with its versatile concert programmes, which have included Classical Favourites, Magic of the Movies, Opera Galas, Screen Classics, Hooked on Classics and the ever-popular Last Night of the Proms. The Orchestra’s many recordings include Mancini Rocks the Pops, Premier Pops, Pop Go the Beatles, Andrew Lloyd Webber Classic Songs and Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein. The Orchestra has featured on two best-selling recordings with Lesley Garrett, including the hugely successful Soprano in Red. It also appears annually on BBC television’s Children in Need broadcast. Recent performances have included London concerts with José Carreras, Diana Krall, Liza Minnelli, Randy Newman, the Opera Babes and Hayley Westenra, Nicola Benedetti, the Jamaican reggae star John Holt and UK tours with Andrea Bocelli, Lesley Garrett, Chloë Hanslip and Russell Watson. Other highlights in recent years have included thirty-two shows with Sir Cliff Richard at the Royal Albert Hall, a season at Opera Holland Park, appearing at Tina Turner’s Sixtieth Birthday Concert, performances of Aida at Earls Court with Luciano Pavarotti and UK tours of Bugs Bunny on Broadway, The Music of ELO and Symphonic Queen. In summer 2004, the Orchestra performed to an audience of 70,000 at the Olympic Torch Concert in The Mall, also televised live on BBC1, with Rod Stewart, Will Young and Ozzy Osbourne and gave further outdoor gala concerts with Tony Hadley, Russell Watson, Dionne Warwick, David Cassidy and Michael Ball. Autumn highlights saw the Orchestra performing at Windsor Castle for Her Majesty The Queen and President Jacques Chirac to celebrate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale and at a gala fundraising concert at the Royal Albert Hall with artists including Barbara Hendricks, Jocelyn Brown, Mick Hucknall and Chrissie Hynde. In 2005, the Orchestra took part in a BBC televised concert in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the Sixtieth Anniversary of VE Day, performing with artists including Sir Cliff Richard, Will Young, Katie Melua, Daniel Bedingfield, Heather Small and Katherine Jenkins and last year’s schedule also included performances with Tony Christie and Paul Anka. In 2006, the Orchestra’s concert schedule included further live performances of the Orchestra’s Here Come the Classics™ recordings, gala performances with Bryn Terfel, Chloë Hanslip and Nicola Benedetti and this autumn, the Orchestra will be performing with a varied range of artists including Will Young, the Opera Babes and a gala concert at the Barbican Hall with Renée Fleming. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra also has a flourishing international schedule which has included visits to Athens, Barbados, the Far East, Florence, Monaco, Rome, Spain and Turkey. The Orchestra performed with Paquito D’Rivera in Brazil in 2000 and toured Scandinavia, Russia and Estonia in the summer of 2001, returning to Scandinavia in autumn 2002 for a concert tour of Les Misérables. The Orchestra has toured the USA with Andrea Bocelli, then again in 2002 as part of an extensive gala Royal Christmas tour, including additional performances in Canada, with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Charlotte Church and returned to North America in December 2005 for a second Royal Christmas tour with Andrea Bocelli and Denyce Graves. For further information about the Orchestra, please contact Liz Forbes: tel +44 (0)20 7608 8800, e-mail [email protected] or see our website: www.rpo.co.uk |
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