BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Name: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Start: 2027-04-09T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Royal Concert Hall

Fri 9 Apr 2027 at 7:30PM

Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

Main Auditorium

From Mon 8 Jun 2026 at 10:00AM

Fri 9 Apr 2027

7:30PM

From Mon 8 Jun 2026 at 10:00AM

Show times are subject to change and published where available.

Booking Dates:
Subscribers: 10am Tue 26 May
Multibuy: 10am Mon 1 June
General on sale: 10am Mon 8 June

Tickets £13 - £44.50

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Nil Venditti Conductor
Ben Goldscheider Horn

Gabriela Ortiz Clara
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’

A contemporary sensation, Mexican-born Gabriela Ortiz’s musical language achieves a wonderful synthesis of tradition and the avant-garde. Premiered by the New York Philharmonic in 2021, Clara is a five-part kaleidoscope of texture and colour celebrating the legacy of Clara and Robert Schumann. A fine example of his most idiomatic writing, Mozart's Fourth Horn Concerto perfectly tempers high-flying pyrotechnics with classical elegance. Popularised by Flanders and Swann's satirical interpretation, it's a horn repertoire headline, ably performed by the internationally acclaimed French horn phenomenon and 2026 BBC Proms star Ben Goldscheider.

Celebrated for lighting up Mendelssohn’s music with her infectious energy, Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti excitingly leads a duo of his best works in her Nottingham debut. Mendelssohn’s Scottish sojourn inspired his Hebrides Overture, his musical study of Fingal’s Cave capturing untamed waves crashing upon the Isle of Staffa in a work so overtly programmatic that it could have been written for a nature documentary. Suitably inspired by Beethoven’s Choral, which had rewritten the symphonic rulebook of the 19th century, Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5 of 1830, the 'Reformation', acknowledged 300 years of Lutheranism with Germanic chorales embedded into his musical celebration. Best known is its irresistible scherzo, all four movements are perfectly refined with Mendelssohn's melodiousness.

Free pre-concert talk, 6.20pm in the auditorium: In conversation with Nil Venditti.

Part of

Nottingham Classics

Age Guidance: 7+

Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+

Running time: Doors: 6.00pm. Running time – 1st Half: 7.30pm - 8.10pm, 20 minute interval, 2nd Half: 8.30pm - 9.15pm (Subject to change)

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Concert Coaches
We run eight Concert Coaches offering stress-free return travel from all across the East Midlands, from Loughborough, Sleaford/Grantham, Southwell, Worksop/Retford, Ashbourne/Derby, Bakewell/Matlock and Lincoln/Newark, and our new Stamford-Oakham-Melton Mowbray route. Please contact the Box Office on 0115 989 5555 to book.

Under 26s and full-time students
Under 26s and students in full time education can book seats for £5 each. Just select the Under 26 price from the drop-down list when selecting a seat. Please note: you may be asked to show proof of age or student status when you enter the auditorium.

Bargain Seats
These are only available from 12pm on the day of the concert at £10, online, by phone, or at the box office counter. Please note that these seats are usually situated in the Choir Stalls, and are subject to availability.