Sheffield International Concert Season 2025/26 - RLPO

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Richard Balcombe, conductorMiquel Ramos Salvado clarinet
Tim Lihoreau presenter

CLASSIC FM HALL OF FAME

BIZET Carmen: Prelude; Habanera; Les Toreadors (7)SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre (8)RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte (6)HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Réjouissance (2)MOZART Clarinet Concerto (25)INTERVAL

ROSSINI William Tell: Overture (12)

PRICE Symphony No.1: Juba Dance (4)

GRIEG Peer Gynt: Morning; In the Hall of the Mountain King (8)

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake: Swan Theme (3)

VAUGHAN WILLAMS English Folk Song Suite: March – Folk Songs from Somerset (3)

ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod (4)

STRAVINSKY The Firebird: finale (3)            

With a chart-topping concert, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of conductor and arranger, Richard Balcombe, makes a welcome return to the season. Each year, Classic FM holds the largest poll of the world’s favourite classical music, as voted for by the public, with composers vying for the coveted top spot. Mozart, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Tchaikovsky, as featured in this hugely popular programme, have all been in the running with female composers, such as Florence Price, rising up the charts in recent years too. As part of this wonderful evening of music, the orchestra’s Principal Clarinet, Miquel Ramos Salvado, takes the spotlight for Mozart’s great Clarinet Concerto, widely considered to be among the finest concerto written for any instrument.