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This year sees the RNCM celebrate its 50th anniversary. 50 years of incredible concerts, 50 years of world-leading research, 50 years of inspiring classical music’s leading lights. To kickstart the celebrations, the College has a huge Autumn Season in the works, packed with awe-inspiring talent and typically thrilling programming.
Our highlights kick off with Elizabeth Llewellyn, one of the leading sopranos of her generation. Along with pianist Simon Lepper, she’s performing a programme of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor songs alongside hidden gems and old favourites by Puccini, Brahms, Mahler and Charles Villiers-Stanford.
Next it’s one of the most sought-after pianists in Britain, Steven Osborne, who received an OBE in the 2022 Queen’s New Year’s Honours for services to music and contribution to UK cultural life. Expect a concert of glittering solo piano music by Beethoven, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Osborne himself.
Onto the RNCM Symphony Orchestra’s big moment as they perform Mahler’s 10th Symphony – the composer’s final gift to the world, which emerged from the height of his prowess and depth of his personal life.
Deeper into November, the internationally celebrated Elias String Quartet will return to the RNCM to perform works by Haydn, Beethoven and Sally Beamish, following the ensemble being announced as Artists in Residence at the College.
Finally, in December the College hosts opera’s biggest party: Strauss’ rip-roaring comedy Die Fledermaus (The Bat), filled with deceit, betrayal, and champagne. Lots of champagne.
Read more about each of these events below, in our top five picks from the season.