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Award winning classical music from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and live music gigs and concerts at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
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Looking for a Christmas present for a music lover? We have the perfect stocking filler!
‘Cilla with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’ features Cilla Black's best-loved songs, with new arrangements from our own Orchestra. Each song uses the original vocal recording from Cilla, and includes three newly recorded duets with Sir Cliff Richard, Sheridan Smith and Rebecca Ferguson - we're very proud to be part of this project and we're excited to share it with you!
Buy y...our CD now - https://bit.ly/2UjP5CC
Watch the official trailer - https://bit.ly/2PoQPGV
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*12 Days of Christmas giveaway*
We’re halfway through our Christmas competition and to get fully into the festive spirit, we’re celebrating by giving away two tickets to Spirit of Christmas on Sunday 16 December with a delicious pre-concert dinner at our restaurant partner, The Refinery.
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is like this post and fill in this form: https://bit.ly/2P9FfiW
... Giveaway closes at 10am on Monday and the winner will be contacted that afternoon.
*T&C’s Apply - http://bit.ly/2BO0DEj
For more info about the concert - https://bit.ly/2ra31lt
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And....the lights are on! 🎄 Our Christmas trees are up in the Hall - Christmas is officially nearly here and we're all getting into the festive spirit. We're looking forward to seeing you soon!
*12 Days of Christmas giveaway*
On the fourth day of Christmas, we’re giving you a Hotel Chocolat box of chocolate, a bottle of fizz and our brand new album, Cilla with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. We’re all so proud to be a part of this project and are excited to share it with you too!
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is like this post and comment below your favourite Cilla Black song!
... Giveaway closes at 10am tomorrow and the winner will be contacted that afternoon.
*T&C’s Apply - http://bit.ly/2BO0DEj
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In the 50th anniversary year of the legendary Woodstock Festival, we celebrate one of the greatest and most important bands on the planet, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Join us on Sunday 3 February, for Creedence Clearwater Reimagined, a brand new, high energy show that recreates the true sound and feel of this iconic band - with original vintage gear, authentic costumes, and all their well-known classics!
Tickets still available - https://bit.ly/2D4Tzrg
*12 Days of Christmas giveaway*
It might be cold outside, but it’s always the perfect season for a delicious ice cream!
We’ve teamed up with the lovely folks at Snugburys Ice Cream to give away two goodie bags filled with naughty and nice treats. Along with the tote bag, you’ll take home delicious brownies, homemade honey comb and four (yes four!) tubs of ice cream to enjoy at home!
... All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is like this post and comment below your favourite flavour of ice cream!
Giveaway closes at 10am tomorrow and the winner will be contacted that afternoon.
*T&C’s Apply - http://bit.ly/2BO0DEj
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*12 Days of Christmas giveaway*
Day 2 of our Christmas gift countdown! Looking for some alternative festive fun this year? We’re giving away two tickets to Baked A La Ska in Music Room on Sunday 23 December! Join the band in celebrating their new Christmas album and we’ll also treat you to two complimentary Snugburys Ice Creams on the night!
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is like this post and fill in the form here: https://bit.ly/2KHZZ0O
... Giveaway closes at 10am tomorrow and the winner will be contacted that afternoon.
*T&C’s Apply - http://bit.ly/2BO0DEj
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Congratulations to all 164 young musicians who were last week announced as the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for 2019!
They represent every region in the UK and their tour in 2019 will include a stunning performance at our own Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Saturday 13 April - https://bit.ly/2QwbLk9
Want to know what inspires them? Or what advice they’d give to fellow young musicians? You can meet the orchestra here - https://bit.ly/2DxwLQw
*12 Days of Christmas giveaway*
Need something to warm you up and lift your spirits this winter? The first gift up for grabs is a pair of tickets to see Let it Snow with Gary Williams, plus a bottle of Alchemist Whiskey! The Alchemist Whiskey is used in all our hot toddy’s in our Grand Foyer bar so why not try and make your own at home with this lovely prize!
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is like this post and comment below your favourite festive drink!...
Giveaway closes at 10am tomorrow and the winner will be contacted that afternoon.
*T&C’s Apply - http://bit.ly/2BO0DEj
For more info about the concert - https://bit.ly/2Aw1LNH
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Starting tomorrow, we have 12 wonderful festive days of giving, including gifts from us here at Liverpool Philharmonic, treats from our wonderful hotel and dining partners Hope Street Hotel & The London Carriage Works, Snugburys Ice Cream and The Refinery!
We’ll be posting a new competition every weekday at 11am so keep an eye on our page to ensure you don’t miss out!
Tonight’s RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music James Mottram International Piano Competition Concerto Final with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra will be live-streamed on their YouTube channel from 7.30pm (GMT) this evening!
Good luck to all those playing - in partnership with Classic FM and Yamaha Pianos.
You can watch here: https://youtu.be/yWCIC4LpTN4
It's December and you know what that means...it's officially the countdown to Christmas! As always, we're bursting with festive activity this year and we look forward to seeing you soon.
For information about all our Christmas concerts - https://bit.ly/2DRuVKA
From sketch to sculpture: we’re proud to unveil our Christmas masterpiece!
This Christmas, we wanted to create something extra special for our festive campaign and talented paper artist Helen Musselwhite made this possible. Follow the journey of our paper Liverpool Philharmonic Hall sculpture.
The sculpture will be on display in the Grand Foyer in the lead up to Christmas so if you're visiting us in this time, why not come and see it close up!
New Job Vacancy!
We're currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and dynamic Learning Projects Coordinator to join our busy Performance and Learning teams.
For more information about the position and to apply, visit our careers page - https://bit.ly/2KEmwxQ
Already dreaming of a White Christmas?
Join West End star Gary Williams and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday 12 December and get your Christmas off to a swingin' start with an evening of Christmas classics, including 'It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year', 'White Christmas' and 'Let it Snow'!
Book your tickets now - https://bit.ly/2Aw1LNH
We’re still remembering our performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral of which The Times and The Sunday Times review said ‘of the many performances taking place over armistice weekend, surely few can have got to the heart of the matter as powerfully as this in Liverpool.’
The Cathedral provided an awe-inspiring setting for the work in which Britten sets poems by Wilfred Owen within the Latin mass for the dead. Our Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Ma...nze united over 300 musicians and choristers from Liverpool Philharmonic, the Cathedral and musicians and choristers from NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover.
Liverpool Cathedral’s bells are the highest off the ground and heaviest peal of bells in the world and we’re delighted that through the generosity of donors, Liverpool Philharmonic were able to use its own set of church bells in this performance of War Requiem, which was something that Britten himself may not have experienced hearing.
Great friendships were made as well as memories that will last a life time, and you can relive the experience here - https://bit.ly/2KIlFKg
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We’re proud to announce that two of our albums have been listed in the Presto Classical top 100 Recordings of the Year! Our recordings of Stravinsky: The Firebird & Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or, and Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 have made it onto the list, as well as Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra featuring on Bernstein: On the Waterfront, which also made it into the top 100!
For the full list of top 100 albums, click here - https://bit.ly/2zxx23l
To purchase, please visit our website - https://bit.ly/2DZ7Vu5
*COMPETITION TIME*
Win two tickets to see John Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra with their brand new show, At the Movies, on Tuesday 11 December!
Bringing a wonderful evening of fabulous songs from the Golden Age of Hollywood, it's always a spectacular show when the John Wilson Orchestra are in town.
... To be in with a chance to win, just like this post and comment below with your favourite song from a musical! Competition closes at 10am on Friday 30 November, and the winner will be contacted that afternoon - T&Cs apply.
T&Cs - https://bit.ly/2mosIvZ For more information on the show - https://bit.ly/2RhY7OG
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Get ready for the first of our festive film showings – The Muppet Christmas Carol is coming to the Walturdraw screen in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall!
Guaranteed to put you in the Christmas mood and with tickets from just £8, get your December off to an enchanting start with Dickens' Christmas tale as only the Muppets can tell it.
For more info about tickets - https://bit.ly/2TMlAJh
What a fab night last night was ...The Best of the West End ...amazing music ,amazing songs ,fab singers and the musicians were excellent .Great shows guys .one of the best !!!
Went to see the "Dire Straights Experience " on Tuesday 26th July. It was fabulous not only was band superb but the Philarmonic itself added to the "experience ".
It was a very hot night but the theatre was nice and cool. Although smaller than some other venues like the Echo Arena this was actually a big plus as the group themselves were much more than a dot in the distance. The acoustics were brilliant.Can't wait to go back.
Went to see OMD last night and it was an awesome evening. Helpful staff, reasonable drinks prices (we are from “the south”). All good really and they even arranged parking at the cathedral, which was extremely helpful considering everything else going on in Liverpool that weekend!
We have attended many shows here and every single time the staff never cease to be brilliant! We travel from near Leeds and are always confident we will be looked after. My husband is a wheelchair user and on a couple of occasions have had to change places due to the heaviness of the bass velocity and each time (and both were sell outs) they have made it possible to move and still get much enjoyment from the show. I would recommend this venue to other disabled visitors with confidence. The staff are well disabled aware and not patronising. We go to many different theatres around the uk and the Phil is definitely one of the very best.
We attended the ABBA New Years Eve concert and as a ‘non’ fan I really enjoyed it. The West End cast were excellent and the orchestra were brilliant too, one of the best New Years Eve’s we have had and I would recommend it to everyone.
I have read other comments about mobile phone use - not an issue at all and the staff are quite vigilant.
The Philharmonic is a great venue and we have attended other events there including Comedy Evenings so book your tickets and enjoy!
Just loved the place and especially the Audience with Simon Reeves
It was my first visit last night to see David Serdaris and loved every minute of it I can not wait for my next visit
I'm a few weeks late leaving feedback, but would just like to say how we enjoyed the Vertigo with Live Orchestra playing Bernard Herrmann's fabulous score.
What an experience! My eyes filled with emotion from the opening credits at the thrill of hearing that music in the round.
More of this please! Some suggestions: Hitchcock's Psycho (another Bernard Herrmann score) and Kubrick's 2001.
Great place to hear live music and the family event yesterday was terrific and good value for money would recommend to all.
Great old world feel and very stylish surroundings. Staff were quick to serve and chatty - good to see. Will definitely be back my next trip to Liverpool.
Great night listening to songs from the west end shows Tuesday. l enjoyed every minute of it
Attended yesterday for my sons Graduation, what a beautiful setting for such a special day
Attended for Haydn, and Beethoven on June 15th. A fabulous lunch time concert. Quality. Haydn's cello concerto was so glorious thrilling that I wondered if Beethoven could hold his own. I needn't have worried. The orchestra was absolutely spot on in its vigorous interpretation of the 5th! Wonderful.
An excellent venue, Art deco in style and very swish, great location with places to eat nearby. I think the acoustics are great. Good ice-cream too
Amazing performance from Karen & Kevin ,dancing superb, the chemistry between them was awesome, we were in row H and we were able to see all their great foot work too. The singers were excellent. Great show certainly recommend anyone to see it. I took my mum who due to her age & dusabilities hadn't seen a show in 20 years she enjoyed it so much she said she would certainly return to the Philamonic. Thank you to the staff who were very helpful & polite.
The staff are so lovely! They welcome everyone and direct them to their seats with a smile. ��
My only complaint is the queue for the toilets...they need updating urgently �
Received the April - August What's On today. If events are sold out (and you have the ability to reprint the brochure with "sold out" on it, why not just delete the event from the brochure instead. Why show events to people that they cannot possible go to? That are not even available? It just frustrates and disappoints and is very poor marketing psychology. Such a basic mistake. Makes me just think, why bother with these people at all?
Love the venue, loved the Jools Holland concert; hate that people who stand motionless in front of you, and partially blocking your view of Ruby Turner; choosing to use their phones to record onto a comparable small phone screen (to never view or make available to others who didn’t bother booking) what they could easily view live considering the price they’ve paid. Staff used to stop people doing this it at the very least, tell people not to. Very disappointing.
I really enjoyed the show with Kevin & Karen Clifton. Their performance and that of the team was great. The lower stage made them feel a lot closer to the audience. The toilets were hard to find with differing directions of where they would be and there seemed to be signs but no toilets. The worst part of the experience was the lack of parking in the local area to the Philarmonic Hall. It seems that you were expected to ask a local hotel to use their car park. We therefore had to park a distance away and as I use a walking stick that was very inconvenient.
What a fab night last night was ...The Best of the West End ...amazing music ,amazing songs ,fab singers and the musicians were excellent .Great shows guys .one of the best !!!
Went to see the "Dire Straights Experience " on Tuesday 26th July. It was fabulous not only was band superb but the Philarmonic itself added to the "experience ".
It was a very hot night but the theatre was nice and cool. Although smaller than some other venues like the Echo Arena this was actually a big plus as the group themselves were much more than a dot in the distance. The acoustics were brilliant.Can't wait to go back.
Went to see OMD last night and it was an awesome evening. Helpful staff, reasonable drinks prices (we are from “the south”). All good really and they even arranged parking at the cathedral, which was extremely helpful considering everything else going on in Liverpool that weekend!
We have attended many shows here and every single time the staff never cease to be brilliant! We travel from near Leeds and are always confident we will be looked after. My husband is a wheelchair user and on a couple of occasions have had to change places due to the heaviness of the bass velocity and each time (and both were sell outs) they have made it possible to move and still get much enjoyment from the show. I would recommend this venue to other disabled visitors with confidence. The staff are well disabled aware and not patronising. We go to many different theatres around the uk and the Phil is definitely one of the very best.
We attended the ABBA New Years Eve concert and as a ‘non’ fan I really enjoyed it. The West End cast were excellent and the orchestra were brilliant too, one of the best New Years Eve’s we have had and I would recommend it to everyone.
I have read other comments about mobile phone use - not an issue at all and the staff are quite vigilant.
The Philharmonic is a great venue and we have attended other events there including Comedy Evenings so book your tickets and enjoy!
Just loved the place and especially the Audience with Simon Reeves
It was my first visit last night to see David Serdaris and loved every minute of it I can not wait for my next visit
I'm a few weeks late leaving feedback, but would just like to say how we enjoyed the Vertigo with Live Orchestra playing Bernard Herrmann's fabulous score.
What an experience! My eyes filled with emotion from the opening credits at the thrill of hearing that music in the round.
More of this please! Some suggestions: Hitchcock's Psycho (another Bernard Herrmann score) and Kubrick's 2001.
Great place to hear live music and the family event yesterday was terrific and good value for money would recommend to all.
Great old world feel and very stylish surroundings. Staff were quick to serve and chatty - good to see. Will definitely be back my next trip to Liverpool.
Great night listening to songs from the west end shows Tuesday. l enjoyed every minute of it
Attended yesterday for my sons Graduation, what a beautiful setting for such a special day
Attended for Haydn, and Beethoven on June 15th. A fabulous lunch time concert. Quality. Haydn's cello concerto was so glorious thrilling that I wondered if Beethoven could hold his own. I needn't have worried. The orchestra was absolutely spot on in its vigorous interpretation of the 5th! Wonderful.
An excellent venue, Art deco in style and very swish, great location with places to eat nearby. I think the acoustics are great. Good ice-cream too
Amazing performance from Karen & Kevin ,dancing superb, the chemistry between them was awesome, we were in row H and we were able to see all their great foot work too. The singers were excellent. Great show certainly recommend anyone to see it. I took my mum who due to her age & dusabilities hadn't seen a show in 20 years she enjoyed it so much she said she would certainly return to the Philamonic. Thank you to the staff who were very helpful & polite.
The staff are so lovely! They welcome everyone and direct them to their seats with a smile. ��
My only complaint is the queue for the toilets...they need updating urgently �
Received the April - August What's On today. If events are sold out (and you have the ability to reprint the brochure with "sold out" on it, why not just delete the event from the brochure instead. Why show events to people that they cannot possible go to? That are not even available? It just frustrates and disappoints and is very poor marketing psychology. Such a basic mistake. Makes me just think, why bother with these people at all?
Love the venue, loved the Jools Holland concert; hate that people who stand motionless in front of you, and partially blocking your view of Ruby Turner; choosing to use their phones to record onto a comparable small phone screen (to never view or make available to others who didn’t bother booking) what they could easily view live considering the price they’ve paid. Staff used to stop people doing this it at the very least, tell people not to. Very disappointing.
I really enjoyed the show with Kevin & Karen Clifton. Their performance and that of the team was great. The lower stage made them feel a lot closer to the audience. The toilets were hard to find with differing directions of where they would be and there seemed to be signs but no toilets. The worst part of the experience was the lack of parking in the local area to the Philarmonic Hall. It seems that you were expected to ask a local hotel to use their car park. We therefore had to park a distance away and as I use a walking stick that was very inconvenient.