16 September 2024

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to host London Philharmonic Orchestra performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Close up of four violinists performing in an orchestra on stage. They are all wearing black and sitting behind music stands in front of a sign that reads London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is set to welcome back one of the world's best and most famous orchestras.

The Grammy-winning London Philharmonic Orchestra will return to the iconic venue to perform Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony on Saturday 15 March 2025 from 7.30-9.45pm.

The concert, arranged by Glasgow Life, will mark a rare appearance in Scotland for the orchestra, which last played at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in 2008.

Conductor Robin Ticciati will be joined by pianist Francesco Piemontesi for Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto before the LPO take the audience on a blockbuster journey from darkness to light with Mahler's Fifth Symphony, told in funeral marches, Viennese waltzes and the rapturous Adagietto.

The LPO has been celebrated as one of the world's greatest orchestras since it was founded in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham.

The orchestra has gathered global attention over the decades, most notably playing the national anthems of the world at every medal ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, and releasing an iconic recording of Nessun Dorma with Luciano Pavarotti which made it a worldwide football anthem.

Tickets for Glasgow Life Presents: London Philharmonic Orchestra: Mahler's Fifth are on sale now and available online at www.glasgowlife.org.uk/tickets or by phoning the box office on 0141 353 8000 (the lines are open Monday to Saturday, 9am-5pm). Tickets can also be bought in-person at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall box office from Monday to Saturday (10am-5pm).

Read the press release on the Glasgow Life news centre for more information.