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From May to September the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra will present a series of performances celebrating new

music and familiar favourites.

The season begins on Friday, 31 May. In collaboration with Pegasus
Opera Company the Orchestra will perform Windrush – The
Journey, which includes works by distinguished Black composers
Chevalier de Saint Georges and Richard Thompson, alongside a

premiere from the groundbreaking new commission Windrush
Opera composed by Des Oliver with Libretto by Edson Burton.
Conducted by Jeri Lynne Johnson, this concert will honour the
legacy of the Windrush generation with a fusion of classical music,

steel pan, jazz, and blues. To accompany this concert, a fascinating
immersive exhibition showcasing the work of Black British
composers through music and photographs and local Windrush
testimony will be featured in the foyer of The Tung Auditorium.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Artist in Residence Simone

Lamsma brings the mood and music of Argentina’s capital with
Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires on Sunday, 9 June. The
evening will also see performances of Sarasate’s

passionate Introduction and Tarantella, before she is joined by Eva
Thorarinsdottir for Bach’s Double Concerto. The concert also
features Arvo Pärt’s Summa and Grieg’s Holberg Suite.

On Wednesday, 19 June, conductor Jack Sheen leads Ensemble
10:10, Liverpool Philharmonic’s contemporary music ensemble. The

programme features Sylvia Lim’s exploration of decay – Reframe –
in addition to five world premieres, including Jack Sheen’s A Line, a
curve or figure and Études, as well as Sky

Macklay’s Microvariations, Stephen Pratt’s Noting the Landscape,
and Timothy Jackson’s Traffic Jams and Anagrams, featuring solo
cello by Jonathan Aasgaard.

On Sunday, 23 June, led by violinist Thelma Handy, the Orchestra
showcase five bright, vibrant and perfectly playful pieces including

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.3, Mozart’s Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik and Marianna Martines’ Overture / Symphony in C. This
concert will also mark oboist Jonathan Small’s last ever solo