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and Timothy Jackson

Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan returns with a musical journey through the
Mediterranean with Rossini, Bizet and Tchaikovsky, and an evening of chamber
works by Dvořák, Hindemith and Brahms

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company Festival returns to showcase the talent of
Liverpool's brightest young musicians

From:- May to September 2024, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra will
present a series of performances celebrating new music and familiar favourites.

The season begins on:- Friday, 31 May 2024. 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.