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The season opens on Thursday, October 17 with a concert encompassing Chief

Conductor Domingo Hindoyan's musical passions, from the melancholic Four

Last Songs by Strauss with soprano Sarah Wegener, to the concluding sounds
of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.

A series of family concerts designed with young audiences in mind include

special events for under 5s, as well as ‘The Fantastic Philharmonic Time

Machine’ and the ‘The Bear Hunt Adventure’, inspired by the children’s story

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The annual festive celebration, ‘Santa Comes to
Town’ returns, as well as ‘White Christmas’, a concert featuring well-known

Christmas hits from Let it Snow! to Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

The ‘Symphonic 90s’ will be an evening of classics from that decade, including
tracks by Take That, Steps, Oasis and the Spice Girls performed by the

Orchestra and vocalists, conducted by Steve Bell.

After the success of last year’s event, Liverpool Philharmonic are once again

celebrating Eurovision with the return of ‘Douze Points’. This season will also

see the Orchestra team up with West End vocalists for ‘A Night at the
Musicals’, as well as a celebration of music made and inspired by the city the

Orchestra call home in ‘The Liverpool Songbook’.

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For those who enjoy listening to choral music, the Philharmonic Choir will be

taking centre stage on several occasions. In addition to their annual
performances in Handel’s Messiah, the choir will perform alongside the

orchestra in Holst’s The Planets conducted by Andrew Manze; Walton’s