Announcing July's performances in the RCM's online concert series
Wednesday 1 July 2020
Join us online as our digital performance programme continues. In a series specially curated by our Artistic Director Stephen Johns, bringing classic Royal College of Music performances to the screen!
Our online concert series showcases the wide variety of music-making at the RCM, including orchestral, vocal and chamber music. The College is delving into its archives to offer a mixture of online premieres and audience favourites, released throughout each month to provide both on-demand and live concert experiences for our online community.
This month's Facebook and YouTube Premieres
Join us for all the excitement of a live stream with our very best archive performances broadcast as YouTube Premieres and Facebook Premieres. There will be live chat and people watching from all over the world at the same time. If you can't make it for the premiere event you can catch-up in your own time; all videos will be available to watch on-demand afterwards.
Wednesday 8 July, 7pm BST
Roderick Williams: vocal masterclass
Roderick Williams OBE coaches talented RCM singers through memorable songs by Schubert, Finzi and Gurney.
Due to a technical problem, this event will only be shown on YouTube.
Wednesday 22 July, 7pm BST
Juraj Valčuha conducts Mahler Symphony no 9
The RCM Symphony Orchestra under the baton of visiting conductor Juraj Valčuha give a beautiful performance of Mahler's final completed symphony.
A link to the Facebook Premiere will be available soon.
Wednesday 29 July, 7pm BST
Rafael Payare conducts Strauss Ein Heldenleben
A rousing rendition of one of the most popular tone poems in the orchestral repertoire, under the direction of Venezualen maestro Rafael Payare.
A link to the YouTube Premiere will be available soon.
A link to the Facebook Premiere will be available soon.
This month on demand
We'll be releasing several scheduled performances over the next few weeks on YouTube for you to watch at your leisure and share with Friends.
Thursday 2 June
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds
Thomas Zehetmair conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra
Friday 3 July
JS Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Performed by Magadelena Loth-Hill, Laure Chan and the RCM Baroque Orchestra
Monday 6 July
Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux Op 39, nos 1 & 2
Performed by Victor Maslov
Friday 10 July
Mahler: Symphony no 6
Nicolas Collon conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra
Monday 13 July
Daniel Lee Chappel: Corrugated Light
Performed by RCM New Perspectives
Tuesday 14 July
Mendelssohn: Octet
Performed by the Harlem Quartet and RCM students
Friday 17 July
Tippett: Five Spirituals
Performed by the RCM Chamber Choir
Monday 20 July
Franck: Les Éolides
Jac van Steen conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra
Friday 24 July
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand
Nikola Avramovic joins John Wilson and the RCM Symphony Orchestra
Monday 27 July
Mozart: Piano Concerto K491
Martin Bartlett joins Bernard Haitink and the RCM Symphony Orchestra
Friday 31 July
Berlioz: Le carnival romain
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra
Announcing our Doctoral Showcase
Tuesday 7 July, 7pm BST
In addition to our programme of performances, RCM doctoral candidates Yuki Tampo-Hinton and Paolo Paolantonio showcase their research in a presentation chaired by Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges.
This event is available to attend via Zoom. Register by Monday 6 July.
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