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 Since
its formation in 1987, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra has been in constant demand for performances and
recordings of light classical and popular music both in the UK and abroad.
The orchestra has a long history of working with celebrity artists, ranging
from Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, Lesley Garrett, Russell Watson,
Evelyn Glennie and Montserrat Caballe to Sir Cliff Richard, Henry Mancini,
Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross and Diana
Krall.
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra has delighted audiences around the
world with its versatile concert programmes, which have included Opera
Galas, Stage and Screen Classics, Viennese Galas, Classical Favourites,
Hooked on Classics and the ever popular Last Night of the Proms.
The orchestra’s many recordings include
Mancini Rocks the Pops, Premier Pops, Pop Go the Beatles, Andrew Lloyd
Webber Classic Songs and Elmer Bernstein’ by Elmer Bernstein. The
orchestra has featured on two best-selling recordings with Lesley Garrett,
including the hugely successful Soprano in Red. It also appears annually on
BBC Television’s Children in Need broadcast.
The orchestra has a flourishing international
schedule, having toured to the Far East, Athens, Florence, Rome, Spain,
Monaco, Turkey and Belgium. In 1997, the orchestra was the resident
orchestra for the Holders Season in Barbados, which included a gala
performance with Luciano Pavarotti. The orchestra toured the United States
in 1998 with Andrea Bocelli, performed with Paquito D’Rivera in Brazil in
2000 and toured Scandinavia, Russia and Estonia in the summer of 2001. |
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