Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

His music has long since taken leave of its associated films and leads an existence of its own. By the time of his collaboration with Steven Spielberg, beginning in the 1970s, with films and film series such as «Jaws», «Star Wars» and «Superman», John Williams had become one of the greats of his craft. These three films alone would have been enough for a place in the soundtrack pantheon, but Williams has continued setting new standards to this day: only in 2023, the latest film in the «Indiana Jones» series arrived in cinemas, naturally with a score by John Williams. But he has certainly also created great works outside his work for film, as anyone who experiences the guest performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under its Music Director Vasily Petrenko can find out, when Anne-Sophie Mutter plays his Violin Concerto No. 2, specially composed for her, in the first part of the concert.

Program and cast

Cast

Orchester: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Violine: Anne-Sophie Mutter

Dirigent: Vasily Petrenko

Programm

John Williams:

Violin Concerto No. 2

Auszüge aus Filmen wie «Harry Potter», «Indiana Jones» und «Superman»

23th August 2025

Cast

Orchester: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Klavier: Bruce Liu

Dirigent: Vasily Petrenko

Programm

Edvard Grieg:

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 op. 46

Sergej Rachmaninow:

Rhapsody on a theme by Niccolò Paganini for Piano and Orchestra op. 43

Pause

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow:

«Scheherazade» Symphonic Suite for Orchestra op. 35