Date/Time: Tuesday, 21st October 2025 at 19:30
Location: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP
Price: £10 per person. plus a £4 transaction fee
Since retiring from IBM, Club member Pete ‘Phaz’ Hazzard has pursued a keen interest in singing at concerts with major choirs in London & Sussex. Because of this, Phaz receives occasional concert ticket offers like the one described here in which he will be singing with the Philharmonia Chorus.
Phaz has generously extended this ticket offer to LIRC members who would like to make use of this opportunity to go to a premier concert in London.
Concert Details
Puccini Preludio sinfonico
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Mahler Symphony No.1, ‘Titan’
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Philharmonia Chorus
Vasily Petrenko Conductor
If silence had a sound, what would you hear? Maybe something like the massive stillness that opens Mahler’s First Symphony. A magical spring dawn, or the creation of life itself? It’s the starting point for a young artist’s journey through tragedy and triumph – a voyage through life and death, birdsong and fanfares, funeral marches and Viennese waltzes.
Mahler said that ‘the symphony should be like the world – it must embrace everything’, and no recording does the First Symphony justice: it’s one of those pieces that you simply have to experience live.
First, though, a majestic interlude from Puccini sets the scene for Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. Raising the roof with a shout of joy, this setting of three Hebrew psalms is both affirming and exhilarating – a timeless plea for peace and unity.
For a “taster”, see this YouTube video where Vasily Petrenko introduces the Mahler 2025-26 series.
Booking Details
This event is not bookable via our club. You must book directly with the Orchestra, as follows:
- Visit the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra website
- Choose up to four best available seats for just £10 each (excluding boxes)
- At checkout apply the Promo Code: RPOVPPC10 **
- There is a £4 transaction fee in addition to the seat price
This offer closes at midday on Friday 17th October 2025.
All seat requests are subject to availability.
**Owing to strong demand, there is a risk that availability of these tickets may finish well before the closing date of the 17th October 2025, so if the promo code doesn’t work, it means that this discounted ticket allocation has already been used up. But you can get timely updates on any similar future such offers by adding your name to Phaz Hazzard’s distribution list.
Timing
Doors open at 18:45 and the concert starts promptly at 19:30.
Other Concerts
If you wish to be informed about possible other concert opportunities of this type (which will not be advertised in the Club’s mailshots), please send your name and e-mail address to Phaz Hazzard at phaz@phazako.co.uk – so that Phaz can then add your name to his e-mail distribution list for such announcements.
Event Booking
Please note that all bookings are subject to our Event Booking Rules.
The standard, printable event booking sheet is downloadable here.