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The RPO welcomes thousands of schoolchildren to concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and Cadogan Hall every year. Our concerts feature music from all of the major exam boards, and we offer tickets from just £5 for performances at Cadogan Hall and Royal Albert Hall and £7 for concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Staff and student ticket prices are the same, but students must outnumber staff. Please reserve through our dedicated groups booking team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 020 7608 8840. Confirmation of final numbers and payment is only needed two months before the performance, and there are no booking fees for school groups. Take a look at the list of performances below, and please get in touch if you have any enquiries.

Edexcel Syllabus


Instrumental music
Mozart’s Horn Concerto | Thursday 12 October 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major | Wednesday 21 February 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Vocal music
Wagner’s Grand Festival | Wednesday 13 March 2024 | Royal Albert Hall
 
Music for film, stage and screen
Best of Broadway | Wednesday 20 September 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
John Williams' Music of Star Wars - Matinee | Sunday 22 October 2023, 3.00pm | Royal Albert Hall
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John Williams' Music of Star Wars - Evening | Sunday 22 October 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Matinee | Saturday 11 May 2024, 3.00pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Evening | Saturday 11 May 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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New directions
Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Wednesday 27 September 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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OCR Syllabus

 
The concerto through time
Elgar’s Cello Concerto | Wednesday 27 September, 7.30pm 2023 | Cadogan Hall
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Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 | Thursday 12 October, 7.30pm 2023 | Cadogan Hall
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Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto | Wednesday 18 October, 7.30pm 2023 | Cadogan Hall
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Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 | Sunday 29 October 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall 
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Sibelius’ Violin Concerto | Wednesday 29 November 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Haydn’s Cello Concerto | Wednesday 21 February 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 | Thursday 29 February 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto | Tuesday 5 March 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 | Wednesday 20 March 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3 | Wednesday 27 March 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall
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Weinberg’s Cello Concerto | Thursday 11 April 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall
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Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto | Thursday 16 May 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major | Thursday 23 May 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
Film music
John Williams' Music of Star Wars - Matinee | Sunday 22 October 2023, 3.00pm | Royal Albert Hall
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John Williams' Music of Star Wars - Evening | Sunday 22 October 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 | Sunday 29 October 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall 
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Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Matinee | Saturday 11 May 2024, 3.00pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Evening | Saturday 11 May 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Instrumental music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 | Thursday 12 October, 7.30pm 2023 | Cadogan Hall
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Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No.3, Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major | Wednesday 21 February 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto | Tuesday 5 March 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
Beethoven’s Symphony No.3, ‘Eroica’, Wednesday 20 March 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
 
Popular song: blues, jazz, swing and big band
Christmas Cracker | Saturday 9 December 2023, 3pm & 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
      with Louise Dearman, featuring songs including Winter Wonderland, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Sleigh Ride and Let It Snow!
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Programme music 1820–1910
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition | Wednesday 14 June 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
R. Strauss’ Don Juan, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini | Thursday 12 October 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
Grieg’s Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen | Wednesday 29 November 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Lyadov’s The Enchanted Lake | Thursday 29 February 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4, ‘Italian’ | Tuesday 5 March 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Innovations in music from 1900 to the present day
Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Wednesday 27 September 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Ida Moberg’s Sunrise Orchestral Suite | Wednesday 29 November 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
Elgar’s Cockaigne Overture | Thursday 8 February 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall
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Icons Rediscovered: Elgar’s Symphony No.2 | Wednesday 27 March 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall
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Elgar’s In the South | Thursday 11 April 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall
Poulenc’s Les biche | Thursday 23 May 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall
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Elgar’s Falstaff | Sunday 9 June 2024, 3.00pm | Royal Festival Hall
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Vaughan Williams’ The Wasps | Wednesday 12 June 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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AQA Syllabus

 
Western classical tradition 1650–1910 
Mozart’s Horn Concerto | Thursday 12 October 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
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Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No.3, Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major | Wednesday 21 February 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto | Tuesday 5 March 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 | Wednesday 20 March 2024, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall
Verdi’s Requiem | Tuesday 23 April 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
  
Popular music
Best of Broadway | Wednesday 20 September 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
John Williams' Music of Star Wars - Matinee | Sunday 22 October 2023, 3.00pm | Royal Albert Hall
John Williams' Music of Star Wars - Evening | Sunday 22 October 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Matinee | Saturday 11 May 2024, 3.00pm | Royal Albert Hall
Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Evening | Saturday 11 May 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Music for media
Wagner’s Grand Festival | Wednesday 13 March 2024 | Royal Albert Hall
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Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Matinee | Saturday 11 May 2024, 3.00pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Film Music Gala: Heroes & Superheroes - Evening | Saturday 11 May 2024, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Music for theatres
Best of Broadway | Wednesday 20 September 2023, 7.30pm | Royal Albert Hall
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Art music since 1910 
Shostakovich’s Symphony No.9 | Wednesday 29 November 2023, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall

 

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