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Photos and reviews: Sir John Rutter’s Birthday Celebration at St Paul’s Cathedral

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Sir John Rutter inside St Paul's Cathedral

On Wednesday 5 November, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returned to St Paul’s Cathedral with our Artist Laureate and internationally-celebrated composer Sir John Rutter to perform an expansive programme of his work in a special celebratory birthday concert. Joined by The Bach Choir and soloists Melanie Marshall and Jonathan Brown, the concert was ‘unmistakably the work of a master craftsman.’ (The Guardian)

Support RPO Resound in the RPO Big Give Christmas Challenge

A RPO musician at a STROKESTRA performance

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is excited to have been awarded the opportunity to take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge between Tuesday 2–9 December 2025, raising towards our ground-breaking Community and Education programme, RPO Resound.

Mendelssohn in Scotland – The Makings of his Symphony No.3, ‘Scottish’

Mendelssohn imposed on a map of Scotland from the 1820s

‘It is Sunday when we arrive in Edinburgh; then we cross the meadows, going towards two desperately steep rocks which are called Arthur's Seat, and climb up. Below on the green are walking the most variegated people, women, children and cows; the city stretches far and wide; in the middle is the castle, like a bird's nest on a cliff; beyond the castle come meadows, then hills, then a broad river...’
Felix Mendelssohn in a letter home, 28 July 1829

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Photos and reviews: Sir John Rutter’s Birthday Celebration at St Paul’s Cathedral

Support RPO Resound in the RPO Big Give Christmas Challenge

Mendelssohn in Scotland – The Makings of his Symphony No.3, ‘Scottish’

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