Mendelssohn Violin Concerto With Nicola Benedetti – Royal Festival Hall, London

Date: Sunday, 1 November 2026
Time: 15:00
Duration: 01:50
Venue: Royal Festival Hall
Address: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX, UK
City: London
Organisation: Philharmonia Orchestra
Price range: 22 £ – 25 £

About this event

Part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s London Concerts Autumn 2026 at the Royal Festival Hall, this programme is conducted by Jakub Hrůša. It opens with Smetana’s Overture to The Two Widows, features Nicola Benedetti as soloist in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and concludes after the interval with Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish.” The concert frames the long-standing friendship between Mendelssohn and Schumann, pairing Mendelssohn’s lyrical concerto with Schumann’s vivid symphonic portrait of the Rhineland, while the Smetana overture adds a Czech-flavoured curtain-raiser reflecting Hrůša’s heritage. Multi-buy discounts are available across the season, and the Southbank Centre offers extensive accessibility provisions including step-free access and wheelchair spaces.

Cast & creative

Violin
Nicola Benedetti
Conductor
Jakub Hrůša
Conductor
Jakub Hrůša
Conductor
Jakub Hrůša
B
Composer
Bedřich Smetana
E
Librettist
Emanuel František Züngel
F
Librettist