4 April 2024 KUMAR SANU

UK are you ready? Rock On Music and UK Event Life brings to you the legendary voice of Bollywood – Kumar Sanu live in concert with his full band and vocalists.Join us for this unforgettable musical journey as Kumar Sanu takes centre stage with his timeless hits and unforgettable melodies. From romantic ballads to foot-tapping numbers, get ready to groove to the rhythm of his iconic songs taking you back to the golden era of the 90s. The concert titled Soulfully Yours is a show not to be missed. See you there. It’s a Rock On Music and UK Event Life production.

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3 April 2024 LUCY BEAUMONT

It’s time for the wife to tour now..Award winning stand-up comedian before she met Jon Richardson, Lucy Beaumont is going to let loose and let slip on her roller coaster world. Life through the Beaumont lens is more surreal than you could ever imagine.

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3 April 2024 JOHNY LEVER

Prepare yourself for the biggest Bollywood comedy show of the year! Taking centre stage is laughter legend and movie star, Johny Lever, performing live in the UK for the first time in a decade. Joined throughout by his amazing daughter, comedienne Jamie Lever, the hilarious Gaurav Sharma and the talented Jay Kotak. Get ready to be on the floor in stitches for this night of Hindi stand-up comedy genius.

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3 April 2024 STEVE STEINMAN’S ETERNAL LOVE – THE MUSICAL

Steve Steinman celebrates 22 years of his epic Vampires Rock chronicles. A new beginning and chapter with this brand-new original rock musical Eternal Love!Featuring over 20 original songs from two No.1 albums including six No.1 singles and the No.1 hit by legendary song writer John Parr, Everything They Said Was True.With a full cast of amazing singers, dancers and musicians this truly is a night for musical theatre and rock fans alike.The story began over two hundred years ago, where the villagers chased the Baron (played by the charismatic Steve Steinman) and his motley crew of vampires out of their beloved home and castle, Club Live and Let Die. They fled across land and sea to make their home in an old, abandoned ghost train ride where they took refuge, causing havoc and mayhem amongst the locals.Many years pass, the Baron decides to return to his homeland, reclaim his castle and search for his long-lost love Pandora, who was left for dead in the great fire.Always at the Baron’s side is Bosley; his butler and confidante who serves him with hilarious consequences at times.“Steve Steinman had the audience eating out of his hand.” Manchester Evening News“Definitely my new guilty pleasure“. Glasgow Daily Record…

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28 March 2024 PRETTY VACANT

Not many musical explosions define a generation and change music for ever. There was Rock and Roll in 1956, Beatlemania in 1963, Flower Power in 1967, the birth of Rock in 1970 and then there was… Punk and New Wave. For the first time all the hits, attitude and fashion are brought to the stage by this incredibly talented cast of musicians, singers and dancers that will take you on a rollercoaster ride you will never forget.Producer and creator of Pretty Vacant – The Story of Punk and New Wave, Ged Graham said: “This newest creation is not just a show – it’s a rebellion against the ordinary! From its birth in New York City to its adolescence in London and onto its maturity across the globe, Punk and New Wave is most defiantly the music that defined a generation.”Featuring hits originally performed by The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Blondie, The Damned, Ramones, Buzzcocks, Sham 69, The Undertones, Tom Robinson Band, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, The Police, The Jam, Generation X, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Pretenders, Joy Division, The Stranglers, The Rezillos, and many more!Pretty Vacant – The Story of Punk and New Wave is the stage show not to be missed.

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26 March 2024 PHILHARMONIA: JESS GILLAM PLAYS GLAZUNOV

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductorJess Gillam saxophoneSHOSTAKOVICH Suite from Moscow, Cheryomushki (arr. Cornall)GLAZUNOV Saxophone ConcertoTCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique‘Everyone’s favourite saxophonist’ (The Times), Jess Gillam, joins the Philharmonia’s Principal Conductor for an evening of irresistible tunes. By the age of 23, British saxophonist Jess Gillam had topped the UK Classical Charts, won a BRIT Award, and debuted at the BBC Proms. Tonight, the household name shows us exactly what the saxophone can do, in Glazunov’s 1934 concerto. Much like its performer this evening, this piece helped put the instrument on the classical music map.Santtu opens the concert with music by Glazunov’s student, Shostakovich: the suite from his satirical operetta, Moscow, Cheryomushki. Humour, lilting waltzes and fiery dances are packed into its four movements – it’s music that’s well worth discovering.The concert ends with Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony. Entitled “the passionate symphony” by the composer – and passionate it is – this is the work of a composer at the top of his game and remains one of the most popular in the canon.You may also be interested in:PHILHARMONIA: MOZART AND SCHUBERT WITH ANDRÁS SCHIFFPHILHARMONIA: RYAN BANCROFT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSSPHILHARMONIA: SANTTU CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH AND PROKOFIEVPHILHARMONIA: JENEBA KANNEH-MASON PLAYS RACHMANINOV…

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26 March 2024 PHILHARMONIA: MOZART AND SCHUBERT WITH ANDRÁS SCHIFF

András Schiff conductor / pianoHAYDN Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIIISCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, UnfinishedMOZART Piano Concerto No. 24Spend an evening in the presence of classical music royalty, as Sir András Schiff play-directs and conducts a trio of Classical masterpieces.In this concert, András Schiff performs two of the finest concertos of the late 1700s. Sprightly, uplifting and featuring a Hungarian-style finale, Haydn’s concerto is the epitome of Classical elegance and expression. Mozart’s is deeply emotional and packed with feeling, from its intensely moving melodies to its masterful variations in the finale. Admired by the likes of Brahms and Beethoven, it is considered one of Mozart’s greatest works. Schiff directs the orchestra from the piano, as Haydn and Mozart themselves would have done.  Between the two, Schiff swaps the piano for the podium as he conducts Schubert’s unfinished Symphony No. 8. Despite its nickname, in just two movements, Schubert gives us some of the most beautiful, heart breaking, impassioned music of the Classical period.You may also be interested in:PHILHARMONIA: JESS GILLAM PLAYS GLAZUNOVPHILHARMONIA: RYAN BANCROFT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSSPHILHARMONIA: SANTTU CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH AND PROKOFIEVPHILHARMONIA: JENEBA KANNEH-MASON PLAYS RACHMANINOV…

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26 March 2024 PHILHARMONIA: RYAN BANCROFT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSS

Ryan Bancroft conductorMichelle Cann pianoIVES The Unanswered QuestionBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4STRAUSS Also sprach ZarathustraRyan Bancroft is a favourite among Philharmonia fans. Tonight, he conducts the Orchestra in Leicester for the first time in music by Beethoven and Strauss.The opening of Also sprach Zarathustra might be one of the most recognisable in classical music. But there’s much more to the work than its 2001: A Space Odyssey fame. In its half-hour span, Strauss takes us on a philosophical journey exploring the meaning of life. With blazing brass and sumptuous strings, he creates a listening experience full of intense feeling. It’s a real highlight of the orchestral repertoire and gives players a chance to show off the renowned Philharmonia sound.First, Grammy Award-winning Michelle Cann makes her Philharmonia debut in Beethoven’s playful Fourth Piano Concerto. Opening with the solo piano with no orchestral introduction, it’s a deeply intimate work that remains one of Beethoven’s best loved.You may also be interested in:PHILHARMONIA: MOZART AND SCHUBERT WITH ANDRÁS SCHIFFPHILHARMONIA: JESS GILLAM PLAYS GLAZUNOVPHILHARMONIA: SANTTU CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH AND PROKOFIEVPHILHARMONIA: JENEBA KANNEH-MASON PLAYS RACHMANINOV…

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26 March 2024 PHILHARMONIA: SANTTU CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH AND PROKOFIEV

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductorNemanja Radulović violinPROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, ClassicalSHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1Principal Conductor and Featured Artist join forces for an evening of 20th century classics.Charismatic violinist Nemanja Radulović brings his ‘energy and firepower’ (Gramophone) to the stage in Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto. Met with disapproval by the Soviet authorities, the piece did not receive its premiere until after Stalin’s death. The anguish Shostakovich must have felt at being repressed is felt in the painfully beautiful, yearning third movement, which leads straight into the wild finale.Music from a student Shostakovich completes this evening’s programme. Shostakovich was just 19 years old when we wrote his graduation piece at the Petrograd Conservatory. But don’t be fooled by his young age: already, we hear the composer’s distinctive voice and style in one of his finest works.First, we hear Prokofiev’s “happy and uncomplicated”, Mozart-inspired Symphony No. 1. Light-hearted and filled with dances, it’s the perfect way to open the programme.You may also be interested in:PHILHARMONIA: MOZART AND SCHUBERT WITH ANDRÁS SCHIFFPHILHARMONIA: JESS GILLAM PLAYS GLAZUNOVPHILHARMONIA: RYAN BANCROFT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSSPHILHARMONIA: JENEBA KANNEH-MASON PLAYS RACHMANINOV…

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26 March 2024 PHILHARMONIA: JENEBA KANNEH-MASON PLAYS RACHMANINOV

Tess Jackson conductorJeneba Kanneh-Mason piano RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4Romantic grandeur and dramatic flair close the Philharmonia’s 2024/25 season in Leicester.Bursting with more memorable melodies than many composers write in a lifetime, Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto is arguably the most popular in classical music history. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason made her Philharmonia debut with the piece in 2022, a performance in which she was praised for her ‘poetry and confidence’ (The Guardian). She returns tonight to win the hearts of the audience in Leicester.Young British conductor – and Classic FM Rising Star – Tess Jackson makes her Philharmonia debut, completing the programme with Tchaikovsky’s explosive Symphony No. 4. A musical depiction of Fate, written after a period of personal turmoil, it’s a powerful exploration of the meaning of life. From deceptively simple melodies, Tchaikovsky builds a spellbinding forty minutes of high emotional drama.You may also be interested in:PHILHARMONIA: MOZART AND SCHUBERT WITH ANDRÁS SCHIFFPHILHARMONIA: JESS GILLAM PLAYS GLAZUNOVPHILHARMONIA: RYAN BANCROFT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN AND STRAUSSPHILHARMONIA: SANTTU CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH AND PROKOFIEV…

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