Monthly Archives: January 2012

USA Tour Update Week 3 – concerts, cocktails and golf

Posted on 26 January, 2012 by

Trumpet player and Vice Chairman Adam Wright gives us his personal tour highlights. After a week of snow, -30C temperatures and an emergency landing (our plane broke whilst flying into Ottawa), we have arrived to glorious sunshine on the West … Continue reading →

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USA Tour Update Week 2 – From Florida to Philly

Posted on 16 January, 2012 by

Benn Cunningham (Double Bass) writes about his thrill-seeking second week on tour. I’m writing this blog entry from the fireside in the Meridien Hotel, Philadelphia, where the thermometer is showing a pretty fierce -7 degrees centigrade. It’s come as quite a … Continue reading →

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USA Tour – Review Roundup

Posted on 12 January, 2012 by

We’re receiving some good reviews from our US concerts so far. See below for a selection: The crowd came to Fort Lauderdale to hear Pinchas Zukerman conduct and solo with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, in a concert that demonstrated that … Continue reading →

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USA Tour Update Week 1 – Florida

Posted on 9 January, 2012 by

The first of our player reports from the US comes from Co-principal Viola Helen Kamminga who wrote about the orchestra’s first few days in Florida: Happy New Year to all blog readers from West Palm Beach where the Orchestra is … Continue reading →

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes stateside!

Posted on 4 January, 2012 by

Chris Evans, Head of Press and Marketing, gives us a short introduction to the RPO’s current tour to the USA and Canada. As we say goodbye to 2011 (perhaps a relief for some!) and welcome in 2012, I would like … Continue reading →

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