Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

The Philharmonic Hall is the home of the award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is not the original concert hall on the present site; its predecessor was destroyed by fire in 1933 and the present hall was opened in 1939.

The hall is built with fawn-colored facing bricks and is mainly in three storeys. Inside the entrance to the hall is a copper memorial to the musicians of the Titanic, and on the landings are gilded reliefs of Apollo. The interior of the auditorium is "sensuously curved." On the walls on each side are incised female figures in Art Deco style that represent "musical moods." The hall contains an organ with a console on a lifting platform that can be played on the stage or from the area below the stage.

The hall stages about 250 events each year, of which more than 60 are concerts of classical music. The main hall has a capacity of 1,700 with smaller events taking place in the Music, Green and 1840 rooms. The other shows include music of all genres, comedians, and films shown on the Walturdaw screen.

Why You Should Visit:
The Hall has the most fantastic acoustics, but the building is, of course, magnificent in its own right – acoustics or not.
If you like music, attend a concert; if you like architecture, go on a tour visit; if you like food & drink go and sample the very good choices.