WELCOME
2020/21 SEASON NOW ONLINE
Welcome to Southbank Centre We hope you enjoy your visit. We have a Duty Manager available at all times. If you have any queries, please ask a member of staff for assistance. Eating, drinking and shopping? Enjoy fresh seasonal food for breakfast and lunch, coffee, teas and evening drinks with riverside views at Concrete Cafe, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Riverside Terrace Cafe, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall. Visit our shops for products inspired by our artistic and cultural programme, iconic buildings and central London location. Explore across the site with Foyles, Pret, Giraffe, Strada, wagamama, YO! Sushi, Le Pain Quotidien, Las Iguanas, ping pong, Spiritland, Honest Burger, Côte Brasserie, Skylon and Topolski. If you wish to get in touch with us following your visit, please contact the Visitor Experience Team at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, phone us on 020 3879 9555, or email customer@southbankcentre.co.uk We look forward to seeing you again soon. A few points to note for your comfort and enjoyment: PHOTOGRAPHY is not allowed in the auditorium. LATECOMERS will only be admitted to the auditorium if there is a suitable break in the performance. RECORDING is not permitted in the auditorium without the prior consent of Southbank Centre. Southbank Centre reserves the right to confiscate video or sound equipment and hold it in safekeeping until the performance has ended. MOBILES AND WATCHES should be switched off before the performance begins.
Out now The Spring 2020 edition of our free LPO magazine, Tune In. Copies are available at the Welcome Desk, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall, or phone the LPO office on 020 7840 4200 to receive one in the post. Also available digitally: issuu.com/londonphilharmonic
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Details of next season’s concerts are now online at lpo.org.uk/newseason. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday 3 March online and via the LPO Ticket Office. To take advantage of priority booking, from Tuesday 25 February, become a Friend of the London Philharmonic Orchestra for as little as £60 a year. Call Izzy Keig on 020 7840 4225 or visit lpo.org.uk/friends. Highlights of the new season include:
2020 Vision We continue with our acclaimed 2020 Vision project, during which we present works composed and premiered since 2000 that we believe will stand the test of time, and that deserve to be heard again. Each of these pieces is combined in concert with works composed exactly 100 and 200 years earlier, and we mark the end of 2020 Vision with the world premiere of James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio (see pages 6–7).
Beethoven’s 250th anniversary As part of the year-long celebrations, we continue our Beethoven Symphony Cycle with performances of the composer’s final three symphonies alongside a rare performance of the Choral Fantasy.
Wagner’s Ring Cycle We present our most ambitious project yet, with two complete Wagner Ring Cycles conducted by Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Jurowski alongside a stellar cast of Wagnerians including Torsten Kerl, Burkhard Fritz, Matthew Rose and Lise Lindstrom. With Jurowski in his final year as Principal Conductor, this will be an event to remember for years to come.
Celebrated artists We welcome Brett Dean as our new Composer in Residence, and will perform a number of his works across the season. We are also delighted to present an array of guest artists of the highest calibre throughout the season. Alongside our Principal Conductor Designate, Edward Gardner, guest conductors include Zubin Mehta, Karina Canellakis, Christoph Eschenbach, Alondra de la Parra and Klaus Mäkelä, and soloists include, among others, Anoushka Shankar, Vikingur Ólafsson, Mark Padmore, Sophie Bevan and Miloš Karadaglić. Browse the full season at lpo.org.uk/newseason