Southbank Centre Classical Guide 2013/14

Classical Music 2013/14

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Contents Our Season At Southbank Centre 2 Take Your Pick

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Looking for suggestions on where to start?

The Concerts

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A chronological listing of all the events this season.

Dig deeper into the themes, projects and celebrations this season.

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The Indian classical music festival.

The Rest Is Noise

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Part two of our year-long festival of 20th-century music.

What’s Your Favourite Piece?

I hope you enjoy this guide to all the classical music you can hear and see this season at Southbank Centre. In an ideal world, we'd like to be welcoming you here to everything.

In those nine months you would experience a wonderfully fulfilling selection of classical music from the widest possible repertoire. And we think your enjoyment can be even greater with the series of accompanying talks, discussions and lectures which illustrate the background to the works. This idea of encompassing the music within its social and political context has proved enormously popular at our The Rest Is Noise weekends, which dig deep into the history of 20th-century classical music. We look forward to seeing you here.

Jude Kelly OBE

Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director

Features Darbar Festival

Welcome

It gives me great pleasure to introduce the 2013/14 classical music season at Southbank Centre. As The Rest Is Noise festival comes to its conclusion, we look at music in the context of the Cold War, the revolutionary 1960s and the post-communist era. 2014 is, appropriately, a moment where many new works are being performed – including works by Sir John Tavener, Kaija Saariaho and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – to welcome back the wonderful Royal Festival Hall organ. Joining our four Resident Orchestras, it is a thrill to welcome major orchestras and conductors from around the world, including Claudio Abbado with Orchestra Mozart, Michael Tilson Thomas with San Francisco Symphony, and Antonio Pappano with the Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia.

Gillian Moore MBE

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The music explored.

Britten’s Centenary and the LPO

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Vladimir Jurowski on the LPO’s season.

The Finnish Line: Philharmonia Orchestra

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Esa-Pekka Salonen gives his highlights.

Pull Out All The Stops Festival

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The organ returns to Royal Festival Hall.

Premieres 56 New compositions being performed.

The Voice

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Vocal highlights this season.

International Performers

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Musicians from across the globe performing here at Southbank Centre.

Index 76 Visiting Us

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Booking Information

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School children learn about the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall organ © Timothy Cochrane

Gabriela Montero © Timothy Cochrane

Colin Currie © Timothy Cochrane

Resident Orchestras

Our season at Southbank Centre

Four world-class orchestras call Southbank Centre their home. From new music to much-loved classics, together the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the London Sinfonietta perform over 150 concerts here each season.

For a full list of all our Resident Orchestras’ performances see our Index on page 83.

Annual Series Look out for the concerts in this guide that are part of our three concert series: Shell Classic International features the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors; the International Chamber Music Season champions the best chamber-music performers and repertoire; and the International Piano Series remains one of the most significant platforms for solo piano recitals. For more details on these series see our Index on page 85.

Shell Classic International: Shell supports Southbank Centre in bringing the finest Media partner international orchestras to London.

Our classical music season welcomes performers from all over the world from autumn through to the summer. The backbone is provided by our four Resident Orchestras, and look out for the concerts that appear in our three annual series, as well as the many festivals in which classical music plays a part.

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Media Partner

Festivals

Media partner

Southbank Centre is a site bursting with creativity in which different art forms collide and our indoor and outdoor spaces buzz with activity. Central to this are a number of festivals: some annual (including Meltdown, Alchemy, Imagine Children’s Festival and WOW – Women of the World), and others created as one-off experiences, such as The Rest Is Noise, our year-long exploration of 20th-century music in its historical context, and Pull Out All The Stops, celebrating the complete refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall organ. To find out more about concerts in these one-off festivals see the Index on page 86.

Resident Artists

Southbank Centre Nucleo at Royal Festival Hall © Belinda Lawley

Our Artists in Residence work closely with us and our audiences to explore new directions and offer their insight. We are very proud to have the following musicians amongst our creative family: conductor Marin Alsop, percussionist Colin Currie, soprano Elizabeth Watts, cellist Oliver Coates, composer/performer Mica Levi and Mary King, Artistic Associate and founding director of Southbank Centre’s Voicelab. Find out when and where they are performing in our Index on page 76.

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Take Your Pick We have selected some highlights for you to explore.

Festivals Darbar A celebration of the best in Indian music (September to October 2013, page 86).

The second part of our year-long festival focuses on the 1950s till the end of the 20th century (September to December 2013, page 86).

Pull Out All the Stops Festival: An Organ Celebration A month-long festival to welcome back the newly refurbished organ to Royal Festival Hall (March to June 2014, page 86).

Composers In Focus Benjamin Britten’s Centenary Two weeks of concerts, films, talks and debates between Saturday 28 September and Saturday 12 October 2013 mark Britten’s centenary (Part of The Rest Is Noise, pages 13 to 18).

More to be announced nearer the time, see southbankcentre.co.uk/therestisnoise Masters of Minimalism: Reich and Glass Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November 2013 (Part of The Rest Is Noise, page 26).

Strauss 150th Anniversary Philharmonia Orchestra celebrate Strauss in five concerts (Januray, February, March and June 2014, pages 84).

Katia and Marielle Labéque meet the audience at Imagine Children’s Festival © Timothy Cochrane

Jayanthi Kumaresh © Usha Krish

Family Friendly London Philharmonic Orchestra FUNharmonics Family concerts presented by Chris Jarvis of CBeebies, including Have-a-Go instrument sessions and Family Orchestra workshops: Sunday 3 November 2013 (page 24), Sunday 16 February 2014 (page 40) and Sunday 11 May 2014 (page 65).

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Family Concert: Fancy That!

Hear a swan, kangaroos and a marching lion brought to life at this performance of The Carnival of the Animals by Katia and Marielle Labèque with members of the OAE on Thursday 20 February 2014 (page 41). (Part of Imagine festival).

Gustavo Dudamel © Richard Haughton

Blockbusters

Noye’s Fludde Benjamin Britten’s colourful opera inspired by Noah and his ark. Saturday 28 September 2013 (page 13) and Saturday 12 October 2013 (page 17).

Do Something Different

Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich & Orchestra Mozart Tuesday 1 October 2013 (page 15) (Part of Shell Classic International).

Philip Glass © Pasquale Salerno

Venezuelan Superstar Gustavo Dudamel and the Philharmonia Orchestra Thursday 14 November 2013 (page 26).

Frank Zappa’s Banned Work 200 Motels Tuesday 29 October 2013 (page 20).

Hear the ‘Extinct’ Violoncello da Spalla Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Tuesday 25 March 2014 (page 53).

World Premiere of the Late Górecki’s Fourth Symphony Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra, Saturday 12 April 2014 (page 58).

Philip Glass’ Four-Hour Masterpiece, Music in Twelve Parts Philip Glass Ensemble, Saturday 9 November 2013 (page 26).

Sir Simon Rattle Conducts Haydn’s The Creation Performed by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Tuesday 6 May 2014 (page 61).

2001: A Space Odyssey Live A screening of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film with live music from Philharmonia Orchestra, Monday 7 October 2013 (page 17).

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Legendary Pianist Maurizio Pollini Tuesday 18 February 2014 (page 41) and Wednesday 2 April 2014 (page 55).

Frank Zappa, 1970 © Keystone Pictures USA/Alamy

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Darbar Festival Ustad Baha’uddin Dagar © Arnhel de Serra

Darbar Festival, the celebration of Indian classical music, returns to Southbank Centre and commemorates both the death of Ravi Shankar and the new stars following in his footsteps.

With the passing of the great Ravi Shankar in December 2012, the Indian classical music world has been mourning the loss of both a great maestro and also a global spokesperson for its art.

Within the Indian classical music world, he was one of only half a dozen musicians that dominated the scene over the past 40 years. And thanks to now-legendary performances at the Woodstock festival and high-profile friendships with the likes of The Beatles’ George Harrison and Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar also went on to became famous across the world.

Anupama Bhagwat © SandeepVirdee Ustad Wajahat Khan © Maani Vadgama

Where & When

At this year’s Darbar Festival, Sandeep Virdee, the festival’s Artistic Director, says the festival is going to be both a celebration of Shankar and an opportunity

to highlight the impressive next generation of talent – including a particular focus on female performers, some of whom are playing in London for the first time.

‘It is only because the world of marketing and celebrity culture has become more complicated that many now do not get the type of exposure Shankar was afforded,’ explains Virdee. ‘Here in the UK we can programme the festival free from the discrimination that most musicians face back in India because of politics, caste, sex and religion. We feel that the festival is a tribute in whole to Shankar’s life’s work and we also continue to expose brilliant new musicians to the UK audiences.’

Emerging Stars

Sudha Raghunathan © Sandeep Virdee

Hear the London debuts of three stars of tomorrow: sitar player Anupama Bhagwat (Saturday 21 September 2013, page 10), khayal vocalist Manjusha KulkarniPatil (Saturday 21 September 2013, page 9) and khayal vocalist Raghunandan Panshikar (Sunday 22 September 2013, page 10).

For a full list of the events in the Darbar Festival, see the Index on page 86.

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Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee

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This is a chronological listing of our classical music events in the 2013/14 season. If you are looking for something specific, try the index starting on page 76.

Saturday 21 September 2013

Colours of Dhrupad and the The Betrayal of Majestic Sarod Saraswati Veena Darbar Festival

Darbar Festival

Ustad Wajahat Khan © Maani Vadgama

Award-winning musician and composer Jayanthi Kumaresh discusses the challenges of performing the Saraswati veena in the Carnatic tradition and her experiences as a woman in the maledominated, Indian classical-music tradition.

She is in conversation with Dharambir Singh MBE.

Darbar Festival

The annual Indian classical music festival returns Thursday 12 September 2013

Friday 20 September 2013

Indian Classical Music Appreciation Course

Tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar

Darbar Festival

Darbar Festival

Run by award-winning broadcaster, journalist, novelist and critic Jameela Siddiqi, this course is suitable for beginners and aims to demystify the traditions and practices of Indian classical music. Sessions feature live musicians.

Session 1: 12 September 2013 Session 2: 19 September 2013 Session 3: 25 September 2013 Session 4: 3 October 2013 Session 5: 16 October 2013

Oliver Craske Simon Broughton Find out more about the life and times of this great Indian Classical music maestro in this talk with Oliver Craske, who collaborated with Shankar on his autobiography Raga Mala, and Simon Broughton, editor of Songlines.

Illustrated with photographs rarely seen by the general public.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 (for all five sessions)

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12.45pm £10

Thursday 19 September 2013

Friday 20 September 2013

Transposed Rhythm and the Saraswati Veena

Great Improvisational Expectations

Darbar Festival

Darbar Festival Debashish Bhattacharya slide guitar Yogesh Samsi tabla Debashish Bhattacharya presents afternoon ragas displaying his extreme virtuosity. He is accompanied by one of India’s foremost tabla maestros, who takes improvisational accompaniment to dazzling heights.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2.30pm £20 £15 Friday 20 September 2013

Darbar Unplugged: Saraswati Veena Darbar Festival

Jayanthi Kumaresh © Usha Krish

Bernhard Shimplesberger drums Sukhad Munde pakhawaj – Interval – Jayanthi Kumaresh saraswati veena Patri Satish Kumar mridangam RN Prakash ghatam The eighth annual Darbar Festival opens with a double bill concert of drums, and features one of India’s oldest instruments, the saraswati veena, named after the Hindu Goddess of Arts.

Jayanthi Kumaresh saraswati veena Patri Satish Kumar mridangam RN Prakash ghatam Jayanthi Kumaresh is the most highly prized Saraswati veena player in India, having started to play this traditional lute at the age of four.

This concert is the authentic way to enjoy the Saraswati veena, unplugged, in the traditional tranquil mehfil style. Please note space is limited to 50 seats.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £20

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12.45pm £10

Nirmalya Dey dhrupad vocal Sukhad Munde pakhawaj – Interval – Ustad Wajahat Khan sarod Akram Khan tabla

Saturday 21 September 2013

Enchanting Afternoon Ragas on 100 Strings

A rare concert devoted to the art of Dhrupad – Indian classical singing. The programme includes a performance from the celebrated composer and sarod maestro Ustad Wajahat Khan, who performs ragas in the Imdadkhani gharana style.

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Darbar Festival Harjinderpal Singh Matharu © Sandeep Virdee

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.30pm £27 £17 Saturday 21 September 2013

Glorious Morning: Ragas Unwrapped Darbar Festival Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil khayal vocal Tanmay Deochake harmonium Akram Khan tabla Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil is India’s most sought after young virtuoso of the Agra and Gwalior Gharanas. In her debut UK concert, she presents these morning ragas in her inimitable style which savours their expressive implications of the words, relishing their subtle shifts of rhythm to create a sighing quality.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10am £20 £15 Saturday 21 September 2013

Darbar Unplugged: Morning Sitar Recital Darbar Festival

Harjinderpal Singh Matharu santoor Yogesh Samsi tabla Matharu performs mesmerising ragas on the santoor, an ancient string instrument that produces a beautiful trance-like sound, which Sufi mystics use as an accompanying instrument in their divine music. Tabla master Samsi accompanies him.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2.30pm £20 £15 Saturday 21 September 2013

Darbar Unplugged: Rudra Veena

Mehboob Nadeem sitar Harkiret Bahra tabla Mehboob Nadeem performs morning raga melodies in a rare mehfil-style concert. Harkiret Bahra provides both sensitive and exhilarating accompaniment on the tabla. Please note space is limited to 50 seats.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10.15am £15

Darbar Festival Ustad Baha’uddin Dagar rudra veena Sukhad Munde pakhawaj An opportunity to hear Dagar, a 21st-generation musician and one of a handful in the world playing the rudra veena, perform in an unplugged session. The young maestro Munde accompanies him on the pakhawaj. Please note space is limited to 50 seats.

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Jayanthi Kumaresh carnatic veena Dharambir Singh MBE

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The Concerts

Friday 20 September 2013

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International Piano Series

International Chamber Music Season

Resident Orchestra 9

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Buzz Aldrin salutes the US flag on the moon, 1969 © NASA Apollo Archive

Saturday 21 September 2013

Sunday 22 September 2013

Iconic Sitar to Mesmerising Where Are the Women?

Darbar Festival Carnatic Ragas Darbar Festival Anupama Bhagwat sitar Gurdain Rayatt tabla – Interval – Sudha Ragunathan carnatic vocal Jyotsna Shrikanth violin Patri Satish Kumar mridangam RN Prakash ghatam Enjoy the UK-debut of sitar player Anupama Bhagwat, accompanied by Gurdain Rayatt, the UK’s rising star of tabla. They are joined by Sudha Ragunathan, the most eminent singer in the South Indian Classical Carnatic tradition.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.30pm £27 £17 Sunday 22 September 2013

Morning Ragas: Sitar on Fire Darbar Festival Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee

Sudha Ragunathan Dharambir Singh MBE One of India’s most experienced Carnatic vocalists Sudha Ragunathan talks vividly about her life as a female musician and explains the role of women in Indian classical music.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12.45pm £10 Sunday 22 September 2013

Limitless Tabla, Punjab Style Darbar Festival Yogesh Samsi tabla Tanmay Deochake harmonium nagma A long-awaited performance of solo tabla music, highlighting the amazing versatility of this instrument in the hands of India’s great intellectual tabla maestro, Yogesh Samsi.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2.30pm £20 £15 Sunday 22 September 2013

Rudra Veena to Magnificent Khayal Darbar Festival

Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee sitar Soumen Nandi tabla Sitar phenomenon Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee returns to London after an absence of six years. His tremendous control, love for the raga and bullet-speed virtuosic ability produces unforgettable performances.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10am £20 £15 Sunday 22 September 2013

Darbar Unplugged: Kirana Gharana Khayal Darbar Festival Dr Vijay Rajput khayal vocal Tanmay Deochake harmonium Shahbaz Hussain tabla Dr Rajput, a disciple of the illustrious NorthIndian vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, is one of Britain’s most talented classical Indian vocalists. He returns to the Darbar Festival to perform poetic morning ragas.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10.15am £15

Ustad Baha’uddin Dagar sitar Sukhad Munde pakhawaj – Interval – Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar khayal vocal Akram Khan tabla Tanmay Deochake harmonium The Darbar Festival is proud to present Ustad Baha’uddin Dagar, one of a handful of the world’s rudra veena players, who returns to the festival after his sublime concert in 2006.

Panshikar presents evening ragas from Jaipur Atruli Gharana, known for its beautiful and unusual ragas.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6pm £27 £17

The post-Holocaust world, Benjamin Britten and the 1960s social revolution are just a few of the areas covered in the second half of our groundbreaking survey of 20th-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

sunday 22 September 2013

Darbar Unplugged: Sitar & Tabla Darbar Festival Aunpama Bhagwat sitar Gurdain Rayatt tabla

The Rest Is Noise brings to life Alex Ross’ acclaimed book of the same name. It does this with concerts by inspiring performers and great orchestras, plus in-depth weekends, where the music is examined in its social, political and historical context via lectures, panel discussions, films and documentaries .

Jude Kelly, Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director, says: ‘A lot of the audiences at our The Rest Is Noise weekends in the first half of the festival were people who don’t usually attend contemporary classical music, or were interested in the science, history and politics of the era and have realised that the music is related to all these things. So many have come to one of the weekends and then decided to cancel plans so they can come back for the rest of them, almost like taking an informal course.’

Classical music took some radical turns in the wake of World War Two, the Holocaust and the dawn of the nuclear age, with composers like Boulez, Stockhausen and Ligeti reinventing composition. From September until the end of the year, we look at how their work fits in with wider events, and how it inspired a new generation of performers and artistic movements.

One of India’s freshest female sitar maestros, Aunpama Bhagwat, makes her debut visit to the UK. She is accompanied by leading UK tabla player Gurdain Rayatt.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £20

1960s mods © Paul Townsend

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‘We're trying to encourage audiences to understand the underlying ideas composers were playing with and why those ideas mattered to them,’ explains Kelly. ‘What were the discussions they had with each other? And how did they relate to other discussions happening in other parts of the art world? A lot of these composers were exploring the idea of music, the idea of sound, the idea of technology and sound. Our audiences can look at a piece of sculpture or observe a painting on the wall and understand these artworks are exploring an “idea” – so it’s not the attractiveness they’re looking at, it’s the conceptual starting point. Similarly, we want to help audiences explore and understand some of the conceptual starting points composers had. For example, in 1960s New York, why did Steve Reich and Philip Glass decide to develop their own brand of musical minimalism?

Why did British composer Thomas Adès decide to ignite his huge 1990s orchestral work Aslya with the sounds of the raves he had been attending?’

For further details, including videos and recordings, visit southbankcentre.co.uk/ therestisnoise

Where & When London Philharmonic Orchestra Our principal orchestra partner for The Rest Is Noise is the London Philharmonic Orchestra. All their concerts in 2013 fall within the festival. They end their season with John Adams’ moving nativity oratorio El Niño (Saturday 14 December 2013, page 33). Full listings of their concerts are in the Index, page 83.

Monday 23 September 2013

Friday 27 September 2013

YCAT New Artists: Presentation Concert

City of London Sinfonia, Michael Collins

YCAT identifies, nurtures, promotes and supports exceptional young artists, with the potential for international performing careers.

Previous alumni include Ian Bostridge, Alison Balsom, Elizabeth Watts and the Belcea Quartet. In this concert YCAT presents its new artists, selected through a rigorous audition process culminating in public finals.

music from across the iron curtain

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £10 £6

Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Britten Second Movement from Movements for a Clarinet Concerto compl. Colin Matthews Copland Clarinet Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.14

Thursday 26 September 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra Salonen conducts Berlioz’s romeo et julietTE

Michael Collins conductor, clarinet Stephen Stirling horn Evelina Dobracheva soprano Ronan Busfield tenor Graeme Broadbent bass

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If you’re a newcomer to this era of music, this is your chance not just to hear works like Stockhausen’s immense Gruppen and Olivier Messiaen’s awesome homage to the universe Des canyons aux étoiles (From the canyons to the stars), but to explore the concepts behind them.

City of London Sinfonia explore music from either side of the Iron Curtain, featuring the work of Britten, Copland and Shostakovich.

Stalin’s Iron Fist

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra perform music by Prokofiev and Shostakovich, two composers who felt the force of Stalin’s oppression first hand (Friday 4 October 2013, page 16).

Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6pm – Pre-concert talk looking at the impact of the Cold War on European and American cultural identity.

In partnership with the Forum for European Philosophy. Free

Three Orchestras Play Together London’s ‘swinging’ Carnaby Street, 1968 © H. Grobe

Stockhausen’s highly original Gruppen, featuring three orchestras that play simultaneously, but sometimes at different speeds, is presented by the London Sinfonietta and ensembles from the Royal Academy of Music (Sunday 6 October 2013, page 17).

Saturday 28 September 2013

Britten: Noye’s Fludde Children performing with the LPO © Ben Ealovega

Britten’s Last Opera Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform Britten’s Death in Venice, his last opera (Sunday 3 November 2013, page 24).

Christianne Stotijn © Stephan Vanfletere

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano Paul Groves tenor Gerald Finley baritone Roland Wood bass Philharmonia Chorus Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (concert performance in French with English surtitles) Widely considered to be his most original and dramatic programmatic work, Berlioz’s choral Roméo et Juliette is an orchestral tour de force for orchestra, chorus and soloists. A personal homage to Berlioz’s own heroes Shakespeare and Beethoven, it has been described by the musicologist Donald Tovey as ‘one of the most gigantic and convincing masterpieces of musicdrama’ ever written.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – Explore: an introduction to this evening’s programme. Free

Come and join Noye, his family, a cast of animals and musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra as they escape from the great flood that encompasses the earth in this colourful Biblicalinspired opera written by Benjamin Britten.

Also on Saturday 12 October.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm & 4pm Free

John F Kennedy, White House photo portrait, looking up © White House Press Office Beatles in America, 7 February 1964 © United Press

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Sunday 29 September 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Britten Centenary Celebrations

Sunday Matinee Series: Salonen conducts Berlioz

Monday 30 September 2013

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado & Martha Argerich

Gamechangers: Musical Fireworks

Shell Classic International Claudio Abbado © Peter Fischli

Vladimir Jurowski © Karen Robinson

Sandrine Piau © Sandrine Expilly

Esa-Pekka Salonen © Karen Robinson

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Stuart Skelton tenor (Peter Grimes) Pamela Armstrong soprano (Ellen Orford) Alan Opie baritone (Balstrode) Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano (Auntie) Malin Christensson soprano (Niece 1) Claire Ormshaw soprano (Niece 2) Michael Colvin tenor (Bob Boles) Brindley Sherratt bass (Swallow) Jean Rigby mezzo-soprano (Mrs Sedley) Mark Stone baritone (Ned Keene) Brian Galliford tenor (Rev Adams) Jonathan Veira bass (Hobson) Daniel Slater director London Voices

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Piotr Anderszewski piano Beethoven Overture, Namensfeier Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Cast in five trail-blazing movements, the Symphonie fantastique celebrates Berlioz’s delirious infatuation with the Irish actress, Harriet Smithson. After taking a draught of opium, Berlioz’s wild ravings climax in a frenzied Witches’ Sabbath finale.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Sunday 29 September 2013

Britten Peter Grimes – opera in 3 acts

Aurora Orchestra

Peter Grimes is one of the landmark operas of the 20th century. Based on a poem about a fisherman, the chilling tale of marginalisation and persecution inspired Britten to create his most powerful and dramatic music.

Performance lasts approximately three hours including an interval.

Zeitgeist: Britten Films

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm (please note start time) £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Royal Festival Hall at 5.30pm – A performance by musicians from the Royal College of Music. Free

Nicholas Collon conductor Samuel West narrator Britten Night mail; The Way to the sea; Men behind the meters; The Tocher; Coal face; The King’s stamp; God’s chillun; Peace of Britain; Sixpenny telegram Aurora performs Benjamin Britten’s complete existing documentary film scores alongside the original films. Step back into 1930s Britain with these vivid portraits dealing with subjects ranging from postage stamps to pacifism and the abolition of the slave trade to the electrification of the LondonPortsmouth railway.

William Christie conductor Sandrine Piau soprano

Claudio Abbado conductor Martha Argerich piano

Rameau Overture, Airs pour les athletes, Bruit de guerre, Gravement, Funeral Lament Tristes apprêts and Menuet from Castor et Pollux; Par un sommeil agréable from Dardanus; Règne avec moi, Bacchus from Anacréon; Entrée de Polymnie from Les Boréades; Je vole, amour, ou tu m’appelles from Les Paladins; Chaconne from Dardanus Handel Concerto grosso in G minor, Op.6 No.6; Che sento? and Se pietà di me non senti from Giulio Cesare; March and Scoglio d’immota fronte from Scipione; Music for the Royal Fireworks

Haydn Symphony No.94 (Surprise) Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K.271; Symphony No.36 (Linz)

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s new season and Gamechangers series starts in style with music from England’s favourite adopted composer, George Frideric Handel, and his French counterpart, Rameau.

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Orchestra Mozart makes its UK debut conducted by the great Claudio Abbado. Martha Argerich joins the orchestra to perform Mozart’s Jeunehomme Piano Concerto, composed when he was just 21, with its intensely emotional slow movement.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £70 £55 £45 £35 £25 £15 Premium seats £85

London Philharmonic Orchestra Britten Centenary Celebrations

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9 Premium seats £60 Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm – Our Gamechangers series is introduced by OAE musicians. Free

View of Riverside Terrace and Royal Festival Hall © Belinda Lawley

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Mark Padmore tenor Truls Mørk cello Britten The Prince of the Pagodas Suite (Prelude & dances); Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was ...); Nocturne; Cello Symphony Vladimir Jurowski conducts orchestral gems

by Benjamin Britten in his centenary year.

Written for Mstislav Rostropovich, Britten’s Cello Symphony is music of fraught intensity but also of optimism – an inspiring journey from darkness to light.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £10

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Saturday 28 September 2013

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

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International Chamber Music Season

Resident Orchestra 15

Igor Levit, piano Beethoven Sonatas: Op.109 in E; Op.110 in A flat; Op.111 in C minor A legendary trilogy exploring mystical atmospheres and transcendental musical extremes, Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas are among the composer’s greatest achievements and represent a tremendous challenge for any performer.

Friday 4 October 2013

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra russia in the post-war world

Sunday 6 October 2013

Tamara Stefanovich, piano

Monday 7 October 2013

2001: A Space Odyssey Live Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Voices

Tamara Stefanovich ©Timothy Cochrane

Kirill Karabits © Sasha Gusov

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Wednesday 2 October 2013

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Thursday 3 October 2013

Orchestra Mozart, Diego Matheuz & Maria João Pires Shell Classic International

Kirill Karabits conductor Alisa Weilerstein cello Prokofiev Sinfonia concertante in E minor for cello and orchestra, Op.125 Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante was inspired by the virtuosic musicianship of the legendary cellist Rostropovich. Shostakovich only felt confident to finish his Tenth Symphony, considered one of his greatest works, after Stalin had died in March 1953. In an extraordinary ironic twist, this was also the day of Prokofiev’s death.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Saturday 5 October 2013

Stockhausen & Boulez: modern masterpieces

Ligeti Musica ricercata Stockhausen Klavierstück IX Messiaen Excerpts from Catalogue d’oiseaux Boulez Sonata No.2 This is a programme of powerful, challenging music from four master composers of the 20th century. The concert includes extracts from Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux, based on the composer’s painstaking transcriptions of birdsong, and Boulez’s Sonata No.2, a ferociously demanding work.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

Sunday 6 October 2013

Stockhausen: Gruppen London Sinfonietta & Royal Academy of Music

A screening of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film 2001: A Space Odyssey with live music. Long recognised as one of the greatest science fiction films of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey is celebrated for its technological realism, its innovative Oscar®-winning special effects and bold use of music.

Presented in association with the BFI (British Film Institute), with support from Warner Bros.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm (please note start time) £45 £37.50 £30 £22.50 Premium seats £55 Thursday 10 October 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra Andris Nelsons conductor Hélène Grimaud piano Brahms Piano Concerto No.1; Symphony No.1

Diego Matheuz conductor Maria João Pires piano

The opening concert in Andris Nelsons’ Brahms series features two masterworks of blazing intensity. Brahms’ First Piano Concerto is an astonishing achievement for a 25-year-old, but he was 43 before revealing his First Symphony.

Rossini Overture, La Gazza Ladra Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony No.3 (Eroica)

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £40

Benjamin Wallfisch conductor Philharmonia Orchestra Philharmonia Voices

Andris Nelsons: Brahms Cycle

Maria João Pires © Felix Broede

Young Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz, a graduate of the famous El Sistema Venezuelan music system, leads the orchestra in a performance including Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, considered by many to be one of the greatest symphonies ever written.

Maria João Pires, ‘one of the most celebrated... pianists on the planet’ (The Telegraph), performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3.

2001: A Space Odyssey © BFI

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Colin Currie © Timothy Cochrane

Franck Ollu conductor Colin Currie percussion Nicolas Hodges piano Hilary Summers contralto Members of Aurora Orchestra Sound Intermedia Stockhausen Gesang der Jünglinge; Kontakte Boulez Le marteau sans maître A performance of three classic scores that changed the face of modern music forever. Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the Youths) was the first masterpiece of electronic music; in Kontakte (Contacts), live sounds are picked up by rotating microphones and distributed around the four corners of the hall. The programme is completed

by Boulez’s Le marteau sans maître (The hammer without a master), performed by Hilary Summers, one of the work’s greatest interpreters.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £22 £15 £10

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Saturday 12 October 2013 Karl Heinz Stockhausen © akg-images

Martyn Brabbins conductor London Sinfonietta Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble Other two conductors to be announced Stockhausen Gruppen And works by Nono An extravaganza of sound, Stockhausen’s Gruppen is an early masterpiece, inspired by the rise and fall of the Graubünder Alps, which he could see out of his window. Stockhausen created an intensely original soundworld, using three independent orchestras, each with their own conductor.

Britten: Noye’s Fludde Come and join Noye, his family, a cast of animals and musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra as they escape from the great flood that encompasses the earth in this colourful Biblical-inspired opera written by Benjamin Britten.

Also on Saturday 28 September.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 2pm & 4pm Free

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £25 £15 Shell Classic International

International Piano Series

International Chamber Music Season

Resident Orchestra 17

London Philharmonic Orchestra Britten Centenary Celebrations

Wednesday 16 October 2013

Goldsmiths Choral Union & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brian Wright conductor Tom Poster piano Laura van der Heijden cello Sophie Mansell alto Njabulo Madlala baritone Constant Lambert The Rio Grande for piano, chorus & orchestra Elgar Cello Concerto Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

Vladimir Jurowski © Karen Robinson

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Tatiana Monogarova soprano Ian Bostridge tenor Matthias Goerne baritone Neville Creed conductor (chamber orchestra) London Philharmonic Choir Trinity Boys Choir Britten War Requiem In his monumental War Requiem, Britten pits three contrasting musical ensembles against one another: the chilling innocence of boys’ voices meets the outspoken, acerbic protests of two soldier-like figures and a large chorus and orchestra.

Please note there is no interval.

A feast of English music including Walton’s choral masterpiece and Elgar’s best-loved cello concerto played by BBC Young Musician, Laura van der Heijden, making her Southbank Centre debut.

A Jewish Romance

David Hill conductor James Baillieu piano Eleanor Dennis soprano Rosie Aldridge mezzo-soprano Samuel Boden tenor Benjamin Cahn bass-baritone English Chamber Orchestra The Bach Choir

A celebration of Jewish love in six traditions

Mozart Overture, Don Giovanni; Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467; Requiem Mozart’s choral masterpiece crowns a sublime evening of his greatest works.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39.50 £29.50 £22.50 £16.50 £14.50 Premium seats £45

Philharmonia Orchestra

Alice Sara Ott © Esther Haase and DG

Ashkenazy conducts Tchaikovsky

Saturday 19 October 2013

Simply Gershwin

Tanja Tetzlaff © Giorgia-Bertazzi

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – Explore: an introduction to this evening’s programme. Free

London Philharmonic Orchestra Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts Poulenc

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Alice Sara Ott piano Chorus to be announced Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden Grieg Piano Concerto Holst The Planets Composed in 1868 while on holiday, Grieg’s Piano Concerto embodies the spirit of one of the happiest times in the composer’s life. Holst’s planetary masterwork hit the British music scene like a thunderbolt and turned Holst into a national celebrity.

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Gavin Sutherland conductor Jonathan Scott piano Jaclyn Spencer and guest dancing duo Douglas Mills and guest tap dancers Meeta Raval soprano Rodney Earl Clarke baritone London Concert Orchestra Broadway glamour and toe-tapping tunes in an all-Gershwin extravaganza of song and dance from America’s greatest composer.

Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm £39.50 £29.50 £22.50 £16.50 £14.50 Premium seats £45

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Alexandre Tharaud piano Kate Royal soprano London Philharmonic Choir Poulenc Piano Concerto Prokofiev Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor Poulenc Stabat mater

Sunday 20 October 2013

Andris Nelsons continues his Brahms exploration with the composer’s Third Symphony and Double Concerto.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12

Stravinsky 4 Norwegian Moods; Violin Concerto in D Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn (St Anthony); Double Concerto; Symphony No.3

A celebration of Jewish love, from the shtetl to the New World, performed in music from six different Jewish traditions, including songs and arias by Meyerbeer, Korngold, Gershwin and Kern. ‘This is profoundly beautiful music, worthy of the high accolades that are starting to stream in.’ Charlie Bertsch (Forverts) on Glanville’s Yiddish Winterreise.

Kate Royal © Esther Haase and DG

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

Andris Nelsons conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin Tanja Tetzlaff cello

Mark Glanville bass-baritone Julia Melinek soprano Phillip Thomas piano

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Sunday Matinee Series: Ashkenazy conducts The Planets

Thursday 17 October 2013

Sunday 13 October 2013

Andris Nelsons: Brahms Cycle

Mozart Requiem

Philharmonia Orchestra

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – A performance by musicians from the Royal College of Music. Free

Philharmonia Orchestra

Monday 21 October 2013

Sunday 20 October 2013

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £30 £22 £15 £10

Tchaikovsky’s gripping Manfred Symphony was inspired by Lord Byron’s poem about a guiltridden mountain dweller, who summons seven spirits in the vain hope they might help him forget the past.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Saturday 19 October 2013

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Saturday 12 October 2013

Borodin Quartet Shostakovich String Quartets: No.7 in F sharp minor, Op.108; No.8 in C minor, Op.110; No.12 in D flat, Op.133 A performance of some of Shostakovich’s most intimately revealing music, played by the Borodin Quartet, whose original members worked closely with the composer. These string quartets reveal Shostakovich at his most bold and personal.

Poulenc’s imagination knew few bounds and reached one of its many peaks in his charming Piano Concerto. However, Poulenc himself claimed that ‘the best and most genuine part of myself’ was to be found in his sacred music.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm – Dr Caroline Potter from Kingston University looks at the life and works of Francis Poulenc. Free

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

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Resident Orchestra 19

Saturday 26 October 2013

Wednesday 30 October 2013

Thursday 31 October 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Shostakovich speaks out

Schnittke’s vision of the future

Gamechangers: Arcangelo Corelli

Valcuha conducts Beethoven Juraj Valčuha conductor Sunwook Kim piano Cherubini Overture, Médée Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4; Symphony No.7 Wagner referred to Beethoven’s Seventh as the ‘apotheosis of the dance’, noting that rhythm is the music’s prime motivating force. The work climaxes in a final coda of overwhelming joy and excitement.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Friday 25 October 2013

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop & Swingle Singers Shell Classic International

Alison Bury violin, director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Mikhail Petrenko bass Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir Dutilleux Tout un monde lointain ...

(Cello Concerto) Shostakovich Symphony No.13 in B flat minor (Babi Yar) Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony features controversial texts depicting the Nazi massacre of Jews outside Kiev, presented with bold simplicity and tragic irony. The symphony was astonishingly outspoken and delivered Shostakovich’s last major clash with the Soviet state.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Tuesday 29 October 2013

Frank Zappa: 200 Motels

Michail Jurowski conductor Johannes Moser cello Ligeti Lontano Lutosławski Cello Concerto Schnittke Symphony No.1 For Alfred Schnittke, ‘incidental’ and ‘serious’ music were one and the same. Here was a composer who sampled before sampling was invented, and whose moving, emotion-filled and energy-charged symphonies reveal the paradoxes and parallels at the heart of modern life.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – Professor Alexander Ivashkin plays cello works by Lutosławski and Schnittke, and uses unpublished correspondence between Ligeti, Lutosławski and Schnittke to explore their personal relationships. Free Wednesday 30 October 2013

Cedric Tiberghien, piano Liszt Années de pèlerinage (1st year – Switzerland), S.160 Szymanowski Three Masques, Op.34 Ravel Miroirs The young French pianist Cédric Tiberghien immerses us in a programme filled with poetic associations – the heady atmosphere of romantic Liszt, sensual Szymanowski and glittering Ravel.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Thursday 31 October 2013

Marin Alsop © Timothy Cochrane

Marin Alsop conductor Guarnieri Symphony No.4 (Brasília) Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Berio Sinfonia Brazil’s flagship orchestra returns to London following its hit performance at the 2012 BBC Proms, for a night of quintessentially 1960s music with the Swingle Singers and conductor Marin Alsop, a firm favourite with Southbank Centre audiences.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £37 £29 £22.50 £17 £12 Premium seats £65

Frank Zappa, 1970 © Keystone Pictures USA/Alamy

Jurjen Hempel conductor Claron McFadden soprano BBC Concert Orchestra Southbank Sinfonia Frank Zappa 200 Motels The debut performance of Frank Zappa’s legendary 1971 work 200 Motels was canceled due to objections that the lyrics were obscene.

Hear it performed live in concert for the first time in the UK. This colossal piece, one of the most ambitious that Zappa ever wrote, is performed by the full forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia and a large cast of rock musicians, singers and actors.

Please note, this event contains explicit material and is suitable for adult audiences aged 18+.

Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today Alejo Pérez conductor Yeree Suh soprano Unsuk Chin presenter Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra Christophe Bertrand Virya for 4 musicians (UK premiere); Madrigal for soprano & 5 musicians (UK premiere); Yet for 20 musicians (UK premiere) A portrait of Christophe Bertrand (1981 – 2010), one of the greatest compositional talents of our time. His work is a synthesis of very different traditions – Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Ligeti, Xenakis and Steve Reich were all pivotal influences.

Handel Overture to Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno Muffat Passacaglia from Sonata No.5 in G (Armonico tributo) Clare Connors Corelli Leaves (London premiere) Corelli Concerto grosso in G minor, Op.6 No.8 (Christmas); Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d’Este Handel Concerto grosso in A minor, Op.6 No.4 Corelli Trio Sonata in A, Op.3 No.12 Geminiani Concerto grosso in D minor after Corelli, Op.5 No.12 ‘La follia’

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Thursday 24 October 2013

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment marks the 300th anniversary of Arcangelo Corelli’s death, with a concert that contains music not just by him but by composers he influenced.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9 Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm – Clare Connors introduces her new commission Corelli Leaves.

Free Thursday 31 October 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra Temirkanov conducts Prokofiev and Rachmaninov Yuri Temirkanov conductor Vilde Frang violin Prokofiev Symphony No.1 in D (Classical); Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.63 Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 Yuri Temirkanov conducts an all-Russian programme. Both Prokofiev and Rachmaninov were brilliant composer-pianists, but whereas Prokofiev was an iconoclast who delighted in railing at tradition, Rachmaninov inherited Tchaikovsky’s mantle without demur.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Thursday 31 October 2013

The Night Shift Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Alison Bury violin, director The Night Shift is London’s unique classical night, putting great classical music into a relaxed and contemporary late-night setting.

This event showcases the Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli.

There is pre-show music in the bar from 9pm and post-show DJ until midnight.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10pm £9 advance £12 on the day (On sale from late August 2013)

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £25

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What’s Your Favourite Piece?

Marin Alsop © Tim Cochrane

‘Every time I hear Brahms‘s String Sextet in B-flat major, I am transported to that moment when I was 12 years old and suddenly understood the immense power of music to transform us emotionally. I was studying violin at a chamber-music camp, and someone had an LP of the Brahms playing in their dorm room. I can remember being drawn to the door as though it had a magnetic pull; sitting down outside the door and weeping with the beauty of this music and experience. I hope you can hear some Brahms in this season!’

For a full listing of all Brahms being performed see the Index on page 79.

We asked six Southbank Centre friends to name their favourite piece of music. Tell us your favourite piece at #favouritepiece by Friday 28 February 2014 for your chance to win a Southbank Centre Membership for a year.

Sandeep Virdee, Darbar Festival Artistic Director ‘Raga Darbari Kanada is my music of choice which is a timeless piece that takes me on a journey of reflection, sorrow, hope and triumph. It optimises the power of a raga performed late at night.

Simply the greatest sitar and tabla piece of music I have ever heard.’

Hear emotive evening ragas at Iconic Sitar to Mesmerising Carnatic Ragas on Saturday 21 September 2013 (page 10).

Marin Alsop, conductor and Southbank Centre Artist In Residence

Daijon (aged 9), violinist from In Harmony Lambeth Nico Muhly, composer ‘Music in Twelve Parts does everything I want a long-form piece of music to do. Despite its repetitive small structures, it contains moments of great Mahlerian revelation – the groaning transition from parts IV to V being just one of these. Where the first section is austere, droning, the 11th and 12th sections are richly French and decadent in their shifting harmonies and colours.’

‘I like Mars, The Bringer of War because it is loud and fast all at the same time. I played it with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela in the Queen Elizabeth Hall. When you have another orchestra helping you it adds to the effect!’

The Planets by Holst, which includes Mars, The Bringer of War, is played by Philharmonia Orchestra on Sunday 20 October 2013 (page 19).

Music In Twelve Parts is performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble on Saturday 9 November 2013 (page 26).

photo by Ben Larpent

Jacqui Wier O’Brien, Southbank Centre Visitor Services ‘There are so many reasons to love Don Davis’ score for The Matrix and I wish I had the space to list them all. However, in a nutshell, I believe this is film composing at its best. Davis uses a very clever combination of strings, brass and percussive piano to create a soundscape that completely conveys the conflicts being played out in the storyline (truth versus illusion, man versus machine) but, having heard this performed live, I can truly say that the orchestral experience highlights that this is so much more than a “soundtrack”.’

Don Davis’ score for The Matrix is performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday 29 November 2013 (page 28).

Kerry Brotherwood, Southbank Centre Member and regular concert goer ‘One of my top-three favourite pieces of classical music is Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs. I prefer not to follow the text and let the music wash over me. They contain powerful emotional twists and turns as well as poignant vulnerability. I hope that by the end of my journey through The Rest Is Noise, I can move another 20th-century piece into the top three!’

Eva-Maria Westbroek performs Four Last Songs on Thursday 5 June 2014 (page 70) as part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Richard Strauss 150th Anniversary celebration.

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Sunday 3 November 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

From the Canyons to the Stars

Music from turbulent times

Tuesday 5 November 2013

Thursday 7 November 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund

The Works Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment OAE © Timothy Cochrane

Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Christoph Eschenbach conductor Tzimon Barto piano John Ryan horn

Vasily Petrenko © Mark McNulty

Messiaen Des canyons aux étoiles

Wednesday 6 November 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts

Des canyons aux étoiles (From the Canyons to the stars) is an orchestral depiction of a vast space.

Messiaen’s hallmarks are here – intoxicating colours, vivid images of nature and beguiling rhythms imported from Asian traditions.

Please note there is no interval.

Ben Gernon conductor

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Programme includes: Galina Ustvolskaya Symphony No.5 (Amen) for reciter, violin, oboe, trumpet, tuba & percussion

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – Colour and Eternity: the Royal Philharmonic Society explores the music of Olivier Messiaen. Free Sunday 3 November 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra: FUNharmonics The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko conductor Berio Ritirata notturna di Madrid (after Boccherini) Britten, arr. Steuart Bedford Suite from Death in Venice Shostakovich Symphony No.15 Music composed in the 1970s: three musical mavericks offer contrasting visions of this turbulent decade. Britten’s final opera, Death in Venice, is a breath-taking culmination of his operatic career. Shostakovich’s final symphony, sparingly scored and overshadowed by intimations of mortality, includes quotations from his earlier symphonies and other works.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Tuesday 5 November 2013

A Night Under The Stars the Mozart experience

LPO Funharmonics © Graeme Findlay

Stuart Stratford conductor Chris Jarvis presenter

Toby Purser conductor Michael Collins clarinet Lucy Crowe soprano Christopher Maltman baritone Orion Orchestra Streetwise Opera Choir of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court

Come and experience Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – a perfect introduction to orchestral music.

Mozart Clarinet Concerto; Overture and Non più andrai from The Marriage of Figaro; Là ci darem la mano & Fin ch'han dal vino (Champagne Aria) from Don Giovanni; Birdcatcher’s Song, Ach, ich fühl’s & Papageno/ Papagena Duet from The Magic Flute; Alleluia from Exsultate Jubilate; Ave verum corpus; Finale from Symphony No.41;

You can try your hand at playing an orchestral instrument in one of the Have-A-Go instrument sessions or join the Family Orchestra workshops from 10am to 2.30pm in the Royal Festival Hall foyers. Presented by Chris Jarvis of CBeebies.

A gala evening of Mozart favourites in aid of The Passage – a London based charity that provides the resources to encourage, inspire and challenge homeless people to transform their lives.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £18 £16 £14 £12 £10 (adults) £9 £8 £7 £6 £5 (children)

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £39 £29 £19 £12 Premium seats £60

Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm Free, but ticket required

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Saturday 2 November 2013

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LPO Foyle Future Firsts present a programme to include Galina Ustvolskaya’s final work – a haunting setting of The Lord’s Prayer.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

Margaret Faultless violin, director Presenter to be announced Beethoven Symphony No.8

Wednesday 6 November 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra Arvo Part: A timeless beauty

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s The Works concert series gives audience members the opportunity to enjoy a guided tour to a selected piece of music. The evening features a movement-by-movement guide and full performance of the piece. Plus you have the chance to meet musicians afterwards.

Performance lasts one hour 20 minutes with no interval.

Tõnu Kaljuste conductor Sergej Krylov violin London Philharmonic Choir

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £25 £15 (children 11+ £2.50)

Sofia Gubaidulina Offertorium (Violin Concerto) Arvo Pärt Magnificat; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten; Berliner Messe When Arvo Pärt’s music began to be heard outside Estonia two decades ago, it felt like the opening of a door into another world. Pärt’s devastating purity, stillness and resonance connect the distant past to the absolute present.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Friday 8 November 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra The Genius of Film Music 1960 – 1980 John Mauceri conductor Alex North Cleopatra Symphony Nino Rota The Godfather, symphonic portrait Franz Waxman The Ride of the Cossacks Bernard Herrmann Psycho, narrative for string orchestra Bronislaw Kaper Mutiny on the Bounty Jerry Goldsmith The New Enterprise from Star Trek A concert celebrating the genius of film music.

Waxman, Herrmann, North and Rota delivered some of the most emotional and involving orchestral music ever written. See also Friday 29 November 2013.

Hayward Gallery Terrace © Belinda Lawley

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International Piano Series

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

International Chamber Music Season

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Sunday 10 November 2013

Philip Glass Ensemble

Steve Reich & the Colin Currie Group

music in 12 parts

Steve Reich © Timothy Cochrane

Thursday 14 November 2013

Boris Giltburg, piano Rachmaninov 10 Preludes, Op.23 Prokofiev Sonata No.8 in B flat, Op.84 Ravel La valse Rachmaninov’s Preludes are tender, dazzling and dramatic as only Russian Romanticism can be, whereas Prokofiev’s Sonata No.8 is the third of the composer’s so-called ‘war’ sonatas, reflecting the tense atmosphere of World War Two. Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Tuesday 26 November 2013

Philip Glass Ensemble © James Ewing

Glass Music in Twelve Parts A rare performance of Philip Glass’ four-hour Minimalist masterpiece Music in Twelve Parts, scored for keyboards, flutes, saxophones and voice, performed by Philip Glass’ own ensemble with the composer himself on keyboards.

Royal Festival Hall, 5pm £28 £21 £16 £12 Premium seats £35

Steve Reich Clapping Music; Come out; Music for pieces of wood; Pendulum music; Music for 18 musicians

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment A Pianistic Partnership

Steve Reich joins us for this concert featuring a selection of his most bewitching scores. Top of the bill is Music for 18 Musicians.

London Philharmonic Orchestra Sublime Polish melodies

Michał Dworzynski conductor Barnabas Kelemen violin Allison Bell soprano Penderecki Violin Concerto No.1 Górecki Symphony No.3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), Op.36 In the mid-1970s Henryk Górecki asked a specialist in Polish folk music if he had discovered any interesting old melodies. The folklorist responded with a simple Silesian song in which a mother mourns her recently killed son. The composer used the song in his Third Symphony, whose anguished beauty has no parallel in music.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm – Conductor Michał Dworzynski discusses the evening’s programme. Free

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £16 £12 Premium seats £35

Sunday 10 November 2013

Andrew Zolinsky, piano

Wednesday 27 November 2013

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Wednesday 27 November 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today

Cristina Ortiz, piano Cristina Ortiz © Sussie Ahlburg

Johannes Debus conductor Helena Juntunen soprano Unsuk Chin presenter Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra Benedict Mason Self-referential songs and realistic virelais for soprano & ensemble; ! for ensemble A portrait of Benedict Mason, whose music is always exciting, thought-provoking and colourful.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free Thursday 14 November 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra Meredith Monk © Jesse Frohman

Dudamel conducts Mahler

Christian Wolff For Piano 1 John Cage One for piano Meredith Monk Railroad; St Petersburg Waltz Christian Wolff Preludes Nos.6, 9 & 11 Morton Feldman Palais de mari

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1pm £10

Ya-Fei Chuang

Margaret Faultless violin, director Robert Levin fortepiano Ya-Fei Chuang fortepiano Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Mendelssohn Concerto in A flat for 2 pianos Schubert Fantasia in F minor for piano duet, D.940 Beethoven Symphony No.8 One of the Orchestra’s long-time collaborators, the great pianist Robert Levin, returns with the equally accomplished wife Ya-Fei Chuang for two works, including Mendelssohn’s elegant Concerto for Two Pianos, written when he was just 14.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9

British pianist Andrew Zolinsky presents music by four of America’s great originals that explores sound, silence and time.

Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm – OAE Extras pre-concert event. Free Gustavo Dudamel © Richard Haughton

Gustavo Dudamel conductor Mahler Symphony No.7

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Chopin Ballades: No.1 in G minor, Op.23; No.2 in F, Op.38; No.3 in A flat, Op.47; No.4 in F minor, Op.52; Scherzos: No.1 in B minor, Op.20; No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31; No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39; No.4 in E, Op.54 Cristina Ortiz, one of Brazil’s most celebrated pianists and long resident in London, performs all Chopin’s Ballades and Scherzos, alternating the genres throughout the concert, providing an unusual chance to savour the contrast between them.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

At the heart of Mahler’s bewitching Seventh Symphony are two movements entitled Nachtmusik (Night Music) and a central scherzo whose haunting atmosphere appear to inhabit another world. Please note there is no interval.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

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Saturday 9 November 2013

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra no more rules

Ilan Volkov © John Wood – BBC

Saturday 30 November 2013

OAE Tots

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s popular series of events for the very youngest music-lovers returns to Southbank Centre.

Suitable for under fives (and parents!). Tots aged two and over require tickets. Tots aged younger than two go free, provided they do not need their own seat.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 9.30am & 11am £9 (adults) £1 (tots) Saturday 30 November 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra Ilan Volkov conductor Ilya Gringolts violin Patrick Gallois flute

Napoléon film screening with live orchestra

Toru Takemitsu Green (November steps II); Marginalia; I hear the water dreaming for flute & orchestra Ligeti San Francisco Polyphony; Violin Concerto

Friday 6 December 2013

Sunday 1 December 2013

György & Márta Kurtág, Hiromi Kikuchi György Kurtág piano Márta Kurtág piano Hiromi Kikuchi violin György Kurtág Hipartita; Excerpts from Játékok (Games); Bach arrangements A rare opportunity to see legendary Hungarian composer György Kurtág in action as a pianist, alongside his wife, Márta. Játékok are humorous, quirky miniatures, and as the perfect musical companion, the Kurtágs perform some of György’s exquisite four-hand arrangements of Bach’s timeless classics.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £22 £15 £10

Vivaldi The Four Seasons; Magnificat in G minor, RV.611; Concerto in C for 2 trumpets, RV.537; Gloria The highly acclaimed Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge perform Vivaldi’s choral masterpiece as a fitting finale to this selection of his finest works.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39.50 £29.50 £22.50 £16.50 £14.50 Premium seats £45

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm Free, but ticket required

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Thursday 5 December 2013

John Wilson & The John Wilson Orchestra

Friday 29 November 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra The Genius of Film Music 1980-2000

Napoleon courtesy of Photoplay Productions

a celebration of the mgm film musicals John Wilson © Chris Christodoulou

Carl Davis conductor Carl Davis’ epic score for the 1927 silent film Napoléon, directed by Abel Gance, is not only the longest ever composed, but is also widely celebrated as one of the finest. Please note there are two intervals, plus a 100-minute interval at approximately 5pm.

Friday 6 December 2013

London Sinfonietta Darkness and Light – Haas’ in vain André de Ridder conductor Georg Friedrich Haas in vain for 24 instruments (London premiere) Haas’ in vain, written in 2000, is an exploration of a musical sound outside the standard tonal system of composition and an adventure for the listener. As well as the microtonal harmonic sound-world that pervades the work, the normal concert experience is altered for both audience and performers, as parts of the performance are given in pitch-black.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8pm £20 £10 Saturday 7 December 2013

End time approximately 9.30pm.

London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts

Royal Festival Hall, 1.30pm £45 £36 £29 £24 £18 £15 £11 Premium seats £60

Paul Hoskins conductor

Dirk Brossé conductor Excerpts from: John Williams Star Wars Vangelis Chariots of Fire Marvin Hamlisch Sophie’s Choice Ennio Morricone The Mission Luis Enríque Bacalov Il Postino Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks Elmer Bernstein The Age of Innocence Danny Elfman The Nightmare before Christmas John Powell Chicken Run Nicola Piovani La Vita è bella Jerry Goldsmith Mulan Don Davis The Matrix Hans Zimmer Gladiator Enjoy an evening of spectacular, colourful and evocative film scores, in all their orchestral brilliance. See also Friday 8 November.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm

Andrew Nethsingha conductor St John’s College Choir, Cambridge Stephanie Gonley violin Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet Tom Rainer trumpet Anna Patalong soprano Frances Bourne mezzo-soprano English Chamber Orchestra

Monday 2 December 2013

A concert showcasing the vibrant music of Ligeti and Takemitsu. Japanese composer Takemitsu’s music incorporates Japanese instruments and other elements of the country’s folk music into his richly orchestrated, gorgeous works.

Darth Vader © Lucas Film

Vivaldi: Gloria

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Thursday 28 November 2013

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Programme includes: Martin Butler Jazz machines Julian Anderson Tiramisu for chamber ensemble

Southbank Centre © Belinda Lawley

The LPO Foyle Future Firsts perform British music from the 1990s.

John Wilson conductor with guest artists

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

The much-loved John Wilson Orchestra returns with an all-new show celebrating the golden era of Hollywood performing show-stopping sequences from the hit MGM film-musicals Easter Parade, High Society, Gigi plus more.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £47.50 £43 £35 £28.50

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Benjamin Britten © britten100.org, photo by Hans Wild

Britten’s Centenary and the LPO

Vladimir Jurowski © Karen Robinson

Where & When Peter Grimes Vladimir Jurowski conducts Benjamin Britten’s opera about a Suffolk fisherman whose eccentric nature leads to the local community dramatically turning on him (Saturday 28 September, page 14) Part of The Rest Is Noise.

Orchestral Power From the UK

London Philharmonic Orchestra, a Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra, begins the season with a celebration of Benjamin Britten, marking 100 years since this beloved composer’s birth.

Sofia Gubaidulina © Peter Fischli, Lucerne Festival

Led by the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski, this is a great opportunity to hear some of the works that made Britten one of the most important composers of the last 100 years, as well as discovering some of his lesser performed pieces.

The celebration gets underway with a performance of the chilling opera Peter Grimes (Saturday 28 September 2013), which has been described as one of ‘the true operatic masterpieces of the 20th century’ (Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times). Tenor Mark Padmore and cellist Truls Mørk explore another side of the versatile composer in a concert including Britten’s Cello Symphony and Suite on English Folk Tunes (Wednesday 2 October 2013).

Then the trio of Britten concerts concludes with the monumental War Requiem, again directed by Vladimir Jurowski (Saturday 12 October 2013).

Talking about the War Requiem’s anti-war origins, Jurowski says: ‘The participation of soloists Matthias Goerne, Ian Bostridge and Tatiana Monogarova in [our performance of] the War Requiem is the exact national set-up as it was during the 1962 world premiere of the piece. There was a British tenor, Russian soprano and German baritone – reflecting three of the countries that participated in the Second World War.’

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra is also Southbank Centre’s principal orchestra partner for the year-long The Rest Is Noise festival, of which the Britten Centenary is a part.

In December, the festival moves into the 1990s with a concert of works by four leading British composers, including Thomas Adès’ Asyla – a work with a special resonance for conductor Vladimir Jurowski (Saturday 7 December 2013).

‘Asyla, for me, is the central British work of the late 20th century,’ says Jurowski. ‘I have a very unfortunate history with it because I was going to perform it about 13 years ago, everything was planned and then I fell ill. I still have the score marked up from the attempt, so I am looking forward all the more to conducting it now.’

The concluding performance of this festival of 20th-century music is El Niño (Nativity Oratorio), a joyful work that many consider to be John Adams’ masterpiece (Saturday 14 December 2013). It promises to be a moving and unforgettable end to this remarkable season.

Hear four key orchestral works from the 1990s, including Thomas Adès’ Asyla, which was in part inspired by his clubbing experiences, and James MacMillan’s percussion concerto, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, performed by Olympics Opening Ceremony-star Evelyn Glennie (Saturday 7 December 2013, page 32).

Part of The Rest Is Noise.

El Niño John Adams’ moving nativity oratorio fuses the rousing joy of Handel’s Messiah with Latin American texts (Saturday 14 December 2013, page 33). Part of The Rest Is Noise.

Sofia Gubaidulina’s Offertorium Russian composer Gubaidulina takes inspiration from Webern, Bach and the Christian symbolism of death and resurrection in her violin concerto Offertorium (Wednesday 6 November 2013, page 25). Part of The Rest Is Noise.

Entire LPO 2013/14 Season Listings To see all the concerts that make up the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2013/14 season see the Index on page 83.

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Friday 13 December 2013

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London Sinfonietta

Till Fellner, piano

Messiah by Candlelight

The New Music Show 2013

Mozart Rondo in A minor for piano, K.511 Bach Preludes and Fugues, BWV.874 - 877 from The Well-Tempered Clavier; Haydn Sonata in D, Hob.XVI/37; Schumann Davidsbündlertänze, Op.6

mozart festival orchestra in full 18th-century costume

Evelyn Glennie plays MacMillan

Viennese pianist Till Fellner, a one-time student of Alfred Brendel, performs classics from the German keyboard tradition.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Wednesday 11 December 2013

The Sixteen at Christmas A Ceremony of Carols Harry Christophers conductor

© Kevin Leighton Evelyn Glennie © James Wilson

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Evelyn Glennie percussion Julian Anderson The Stations of the Sun for orchestra James MacMillan Veni, Veni, Emmanuel Mark-Anthony Turnage Evening Songs Thomas Adès Asyla Vladimir Jurowski conducts a retrospective of seminal British works from the 1990s.

Percussionist Evelyn Glennie – dedicatee of the work – performs James MacMillan’s percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, a wonderfully playful yet deeply spiritual work, that demands to be seen as well as heard.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Fairy lights over Festival Terrace © Belinda Lawley

Baldur Brönnimann conductor Sound Intermedia sound projection The New Music Show is London Sinfonietta's festival-in-a-day, with concerts that feature a host of premieres from emerging and established composers. A series of talks and panel discussions curated by The Royal Philharmonic Society explore the future of new music. The day also features the return of Hidden – a series of intimate solo performances of short new works in unusual spaces around the concert hall. Full programme to be announced in the summer.

Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, from 4pm £20 day ticket

Poulenc 4 Petites prières de Saint François d’Assise Anonymous Nowell, nowell: Out of your sleep; Sweet was the song; Sing we to this merry company Poulenc Salve regina Anonymous Nowell, nowell: In Bethlem; Angelus ad virginem; Make we joy Poulenc 4 Motets pour le temps de Noel Britten Hymn to the Virgin; A Shepherd’s carol Traditional The Holly and the Ivy arr. Britten Britten A Ceremony of Carols

Main and Under 13 Orchestras Royal Festival Hall, National Children’s Orchestra © Alex von koettlitz

The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 9.15pm. Carols with The Sixteen. Free Thursday 12 December 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra Sokhiev conducts Mahler Tugan Sokhiev conductor Viktoria Mullova violin Anastasia Kalagina soprano

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39.50 £29.50 £22.50 £16.50 £14.50 Premium seats £45 Saturday 14 December 2013

London Philharmonic Orchestra Jurowski conducts a Nativity oratorio

Kelley O'Connor © Zachary Maxwell Stertz

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Kate Royal soprano Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano Matthew Rose bass Daniel Bubeck counter-tenor Brian Cummings counter-tenor Steven Rickards counter-tenor Mark Grey sound designer London Philharmonic Choir John Adams El Niño (Nativity Oratorio)

Mendelssohn’s life-enhancing concerto creates the impression of having been conceived in one miraculous sweep (in fact it took him six years, on and off), while Mahler’s Fourth possesses a magical, Mendelssohnian innocence, culminating in one of the most angelically beautiful song-settings ever composed.

El Niño tells a refracted version of the Nativity story transplanted to Hispanic America, presenting a feast of allusions in musical, theatrical and visual form. It is as joyful and rousing as Handel’s Messiah (its inspiration), as intense and direct as the Latin American texts that it uses, and as moving and sincere as anything Adams has written.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall at 5pm – The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s creative ensemble for 15- to 19-year-olds, The Band, performs new music inspired by John Adams’ El Niño and its source texts. Free

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm (please note start time) £25 £20 £17 £12

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Following a sold-out performance in 2012, four acclaimed soloists join the Mozart Festival Orchestra to perform Handel’s choral masterpiece in an evocative candle-lit-style setting.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £45 £36 £28 £20 £16 £12

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No.4

Join the National Children’s Orchestras for an explosive combination of fresh-faced enthusiasm and a reputation for delivering first-rate performances of the repertoire they love best.

Handel Messiah

The Sixteen returns to perform its ever-popular annual Christmas concert, featuring music by two of the most significant composers of vocal music from the 20th century, Poulenc and Britten.

Sunday 8 December 2013

National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain

Oliver Gooch conductor Laura Mitchell soprano Carolyn Dobbin mezzo-soprano Alexander Sprague tenor Gary Griffiths bass-baritone Mozart Festival Chorus

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Tuesday 10 December 2013

Saturday 7 December 2013

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Opera Rara King of Fools: Offenbach’s Fantasio Sarah Connolly ©Peter Warren

Monday 6 January 2014

Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series

THE FUTURE STARTS HERE!

Enjoy the annual display of Britain’s brilliant young talent in five compelling and imaginative programmes, each created around an important contemporary composer – George Benjamin, Cristóbal Halffter, Nicola LeFanu, Giles Swayne, and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Enjoy the annual display of Britain’s brilliant young talent in five compelling and imaginative programmes. See Monday 6 January 2014.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm – Illustrated introduction or masterclass. Free to ticket-holders for the 7.45pm concert.

Tuesday 7 January 2014

Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series THE FUTURE STARTS HERE! Enjoy the annual display of Britain’s brilliant young talent in five compelling and imaginative programmes. See Monday 6 January 2014.

Offenbach Fantasio – comic opera in 3 acts (concert performance in French with English surtitles) (UK premiere) A concert performance of Offenbach’s opera Fantasio, the story of a young student who pursues his true love against all odds. One of Offenbach’s most romantic, daring and innovative operas, marking a crucial step on his way towards The Tales of Hoffmann.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9 Premium seats £60

Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series

The Future Starts Here!

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12 £9.50 £7

Cast includes: Sir Mark Elder conductor Marlis Petersen Elsbeth, La Princesse Sarah Connolly Fantasio Victoria Simmonds Flamel Robert Murray Marinoni Russell Braun Le Prince Neal Davies Sparck Brindley Sherratt Le Roi Opera Rara Chorus

Thursday 9 January 2014

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12 £9.50 £7 Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm – Illustrated introduction or masterclass. Free to ticket-holders for the 7.45pm concert.

Wednesday 8 January 2014

Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series THE FUTURE STARTS HERE! Enjoy the annual display of Britain’s brilliant young talent in five compelling and imaginative programmes. See Monday 6 January 2014.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12 £9.50 £7 Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm – Illustrated introduction or masterclass. Free to ticket-holders for the 7.45pm concert

Wednesday 15 January 2014

London Philharmonic Orchestra Jurowski conducts Mahler Vladimir Jurowski © Karen Robinson

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Sunday 15 December 2013

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12 £9.50 £7 Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm – Illustrated introduction or masterclass. Free to ticket-holders for the 7.45pm concert.

Friday 10 January 2014

Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series THE FUTURE STARTS HERE! Enjoy the annual display of Britain’s brilliant young talent in five compelling and imaginative programmes. See Monday 6 January 2014.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12 £9.50 £7 Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm – Illustrated introduction or masterclass. Free to ticket-holders for the 7.45pm concert.

Tuesday 14 January 2014

Boris Berezovsky, piano Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Debussy Selection from Préludes, Bk. 1 Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op.22; Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 Boris Berezovsky has enjoyed a glittering international career since winning the gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990. Tonight is a welcome opportunity to hear him in recital at Southbank Centre after an absence of several months.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £33 £25 £20 £15 £10 Premium seats £52 Students’ platform seats £7

Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm – OAE Extras, preconcert event in conjunction with Opera Rara.

Free

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Lawrence Power viola James MacMillan Viola Concerto (World premiere) Mahler Symphony No.6 Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is a compelling 80-minute orchestral journey, ending in resolute tragedy – perhaps the first symphony to paint such a resoundingly dark picture of the human soul with such astonishing purpose and effect.

It is preceded by the world-premiere of a Viola Concerto by one of the UK’s leading composers James MacMillan.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm – James MacMillan discusses his new Viola Concerto. Free Friday 17 January 2014

London Philharmonic Orchestra Jurowski conducts Brahms and Beethoven Vladimir Jurowski conductor Yulianna Avdeeva piano

Royal Festival Hall from the Thames © Belinda Lawley

Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 Beethoven Symphony No.6 (Pastoral) Between the tumultuous upheavals of his Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, Beethoven’s Sixth feels like a sudden step into daylight – into the softened world of the countryside, with its quiet exaltation and its strengthening sense of communion.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Southbank Centre ChristmasMarket © Belinda Lawley

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Monday 27 January 2014

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conversazione

Championing freedom

Sounds Baroque Julian Perkins harpsichord, director Anna Dennis soprano Andrew Radley counter-tenor Jane Gordon violin Jorge Jimenez violin Piroska Baranyay cello James Akers theorbo, guitar

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV.1041 Hartmann Concerto funèbre Beethoven Symphony No.3 (Eroica) Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony was written to encapsulate ideals of liberty in music of intense endurance and fortitude – and its volume and emotional power left critics and audiences dumbfounded.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Thursday 23 January 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today Antony Hermus conductor Hae-Sun Kang violin Unsuk Chin presenter Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra

Duelling Cantatas

Gasparini Io che dal terzo ciel Corelli Violin Sonata in D, Op.5 No.1 A Scarlatti Questo silenzio ombroso Caldara Trio Sonata in E minor, Op.1 No.5 Handel Sonata in G for keyboard, HWV.579 D Scarlatti Sonata in G, Kk.63; Attrib. Handel Rondeau in G Handel Amarilli vezzosa (Il duello amorosa), HWV.82 Arcadian bliss, unrequited love, virtuosic abandon; Duelling Cantatas combines these elements to conjure up a performance – or conversazioni – at one of the auspicious Roman palazzi in the early 18th century.

Thursday 30 January 2014

Monday 3 February 2014

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund

Gamechangers: A forgotten revolutionary?

Rebecca Miller conductor Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Danny Driver fortepiano CPE Bach Symphonies: Wq.179 in E flat; Wq.182/5 in B minor; Concerto in E flat for harpsichord & fortepiano, Wq.47; Symphonies: Wq.182/4 in A; Wq.183/1 in D; Wq.183/3 in F

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Tuesday 28 January 2014

Richard Strauss 150th Anniversary Celebration

No composer since Olivier Messiaen has so consistently captured notions of spirituality and transcendence in music than Jonathan Harvey (1939 – 2012). The Philharmonia celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday with the performance of two major works.

Programme includes: Bach Partita No.4 in D, BWV.828 Schumann Waldszenen, Op.82 Schubert Fantasy in C, D.760 (Wandererfantasie)

Philharmonia Orchestra Andris Nelsons: Brahms Cycle Hélène Grimaud © Karen Robinson

Philippe Jordan conductor Angela Denoke soprano

Paul Lewis © Josep Molina Harmonia Mundi

Wagner Overture, Tannhäuser Strauss Songs with orchestral accompaniment; Don Juan; Dance of the Seven Veils and Final scene from Salome

The young German pianist Martin Helmchen is a rising star who has built an enviable international reputation. For this recital he focuses on music from the heart of the AustroGerman tradition, crossing three centuries.

A celebration of the 150th anniversary of Strauss’ birth. The concert includes his orchestral swashbuckler Don Juan, and music from the climax to his sumptuous and shocking one-act opera Salome.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – Explore: an introduction to this evening’s programme.Free

London Philharmonic Orchestra Colourful orchestral favourites

Royal Festival Hall foyer © Belinda Lawley

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Rudolf Buchbinder piano

Andris Nelsons conductor

Hélène Grimaud piano Brahms Piano Concerto No.2; Symphony No.4 Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto is a symphonic powerhouse of scorching virtuosity that the composer mischievously described as ‘a set of little piano pieces’. The majestic Fourth Symphony was the last of his works he saw performed.

Paul Lewis, piano

Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm: OAE Extras – pre-concert event. Free

Jonathan Harvey Wheel of emptiness for chamber ensemble; Scena for violin & chamber ensemble

Thursday 23 January 2014

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9

Philharmonia Orchestra

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm Free, but ticket required

Enjoy the music of forgotten trailblazer Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach. One of the many children of JS Bach, CPE Bach’s music is bright and effervescent, and a fascinating link between the music of his father (and the Baroque era) and Joseph Haydn (the Classical era).

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12

Martin Helmchen, piano

Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

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Wednesday 22 January 2014

Bach Chorale-prelude, Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV.639 transc. Busoni Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.27 No.1 (Quasi una fantasia) Bach Chorale-prelude, Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV.659 transc. Busoni Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia – Moonlight) Liszt Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort S.203; Unstern! sinistre, disastro, S.208; R.W. - Venezia, S.201 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition British pianist Paul Lewis is firmly established as one of today’s best-loved musicians, particularly noted for his expertise in the great Viennese classics. This recital also offers a chance to hear him claim new territory, with three unusual, atmospheric works by Liszt and Mussorgsky’s dazzling Pictures at an Exhibition.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £33 £25 £20 £15 £10 Premium seats £52 Students’ platform seats £7

Kodály Dances of Galánta Grieg Piano Concerto Dvořák Symphony No.7

Thursday 6 February 2014

A trio of orchestral favourites: the aching poise and flowing melody of Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Kodály’s rumbustious, colourful dances and Dvořák’s compelling Seventh Symphony.

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

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This season, the Philharmonia Orchestra starts a new project on Berlioz, joins the celebrations of our newly restored organ and tackles an epic Mahler symphony.

Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen explains why.

Beginning the Philharmonia’s Orchestra’s 2013/14 season is a performance of Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet. ‘I was a latecomer to Berlioz,’ explains Esa-Peka Salonen. ‘And like so many others of my generation I was trained to think of him as amusing – not somebody to study or to take seriously.

‘However, when I was in my 40s I thought I’d better take another look, because so many colleagues of mine, including Valery Gergiev and Sir Simon Rattle, were utterly fascinated by this music.

Many people were raving about it. So I went through his scores, studied them, and thought: this is wonderful!

‘For me now, Berlioz is one of the great musical geniuses. He had no predecessors and no followers, so his voice is totally unique.

The Finnish line: Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra

‘I decided to do a three-year project with the Philharmonia on his three big vocal pieces that can’t really be defined. For example, Romeo and Juliet is not a symphony. It was clearly modelled after Beethoven’s Ninth in terms of the voices, but the narrative and drama are totally unique. Then we are doing the Requiem, followed by a multimedia production of The Damnation of Faust.’

In between Romeo and Juliet and The Damnation of Faust Salonen is taking a few months off to write music.

‘I have a couple of big projects I need to finish and I have learnt over the years that combining conducting with composing is near impossible when you try to work on a larger scale piece. A lot of music goes through my head when I conduct and it takes a couple of weeks for me to get rid of all that and recognise what I’m hearing.’

Esa-Pekka Salonen © Karen Robinson Gustav Mahler, 1907 © Moriz Nahr

Where & When Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts this dramatic work to open the Philharmonia Orchestra’s season, Thursday 26 September 2013 (page 13).

UK Premiere: Kaija Saariaho Hear the debut of this new work for organ and orchestra, Thursday 26 June 2014 (page 73).

Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand Esa-Pekka Salonen closes the Philharmonia Orchestra’s season with Mahler’s powerful Eighth Symphony, Sunday 29 June 2014 (page 73).

For full listings of all the Philharmonia Orchestra’s concerts see the Index on page 83.

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At the end of the season, Salonen returns to conduct two concerts. The first has a Finnish theme, with music by Sibelius and a UK premiere of a work for organ and orchestra by Kaija Saariaho.

Salonen (who was born in Helsinki) is clearly looking forward to putting the refurbished Royal Festival Hall organ through its paces with music that hints at ‘currents under the surface which are very Nordic indeed in their slowness and the depth.’

‘I’m really excited that Kaija is writing a piece for organ and orchestra because it’s something completely new for her. I think that she can create orchestral colour that is more than the sum of its parts, which will work very well in this combination of orchestra and organ.’

Finally, the orchestra is going to finish the season at full volume with Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, Symphony of a Thousand. Salonen said that ‘for a conductor this piece is special because you don't get the opportunity to conduct it every year or every decade even.

‘It’s an immense work and every time I’ve come back to it, it seems clearer to me. His control over these massive forces is just astonishing. He dallies with opera but never quite gets there. I find it absolutely fascinating.’

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Friday 14 February 2014

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

Collon conducts Vaughan Williams Nicholas Collon conductor Pekka Kuusisto violin Britten 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Thomas Adès Concerto for violin & chamber orchestra (Concentric Paths) Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6 in E minor This classic, all-British programme features two established masterpieces from the period immediately following the Second World War, and a contemporary gem from Thomas Adès.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Wednesday 12 February 2014

Charles Dutoit conducts Poulenc and Ravel Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit conductor Nicole Cabell soprano Philharmonia Chorus Poulenc Gloria Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Maurizio Pollini, piano

Stuart Stratford conductor Sa Chen piano Dvořák Carnival Overture Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Wagner Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet A concert of rapturous and romantic classical music for Valentine’s Day, including Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet overture – a sound-picture of the star-crossed lovers containing one of the most famous tunes ever written.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Sunday 16 February 2014

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Maurizio Pollini © Karen Robinson

Chopin Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.45; Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38; Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47; 4 Mazurkas, Op.33; Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39 Debussy Préludes, Book 1 This is the first of two recitals in the International Piano Series by the great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini. Ever since his triumph at the 1960 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, when he was only 18, he has been regarded as a unique presence on the musical scene, one that has only gained in stature year by year.

(See also Wednesday 2 April 2014)

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £38 £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Premium seats £58

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10.30am & 12 noon £9 (adults) £1 (tots)

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £37 £29 £22.50 £17 £12 Premium seats £60 Students’ platform seats £7

Thursday 13 February 2014

Sunday 16 February 2014

Wednesday 19 February 2014

The Bach Choir: The Dream of Gerontius David Hill conductor Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Andrew Staples tenor Roderick Williams baritone Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Strauss Tod und Verklärung Elgar The Dream of Gerontius The Bach Choir performs one of Elgar’s most significant and successful works with talented young musicians from Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £38 £32 £27 £22 £16 £9 Premium seats £47

OAE Family Concert: Fancy That!

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Valentine’s Day Classics

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s popular series of events for the very youngest music-lovers returns to Southbank Centre.

Suitable for under fives (and parents!). Tots aged two and over require tickets. Tots aged younger than two go free, provided they do not need their own seat.

Leading exponent of 20th-century French music, Charles Dutoit conducts a colourful programme of Ravel’s sensual ballet score and Poulenc’s Gloria, one of the composer's finest works brimming with rich harmony and rhythmic verve.

Thursday 20 February 2014

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Thursday 6 February 2014

London Philharmonic Orchestra FUNharmonics Yikes! Spikes!

FUNharmonics Family Concert David Angus conductor Chris Jarvis presenter Benjamin Wallfisch The Porcupine (on Roald Dahl’s text) In Yikes! Spikes!, Roald Dahl’s The Porcupine is set to brand new music from the quill of Benjamin Wallfisch. A special LPO commission, conducted by David Angus. Presented by Chris Jarvis of CBeebies.

You can try your hand at playing an orchestral instrument in one of the Have-A-Go instrument sessions or join the Family Orchestra workshops from 10am to 2.30pm in the Royal Festival Hall foyers.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £18 £16 £14 £12 £10 (adults) £9 £8 £7 £6 £5 (children)

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London Philharmonic Orchestra Hamelin plays Khachaturian Osmo Vänskä conductor Marc-André Hamelin piano Balakirev Islamey, oriental fantasy Khachaturian Piano Concerto Kalinnikov Symphony No.1

Katia and Marielle Labéque with audience members at Imagine Children’s Festival © Timothy Cochrane

Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano James Redwood presenter Players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals A family-friendly concert suitable for ages seven to 11 with the Labèque sisters and members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11.30am £12 £10 (adults) £6 £5 (children) Thursday 20 February 2014

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment French Fancies Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune arr.

Schoenberg Ravel Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) suite Ibert Divertissement Ravel Introduction & Allegro Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals

Forced out of music college, dismissed by his compositional elders and struggling with tuberculosis, Vassily Kalinnikov was staring failure in the face when his First Symphony premiered in Kiev in 1897 – and this momentous and haunting piece handed Kalinnikov a brief taste of success before his tragically early death just four years later.

This concert features Ibert’s charming, even frivolous Divertissement and concludes with The Carnival of the Animals, a work Saint-Saëns banned during his lifetime for fear it would undermine his reputation as a ‘serious’ composer.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9 Premium seats £50

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm – David Nice discusses the evening’s programme. Free

The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm – OAE Extras, pre-concert event.

OAE Remix explore the animal world in Biber’s Sonata Representiva. Free

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Sunday 23 February 2014

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Friday 28 February 2014

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Philharmonia Orchestra Andris Nelsons: Brahms Cycle

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Verdi: Requiem

Andris Nelsons: Brahms Cycle Andris Nelsons conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin

Andris Nelsons conductor Annette Dasch soprano James Rutherford baritone Philharmonia Chorus

Brahms Academic Festival Overture; Violin Concerto in D; Symphony No.2 Brahms’ ebullient Academic Festival Overture raises the curtain on one of the great violin concertos, which soars aloft with ecstatic brilliance. When working on his sublime Second Symphony, Brahms wrote contentedly to a friend, ‘The melodies flow so freely that one must be careful not to tread on them.’

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Friday 21 February 2014

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Brahms Tragic Overture; Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) for chorus & orchestra; Ein deutsches Requiem Ein deutsches Requiem was composed in memory of the composer’s mother and his most famous champion, Robert Schumann. In this epic masterwork, Brahms poured out his heart as never before – a profound emotional release from a young composer who stood on the verge of international acclaim.

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Vasily Petrenko conductor Kirill Gerstein piano

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund

Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Elgar Symphony No.2

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm Free, but ticket required

Petrenko conducts Rachmaninov and Elgar

Elgar’s Second Symphony was intended to represent ‘high and pure joy’. It certainly appears high-spirited, bubbling over with energy and expression, but it is far more emotionally complicated than Elgar suggested.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Sunday 23 February 2014

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Jurowski conducts Bruckner Vladimir Jurowski conductor Julia Fischer violin Daniel Müller-Schott cello Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello Bruckner Symphony No.2 Bruckner’s Second Symphony is where his epic symphonic journey really begins – brimming with the composer’s trademark rhythmic power, rolling inevitability and humble tunefulness that make his huge orchestral canvases so irresistible.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Thursday 27 February 2014

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Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Quatuor Mosaïques Haydn String Quartet in C, Op.76 No.3 (Emperor) Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K.458 (The Hunt) Schubert String Quartet in A minor, D.804 (Rosamunde)

Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

The leading period-instrument string quartet Quatuor Mosaïques makes a long-awaited return to the International Chamber Music Season. Using gut strings and historical performance techniques, a Quatuor Mosaïques concert is like journeying back in time to the music’s original source.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

Festival Terrace © Belinda Lawley

Tuesday 25 February 2014

The Parkhouse Award 2013 Prizewinners Chamber Music for Small Ensemble of Piano with Strings The Parkhouse Award seeks and finds the best emerging talent in chamber music for piano with strings. Enjoy sonatas, piano trios or piano quartets performed by the 2013 winners.

Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today Peter Tilling conductor Marie Axelsson soprano Johanna Bölja Hertzberg soprano Unsuk Chin presenter Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra Karin Rehnqvist Raven chant (UK premiere); Utrop (Avocation) (UK premiere); Who’s that calling? (UK premiere) Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist writes startlingly intense and immediately communicative music. It often evokes elemental forces, and draws on vernacular traditions and modernist innovations in equal measure.

Nathalie Manfrino © Robin François

Brian Wright conductor Nathalie Manfrino soprano Tiziana Carraro mezzo-soprano Barry Banks tenor Brindley Sherratt bass Philharmonia Orchestra Goldsmiths Choral Union Verdi Requiem Hear Verdi’s awe-inspiring choral masterpiece performed by star soloists and the Philharmonia Orchestra and Goldsmiths Choral Union.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £27.50 £19.50 £16.50 Premium seats £55 Friday 28 February 2014

Seduced by Ragas on the Sitar

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free Thursday 27 February 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra Richard Strauss 150th Anniversary Celebration Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Martin Helmchen piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Strauss Ein Heldenleben The 35-year-old Richard Strauss caused a sensation with his tone poem A Hero’s Tale when it was premiered in 1898, shocking musicians and critics with what was assumed to be an egotistical display of musical autobiography.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

Pandit Kumar Bose © Arnhel de Serra

Pandit Kushal Das sitar Pandit Kumar Bose tabla Pandit Das is considered to be one of the main torchbearers of the sitar today, and has been mesmerising audiences with his beautiful rendering of ragas like no other. Pandit Bose, the legendary tabla maestro, provides an exhilarating improvised accompaniment.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £30 £25 £20

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £15 £12 £8

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Thursday 20 February 2014

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Monday 3 March 2014

Freddy Morgan Piano Recitals

Jurowski conducts Beethoven’s Choral Symphony

Ilyich Rivas conductor Simon Trpčeski piano Dvořák Scherzo capriccioso Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Mahler Blumine (Andante) from Symphony No.1 Shostakovich Symphony No.1 in F minor Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto changed Russian music, with its profusion of celebratory major keys a charming counterbalance to the darkness that underlay the Russian psyche. It remains one of the most popular works in the piano repertoire.

Julian Anderson Alleluia Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Choral) Over the course of his career, Beethoven changed music forever. For some, he had changed mankind too. In his final symphony the composer captured the most startling journey of all: from a brutal, joyless world to one of uplifting, encompassing brotherhood.

Please note there is no interval.

Saturday 1 March 2014

Nikolaj Znaider

London Philharmonic Orchestra Trpceski plays Tchaikovsky

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Emma Bell soprano Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano John Daszak tenor Gerald Finley baritone London Philharmonic Choir

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Friday 7 March 2014

Purcell School students

Hear talented young musicians from The Purcell School, Britain’s oldest specialist school, perform an eclectic programme of works written for piano.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £10 £8

Gabriela Montero, piano WOW – Women of the World Gabriela Montero © Timothy Cochrane

Nikolaj Znaider © George Lange

Beethoven Violin Sonata in G major, Op.30 No.3 Stravinsky Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss arr. Stravinsky & Dushkin for violin & piano Brahms Scherzo in C minor for violin & piano Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108

Thursday 13 March 2014

Nadine Mortimer-Smith The American Songbook

Sunday Matinee Series Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Nikolai Lugansky piano Beethoven Overture, Egmont; Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish) The Philharmonia Orchestra’s Sunday Matinee Series continues with music by Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn’s fleet-footed Romanticism, which looks simultaneously back to Mozart and forward to Wagner, is subtly shaded by the rhythms of Scottish folk music.

Purcell School Symphony Orchestra Purcell School students

Nadine Mortimer-Smith

Nadine Mortimer-Smith soprano Tomasz Lis piano Harold Fisher drums Percy Pursglove double bass Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson John Harbison Milosz Songs for voice & piano André Previn Honey and Rue for voice, piano & rhythm section Nadine Mortimer-Smith and Tomasz Lis are rapidly gaining recognition in the UK and abroad as the leading British exponents of American Song. They give a preview of their new album presenting three generations of American composers as well as three outstanding poets.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £15 £10

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Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire – sought-after the world over for his interpretations of Classical and Romantic repertoire, and for his duo appearances with Martha Argerich – presents works by three musical giants.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

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Monday 10 March 2014

The Danish-born violinist Nikolaj Znaider has captivated audiences around the globe. He is joined by leading pianist Robert Kulek in this Romantic programme.

Beethoven Andante favori, WoO.57; Sonata in C minor, Op.111 Rachmaninov Preludes: Op.32 No.1 in C; Op.32 No.5 in G; Op.32 No.10 in B minor; Op.32 No.12 in G sharp minor Schumann Carnaval, Op.9

Two of the greatest chamber works by Beethoven and Brahms performed by the world-renowned Artemis Quartet.

Sunday 9 March 2014

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Nikolaj Znaider violin Robert Kulek piano

Nelson Freire, piano

Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131 Brahms String Quartet in C minor, Op.51 No.1

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Sunday 2 March 2014

Artemis Quartet

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Saturday 1 March 2014

Robert Schumann Fantasie in C, Op.17 Clara Schumann Sonata in G minor Improvisations based on themes from the audience The Venezuelan musician Gabriela Montero has won worldwide acclaim for her performances and recordings, and for her exceptional ability to improvise. As part of Southbank Centre’s WOW – Women of the World festival, she spotlights a remarkable female composer – Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann.

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Jaime Martín conductor Programme includes: Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 A performance by pupils from Britain’s oldest specialist school for talented young musicians.

It holds the UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal in recognition of its unique contribution to music, education and international culture.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra Stanisław Skrowaczewski conductor Benjamin Beilman violin Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Bruckner Symphony No.3 (ed. Novak) When his musical guiding light Richard Wagner died, Anton Bruckner set about creating a symphonic memorial to the composer who had inspired him more than any other. It took 16 years of fine-tuning before Bruckner’s Third Symphony was just how its composer wanted it – a monolithic memorial that feels intimate and deeply personal, too.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – Musicians from the LPO join students from London Music Masters’ innovative music education programme, the Bridge Project, for a musical celebration. Free Friday 14 March 2014

Bach Weekend 2014: The Chamber Works with Continuo Bach and the Model of Perfection Catherine Manson © Benjamin Harte

Friday 14 March 2014

Bach Weekend 2014: Night Concert – The Keyboard Toccatas

Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV.1038; Sonata in E minor for flute & continuo, BWV.1034; Trio Sonata in C, BWV.1037; Sonata in G for violin & continuo, BWV.1021; Trio Sonata in G, BWV.1039 Martin Feinstein’s acclaimed Bach Weekend returns to Southbank Centre with its unique combination of informality and outstanding performances. This year’s festival focuses on Bach’s genius in creating transcendent examples in each musical form, most famously in his B Minor Mass, Art of Fugue and WellTempered Clavier. The weekend opens with a programme of his chamber works with continuo: three beautiful trio sonatas alongside two solo continuo sonatas, one each for flute and violin Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £17 £16

Saturday 15 March 2014

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Bach and the Model of Perfection

London Bach Singers Faye Newton soprano Alexandra Kidgell soprano William Purefoy counter-tenor Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano Nicholas Hurndall Smith tenor Daniel Auchincloss tenor Ben Davies bass Eamonn Dougan bass Feinstein Ensemble Martin Feinstein director

Robin Bigwood harpsichord Bach Toccatas: BWV.913 in D minor; BWV.912 in D; BWV.915 in G minor The toccata already had a long history before Bach took to the genre as a young man. Even these early works show Bach’s inclination to extend both the structure and the complexity of existing forms. The result is an explosively virtuosic set of pieces. An informal atmosphere is encouraged and drinks can be taken into the auditorium.

Bach Mass in B minor

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10pm £12 Saturday 15 March 2014

Bach Weekend 2014: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, Part 1 Bach and the Model of Perfection Steven Devine harpsichord Bach Preludes and Fugues BWV.870 – BWV.881 The First Book of the Well Tempered Clavier was an extraordinary achievement – 24 preludes and fugues written in every major and minor key. But the Second Book exceeds even the first in its scale and variety. In this unique event, harpsichord virtuoso Steven Devine performs the entire Second Book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier split over two concerts (affording the Bach-lover an opportunity to hear all 24 Preludes and Fugues in one day.)

Part 2 on Saturday 15 March at 3pm.

Feinstein Ensemble Martin Feinstein flute Catherine Manson violin Christopher Suckling cello Robin Bigwood harpsichord

Saturday 15 March 2014

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11.30am £17 (includes free coffee or sherry during the interval on presentation of ticket) £29 for both concerts (Part 1 and 2)

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Friday 14 March 2014

Michael Tilson Thomas © Jay McLaughlin

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor St Lawrence String Quartet Charles Ives/Henry Brant The Alcotts (3rd movement) from A Concord Symphony (arr. from Piano Sonata No.2 ‘Concord’) John Adams Absolute Jest Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Michael Tilson Thomas, one of the biggest personalities in American music today, conducts the orchestra of which he is Music Director. They perform Ives’ atmospheric piece of Americana and contemporary master John Adams’ high-energy concerto for string quartet and orchestra. The programme concludes with Berlioz’s epic Romantic symphony depicting a man’s opium-inspired visions.

Bach completed the final version of his greatest choral masterpiece, the B minor Mass, shortly before his death. Even by his own extraordinary standards, the emotional depth and majestic proportions of this work are astonishing. The London Bach Singers join forces again with the Feinstein Ensemble under the direction of Martin Feinstein, to give their acclaimed reading of this wonderful work.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £32 £28 £24 £20 £16 Sunday 16 March 2014

Bach Weekend 2014: The Late Lute Works Bach and the Model of Perfection

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £65 £55 £45 £35 £25 £20 £15 Premium seats £75

Royal Festival Hall © Timothy Cochrane

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Jakob Lindberg lute Saturday 15 March 2014

Bach Prelude in C minor for lute, BWV.999; Fugue in G minor for lute, BWV.1000; Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E flat for lute, BWV.998; Partita in C minor for lute, BWV.997

Bach Weekend 2014: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, Part 2

As with all his works for solo instruments, Bach’s late lute repertoire stretches technical and musical boundaries to their limits. In particular the magnificent Partita in C minor can lay claim to being the greatest masterpiece written for lute and one of the most important solo works written for any instrument. Jakob Lindberg, whose recordings of Bach are considered definitive, makes a welcome return to the London stage to introduce and perform these rarely heard wonders.

Bach and the Model of Perfection Steven Devine harpsichord Bach Prelude and Fugues BWV.882 - BWV.893 Steven Devine completes his cycle of all 24 Preludes and Fugues from Bach’s WellTempered Clavier Book 2.

Part 1 on Saturday 15 March at 11.30am.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £17 (includes free tea or coffee and biscuits during the interval on presentation of ticket) £29 for both concerts (Part 1 and 2)

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The Royal Festival Hall’s magnificent organ has been undergoing a major restoration, thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund and our incredibly supportive audiences. To celebrate its return to full glory, Southbank Centre is presenting Pull Out All The Stops – an organ festival on an unprecedented scale.

New compositions have been commissioned from British greats Sir John Tavener and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; artists Martin Creed and Lynette Wallworth are both incorporating the instrument into pieces; and you can hear major organ works not performed at Royal Festival Hall for many years.

If you’ve never heard an epic organ work played live, Pull Out All The Stops is going to be a revelation. First installed 60 years ago, the Royal Festival Hall organ is an extraordinary instrument, capable of creating everything from the delicate sounds used by French composer Messiaen to represent birdsong, to the bonepenetrating drama of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, where it is required to dominate a full orchestra.

Restoring a 7,866-pipe organ is, as you would imagine, a mammoth task.

William McVicker, Organ Curator at Southbank Centre, explains why the project was undertaken.

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‘Two-thirds of the organ has been out of commission since Royal Festival Hall reopened in 2007 so we’ve only been using one-third of it in performances until now. The restoration means we can hear the whole instrument again

for the first time since 2005, and we can also perform some of the major works in the orchestral repertoire which we’ve not been able to do for the last seven years.

‘The organ took four years to build, starting in 1950, under the supervision of Ralph Downes, who was Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music and a consultant to the London County Council. It was designed as a well-balanced classical instrument embracing a number of rich and varied ensembles and suited to playing with orchestras and choirs as well as for solo organ works.

‘Along with its four manuals (the organ term for keyboards) and pedals and five manual divisions (groupings of pipes), the organ console is luxuriously apportioned, but comes with a warning to players – it is affixed with labels which read “Definitely no smoking at the console”, a throwback to the days when seats in Royal Festival Hall were fitted with ash trays in their backs!’

We’ve still got a little way to go before we will have raised our full target of £2.3 million – if you’d like to make a contribution please visit pulloutallthestops.org

Where & When Organ Gala Launch Concert

Martin Creed

The re-inauguration of the iconic Royal Festival Hall concert organ, performed by a celebrity cast of organists with international star trumpeter Alison Balsom, Southbank Centre’s Voicelab and the brass ensembles of our Resident Orchestras.

(Tuesday 18 March 2014, page 51).

Turner Prize-winner Martin Creed is one of the UK’s most well known and versatile artists. His new work Face to Face with Bach, written for the Royal Festival Hall organ, is performed alongside some of Bach’s greatest organ works (Sunday 30 March 2014, page 54).

Celebrity Organ Recitals The Royal Festival Hall organ is put through its paces by world-class performers John Scott (Friday 21 March 2014, page 52), Thomas Trotter (Monday 24 March 2014, page 53) and Olivier Latry (Thursday 27 March 2014, page 54), featuring composers as varied as Messiaen, Liszt and Bach.

Learning & Participation To celebrate the organ’s return to Royal Festival Hall and to bring the instrument to as wide an audience as possible, there are many Learning & Participation projects taking place over the next 12 months involving school children, emerging poets, young musicians and composers, local families and children. These are culminating in performances, installations and exhibitions across Southbank Centre throughout the Pull Out All The Stops festival.

Call for Memories!

We want to hear from you if you have a story to tell about the Royal Festival Hall organ.

We are documenting the life of this extraordinary instrument through the personal memories of the people that know and love it.

Please tell us your stories by emailing organmemories@southbankcentre.co.uk, calling our voicemail on 020 7082 8058 or by visiting pulloutallthestops.org

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View from inside the Royal Festival Hall organ © Timothy Cochrane

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi Robin Newton conductor Ana Maria Labin Giulietta Catherine Carby Romeo Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra Chelsea Opera Group Chorus

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Organ Gala Launch concert Tippett Quartet: Pull Out All The Stops Festival: Treasured Moments An Organ Celebration

Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op.103 Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546 Janáček String Quartet No.2 (Intimate Letters) Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D.810 (Death & the Maiden)

Royal Festival Hall Organ © Timothy Cochrane

The Tippett Quartet, whose performances have been described as ‘little short of astonishing’ (The Strad) present a concert inspired by composers’ final works.

Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi – opera in 2 acts Bellini’s sixth opera was written for La Fenice in Venice in 1830. A distinctive coloration is provided by the older tradition of a mezzosoprano Romeo, whose exchanges with the soprano Giulietta provide a popular vehicle for a pair of stars.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £15 Wednesday 19 March 2014

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The Works Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sunday 16 March 2014

Bach Weekend 2014: The Perfect Cantatas Sasha Cooke © Dario Acosta

Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Mahler Symphony No.3 A performance of Mahler’s epic Third Symphony, featuring mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke: a work that contemplates the wonder and glory of nature, from primeval life stirring after the depths of winter to a grand finale with its vision of divine love in which, as Mahler explained, ‘Nature in its totality may ring and resound’.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £65 £55 £45 £35 £25 £20 £15 Premium seats £75 Sunday 16 March 2014

Bach Weekend 2014: The Art of Fugue Bach and the Model of Perfection Feinstein Ensemble Catherine Manson violin Miki Takahashi violin Jane Norman viola Christopher Suckling cello Robin Bigwood harpsichord Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV.1080 The fact that Bach died before completing the mighty triple fugue which was to finish The Art of Fugue has added to the extraordinary mythology that has grown up around this marvellous work.

But perhaps the most surprising thing about The Art of Fugue is that, far from being a dry academic exercise, it is an emotional odyssey and a work of extraordinary beauty.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £19 £18 (includes free tea or coffee and biscuits during the interval on presentation of ticket)

Bach and the Model of Perfection London Bach Singers Faye Newton soprano William Purefoy counter-tenor Nicholas Hurndall Smith tenor Ben Davies bass Feinstein Ensemble Martin Feinstein director Bach Cantatas: No.82 ‘Ich habe genug’; No.152 ‘Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn’; No.54 ‘Widerstehe doch der Sunde’; No.182 ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’ It is impossible to overstate the importance of Bach’s 200 Cantatas, described by Stravinsky as ‘the centre of our European repertoire’.

Amazingly, most of these masterpieces were performed only once. Some, however, were given several outings by Bach, including the famous death cantata ‘Ich habe genug’ with its sublime oboe obligato, and the brilliantly ebullient Easter cantata ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’ featuring virtuosic violin and recorder parts.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £21 £19 Monday 17 March 2014

John Lill’s 70th Birthday Concert Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard conductor John Lill piano Brahms Tragic Overture Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 Dvořák Symphony No.8

Tuesday 18 March 2014

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Sunday 16 March 2014

Sigiswald Kuijken violoncello da spalla Presenter to be announced Vivaldi Concerto in D for violoncello da spalla, RV.404 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G

John Scott organ Jane Parker-Smith organ Isabelle Demers organ David Goode organ Alison Balsom trumpet Philharmonia Brass Ensemble London Philharmonic Brass Ensemble Voicelab The Elysian Singers Gigout Grand choeur dialogué Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV.582 Mendelssohn Scherzo & Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bach Concerto in D for keyboard, BWV.972 arr. Balsom for trumpet & organ Sir John Tavener Monument to Beethoven for choir & organ Dupré Prelude & Fugue in B, Op.7 No.1 Franck Fantaisie in A from Pièces pour grand orgue Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1 arr. Jane Parker-Smith for organ Sir Peter Maxwell Davies New work for organ, brass & choir Four of the world’s leading organists celebrate the refurbishment and reinstallation of the Royal Festival Hall organ, putting the instrument through its paces in a programme of virtuosic and dazzling repertoire, including Bach’s monumental Passacaglia. The programme includes specially commissioned works from two of Britain’s most famous composers – Sir John Tavener and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of the Queen’s Music.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £35 £25 £15

Opening with the Tragic Overture and ending with Dvořák’s inspirational Eighth Symphony, acclaimed pianist John Lill celebrates his 70th birthday in a performance of Rachmaninov’s expressive Third Piano Concerto.

Enjoy a guided tour of two masterpieces from the Baroque repertoire, plus a full performance of both. The concert features an intriguing rarity from Vivaldi, the Concerto for violoncello da spalla – an early form of cello played under the chin. Please note there is no interval. There’s jazz in the bar from 6pm, plus the chance to meet musicians from the orchestra after the concert.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £25 £15 (children £2.50) Wednesday 19 March 2014

London Philharmonic Orchestra Emanuel Ax plays Strauss and Bach David Zinman conductor Emanuel Ax piano Mozart Symphony No.38 (Prague) Strauss Burleske in D minor for piano & orchestra Bach Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV.1052 Strauss Tod und Verklärung Richard Strauss was unusually young when he set about creating his musical vision of mortality. In his metaphysical tone-poem Death and Transfiguration, Strauss depicted an artist slipping into death, glimpsing in his journey to the spirit world the perfection he strived for in his work. (See also Tuesday 25 March 2014) Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Friday 21 March 2014

Celebrity organ recital: John Scott

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Sunday 23 March 2014

Tuesday 25 March 2014

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Richard Strauss 150th Anniversary Celebration Lorin Maazel conductor Esther Yoo violin

Sigiswald Kuijken violoncello da spalla, director Corelli Concerto grosso in B flat, Op.6 No.11 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in D, RV.404 Bach Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV.1043; Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor, RV.63 (Variations on La Follia) Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K.216 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition orch. Ravel

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free Thursday 20 March 2014

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This concert opens with one of Strauss’ most sparkling miniatures, Till Eulenspiegel, which depicts the ‘merry pranks’ of its eponymous hero, a German peasant who flirts, teases, pokes fun at the clergy and rides his horse through a marketplace.

Richard Strauss 150th Anniversary Celebration

A concert featuring the rare concerto for the now ‘extinct’ violoncello da spalla – essentially a cello played under one’s chin. The programme also includes two of Bach’s masterpieces, his Double Violin Concerto and two Brandenburg Concertos. (See also Wednesday 19 March 2014)

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9

Sunday 23 March 2014 A view from inside the Royal Festival Hall Organ © Timothy Cochrane

A former organist of London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott now lives and works in New York, where he is Organist of St Thomas’, Fifth Avenue. In a rare appearance in the UK he gives the first solo recital on the restored Royal Festival Hall concert organ.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15 Lorin Maazel © Chris Lee

Saturday 22 March 2014

Lorin Maazel conductor

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Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra; An Alpine Symphony

National Youth Orchestra for Indian Music

A performance of two of Strauss’ most celebrated orchestral blockbusters. Also sprach Zarathustra became a runaway hit after film director Stanley Kubrick used it to open his film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm – OAE Extras, Sigiswald Kuijken introduces the wonderful violoncello da spalla. Free

Cristina Ortiz Piano Masterclass Cristina Ortiz brings her enormous expertise to the teaching platform where she works with students from the London music colleges, some of whom were involved in Southbank Centre’s Lang Lang Inspires project in 2011.

Celebrity organ recital: Thomas Trotter

Wednesday 26 March 2014

London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £10 Monday 24 March 2014

Gamechangers: A Forgotten Cello

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Thursday 20 March 2014

Ingolf Wunder, piano

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Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia - Moonlight) Chopin Nocturne in B, Op.9 No.3; Waltz in A flat, Op.34 No.1; Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22 Liszt Sonata in B minor Ingolf Wunder grabbed the attention of a wide public when he won second prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2010, the year of Chopin’s bicentenary. He returns to Chopin for his International Piano Series debut.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano James O’Donnell organ

Royal Festival Hall Organ © Timothy Cochrane

A groundbreaking youth orchestra, the only one of its kind in the world, presents an evening of uplifting and inspirational music, with compositions celebrating the best of Indian music and featuring special appearances by guest artists and ensembles.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £12.50 £10 £7.50

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Bach Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV.564 Schumann Studies: Op.56 No.3 in E; Op.56 No.4 in A flat; Op.56 No.5 in B minor Judith Weir The Wild Reeds (World premiere) Mozart Fantasie in F minor, K.608 Julius Reubke Sonata in C minor on Psalm 94 A former organ scholar of King’s College Cambridge, Thomas Trotter has risen to become one of the most highly sought-after organists of our time.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15

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Poulenc Concerto in G minor for organ, strings and timpani Berlioz Les nuits d’été Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ) It has taken eight years to refurbish the grand organ of Royal Festival Hall, and the instrument resounds anew in this concert of French music featuring two of the greatest masterworks for organ and orchestra ever written.

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Celebrity organ recital: Olivier Latry

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Cameron Carpenter: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

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Wednesday 2 April 2014

The Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion

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Pull Out All The Stops Festival: An Organ Celebration

The second of Maurizio Pollini’s two recitals in this year’s International Piano Series, this is a very special chance to hear one of today’s undisputed grand masters of the piano.

Royal Festival Hall © Timothy Cochrane

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £37 £29 £22.50 £17 £12 Premium seats £60 Students’ platform seats £7

Bach St Matthew Passion

Thursday 3 April 2014

Cameron Carpenter © Michael Hart

Cameron Carpenter, the young organist who has taken the world by storm, improvises an accompanying soundtrack to the German Expressionist horror film of 1920.

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund

The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, sung complete and in English.

Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15

Olivier Latry organ Shin-Young Lee organ Jean-Louis Florentz Prélude from I’Enfant noir, Op.17 Messiaen L’Ascension – 4 méditations symphoniques Stravinsky The Rite of Spring vers. for four hands

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Whilst only 23 years of age, Olivier Latry was appointed as one of four titulaires des grands orgue at the mighty cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. Since then, Latry has shot to fame as one of today’s most celebrated organists.

He is joined by his wife Shin-Young Lee in a performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, adapted for organ from the composer’s own four-hand piano version of the work.

A powerful pairing of Mendelssohn with Mahler’s tumultous Ninth symphony. In 1907, ill and exhausted, Mahler faced spiritual and physical annihilation. His last completed symphony, the Ninth, became his desperate personal farewell.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Gardner conducts Elgar

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Edward Gardner conductor Ruxandra Denose mezzo-soprano Wagner Overture, Rienzi Berlioz La mort de Cléopâtre for soprano & orchestra Elgar Symphony No.1

Saturday 5 April 2014

Simón Bolívar National Youth Choir of Venezuela

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Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25 Mahler Symphony No.9

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Philharmonia Orchestra

OAE © Timothy Cochrane

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 (On sale from Friday 20 September 2013)

Friday 28 March 2014

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Nicholas Angelich piano

Royal Festival Hall, 11am £42 £35 £29 £22 £16 £9 Premium seats £50

A glorious programme charting the three main stages of Romanticism, from Berlioz through Wagner to the sunset glow of Elgar’s majestic First Symphony.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15

NEzet-SEguin conducts Mendelssohn and Mahler

There is a long lunch interval and the performance ends at approximately 3.45pm.

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David Hill conductor James Gilchrist Evangelist Matthew Rose Christ Susan Gritton soprano Robin Blaze counter-tenor Andrew Staples tenor Roderick Williams baritone Florilegium

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Semyon Bychkov conductor

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Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9 Premium seats £60 Wednesday 9 April 2014

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Programme includes: Martin Creed Face to face with Bach for organ (World premiere) Bach works to be announced

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £10

Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Bruckner Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor Renaud Capuçon violin Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor Bruckner Symphony No.8 (ed. Haas) Lourdes Sánchez conductor A performance by the Simón Bolívar National Youth Choir of Venezuela as part of the Pull Out All The Stops festival, celebrating the return of the full organ to Royal Festival Hall.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £25 £20 £15

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Beethoven Symphony No.7 Schubert Symphony No.9 in C (Great) Two landmark symphonies make up this concert, which starts with the music of one of the great musical revolutionaries – Beethoven.

Organist to be announced

Martin Creed is one of the UK’s most well known and versatile artists. On the morning of the opening of the London Olympics, millions of people participated in his Work No.1197 – All The Bells (in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes). Creed’s Face to face with Bach is a new work for the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall organ.

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Renaud Capuçon plays Schumann’s majestic Violin Concerto, one of the composer’s most rich and unusual works, which is followed by Bruckner’s colossal Symphony No.8.

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Where & When Haas’ in vain The much-awaited London premiere of this remarkable work is performed by the London Sinfonietta. An adventure for the listener, it was written in 2000 with parts played in total darkness. Friday 6 December 2013 (see page 29).

Organ Commissions There are several premieres being performed as part of our Pull Out All The Stops festival, including new works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir John Tavener, Kaija Saariaho and TurnerPrize winning artist Martin Creed. See the festival listings in the Index on page 86 for more information.

Henryk Górecki’s Fourth Symphony The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted

by Andrey Boreyko present the world premiere of this long-awaited work on Saturday 12 April 2014 (see page 58).

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Premieres If you love contemporary classical music, Southbank Centre is a great place to discover exciting new work. Join us as history is being made so you can say ‘I was there’.

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‘I think it’s a wonderful thing to feel that you’re in the hall when history’s being made,’ says Gillian Moore, Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music. She’s musing on what it feels like to be at the premiere of a work. ‘I’ve been to many and some of them become real classics. This year we have plenty of opportunities for that to happen. For example we have the premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s new work for organ and orchestra, Maan Varjot (Earth Shadows), which I feel pretty confident is going to be something that stays in the repertoire.’

Influenced by electronic music and non-traditional sounds, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has written the new work as part of Pull Out All The Stops festival, which celebrates the Royal Festival Hall organ refurbishment. It is performed by Oliver Latry and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

It is one of eight newly commissioned works appearing in the organ festival. Others are written by the likes of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of the Queen’s Music, and Sir John Tavener.

Kaija Saariaho© Priska Ketterer Luzern

It is premiered by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which commissioned the work, on Saturday 12 April 2014. ‘Tragically, Górecki died before he could orchestrate it, so this is his last major work, and one of the most anticipated premieres in many years.’

Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra the London Sinfonietta is famous for performing new commissions. The orchestra brings The Rest Is Noise festival right up to the close of the 20thcentury with a concert featuring the London premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’ work in vain (Friday 6 December 2013). The piece, composed in 2000, is an adventure for both audience and performers alike. Andrew Burke, Chief Executive of the London Sinfonietta, explains: ‘Sections of the work are played in pitch black. We are challenging our players and audiences in ways that may not have been done in the past...’

Over the 2013/14 season you’ll also be able to experience the world premiere of Górecki’s Fourth Symphony.

‘Henryk Górecki’s Third Symphony, which premiered in 1977, is one of the most popular pieces of the late 20th century – but we have had to wait a very long time for his Fourth,’ explains Moore.

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Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven

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Andrey Boreyko conductor Julian Rachlin violin

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Mitsuko Uchida piano

Kirill Karabits conductor Steven Isserlis cello

Tansman Stèle in memoriam Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D Górecki Symphony No.4 (World premiere)

Zimmermann Photoptosis Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Brahms Symphony No.4

In 1940s Hollywood, the Polish composer Alexandre Tansman met and befriended Igor Stravinsky. It was a close, respectful relationship that Tansman captured in his musical memorial on Stravinsky’s death three decades later. The world premiere of Górecki’s Symphony No.4 is a major event that the musical world has been anticipating for 40 years.

Observe, respect and obey. Johannes Brahms lived by this mantra even in his most passionate and protest-filled music, but in his Fourth Symphony he appears to combine his lifelong servitude with a telling acceptance of death.

Górecki’s Symphony No.4 is commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Southbank Centre London, with generous support from the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and Zaterdag Matinee Amsterdam.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – Animate Orchestra, a young person’s orchestra for the 21st century, is a partnership between the LPO, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and local music services.

Tonight’s performance of music written by the group is the culmination of their recent course.

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Bohemian Legends Jakub Hrůša conductor Arabella Steinbacher violin Janáček Overture, Jealousy (Zárlivost) Dvořák Violin Concerto Suk Praga, symphonic poem, Op.26 Janáček Sinfonietta The first concert in Jakub Hrůša’s Czech series opens with two rarely performed works – Janáček’s breathtaking overture Jealousy, and Josef Suk’s symphonic poem Praga.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – A concert including Janáček’s Capriccio, introduced by Jakub Hrůša in conversation. Free Friday 11 April 2014

Darkness and Light: A new work for organ and video projection

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65 Royal Festival Hall at 5pm – The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s creative ensemble for 15 to 19-year-olds, The Band, premieres new music written by the group and dedicated to the memory of Górecki. Free Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm – Renowned Górecki expert, Professor Adrian Thomas, discusses the world premiere of Symphony No.4. Free Sunday 13 April 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Festival Hall organ © Timothy Cochrane

Prokofiev Symphony No.1 in D (Classical) Elgar Cello Concerto Rimsky-Korsakov Shéhérazade

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

Saturday 19 April 2014

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain © J Alden

This programme of organ music, played on the Royal Festival Hall’s restored concert organ represents a collaboration between Belgian organist, composer, conductor and opera producer Bernard Foccroulle and Australian artist Lynette Wallworth, whose practice spans video installation, photography and film.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15

A programme of beauty, wit and irresistible charm, featuring the acclaimed British cellist Steven Isserlis as soloist in Elgar’s magnificent score.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £38 £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Premium seats £58 Tuesday 22 April 2014

Federico Colli, piano Mozart Sonata in G, K.283 Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata) Schumann Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.11 Federico Colli, winner of the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition, makes his eagerly anticipated Southbank Centre recital debut with three substantial sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Friday 25 April 2014

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Milos plays Rodrigo Vladimir Jurowski conductor Miloš Karadaglić guitar

Bernard Foccroulle organ Lynette Wallworth video projection Sofia Gubaidulina Light and darkness Buxtehude Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV.161; Chorale prelude, Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BuxWV.183; Chorale fantasia, Wie schön leuchtet der morgenstern, BuxWV.223 Messiaen Les oiseaux et les sources, (Communion) and Le vent de l’Esprit (Sortie) from Messe de la Pentecôte Bach Chorale-preludes: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV.676; Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV.684; Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV.542 Alain Le jardin suspendu; Litanies

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Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 (Pathétique) No single work encapsulates Tchaikovsky’s ultra-expressive, heart-on-sleeve outlook more than his tortured Sixth Symphony. In contrast, Rodrigo’s concerto is a colourful evocation of elegance and beauty for guitar and orchestra whose serene beauty is legendary.

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Jakub Hrůša conductor Lukáš Vondráček piano Monica Groop mezzo-soprano Peter Berger tenor Mischa Schelomianski bass Thomas Trotter organ Bristol Choral Society Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op.25 Dvořák Piano Concerto in G minor Janáček Glagolitic Mass

François-Xavier Roth conductor Thomas Adès Asyla Strauss Ein Heldenleben NYO brings its trademark teenage energy and virtuosity to two powerfully contrasting portraits of what it means to stand apart from the crowd – or be lost in it.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £65

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Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass is an exultant affirmation of the power of love and friendship.

‘In the tenor solo I hear a high priest,’ Janáček explained, ‘in the soprano solo a girlish angel, and in the chorus our people.’

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48

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Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov Isabelle Faust violin Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Alexander Melnikov piano Haydn Piano Trio in D, Hob.XV/24 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op.70 No.2 Schumann Piano Trio No.3 in G minor, Op.110 An all-star piano trio led by German violinist Isabelle Faust, whose outstanding recording of the Beethoven and Berg violin concertos picked up a Gramophone Award in 2012.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Saturday 26 April 2014

London Philharmonic Orchestra Andsnes plays Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Sunday 27 April 2014

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Sergio Tiempo, piano

John Wilson conducts die fledermaus

Brahms Intermezzo in B minor, Op.119 No.1 Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata) Debussy Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Set 1 Prokofiev The Young Juliet, Montagues and Capulets, Dance of the girls with the lilies & Mercutio from 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 Chopin 6 Etudes (to be decided by popular vote – see website for details) Villa-Lobos Selection from A Prole do Bêbe Piazzolla Fuga y Misterio Ginastera Malambo from Estancia

John Wilson conductor cast to be announced Philharmonia Voices Johann Strauss (son) Die Fledermaus A very special afternoon of sparkling Viennese wit and music-making. Mistaken identity, infidelity and excessive champagne consumption abound in this brilliantly clever commentary on the glittering hedonism of late 19th-century Vienna.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £45 £36 £29 £24 £18 £15 £11 Premium seats £60 (On sale from Friday 20 September 2013) Monday 28 April 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm Free, but ticket required Tuesday 29 April 2014

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Described by The Sunday Times as ‘a pianist of electrifying brilliance’, Sergio Tiempo was born in Venezuela and is a former protégé of Martha Argerich. His powerful individuality has drawn rave reviews from the press worldwide.

He has chosen an extraordinary programme in which each of the pieces represents a different member of his close family.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

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Vladimir Jurowski conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Marko Nikodijevic La lugubre gondola Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 (Pathétique)

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s popular series of events for the very youngest music-lovers returns to Southbank Centre.

Suitable for under fives (and parents!). Tots aged two and over require tickets. Tots aged younger than two go free, provided they do not need their own seat.

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Lilli Paasikivi mezzo-soprano Nathan Berg bass-baritone narrator to be confirmed Philharmonia Voices Prokofiev Scythian Suite (Ala i Lolli), Op.20; Ivan the Terrible Based on the life of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, Prokofiev’s music to Eisenstein’s epic film Ivan the Terrible is among his finest achievements.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 (on sale from Friday 20 September 2013) Tuesday 6 May 2014

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Gamechangers: Creation

Orchestra of St Paul’s: Korngold, Shostakovich and Shakespeare Shostakovich Suite from the Incidental Music to Hamlet, Op.32a Korngold Shakespeare Songs, Op.29 & Op.31 arr. Ben Palmer for chamber orchestra (World premiere); Incidental music to Much Ado About Nothing, Op.11 (complete)

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £18 £15 £12

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Sir Simon Rattle conductor Susan Gritton soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Peter Rose baritone Choir of the Enlightenment Haydn The Creation (sung in English)

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Ashkenazy conducts Ivan the Terrible

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Korngold’s sumptuous score for Much Ado About Nothing is partnered with Shostakovich’s outrageous and witty music for Hamlet, and a new orchestration of Korngold’s Shakespeare Songs by the Orchestra’s musical director, Ben Palmer.

A concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s heartrending final symphony and Beethoven’s sublime Emperor Piano Concerto. Tchaikovsky’s symphony is probably the most vivid, heartrending and terrifyingly beautiful vision of darkness and exhaustion ever cast in symphonic form.

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Sir Simon Rattle, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Principal Artist, returns to his ‘home’ orchestra to conduct Haydn’s masterpiece and musical gamechanger, The Creation. The opening depiction of chaos remains one of the most original and startling passages of music from the Classical era.

Joseph Calleja tenor Andrew Greenwood conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Following his triumphant 2013 concert debut, Joseph Calleja, the internationally acclaimed Maltese tenor and star of the 2012 BBC Last Night of the Proms, makes his welcome return to Royal Festival Hall for an evening of his favourite operatic arias.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm (please note start time) £38 £24 £9 Premium seats £70 Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm – OAE Extras, pre-concert event. Chaos to Calm, a performance by our London ensembles inspired by Haydn's masterpiece The Creation. Free

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £65 £55 £42.50 £32.50 £26.50 £17.50 Premium seats £75

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10.30am & 12 noon £9 (adults) £1 (tots)

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The Voice This season at Southbank Centre, fans of vocal music have many concerts to look forwards to, from intimate recitals to grand opera.

Perhaps one of the most daring and exciting concerts comes from Sir Antonio Pappano – Music Director of the Royal Opera House. Under his baton the vast forces of the Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia from Rome come together in Royal Festival Hall to perform a highly original programme. The subject explores the subject of human freedom.

The musical journey is carried by song, first with excerpts from Act Two of Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio, which tells the story of Florestan, a political prisoner who escapes imprisonment.

The mood then darkens with Dallapiccola’s tragic, one-act opera Il Prigioniero, also set in a prison cell. This time, however, the captive discovers his opportunity to escape is a cruel joke. The evening climaxes with more Beethoven – the surging, powerful finale of his Ninth Symphony, which sees a large choir and solo tenor emerge out of the turbulent Third Movement into the raptuous glory of the ‘Ode to joy’, enthusiastically celebrating the brotherhood and unity of all mankind.

Where & When

‘Act Two of Fidelio ends with a whimper,’ says Pappano. ‘The breathless hope of Florestan comes down to nothing, to hopelessness.

That gives me an opening into Il Prigioniero…

Dallapiccola probably wrote the most beautiful 12-tone music there is. In Il Prigioniero he’s created a Kafka-esque story which is truly frightening and nothing is what it seems…

Prigioniero also ends with a whimper and I thought to myself, “We’ve got to continue with Beethoven here,” and of all the beginnings in Beethoven’s music, I think the most enigmatic is the start of the Ninth Symphony’s Third Movement. I tell you, coming out of the Dallapiccola and going straight into that is something so magical. Of course, if you do the symphony’s Third Movement, you take it through to the end – to Beethoven’s response to Schiller [in ‘The ode to joy’, dealing with] brotherhood and togetherness.’

Marin Alsop, Swingle Singers & São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Hear fragments of Beethoven, Stravinsky, Mahler and Beckett in Berio’s montage-rich Sinfonia (Friday 25 October 2013, page 20) originally written with the Swingle Singers (pictured) in mind. Part of Shell Classic International and The Rest Is Noise.

Sir Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara & Sarah Connolly One of Offenbach’s most romantic and daring comic operas, Fantasio (Sunday 15 December 2013, page 34).

Simón Bolívar National Youth Choir of Venezuela The rousing voices from Venezuela’s famed El Sistema come and fill Royal Festival Hall (Saturday 5 April 2014, page 55).

The result promises to be powerful and a fascinating combination of 19th and 20th century repertoire led by song.

Sir Antonio Pappano & Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia

It’s a charismatic journey from dark to light.

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The glorious sounds of Beethoven’s Fidelio and Verdi’s Requiem (Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May 2014, page 67). Part of Shell Classic International.

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Thursday 8 May 2014

Steven Isserlis, cello & Olli Mustonen, piano

Celso Antunes conductor Unsuk Chin presenter Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra Chris Paul Harman Amerika (UK premiere); Postludio a rovescio (UK premiere); New work (World premiere)

Saturday 10 May 2014

Sunday 11 May 2014

Fauré: Requiem

London Philharmonic Orchestra FUNharmonics Family Concert

Oliver Gooch conductor Jennifer Pike violin Rebecca Bottone soprano David Kempster bass Philharmonia Orchestra The Bach Choir

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Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Schubert Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished) Fauré Requiem

Canadian Chris Paul Harman (born 1970) is one of his generation’s most exciting composers.

Defiant of trends and movements, Harman writes music in which nothing is quite as it seems. His first UK showcase presents three works – one a world premiere – that often feature filmic jump-cuts and zooms.

Fauré’s sublime choral masterpiece is a fitting finale to this evening of classics.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

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Philharmonia Orchestra Afkham conducts Schubert’s The Great David Afkham conductor Sergey Khachatryan violin Lindberg Chorale Berg Violin Concerto Schubert Symphony No.9 in C (Great) A fascinating programme of three highly distinctive works bound together by their use of a Bach chorale melody. In the case of Berg’s Violin Concerto and Lindberg’s Chorale the melody appears in quotation. Whereas in Schubert’s Great Symphony the composer uses the melody's first three notes as a musical motto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 (On sale from Friday 20 September 2013)

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Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40 Mustonen Cello Sonata Sibelius Malinconia for cello & piano, Op.20; 2 Pieces for violin or cello & orchestra, Op.77 (Cantique & Devotion) Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C, Op.119 Following his critically acclaimed and soldout performances of the complete Beethoven cello sonatas, cellist Steven Isserlis returns to Southbank Centre with Finnish virtuoso Olli Mustonen, to perform a programme including two giants of 20th-century Russian music.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Saturday 10 May 2014

Last Night of the Spring Proms

Sunday 11 May 2014

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Gamechangers study day: creation The OAE’s annual study day this year focuses on Haydn’s Creation, a pivotal work marking a seismic shift in musical history – a ‘gamechanger’ – which also happens to be the Orchestra’s season theme for 2013/14.

Various themes of the Creation are explored, examining the time and place it was written, its effect on all music written after it and including performances of musical examples and comparisons to the other gamechangers in the series.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10.30am & 2pm £12 per session

Stuart Stratford conductor Chris Jarvis presenter Benjamin Wallfisch The Ant-Eater (on Roald Dahl’s text) In Noses, Benjamin Wallfisch creates a musical feast based on Roald Dahl’s The Ant-Eater.

A special LPO commission, conducted by Stuart Stratford. Presented by Chris Jarvis of CBeebies.

You can try your hand at playing an orchestral instrument in the of our Have-A-Go instrument sessions or join the Family Orchestra workshops from 10am to 2.30pm in the Royal Festival Hall foyers.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £18 £16 £14 £12 £10 (adults) £9 £8 £7 £6 £5 (children)

Anthony Inglis conductor Danny Driver piano Stephanie Corley soprano James Edwards tenor London Concert Orchestra City of London Choir

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Ravel Boléro Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Rossini Overture, William Tell Verdi Grand March from Aida Orff O Fortuna from Carmina Burana Johann Strauss Blue Danube Waltz Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations Handel Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1) Puccini O soave fanciulla from La bohème And a flag-waving Proms finale including: Nessun Dorma, Jerusalem, The Hornpipe, Hallelujah Chorus & Land of Hope and Glory Classic after classic after classic in this afternoon concert with a rousing, flag-waving finale.

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment In the spirit of tradition Matthew Truscott violin, director narrator to be announced Corelli Concerto grosso in D, Op.6 No.1 Vivaldi Sinfonia in B minor, RV.169 (al Santo Sepolcro) Sally Beamish Spinal Chords Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV.1041 Handel Concerto grosso in A, Op.6 No.11

Wednesday 14 May 2014

Charles Dutoit conducts Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9

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Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm – OAE Extras, pre-concert event. Free

Wednesday 14 May 2014

Adrian Brown conductor pianist to be announced Elgar Overture, In the South (Alassio) Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D minor Corinthian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Brown, perform a concert of moving, richly-scored works including Rachmaninov’s ever popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Shostakovich’s monumental Fifth Symphony, a work of orchestral brilliance that combines grand bombast with moments of haunting beauty.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £20 £18 £15 Monday 12 May 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm Free, but ticket required

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Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia & Sir Antonio Pappano

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Nikolai Lugansky, piano Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Prokofiev Sonata No.4 in C minor, Op.29 Rachmaninov 13 Preludes, Op.32 Rachmaninov’s set of Preludes is a pianistic feast of dazzling colour and imagination, filled with poetic expressivity. Prokofiev’s Sonata No.4, by contrast, is a haunted and reflective piece. Lugansky opens his recital with Franck’s celebration of spiritality.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35 Thursday 15 May 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra Bohemian Legends Jakub Hrůša conductor Truls Mørk cello Dvořák Cello Concerto Suk Symphony No.2 (Asrael)

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Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Hibla Gerzmava soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk mezzo-soprano Joseph Calleja tenor bass to be announced

Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Berlioz Les nuits d’été Saint-Saens Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ)

Some of the most famous music from the Baroque era rubs shoulders with a very modern classic, Sally Beamish’s Spinal Chords. Set to a text by journalist Melanie Reid, it tells the story of her struggle to overcome disability. The powerful text is underpinned by Sally Beamish’s slowly shifting, constantly evolving soundworld.

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Sunday 18 May 2014

Charles Dutoit conductor Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Stephen Disley organ

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham performs Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été – exquisite orchestral songs for a summer evening. The Organ Symphony by Saint-Saëns is perhaps his most majestic achievement, with an expansive structure, virtuosic display and, of course, the grand sound of the organ adding richness to the orchestra.

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Verdi Requiem Verdi created a Requiem that has the drama and intensity of his grandest operas. Pappano's huge chorus and orchestra create an exciting, theatrical sound that makes for an unbeatable live experience.

Please note, there is no interval.

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Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Anita Watson soprano Veronica Simeoni mezzo-soprano Stuart Skelton tenor Louis Otey baritone

Charles Dutoit conducts French Favourites Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven Gott! Welch dunkel hier! from Fidelio (Act 2) Dallapiccola Il prigioniero – opera in 1 act Beethoven Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato (3rd movement) and Presto – Allegro assai (4th movement) from Symphony No.9 (Choral) Musical Director of the Royal Opera House Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the vast forces of his Italian orchestra and chorus at this concert with the theme of freedom. The concept is explored with over 200 performers live on stage, producing a huge orchestral and choral sound.

Please note, there is no interval.

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This concert pairs Dvořák’s eloquent Cello Concerto with his son-in-law Josef Suk’s heartfelt Asrael Symphony. Composed in memory of Dvořák and his own wife (Dvořák’s daughter), the symphony is named after the angel of death.

Charles Dutoit conductor Stephen Hough piano

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Charles Dutoit travels the world in this concert, with musical images conjuring dance, warmth and Egyptian enchantment.

Chabrier España, rhapsody Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.5 (Egyptian) Debussy Images for orchestra Ravel La valse

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm – A concert including Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared, introduced by Jakub Hrůša in conversation. Free

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £38 £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Premium seats £58

View from a Royal Festival Hall balcony © Belinda Lawley

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Claudio Abbado © Peter Fischili

Where & When Colin Currie Hear inspirational performances by percussionist Colin Currie in Stockhausen’s Kontakte (Saturday 5 October 2013, page 16) and in some of Steve Reich’s greatest works (Sunday 10 November 2013, page 26).

Tamara Stefanovich Pianist Tamara Stefanovich presents different piano soundworlds conjured up by the likes of Messiaen, Ligeti and Boulez (Sunday 6 October 2013, page 17).

Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra Stars of Venezuela’s El Sistema bring their energy and verve to Royal Festival Hall (Friday 6 and Sunday 8 June 2014, page 71).

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Benjamin Grosvenor One of the newest generation’s leading lights, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor dazzles in Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor (Tuesday 10 June 2014, page 72).

Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra is part of Shell Classic International: Shell supports Southbank Centre in bringing the finest international orchestras to London.

Tamara Stefanovich © Timothy Cochrane

International Performers Along with our world-class Resident Orchestras, Southbank Centre attracts classical music stars from around the globe. During the 2013/14 season, we host vibrant young performers like the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela as well as established maestros, such as conductor Claudio Abbado.

Southbank Centre isn’t just another urban concert venue. We work hard to create a space for artists and audiences that has a distinctive atmosphere – somewhere vibrant, busy with all kinds of people, but at the same time attracting audiences passionate about music.

Performers arriving at Royal Festival Hall, for example, know that they’re gracing a stage that has hosted the most famous names in music – think Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, Igor Stravinsky and Daniel Barenboim; Maria Callas and Liza Minnelli.

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However, as Gillian Moore – Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music – explains: ‘It’s very important that we look into the 21st century and make sure that the great artists of the future are performing here as well as figures that everybody knows, such as Claudio Abbado, or Sir Antonio Pappano and his Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus. Who are emerging as stars now around the globe? Benjamin Grosvenor, Colin Currie and Tamara Stefanovich... We also have performances from the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra from Brazil. That’s a real statement of faith from us at Southbank Centre in the vibrancy and essential nature of classical music in emerging nations and in South America.’

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Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

Sokhiev conducts Ravel and Debussy

Thursday 5 June 2014

Goldsmiths Choral Union & Musicians of London Brian Wright conductor Alice Gribbin soprano Sophie Mansell alto Daniel Auchincloss tenor Lukas Kargl bass

Tugan Sokhiev conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op.80 Ravel Piano Concerto in G Debussy La mer Stravinsky The Firebird, Suite (1919)

Bach Mass in B minor Bach completed his greatest mass setting in the late 1740s, within two years of his death.

Recognised as his religious last will and testament, it represents the summation of his life’s work in writing masterpieces for the church.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £31 £25 £20 £15 £12 £9 Premium seats £48 (On sale from Friday 20 September 2013)

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today Unsuk Chin © Karen Robinson

Khatia Buniatishvili © Julia Wesely

Programme includes: Brahms 3 Intermezzi, Op.117; Intermezzo in A, Op.118 No.2 Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254 Stravinsky 3 Movements from Petrushka transc. for piano

Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela & Christian Vásquez Shell Classic International

A recital of new works conducted by Clark Rundell as part of the Young Composers Academy.

Thursday 5 June 2014

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Temirkanov conducts the New World Symphony

Richard Strauss 150th Anniversary Celebration

Yuri Temirkanov conductor Denis Kozhukhin piano

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Eva-Maria Westbroek soprano

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Dvořák Symphony No.9 (From the New World)

Beethoven Overture, Leonore No.1 Strauss Four Last Songs Mahler Symphony No.1

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Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Saturday 31 May 2014

Written in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America, From the New World explodes with American folk-inspired rhythms and melodies.

Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela & Christian Vásquez

Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

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Sunday 8 June 2014

Thursday 5 June 2014

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

An opportunity to hear one of Strauss’ finest works, the Four Last Songs.

Strauss Introduction (Sunrise) from Also sprach Zarathustra Bach Toccata and Fugue for organ Mascagni Intermezzo & Easter Hymn from Cavalleria rusticana Saint-Saëns Finale from Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ) Handel Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1) Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Fauré Pie Jesu from Requiem Albinoni Adagio for organ & strings Bach Ave Maria arr. Gounod Handel Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Widor Toccata from Organ Symphony No.5 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D

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Pull Out All The Stops Festival: An Organ Celebration

‘The King of Instruments’ resounds in this celebration of the newly restored Royal Festival Hall grand organ, featuring all your favourite classics.

Still in her mid 20s, this Georgian pianist has been enjoying a meteoric rise to fame. Brahms’ tender and thoughtful Intermezzi are a vivid contrast to Liszt’s brilliant and characterful Rhapsodie espagnole.

Clark Rundell conductor Unsuk Chin presenter Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra

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Debussy’s principal aim in La mer was ‘to create a mysterious harmony between nature and the imagination’, to translate the play of light on the water and the sea’s place in the natural world into musical sound.

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Strauss Don Juan Falla The Three-cornered Hat, Suite No.2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 (Pathétique)

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Christian Vásquez conductor Berlioz Overture, Le carnaval romain Stravinsky The Firebird, Suite (1919) Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade The Venezuelan musical phenomenon has been celebrated at Southbank Centre and across the world. We’re delighted to welcome back the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela following the five-star reviews for their performances here in 2010.

(See also Sunday 8 June 2014)

See the next generation of musicians to come out of the celebrated Venezuelan El Sistema music-teaching programme as the sister orchestra of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela returns to Southbank Centre. (See also Friday 6 June 2014) Royal Festival Hall, 5pm (please note start time) £45 £37 £29 £22.50 £17 £12 Premium seats £65

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Wednesday 11 June 2014

Verdi: Stiffelio

John Williams performs Concierto de Aranjuez

Nelly Miricioiu Lina Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra Chelsea Opera Group Chorus Verdi Stiffelio – opera in 3 acts (concert performance in Italian with English surtitles) Premiered in 1850, Stiffelio is Verdi’s 16th opera.

After years of neglect, its modern revival in the 1960s provided greater recognition. It includes one of Verdi’s finest tenor roles.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm (please note start time) £36 £31 £25 £23 £13 Tuesday 10 June 2014

The Bach Choir Berlioz: Te Deum David Hill conductor Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano Ben Hulett tenor Philharmonia Orchestra Berlioz Te Deum Jonathan Dove New work Marcel Dupré Cortège et litanie for organ and orchestra, Op.19 No.2 Debussy La damoiselle élue The Bach Choir present Berlioz’s monumental Te Deum, alongside a new work by composer Jonathan Dove.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £38 £32 £27 £22 £16 £9 Premium seats £47 Tuesday 10 June 2014

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Alexander Shelley conductor John Williams guitar Elgar Overture, In the South (Alassio) Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra Stephen Goss Guitar Concerto Gershwin An American in Paris

Saturday 28 June 2014

Thursday 12 June 2014

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Philharmonia Orchestra Järvi conducts Shostakovich Paavo Järvi conductor Kirill Gerstein piano Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Lyudmila Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D minor Paavo Järvi conducts an all-Russian programme including Shostakovich’s mighty, all-conquering Fifth Symphony.

A rare London orchestral appearance by John Williams as he performs Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Framing this iconic piece is a collection of well-known orchestral classics.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen © Katja Tähjä

Recital by an award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm Free

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Sunday 29 June 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra Salonen conducts Mahler 8

Gamechangers: Mildly Rude?

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor soloists to be announced Mahler Symphony No.8 (Symphony of a Thousand)

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Olivier Latry organ

Lucy Crowe © Edward Webb

Talented pianist Benjamin Grosvenor joins the brilliant Endellion Quartet to perform Brahms’ Piano Quintet, one of the masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire. The programme also includes the most enchanting of Haydn’s late quartets and Britten’s scintillating take on the classical style.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium seats £35

Piotr Beczala, one of the world’s most vocally exciting tenors, makes his concert debut at Royal Festival Hall with a programme of great operatic arias and sublime operetta classics.

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Kaija Saariaho Maan varjot (Earth Shadows) for organ & orchestra (UK premiere) Sibelius Violin Concerto; Symphony No.2

Haydn String Quartet in G, Op.76 No.1 Britten String Quartet No.1 in D, Op.25 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz conductor

Thursday 12 June 2014

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano & Endellion String Quartet

Benjamin Grosvenor © Briony Campbell

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Steven Devine conductor Lucy Crowe soprano James Gilchrist tenor Choir of the Enlightenment Handel Overture & Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon; Let God arise (Chandos Anthem No.11) Boyce Solomon, a serenata for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the music of his homeland in this all-Finnish programme, including Sibelius’ glorious Violin Concerto.

Maan varjot (Earth Shadows) is commissioned by Philharmonia Orchestra and Southbank Centre London.

Mahler’s Eighth Symphony is scored for epic forces, including eight vocal soloists, two choirs and a massive orchestra embracing six clarinets, four trombones, offstage brass, two harps, mandolin and a vast array of percussion instruments.

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Boyce’s serenata Solomon was as popular as Handel’s Messiah in its time but its lyrics were considered ‘mildly rude’ and too racy for later, more conservative, tastes. His music is accompanied by Handel’s popular Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £38 £24 £9 Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm – OAE Extras.

Steven Devine introduces the little-known composer Boyce, including extracts from chamber music with young performers. Free

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Index

PERFORMERS Abbado, Claudio 15 Andsnes, Leif Ove 60 Afkham, David 64 Ainsley, John Mark 61 Akers, James 36 Aldridge, Rosie 19 Alsop, Marin 20 Anderszewski, Piotr 14 Angelich, Nicholas 54 Angus, David 40 Antonacci, Anna Caterina 53 Antunes, Celso 64 Argerich, Martha 15 Armstrong, Pamela 14 Artemis Quartet 45 Ashkenazy, Vladimir 18, 19, 61 Auchinloss, Daniel 47, 71 Aurora Orchestra 14, 16 Avdeeva, Yulianna 35 Ax, Emanuel 51 Axelsson, Marie 43 The Bach Choir 19, 40, 55, 65, 72 Bahra, Harkiret 9 Ballileu, James 19 Balsom, Alison 51 Banks, Barry 43 Baranyay, Piroska 36 Barto, Tzimon 24 Batiashvili, Lisa 73 BBC Concert Orchestra 20 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 28 Beczala, Piotr 73 Beilman, Benjamin 46 Bell, Allison 27 Bell, Emma 44 Berezovsky, Boris 35 Berg, Nathan 61 Berger, Peter 58 Bhagwat, Anupama 10 Bhattacharya, Debashish 8 Bigwood, Robin 46, 50 Blaze, Robin 55 Boden, Samuel 19 Boreyko, Andrey 58 Borodin Quartet 19 Borowicz, Lukasz 73 Bose, Pandit Kumar 43 Bostridge, Ian 18 Bottone, Rebecca 65 Bourne, Frances 29 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 16 Brabbins, Martyn 17 Braun, Russell 34 Bristol Choral Society 58 Broadbent, Graeme 13 Brönnimann, Baldur 32 Brossé, Dirk 28 Broughton, Simon 8 Brown, Adrian 66 Bubeck, Daniel 33 Buchbinder, Rudolf 36 Buniatishvili, Khatia 70 Bury, Alison 21 76

Busfield, Ronan Bychkov, Semyon

13 55

Cabell, Nicole 40 Cahn, Benjamin 19 Calleja, Joseph 60, 67 Capuçon, Renaud 55 Carby, Catherine 50 Carpenter, Cameron 54 Carraro, Titziana 43 Chelsea Opera Group Chorus 50, 72 Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra 50, 72 Chen, Sa 40 Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra 40 Choir of the Enlightenment 61, 72 Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral 50 Chorus of St Cecilia 67 Christensson, Malin 14 Christie, William 15 Christophers, Harry 33 Chuang, Ya-Fei 27 City of London Choir 64 City of London Sinfonia 13 Clarke, Rodney Earl 18 Colin Currie Group 26 Colli, Federico 59 Collins, Michael 13, 24 Collon, Nicholas 14, 40 Colvin, Michael 14 Connolly, Sarah 34 Cooke, Sasha 50 Corinthian Chamber Orchestra 66 Corley, Stephany 64 Craske, Oliver 8 Creed, Martin 54 Creed, Neville 18 Crowe, Lucy 24, 72 Cummings, Brian 33 Currie, Colin 16 Dagar, Ustad Baha’uddin Das, Pandit Kushal Dasch, Annette Daszak, John Dausgaard, Thomas Davies, Ben Davies, Neal Davis, Carl De Ridder, André Debus, Johannes Demers, Isabelle Dennis, Anna Dennis, Eleanor Denoke, Angela Denose, Ruxandra Deochake, Tanmay Devine, Steven Dey, Nirmalya Disley, Stephen Dobbin, Carolyn Dobracheva, Evelina Dohnányi, Christoph von

9, 10 43 42 44 50 47, 50 34 28 29 26 51 36 19 37 55 9, 10 46, 72 9 66, 71 33 13 43, 70

Dougan, Eamonn Driver, Danny Dudamel, Gustavo Dutoit, Charles Dworzynski, Michał

47 37, 64 26 40, 66, 67 27

Edwards, James 64 Elder, Sir Mark 34 The Elysian Singers 51 Endellion String Quartet 72 English Chamber Orchestra 19, 29 Eschenbach, Christoph 24 Esfahani, Mahan 37 Faultless, Margaret Faust, Isabelle Feinstein, Martin Feinstein Ensemble Fellner, Till Finley, Gerald Fischer, Julia Fisher, Harold Florilegium Foccroulle, Bernard Frang, Vilde Freire, Nelson

25, 27 60 46, 47, 50 46, 47, 50 33 13, 44 43 45 55 58 21 44

Galliford, Brian 14 Gallois, Patrick 28 Gardner, Edward 55 Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir 20 Gernon, Ben 25 Gerstein, Kirill 42, 73 Gerzmava, Hibla 67 Gilchrist, James 55, 72 Giltburg, Boris 27 Glanville, Mark 19 Glennie, Evelyn 32 Goerne, Matthias 18 Goldsmiths Choral Union 18, 43, 71 Gonley, Stephanie 29 Gooch, Oliver 33, 65 Goode, David 51 Gordon, Jane 36 Graham, Susan 66 Greenwood, Andrew 60, 71 Grey, Mark 33 Gribbin, Alice 71 Griffiths, Gary 33 Grimaud, Hélène 17, 36 Gringolts, Ilya 28 Gritton, Susan 55, 61 Groop, Monica 58 Grosvenor, Benjamin 72 Groves, Paul 13 Hamelin, Marc-André 41 Heijden, Laura van der 18 Helmchen, Martin 36, 43 Hemple, Jurjen 20 Hermus, Antony 36 Hertzberg, Johanna Bölja 43 Hill, David 19, 40, 55, 72 Hodges, Nicolas 16 Hoskins, Paul 29

Hough, Stephen Hrůša, Jakub Hulett, Ben Hurndall Smith, Nicholas Hussain, Shahbaz

67 58, 66 72 47, 50 10

Inglis, Anthony Isserlis, Steven

64 59, 64

Järvi, Paavo 73 Jimenez, Jorge 36 The John Wilson Orchestra 29 Johnston, Jennifer 40 Jordan, Philippe 37 Juntunen, Helena 26 Jurowski, Michail 21 Jurowski, Vladimir 14, 15, 18, 32,

33, 35, 36, 43, 44, 59, 60 Kalagina, Anastasia Kaljuste, Tõnu Kang, Hae-Sun Karabits, Kirill Karadaglić, Miloš Kargl, Lukas Kavakos, Leonidas Kelemen, Barnabas Kempster, David Khachatryan, Sergey Khan, Akram Khan, Ustad Wajahat Kidgell, Alexandra Kikuchi, Hiromi Kim, Sunwook Kopatchinskaja, Patricia Kozhukhin, Denis Krylov, Sergej Kuijken, Sigiswald Kulek, Robert Kulkarni-Patil, Manjusha Kumar, Patri Satish Kumaresh, Jayanthi Kurtág, György Kurtág, Márta Kuusisto, Pekka

33 25 36 16, 59 59 71 36 27 65 64 9, 10 9 47 29 20 18 70 25 51, 53 44 9 8, 10 8, 9 29 29 40

Labèque, Katia 41 Labèque, Marielle 41 Labin, Anna Maria 50 Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus 50 Latry, Olivier 54, 73 Lee, Shin-Young 54 Levin, Robert 27 Levit, Igor 16 Lewis, Paul 37 Lill, John 50 Lindberg, Jakob 47 Lis, Tomasz 45 London Bach Singers 47, 50 London Concert Orchestra 18, 64 London Philharmonic Brass Ensemble 51 London Philharmonic Choir 18, 19, 25, 33, 44, 71 London Voices 14 Lugansky, Nikolai 45, 66 Maazel, Lorin 52, 53 Madlala, Njabulo 18 Maltman, Christopher 24 Manfrino, Natalie 43 Mansell, Sophie 18, 71 Manson, Catherine 46, 50 Martín, Jaime 45 Matharu, Harjinderpal Singh 9 Matheuz, Diego 16 Mauceri, John 25

McFadden, Claron 20 Melinek, Julia 19 Melnikov, Alexander 60 Miller, Rebecca 37 Mills, Douglas 18 Miricioiu, Nelly 72 Mitchell, Laura 33 Monogarova, Tatiana 18 Montero, Gabriela 44 Mørk, Truls 15, 66 Mortimer-Smith, Nadine 45 Moser, Johannes 21 Mozart Festival Chorus 33 Mozart Festival Orchestra 33 Mukherjee, Pandit Budhaditya 10 Müller-Schott, Daniel 43 Mullova, Viktoria 33 Munde, Sukhad 8, 9, 10 Murray, Robert 34 Musicians of London 71 Mustonen, Olli 64 Nadeem, Mehboob 9 Nandi, Soumen 10 National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain 32 National Youth Orchestra for Indian Music 52 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain 59 Nelsons, Andris 17, 18, 36, 42 Nethsingha, Andrew 29 Newton, Faye 47, 50 Newton, Robin 50 Nézet-Séguin, Yannick 19, 20, 53, 54 Norman, Jane 50 O’Connor, Kelley O’Donnell, James Ollu, Franck Opera Rara Chorus Opie, Alan Orchestra of St Cecilia Orchestra of St Paul’s Orion Orchestra Ormshaw, Claire Orozco-Estrada, Andrés Ortiz, Cristina Otey, Louis Ott, Alice Sara

33 53 16 34 14 67 61 24 14 36 27, 53 67 19

Paasikivi, Lilli 61 Padmore, Mark 15 Palmer, Ben 61 Panshikar, Pandit Raghunadan 10 Pappano, Sir Antonio 67 Park Lane Group 34, 35 Parker-Smith, Jane 51 Patalong, Anna 29 Pérez, Alejo 21 Perkins, Julian 36 Petersen, Marlis 34 Petrenko, Mikhail 20 Petrenko, Vasily 24, 42 Philharmonia Brass Ensemble 51 Philharmonia Chorus 11, 40, 42 Philharmonia Voices 17, 60, 61 Philip Glass Ensemble 26 Piau, Sandrine 15 Pierard, Madeleine 71 Pike, Jennifer 65 Pires, Maria João 16 Pollini, Maurizio 41, 55 Poster, Tom 18 Power, Lawrence 35 Prakash, RN 8, 10

Purcell School Symphony Orchestra Purefoy, William Purser, Toby Pursglove, Percy

45 47, 50 24 45

Quatuor Mosaïques Queyras, Jean-Guihen

42 20, 60

Rachlin, Julian 58 Radley, Andrew 36 Ragunathan, Sudha 10 Rainer, Tom 29 Rajput, Dr Vijay 10 Rattle, Sir Simon 61 Raval, Meeta 18 Rayatt, Gurdain 10 Reich, Steve 26 Rickards, Steven 33 Rigby, Jean 14 Rivas, Ilyich 45 Rose, Matthew 33, 55 Rose, Peter 61 Roth, François-Xavier 59 Royal, Kate 19, 33 Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble 17 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 24 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 18, 40, 50, 59, 60, 66,

67, 71, 72, 73 Rundell, Clark 70 Rutherford, James 42 Ryan, John 24 Salonen, Esa-Pekka 11, 14, 73 Samsi, Yogesh 8, 9, 10 San Francisco Symphony 47, 50 Sánchez, Lourdes 55 São Paulo Symphony Orchestra 20 Saraste, Jukka-Pekka 55 Schelomianski, Mischa 58 Scott, John 51, 52 Scott, Jonathan 18 Semenchuk, Ekaterina 67 Shelley, Alexander 72 Sherratt, Brindley 14, 34, 43 Shimplesberger, Bernhard 8 Shrikanth, Jyotsna 10 Simeoni, Veronica 67 Simmonds, Victoria 34 Simón Bolívar National Youth Choir of Venezuela 55 Singh, Dharambir MBE 9, 10 The Sixteen 33 Skelton, Stuart 14, 67 Skrowaczewski, Stanisław 46 Slater, Daniel 14 Sokhiev, Tugan 33, 70 Sound Intermedia 16, 32 Sounds Baroque 36 Southbank Sinfonia 20 Spencer, Jaclyn 18 Sprague, Alexander 33 St John’s College Choir, Cambridge 29 St Lawrence String Quartet 47 Staples, Andrew 40, 55 Steele-Perkins, Crispian 29 Stefanovich, Tamara 17 Steinbacher, Arabella 58 Stéphany, Anna 44 Stephen, Pamela Helen 14 Stirling, Stephen 13 Stone, Mark 14 Stotijn, Christianne 13 Stratford, Stuart 24, 40, 65 77

Streetwise Opera Suckling, Christopher Suh, Yeree Summers, Hilary Sutherland, Gavin Swingle Singers

24 46, 50 21 16 18 20

Takahashi, Miki Temirkanov, Yuri Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tharaud, Alexandre Thibaudet, Jean-Yves Thomas, Phillip Tiberghien, Cedric Tiempo, Sergio Tilling, Peter Tilson Thomas, Michael

50 21, 70 71 18, 42 18 19 70 19 21 61 43 47, 50

51 18 53, 58 45 66

Uchida, Mitsuko

59

Valcuha, Juraj Vänskä, Osmo Vásquez, Christian Veira, Jonathan Voicelab Volkov, Ilan Vondráček, Lukás

20 41 71 14 51 28 58

Wallfisch, Benjamin Wallworth, Lynette Watson, Anita Weilerstein, Alisa

17 58 67 16

West, Samuel 14 Westbroek, Eva-Maria 70 Wilkinson, Clare 47 Williams, John 72 Williams, Roderick 40, 55 Wilson, John 29, 60 Wood, Roland 13 Wright, Brian 18, 43, 71 Wunder, Ingolf 52 Wyn-Rogers, Catherine 72

String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131 Symphony No.7

20, 25

Symphony No.8

27

Symphony No.9 (Choral)

44

Symphony No.9 (Choral), excerpts: Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato (3rd movement) and Presto – Allegro assai (4th movement) Symphony No.3 (Eroica)

Yoo, Esther

53

Zinman, David Znaider, Nikolaj Zolinsky, Andrew

51 44 26

45

67

16, 36 35

Symphony No.6 (Pastoral Violin Sonata in G major, Op.30 No.3

44

Bellini I Capuleti e I Montecchi

50

Berg Violin Concerto

64

Berio Ritirata notturna di Madrid (after Boccherini)

24

Sinfonia

20

composerS

Berlioz La morte de Cléopatra for soprano & orchestra

55

Adams Absolute Jest

66

47

Cantata No.54 ‘Widerstehe doch der Sunde’

Les nuits d’été Overture, La carnaval romain

71

El Niño (Nativity Oratorio)

33

Cantata No.82 ‘Ich habe genug’ 50

42

Adès Asyla

32, 59

Concerto for violin & chamber orchestra (Concentric Paths)

40

Alain Le jardin suspendu

58

Litanies

58

Albinoni Adagio for organ & strings

71

Anderson Alleluia

44

The Stations of the Sun for orchestra

32

Tiramisu for chamber ensemble 29 Anonymous Angelus ad virginem

33

In Bethlem

33

Make we joy

33

Nowell, nowell

33

Out of your sleep

33

Sing we to this merry company 33 Sweet was the song

33

Bacalov Il Postino

28

Bach, CPE Concerto in E flat for arpsichord & fortepiano, Wq.47 37 Symphony in A, Wq.182/4

37

Symphony in B minor, Wq.182/5 37 Symphony in D, Wq.183/1

37

Symphony in E flat, Wq.179

37

Symphony in F, Wq.183/3

37

Bach, JS The Art of Fugue, BWV.1080

50

Ave Maria arr. Gounod

71

Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G

78

Tippett Quartet Trinity Boys Choir Trotter, Thomas Trpčeski, Simon Truscott, Matthew

53 53

50

Cantata No.152 ‘Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn’

50

Cantata No.182 ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’ 50 Chorale-prelude Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV.676 Chorale-prelude Ich ruf'zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV.639 transc. Busoni Chorale-prelude Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV.684

58

37

58

Chorale-prelude Nun komm'der Heiden Heiland, BWV.659 transc. Busoni 37 Concerto in D for keyboard, BWV.972 arr. Balsom for trumpet and organ Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV.1043

Fugue in G minor for lute, BWV.1000 Mass in B minor

53

Overture, Le Corsaire

Toccata and Fugue for organ

71

Roméo et Juliette

Toccata in D, BWV.912

46

Symphonie fantastique

Toccata in D minor, BWV.913

46

Te Deum

Toccata in G minor, BWV.915

46

Trio Sonata in C, BWV.1037

46

Trio Sonata in G, BWV.1038

46

Trio Sonata in G, BWV.1039 Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV.1041 38, Badalamenti Twin Peaks Balakirev Islamey, oriental fantasy Beamish Spinal Chords

53

Beethoven Andante favori, WoO.57 Gott! Welch dunkel hier! from Fidelio (Act 2)

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

21

Yet for 20 musicians

21

66 44

Boulez Le marteau sans maître

16

Sonata No.2

17

Boyce Solomon, a serenata for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra 72

Double Concerto

47

Overture, Leonore No.1

70

47, 71

Overture, Namensfeier

14

Double Concerto for violin and cello

Piano Concerto No.1

43

51

Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV.1052 51 Prelude and Fugues, BWV.870 – BWV.881

46

Prelude and Fugues, BWV.882 – BWV.893

46

20

21

27

67

Piano Concerto No.3

16, 59

Piano Concerto No.4

20

Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor)

28

Virya for 4 musicians

45

36

72

28

Overture, Egmont

Partita No.4 in D, BWV.828

13 14, 47

66

41

45, 60

42 18 43

Ein deutsches Requiem

42

Intermezzo in A, Op.118 No.2

70

Intermezzo in B minor, Op.119 No.1

61

Piano Concerto No.1

17, 35

Piano Concerto No.2

36

Piano Trio in E flat, Op.70 No.2

60

Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 72

Sonata in A flat, Op.110

16

Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) for chorus & orchestra 42

Sonata in C minor, Op.111

16, 44

Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia – Moonlight)

String Quartet in C minor, Op.51 No.1

45

37, 52

Symphony No.1

17

Sonata in E, Op.109

16

Symphony No.2

42

37

Prelude in C minor for lute, BWV.999

47

Preludes and Fugues, BWV.874-877 from The Well-Tempered Clavier

33

Sonata in E flat, Op.27 No.1 (Quasi una fantasia)

Sonata in E minor for flute & continuo, BWV.1034

46

Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata) Sonatas

59, 61 55

Symphony No.3

18

Symphony No.4

36, 59

3 Intermezzi, Op.117 Tragic Overture

18

Violin Concerto in D

42

Violin sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108

44

70 42, 50

Cherubini Overture, Médée

20

Chopin Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22

52

Brant (and Ives) The Alcotts (3rd movement) from A Concord Symphony (arr. from Piano Sonata No.2 ‘Concord’) 47

Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38

Britten Cello Symphony

Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52

27

15

6 Etudes

61

A Ceremony of Carols

33

Coal face

14

4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

40

God’s chillun

14

The Holly and the Ivy (trad.)

33

Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23 27 29, 41

Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47 29, 41

4 Mazurkas, Op.33

41

Nocturne in B, Op.9 No.3

52

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.45 41 Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20 27 Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31

27

Hymn to the Virgin

33

Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39

The King’s stamp

14

Scherzo No.4 in E, Op.54

27

Men behind the meters

14

Waltz in A flat, Op.34 No.1

52

Night mail

14

Nocturne

15

Connors Corelli Leaves

21

Noye’s Fludde

Bertrand Madrigal for soprano & 5 musicians

Overture, Coriolan

47

47

Sonata in G for violin & continuo, BWV.1021

46

Bernstein The Age of Innocence

Brahms Academic Festival Overture

Partita in C minor for lute, BWV.997 Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV.582

55

Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV.564

51

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV.542 58 Fugue & Allegro in E flat for lute, BWV.998

St Matthew Passion

Variations on a theme by Haydn (St Anthony)

13, 17

Peace of Britain

14

Peter Grimes

14

The Prince of the Pagodas Suite (Prelude and dances)

15

Second Movement from Movements for a Clarinet Concerto compl.

Colin Matthews

13

Serenade for tenor, horn and strings

13

A Shepherd’s carol

33

Sixpenny telegram

14

String Quartet No.1 in D, Op.25 72 Suite from Death in Venice arr. Bedford

24

Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was...)

15

The Tocher

14

War Requiem

18

The Way to the sea The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

27, 41

Copland Clarinet Concerto

13

12 Poems of Emily Dickinson

45

Corelli Concerto grosso in B flat, Op.6 No.11

53

Concerto grosso in D, Op.6 No.1 66 Concerto grosso in G minor, Op.6 No.8 (Christmas)

21

Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d’Este 21 Trio Sonata in A, Op.3 No.12

21

Violin Sonata in D, Op.5 No.1

36

Creed Face to face with Bach for organ 54 Dallapiccola Il prigioniero

67

14

Davis, Carl Napoléon

28

24

Davis, Don The Matrix

28

Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor 65

Debussy Images for orchestra

67

Bruckner Symphony No.2

La damoiselle élue

72

43

La mer

70

Symphony No.3 (ed. Novak)

46

Symphony No.8 (ed. Haas)

55

Prélude à l’après-midi d’une faune arr. Schoenberg

41

Préludes, Book 1

41

29

Reflets dans l’eau, from Images, Set 1

61

Selection from Prélude, BK.1

35

Butler Jazz machines Buxtehude Choral prelude, Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BuxWV.183 Chorale fantasia, Wie schön leuchtet der morgenstern, BuxWV.223

58

58

Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV.161

58

Cage One for piano

26

Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden 19 Dove New work

72

Dupré Cortège et litanie for organ and orchestra, Op.19 No.2 72 Prelude & Fugue in B, Op.7 No.1 51

Caldara Trio Sonata in E minor, Op.1 No.5 36

Dutilleux Tout un monde lointain...

(Cello Concerto)

20

Chabrier España, rhapsody

Dvořák Carnival Overture

40

Cello Concerto

66

67

46 79

Piano Concerto in D minor

58

Scherzo capriccioso

45

Gubaidulina Light and darkness

58

Sinfonietta

58

Symphony No.7

36

Offertorium (Violin Concerto)

25

Symphony No.8

50

51

Symphony No.9 (From the New World)

70

Haas in vain for 24 instruments

String Quartet No.2 (Intimate Letters) Kalinnikov Symphony No.1

41

Violin Concerto

58

Elfman The Nightmare before Christmas 28 Elgar Cello Concerto

18, 59 40

The Dream of Gerontius

Nimrod from Enigma Variations 64 Overture, In the South (Alassio)

66, 72

Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D

71

Symphony No.1

55

Symphony No.2

42

Falla The Three-cornered Hat, Suite No.2

71

Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op.80

70

Pie Jesu from Requiem

71

Requiem

65

Feldman Palais de mari

26

Florentz Prélude from I'Enfant noir, Op.17 54

29

Hamlisch Sophie’s Choice

28

Handel Amarilli vezzosa (Il duello amorosa), HWV.82

36

21

Korngold Incidental music to Much Ado About Nothing, Op.11 (complete)

15

Giulio Cesare: Che sento? and Se pietà di me non senti

15 71

Shakespeare Songs, Op.29 & Op.31 arr. Ben Palmer for chamber orchestra

Let God arise (Chandos Anthem No.11)

72

Messiah

33

Kurtág Bach arrangements

Music for the Royal Fireworks

15

Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

Overture & Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon 72

21

15

Musica ricercata

17

Sonata in G for keyboard, HWV.579

36

San Francisco Polyphony

28

Violin Concerto

28

Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1)

Postludio a rovescio

Ginastera Malambo from Estancia

61

Glass Music in Twelve Parts

26

Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Lyudmila 73 Goldsmith Mulan

28

The New Enterprise from Star Trek

25

Górecki Symphony No.3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), Op.36

27

Symphony No.4

58

Goss Guitar Concerto Grieg Piano Concerto Guarnieri Symphony No.4 (Brasília)

72 19, 36 20

Lambert The Rio Grande for piano, chorus & orchestra

29

Scipione: March and Scoglio d’immota fronte

New work

51

Hipartita

Ligeti Lontano

64

Gigout Grand choeur dialogué

Excerpts from Játékok (Games) 29

36

36

Songs 18

29

Rondeau in G (attrib.)

Harmon Amerika

64

61

21

66

Rhapsody in Blue

61

Overture to Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Prelude, Choral et Fugue

72

36

Concerto grosso in A minor, Op.6 No.4

Harbison Milosz Songs for voice & piano 45

Gershwin An American in Paris

41

Kodály Dances of Galánta

Concerto grosso in G minor, Op.6 No.6

25

Khachaturian Piano Concerto

66

51

Geminiani Concerto grosso in D minor after Corelli, Op.5 No.12 ‘La follia’ 21

Kaper Mutiny on the Bounty

Concerto grosso in A, Op.6 No.11

Franck Fantaisie in A (from Pièces pour grand orgue)

Gasparini Io che dal terzo ciel

80

Overture, Jealousy (Zárlivost) 58

66, 71

Hartman Concerto funèbre

Lindberg Chorale

65

Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25

54

Scherzo & Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

51

Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish)

45

Violin Concerto

33, 46

Wedding March from A Midsummers Night’s Dream 71 Messiaen Des canyons aux étoiles

24

Excerpts from Catalogue d’oiseaux

17

L’Ascension – 4 méditations symphoniques

54

Les oiseaux et les sources, (Communion) et Le vent de l’Esprit (Sortie) from Messe de la Pentecôte

58

73 54

41

Ives (and Brant) The Alcotts (3rd movement) from A Concord Symphony (arr. from Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord') 47 58

Mascagni Intermezzo & Easter Hymn from Cavalleria rusticana

71

Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana

64

Mason ! for ensemble

26

35

53

Introduction & Allegro (transc. 2 pianos)

43

Who’s that calling?

43

La ci darem la mano & Fin ch’han dal vino (Champagne Aria) from Don Giovanni 24

19

Symphony No.9

Gaspard de la nuit

Poulenc Concerto in G minor for organ, strings and timpani

43

24

Requiem

19

40

Utrop (Avocation)

Ave verum corpus

19

Symphony No.8 (Symphony of a Thousand)

64

Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Rehnqvist Raven chant

Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467

26

Ravel Boléro

28

35

Symphony No.7

28

Powell, John Chicken Run

51

Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate 24

15

25

Piovani La Vita è bella

15

70

32

35

61

Règne avec moi, Bacchus from Anacréon 15

Valses nobles et sentimentales 66

24

Symphony No.6

Piazzolla Fuga y Misterio

Par un sommeil agréable from Dardanus

Piano Concerto in G

Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K.271

33

27

19

Overture and Non più andrai from the Marriage of Figaro

50

Penderecki Violin Concerto No.1

Je vole, amour, ou tu m'appelles from Les Paladins 15

33

21

Symphony No.4

25

Stabat mater

19

Symphony No.3

15

25

Magnificat

Salve regina

Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546

Overture, Don Giovanni

70

15

Entrée de Polymnie from Les Boréades

41

37

Symphony No.1

Chaconne from Dardanus

Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

21

52

15

25

Rameau Castor et Pollux: Overture, Airs pours les athletes, Bruit de guerre, Gravement, Funeral Lament Tristes apprêts and Menuet 15

Miroirs

Sonata in B minor

String Quartet in G, Op.76 No.1 72

Pärt Berliner Messe

35

19

24

45

Orff O Fortuna from Carmina Burana 64

66

Piano Concerto

28

Finale from Symphony No.41

String Quartet in D minor, Op.103 51

34

13 Preludes, Op.32 Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op.22

Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) suite

53

Mahler Blumine (Andante) from Symphony No.1

Offenbach Fantasio

27

33

Fantasie in F Minor, K.608

42

25

21

10 Preludes, Op.23

40

37

Viola Concerto

North Cleopatra Symphony

35

Symphony No.2

Gloria

Morricone The Mission

Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort, S.203

33

17

42, 66

Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36

4 Petites prières de St François d’Assise

24

Sonata in D, Hob.XVI/37

Nono Works

44

4 Motets pour le temps de Noel 33

Clarinet Concerto

60

60

Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

26

37

Piano Trio in D, Hob.XV/24

Nikodijevic La lugubre gondola

Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 No.12

26

R.W.-Venezia, S.201

61

64

St Petersburg Waltz

70

36

Mustonen Cello Sonata

Monk Railroad

Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254

MacMillan Veni, veni, Emmanuel

Janáček Glagolitic Mass

27

Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)

64

Lutosławski Cello Concerto

Ibert Divertissement

Mendelssohn Concerto in A flat for 2 pianos

Birdcatcher’s Song, Ach, ich fühl's & Papageno/Papagena duet from The Magic Flute 24

36

Holst The Planets

51

51

Wheel of emptiness for chamber ensemble

Herrmann Psycho, narrative for string orchestra

Maxwell Davies New work for organ, brass & choir

64

Unstern! sinistre, disastro, S.208

Symphony No.94 (Surprise)

26

Mephisto Waltz No.1 arr. Jane Parker-Smith for organ

36

String Quartet in C, Op.76 No.3 (Emperor)

64

Liszt Années de pèlerinage (1st year – Switzerland), S.160 21

Harvey Scena for violin & chamber ensemble

Haydn The Creation (sung in English)

18

Self-referential songs and realistic virelais for soprano & ensemble

Rondo in A minor for piano, K.511

33

Sonata in G, K.283

59

String Quartet in B flat, K.458 (The Hunt)

42

Symphony No.36 (Linz)

15

Symphony No.38 (Prague)

51

Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K.216

53

Muffat Passacaglia from Sonata No.5 in G (Armonico tributo)

21

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

37

Pictures at an Exhibition orch. Ravel

53

La valse

41 27, 67

Previn Honey & Rue for voice, piano & rhythm section

45

Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C, Op.119

Reich Clapping Music

26

64

Come out

26

Ivan the Terrible

61

Music for 18 musicians

26

Scythian Suite (Ala i Lolli), Op.20

61

Sinfonia concertante in E minor for cello and orchestra, Op.125 16 Sonata No.4 in C minor, Op.29

66

Sonata No.8 in B flat, Op.84

27

Symphony No.1 in D (Classical)

21, 59

Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor 19 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75: The Young Juliet, Montagues and Capulets, Dance of the girls with the lilies & Mercutio 61 Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.63 Puccini O soave fanciulla from La bohème

21

64

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2

40

Piano Concerto No.3

50, 73

Prelude in B minor, Op.32 No.10 44 Prelude in C, Op.32 No.1

44

Prelude in G, Op.32 No.5

44

Music for pieces of wood

26

Pendulum music

26

Reubke Sonata in C minor on Psalm 92 53 Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture

59

Shéhérazade

59, 71

Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra

59, 72

Rossini Overture, La Gazza Ladra

16

Overture, William Tell

64

Rota The Godfather, symphonic portrait

25

Saariaho Maan varjot (Earth Shadows) or organ and orchestra

73

Saint-Saens The Carnival of the Animals

41

Finale from Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ)

71

81

Stockhausen Gesang der Jünglinge

16

Gruppen

17

Klavierstück IX

17

36

Kontakte

36

Piano Concerto No.5 (Egyptian) 67 Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ)

53, 66

Scarlatti, A Questo silenzio ombroso Scarlatti, D Sonata in G, Kk.63 Schnittke Symphony No.1

21

25

16

Strauss, Johann Blue Danube Waltz

Vangelis Chariots of Fire

28

64

Die Fledermaus

60

Vaughn Williams Symphony No.6 in E minor

Strauss, Richard Also sprach Zarathustra

52

An Alpine Symphony

52

Schubert Fantasia in F minor for piano duet, D.940

27

Fantasy in C, D.7 (Wandererfantasie)

Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra

36

String Quartet in A minor, D.804 (Rosamunde)

Dance of the Seven Veils and final scene from Salome

42

Don Juan

37, 71

Ein Heldenleben

43, 59

Four Last Songs

70

String Quartet in D minor, D.810 (Death & the Maiden)

51

Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished)

65

Symphony No.9 in C (Great) 55, 64 Schumann Carnaval, Op.9

44

Davidsbündlertänze, Op.6

33

Fantasie in C, Op.17

44

Piano Concerto in A minor

14

Piano Trio No.3 in G minor, Op.110

60

Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.11

59

Studies in A flat, Op.56 No.4

53

Studies in B minor, Op.56 No.5 53

Introduction (Sunrise) from Also sprach Zarathustra

18

4 Norwegian Moods The Rite of Spring vers. for four hands

54

3 Movements from Petrushka transc. for piano

70

53

Violin Concerto in D minor

55

Waldszenen, Op.82

36

Violin Concerto in D

44

Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op.25

Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40 64 String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor, Op.108 String Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110 String Quartet No.12 in D flat, Op.133

19 19 19

Suite from the Incidental Music to Hamlet, Op.32a

61

Symphony No.1 in F minor

45

Symphony No.5 in D minor

66, 73

Symphony No.10 in E minor

16

Symphony No.13 in B flat minor (Babi Yar) 20 Symphony No.14

13

Symphony No.15

24

Sibelius Malinconia for cello & piano, Op.20

64

Symphony No.2

73

2 Pieces for violin or cello & orchestra, Op.77 (Cantique & Devotion)

64

Violin Concerto

73

44

70, 71

The Firebird, Suite (1919)

18, 58 58

Praga, symphonic poem, Op.26 58 66

Symphony No.2 (Asrael) Szymanowski Three Masques, Op.34

21

Takemitsu Green (November steps II)

28

I hear the water dreaming for flute & orchestra

28

Marginalia

28

Tansman Stèle in memoriam Igor Stravinsky Tavener Monument to Beethoven for choir & organ Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Romeo & Juliet

58

51

40

Manfred Symphony

18

Piano Concerto No.1

45, 70

Symphony No.4 Symphony No.6 (Pathétique)

Grand March from Aida

64 43, 67 72

37

53

Stravinsky Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss arr. Stravinsky & Dushkin for violin & piano

64

Villa-Lobos Selection from A Prole do Bêbe 61

40, 51

Tod und Verklärung

Britten/ 28 Sep 2013

Stiffelio

37

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

40

Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata Requiem

45 59, 60, 71

Please note some series savings are available when booking multiple Resident Orchestra concerts. See page 90 for details.

London Philharmonic Orchestra

51

71

Songs with orchestral accompaniment

Studies in E, Op.56 No.3

Schumann, Clara Piano Sonata in G minor

RESIDENT ORCHESTRAS

Ustvolskaya Symphony No.5 (Amen) for reciter, violin, oboe, trumpet, tuba & percussion

Vivaldi Cello Concerto in D, RV.404 Concerto in C for 2 trumpets, RV.537

53 29

Concerto in D for violoncello da spalla, RV.404

51

The Four Seasons

29

Gloria

29

Magnificat in G minor, RV.611

29

Sinfonia in B minor, RV.169 (al Santo Sepolcro)

66

13

Jurowski, Skelton, Armstrong, Opie, Stephen, Christensson, Ormshaw, Colvin, Sherratt, Rigby, Stone, Galliford, Veira, Slater, London Voices / Britten / 28 Sep 2013 14 Jurowski, Padmore, Mørk / Britten / 2 Oct 2013

15

Britten / 12 Oct 2013

17

Jurowski, Monogarova, Bostridge, Goerne, Creed, London Philharmonic Choir, Trinity Boys Choir / Britten/ 23 Oct 2013 19

Stratford / Britten / 3 Nov 2013 24

21 24

40

Gernon / Ustvolskaya / 6 Nov 2013

Wallfisch The Ant-Eater (on Roald Dahl’s text)

65

Kaljuste, Krylov, London Philharmonic Choir, / Gubaidulina, Pärt / 6 Nov 2013 25

The Porcupine (on Roald Dahl’s text)

40

Mauceri / North, Rota, Waxman, Herrmann, Kaper, Goldsmith 8 Nov 2013 25

Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

18

Dworzynski, Kelemen, Bell / Penderecki, Górecki / 27 Nov 2013

Williams Star Wars

28

Wolff For Piano 1

26

Preludes Nos.6, 9 & 11

26

Zappa 200 Motels

20

19

Valčuha, Kim / Cherubini, Beethoven / 24 Oct 2013

20

Temirkanov, Frang / Prokofiev, Rachmaninov / 31 Oct 2013

21

Jurowski, Fischer, Müller-Schott / Brahms, Bruckner / 26 Feb 2014 43

37

53

40

Nézet-Séguin, Queyras, Petrenko, Gentlemen of the London Philharmonic Choir / Dutilleux, Shostakovich / 26 Oct 2013 20

55

Widor Toccata from Organ Symphony No.5 71

18

Ashkenazy, Ott / Delius, Grieg, Holst / 20 Oct 2013

42

Overture, Tannhäuser

Weir The Wild Reeds

Ashkenazy, Kopatchinskaja / Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky / 17 Oct 2013

Orozco-Estrada, Buchbinder / Kodály, Grieg, Dvořák / 29 Jan 2014

Nézet-Séguin, Tharaud, Royal, London Philharmonic Choir / Poulenc, Prokofiev / 21 Oct 2013 9

Eschenbach, Barto, Ryan / Messiaen / 2 Nov 2013

25

17

36

36

41

Wagner Overture, Rienzi

Waxman The Ride of the Cossacks

14

Wallfisch, Philharmonia Voices / 7 Oct 2013

Jurowski, Kavakos / JS Bach, Hartmann, Beethoven / 22 Jan 2014

Petrenko, Gerstein / Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Elgar / 21 Feb 2014

53

Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

12

Salonen, Anderszewski / Beethoven, Schumann, Berlioz / 29 Sep 2013

35

Stratford, Chen / Dvořák, Rachmaninov, Wagner, Tchaikovsky / 14 Feb 2014

25

27

Brossé / Williams, Vangelis, Hamlisch, Morricone, Bacalov, Badalamenti, Bernstein, Elfman, Powell, Piovani, Goldsmith, Davis, Zimmer / 29 Nov 2013 28 Hoskins / Butler, Anderson / 7 Dec 2013 Jurowski, Glennie / Anderson, MacMillan, Turnage, Adès / 7 Dec 2013 Jurowski, Royal, O’Connor, Rose, Bubeck, Cummings, Rickards, Grey, London Philharmonic Choir / Adams / 14 Dec 2013

Jurowski, Bell, Stéphany, Daszak, Finley, London Philharmonic Choir / Anderson, Beethoven / 1 Mar 2014 44 Rivas, Trpčeski / Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Shostakovich / 7 Mar 2014 Skrowaczewski, Beilman / Mendelssohn, Bruckner / 14 Mar 2014 Zinman, Ax / Mozart, Strauss, Bach / 19 Mar 2014

28

Zimmermann Photoptosis

59

28

Sokhiev, Mullova, Kalagina / Mendelssohn, Mahler / 12 Dec 2013

33

Collon, Kuusisto / Britten, Adès, Vaughn Williams / 6 Feb 2014 40

43

46

Heras-Casado, Lugansky / Beethoven, Mendelssohn / 9 Mar 2014

45

51

Gardner, Denose / Wagner, Berlioz, Elgar / 3 Apr 2014

55

Wilson, Philharmonia Voices / Johan Strauss / 27 Apr 2014

60

Ashkenazy, Paasikivi, Berg, Philharmonia Voices / Prokofiev / 1 May 2014

61

53

Nézet-Séguin, Angelich / Mendelssohn, Mahler / 28 Mar 2014

54

Saraste, Capuçon / Schumann, Bruckner / 9 Apr 2014 55

58

29

32

Jurowski, Karadaglić / Rimsky-Korsakov, Rodrigo, Tchaikovsky / 25 Apr 2014

59

Jurowski, Andsnes / Nikodijevic, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky / 26 Apr 2014 60 London Philharmonic Orchestra FUNharmonics Family Concerts Stratford / Britten / 3 Nov 2013 24

Zimmer Gladiator

Davis / Davis / 30 Nov 2013

45

Jurowski, Uchida / Zimmermann, Beethoven, Brahms / 16 Apr 2014 59

33

Dudamel / Mahler / 14 Nov 2013 26

Wright, Manfrino, Carraro, Banks, Sherratt, Goldsmiths Choral Union / Verdi / 28 Feb 2014

Nézet-Séguin, Antonacci, O’Donnell / Poulenc, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns / 26 Mar 2014

Boreyko, Rachlin / Tansman, Stravinsky, Górecki / 12 Apr 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra Salonen, Stotijn, Groves, Finley, Wood, Philharmonia Chorus / Berlioz / 26 Sep 2013

Jurowski, Avdeeva / Brahms, Beethoven / 17 Jan 2014

Vänskä, Hamelin / Balakirev, Khachaturian, Kalinnikov / 19 Feb 2014

Jurowski, Moser / Ligeti, Lutosławski, Schnittke / 30 Oct 2013

Trio Sonata in D minor, RV.63 (Variations on La Follia)

London Philharmonic Orchestra Jurowski, Power / MacMillan, Mahler / 15 Jan 2014 35

Afkham, Khachatryan / Lindberg, Berg, Schubert / 8 May 2014 64 Gooch, Pike, Bottone, Kempster, The Bach Choir / Mendelssohn, Bruch, Schubert, Fauré / 10 May 2014 65 Sokhiev, Thibaudet / Fauré, Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky / 22 May 2014

70

Temirkanov, Kozhukhin / Tchaikovsky, Dvořák / 31 May 2014

70

Järvi, Gerstein / Glinka, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich / 12 Jun 2014

73

Salonen, Batiashvili, Latry / Saariaho, Sibelius / 26 Jun 2014

73

Salonen / Mahler / 29 Jun 2014 73

Angus / Wallfisch / 16 Feb 2014 40 Stratford / Wallfisch / 11 May 2014

65

Turnage Evening Songs

82

32

83

Philharmonia Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Andris Nelsons: Brahms Cycle

Martin Musical Scholarship Fund

Nelsons, Grimaud / Brahms / 10 Oct 2013

5 Nov 2013

25

2 Dec 2013

29

3 Feb 2014

37

6 Feb 2014

37

23 Feb 2014

42

24 Feb 2014

42

20 Mar 2014

52

17

Nelsons, Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff / Brahms / 13 Oct 2013 18 Nelsons, Grimaud / Brahms / 23 Jan 2014 Nelsons, Tetzlaff / Brahms / 20 Feb 2014 Nelsons, Dasch, Rutherford, Philharmonia Chorus / Brahms / 23 Feb 2014

36 42

42

55

28 Apr 2014

60

12 May 2014

66

Philharmonia Orchestra

5 Jun 2014

70

Bohemian Legends

12 Jun 2014

72

Hrůša, Steinbacher / Janáček, Dvořák, Suk / 10 Apr 2014 58

London Sinfonietta

Hrůša, Vondráček, Groop, Berger, Schelomianski, Trotter, Bristol Choral Society / Suk, Dvořák, Janáček / 13 Apr 2014 58 Hrůša, Mørk / Dvořák, Suk / 15 May 2014

66

Richard Strauss 150th Anniversary Celebration Jordan, Denoke / Wagner, Strauss / 30 Jan 2014

37

Dohnányi, Helmchen / Beethoven, Strauss / 27 Feb 2014 43 Maazel / Strauss / 20 Mar 2014 52 Maazel, Yoo / Strauss, Mozart, Mussorgsky / 23 Mar 2014 53 Dohnányi, Westbroek / Beethoven, Strauss, Mahler / 5 Jun 2014

70

De Ridder / Haas / 6 Dec 2013

29

Brönnimann / Sound Intermedia / 8 Dec 2013

32

Faultless, Levin, Chuang / Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert / 26 Nov 2013 Elder, Petersen, Connolly, Simmonds, Murray, Braun, Davies, Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus / Offenbach / 15 Dec 2013 Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque / Debussy arr.

Schoenberg, Ravel, Ibert, Saint-Saëns / 20 Feb 2014 Truscott / Corelli, Vivaldi, Beamish, Bach, Handel / 11 May 2014

Philharmonia Orchestra Music of Today Pérez, Suh / Bertrand / 31 Oct 2013

21

Debus, Juntunen / Mason/ 14 Nov 2013

26

Hermus, Kang / Harvey / 23 Jan 2014

36

Tilling, Axelsson, Hertzberg / Rehnqvist / 27 Feb 2014

43

Antunes / Harman / 8 May 2014 64 Rundell / 31 May 2014

Brabbins, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble / Stockhausen, Nono / 6 Oct 2013 17

70

Gamechangers Christie, Piau / Rameau, Handel / 30 Sep 2013 Bury / Handel, Muffat, Connors, Corelli, Geminiani / 31 Oct 2013 Miller, Esfahani, Driver / CPE Bach / 30 Jan 2014 Kuijken / Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach / 25 Mar 2014 Bychkov / Beethoven, Schubert / 8 Apr 2014

15

21 37 53 55

Rattle, Gritton, Ainsley, Rose, Choir of the Enlightenment / Haydn / 6 May 2014 61 Gamechangers Study Day: Creation / 11 May 2014 Corelli, Vivaldi, Beamish, Bach, Handel / 11 May 2014 Devine, Crowe, Gilchrist, Choir of the Enlightenment / Handel, Boyce / 12 Jun 2014

Bury / 31 Oct 2013

66

Stockhausen & Boulez: modern masterpieces / Stockhausen, Boulez / 5 Oct 2013 16 Borodin Quartet / Shostakovich / 20 Oct 2013 19 Philip Glass Ensemble / Glass / 9 Nov 2013 26 Steve Reich & the Colin Currie Group / Reich / 10 Nov 2013

26

66

72

Nikolaj Znaider / Schubert, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Brahms / 1 Mar 2014

44

Artemis Quartet / Beethoven, Brahms / 11 Mar 2014

45

21

Tippett Quartet: Treasured Moments / Haydn, Mozart, Janáček, Schubert / 18 Mar 2014 Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov / Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann / 25 Apr 2014

The Works

41

International Piano Series

Quatuor Mosaïques / Haydn, Mozart, Schubert / 25 Feb 2014 42

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 34

International Chamber Music Season

65

The Night Shift 27

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György & Márta Kurtág, Hiromi Kikuchi / Kurtág / 1 Dec 2013 29

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Philharmonia Orchestra

84

3 Apr 2014

annual series

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Faultless / Beethoven / 7 November 2013

25

Kuijken / Vivaldi, JS Bach / 19 Mar 2014

51

51

60

Steven Isserlis & Olli Mustonen/ Shostakovich, Mustonen, Sibelius, Prokofiev / 8 May 2014 64 Benjamin Grosvenor & Endellion String Quartet / Haydn, Britten, Brahms / 10 Jun 2014 72

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment OAE Tots 30 Nov 2013

28

16 Feb 2014

40

27 Apr 2014

60

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Family Concert Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque / Saint-Saëns / 20 Feb 2014 41

The International Chamber Music Season is presented by Intermusica and Southbank Centre

Igor Levit / Beethoven / 2 Oct 2013

Shell Classic International 16

Tamara Stefanovich / Ligeti, Stockhausen, Messiaen, Boulez / 6 Oct 2013

Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado & Martha Argerich / Haydn, Mozart / 1 Oct 2013

17

Cedric Tiberghien / Liszt, Szymanowski, Ravel / 30 Oct 2013

Orchestra Mozart, Diego Matheuz & Maria João Pires / Rossini, Beethoven / 3 Oct 2013 16

21

Andrew Zolinsky / Wolff, Cage, Monk, Feldman / 10 Nov 2013

26

Boris Giltburg / Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Ravel / 14 Nov 2013

27

Cristina Ortiz / Chopin / 27 Nov 2013

27

Till Fellner / Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Schumann / 10 Dec 2013

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Sasha Cooke / Mahler / 16 Mar 2014 50

33

Boris Berezovsky / Ravel, Debussy, Rachmaninov / 14 Jan 2014

Orchestra & Chorus of Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano / Beethoven, Dallapiccola / 17 May 2014

67

35

Martin Helmchen / JS Bach, Schumann, Schubert / 28 Jan 2014

Orchestra & Chorus of Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano / Verdi / 18 May 2014

67

36

Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and Christian Vásquez / Berlioz, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov / 6 Jun 2014 71

Paul Lewis / Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Mussorgsky / 4 Feb 2014 37 Maurizio Pollini / Chopin, Debussy / 18 Feb 2014

41

Nelson Freire / Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Schumann / 2 Mar 2014

44

Gabriela Montero / Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann / 5 Mar 2014

44

Ingolf Wunder / Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt / 20 Mar 2014

52

Cristina Ortiz / Piano Masterclass / 23 Mar 2014

53

Maurizio Pollini / Beethoven / 2 Apr 2014

55

Federico Colli / Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann / 22 Apr 2014

59

15

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Swingle Singers / Guarnieri, Bernstein, Berio / 25 Oct 2013 20 San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas / Ives, Brant, Adams, Berlioz / 15 Mar 2014 47

Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and Christian Vásquez / Strauss, Falla, Tchaikovsky / 8 Jun 2014 71 Shell Classic International: Shell supports Southbank Centre in bringing the finest international orchestras to London.

Sergio Tiempo / Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy, Prokofiev, Chopin, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Ginastera / 29 Apr 2014 61 Nikolai Lugansky / Franck, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov / 14 May 2014

66

Khatia Buniatshvili / Brahms, Liszt, Stravinsky / 4 Jun 2014

70

85

festivals and major projects Music from across the Iron Curtain / Britten, Copland, Shostakovich / 27 Sep 2013

13

Britten: Noye’s Fludde / Britten / 28 Sep 2013

13

The Genius of Film Music 19601980 / North, Rota, Waxman, Herrmann, Kaper, Goldsmith / 8 Nov 2013 25 Music in 12 Parts / Glass / 9 Nov 2013

Enchanting Afternoon: Ragas on 100 Strings / 21 Sep 2013

9

Iconic Sitar to Mesmerising Carnatic Ragas / 21 Sep 2013

10

Morning Ragas: Sitar on Fire / 22 Sep 2013

10

Darbar Unplugged: Kirana Gharana Khayal / 22 Sep 2013

10

Where Are the Women? / 22 Sep 2013

10

Limitless Tabla, Punjab Style / 22 Sep 2013

10

27

Rudra Veena to Magnificent Khayal / 22 Sep 2013

10

28

Darbar Unplugged: Sitar & Tabla / 22 Sep 2013

10

26

Britten Centenary Celebrations / Britten / 28 Sep 2013 14

Andrew Zolinsky, piano / Wolff, Cage, Monk, Feldman / 10 Nov 2013

26

Zeitgeist: Britten Films / Britten / 29 Sep 2013

Steve Reich & the Colin Currie Group / Reich / 10 Nov 2013

26

14

Britten Centenary Celebrations / Britten / 2 Oct 2013 15 Russia in the Post-War World / Prokofiev, Shostakovich / 4 Oct 2013

16

Stockhausen & Boulez: modern masterpieces / Stockhausen, Boulez / 5 Oct 2013 16 Tamara Stefanovich, piano / Ligeti, Stockhausen, Messiaen, Boulez / 6 Oct 2013 17

Sublime Polish Melodies / Penderecki, Górecki / 27 Nov 2013 No More Rules / Takemitsu, Ligeti / 28 Nov 2013

The Genius of Film Music 1980-2000 / Williams, Vangelis, Hamlisch, Morricone, Bacalov, Badalamenti, Bernstein, Elfman, Powell, Piovani, Goldsmith, Don Davis, Zimmer / 29 Nov 2013 28 György & Márta Kurtág, Hiromi Kikuchi / Kurtág / 1 Dec 2013 29

Stockhausen: Gruppen / Stockhausen, Nono / 6 Oct 2013

17

2001: A Space Odyssey Live / 7 Oct 2013

Darkness and Light – Hass’ in vain / Haas / 6 Dec 2013 29

17

Britten: Noye’s Fludde / Britten / 12 Oct 2013

17

London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts / Butler, Anderson / 7 Dec 2013 29

Britten Centenary Celebrations / Britten / 12 Oct 2013 18 Borodin Quartet / Shostakovich / 20 Oct 2013 Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Poulenc / Poulenc, Prokofiev / 23 Oct 2013

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Evelyn Glennie plays MacMillan / Anderson, MacMillan, Turnage, Adès / 7 Dec 2013 32 The New Music Show 2013 / 8 Dec 2013

São Paolo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop & Swingle Singers / Guarnieri, Bernstein, Berio / 25 Oct 2013 20

Darbar Festival

Shostakovich Speaks Out / Dutilleux, Shostakovich / 26 Oct 2013

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Transposed Rhythm and the Saraswati Veena / 19 Sep 2013

Frank Zappa: 200 Motels / Zappa / 29 Oct 2013

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Schnittke’s Vision of the Future / Ligeti, Lutosławski, Schnittke / 30 Oct 2013

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Jurowski conducts a Nativity Oratorio / Adams / 14 Dec 2013 33

Indian Classical Music Appreciation Course (session 1) / 12 Sep 2013 8 8

Indian Classical Music Appreciation Course (session 2) / 19 Sep 2013 8 Tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar / 20 Sep 2013

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Indian Classical Music Appreciation Course (session 3) / 25 Sep 2013 8 Indian Classical Music Appreciation Course (session 4) / 3 Oct 2013 8 Indian Classical Music Appreciation Course (session 5) / 16 Oct 2013 8 Pull Out All The Stops O Festival: An Organ Celebration Organ Gala Launch concert / Gigout, Bach, Mendelssohn, Tavener, Dupré, Franck, Liszt, Maxwell Davies / 18 Mar 2014

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Celebrity organ recital: John Scott / 21 Mar 2014

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Celebrity organ recital: Thomas Trotter / Bach, Schumann, Weir, Mozart, Reubke / 24 Mar 2014

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London Philharmonic Orchestra / Poulenc, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns / 26 Mar 2014 53 Celebrity organ recital: Olivier Latry / Messiaen, Stravinsky / 27 Mar 2014

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Cameron Carpenter: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari / 29 Mar 2014 54 Martin Creed: Face to face with Bach / Creed, Bach / 30 Mar 2014

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Símon Bolívar National Youth Choir of Venezuela / 5 Apr 2014

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Great Improvisational Expectations / 20 Sep 2013

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Darbar Unplugged: Saraswati Veena / 20 Sep 2013

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Colours of Dhrupad and the Majestic Sarod / 20 Sep 2013

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Darbar Unplugged: Rudra Veena / 21 Sep 2013

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Darkness and Light: A new work for organ and video projection / Gubaidulina, Buxtehude, Messiaen, Bach, Alain / 11 Apr 2014 58

London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts / Ustvolskaya / 6 Nov 2013 25

Glorious Morning: Ragas Unwrapped / 21 Sep 2013

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Bohemian Legends / Suk, Dvořák, Janáček / 13 Apr 2014 58

Darbar Unplugged: Morning Sitar Recital / 21 Sep 2013

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Arvo Pärt / Gubaidulina, Pärt / 6 Nov 2013

The Betrayal of Saraswati Veena / 21 Sep 2013

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From the Canyons to the Stars / Messiaen / 2 Nov 2013 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra / Britten / 3 Nov 2013 Music from Turbulent Times/ Berio, Britten arr. Bedford, Shostakovich / 3 Nov 2013

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Grand Organ Gala / Richard Strauss, Bach, Mascagni, Saint-Saëns, Handel, Mendelssohn, Fauré, Albinoni, Widor, Elgar / 7 Jun 2014 71 Philharmonia Orchestra / Saariaho, Sibelius / 26 Jun 2014 73

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Many of the reportage photographs featured throughout the guide were commissioned by Southbank Centre and taken by Tim Cochrane, Jay McLaughlin, Karen Robinson, Belinda Lawley and Briony Campbell.

We would like to thank all those who kindly agreed to take part in this photography project.

Cover images: (front clockwise) Esa-Pekka Salonen © Karen Robinson, Steve Reich © Tim Cochrane, National Children’s Orchestra © Alex von Koettlitz, Vladimir Jurowski © Briony Campbell, Jayanthi Kumaresh © Usha Krish; (back clockwise) Nucleo © Belinda Lawley, Tamara Stefanovich © Timothy Cochrane, Marin Alsop and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Tim Cochrane

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