Classical Guide 2017/18

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FEATURES New music at Southbank Centre

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Queen Elizabeth Hall reopens

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Music of change

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Philharmonia Orchestra: The Salonen Series

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Changing Faces – Stravinsky’s Journey p10 International Orchestras

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Darbar Festival 2017

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LISTINGS

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JOIN US

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INDEX

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BOOKING INFORMATION

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VISITING US

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Welcome Southbank Centre’s origins and beliefs were forged in the 1951 exhibition the Festival of Britain and we continue to put festivals and exhibitions at the heart of our artistic work.

Festivals provide historical and contemporary context for the art we experience as well as encouraging us to experiment with work that is unfamiliar to us or outside our accustomed tastes. © Sara Shamsavari

Our festival Belief and Beyond Belief, in partnership with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, contemplates humanity’s consideration of the divine throughout a year-long series of concerts, talks, debates and performances. A series of weekends focuses on major themes – war, mortality, secularism, enlightenment and the meaning behind the rituals of celebration and worship in contrasting theologies.

Throughout this same season, we also chose to explore the music and culture of the Nordic nations – Norway, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, the Åland Islands and the Faroe Isles as well as the Sami and Inuit peoples.

Many people are familiar with the music of the most famous composers of the region, such as Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen, but there is a host of tremendously gifted music makers of all kinds and our Nordic Music Days – explained on page 19 – provides a gateway into this rich, energetic sound world.

Southbank Centre, together with its family of Resident and Associate Orchestras, is committed to bringing music from the greatest performers and composers from around the globe to our audiences. We are also, © Simon Jay Price together, changing the landscape of classical music so that it remains vital and current.

One way in which we do that is by connecting to big ideas, through our festivals and themes, and through the artists that we bring. Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra demonstrate how the long life of Igor Stravinsky ran in parallel with the seismic events of the 20th century; the Philharmonia Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy look at how the Russian Revolution shaped music; and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment explores music which shaped the modern world.

Another way in which we keep the tradition vibrant is by supporting living composers.

With dozens of premieres and commissions, including a whole weekend of new music from the Nordic countries, I’m especially happy that this season sees the re-opening of Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, spaces which have been the home of artistic innovation since they opened in the late 1960s.

Many of our concerts have tickets available for £10 or less, not to mention all our free performances and events. Note, also, our What You Need To Know series, where some of the great works and composers are examined in entertaining, informative study afternoons.

We have many programmes for the young and very young. We believe knowledge of classical music should be every child’s right but we also know that as adults we flourish when we continually challenge ourselves to learn new things. So as you’re looking through this guide, seek out fresh voices and ideas for yourself. There are so many amazing experiences available.

But it’s not just what you’ll hear that sets us apart – it’s who you’ll see on our famous stages. Chineke!, for example, the orchestra comprised mainly of Black and minority ethnic musicians, which has wowed audiences since its debut at Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2015. And the East-Western Divan Orchestra, where Israeli, Palestinian and other Arab musicians perform side by side.

Jude Kelly CBE Artistic Director, Southbank Centre

And of course, we couldn’t be so innovative if we didn’t have such an adventurous audience with a passion for classical music. So thank you for your support and see you here soon.

Gillian Moore MBE Director of Music, Southbank Centre

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Our classical music seasons are probably the most diverse anywhere in the world, and there are two major reasons for this. One is that so many of our artists are committed to commissioning and performing new music.

The other is, of course, you – our fantastic audience, undaunted by the unfamiliar and willing to be challenged by the avant-garde.

This season is no exception.

The world premieres begin in September 2017 when the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs Sally Beamish’s The Judas Passion.

It re-examines one of history’s most famous betrayals, with a text by David Harsent.

They continue with works by Tyondai Braxton (co-founder of Battles); Bryce Dessner (The National), who has written a piano concerto especially for Katia and Marielle Labèque and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; and Scanner, AKA Robin Rimbaud.

The London Sinfonietta is turning 50 this year, and celebrates this anniversary with Unfinished Business, a season that looks back at landmark commissions and premieres, and to the future with a slew of new pieces by composers including Samantha Fernando.

The Philharmonia Orchestra is also well known for bringing contemporary music to Royal Festival Hall, through commissions and the Music of Today initiative, which is back once more. This season features the European premiere of Unsuk Chin’s expansive Le chant des enfants des étoiles, among others.

Along with these events, do check our website for details of the New Music Biennial in July 2017 and September’s Nordic Music Days, the first UK edition of the world’s oldest contemporary music festival. What amazing new sounds will you discover?

The concerts New Music Biennial Friday 7 to Sunday 9 July 2017 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Sally Beamish Monday 25 September 2017 Philharmonia Orchestra: Thorvaldsdottir & Bjarnason Thursday 28 September 2017 Nordic Music Days Thursday 28 September to Sunday 1 October 2017 Philharmonia Orchestra: Joseph Phibbs Sunday 5 November 2017 BBC Concert Orchestra: Tyondai Braxton Friday 12 January 2018 London Sinfonietta 50th Anniversary Concert Wednesday 24 January 2018 BBC Concert Orchestra: Stephen Sondheim Thursday 15 March 2018 London Sinfonietta: Hayward Gallery Series Spring 2018 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Gerald Barry Wednesday 11 April 2018 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Bryce Dessner Friday 13 April 2018 Philharmonia Orchestra: Unsuk Chin Sunday 15 April 2018 Colin Currie & Nicolas Hodges: Harrison Birtwistle Thursday 19 April 2018 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Anders Hillborg Saturday 21 April 2018 Arditti String Quartet: Ferneyhough, Bray, Djordjevic & Coult Tuesday 29 May 2018 BBC Concert Orchestra: Scanner Tuesday 12 June 2018

Sally Beamish © Ashley Coombes

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New music at Southbank Centre

Unsuk Chin © Priska Ketterer

Tyondai Braxton © Grace Villamil

Colin Currie © Linda Nylund

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Queen Elizabeth Hall reopens

Benjamin Gro

Southbank Centre is the home of classical music in London. But since autumn 2015 we’ve had the shutters down on Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room as we work on vital updates to preserve the iconic building (along with Hayward Gallery) and update our facilities to give audiences a world-class experience.

So here’s some exciting news: starting in April 2018, you can find out what we’ve been doing all this time, as we present a series of very special concerts to mark the reopening of this striking, intimate venue.

Classical music lovers will no doubt have their own favourite memories of Queen Elizabeth Hall, and we hope you’ll be pleased to see nods to these moments in our programme.

Some of our old friends feature. Steve Reich’s Different Trains is performed to celebrate 30 years since it premiered here.

Colin Currie and Nicolas Hodges perform a new work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle commissioned especially to mark the reopening; and young pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is back, playing works by Brahms and Berg, among others.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard © Marco Borggreve

Works by György Ligeti have often featured at Queen Elizabeth Hall and there’s a chance to revisit some of these in Ligeti in Wonderland, a series of three concerts featuring performers very familiar to Southbank Centre audiences, including pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Aurora Orchestra.

One of the beauties of the hall is that while it is intimate enough for chamber music, it is also a great place to get up close and personal to an orchestra. So you won’t want to miss the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, one of our Resident Orchestras, performing Mozart’s two of magical Horn Concertos; or the groundbreaking Spira mirabilis playing Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

In 1969, filmmaker Christopher Nupen filmed five young musicians preparing for a concert in the not-long-opened Queen Elizabeth Hall. Those musicians – Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta – went on to become some of the most well known names in classical music. Benjamin Grosvenor reminds us of this legendary moment with a performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet, featuring a similarly talented line-up.

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osvenor © Decca / Sophie Wright

Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Marco Borggreve

Steve Reich © Jeffrey Herman

The concerts Steve Reich’s Different Trains Tuesday 10 April 2018 Danielle de Niese © Chris Dunlop / DECCA

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Mozart: Master of Deception Wednesday 11 April 2018 Colin Currie & Nicolas Hodges Thursday 19 April 2018 Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Thursday 26 April 2018 Danielle de Niese, soprano Friday 27 April 2018 Ligeti Horn Trio Friday 11 May 2018 Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Ligeti Études Saturday 12 May 2018 Aurora Orchestra: Ligeti Concertos Sunday 13 May 2018 Spira mirabilis Tuesday 15 May 2018 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Der Rosenkavalier Thursday 17 May 2018 The Trout Quintet Tuesday 29 May 2018 BBC Concert Orchestra: David Bedford at 80 Tuesday 12 June 2018

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Music of change In an era where we’re encouraged to take relaxing baths to the sounds of Gregorian chant or wind down with some easy listening hits, it can be easy to forget that throughout history classical music has been perceived as dangerous, revolutionary and transformational.

This season there are plenty of chances to hear some of that music. For starters, you can check out the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Visions, Illusions and Delusions concerts, which can be thought of as musical adventures in uncertainty, scepticism and doubt.

Among the concerts is Dangerous Liaisons, which brings to life the sights and sounds of soon-to-be-overthrown Versailles with a cast of dancers and choreography by Hubert Hazebroucq. The OAE is planning to enhance this performance with the use of digital technology, including augmented reality, so expect to experience even more than just great sounds when you come along.

There is also a groundbreaking re-creation of the premiere of the film version of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, which transports you back to London in 1926.

It is part of a larger project from the OAE called Six Chapters of Enlightenment – six years of concerts and events celebrating and questioning Enlightenment thought. What caused this explosion in science and the use of reason? And what could it mean for the so-called ‘post-truth’ world we live in today?

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The Philharmonia Orchestra also gets to grips with music of change in Voices of Revolution: Russia 1917, with Conductor Laureate Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Over four concerts, he explores the impact of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on Russian composers and music in its centenary year.

It features works by Russian greats like Prokofiev – including his Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the Revolution – and Shostakovich, along with names that might be less familiar, such as Mosolov and Glière.

Also not to be missed is a screening of the monumental silent film Battleship Potemkin, famous for its much imitated Odessa Steps sequence, to which the Philharmonia performs a live score.

‘1917 was the year when Russia experienced one of the greatest cataclysms in the existence of mankind . . . in these concerts I have tried to programme works that I consider relevant to the history of my country as I and many of my compatriots understand it.’

Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Battleship Potemkin © PARIS PIERCE / Alamy Stock Photo

Dmitri Shostakovich © Deutsche Fotothek

Der Rosenkavalier © Filmarchiv Austria

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Philharmonia Orchestra: The Salonen Series

Pekka Kuusisto © Kaapo Kamu

Anna Thorvaldsdottir © Saga Sigurdardottir

Finnish farm, winter © Philharmonia Orchestra / Marina Vidor

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Esa-Pekka Salonen © Minna Hatinen

This season the Philharmonia Orchestra marks a special anniversary – 10 years since Esa-Pekka Salonen joined as its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor. To celebrate, Salonen conducts a series of seven exciting programmes, reflecting his passions and achievements with the Orchestra.

The Salonen Series includes performances of three of Mahler’s grandest symphonies: the First, Third and the Ninth. There is also a chance to hear a live performance of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder – an unmissable opportunity for anyone who loves the Orchestra’s definitive recording of the work, released by Signum Classics.

It is not just a celebration of past successes, but a toast to the future, as the Philharmonia and Esa-Pekka Salonen announced in January 2017 that they have signed a rolling contract to continue the relationship.

‘It’s fun to look back, but better to look forward: this is a remarkable orchestra, and I’m honoured and excited to be part of it as we push into the 21st century together’ Esa-Pekka Salonen The concerts Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen: Sibelius Thursday 28 September 2017 Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen: Mahler 3 Sunday 1 October 2017

Fittingly, then, new music is another theme for Salonen with the European premiere of a major commission for orchestra and chorus by Unsuk Chin, Le chant des enfants des étoiles (The Song of the Children of the Stars), and a new violin concerto by the Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason. The latter work is performed by Pekka Kuusisto in the first of two concerts presented as part of Southbank Centre’s Nordic Matters festival.

Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen: Mahler 9 Thursday 30 November 2017

In the second, Salonen conducts a Sibelius programme to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finnish Independence.

Philharmonia Orchestra: The Song of the Children of the Stars Sunday 15 April 2018

Philharmonia Orchestra: Finnish Independence Thursday 7 December 2017 Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen: Mahler 1 Thursday 12 April 2018

Philharmonia Orchestra: Gurrelieder Thursday 28 June 2018

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Changing Faces: Stravinsky’s Journey Vladimir Jurowksi: Artistic Director

The concerts

Starting in February 2018, the London Philharmonic Orchestra embarks on an epic, chronological survey of the life and works of Igor Stravinsky.

The Fairytale Begins Saturday 3 February 2018

Stravinsky wasn’t just a great composer, he was a superstar of the 20th century, a man who was born in Russia under the tsars, but was still making headlines in the era of The Beatles, and a collaborator with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, WH Auden and Walt Disney.

Petrushka and Friends Saturday 10 February 2018

What can we learn from his changing of music styles, as the cultural landscape of the 20th century shifted and he moved from country to country?

Joy and Sorrow Wednesday 28 February 2018

To find out, this series goes all the way back to Stravinsky’s Symphony No.1, composed in the dying days of tsarist Russia. We then travel west to Paris for a concert featuring The Firebird and another where you can hear The Rite of Spring, the premiere of which in 1913 was the defining moment of Modernist music.

Stravinsky meets the Classics Wednesday 21 March 2018

The journey continues to Jazz-Age America, the Atomic Era and even beyond Stravinsky’s lifetime, with musical tributes written by contemporary composers Thomas Adès, Anders Hillborg and Yuri Falik.

As well as hearing great works by Stravinsky, along with some of his less frequently performed pieces, such as Perséphone, the series provides even more context by programming them along with music written by his teachers, his contemporaries, his rivals, and those whose music he loved, including Schubert, Weber, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Flight of the Firebird Wednesday 7 February 2018

The Rite of Spring Wednesday 21 February 2018 Once Upon a Time Friday 23 February 2018

Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky Saturday 17 March 2018

Symphony of Psalms Saturday 24 March 2018 Perséphone Wednesday 11 April 2018 Brilliance and Longing Friday 13 April 2018 Bold and New Wednesday 18 April 2018 Ode to Beethoven Saturday 21 April 2018 There are more Changing Faces: Stravinsky’s Journey concerts to come in the 2018/19 season. Also look out for the LPO’s Behind the Baton series of free pre-concert discussions, in which conductors give insights into the Stravinsky pieces in their programmes and name their favourite works by this colossus.

It is a series as colourful, provocative and as diverse as Stravinsky himself – and a fitting way to celebrate an artist who, 47 years after his death, is still very much alive and dangerous.

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International Orchestras

Spira mirabilis © Giancarlo Pradelli

Daniel Barenboim © Sheila Rock

Sir Simon Rattle © Monika Rittershaus

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London music lovers are some of the luckiest in the world. Along with our great Resident Orchestras, Southbank Centre presents International Orchestras 2017/18, featuring some of the most intriguing ensembles from around the world.

Any visit from Maestro Daniel Barenboim is bound to be a special occasion, but even more so when it’s with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. This ensemble was formed

by Barenboim along with the PalestinianAmerican academic Edward Said, and is comprised of Israeli, Palestinian and Arab musicians. This concert, featuring works

by Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss, is special for another reason – it is performed in support of the MS Society, in memory of Barenboim’s late wife Jacqueline du Pré, the cellist whose career and life were cruelly cut short by multiple sclerosis.

The season also features three orchestras who are famous for doing things their own way.

The first is Ensemble Intercontemporain, a group of musicians dedicated to performing contemporary classical music. At this concert, part of Belief and Beyond Belief, they perform works by Boulez, Philippe Schoeller and Jonathan Harvey, under the baton of Matthias Pintscher. Expect to see some ‘instruments’ on stage that aren’t usually found in orchestras.

We also welcome the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Director Richard Tognetti, who are known for injecting life and vitality into some of the best known classical works, as well as for their experimental programming. At this concert they team up with Pierre-Laurent Aimard for a Mozart Piano Concerto, as well as performing special arrangements of Bach, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. Sounds bonkers? Come along and find out how they make it work.

More groundbreaking performance comes from Spira mirabilis. This wonderful orchestra, comprising musicians from all over Europe, is committed to a collaborative approach to interpretation, performing music without a conductor and by heart.

Find out how this approach transforms Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony in a concert taking place in the newly reopened Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Of course, we can’t finish without mentioning the Berliner Philharmoniker, which makes two appearances here as part of Sir Simon Rattle’s farewell tour. With its extraordinary heritage, dating back to 1882, it would be easy to forgive the Philharmoniker for focusing on the past but in each of these concerts you can hear premieres along with much loved symphonies by Brahms and Bruckner. At the time of writing there are still some tickets available, but this won’t be the case for long, so don’t miss out on the chance to say you were there.

The concerts Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher Saturday 14 October 2017 Daniel Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Saturday 28 October 2017 Australian Chamber Orchestra Friday 3 November 2017 Spira mirabilis Tuesday 15 May 2018 Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker Part I Wednesday 30 May 2018 Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker Part II Thursday 31 May 2018

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Each year the Darbar Festival gives you the chance to immerse yourself in India’s rich classical music traditions. This year’s edition is particularly exciting as it crosses paths with Southbank Centre’s Belief and Beyond Belief festival, which explores the music, art, culture, science, philosophy, rituals and traditions that have risen out of religion in its many guises.

We welcome two musicians who are very well known in Indian classical music circles: Shankar Mahadevan and Hariharen.

For the first time in the UK, Mahadevan performs Krishna, a project very close to his heart. Celebrating the Hindu deity Lord Krishna, Mahadevan, together with special guests, takes you on a journey of India’s regional music styles including Indian classical, ghazal, thumri (devotional/love songs), abang (devotional poetry), bhajan (free form lyrical spiritual songs), holi (songs sung during the Indian festival of colours), Rajasthani folk music and jazz influences.

Hariharen presents a sublime concert of ghazals. The ghazal is a poetic form with rhyming couplets – an expression of the pleasure and pain of love. Some ghazals from the Indian subcontinent have been influenced by Sufism or Islamic mysticism and the subject of love in these can usually be interpreted as a reference to divine love.

Whether you’ve an academic interest in Indian classical music or you want to immerse yourself in a world of love, beauty, loss and separation, expect a very special evening at this concert.

Darbar Festival 2017

Hariharen © Sandeep Virdee

The concerts Shankar Mahadevan’s Krishna Saturday 16 September 2017 Hariharen – King of Ghazal Sunday 17 September 2017

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Shankar Mahadevan Š Sandeep Virdee

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The concerts This is a chronological listing of our classical music events in the 2017/18 season. If you are looking for something specific, try the index starting on page 60.

S a t u r d ay 1 & S u n d ay 2 J u l y 2017

S u n d ay 16 J u l y 2017

THE DRE A M OF GER ONTIUS

CHINEKE! OR CHES TR A

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Simone Young © Reto Klar

English National Opera Orchestra Simone Young conductor Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano Gwyn Hughes Jones tenor Matthew Rose bass English National Opera Chorus Elgar The Dream of Gerontius There is no interval in these performances which last approx. 95 min.

Simone Young conducts the English National Opera Orchestra and soloists Gwyn Hughes Jones, Patricia Bardon and Matthew Rose, in this performance of Elgar’s masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius. It features Lucy Carter’s innovative designs and staging.

Royal Festival Hall, Saturday at 7.30pm and Sunday at 3pm £55 £45 £35 £25 £15* Fr i d ay 7 – S u n d ay 9 J u l y 2017

NE W MUSIC BIENNIA L Southbank Centre is proud to present this showcase of talented UK composers and performers, giving you a snapshot of new music across all genres. Across the weekend hear 20 new pieces of music.

This is a PRS for Music Foundation initiative, presented in partnership with Hull City of Culture, Southbank Centre, BBC Radio 3 and NMC Recordings.

Roderick Cox conductor Gerard Aimontche piano Florence Price 1st movement from Symphony in E minor Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 Sibelius Symphony No.2 Chineke!, Europe’s first orchestra comprising mainly Black and minority ethnic musicians, is back after two sell-out appearances at Southbank Centre. They perform music by African-American composer Florence Price and Sibelius, conducted by Roderick Cox making his UK debut.

Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £60 £38 £26 £15 £9*

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L I S T IN G S S E P T E MB E R

Monday 11 – Friday 15 September 2017

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INDIAN MUSIC COURSE LONDON DA R B A R F E S T I VA L PHILHARMONIC This course aims to demystify traditions ORCHESTR A R and practices that are central to India’s evolving classical music tradition. Jameela ENES CU ’S OEDIPE Siddiqi, a critic and journalist, leads the course. Sessions also feature live music with Harmeet Virdee, a young sitar player, and Sukhdeep Dhanjal on the tabla.

B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £60* for 5 sessions S a t u r d ay 16 S e p t e m b e r 2017

SHA NK A R MA HA DE VA N’S KRISHNA DA R B A R F E S T I VA L

Sir Willard White

Shankar Mahadevan © Sandeep Virdee

Shankar Mahadevan, the legendary classical and Bollywood singer, presents his musical celebration of Lord Krishna in the UK for the first time. He performs folk, thumri, qwaali and Bollywood songs from regions including Punjab, Rajasthan, Bengal and Karnataka.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.15pm £100 £80 £60 £38 £28* S u n d ay 17 S e p t e m b e r 2017

HA RIHA REN – KING OF GHA Z A L DA R B A R F E S T I VA L Lose yourself in this mesmerising poetic form with rhyming couplets performed

by India’s king of ghazal, Hariharen. Be immersed in a world of ancient Arabic poetry expressing love, beauty, loss and separation.

Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £100 £75 £40 30 £25*

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Paul Gay Oedipe Sir Willard White Tirésias Christopher Purves Créon Graham Clark Shepherd Mischa Schelomianski High Priest In-Sung Sim Phorbas Albert Dohmen Watchman Boris Pinkhasovich Thésée Marius Vlad Budoiu Laïos Ruxandra Donose Jocasta Ildikó Komlósi The Sphinx Gabriela Iştoc Antigone Dame Felicity Palmer Mérope Choir of the George Enescu Philharmonic Romanian Radio Children’s Choir Enescu Oedipe – opera in 4 acts (Concert performance in French with English surtitles) The myth of Oedipus is almost as old as Western civilisation, and in Enescu’s operatic version, performed here with an all-star cast, the story of a great king doomed from birth by a relentless Fate is both timeless and shatteringly urgent.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

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AUR OR A OR CHES TR A WITH PIERREL AURENT A IM A RD A

SIMON JOHNS ON, OR G AN

O R C HE S T R A L T HE AT R E S ER IE S

Nicholas Collon © Simon Weir

Nicholas Collon conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Brett Dean Pastoral Symphony Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques Beethoven Symphony No.6 (Pastoral) Aurora Orchestra is joined by PierreLaurent Aimard, giving his first appearance as a Southbank Centre Associate Artist, in Messiaen’s Oiseaux exotiques. Aurora then continues its electrifying memorised performance strand with Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony performed from memory.

Royal Festival Hall, 3.30pm £35 £27.50 £20 £10* M o n d ay 25 S e p t e m b e r 2017

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R THE JUDAS PAS SION V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS

Sally Beamish © Ashley Coombes

Nicholas McGegan conductor Julia Doyle Mary Brendan Gunnell Judas Roderick Williams Christ Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R G A N S ER IE S Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV.543; Chorale-prelude, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV.633 Simon Johnson Wohl dem, der in Gottes Furcht steht, No.87 from the Orgelbüchlein Project Franck Choral No.1 in E for organ Jonathan Harvey Toccata for organ & pre-recorded tape Julius Reubke Sonata in C minor on Psalm 94 Simon Johnson, the organist of St Paul’s Cathedral, performs music by Bach and Reubke. He also performs his contribution to the Orgelbüchlein Project, in which contemporary composers complete Bach’s unfinished Orgelbüchlein (little organ book).

This set of 164 chorale preludes has 118 missing pieces.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker, interviews Simon Johnson about the programme, his work at St Paul’s Cathedral and his busy concert schedule. Admission free.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R TO THE LIMIT S B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Vladimir Jurowski conductor Jan Vogler cello Britten Cello Symphony Silvestrov Symphony No.3 (Eschatophony) Janáček Taras Bulba In his Cello Symphony, Benjamin Britten gave a voice to the Russian dissident cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Jan Vogler is the soloist in this performance, but Rostropovich’s words to Britten still apply: ‘Write for the cello everything your heart tells you; no matter how difficult.’ Also on the bill is Silvestrov’s highly original Third Symphony.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

Sally Beamish The Judas Passion (World premiere) There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approx. 8pm Written for the OAE’s period instruments by Sally Beamish, The Judas Passion echoes Bach’s great Passions in its exploration of the Last Supper and the Easter story. With a sizzling text by poet and screenwriter David Harsent, it asks us to reconsider Judas and his decision to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

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NORDIC MUSIC DAYS N O R D I C M AT T ER S Nordic Music Days is the first UK edition of the world’s oldest contemporary music festival, founded in 1888. It gives you the chance to hear works by contemporary composers from the Nordic region as part of our wider Nordic Matters festival. southbankcentre.co.uk/NordicMusicDays T h u r s d ay 28 S e p t e m b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R ESA-PEKK A SA LONEN: SIBELIUS N O R D I C M AT T ER S T HE S A L O NEN S ER IE S Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pekka Kuusisto violin Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality Sibelius Symphony No.6 Daníel Bjarnason Violin Concerto (UK premiere) Sibelius Symphony No.7 Hear music by two contemporary Icelandic composers alongside momentous works

by Sibelius. Cast with light and shade, his Symphony No.6 emerges upwards from melodies forged out of a single stepwise motion. For his Seventh, Sibelius crosses his entire symphonic landscape in a single movement. Also hear the UK premiere of Daníel Bjarnason’s Violin Concerto.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R GR ANDEUR OU T OF DA RKNES S B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Vladimir Jurowski conductor Richard Goode piano Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 Bruckner Symphony No.5 Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Richard Goode in this concert of Mozart and Bruckner. The majestic Fifth Symphony is Bruckner at his most personal yet most classical. It makes a magnificent complement to the controlled darkness of Mozart’s great D minor Piano Concerto.

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* S u n d ay 1 O c t o b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R ESA-PEKK A SALONEN: M A HLER 3 T HE S A L O NEN S ER IE S M A HL ER S Y MP H O NIE S S U NDAY M AT INEE S

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Daníel Bjarnason in conversation with Gillian Moore. Admission free.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall at 10pm: post-concert performance.

Pekka Kuusisto presents a unique perspective on traditional Finnish music.

Admission free.

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K A RL JENKINS: THE A RMED M A N Philharmonia Orchestra Karl Jenkins conductor Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano Joo Yeon Sir violin The London Chorus Programme includes: Karl Jenkins The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace) Returning to Royal Festival Hall, Sir Karl showcases his finest works, crowned by his ever-popular and highly acclaimed The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace). Part of RGL Great Composers and RGL Choral Masterpieces series.

Michelle DeYoung © Kristin Hoebermann

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Philharmonia Voices Mahler Symphony No.3 There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approx. 4.45pm Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra perform five Mahler symphonies this season – starting with the Third, which was composed beside an Austrian mountain lake. Flowing from the intense summer heat of the opening, it ends with a staggering slow movement, its immense final bars issuing thundering timpani.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £42 £34.50 £26.50 £19.50 £16.50* * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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T h u r s d ay 5 O c t o b e r 2017

Fr i d ay 6 O c t o b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R MUS S OR GSK Y: PIC T URES AT A N E XHIBITION

ZIMMER VS WILLIAMS London Concert Orchestra Anthony Inglis conductor Programme includes: Hans Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean; The Da Vinci Code; The Dark Knight; Batman Begins; Gladiator; Inception John Williams Jurassic Park; Harry Potter; Star Wars; Superman; ET and many more From Batman to Superman, hear some of the most iconic film music of the past 40 years composed by Hans Zimmer and John Williams in this special concert. Part of the RGL Great Composers series.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48 £40 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* S u n d ay 8 O c t o b e r 2017

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Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Denis Kozhukhin piano Kabalevsky Overture, Colas Breugnon Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition orch. Ravel Pianist Denis Kozhukhin performs Rachmaninov’s show-stopping Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with all its wit, brilliance and irresistible twists and turns.

Also see Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali conduct Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky’s masterpiece, which takes the audience on a surreal musical walk around a gallery.

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R SME TANA: M Á VL AS T Jakub Hrůša conductor Hilary Hahn violin Dvořák Violin Concerto Smetana Má vlast (complete) Dvořák’s Violin Concerto releases incredible energy, filled with folk-like melodies and infectious rhythms. Smetana’s Má vlast is a set of six symphonic poems telling the story of Prague; from its ancient high castle, Vyšehrad, to the legendary mountain Blaník, where the knights led

by St Wenceslas await the call to defend the city.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. An introduction to the concert programme. Admission free.

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Music of Today. Admission free.

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BER TR AND CHA MAYOU, PIA NO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S Saint-Saëns Les Cloches de Las Palmas from 6 Études, Op.111; Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor, Op.70 Ravel Miroirs Liszt Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este and Sonetto 123 del Petrarca from Années de pélerinage; Miserere from Verdi’s Il Trovatore arr. for piano, S.433; Venezia e Napoli, S.162 Beginning with two evocative pieces by Saint-Saëns, Chamayou presents Ravel’s set of ravishing soundscapes, Miroirs.

The second half is devoted to Franz Liszt’s romanticism, and a sizzling transcription from Verdi’s Il Trovatore.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Bertrand Chamayou discusses the programme. Admission free.

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LONDON SINFONIE T TA R H A NS WERNER HENZE: VOICES U NF INIS HED B U S INE S S: 5 0 Y E A R S O F T HE L O ND O N S INF O NIE T TA

David Atherton conductor mezzo-soprano to be announced tenor to be announced Henze Voices for mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics & ensemble The London Sinfonietta performs Hans Werner Henze’s Voices, one of its landmark commissions of the past 50 years. This 1973 work is a collection of 22 folk songs from around the world, spanning the soundworld of the Italian resistance, revolutionary Vietnam and the American Civil Rights movement.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £20 (£5* 16-25 Curious? tickets) (unreserved)

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PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R BAT TLESHIP P OTEMKIN: LIVE S CREENING

ALICE SARA OT T, PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S N O R D I C M AT T ER S

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VOICES OF RE VOLU TION: RUS SIA 1917

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Battleship Potemkin © PARIS PIERCE / Alamy Stock Photo

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 8.50pm The Philharmonia’s new series opens with a screening of Battleship Potemkin, the silent masterpiece made in 1925. It portrays mutiny in the Imperial navy and features the famous shot of a pram falling down the Odessa Steps. To accompany the film, Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts a special arrangement of music from Shostakovich’s symphonies.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. An introduction to the evening’s programme. Admission free.

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Grieg Selection from Lyric Pieces; Ballade in G minor, Op.24 Liszt Sonata in B minor Listen to the charming, intimate music of Grieg, whose Lyric Pieces are steeped in folklore and the lively but soulful melodies of Norwegian folk music. Ott finishes the recital with Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, one of the best-loved and most dramatic works in romantic piano repertoire.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Alice Sara Ott discusses the programme. Admission free.

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ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R HANDEL’S SEMELE V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS

ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPOR AIN, M AT THIAS PINT S CHER IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R C HE S T R A S B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Matthias Pintscher conductor Boulez ...explosante-fixe... (In memoriam Stravinsky) for flute with live electronics, 2 flutes & orchestra Philippe Schoeller Hermès V for large ensemble Harvey Bhakti for ensemble & quadraphonic tape Conducted by their Music Director Matthias Pintscher, Ensemble Intercontemporain performs one of Pierre Boulez’s most ethereal works alongside the more overtly spiritual Bhakti by Jonathan Harvey. The programme is completed by Philippe Schoeller’s piece inspired by the Olympian god, Hermes.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £25 £15*

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Ivor Bolton conductor Louise Alder Semele Ray Chenez Athamas James Way Jupiter Brindley Sherratt Somnus/Cadmus Mary Bevan Iris Catherine Wyn-Rogers Juno Handel Semele Be careful what you wish for. You don’t always want to see your lover for who they really are.

When Handel premiered Semele in Covent Garden in 1744, he shocked audiences expecting something solemn for Lent with this steamy story of gods having affairs with mortals.

It features one of his greatest choruses.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £45 £25 £10 Premium seats £75 Students & under-18s £5* Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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S u n d ay 22 O c t o b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R RIMSK Y-KOR SAKOV: S CHEHER A Z ADE

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD

Yuri Temirkanov conductor Eliso Virsaladze piano

F U NH A R M O NI C S FA MILY C O N C ER T

Mozart Overture, The Marriage of Figaro; Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade The Philharmonia performs RimskyKorsakov’s intoxicating Scheherazade, which tells the story of a battle of wills between the Sultana Scheherazade and her intractable husband. Similarly dreamlike, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21, with its slow movement’s gently rocking triplets and soulful, outstretched melody, is one of Mozart’s most popular piano concertos.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. A performance by the Philharmonia Chamber Players. Admission free.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R S TABAT M ATER B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor Hannes Minnaar piano Joyce El-Khoury soprano Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano Edgardo Rocha tenor Michele Pertusi bass-baritone London Philharmonic Choir Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Rossini Stabat mater Rossini doesn’t immediately spring to mind when you think of sacred music – no one was more surprised than the composer himself to find him writing his Stabat Mater. But it is a deeply moving declaration of faith, written for operatic voices by a true master.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert event. Dr Stefano Castelvecchi looks at Rossini’s Stabat Mater in the context of the Belief and Beyond Belief festival.

Admission free.

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Join the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a special screening of the 2011 animated film version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved sequel to The Gruffalo, with René Aubry’s delightful score played live. This is an ideal first encounter with the orchestra, suitable for all ages.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon Adults £20 £18 £16 £14 £12 Children £10 £9 £8 £7 £6* Foyers at Royal Festival Hall from 10am – 12 noon: pre-concert fun! Throughout the morning there are free musical activities around the building offering a fun and interactive way-in to the concert, and opportunities for children aged 6+ to have a go at different orchestral instruments under expert instruction. Admission free.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R FA ITH FR OM THE SH A DOWS B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor István Várdai cello London Philharmonic Choir The Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 Pēteris Vasks Dona nobis pacem Gregorian Chant Dies irae Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Shostakovich’s powerful First Cello Concerto opens this concert of music inspired by war and peace. In Symphonic Dances, Rachmaninoff, exiled from Russia, celebrates all the colours of a virtuoso orchestra with notes of sadness and loss.

The ancient chants that echo through Rachmaninoff’s music form the emotional core of the music of Pēteris Vasks.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

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S u n d ay 2 9 O c t o b e r 2017

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R LENINGR AD SYMPHONY

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEE THOVEN’S L ATE S TRING QUAR TE T S

B E LIE F A ND BEYO ND BE L I E F

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Inon Barnatan piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Shostakovich Symphony No.7 (Leningrad) Composed in a city under siege, smuggled through enemy lines and played through loudspeakers at the surrounding Nazi forces, the story of Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony has become a parable of endurance amid horror. Principal Guest Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada directs the massed forces, and partners pianist Inon Barnatan in Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

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Take an in-depth look at Beethoven’s last major compositions, unappreciated in their time but now celebrated across the world as masterpieces. This event precedes the performances of the Beethoven Late String Quartets by the Emerson String Quartet on Tue 31 Oct and Wed 1 Nov2017.

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £25 students £7.50* Tu e s d ay 31 O c t o b e r 2017

LEIF OVE AND SNES, PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S N O R D I C M AT T ER S

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert event. Explore the astonishing story of the ‘Leningrad’ Symphony with its portrayal of a city at siege and a people’s willpower to exist as a nation. Admission free.

S a t u r d ay 28 O c t o b e r 2017

DANIEL BARENBOIM AND WES T-E AS TERN DIVAN OR CHES TR A IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R C HE S T R A S

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Daniel Barenboim conductor Kian Soltani cello Strauss Don Quixote Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 and Strauss’ Don Quixote in tribute to Jacqueline du Pré 30 years on from her death, for the MS Society. This groundbreaking ensemble of Israeli, Palestinian and Arab musicians delivers performances as profound as the philosophy behind its formation.

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Sibelius Selected works for solo piano Jörg Widmann Idyll & Abgrund (Idyll & Abyss) (6 Schubert Reminiscences) Schubert 3 Piano pieces, D.946 Beethoven Sonata in D minor, Op.31 No.2 (Tempest) Chopin Nocturne in B, Op.62 No.1; Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23 The Norwegian pianist plays Sibelius’ tender and chilling music as part of our Nordic Matters festival. Schubert’s Three Piano Pieces follow on from Jörg Widmann’s tribute and the second half matches Beethoven’s turbulent ‘Tempest’ Sonata with Chopin’s most dramatic Ballade.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £55 £40 £30 £20 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Leif Ove Andsnes discusses the programme. Admission free.

Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £125 £100 £75 £55 £35 £20*

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Tu e s d ay 31 O c t o b e r 2017

T h u r s d ay 2 N o v e m b e r 2017

EMER S ON S TRING QUAR TE T PAR T I

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R BR AHMS & TCHAIKOVSK Y

INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES BELIEF AND BEYOND BELIEF

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Beethoven Quartet in E flat, Op.127; Quartet in F, Op.135; Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131 The Emerson String Quartet is known for its technically extraordinary interpretations of Beethoven’s electrifying late quartets.

Beethoven was deaf and approaching death when he wrote these emotionally searching works. He was also at the height of his powers. The late quartets are masterpieces that express the deepest human feeling with real complexity.

Esther Yoo © Marco Borggreve

Karl-Heinz Steffens conductor Esther Yoo violin

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

Beethoven Overture, Egmont Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No.4 Brahms’ final symphony is his darkest and his deepest, and was the last of his works he saw performed – applause broke out at the end of every movement at its premiere.

Also hear Esther Yoo, who performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. It’s a real musical firecracker, especially the euphoric, dazzling brilliance of the finale.

Related event: Beethoven’s Late Quartets (Sun 29 Oct, 12 noon)

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

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Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. A performance by the Philharmonia Chamber Players. Admission free.

EMER S ON S TRING QUAR TE T PAR T II INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES BELIEF AND BEYOND BELIEF Beethoven Quartet in A minor, Op.132; Quartet in B flat, Op.130 vers. with Grosse Fuge, Op.133 The Emerson String Quartet presents a second concert of Beethoven’s electrifying late quartets. It starts with the Fifteenth Quartet (Op.132), which marked Beethoven’s recovery from a long illness. It is followed by the six-movement Quartet No.13, known for its monumental finale, the Grosse Fuge.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10* Related event: Beethoven’s Late Quartets (Sun 29 Oct, 12 noon)

Fr i d ay 3 N o v e m b e r 2017

AUS TR ALIAN CHAMBER OR CHES TR A IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R C HE S T R A S Richard Tognetti director Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Bach Contrapunctus 1, 2, 3 & 4 from The Art of Fugue arr. Tognetti for orchestra Mozart Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat, K.450 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 arr. for string orchestra Shostakovich 2 Pieces (Prelude & Scherzo) for string octet, Op.11 arr. Tognetti for orchestra The Australian Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble synonymous with experimentation and exquisite performances. Director Richard Tognetti’s arrangements of Bach and Shostakovich invite the audience to enjoy these masterworks in fresh guises. Pierre-Laurent Aimard brings his exceptional understanding to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.15.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £55 £45 £35 £25 £15*

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Tu e s d ay 7 N o v e m b e r 2017

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO.8

NIGHT UNDER THE STARS RUS SIAN S OUL

B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Lawrence Renes conductor Bruckner Symphony No.8 (vers.1890, ed. Novak) There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 9pm The London Philharmonic Orchestra performs Bruckner’s awe-inspiring Eighth Symphony – the grandest and most expansive that he ever composed. In it is a vision constructed on a vast scale by a composer with a profound religious faith.

But it’s somehow both more universal, and more intimate than that.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* S u n d ay 5 N o v e m b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R WALTON BELSHAZZAR’S FE AS T

Orion Orchestra Toby Purser conductor Boris Giltburg piano Duncan Rock baritone Robert Lloyd bass Presenters to be announced Streetwise Opera Westminster Choral Society

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Mussorgsky Coronation scene from Boris Godunov Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Tchaikovsky Don Juan’s Serenade, Op.38 No.1 Mussorgsky Excerpts from Pictures at an Exhibition arr. Raymond Yiu Traditional Song of the Volga Boatmen Rachmaninov Ves tabor spit (Aleko’s Cavatina) from Aleko Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 9.05pm Experience an evening of Russian favourites, including Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Borodin’s thrilling Polovtsian Dances. This concert is in aid of The Passage – a charity that provides resources to encourage, inspire and challenge homeless people to transform their lives.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £60 £50 £39 £29 £19 £12* We d n e s d ay 8 N o v e m b e r 2017

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R WA R AND ( TR OUBLED) PE ACE B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Alain Altinoglu conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Edward Gardner © Clive Barda

Edward Gardner conductor Mark van de Wiel clarinet Roland Wood baritone Philharmonia Chorus Elgar Overture, In the South (Alassio) Joseph Phibbs Clarinet Concerto (London premiere) Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Hear music by three great British composers to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Philharmonia Chorus. Along with Elgar’s buoyant overture In the South and Walton’s epic Belshazzar’s Feast is the London premiere of a commission by the Philharmonia and its Principal Clarinet, Mark van de Wiel – a concerto by Joseph Phibbs.

Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Schumann Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No.3 (Eroica) This concert opens with the joyous 1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky’s celebration of Napoleon’s Russian defeat. When Beethoven heard that Napoleon had abandoned the ideals of liberty, he angrily scratched out the dedication of his Third Symphony – leaving the music free to tell its story. Patricia Kopatchinskaja is the soloist in Schumann’s Violin Concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Music of Today. Admission free.

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T h u r s d ay 9 N o v e m b e r 2017

Tu e s d ay 14 N o v e m b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R HOL S T: THE PL A NE T S

MES SIAEN’S QUAR TE T FOR THE END OF TIME

John Wilson conductor Sarah Tynan soprano Philharmonia Voices Vaughan Williams Symphony No.7 (Sinfonia Antartica) Holst The Planets Vaughan Williams’ Seventh Symphony began life as the score to the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic. It conjures the snow-covered plains of Antarctica, including a part for wind machine. From the ends of the earth to the outer reaches of the universe, Holst took inspiration for his masterpiece The Planets from astrology.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. A recital showcasing the talented recipients of the Philharmonia MMSF Instrumental Fellowship Programme.

Admission free.

Fr i d ay 10 N o v e m b e r 2017

INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES BELIEF AND BEYOND BELIEF Steven Osborne piano James Ehnes violin Alban Gerhardt cello Jean Johnson clarinet Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67 Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No.2, composed soon after the Siege of Leningrad ended, moves from folk melodies to bitterly strident repetitions, from a sombre chaconne to a frenzied dance. Messiaen wrote his otherworldly Quartet for the End of Time during his imprisonment in Camp Stalag VIIIA. St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10* We d n e s d ay 15 N o v e m b e r 2017

V ÍK INGUR ÓL AF S S ON, PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S N O R D I C M AT T ER S

THE CA RDIN A LL’S MUSICK

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Byrd Kyrie & Agnus Dei from Mass for five voices; Kyrie & Agnus Dei from Mass for four voices; Ad Dominum cum tribularer; Quomodo cantabimus; Peccavi super numerum James MacMillan When you see the millions of the mouthless dead; A Child’s prayer; Emitte lucem tuam; Christus vincit Britten Advance Democracy Gibbons O Lord in thy wrath Philippe de Monte Super flumina Babylonis Arvo Pärt Da pacem Innovative vocal ensemble The Cardinall’s Musick performs music that defies dangerous times. This concert includes pieces by William Byrd, who composed in a country where he was not permitted to practise his Catholic faith, and responses to violence by Arvo Pärt and James MacMillan.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

Bach Partita No.6 in E minor, BWV.830 Chopin Étude in F minor, Op.10 No.9; Étude in F minor, Op.25 No.2; Nouvelle Étude No.1 in F minor, Op.posth.; Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 Brahms Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 Join us at this multifaceted concert featuring rising Icelandic star Víkingur Ólafsson. Bach’s Partita No.6 in E minor opens the evening, and is followed by a selection of works by Chopin and Brahms’ epic third sonata, all linked by the key of F minor.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Víkingur Ólafsson discusses the programme. Admission free.

S a t u r d ay 18 N o v e m b e r 2017

INSIDE MUSIC Explore Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue with concert organist Anne Page and Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker. You don’t need to be a music student to enjoy investigating Italian, Dutch and French influences on this work. And even if you are, come and explore it from the inside.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 10am £10*

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW S CHUBER T ’S PIA NO S ON ATAS

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R SHO S TAKOVICH & R ACHM ANINOV

L I S T IN G S N O V E MB E R

S a t u r d ay 18 N o v e m b e r 2017

Explore Schubert’s passionate and moving music for solo piano in this study day on the composer’s life, world and composition.

This event precedes the performances of Schubert’s Piano Sonatas by Mitsuko Uchida on Tue 28 Nov and Fri 1 Dec 2017.

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £25 students £7.50* Tu e s d ay 21 N o v e m b e r 2017

ANNE PAGE , OR G A N IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R G A N S ER IE S Long Yu

Long Yu conductor George Li piano

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Bach Der Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV.1080 Bach’s last composition, left unfinished at his death, has long been the source of intrigue.

Was it written for organ? Was it intended as an abstract, instructive work, or a monument of instrumental polyphony? Southbank Centre welcomes Anne Page back to tackle this emotional odyssey on the organ.

Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Ludmilla Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Shostakovich Symphony No.5 Long Yu conducts this all-Russian programme. It features Rachmaninov’s towering Second Piano Concerto, performed

by George Li. Shostakovich’s Fifth is arguably the most dramatic and thrilling symphony of the 20th century. Composed under pressure from Stalin’s regime, the symphony’s intention and meaning is a tangled mystery, but its power is extraordinary.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15*

Fr i d ay 2 4 N o v e m b e r 2017

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Anne Page and Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker, discuss Bach’s inspiration for The Art of Fugue.

Admission free.

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R THE FOUR SE AS ONS

We d n e s d ay 22 N o v e m b e r 2017

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R SUMMER TO WINTER B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Michail Jurowski conductor Beatrice Rana piano Bridge Summer Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.1 (Winter Daydreams) Tchaikovsky’s delightful First Symphony and Frank Bridge’s ecstatic, rarely heard tonepoem Summer show the transformative power of music, with their freshness and fantasy. They are a perfect foil for the glittering wit and bittersweet melodies of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto, performed here by the young Italian Beatrice Rana.

B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Marius Stravinsky conductor Pieter Schoeman director/violin† Vivaldi The Four Seasons† Kabalevsky Spring Glazunov The Seasons They called Alexander Glazunov ‘the Russian Mendelssohn’ but he was very much his own man, and his 1896 ballet The Seasons is a delight. It throws a fascinating light on Vivaldi’s four evergreen concertos, played tonight by Orchestra Leader Pieter Schoeman.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert event. Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson looks at how composers have sought inspiration and responded musically to the seasons. Admission free.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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S a t u r d ay 25 N o v e m b e r 2017

Tu e s d ay 28 N o v e m b e r 2017

LONDON SINFONIE T TA L A NDMA RKS

MIT SUKO UCHIDA , PIANO

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U NF INIS HED B U S INE S S: 5 0 Y E A R S O F T HE L O ND O N S INF O NIE T TA Martyn Brabbins conductor Xenakis Thallein for chamber orchestra Rihm Chiffre ii (Silence to be beaten) Colin Matthews Contraflow Birtwistle Silbury Air The London Sinfonietta is one of the world’s finest contemporary classical ensembles, and the list of composers it has worked with reads like a who’s who of post–war music.

In this concert, explore just some of the ensemble’s iconic commissions as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £20 (£5* 16-25 Curious? tickets) (unreserved) M o n d ay 27 N o v e m b e r 2017

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R MOZ A R T: MAS TER OF DECEP TION V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS

© Richard Avedon

Schubert Sonata in C minor, D.958; Sonata in A, D.664; Sonata in G, D.894 Continuing her three-year collaboration with Southbank Centre, Mitsuko Uchida performs Schubert’s great C minor Sonata D.958, a work of overwhelming drama and almost fevered imagination. She follows it with the ‘little’ A major Sonata, one of the most lyrical in Schubert’s output, and then traverses the sublime expanses of the G major.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £65 £50 £35 £20 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

Related event: Schubert Piano Sonatas (Sat 18 Nov, 12 noon) We d n e s d ay 2 9 N o v e m b e r 2017

Rachel Podger © Jonas Sacks

Rachel Podger director/violin Haydn Symphony No.26 (Lamentatione) Mozart Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K.207 Johann Christian Bach Symphony in G minor, Op.6 No.6 Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 Discover how Mozart was the ultimate musical genius – and the ultimate game player – in the first of two concerts exploring the hidden secrets of his familiar scores. His repertoire is full of surprises and deceptions. He tore up the rulebook, and if you hear his music twice, you never have quite the same experience.

St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60 Students & under-18s £5*

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R AN AUTUMN SYMPHONY B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Vladimir Jurowski conductor Julia Fischer violin Respighi Autumn Poem Chausson Poème, Op.25 Marx An Autumn Symphony (UK premiere) Vladimir Jurowski, violinist Julia Fischer and the London Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate the seasons. The concert features Joseph Marx’s almost-forgotten An Autumn Symphony, a sumptuous musical panorama.

It is prefaced by Julia Fischer’s performances of Chausson’s rapturous Poème and Respighi’s haunting Autumn Poem.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Foyle Future Firsts, under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski, present a 20thcentury programme inspired by rituals and seasons. Admission free.

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PHILHARMONIA V IVA LDI GLORIA Mozart Festival Orchestra R ORCHESTR A Andrew Nethsingha conductor ESA-PEKK A SA LONEN: Anita Watson soprano Kitty Whately mezzo soprano MAHLER 9 Tom Rainer trumpet T HE S A L O NEN S ER IE S M A HL ER S Y MP H O NIE S Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

Mahler Symphony No.9 There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 9pm ‘It is terrifying, and paralysing, as the strands of sound disintegrate . . . in ceasing, we lose it all. But in letting go, we have gained everything.’ So wrote Leonard Bernstein about Mahler’s last completed work. It grows from a serene, understated opening, eventually opening out onto the spacious, hymn-like plain of the final movement.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Fr i d ay 1 D e c e m b e r 2017

MIT SUKO UCHIDA , PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S Schubert Sonata in B, D.575; Sonata in A minor, D.845; Sonata in D, D.850 In the second recital of her series exploring Schubert’s sonatas, Mitsuko Uchida highlights some of his lesser-known works, ending with the high-octane D major Sonata D.850, an exceptionally extroverted sonata for the composer. Wit, humour and good nature dance through its four movements.

St John’s College Choir, Cambridge

Vivaldi Magnificat in G minor, RV.610 Handel Selection from the Water Music Suites Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Vivaldi Concerto in C for 2 trumpets, RV.537 Handel The King shall rejoice (Coronation Anthem No.3); Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1) Vivaldi Gloria Hear the acclaimed Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, perform popular classics, crowned by Vivaldi’s sublime choral masterpiece, Gloria. Part of the RGL Choral Masterpieces series.

L I S T IN G S N O V E MB E R – D E C E MB E R

T h u r s d ay 3 0 N o v e m b e r 2017

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48.50 £40 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* S a t u r d ay 2 D e c e m b e r 2017

CIT Y OF LONDON SINFONIA MODERN M YS TIC S: THE PR OTEC TING VEIL B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £65 £50 £35 £20 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

Related event: Schubert Piano Sonatas (Sat 18 Nov, 12 noon) S a t u r d ay 2 D e c e m b e r 2017

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW SIBELIUS AND FINNISH INDEPENDENCE N O R D I C M AT T ER S Sibelius played an important role in defining Finnish national identity in its struggle for independence from Russia.

Dive into Sibelius and his nationalistic works as Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. It precedes the Finnish Independence Day celebration by the Philharmonia Orchestra on Thu 7 Dec 2017.

© James Berry

Matthew Barley presenter/cello Alexandra Wood director Tavener The Protecting Veil for cello & strings Journey to the centre of Sir John Tavener’s The Protecting Veil through living programme notes, in a performance by City of London Sinfonia and Matthew Barley. It is a work that blurs the lines between humanity and divinity, looking at the rituals and seasons celebrated around Mary, the Mother of God. St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £25 £10*

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £25 students £7.50*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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S u n d ay 3 D e c e m b e r 2017

We d n e s d ay 6 D e c e m b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R PR OKOFIE V & TCHAIKOVSK Y

LONDON SINFONIE T TA R STOCKHAUSEN: TR ANS

S U NDAY M AT INEE S Krzysztof Urbański conductor Simon Trpčeski piano Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Romeo & Juliet; Piano Concerto No.1 Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 The Philharmonia Orchestra performs two accounts of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. In between, Simon Trpčeski joins the orchestra for a performance of one of the greatest Russian powerhouses of all time: Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, unmistakable for its magnificently grand opening chords.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* M o n d ay 4 D e c e m b e r 2017

MEOW MEOW AND LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA R MORE PANDEMONIUM...

WITH A FESTIVE TWIST

B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF U NF INIS HED B U S INE S S: 5 0 Y E A R S O F T HE L O ND O N S INF O NIE T TA

Karlheinz Stockhausen © Werner Scholz

Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble Oliver Knussen conductor Stockhausen Tierkreis (Zodiac) – 12 Melodies of the star signs; Trans for orchestra & tape Oliver Knussen conducts the London Sinfonietta in an all-Stockhausen programme. It culminates with Trans (1971), a magnificent work which came to the composer in a dream. It is played behind a mesh gauze, so that the eerie sounds seem to appear and fade away as if in a dream themselves.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £25 £20 £15 (£5* 16-25 Curious? tickets) T h u r s d ay 7 D e c e m b e r 2017

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R FINNISH INDEPENDENCE N O R D I C M AT T ER S T HE S A L O NEN S ER IE S

MeowMeow © Magnus Hastings

Iain Grandage conductor The international comedienne extraordinaire and queen of song Meow Meow joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Experience an unforgettable evening of exquisite music from Brecht to Brel, alongside a rather large dose of perfectly constructed mayhem and madness. Back by popular demand – expect the unexpected! Ages 14+.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £25* This concert is not eligible for series booking discount

Esa-Pekka Salonen © Benjamin Suomela

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Vilde Frang violin Sibelius Finlandia; Violin Concerto; Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22 One hundred years since Finland declared independence, Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a celebration centred on Finland’s greatest composer, Jean Sibelius.

It opens with Finlandia, which started life as a contribution to a political demonstration in Helsinki, before violinist Vilde Frang takes to the stage for Sibelius’ soulful Violin Concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

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BBC C ONCER T ORCHESTR A A DOUBLE INDEMNIT Y AND MUSIC FR OM FILM NOIR

CA R OL S AT CHRIS TM AS

Robert Ziegler conductor/curator Mark Kermode presenter Programme includes excerpts from: David Raksin Laura Franz Waxman Sunset Boulevard George Antheil In a Lonely Place Leonard Rosenman Rebel Without a Cause Allan Roberts Put the blame on Mame from Gilda Angelo Badalamenti Fire walk with me from Twin Peaks Richard Whiting Too marvellous for words from Ready, Willing and Able Jonny Greenwood Inherent Vice Miklós Rózsa Double Indemnity An evening of music from film noir classics culminating in a radio version of Billy Wilder’s masterpiece Double Indemnity, complete with actors, Foley artists and the BBC Concert Orchestra performing Miklós Rósza’s sumptuous and dramatic score.

Philharmonia Orchestra Susanna Hurrell soprano Artists to be announced Christmas Carols Sussex Carol arr. Ledger; I saw three ships arr. Willcocks; Joy to the world arr. Cullen John Rutter Candlelight Carol Harold Darke In the bleak midwinter Plus carols for all Capture the spirit of Christmas in a traditional concert of seasonal classics, glorious carols and readings for this special time of year.

L I S T IN G S D E C E MB E R

Fr i d ay 8 D e c e m b e r 2017

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £49.50 £42.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* This concert is not eligible for series booking discount

Fr i d ay 15 D e c e m b e r 2017

MES SIAH BY CANDLELIGHT

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £36 £30 £22 £16 £10* S a t u r d ay 9 D e c e m b e r 2017

JOHN WIL S ON & THE JOHN WIL S ON OR CHES TR A John Wilson conductor John Wilson Chorus & special guests Witness John Wilson’s hand-picked orchestra of virtuoso players, as they return with their brand new show A Celebration of the MGM Film Musicals. They have an international reputation for performing repertoire from the golden era of Hollywood and Broadway musicals, and music for the big screen.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £62.50 £57.50 £47.50 £37.50* S u n d ay 10 D e c e m b e r 2017

CHRIS TM AS CL AS SIC S Philharmonia Orchestra David Hill conductor Neal Davies baritone The Bach Choir Humperdinck Overture, Hansel and Gretel John Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite Gruber Silent Night Christmas Carols The Holly and the Ivy arr.

Gardner; Joy to the world arr. Wilberg Plus carols for all Kick off your Christmas celebrations with this wonderful selection of carols and classics from the Philharmonia Orchestra and The Bach Choir.

Mozart Festival Orchestra Hilary Davan Wetton conductor Jennifer France soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones mezzo-soprano Nick Pritchard tenor George Humphreys bass City of London Choir Handel Messiah See Handel’s choral masterpiece performed by the Mozart Festival Orchestra and four superb soloists in resplendent costumes of the period. The entire performance is staged in an evocative candle-lit style setting. Part of the RGL Choral Masterpieces series.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48.50 £42.50 £36.50 £29.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50*

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £49.50 £42.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* This concert is not eligible for series booking discount

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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S a t u r d ay 16 D e c e m b e r 2017

We d n e s d ay 17 J a n u a r y 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R CHRIS TM AS OR ATORIO

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R RUS SIAN EPIC S

B EL IEF A ND B E YO ND B EL IEF Vladimir Jurowski conductor Maria Keohane soprano Anke Vondung mezzo-soprano Jeremy Ovenden tenor Stephan Loges bass-baritone London Philharmonic Choir

Mikhail Agrest conductor Andrey Gugnin piano

Bach Christmas Oratorio As a church musician, Johann Sebastian Bach saw himself as a craftsman serving God. But when the six cantatas he wrote for the festive season are combined into this monumental Christmas Oratorio, the result is something so joyous and so richly inspired that conventional belief becomes unnecessary.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Fr i d ay 12 J a n u a r y 2018

T YONDAI BR A X TON’S TELEKINESIS

Khachaturian Adagio from Spartacus Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Khachaturian’s Adagio from Spartacus launches this concert of big emotions and vast horizons. Then Andrey Gugnin takes on the Everest of Russian romantic piano concertos – Rachmaninoff’s Third. Finally, hear Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony with its terrifying opening fanfares, moments of quiet tenderness and delirious finish.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Fr i d ay 19 J a n u a r y 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R OR G AN SPEC TACUL AR Dirk Brossé conductor James O’Donnell organ

Tyondai Braxton © Grace Villamil

BBC Concert Orchestra André de Ridder conductor Programme includes: Tyondai Braxton TELEKINESIS (World premiere) See the world premiere of TELEKINESIS, a large-scale work for orchestra, electronics and choir by Tyondai Braxton, one of the most exciting artists in New York today.

With a nod toward sci-fi film soundtracks and sound exploration, it explores the idea of abstracted scale: massive musical shapes and gestures moving through an ever-evolving landscape.

Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565 Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 (Organ) Fauré Pavane Jongen Symphonie Concertante Some pieces have a nickname for a reason and when the Royal Festival Hall organ raises the roof at the end of Saint-Saëns’ heaven-storming ‘Organ’ Symphony, the reason for this one becomes pretty obvious.

It is paired with Joseph Jongen’s thrilling Symphonie Concertante – a magnificent showcase for soloist James O’Donnell.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

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PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R DEBUS SY & R AVEL

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R A GOLDEN G AL A E VENING

S U NDAY M AT INEE S Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

L I S T IN G S J A N UA R Y

S u n d ay 21 J a n u a r y 2018

Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Ravel Piano Concerto in G; Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite Debussy La mer Southbank Centre Associate Artist PierreLaurent Aimard and the Philharmonia Orchestra perform Ravel’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto. To finish, Debussy’s portrait of the sea, La mer, which captures the play of light on the water and the rhythmic pitter-patter of sea spray ‘to create a mysterious harmony between nature and the imagination’.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Tu e s d ay 23 J a n u a r y 2018

PAUL LE WIS, PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S Haydn Sonata in C, Hob.XVI/50 Beethoven 6 Bagatelles, Op.126 Brahms 6 Pieces, Op.118 Haydn Sonata in G, Hob.XVI/40 In a new series spanning this season and next, Paul Lewis brings together three key figures – Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms – by tracing the thread of musical heritage from one to the next. Haydn’s sparkling and witty sonatas bookend Beethoven’s lyricism and Brahms’ reflectiveness.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £55 £40 £30 £20 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

We d n e s d ay 2 4 J a n u a r y 2018

LONDON SINFONIET TA R 5 0 TH A NNIV ER SA RY C ONCER T U NF INIS HED B U S INE S S: 5 0 Y E A R S O F T HE L O ND O N S INF O NIE T TA David Atherton conductor George Benjamin conductor Vladimir Jurowski conductor Tamara Stefanovich piano Birtwistle The Message Stravinsky Octet Ligeti Chamber Concerto Samantha Fernando New work (World premiere) Hans Abrahamsen Left, alone (London premiere) Celebrate 50 years of the London Sinfonietta with a concert devoted to touchstones of contemporary music, conducted by David Atherton, George Benjamin and Vladimir Jurowski. Journey from the ensemble’s early years with Stravinsky’s Octet through to its present with Hans Abrahamsen’s piano concerto Left, alone, performed by Tamara Stefanovich.

Vladimir Jurowski © Sheila Rock

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Sofia Fomina Woglinde Rowan Hellier Wellgunde Lucie Špičková Flosshilde Lyubov Petrova Freia Michelle DeYoung Fricka Anna Larsson Erda Allan Clayton Froh Maxim Paster Loge Matthias Goerne Wotan Stephen Gadd Donner Matthew Rose Fasolt Brindley Sherratt Fafner Adrian Thompson Mime Robert Hayward Alberich Ted Huffman director Wagner Das Rheingold – opera in 4 scenes (semi-staged performance in German with English surtitles) There is no interval in this performance which lasts approx. 2 hours 30 minutes.

In the opening chapter of his epic Ring Cycle, Wagner creates a world in music. Jurowski’s Wagner interpretations have been described as ‘exquisite’, and with a world-class cast headed by Matthias Goerne, this special event marks the 10th anniversary of Vladimir Jurowski’s role as the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £60 £45 £35 £25 £15 Premium seats £75* There are also a range of packages available, including pre- and post-concert receptions and the chance to meet the musicians. £30 – £375* This concert is not eligible for series booking discount

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £35 £25 £15 (£5* 16-25 Curious? tickets) * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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T h u r s d ay 1 F e b r u a r y 2018

S u n d ay 4 F e b r u a r y 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R PA AVO JÄ RV I: DVOŘ ÁK

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R M A RIN AL S OP & NIC OL A BENEDE T TI

Paavo Järvi conductor Gautier Capuçon cello Dvořák Carnival Overture; Cello Concerto; Symphony No.7 Paavo Järvi conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in a programme exploring the stunning musical landscapes of Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. It includes his Cello Concerto, which wistfully echoes the folk-inspired Slavic sounds of his homeland and pays tribute to his lost love, Josefina, performed by French star Gautier Capuçon.

V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. A performance by the Philharmonia Chamber Players. Admission free.

S a t u r d ay 3 F e b r u a r y 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R THE FAIRY TALE BEGINS C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y

Nicola Benedetti © Simon Fowler

Marin Alsop conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Beethoven Symphony No.4; Violin Concerto Star violinist Nicola Benedetti performs with the OAE in this concert conducted by Marin Alsop. Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony is a gentler, more intimate affair than his Third and Fifth, showing the influence of Haydn.

Written in the same year, Beethoven’s only Violin Concerto was one of the first pieces written for the instrument on a large scale.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £45 £25 £10 Premium seats £75 Students & under-18s £5* Tu e s d ay 6 F e b r u a r y 2018

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A VOLKOV: M AHLER

Kristóf Baráti © Marco Borggreve

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Kristóf Baráti violin Rimsky-Korsakov Fairy Tale Glazunov Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Meditation from Souvenir d’un lieu cher arr. Glazunov Stravinsky Faun and Shepherdess; Symphony in E flat (Symphony No.1) Stravinsky learned his craft as the sun set on Imperial Russia. His teachers Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov created musical worlds that glowed with magic and melancholy, and tonight Kristóf Baráti brings his special brand of passion to Glazunov’s sweet Violin Concerto. Then Vladimir Jurowski conducts Stravinsky’s graduation piece: his romantic First Symphony.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk, Behind the Baton. Vladimir Jurowski explores Stravinsky’s Symphony in E flat, and reveals where Stravinsky sits in his top five picks. Admission free.

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Ilan Volkov conductor Pavel Kolesnikov piano Liszt Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the cradle to the grave), S.107 – symphonic poem Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Mahler Symphony No.1 Ilan Volkov opens the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2018 series at Southbank Centre. The evening begins with Liszt’s brooding From the Cradle to the Grave before soloist Pavel Kolesnikov performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4.

The concert concludes with Mahler’s momentous Symphony No.1, which erupts in majestic brass fireworks.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £40 £30 £20 £10*

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R FLIGHT OF THE FIREBIRD

M A R TIN HELMCHEN, PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S

L I S T IN G S F E B R UA R Y

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C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y

Martin Helmchen © Giorgia Bertazzi

Igor Stravinsky © Moviestore Collections / Rex Features

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Alexander Ghindin piano Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op.30 Stravinsky Funeral Song; The Firebird, complete ballet (1910) In the second concert of the LPO’s new Stravinsky series, the ravishing orchestral showpiece The Firebird takes centre stage.

Also hear Alexander Ghindin perform Rimsky-Korsakov’s bittersweet, folkinspired Piano Concerto and Stravinsky’s recently rediscovered musical epitaph for Rimsky-Korsakov.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Concluding an LPO composition project, GCSE music students from South London schools perform their responses to Stravinsky’s music alongside LPO musicians. Admission free.

Schumann Novelletten, Op.21 Nos.1, 2, 5 & 8 Beethoven 33 Variations on a waltz by Diabelli, Op.120 Helmchen has built an enviable reputation particularly in the classical and romantic repertoire. Schumann’s Novelletten form the largest and the least known among the composer’s major piano cycles with the music clearly written in an exultant mood.

They are followed by Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, a startlingly original masterpiece filled with power, wit and virtuosity.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

T h u r s d ay 8 F e b r u a r y 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R BA R TÓK & KODÁLY Juraj Valčuha conductor Evgeni Bozhanov piano Kodály Dances of Galánta Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Bartók’s witty Concerto for Orchestra darts and dives across the orchestra, with melodies racing from one instrument to the next. His lifelong friend Kodály crafted his Dances of Galánta from the memory of a gypsy band he had heard as a child. It is filled with evocative melodies and glittering colours.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Music of Today. Admission free.

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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S a t u r d ay 10 F e b r u a r y 2018

T h u r s d ay 15 F e b r u a r y 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R PE TRUSHK A AND FRIEND S

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R M AHLER: SYMPHONY NO.5 M A HL ER S Y MP H O NIE S

C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y

Jakub Hrůša © Zbynek Maderyc Ray Chen © Julian Hargreaves

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Ray Chen violin Lyadov Baba Yaga; The Enchanted Lake; Kikimora Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 Stravinsky Petrushka (1911) Vladimir Jurowski raises the curtain for this event with an affectionate glance backwards: three miniatures by Stravinsky’s old teacher Anatoly Lyadov. Then Ray Chen brings his charisma and wizardry to Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto.

Stravinsky’s Petrushka paints Russian tradition in colours as bright as a piece of folk-art, and as sinister as the new century.

Jakub Hrůša conductor Piotr Anderszewski piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Mahler Symphony No.5 Beginning with a lone trumpet call, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony summons forth a wall of sound. It journeys from the despair of the first movement to the lasting triumph of the finale via a withdrawal into the achingly beautiful Adagietto movement scored for harp and strings. To begin, Piotr Anderszewski performs Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

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Joint Foundation Schools’ Orchestra & Chorus Peter Gritton conductor Richard Mayo conductor Chris Dearmer conductor Jane Irwin soprano Robin Tritschler tenor Philip Tebb baritone

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R M AHLER: SYMPHONY NO.4 M A HL ER S Y MP H O NIE S Lahav Shani conductor Chen Reiss soprano Mendelssohn Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Strauss Ständchen; Morgen; Meinem Kinde; Wiegenlied; Ich wollt’ ein Sträusslein binden; Säusle, liebe Myrthe Mahler Symphony No.4 ‘There is no music on the earth which can ever compare with ours.’ So sings the soprano at the close of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, describing a heaven where angels bake the bread and St Peter fishes from a limitless pond. Also hear soprano Chen Reiss perform Strauss’ lieder of life and love.

BRIT TEN’S WAR REQUIEM

Britten War Requiem Hear the Foundation Schools – Alleyn’s, Dulwich College and James Allen’s Girls’ School – perform Britten’s War Requiem to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, and the pupils and staff who selflessly served their country between 1914 and 1918.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £45 £40 £30 £25 £15*

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

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S a t u r d ay 2 4 F e b r u a r y 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R THE RITE OF SPRING

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C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y Juanjo Mena conductor Benedetto Lupo piano Debussy Printemps, symphonic suite Ravel Piano Concerto for the left hand Delius Idylle de printemps Stravinsky The Rite of Spring The LPO performs Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, which changed the course of modern music at its premiere in Paris in 1913. With Juanjo Mena conducting, this should be electrifying. Benedetto Lupo, meanwhile, is the soloist in the dark, defiant Piano Concerto that Ravel wrote for a pianist who lost an arm in the Great War. Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk, Behind the Baton. Join Juanjo Mena as he explores Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, answers your questions and reveals where Stravinsky sits in his top five picks. Admission free.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R ONCE UP ON A TIME C H A N G IN G FA C ES: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O UR NE Y Vasily Petrenko conductor Andreas Brantelid cello Stravinsky Le chant du rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale) Elgar Cello Concerto Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade From the carnage of the First World War Stravinsky created Le chant du rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale): a cautionary tale of man and machine. At the same time, Elgar was writing his Cello Concerto, which was his last great masterpiece. Andreas Brantelid finds the poetry in this beloved British classic.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Royal College of Music students join members of the LPO and its Foyle Future Firsts programme in a talk and performance of Stravinsky’s Les Noces conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Admission free.

L I S T IN G S F E B R UA R Y

We d n e s d ay 21 F e b r u a r y 2018

London Concert Orchestra Stephen Bell conductor Viv McLean piano Emma Kingston guest singer Rodney Earl Clarke guest singer plus sensational tap dancers and a glamorous ballroom duo Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; ’S wonderful from Funny Face; Overture and I’ve got a crush on you from Strike up the Band; A Foggy Day in London Town from A Damsel in Distress; Fascinating rhythm and Oh, Lady Be Good! from Lady, Be Good; Summertime from Porgy and Bess; and many more Dive into an all-Gershwin extravaganza of music, song and dance, back by popular demand. Expect an afternoon bursting with Broadway glamour and toe-tapping tunes from America’s greatest composer.

Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm £47.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* S a t u r d ay 2 4 F e b r u a r y 2018

MOZ AR T M AS TERPIECES Mozart Festival Orchestra Steven Devine conductor Emma Johnson clarinet Soraya Mafi soprano Fleur de Bray soprano Gary Griffiths baritone Mozart Overtures, Arias and Duets from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute; Clarinet Concerto; Symphony No.41 Celebrate the finest works of one of the world’s best-loved composers, with internationally acclaimed soloist Emma Johnson performing Mozart’s sublime Clarinet Concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £41.50 £34.50 £29.50 £24.50 £19.50 £14.50*

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S u n d ay 25 F e b r u a r y 2018

Tu e s d ay 27 F e b r u a r y 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R HIP HIP HOOR AY!

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT THE C ORRIDOR S OF P OWER

F U NH A R M O NI C S FA MILY C O N C ER T

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V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS Ádám Fischer conductor Christine Rice mezzo-soprano

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra invites you to a super-sized orchestral party celebrating the best of young musicmaking to mark the 30th anniversary year of the LPO’s Education and Community programme. Joining them are brilliant young instrumentalists and singers from London Music Masters, Junior Trinity and more.

Ages 6+.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon Adults £20 £18 £16 £14 £12 Children £10 £9 £8 £7 £6* Foyers at Royal Festival Hall from 10am – 12 noon: pre-concert fun! Throughout the morning there are free musical activities around the building offering a fun and interactive way-in to the concert, and opportunities for children aged 6+ to have a go at different orchestral instruments under expert instruction. Admission free.

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DA NIEL C OOK , OR G A N IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R G A N S ER IE S Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV.542 Stanford Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.151 (Eroica) Duruflé Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op.7 Vierne Symphonie No.6 in B minor, Op.59 Daniel Cook is Principal Organist to Westminster Abbey’s Choir. Tonight he performs Bach’s mighty Fantasia and Fugue in G minor and works by Stanford and Duruflé in honour of those killed in war. He ends with Vierne’s Sixth Organ Symphony with its dizzyingly virtuosic pedal scales at the climax of the last movement.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15*

Mozart Arias, including Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio from La clemenza di Tito; Symphony No.38 (Prague) Haydn Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice) - cantata for soprano & orchestra; Symphony No.103 (Drum Roll) Berenice, Queen of Palestine, is set to marry the Roman Emperor Titus. But a change of political weather at home makes it impossible for the Emperor to marry a foreign queen. What wins out – love or duty? Haydn turned this story into Scena di Berenice, a fabulous concert aria.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60 Students & under-18s £5* Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R JOY AND S ORR OW C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV IN S K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y Vasily Petrenko conductor Sergej Krylov violin Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suites Nos.1 & 2 ‘I gave myself entirely up to Pulcinella, and the work filled me with joy,’ said Stravinsky.

That joy shines through in every note of this work – the one thing no one quite expected from music’s most dangerous radical. Also hear Tchaikovsky at his sunniest and Ravel’s luscious ballet score Daphnis et Chloé.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk, Behind the Baton. Join Vasily Petrenko as he explores Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, answers your questions and reveals where Stravinsky sits in his top five picks. Admission free.

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Southbank Centre’s organ curator, William McVicker, interviews Daniel about his work at Westminster Abbey and preparing for this concert. Admission free.

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S a t u r d ay 3 M a r c h 2018

BORIS GILTBUR G, PIANO

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R DIA N A DAMR AU SINGS S TR AUS S

IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S

L I S T IN G S F E B R UA R Y – M A R C H

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Brahms 7 Fantasias, Op.116 Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110 arr. Boris Giltburg Rachmaninov Études-tableaux, Op.39 Particularly praised for his performances of Russian music, Boris Giltburg plays the immensely colourful, intense and poetic set of Études-tableaux, Op.39 by Rachmaninov.

The programme also features Giltburg’s own much acclaimed transcription for piano of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Boris Giltburg discusses the programme. Admission free.

S a t u r d ay 3 M a r c h 2018

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW S ONDHEIM IN DEP TH Take an in-depth look at Stephen Sondheim’s extensive musical career, from the big hits to the deep cuts. This study day precedes the performance of Sondheim on Sondheim by the BBC Concert Orchestra on Thursday 15 March 2018.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £25 students £7.50*

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Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Diana Damrau soprano Elgar Overture, In the South (Alassio) Strauss Four Last Songs Brahms Symphony No.2 Diana Damrau has been called ‘the leading coloratura soprano in the world’ but her gift for characterisation and lustrous, gloriously rich voice makes her a superb interpreter of Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs. Sir Antonio Pappano surrounds them with sunshine: Elgar’s lush musical postcard from Italy, and Brahms’ most lyrical symphony.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £49 £42 £35 £28 £21 £16 £12 Premium seats £75* Tu e s d ay 6 M a r c h 2018

THE BACH CHOIR DA RK NES S TO LIGHT Philharmonia Orchestra David Hill conductor Carolyn Sampson soprano Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano Andrew Tortise tenor James Platt bass Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from Rückert-Lieder arr. Gottwald Copland Quiet City Ēriks Ešenvalds Passion and Resurrection Haydn Mass in D minor (Nelson Mass) Travel from darkness to light in works connected by a common theme; whether relating to faith or anxiety about war, all of the music in this concert reflects the pathway to salvation. Join us for this musical journey.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £35 £26 £19 £10*

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Tu e s d ay 13 M a r c h 2018

S a t u r d ay 17 M a r c h 2018

M AURIZIO P OLLINI, PIANO

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R TRIFONOV PL AYS TCHAIKOVSK Y

IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S Programme to be announced.

The Italian pianist’s performances at Southbank Centre have always proved highlights of the season. In recent years, he has been praised for his ‘peerless, supremely authoritative performances’ (The Guardian).

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £65 £50 £35 £20 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

T h u r s d ay 15 M a r c h 2018

BBC C ONCER T ORCHESTR A A S ONDHEIM ON S ONDHEIM

C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV IN S K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y Vladimir Jurowski conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Tchaikovsky Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty arr. Stravinsky; Piano Concerto No.1 Stravinsky The Fairy’s Kiss (complete) Audiences in the 1920s were astonished when modernist firebrand Stravinsky started adapting Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. Hear his arrangements of ‘Variation d’Aurore’ and ‘Bluebird pas-de-deux’, along with Stravinsky’s The Fairy’s Kiss. Daniil Trifonov – himself a Tchaikovsky Competition winner – ­ performs Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* S u n d ay 18 M a r c h 2018

THE BACH CHOIR S T MAT THE W PAS SION Keith Lockhart conductor Join the BBC Concert Orchestra in the European premiere of the musical revue Sondheim on Sondheim. Surrounding a film of the composer himself and accompanied by a host of exciting performers, this retrospective autobiography, performed on Broadway in 2010, presents his finest music intertwined with an intimate portrait of one of musical theatre’s giants.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £34 £26 £18 £12* Fr i d ay 16 M a r c h 2018

BEE THOVEN’S NINTH Philharmonia Orchestra Brian Wright conductor Tom Poster piano Claire Rutter soprano Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Toby Spence tenor James Rutherford bass Goldsmiths Choral Union Beethoven Overture, Egmont; Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor); Symphony No.9 (Choral) Spend an evening with the superb Philharmonia Orchestra in an all-Beethoven concert. The night culminates with the monumental Choral Symphony and its climactic Ode to Joy. Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £56 £47.50 £37.50 £29.50 £19.50 £16.50*

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Elizabeth Watts © Marco Borggreve

Florilegium David Hill conductor Ed Lyon Evangelist Mark Stone Christ Elizabeth Watts soprano Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano Nicky Spence tenor Brindley Sherratt bass Bach St Matthew Passion (complete, performed in English) The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, sung in English, is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar. Join Evangelist Ed Lyon, soprano Elizabeth Watts, mezzosoprano Jennifer Johnston,and the period instrument ensemble Florilegium for this Passion Sunday performance.

There is a long lunch interval between Parts I and II. Part II begins at 2.15pm.

Royal Festival Hall, 11am £55 £40 £33.50 £23 £12*

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We d n e s d ay 21 M a r c h 2018

GEOR GE LI, PIA NO

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R S TR AVINSK Y MEE T S THE CL AS SIC S

IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S

L I S T IN G S M A R C H

Tu e s d ay 20 M a r c h 2018

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Beethoven Sonata in F, Op.10 No.2 Chopin Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funèbre) Rachmaninov Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op.42 Liszt Consolation No.3 in D flat; Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor (Lento a capriccio) Since winning the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, George Li has been attracting rave reviews as his impressive career accelerates. At the centre of his programme is Chopin’s haunted, feverish second sonata ‘Funeral March’.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £38 £28 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. George Li discusses the programme. Admission free.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada © Werner Kmetitsch

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Peter Donohoe piano Stravinsky Apollon musagète for string orchestra Weber Konzertstück in F minor for piano & orchestra Stravinsky Capriccio for piano & orchestra Schubert Symphony No.3 Schubert and Weber might seem unlikely inspirations for Igor Stravinsky, but in the bold, streamlined world of the 1920s and 30s they turned out to be brothers under the skin. Andrés Orozco-Estrada opens this concert with Stravinsky’s most elegant ballet, and closes it with Schubert’s witty Third Symphony.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* T h u r s d ay 22 M a r c h 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R WORK ER S AND THE S TATE VOICES OF RE VOLU TION: RUS SIA 1917 Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Behzod Abduraimov piano Ailish Tynan soprano Mosolov Zavod (The Iron Foundry), Op.19 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 Glière Concerto for coloratura soprano & orchestra, Op.82; The Red Poppy Suite, Op.70 After the horrors of the Russian Civil War, the Bolsheviks made use of composers for propaganda, as reflected in Mosolov’s industrial-inspired The Iron Foundry and Glière’s ballet The Red Poppy. By contrast, Prokofiev composed his Third Piano Concerto shortly after fleeing Russia in 1918, its inventiveness seemingly removed from the chaos at home.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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Fr i d ay 23 M a r c h 2018

S u n d ay 25 M a r c h 2018

THE BES T OF JAMES BOND

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R BR AHMS REQUIEM

London Concert Orchestra John Rigby conductor Louise Dearman singer Oliver Tompsett singer From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, Nobody Does It Better, You Only Live Twice, Skyfall, All Time High, The World is Not Enough, Thunderball, Another Way to Die, Writing’s on the Wall .

Celebrate the UK’s most famous secret service agent at this musical tribute to James Bond. Hear all the iconic music and songs from over 50 years, plus a tribute to other spies and detectives.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48 £40 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* S a t u r d ay 2 4 M a r c h 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R SYMPHONY OF P SALMS C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin London Philharmonic Choir Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms; Violin Concerto; Credo; Ave Maris; Pater noster Bernstein Chichester Psalms Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto begins with a chord that was supposed to be impossible.

And in 1930, in his Symphony of Psalms, he created something that truly did seem impossible in that ‘low, dishonest decade’: a masterpiece of deeply held religious faith, crafted from sounds that felt entirely new.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk, Behind the Baton. Join Andrés Orozco-Estrada as he explores the evening’s Stravinsky works, answers your questions and reveals where Stravinsky sits in his top five picks. Admission free.

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S U NDAY M AT INEE S Karl-Heinz Steffens conductor/clarinet Elsa Dreisig soprano Michael Kraus baritone Philharmonia Chorus Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115; Ein deutsches Requiem When he came to write his Requiem, Brahms chose to do away with fire and brimstone.

Instead, he crafted a comforting work made for those left behind. ‘Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted’, it begins. To open, Karl-Heinz Steffens performs Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet with members of the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* M o n d ay 26 M a r c h 2018

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R BACH’S S T M AT THE W PAS SION V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS

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Mark Padmore Evangelist/director Roderick Williams Christus Jessica Cale soprano Katherine Watson soprano Claudia Huckle mezzo-soprano Eleanor Minney mezzo-soprano Hugo Hymas tenor Matthew Brook bass Choir of the Age of Enlightenment Bach St Matthew Passion (performed in German) Bach’s St Matthew Passion retains its huge emotional impact 300 years on from its premiere. An unsentimental depiction of the Easter story, it is immediate in its power but yields new riches after years of exploration.

Hear it performed on period instruments with Mark Padmore as the Evangelist and director.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £45 £25 £10 Premium seats £75 Students & under-18s £5* Royal Festival Hall at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

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Fr i d ay 6 & S a t u r d ay 7 A p r i l 2018

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC NATIONAL YOU TH ORCHESTR A ORCHESTR A OF DU TOIT: S TR AUS S GRE AT BRITAIN A Charles Dutoit conductor BERNS TEIN’S M AS S Alban Gerhardt cello Strauss Don Juan Mozart Symphony No.35 (Haffner) Strauss Don Quixote The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit takes the helm for Strauss’ tone poem Don Juan. This is followed by Mozart’s light-hearted Symphony No.35, penned by the prodigy at the astoundingly young age of nine. Cellist Alban Gerhardt joins the orchestra for Strauss’ playful Don Quixote.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £40 £30 £20 £10* We d n e s d ay 4 A p r i l 2018

B ER NS T EIN W EEK END Marin Alsop conductor

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Bernstein MASS There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 9.30pm.

Marin Alsop and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain perform Leonard Bernstein’s dramatic, large-scale piece for singers, players and dancers in his centenary year. Premiered nine years after the assassination of John F Kennedy, this seminal work captures America at a moment of crisis: the end of an era of optimism, bridging the gap between classical and popular music.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC £30 £22 £16 £10* ORCHESTR A S u n d ay 8 A p r i l 2018 DAUSG A A RD & NATIONAL YOU TH IS SERLIS ORCHESTR A OF Thomas Dausgaard conductor Steven Isserlis cello GRE AT BRITAIN A Britten 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes TOTALLY TEENAGE Elgar Cello Concerto Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Conductor Thomas Dausgaard sets the scene for this concert of early 20th-century music with Britten’s dramatic Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes. It is followed

by Elgar’s much-loved Cello Concerto, played by Steven Isserlis. The concert ends with Rachmaninov’s last composition, the lively Symphonic Dances, which contrasts rhythmic vivacity with lyrical melodies.

B ER NS T EIN W EEK END

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £40 £30 £20 £10* T h u r s d ay 5 A p r i l 2018

S TEPHEN HOUGH, PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S Debussy Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque; Images, Set 2 Schumann Fantasie in C, Op.17 Debussy La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune from Préludes, Bk.2; Images, Set 1 Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata) Stephen Hough’s recital programmes are always ideas-focused, and today he makes an unusual pairing of tempestuous German Romantic music with French musical impressionism from Debussy.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £55 £40 £30 £20 £10*

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Kwamé Ryan conductor Programme includes: Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Experience the talents of this orchestra of teenagers, as they present an exhilarating 21st-century update of Bernstein’s much loved Young People’s Concert. Today’s teenage audiences can enjoy a dramatic programme, including music from West Side Story, all in the hands of 164 of the UK’s brightest virtuosic teenagers.

Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm & 7pm £10 under-25s £5*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Stephen Hough discusses the programme. Admission free.

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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Tu e s d ay 10 A p r i l 2018

S TE VE REICH’S DIFFERENT TR AINS IN T ER N AT I O N A L C H A MB ER M U S I C S ER IE S

Wednesday 11 April 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R PER SÉPHONE

C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV IN S K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y Thomas Adès conductor Thomas Trotter organ Toby Spence tenor London Philharmonic Choir Trinity Boys Choir

Steve Reich © Jeffrey Herman

London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists Programme includes: Reich Different Trains for string quartet & tape Performers from the London Contemporary Orchestra present Steve Reich’s Different Trains on the 30th anniversary of its world premiere at Queen Elizabeth Hall.

A meditation on the Holocaust, the work’s three movements examine different experiences of war, with video artwork by Bill Morrison.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £38 £28 £21 £15 £10* We d n e s d ay 11 A p r i l 2018

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R MOZ A R T – M AS TER OF DECEP TION V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS Sir Roger Norrington conductor Roger Montgomery horn Mozart Symphony No.33; Horn Concertos Nos.1 & 4; Symphony No.36 (Linz) Join the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for the second of two concerts exploring the hidden secrets of Mozart’s familiar scores, with its very own two Rogers – Emeritus Conductor Sir Roger Norrington and Principal Horn Roger Montgomery. Hear this music as it would have sounded, performed on the OAE’s period instruments.

Adès Powder her Face Suite Gerald Barry Organ Concerto (London premiere) Stravinsky Perséphone Of Stravinsky, Thomas Adès says: ‘I love everything he did.’ So the LPO are particularly excited that Adès has agreed to conduct Stravinsky’s Perséphone. To open, Thomas Trotter unleashes a new organ concerto by musical anarchist Gerald Barry and Adès conducts his own Powder her Face Suite, with two new movements.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Join LPO Soundworks for a thrilling performance inspired by Stravinsky. Admission free.

T h u r s d ay 12 A p r i l 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R ESA-PEKK A SALONEN: M A HLER 1 T HE S A L O NEN S ER IE S M A HL ER S Y MP H O NIE S Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor David Fray piano Programme includes: Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 Mahler Symphony No.1 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Mahler’s cosmic First Symphony. Growing from an ethereal, barely audible seven-octave chord in the strings, this is music that is truly ‘like the world’, with the sounds of nature, a street band, klezmer and even a satirical version of Frère Jacques. Also hear David Fray perform Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. A performance by the Philharmonia Chamber Players. Admission free.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60 Students & under-18s £5*

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LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R BRILLIANCE & LONGING

THE PL ANE T S

C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christopher Warren-Green conductor organist to be announced City of London Choir

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Wagner Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 (Organ) Holst The Planets Join us for an evening of sublime music, crowned with Holst’s evocative and powerful planetary masterpiece.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £52.50 £46.50 £34.50 £26.50 £19.50 £16.50* S u n d ay 15 A p r i l 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R THE S ONG OF THE CHILDREN OF THE STARS T HE S A L O NEN S ER IE S John Storgårds conductor Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano Stravinsky Jeu de cartes Bryce Dessner Concerto for 2 pianos (World premiere) Rachmaninoff Symphony No.3 Exiled from Russia, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky travelled Europe and America before ending up as unlikely neighbours in Hollywood. Rachmaninoff’s gorgeous Third Symphony can’t hide its sense of loss while Stravinsky’s Jeu de cartes is playing for high stakes. In between hear the world premiere of Bryce Dessner’s double piano concerto, written especially for the Labèque sisters.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk, Behind the Baton.

Join John Storgårds as he explores Stravinsky’s Jeu de cartes, answers your questions and reveals where Stravinsky sits in his top five picks. Admission free.

Unsuk Chin © Priska Ketterer

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Philharmonia Voices Children’s chorus to be announced Biber Battalia à 10 in D Beethoven Symphony No.2 Unsuk Chin Le chant des enfants des étoiles for children’s choir, chorus, organ & orchestra (European premiere) Unsuk Chin’s otherworldly Le chant des enfants des étoiles (The Song of the Children of the Stars) is inspired by the idea that humans are made of cosmic stardust. The concert opens with an extraordinary work by 17th-century composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, a programmatic ‘battle’ piece that steps outside traditions of tonality.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Music of Today. Admission free.

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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We d n e s d ay 18 A p r i l 2018

S a t u r d ay 21 A p r i l 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R BOLD A ND NE W

INSIDE MUSIC

C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y Vladimir Jurowski conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Stravinsky Symphony in C; Tango arr. for orchestra Debussy Fantaisie for piano & orchestra Shostakovich Symphony No.6 Vladimir Jurowski opens this programme with Stravinsky’s brilliant deconstruction of the Classical symphony and then takes time to tango, before Leif Ove Andsnes breathes fresh life into Debussy’s blissful early Fantaisie. It concludes with Shostakovich’s extraordinary Sixth Symphony, written on the eve of World War Two. Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. The Foyle Future Firsts and members of the LPO perform Stravinsky’s ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ Concerto and works by Kagel and Berio. Admission free.

T h u r s d ay 19 A p r i l 2018

C OLIN CURRIE & NIC OL AS HODGES IN T ER N AT I O N A L C H A MB ER M U S I C S ER IE S

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William Whitehead, concert organist and curator of the Orgelbüchlein Project, introduces Royal Festival Hall’s pipe organ.

Come and hear the organ and explore how to write for the instrument. In collaboration with the Royal College of Organists.

Royal Festival Hall, 2pm £10* Related event: William Whitehead, organ (Tue 24 Apr, 7.30pm) S a t u r d ay 21 A p r i l 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R ODE TO BEE THOVEN C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV IN S K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y Vladimir Jurowski conductor Gil Shaham violin

Colin Currie © Linda Nylund

Colin Currie percussion Nicolas Hodges piano Solo piano work to be announced Feldman King of Denmark Birtwistle New work for piano, vibraphone & xylophone (World premiere) Stockhausen Kontakte Colin Currie and Nicolas Hodges perform a Harrison Birtwistle premiere commissioned to mark Queen Elizabeth Hall’s reopening.

Music by the avant-garde masters Stockhausen and Feldman has also found an enthusiastic audience at Queen Elizabeth Hall since it was first written, and you can hear works by both at this special event.

Anders Hillborg Homage to Stravinsky (World premiere) Yuri Falik Requiem for Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky Ode Beethoven Violin Concerto The chance to hear Gil Shaham with Vladimir Jurowski in what’s arguably the greatest of all Romantic violin concertos is selfrecommending – and it makes a fascinating counterpoint to the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s ongoing journey through the imagination of Igor Stravinsky. Also witness new music from Yuri Falik and Anders Hillborg.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £25 £20 £15 £10*

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We d n e s d ay 25 A p r i l 2018

LONDON SINFONIE T TA R HAY WA RD G A LLERY SERIES

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R R ACHM ANINOFF A ND MAHLER

To mark the reopening of Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra the London Sinfonietta performs a series of concerts. This is a great chance to see the refurbished galleries and hear contemporary classical music performed by one of our most talented ensembles.

See website for details

Tu e s d ay 2 4 A p r i l 2018

WILLIAM WHITEHE AD, OR G AN IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R G A N S ER IE S

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Robert Trevino conductor Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev piano Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 Mahler Symphony No.5 In the hands of an exceptional artist, even a work as familiar as Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto can disclose new wonders. The young Russian virtuoso Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev is just such a pianist. And with Robert Trevino at the helm of Mahler’s Fifth, expect an energetic and inspiring guide through this sweeping symphonic odyssey.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* T h u r s d ay 26 A p r i l 2018

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A ZUK ERM AN: ELG AR

Bruhns Praeludium in E minor (Great) Orgelbüchlein Project 5 Selected Pieces Schumann Mässig, doch nicht zu langsam (No.4) & Lebhaft (No.5) from 6 Fugues on the name BACH, Op.60 Parry Fantasia and Fugue in G, Op.188 Liszt Fantasia and fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’, S.259 William Whitehead performs two new works to complete the Orgelbüchlein Project – the major international enterprise he is curating to fill in the gaps in Bach’s incomplete Orgelbüchlein by commissioning 118 new compositions to complement the composer’s original intended collection of 164 chorale preludes.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Concert organist William Whitehead and Andrew McCrea, Director of Studies at the Royal College of Organists, discuss the Orgelbüchlein Project. Admission free.

© Fred Cattroll

Pinchas Zukerman conductor/violin Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 Elgar Sospiri; Enigma Variations Hear music by Sibelius, Bruch and Elgar as the RPO’s Principal Guest Conductor Pinchas Zukerman takes on the roles of conductor and soloist. Sibelius’ atmospheric The Swan of Tuonela opens the concert, followed by Bruch’s fiendish Violin Concerto. The evening culminates in two pieces by Elgar: his stirring Sospiri and the quintessentially English ‘Enigma’ Variations.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £40 £30 £20 £10*

Related event: Inside Music (Sat 21 Apr, 2pm)

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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Fr i d ay 27 A p r i l 2018

BEN JA MIN GR O SVENOR , PIANO

DANIELLE DE NIESE

IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S Bach French Suite No.5 in G, BWV.816 Brahms 4 Pieces, Op.119 Brett Dean Hommage à Brahms Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune arr. Leonard Borwick/George Copeland Berg Sonata, Op.1 Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Young pianist Benjamin Grosvenor opens this recital with a delicate, ebullient Bach suite. This is followed by a cocktail of Brahms’ last set of piano pieces, interspersed with a contemporary tribute to them by Brett Dean. The second half features a rare arrangement of Debussy’s sensual orchestral tone-poem Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £38 £28 £21 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

Fr i d ay 27 A p r i l 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R ALONDR A DE L A PARR A CONDUCTS DVOŘ ÁK

IN T ER N AT I O N A L C H A MB ER M U S I C S ER IE S

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Danielle de Niese soprano Navarra String Quartet Roussel 2 Poèmes de Ronsard for voice & flute, Op.26 Work to be announced Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) for voice, clarinet & piano, D.965 Chausson Chanson perpetuelle, Op.37 Schubert Der Tod und das Mädchen, D.531; String Quartet in D minor, D.810 (Death and the Maiden) Danielle de Niese, dubbed ‘opera’s coolest soprano’, opens this concert with Roussel’s settings of poems by Pierre de Ronsard.

Schubert’s The Shepherd on the Rock and ‘Death and the Maiden’ lead to the tempestuous String Quartet in D minor, which features the same theme in the second movement.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £38 £28 £21 £15 £10* S u n d ay 2 9 A p r i l 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R FE AR & REPRES SION VOICES OF RE VOLU TION: RUS SIA 1917

© Cicero Rodriguez

Alondra de la Parra conductor Luca Buratto piano Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2 Dvořák Symphony No.8 With his Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Debussy created a realm of beauty that was ahead of its time. Alondra de la Parra reveals that wonder tonight, and partners Italian pianist Luca Buratto with the steely concerto written by Prokofiev in a Russia on the brink of revolution. Then enjoy the sunshine of what’s surely Dvořák’s happiest symphony.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

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Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor James Ehnes violin Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1; Symphony No.4 No Russian composer experienced the oppressive hand of the Soviet state more than Dmitri Shostakovich. This concert features his First Violin Concerto, not performed until after Stalin’s death, and his radical Fourth Symphony, which only received its premiere 25 years after its completion.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

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REMEMBERING DEBUS SY

THE BACH CHOIR A LE X ANDER NE VSK Y

Claire Booth soprano Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Andrew Matthews-Owen piano

Philharmonia Orchestra David Hill conductor Hilary Summers mezzo-soprano Simon Pondsford counter-tenor

Debussy 5 Poèmes de Baudelaire Satie Elégie from 4 Petites mélodies; Le chapelier from 3 Mélodies; Tendrement; L’omnibus automobile; Je te veux Jonathan Dove New work for voice & piano Remember Debussy 100 years after his death, with singers Claire Booth and Susan Bickley. They are joined by pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen for a recital exploring the composer’s life and his friendship with Eric Satie. The concert also features a new work

by Jonathan Dove.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £25 £17.50* We d n e s d ay 2 M ay 2018

INTR ODUC TIONS This evening features music and dialogue between the host and artist, taking us on a journey through the repertoire. It is a platform for young musicians and artists to present their work and interact with world known artists from different artforms.

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Bernstein Chichester Psalms Barber Agnus Dei Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky – cantata Composed for the film of the same name in 1938, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky incorporates folk melodies, the sorrow of the battlefield, and a battle which builds to a spectacular climax. Also hear Bernstein’s musical depiction of peace, using a magical blend of the Christian choral tradition and Hebrew verse.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £35 £26 £19 £10* S a t u r d ay 5 M ay 2018

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW LIGE TI IN DEP TH L I G E T I IN W O ND ER L A ND

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £20 £15 £10* We d n e s d ay 2 M ay 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R MU T TER PL AYS PENDERECKI

Ligeti was one of the most celebrated avantgarde composers of the 20th century. Get to know more about his work by preparing with our experts, ahead of the Ligeti in Wonderland festival (Fri 11 to Sun 13 May).

Anne-Sophie Mutter © Bastian Achard

Łukasz Borowicz conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Panufnik Heroic Overture Krzysztof Penderecki Violin Concerto No.2 (Metamorphosen) Prokofiev Symphony No.5 Hear Anne-Sophie Mutter perform Penderecki’s impassioned Second Violin Concerto, which was written especially for her and conducted by Łukasz Borowicz, who has worked closely with the composer.

Also on the programme are two wartime testimonies, by Panufnik and Prokofiev.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65*

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon £25 students £7.50* S a t u r d ay 5 M ay 2018

THE BES T OF JOHN WILLIAMS London Concert Orchestra Anthony Inglis conductor Join the London Concert Orchestra for a superb afternoon of music celebrating the very best scores by Oscar-winning composer John Williams.

Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm £46.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £2.50 online; £3 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a 75p delivery charge applies.

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We d n e s d ay 9 M ay 2018

SPEC TACUL AR CL AS SIC S

K H ATIA BUNIATISH VILI, PIANO

London Concert Orchestra John Pryce Jones conductor Sky Ingram soprano David Butt Philip tenor

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Ravel Boléro Holst Mars, the bringer of war from The Planets Grieg Morning mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Karl Jenkins Palladio for string orchestra Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata Suppé Overture, Die leichte Kavallerie (Light cavalry) Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana Sibelius Finlandia Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5 in F sharp minor Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Treat your senses to a spectacular concert with dazzling lasers, special effects and a wonderful selection of your favourite classics, crowned by Tchaikovsky’s iconic 1812 Overture – complete with cannon effects and an indoor firework finale.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £49.50 £42.50 £34.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* Tu e s d ay 8 M ay 2018

CIT Y OF LONDON SINFONIA HER O WOR SHIP: BEE THOVEN, NAP OLEON AND RE VOLU TION Brett Dean viola/director Dr Christopher Clark presenter Beethoven Adagio molto e mesto from String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 (Razumovsky) arr. Brett Dean for flute, clarinet & strings Brett Dean Testament vers. for chamber orchestra Beethoven Symphony No.3 (Eroica) Heroes define their age – and by any measure Beethoven is a hero. His Razumovsky Quartets redefined chamber music, and his ‘Eroica’ Symphony altered the course of music. As his hearing faded, Beethoven poured his anguish into his music; Brett Dean’s Testament pays tribute.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £30 £20 £10*

© Julia Wesely

Brahms Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite arr.

Pletnev for piano Stravinsky 3 Movements from The Firebird Suite arr. Guido Agosti for piano Khatia Buniatishvili is known for her noholds-barred risk-taking at the keyboard.

Praised for her ‘keyboard magic of exceptional sensitivity’ and ‘jaw-dropping virtuoso technique’ (Evening Standard), she has won a devoted following.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £38 £28 £21 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

T h u r s d ay 10 M ay 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R I WAS GL AD: PARRY A NNIVER SARY C ONCER T Adrian Partington conductor Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Eleanor Dennis soprano Gloucester Choral Society Parry I was glad Elgar Cello Concerto Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme

by Thomas Tallis Parry Ode on the Nativity for soprano, chorus & orchestra; Jerusalem The Philharmonia Orchestra joins with Adrian Partington and the Gloucester Choral Society to commemorate the centenary year of the great British choral composer Hubert Parry.

Hear some of his best-known works, along with music by his former pupil, Vaughan Williams, and Elgar’s great Cello Concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

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LIGE TI HORN TRIO

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L I G E T I IN W O ND ER L A ND Nicholas Collon conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Marie-Luise Neunecker horn

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Fr i d ay 11 M ay 2018

Ligeti Violin Concerto; Chamber Concerto; Piano Concerto; Hamburgisches Konzert (Horn Concerto) For this special concert, three of the world’s great Ligeti interpreters join Aurora Orchestra under Nicholas Collon to perform some of his most imaginative and powerful music. The Chamber Concerto, influenced

by Ligeti’s compatriot Bartók, explores a succession of musical moods, its strange sonic world enhanced by both harpsichord and Hammond organ.

Marie Luise Neunecker © Janna Saksala

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin Marie-Luise Neunecker horn Steve Reich Clapping Music Ligeti Étude No.8 (Fém) Nancarrow 2 Piano Player Studies arr.

F Boffard & PL Aimard for 2 pianos Ligeti Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes; Étude No.4 (Fanfares); Trio for horn, violin & piano (Hommage à Brahms) Hear three star soloists – Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Marie-Luise Neunecker – perform Ligeti’s Trio for violin, horn and piano, which represented a turning point in the composer’s celebrated career. Also hear Steve Reich’s Clapping Music and adaptations of Conlon Nancarrow’s player piano studies.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £25 £20 £15 £10* Related event: Ligeti in Depth (Sat 5 May, 12 noon) S a t u r d ay 12 M ay 2018

PIERRE-L AURENT AIMA RD, PIA NO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S L I G E T I IN W O ND ER L A ND Ligeti Études (complete) The great French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs Ligeti’s complete Études, arguably one of the most significant piano masterpieces of the last century. Stretching the performer to extraordinary technical feats, they are unified by poetic imagery that ranges from Autumn in Warsaw to ‘the Devil’s Staircase’. After the interval Pierre-Laurent Aimard, in conversation, explores his deep relationship with Ligeti and the music.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £25 £20 £15 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

Related event: Ligeti in Depth (Sat 5 May, 12 noon)

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3pm £35 £25 £20 £15* Related event: Ligeti in Depth (Sat 5 May, 12 noon) Tu e s d ay 15 M ay 2018

SPIR A MIR ABILIS IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R C HE S T R A S

© Karen Robinson

Beethoven Symphony No.7 Spira mirabilis have been described as ‘a transformative vision of what a symphony orchestra can be … a revelation’. They continue their journey through Beethoven’s symphonies with the majestic Symphony No.7.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £25 £15* We d n e s d ay 16 M ay 2018

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A DU TOIT: S TR AVINSK Y Charles Dutoit conductor Kyung Wha Chung violin Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique Brahms Violin Concerto Stravinsky The Firebird, complete ballet (1910) Charles Dutoit, Artistic Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, returns for a showstopping end to the orchestra’s Southbank Centre series. Stravinsky’s Scherzo fantastique provides an energetic opening.

It contrasts with Brahms’ Violin Concerto, performed here by Kyung Wha Chung, and the concert concludes with Stravinsky’s dramatic The Firebird.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £40 £30 £20 £10*

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T h u r s d ay 17 M ay 2018

S u n d ay 20 M ay 2018

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R DER R O SENK AVALIER

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R E XILE & RE T URN

V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS

VOICES OF RE VOLU TION: RUS SIA 1917 Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Pekka Kuusisto violin Maxim Aksenov tenor Students from the Royal College of Music Prokofiev Seven, they are seven – cantata for tenor, chorus & orchestra, Op.30; Violin Concerto No.1; Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op.74 Sergei Prokofiev escaped the chaos of the new Soviet Union in 1918 and did not return for 18 years. Hear two dramatic cantatas he wrote just before and after his self-imposed exile, as well as his First Violin Concerto, performed by Pekka Kuusisto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55*

Der Rosenkavalier © Filmarchiv Austria

Thomas Kemp conductor Miah Persson soprano Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – film score; selection of songs Roll the clocks back to 1926 for this historically informed performance featuring a big-screen adaptation of Der Rosenkavalier that was once thought lost. The film is accompanied by a live orchestra playing the music Strauss himself wrote for the film.

Before the film, soprano Miah Persson sings some of Strauss’ best-loved songs, just as they served as a prelude to the main event at the original performance.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60 Students & under-18s £5* Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. A recital showcasing the talented recipients of the Philharmonia MMSF Instrumental Fellowship Programme.

Admission free.

M o n d ay 21 M ay 2018

JO SEPH CALLE JA Philharmonia Orchestra Andrew Greenwood conductor Joseph Calleja tenor Programme to be announced Hear Joseph Calleja, one of the world’s most acclaimed and sought-after tenors, as he makes his long awaited return to Royal Festival Hall. Following sold-out concerts in 2014 and 2016, the Maltese tenor performs a selection of favourite arias and songs by Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Mascagni, Cilea and Tosti, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £85 £75 £60 £42.50 £32.50 £26.50 £20* We d n e s d ay 23 M ay 2018

BBC C ONCER T ORCHESTR A A WITH A LIT TLE BIT OF LERNER Larry Blank conductor Programme includes: Music from Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon, My Fair Lady and Gigi Under the baton of Broadway maestro Larry Blank and with guest stars from the world of theatre, enjoy some of the most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both stage and film. In collaboration with the Society of London Theatre.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £34 £26 £18 £12*

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PHILHARMONIA NE W MUSIC FOR R ORCHESTR A LEO HEPNER G AT TI: MENDEL S S OHN Arditti String Quartet and friends Brian Ferneyhough New work for string & BR AHMS quartet (World premiere) Daniele Gatti conductor

Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 (Italian) Brahms Symphony No.2 Daniele Gatti conducts Mendelssohn’s sunny Italian Symphony, which was written as a tribute to the ‘supreme delight in life’ the composer found in Italy. Equally inspired, Brahms’ Second Symphony came hot on the heels of his eagerly awaited First. It was composed amid the idyllic surroundings of the Austrian lakeside village of Pörtschach.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Music of Today. Admission free.

Tu e s d ay 2 9 M ay 2018

THE TR OU T QUINTE T IN T ER N AT I O N A L C H A MB ER M U S I C S ER IE S

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Charlotte Bray New work for viola & cello (World premiere) Milica Djordjevic New work for viola solo (World premiere) Tom Coult String Quartet No.1 (World premiere) Hear world premieres of new works commissioned in tribute to one of contemporary music’s most important supporters, Leo Hepner. With pieces

by Brian Ferneyhough, Charlotte Bray, Milica Djordjevic and Tom Coult.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £25 £18 £12* We d n e s d ay 3 0 M ay 2018

SIR SIMON R AT TLE AND THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER PAR T I IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R C HE S T R A S Sir Simon Rattle conductor Hans Abrahamsen New commission Bruckner Symphony No.9 (ed. Cohrs) There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 9pm Sir Simon Rattle appears in the first of two concerts on his final international tour as the Berliner Philharmoniker’s chief conductor. A new work commissioned by the Orchestra from the Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen is followed by Bruckner’s valedictory Ninth Symphony.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £125 £100 £75 £55 £35 £20* We d n e s d ay 3 0 M ay 2018

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Benjamin Grosvenor piano Hyeyoon Park violin Brett Dean viola Kian Soltani cello Leon Bosch double bass Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D.667 (Trout) This performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet by Benjamin Grosvenor’s ensemble harks back to 1969, when a group of young stars performed it in the recently opened Queen Elizabeth Hall. Their collaboration was filmed by Christopher Nupen and the musicians – Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta – became some of the most celebrated of all time.

JUDITH JÁUREGUI – PIANO RECITAL Granados Oriental (Danza española No.2); Andaluza (Danza española No.5) Chopin Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23 Debussy Estampes; L’isle joyeuse Mompou Scènes d’enfants Szymanowski 9 Preludes, Op.1 Scriabin Sonata No.5 in F sharp, Op.53 Be captivated by celebrated Spanish pianist Judith Jáuregui. She gives a recital of music that travels from her Spanish roots to French refinement and the musical brightness of Poland and Russia, combining elegance and exuberance.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £20 £15 £10*

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £38 £28 £21 £15 £10*

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T h u r s d ay 31 M ay 2018

M o n d ay 4 J u n e 2018

SIR SIMON R AT TLE AND THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER PAR T II

R OYAL OVER-SE AS LE AGUE: ANNUAL MUSIC C OMPE TITION GOLD MEDAL FINAL

IN T ER N AT I O N A L O R C HE S T R A S

Watch as the winners of the ROSL Music Competition section finals compete for the prestigious ROSL Gold Medal and £15,000 first prize. Former winners include Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Melvyn Tan (harpsichord), Piers Lane (piano), Juliette Bausor (flute) and Jonathan Lemalu (bass).

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £20 £15 £10* Tu e s d ay 5 J u n e 2018

PAUL LE WIS, PIANO IN T ER N AT I O N A L P I A N O S ER IE S

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Sir Simon Rattle conductor Jörg Widmann New commission Lutosławski Symphony No.3 Brahms Symphony No.1 Sir Simon Rattle appears in the second of two concerts on his final international tour as the Berliner Philharmoniker’s chief conductor. A new work commissioned by the Orchestra from the German composerclarinettist Jörg Widmann is followed by symphonies by Lutosławski and Brahms.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £125 £100 £75 £55 £35 £20* © Josep Molina / Harmonia Mundi

S u n d ay 3 J u n e 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A BERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTAS TIQUE Paavo Järvi conductor Khatia Buniatishvili piano Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Paavo Järvi conducts a programme of fire and fantasy. Dukas’ magical tale of a wayward sorcerer’s apprentice leads into Rachmaninov’s dazzling Third Piano Concerto. Finally, Berlioz’ psychedelic Symphonie fantastique imagines a fantastical account of an artist and his great love, a thinly veiled allegory for his own relationship with actress Harriet Smithson.

Beethoven 11 Bagatelles, Op.119 Haydn Sonata in E flat, Hob.XVI/49; Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI/32 Brahms 4 Pieces, Op.119 In his second recital of the season, Paul Lewis takes on the witty and occasionally eccentric set of 11 Bagatelles

by Beethoven and Brahms’ final work for solo piano – four lyrical short pieces that show the essence of the composer at his strongest and most succinct.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £55 £40 £30 £20 £10*

£7 student tickets available via Student Pulse app a month before concert

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. A performance by the Philharmonia Chamber Players. Admission free.

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MOZ AR T: L A FINTA SEMPLICE

FAURÉ REQUIEM

Regula Mühlemann © Esther Michel

Classical Opera/The Mozartists Ian Page conductor Cast includes: Regula Mühlemann Rosina Chiara Skerath Ninetta Emily Edmonds Giacinta Alessandro Fisher Don Polidoro Božidar Smiljanić Simone Mozart La finta semplice – opera in 3 acts (Semi-staged performance in Italian with English surtitles) Witness Classical Opera and The Mozartists make their Southbank Centre debut with a concert staging of Mozart’s first full-length opera, written 250 years ago when the composer was just 12. Ian Page conducts a superb cast and his acclaimed period instrument orchestra in this astonishingly accomplished and entertaining comedy.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Oliver Gooch conductor Daniel Hope violin Keri Fuge soprano Duncan Rock baritone London Philharmonic Choir

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Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 Schubert Symphony No.8 (Unfinished) Fauré Requiem Enjoy an evening of wonderful classics with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra including Fauré’s sublime Requiem and Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1, performed by the acclaimed virtuoso Daniel Hope.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £49.50 £42.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* S a t u r d ay 9 J u n e 2018

TELEM ANN: THE FOR GOT TEN GENIUS OF THE HIGH BAR OQUE

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £60 £50 £38 £28 £18* T h u r s d ay 7 J u n e 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R DOHN Á NYI: BEE THOVEN 5 Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Arabella Steinbacher violin Haydn Symphony No.12 Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 Beethoven Symphony No.5 Maestro Christoph von Dohnányi returns to the Philharmonia alongside violinist Arabella Steinbacher for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.5 (Turkish). It is preceded by Haydn’s Symphony No.12, and the concert ends with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which has given us the most memorable moment in all classical music.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert event. Music of Today: Composers’ Academy. The culminating concert of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Composers’ Academy, in partnership with the Royal Philharmonic Society, presents world premieres from three emerging composers. Admission free.

The Feinstein Ensemble Martin Feinstein director/flute Miki Takahashi violin Christopher Suckling cello Robin Bigwood harpsichord Telemann Trio Sonata in B minor for flute, viola da gamba & continuo Bach Trio Sonata in E minor (after Sonata in D minor for organ, BWV.527) Telemann Quartet in A for flute, violin, viola da gamba & continuo ‘Paris Quartet No.3’; Cello Sonata in D Bach Trio Sonata in G (after Sonata in E flat for organ, BWV.525) Telemann Quartet in E minor for flute, violin, viola da gamba & continuo, ‘Paris Quartet No.12’ Telemann is recognised as one of the greatest voices of the baroque period, but his masterpieces are often neglected in comparison to those of Bach and Handel.

Telemann was, if anything, more forwardlooking than either of them. Here his greatest chamber works, the Paris Quartets, are juxtaposed with the trio sonatas of Bach.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £21 £19*

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S u n d ay 10 J u n e 2018

T h u r s d ay 14 J u n e 2018

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTR A R PE TRUSHK A

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R KORE A-UK Y E AR OF CULT URE: CLO SING C ONCER T

F U NH A R M O NI C S FA MILY C O N C ER T C H A N G IN G FA C E S: S T R AV INS K Y ’ S J O U R NE Y One of Stravinsky’s most famous ballet scores, Petrushka conjures up a glittering folk world of magic and drama. See it brought to life with one of the world’s best orchestras and specially commissioned projected animations. Ages 6+.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon Adults £20 £18 £16 £14 £12 Children £10 £9 £8 £7 £6* Foyers at Royal Festival Hall from 10am – 12 noon: pre-concert fun! Throughout the morning there are free musical activities around the building offering a fun and interactive way-in to the concert, and opportunities for children aged 6+ to have a go at different orchestral instruments under expert instruction. Admission free.

Han-Na Chang © Luciano Romano

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BBC C ONCER T ORCHESTR A A DAV ID BEDFORD AT 80 Michael Seal conductor Programme includes: Mike Oldfield Tubular bells arr. David Bedford David Bedford Symphony No.1 Scanner New work (World premiere) Featuring the instantly recognisable Tubular Bells and mesmerising Symphony No. 1, David Bedford’s work transcends genre and style. The orchestra also performs a world premiere by experimental composer Scanner, drawing out the exploratory nature of Bedford’s music.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £25 £17.50 £12* We d n e s d ay 13 J u n e 2018

PARLIAMENT CHOIR WITH S OU THBANK SINFONIA Simon Over conductor Programme includes: Anthony Ritchie Gallipoli to the Somme (UK premiere) Celebrate music’s capacity to cross cultural and political divides with the Parliament Choir, comprising peers, MPs and staff of all parties. They perform a powerful new oratorio accounting people’s experiences of World War I, notably a musically gifted New Zealand soldier who took his violin into war.

Han-Na Chang conductor Sunwook Kim piano Rossini Overture, William Tell Grieg Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 The Philharmonia Orchestra is joined by conductor Han-Na Chang and pianist Sunwook Kim for a special Korea-UK concert. This event is presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre UK as part of the 2017/18 Korea-UK Season.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature seats £55* T h u r s d ay 14 J u n e 2018

JAYANTHI KUM ARESH – CARNATIC C ONCER T FE AT URING WORLD RENOWNED PER CUS SIONIS T S Immerse yourself in a blend of traditional and innovative Indian classical music in this Carnatic concert featuring world renowned veena artist, Jayanthi Kumaresh. Her veena playing is characterised by a variety of approaches and an intuitive understanding of this expressive instrument.

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

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £30 £23.50 £15*

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ORCHESTR A DR A K E CALLE JA OF THE AGE OF TRUS T S CHOL AR S’ R ENLIGHTENMENT SHOWCASE C ONCER T some of the exceptionally talented DANGER OUS LIAIS ONS See instrumentalists and singers enrolled at V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS John Butt conductor/harpsichord Anna Dennis soprano Hubert Hazebroucq choreographer Programme includes music by Lully, Campra, Charpentier, Clerambault, Destouches & Rameau.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment recreates the sounds of Versailles, blending elegant French dance from the court of Louis XIV with the greatest hits of French music from the era. Expect beautiful choreography

by Hubert Hazebroucq, star of The King Who Invented Ballet, with the experience enhanced by augmented reality technology.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60 Students & under-18s £5* Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

T h u r s d ay 28 J u n e 2018

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTR A R ESA-PEKK A SA LONEN: GURRELIEDER T HE S A L O NEN S ER IE S

London conservatoires at this concert. The Drake Calleja Trust (Patron: Joseph Calleja) aims to financially support and artistically nurture classical musicians, and proudly presents selected current and alumni Scholars in this performance.

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Tu e s d ay 26 J u n e 2018

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £25 £18 £12* We d n e s d ay 4 J u l y 2018

ORCHESTR A OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT R S CHIFF ’S SURPRISE V ISIONS, IL LUSIONS A ND DELUSIONS András Schiff conductor/piano Choir of the Age of Enlightenment Haydn Piano Concerto in D, Hob.XVIII/11; Symphony No.94 (Surprise); Mass in B flat (Harmoniemesse) A virtuoso pianist and world-class conductor, Sir András Schiff defies expectations, constantly shifting between roles on the concert stage as he conducts and performs at this all-Haydn concert.

It includes the inventive ‘Surprise’ Symphony, along with his magical Piano Concerto in D. Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60 Students & under-18s £5* Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

T h u r s d ay 12 J u l y 2018

TA R A NG: THE UK ’S N ATION AL ENSEMBLE FOR INDIAN MUSIC Esa-Pekka Salonen © Minna Hatinen

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Robert Dean Smith tenor Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke tenor David Soar bass Barbara Sukowa speaker chorus to be announced Schoenberg Gurrelieder Schoenberg found inspiration for his ‘Songs of Gurre’ in a Danish dramatic poem which tells of the legendary King Waldemar and his love for Tove, the murderous jealousy of Queen Helwig, Waldemar’s condemnation and ghostly night rides, and a final spiritual reconciliation through the healing powers of nature. Hear a full concert performance of this work, which Salonen released with the Philharmonia in 2009, to great acclaim.

Tarang present their groundbreaking new sound as they debut tracks from their latest album, Undone. With music that is emotionally rich and musically complex, Tarang take inspiration from jazz fusion, blues, world music, western classical, folk and more with roots firmly entrenched in Indian classical.

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £12 £10*

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Index Performers A Abduraimov, Behzod 41 Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Wolfgang 57 Adès, Thomas 44 Afonwy-Jones, Rebecca 31 Agrest, Mikhail 32 Aimard, Pierre-Laurent

18, 24, 33, 51 Aimontche, Gerard 16 Aksenov, Maxim 52 Alder, Louise 21 Alsop, Marin 34, 43 Altinoglu, Alain 25 Anderszewski, Piotr 36 Andsnes, Leif Ove 23, 46 Arditti String Quartet 53 Ashkenazy, Vladimir

21, 41, 48, 52 Atherton, David 20, 33 Australian Chamber Orchestra 24 B The Bach Choir 31, 39, 40, 49 Baráti, Kristóf 34 Bardon, Patricia 16 Barenboim, Daniel 23 Barley, Matthew 29 Barnatan, Inon 23 BBC Concert Orchestra 32 BBC Singers 32 Bell, Stephen 34 Benedetti, Nicola 34 Benjamin, George 33 Berliner Philharmoniker

53, 54 Bevan, Mary 21 Bickley, Susan 49 Bigwood, Robin 55 Blank, Larry 52 Bolton, Ivor 21 Booth, Claire 49 Borowicz, Łukasz 49 Bosch, Leon 53 Bozhanov, Evgeni 35 Brabbins, Martyn 27 Brantelid, Andreas 37 Brook, Matthew 42 Brossé, Dirk 32 Budoiu, Marius Vlad 17 Buniatishvili, Khatia 50, 54 Buratto, Luca 48 Butt, John 57 C Cale, Jessica 42 Calleja, Joseph 52 Capuçon, Gautier 34 The Cardinall’s Musick 26 Chamayou, Bertrand 20 Chang, Han-Na 56 Chen, Ray 36 Choir of the Age of Enlightenment 18, 42, 57

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Choir of the George Enescu Philharmonic 17 Chung, Kyung Wha 51 City of London Choir 31, 45 City of London Sinfonia 29, 50 Clark, Graham 17 Clarke, Rodney Earl 37 Classical Opera 55 Clayton, Allan 33 Collon, Nicholas 18, 51 Cook, Daniel 38 Cox, Roderick 16 Currie, Colin 46 D Damrau, Diana 39 Dausgaard, Thomas 43 Davies, Neal 31 De Bray, Fleur 37 De La Parra, Alondra 48 De Niese, Danielle 48 De Ridder, André 32 Dean, Brett 50, 53 Dearman, Louise 42 Dearmer, Chris 36 Dennis, Anna 57 Dennis, Eleanor 50 Devine, Steven 37 DeYoung, Michelle 19, 33, 57 Dhanjal, Sukhdeep 17 Dohmen, Albert 17 Dohnányi, Christoph von 55 Donohoe, Peter 41 Donose, Ruxandra 17 Doyle, Julia 18 Dreisig, Elsa 42 Dutoit, Charles 43, 51 E Edmonds, Emily 55 Ehnes, James 26, 48 El-Khoury, Joyce 22 Emerson String Quartet 24 English National Opera Chorus 16 English National Opera Orchestra 16 Ensemble Intercontemporain 21 F The Feinstein Ensemble 55 Feinstein, Martin 55 Fischer, Ádám 38 Fischer, Julia 28 Fisher, Alessandro 55 Florilegium 40 Fomina, Sofia 33 France, Jennifer 31 Frang, Vilde 30 Fray, David 44 Fuge, Keri 55 G Gadd, Stephen 33

Gardner, Edward 25 Gatti, Daniele 53 Gay, Paul 17 Gerhardt, Alban 26, 43 Ghindin, Alexander 35 Giltburg, Boris 25, 39 Gloucester Choral Society 50 Goerne, Matthias 33 Goldsmiths Choral Union 40 Gooch, Oliver 55 Goode, Richard 19 Grandage, Iain 30 Greenwood, Andrew 52 Griffiths, Gary 37 Gritton, Peter 36 Grosvenor, Benjamin 48, 53 Gugnin, Andrey 32 Gunnell, Brendan 18 H Hahn, Hilary 20 Hariharen 17 Hayward, Robert 33 Hecker, Marie-Elisabeth 50 Hellier, Rowan 33 Helmchen, Martin 35 Heras-Casado, Pablo 33 Hill, David 31, 39, 40, 49 Hodges, Nicolas 46 Hope, Daniel 55 Hough, Stephen 43 Hrůša, Jakub 20, 36 Huckle, Claudia 42 Huffman, Ted 33 Humphreys, George 31 Hymas, Hugo 42 I Inglis, Anthony 20, 49 Ingram, Sky 50 Isserlis, Steven 43 Iştoc, Gabriela 17 J Järvi, Paavo 34, 54 Jáuregui, Judith 53 Jenkins, Karl 19 The John Wilson Orchestra 31 The John Wilson Chorus 31 Johnson, Emma 37 Johnson, Jean 26 Johnson, Simon 18 Johnston, Jennifer 40 Joint Foundation Schools Orchestra and Chorus 36 Jones, Gwyn Hughes 16 Jones, John Pryce 50 Jurowski, Michail 27 Jurowski, Vladimir 17, 18, 19, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35,

36, 40, 46 K Kemp, Thomas Keohane, Maria

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Kim, Sunwook 56 Kingston, Emma 37 Knussen, Oliver 30 Kolesnikov, Pavel 34 Komlósi, Ildikó 17 Kopatchinskaja, Patricia

25, 42, 51 Kozhukhin, Denis 20 Kraus, Michael 42 Krylov, Sergej 38 Kumaresh, Jayanthi 56 Kuusisto, Pekka 19, 52 L Labèque, Katia 45 Labèque, Marielle 45 Larsson, Anna 33 The Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey 22 Lewis, Paul 33, 54 Li, George 27, 41 Lockhart, Keith 40 Loges, Stephan 32 The London Chorus 19 London Concert Orchestra

20, 37, 42, 49, 50 London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists 44 London Philharmonic Choir

22, 32, 42, 44, 55 Lupo, Benedetto 37 Lyon, Ed 40 M Mafi, Soraya 37 Mahadevan, Shankar 17 Matthews-Owen, Andrew 49 Mayo, Richard 36 McGegan, Nicholas 18 McLean, Viv 37 Mena, Juanjo 37 Meow Meow 30 Minnaar, Hannes 22 Minney, Eleanor 42 Montgomery, Roger 44 Mozart Festival Orchestra

29, 31, 37 The Mozartists 55 Mühlemann, Regula 55 Mutter, Anne-Sophie 49 N Navarra String Quartet 48 Nethsingha, Andrew 29 Neunecker, Marie Luise 51 Norrington, Sir Roger 44 O O’Donnell, James 32 Ólafsson, Víkingur 26 Orion Orchestra 25 Orozco-Estrada, Andrés

22, 23, 41, 42 Osborne, Steven 26 Ott, Alice Sara 21 Ovenden, Jeremy 21, 32 Over, Simon 56 P Padmore, Mark 42 Page, Ann 27 Page, Ian 55 Palmer, Dame Felicity 17 Pappano, Sir Antonio 39

Park, Hyeyoon 53 Parliament Choir 56 Partington, Adrian 50 Persson, Miah 52 Pertusi, Michele 22 Petrenko, Vasily 37, 38 Petrova, Lyubov 33 Philharmonia Chorus 25, 42 Philharmonia Orchestra

19, 31, 40, 49, 52, 54 Philharmonia Voices

19, 26, 45 Philip, David Butt 50 Pinkhasovich, Boris 17 Pintscher, Matthias 21 Platt, James 39 Podger, Rachel 28 Pollini, Maurizio 40 Pondsford, Simon 49 Poster, Tom 40 Prina, Sonia 21 Pritchard, Nick 31 Purser, Toby 25 Purves, Christopher 17 R Rainer, Tom 29 Rana, Beatrice 27 Rattle, Sir Simon 53, 54 Reiss, Chen 36 Renes, Lawrence 25 Rice, Christine 38, 40 Rigby, John 42 Rocha, Edgardo 22 Rock, Duncan 25, 55 Romanian Radio Children’s Choir 17 Rose, Matthew 16, 33 Rouvali, Santtu-Matias 20 Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble 30 Royal College of Music students 52 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 43, 45, 51, 55 Rudge, Kathryn 19, 39 Rutherford, James 40 Rutter, Claire 40 Ryan, Kwamé 43 S Sabata, Xavier 21 Salonen, Esa-Pekka

19, 29, 30, 44, 45, 57 Sampson, Carolyn 39 Schelomianski, Mischa 17 Schiff, András 57 Schoeman, Pieter 28 Seal, Michael 56 Shaham, Gil 46 Shani, Lahav 36 Sherratt, Brindley 21, 33, 40 Sim, In-Sung 17 Sir, Joo Yeon 19 Skerath, Chiara 55 Smiljanić, Božidar 55 Smith, Robert Dean 57 Soar, David 57 Soltani, Kian 23, 53 South Bank Sinfonia 56 Spence, Nicky 40 Spence, Toby 40, 44 Špičková, Lucie 33 Spira Mirabilis 51

St John’s College Choir, Cambridge 29 Stefanovich, Tamara 33 Steffens, Karl-Heinz 24, 42 Steinbacher, Arabella 55 Stéphany, Anna 22 Stone, Mark 40 Storgårds, John 45 Stravinsky, Marius 28 Streetwise Opera 25 Suckling, Christopher 55 Summers, Hilary 49 T Takahashi, Miki 55 Tarang 57 Tarasevich-Nikolaev, Arseny 47 Temirkanov, Yuri 22 Thompson, Adrian 33 Tognetti, Richard 24 Tompsett, Oliver 42 Tortise, Andrew 39 Trevino, Robert 47 Trifonov, Daniil 40 Trinity Boys Choir 44 Trotter, Thomas 44 Trpčeski, Simon 30 Tynan, Ailish 41 Tynan, Sarah 26 U Uchida, Mitsuko 28, 29 Urbański, Krzysztof 30 V Valčuha, Juraj 35 Van de Wiel, Mark 25 Várdai, István 22 Virdee, Harmeet 17 Virsaladze, Eliso 22 Vogler, Jan 18 Volkov, Ilan 34 Vondung, Anke 32 W Warren-Green, Christopher 45 Watson, Anita 29 Watson, Katherine 42 Watts, Elizabeth 40 Westminster Choral Society 25 Wetton, Hilary Davan 31 Whately, Kitty 29 White, Sir Willard 17 Whitehead, William 47 Williams, Roderick 18, 42 Wilson, John 26, 31 Wood, Alexandra 29 Wood, Roland 25 Wright, Brian 40 Y Yoo, Esther 24 Young, Simone 16 Yu, Long 27 Z Ziegler, Robert 31 Zukerman, Pinchas 47

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Composers A Abrahamsen, Hans Left, alone (London premiere) 33 New commission 53 Adès, Thomas Powder her Face Suite

44

Antheil, George In a Lonely Place

31

Aubry, René The Gruffalo’s Child

22

B Bach, JC Symphony in G minor, Op.6 No.6 Bach, JS Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Chorale-prelude, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV.633 Christmas Oratorio Contrapunctus 1, 2, 3 & 4 from The Art of Fugue arr. Tognetti for orchestra Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV.542 French Suite No.5 in G, BWV.816 Der Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV.1080 Orgelbüchlein Project: 5 Selected Pieces Partita No.6 in E minor, BWV.830 26 Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV.543 St Matthew Passion (complete) St Matthew Passion (performed in German) Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565 Trio Sonata in E minor (after Sonata in D minor for organ, BWV.527) Trio Sonata in G (after Sonata in E flat for organ, BWV.525)

28 29 18 32

Britten Advance Democracy Cello Symphony 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes War Requiem Bruch Violin Concerto No.1

26 18 43 36

47, 55

Bruckner Symphony No.5 19 Symphony No.8 (vers. 1890, ed. Novak) 25 Symphony No.9 (ed. Cohrs) 53 Bruhns Praeludium in E minor (Great) 47 Byrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer 26 Kyrie & Agnus Dei from Mass for five voices 26 Kyrie & Agnus Dei from Mass for four voices 26 Peccavi super numerum 26 Quomodo cantabimus 26

24

Berg Sonata, Op.1

48

C

38

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

54

Chausson Chanson perpetuelle, Op.37 48 Poème, Op.25 28

48 27 47

Bernstein Chichester Psalms 42, 49 MASS 43 Symphonic Dances from West Side Story 43, 49 Biber Battalia à 10 in D

45

Birtwistle, Sir Harrison The Message New work for piano, vibraphone & xylophone (World premiere) Silbury Air

46 28

32

Bjarnason, Daníel Violin Concerto (UK premiere)

19

55

Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

18 40 42

55

Badalamenti, Angelo Fire walk with me from Twin Peaks

31

Barber Agnus Dei

49

Barry, Gerald Organ Concerto (London premiere)

44

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

35

Beamish, Sally The Judas Passion (World premiere)

18

Bedford, David Symphony No.1

56

Beethoven Adagio molto e mesto from String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 (Razumovsky) arr. Brett Dean for flute, clarinet & strings 50 11 Bagatelles, Op.119 54 6 Bagatelles, Op.126 33 Overture, Egmont 24, 40 Piano Concerto No.1 36 Piano Concerto No.2 44 Piano Concerto No.3 22, 35 Piano Concerto No.4 34 Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) 23, 40

62

Quartet in A minor, Op.132 24 Quartet in B flat, Op.130 vers. with Grosse Fuge, Op.133 24 Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131 24 Quartet in E flat, Op.127 24 Quartet in F, Op.135 24 Sonata in D minor, Op.31 No.2 (Tempest) 23 Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata) 43 Sonata in F, Op.10 No.2 41 Symphony No.2 45 Symphony No.3 (Eroica) 25, 50 Symphony No.4 34 Symphony No.5 55 Symphony No.6 (Pastoral) 18 Symphony No.7 51 Symphony No.9 (Choral) 40 33 Variations on a waltz

by Diabelli, Op.120 35 Violin Concerto 34, 46

Boulez ... explosante-fixe (In memoriam Stravinsky) for flute with live electronics, 2 flutes & orchestra

33

25

21

Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 42 Ein deutsches Requiem 42 7 Fantasias, Op.116 39 Hungarian Dance No.5 in F sharp minor 50 Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 53 6 Pieces, Op.118 33 4 Pieces, Op.119 48, 54 Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 26, 50 Symphony No.1 54 Symphony No.2 39, 53 Symphony No.4 24 Violin Concerto 51 Braxton, Tyondai TELEKINESIS (World premiere)

32

Bray, Charlotte New work for viola & cello (World premiere)

53

Bridge Summer

27

Chin, Unsuk Le Chant des enfants des étoiles (European premiere) 45 Chopin Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23 23, 53 Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 26 Étude in F minor, Op.10 No.9 26 Étude in F minor, Op.25 No.2 26 Nocturne in B, Op.62 No.1 23 Nouvelle Étude No.1 in F minor, Op.posth.

26 Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funèbre) 41 Copland Quiet City

39

Coult, Tom String Quartet, No.1 (World premiere)

53

D Darke, Harold In the bleak midwinter

31

de Monte, Philippe Super flumina Babylonis

26

Dean, Brett Hommage à Brahms Pastoral Symphony Testament vers. for chamber orchestra

48 18 50

Debussy Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque 43 Estampes 53 Fantaisie for piano & orchestra 46 Images, Set 1 43 Images, Set 2 43 L’isle joyeuse 53 La mer 33 5 Poèmes de Baudelaire 49 Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 33, 48

Prélude à l’après-midi d’une faune arr. Leonard Borwick/George Copeland 48 Printemps, symphonic suite 37 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune from Préludes, Bk.2 43 Delius Idylle de printemps

37

Dessner, Bryce Concerto for 2 pianos (World premiere)

45

Djordjevic, Milica New work for viola solo (World premiere)

53

Glazunov The Seasons Violin Concerto

27 34

Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Ludmilla

Johnson, Simon Wohl dem, der in Gottes Furcht steht, No.87 from the Orgelbüchlein Project 18

27

Granados Andaluza (Danza española No.5) 53 Oriental (Danza española No.2) 53 31

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 54

Gregorian Chant Dies irae

22

Duruflé Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op.7

38

Dvořák Carnival Overture Cello Concerto Symphony No.7 Symphony No.8 Violin Concerto

34 34 34 48 20

Grieg Ballade in G minor, Op.24 Lyric Pieces (selection) Morning mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Piano Concerto

50 56

Gruber Silent Night

31

21 21

E

H

Elgar Cello Concerto 37, 43, 50 The Dream of Gerontius 16 Enigma Variations 47 Nimrod from Enigma Variations 50 Overture, In the South (Alassio) 25, 39 Sospiri 47

Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba The King shall rejoice (Coronation Anthem No.3) Messiah Semele Water Music Suites (selection) Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1)

29 31 21

Harvey, Jonathan Bhakti for ensemble & quadraphonic tape Toccata for organ & pre-recorded tape

21

Ešenvalds, Ēriks Passion and Resurrection 39

F Falik, Yuri Requiem for Igor Stravinsky 46 Fauré Pavane Requiem

32 55

Feldman King of Denmark

46

Fernando, Samantha New work (World premiere) 33 Ferneyhough, Brian New work for string quartet (World premiere) 53 Franck Choral No.1 in E for Organ

18

G Gershwin Fascinating rhythm and Oh, Lady Be Good from Lady, Be Good 37 A Foggy Day in London Town from A Damsel in Distress 37 Overture and I’ve got a crush on you from Strike up the Band 37 Rhapsody in Blue 37 ‘S wonderful from Funny Face 37 Summertime from Porgy and Bess 37 Gibbons O Lord in thy wrath

26

18

Jenkins, Karl The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace) 19 Palladio for string orchestra 50

Greenwood, Jonny Inherent Vice

17

Janáček Taras Bulba

Glière Concerto for coloratura soprano & orchestra, Op.82 41 The Red Poppy Suite, Op.70 41

Dove, Jonathan New work for voice & piano 49

Enescu Oedipe – Opera in 4 acts

J

29

29 29

18

Haydn Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice) – cantata for soprano & orchestra 38 Mass in B flat (Harmoniemesse) 57 Mass in D minor (Nelson Mass) 39 Piano Concerto in D, Hob. XVIII/11 57 Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI/32 54 Sonata in C, Hob.XVI/50 33 Sonata in E flat, Hob.XVI/49 54 Sonata in G, Hob.XVI/40 33 Symphony No.12 55 Symphony No.36 (Lamentatione) 28 Symphony No.94 (Surprise) 57 Symphony No.103 (Drum Roll) 38 Henze, Hans Werner Voices for mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics & ensemble 20 Hillborg, Anders Homage to Stravinsky (World premiere)

Jongen Symphonie Concertante

32

K Kabalevsky Overture, Colas Breugnon 20 Spring 27 Khachaturian Adagio from Spartacus

32

Kodály Dances of Galánta

35

L Lerner and Loewe Brigadoon Gigi My Fair Lady

52 52 52

Ligeti Chamber Concerto 33, 51 Étude No.4 (Fanfares) 51 Étude No.8 (Fém) 51 Études (complete) 51 Hamburgisches Konzert (Horn Concerto) 51 Piano Concerto 51 Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes 51 Trio for horn, violin & piano (Hommage à Brahms) 51 Violin Concerto 51 Liszt Consolation No.3 in D flat 41 Fantasia and Fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam,’ S.259 47 Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor (Lento a capriccio) 41 Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este and Sonetto 123 del Petrarca from Années de pélerinage 20 Miserere from Verdi’s Il Trovatore arr. for piano, S.433 20 Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254 50 Sonata in B minor 21 Venezia e Napoli, S.162 20 Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the cradle to the grave), S.107 symphonic poem 34 Lutosławski Symphony No.3

54

Lyadov Baba Yaga The Enchanted Lake Kikimora

36 36 36

M 46

Holst Mars, the bringer of war from The Planets 50 The Planets 26, 45 Humperdinck Overture, Hansel and Gretel 31

MacMillan, James A Child’s prayer Christus vincit Emitte lucem tuam When you see the millions of the mouthless dead

26 26 26 26

63

Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from RückertLieder arr. Gottwald 39 Symphony No.1 34, 44 Symphony No.3 19 Symphony No.4 36 Symphony No.5 36, 47 Symphony No.9 29 Marx An Autumn Symphony (UK premiere)

28

Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana 50 Matthews, Colin Contraflow Mendelssohn Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Symphony No.4 (Italian)

27 36 55 53

Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques 18 Quatuor pour la fin du temps 26 Mompou Scènes d’enfants

53

Mosolov Zavod (The Iron Foundry), Op.19

41

Mozart Clarinet Concerto 37 La Finta Semplice - opera in 3 acts 55 Horn Concertos Nos.1&4 44 Overture, Arias and Duets from Don Giovanni 37 Overture, Arias and Duets from The Magic Flute 37 Overture, Arias and Duets from The Marriage of Figaro 37 Overture, The Marriage of Figaro 22 Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio from La clemenza di Tito 38 Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat, K.450 24 Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 19 Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467 22 Symphony No.33 44 Symphony No.35 (Haffner) 43 Symphony No.36 (Linz) 44 Symphony No.38 (Prague) 38 Symphony No.41 37 Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K.207 28 Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 28, 55 Mussorgsky Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov 25 Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts), arr. Raymond Yiu 25 Pictures at an Exhibition orch. Ravel 20 N Nancarrow 2 Piano Player Studies arr.

F Boffard & PL Aimard for 2 pianos

51

O Oldfield, Mike Tubular bells arr. David Bedford

64

56

P Panufnik Heroic Overture

49

Rimsky-Korsakov Fairy Tale 34 Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op.30 35 Scheherazade 22, 37

47 50 50

Ritchie, Anthony Gallipoli to the Somme (UK premiere)

56

Roberts, Allan Put the blame on Mame from Gilda

31

Rosenman, Leonard Rebel Without a Cause

31 56 22

Parry Fantasia and Fugue in G, Op.188 I was glad Jerusalem Ode on the Nativity for soprano, chorus & orchestra

50

Pärt, Arvo Da pacem

26

Penderecki, Krzysztof Violin Concerto No.2 (Metamorphosen)

49

Rossini Overture, William Tell Stabat Mater

25

Roussel 2 Poèmes de Ronsard for voice & flute, Op.26

48

Rózsa, Miklós Double Indemnity

31

Rutter, John Candlelight Carol Shepherd’s Pipe Carol

31 31

Phibbs, Joseph Clarinet Concerto (London premiere) Price, Florence 1st movement from Symphony in E minor

16

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky – cantata 49 Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op.74 52 Piano Concerto No.2 48 Piano Concerto No.3 27, 41 Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 (excerpts) 30 Seven, they are seven – cantata for tenor, chorus & orchestra, Op.30 52 Symphony No.5 49 Violin Concerto No.1 36, 52 Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot

50

R Rachmaninoff see Rachmaninov Rachmaninov Études-tableaux Op.39 39 Piano Concerto No.2 27, 47 Piano Concerto No.3 16, 32, 54 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 20, 25 Symphonic Dances 22, 43 Symphony No.3 45 Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op.42 41 Ves tabor spit (Aleko’s Cavatina) from Aleko 25 Raksin, David Laura Ravel Boléro Daphnis et Chloé, Suites Nos.1 & 2 Gaspard de la nuit Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite Miroirs Piano Concerto for the left hand Piano Concerto in G

31 50 38 48 33 20 37 33

Reich, Steve Clapping Music Different Trains for string quartet & tape

44

Respighi Autumn Poem

28

Reubke, Julius Sonata in C minor on Psalm 94

18

Rihm, Wolfgang Chiffre ii (Silence to be beaten)

28

51

S Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor, Op.70 20 Les Cloches de Las Palmas from 6 Études, Op.111 20 Symphony No.3 (Organ) 32, 45 Satie Le chapelier from 3 Mélodies 49 Elégie from 4 Petites mélodies 49 Je te veux 49 L’omnibus automobile 49 Tendrement 49 Scanner New work (World premiere) 56 Schoeller, Philippe Hermès V for large ensemble 21 Schoenberg Gurrelieder

57

Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) for voice, clarinet & piano, D.965 48 3 Piano pieces, D.946 23 Piano Quintet in A, D.667 (Trout) 53 Sonata in A, D.664 28 Sonata in A minor, D.845 29 Sonata in B, D.575 29 Sonata in C minor, D.958 28 Sonata in D, D.850 29 Sonata in G, D.894 28 String Quartet in D minor, D.810 (Death & the Maiden) 48 Symphony No.3 in D 41 Symphony No.8 in B (Unfinished) 55 Der Tod und das Mädchen, D.531 48 Schumann Fantasie in C, Op.17 43 Lebhaft (No.5) from 6 Fugues on the name BACH, Op.60 47 Mässig, doch nicht zu langsam (No.4) from 6 Fugues on the name BACH, Op.60 47 Novelletten, Op.21 No.1, 2, 5 & 8 35 Violin Concerto 25 Scriabin Sonata No.5 in F sharp, Op.53

53

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 22 Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67 26 2 Pieces (Prelude & Scherzo) for string octet, Op.11 arr.

Tognetti for orchestra 24 String Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110 arr. Boris Giltburg 39 Symphony No.4 48 Symphony No.5 27 Symphony No.6 in B minor 46 Symphony No.7 (Leningrad) 23 Violin Concerto No.1 48 Sibelius Finlandia 30, 50 Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22 30 Selected works for solo piano 23 The Swan of Tuonela 47 Symphony No.2 16 Symphony No.6 19 Symphony No.7 19 Violin Concerto 30 Silvestrov, Valentin Symphony No.3 (Eschatophony)

18

Smetana Má vlast (complete)

20

Stanford Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.151 (Eroica)

38

Stockhausen Kontakte 46 Tierkreis (Zodiac) – 12 Melodies of the star signs 30 Trans for orchestra & tape 30 Strauss, Richard Don Juan 43 Don Quixote 23, 43 Four Last Songs 39 Ich wollt’ ein Sträusslein binden 36 Meinem Kinde 36 Morgen 36 Der Rosenkavalier – film score 52 Säusle, liebe Myrthe 36 Ständchen 36 Wiegenlied 36 Stravinsky Apollon musagète for string orchestra 41 Ave Maria 42 Capriccio for piano & orchestra 41 Credo 42 ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ Concerto 46 The Fairy’s Kiss (complete) 40 Faun and Shepherdess 34 The Firebird, complete ballet (1910) 35, 51 Funeral Song 35 Jeu de cartes 45 3 Movements from The Firebird Suite arr.

Guido Agosti for piano 50 Le chant du rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale) 37 Les Noces 37 Octet 33

Ode 46 Pater noster 42 Perséphone 44 Petrushka (1911) 36, 56 Pulcinella Suite 38 The Rite of Spring 37 Scherzo fantastique 35, 51 Symphony in C 46 Symphony in E flat (Symphony No.1) 34 Symphony of Psalms 42 Tango arr. for orchestra 46 Violin Concerto 42 Suppé Overture, Die leichte Kavallerie (Light cavalry) Szymanowski 9 Preludes, Op.1

50 53

T Tarang Undone

57

Tavener The Protecting Veil for cello & strings

29

Tchaikovsky Don Juan’s Serenade, Op.38 No.1 25 1812 Overture 25, 50 Fantasy Overture, Romeo & Juliet 30 Meditation from Souvenir d’un lieu cher arr. Glazunov 34 The Nutcracker Suite arr. Pletnev for piano 50 Piano Concerto No.1 30, 40 Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) arr. Stravinsky 40 Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 arr. for string orchestra 24 Symphony No.1 (Winter Daydreams) 27 Symphony No.4 32 Symphony No.5 23, 56 Violin Concerto 24, 38 Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite 31 Telemann Cello Sonata in D 55 Quartet in A for flute, violin, viola da gamba & continuo, ‘Paris Quartet No.3’ 55 Quartet in E minor for flute, violin, viola da gamba & continuo, ‘Paris Quartet No.12’ 55 Trio sonata in B minor for flute, viola da gamba & continuo 55 Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Aeriality

19

Traditional The Holly and the Ivy arr. Gardner 31 I saw three ships arr. Willcocks 31 Joy to the World arr. Cullen 31 Joy to the World arr. Wilberg 31 Song of the Volga Boatmen 25 Sussex Carol arr. Ledger 31

V Vasks, Pēteris Dona nobis pacem Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Fantasia on Christmas Carols Symphony No.7 (Sinfonia antartica)

22 50 31 26

Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata

50

Vierne Symphonie No.6 in B minor, Op.59

38

Vivaldi Concerto in C for 2 trumpets, RV.537 The Four Seasons Gloria Magnificat in G minor, RV.610

29 27 29 29

W Wagner Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin Das Rheingold – opera in 4 scenes

45

Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

25

Waxman, Franz Sunset Boulevard

31

Weber Konzertstück in F minor for piano & orchestra

41

33

Whiting, Richard Too marvellous for words from Ready, Willing and Able 31 Widmann, Jörg Idyll & Abgrund (Idyll & Abyss) (6 Schubert Reminiscences) for piano 23 New commission 54 Williams, John ET Harry Potter Jurassic Park Star Wars Superman

20 20 20 20 20

X Xenakis, Iannis Thallein for chamber orchestra

28

Z Zimmer, Hans Batman Begins The Da Vinci Code The Dark Knight Gladiator Inception Pirates of the Caribbean

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London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski, Paul Gay, Sir Willard White, Christopher Purves, Graham Clark, Mischa Schelomianski, In-Sung Sim, Albert Dohmen, Boris Pinkhasovich, Marius Vlad Budoiu, Ruxandra Donose, Ildikó Komlósi, Gabriela Iştoc, Dame Felicity Palmer, Choir of the George Enescu Philharmonic, Romanian Radio Children’s Choir / Enescu / 23 Sep 2017 17 Vladimir Jurowski, Jan Vogler / Britten, Silvestrov, Janáček / 27 Sep 2017

18

Vladimir Jurowski, Richard Goode / Mozart, Bruckner / 30 Sep 2017 19 Carlos Miguel Prieto, Hannes Minnaar, Joyce El-Khoury, Anna Stéphany, Edgardo Rocha, Michele Pertusi, London Philharmonic Choir / Beethoven, Rossini / 21 Oct 2017 22 René Aubry / 22 Oct 2017

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada, István Várdai, London Philharmonic Choir, The Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey / Shostakovich, Pēteris Vasks, Gregorian Chant, Rachmaninoff / 25 Oct 2017 22 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Inon Barnatan / Beethoven, Shostakovich / 27 Oct 2017

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Lawrence Renes / Bruckner / 4 Nov 2017

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Alain Altinoglu, Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Beethoven / 8 Nov 2017

25

Michail Jurowski, Beatrice Rana / Bridge, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky / 22 Nov 2017 27 Marius Stravinsky, Pieter Schoeman / Vivaldi, Kabalevsky, Glazunov / 24 Nov 2017 27 Vladimir Jurowski, Julia Fischer / Respighi, Chausson, Marx / 29 Nov 2017 28 Iain Grandage, Meow Meow / 4 Dec 2017

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Vasily Petrenko, Andreas Brantelid / Stravinsky, Elgar, RimskyKorsakov / 23 Feb 2018 37 London Music Masters, Junior Trinity / 25 Feb 2018

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Vasily Petrenko, Sergej Krylov / Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Ravel / 28 Feb 2018 38

Vladimir Jurowski, Leif Ove Andsnes / Stravinsky, Debussy, Shostakovich / 18 Apr 2018 46

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Peter Donohoe / Stravinsky, Weber, Schubert / 21 Mar 2018

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Vladimir Jurowski, Gil Shaham / Anders Hillborg, Yuri Falik, Stravinsky, Beethoven / 21 Apr 2018

46

Stravinsky / 10 Jun 2018

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, London Philharmonic Choir / Stravinsky, Bernstein / 24 Mar 2018 42 Thomas Adès , Thomas Trotter, Toby Spence, London Philharmonic Choir, Trinity Boys Choir / Thomas Adès, Gerald Barry, Stravinsky / 11 Apr 2018 44 John Storgårds, Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque / Stravinsky, Bryce Dessner, Rachmaninoff / 13 Apr 2018 45 Vladimir Jurowski, Leif Ove Andsnes / Stravinsky, Debussy, Shostakovich / 18 Apr 2018 46

Vladimir Jurowski, Alexander Ghindin / Stravinsky, RimskyKorsakov / 7 Feb 2018 Vladimir Jurowski, Ray Chen / Lyadov, Prokofiev, Stravinsky / 10 Feb 2018

London Philharmonic Orchestra: FUNharmonics The Gruffalo’s Child / 22 Oct 2017 22 Hip Hip Hooray! / 25 Feb 2018

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Petrushka / 10 Jun 2018

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Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pekka Kuusisto / Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Sibelius, Daníel Bjarnason / 28 Sep 2017 19 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michelle DeYoung, Philharmonia Voices / Mahler / 1 Oct 2017 19 Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Denis Kozhukhin / Kabalevsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky / 5 Oct 2017

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Robert Trevino, Arseny TarasevichNikolaev / Rachmaninoff, Mahler / 25 Apr 2018 47

Jakub Hrůša, Hilary Hahn / Dvořák, Smetana / 8 Oct 2017

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Alondra de la Parra, Luca Buratto / Debussy, Prokofiev, Dvořák / 27 Apr 2018 48

Yuri Temirkanov, Eliso Virsaladze / Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov / 19 Oct 2017 22

Łukasz Borowicz, Anne-Sophie Mutter / Panufnik, Krzysztof Penderecki, Prokofiev / 2 May 2018 49

Karl-Heinz Steffens, Esther Yoo / Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms / 2 Nov 2017 24

Vladimir Jurowski, Gil Shaham / Anders Hillborg, Yuri Falik, Stravinsky, Beethoven / 21 Apr 2018

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Vladimir Jurowski, Kristóf Baráti/ Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein / 3 Feb 2018 34

Vladimir Jurowski, Kristóf Baráti / Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky/ 3 Feb 2018 34

John Storgårds, Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque / Stravinsky, Bryce Dessner, Rachmaninoff / 13 Apr 2018 45

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Vladimir Jurowski, Daniil Trifonov / Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky / 17 Mar 2018

Stravinsky / 10 Jun 2018

Vladimir Jurowski, Sofia Fomina, Rowan Hellier, Lucie Špičková, Lyubov Petrova, Michelle DeYoung, Anna Larsson, Allan Clayton, Maxim Paster, Matthias Goerne, Stephen Gadd, Matthew Rose, Brindley Sherratt, Adrian Thompson, Robert Hayward, Ted Huffman / Wagner /27 Jan 2018 33

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, London Philharmonic Choir / Stravinsky, Bernstein / 24 Mar 2018 42

Sir Antonio Pappano, Diana Damrau / Elgar, Strauss, Brahms / 3 Mar 2018

Vladimir Jurowski, Maria Keohane, Anke Vondung, Jeremy Ovenden, Stephan Loges, London Philharmonic Choir / Bach / 16 Dec 2017 32

Dirk Brossé, James O’Donnell / Bach, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Jongen / 19 Jan 2018

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Vladimir Jurowski, Ray Chen / Lyadov, Prokofiev, Stravinsky / 10 Feb 2018

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Juanjo Mena, Benedetto Lupo / Debussy, Ravel, Delius, Stravinsky / 21 Feb 2018 37 Vasily Petrenko, Andreas Brantelid / Stravinsky, Elgar, RimskyKorsakov / 23 Feb 2018 37 Vasily Petrenko, Sergej Krylov / Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Ravel / 28 Feb 2018 38

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Peter Donohoe / Stravinsky, Weber, Schubert / 21 Mar 2018

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Edward Gardner, Mark van de Wiel, Roland Wood, Philharmonia Chorus / Elgar, Joseph Phibbs, Walton / 5 Nov 2017 25 John Wilson, Sarah Tynan, Philharmonia Voices / Vaughan Williams, Holst / 9 Nov 2017

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Long Yu, George Li / Glinka, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich / 23 Nov 2017

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Krzysztof Urbański, Simon Trpčeski / Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev / 3 Dec 2017

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Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vilde Frang / Sibelius / 7 Dec 2017

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Pablo Heras-Casado, Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Debussy, Ravel / 21 Jan 2018

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Paavo Järvi, Gautier Capuçon / Dvořák / 1 Feb 2017

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Juraj Valčuha, Evgeni Bozhanov / Kodály, Beethoven, Bartók / 8 Feb 2018 35 Lahav Shani, Chen Reiss / Mendelssohn, R Strauss, Mahler / 11 Feb 2018

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Jakub Hrůša, Piotr Anderszewski / Beethoven, Mahler / 15 Feb 2018 36

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Behzod Abduraimov, Ailish Tynan / Mosolov, Prokofiev, Glière / 22 Mar 2018 41 Karl-Heinz Steffens, Elsa Dreisig, Michael Kraus, Philharmonia Chorus / Brahms / 25 Mar 2018 42 Esa-Pekka Salonen, David Fray / Beethoven, Mahler / 12 Apr 2018 44 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Voices / Biber, Beethoven, Unsuk Chin / 15 Apr 2018 45 Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Ehnes / Shostakovich / 29 Apr 2018 48 Adrian Partington, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Eleanor Dennis, Gloucester Choral Society / Parry, Elgar, Vaughan Williams / 10 May 2018 50 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pekka Kuusisto, Maxim Aksenov, Students from the Royal College of Music, Philharmonia Voices / Prokofiev / 20 May 2018 52 Daniele Gatti / Mendelssohn, Brahms / 24 May 2018

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Paavo Järvi, Khatia Buniatishvili / Dukas, Rachmaninov, Berlioz / 3 Jun 2018 54 Christoph von Dohnányi, Arabella Steinbacher / Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven / 7 Jun 2018 55 Han-Na Chang, Sunwook Kim / Rossini, Grieg, Tchaikovsky / 14 Jun 2018

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Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michelle DeYoung, Philharmonia Voices / Mahler / 1 Oct 2017 19 Esa-Pekka Salonen / Mahler / 30 Nov 2017

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Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vilde Frang / Sibelius / 7 Dec 2017 30 Esa-Pekka Salonen, David Fray / Beethoven, Mahler / 12 Apr 2018 44 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Voices / Biber, Beethoven, Unsuk Chin / 15 Apr 2018 45 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michelle DeYoung, Robert Dean Smith, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, David Soar / Schoenberg / 28 Jun 2018 57

Philharmonia Orchestra: Mahler Symphonies Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michelle DeYoung, Philharmonia Voices / Mahler / 1 Oct 2017 19 Esa-Pekka Salonen / Mahler / 30 Nov 2017

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Lahav Shani, Chen Reiss / Mendelssohn, R Strauss, Mahler / 11 Feb 2018

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Jakub Hrůša, Piotr Anderszewski / Beethoven, Mahler / 15 Feb 2018 36 Esa-Pekka Salonen, David Fray / Beethoven, Mahler / 12 Apr 2018 44

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michelle DeYoung, Robert Dean Smith, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, David Soar / Schoenberg / 28 Jun 2018 57

Philharmonia Orchestra: Voices of Revolution: Russia 1917

Philharmonia Orchestra: Sunday Matinees

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Behzod Abduraimov, Ailish Tynan / Mosolov, Prokofiev, Glière / 22 Mar 2018 41

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michelle DeYoung, Philharmonia Voices / Mahler / 1 Oct 2017 19 Krzysztof Urbanski, Simon Trpčeski / Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev / 3 Dec 2017

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Pablo Heras-Casado, PierreLaurent Aimard / Debussy, Ravel / 21 Jan 2018

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Karl-Heinz Steffens, Elsa Dreisig, Michael Kraus, Philharmonia Chorus / Brahms / 25 Mar 2018 42

Philharmonia Orchestra: The Salonen Series Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pekka Kuusisto / Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Sibelius, Daníel Bjarnason /

Vladimir Ashkenazy / 12 Oct 2017 21

Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Ehnes / Shostakovich / 29 Apr 2018 48 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pekka Kuusisto, Maxim Aksenov, Students from the Royal College of Music, Philharmonia Voices / Prokofiev / 20 May 2018 52

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Visions, Illusions and Delusions

Ivor Bolton, Louise Alder, Ray Chenez, James Way, Brindley Sherratt, Mary Bevan, Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Handel / 18 Oct 2017 21 Rachel Podger / Haydn, Mozart, J.C. Bach / 27 Nov 2017 28 Marin Alsop, Nicola Benedetti / Beethoven / 4 Feb 2017 34 Ádám Fischer, Christine Rice / Mozart, Haydn / 27 Feb 2018

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Mark Padmore, Roderick Williams, Jessica Cale, Katherine Watson, Claudia Huckle, Eleanor Minney, Hugo Hymas, Matthew Brook, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment / Bach / 26 Mar 2018 42 Sir Roger Norrington, Roger Montgomery / Mozart / 11 Apr 2018

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Thomas Kemp, Miah Persson / Strauss / 17 May 2018

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John Butt, Anna Dennis / Lully, Campra, Charpentier, Clerambault, Destouches, Rameau / 26 Jun 2018

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András Schiff, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment / Haydn / 4 Jul 2018 57

London Sinfonietta: 50th Anniversary Season David Atherton / Hans Werner Henze / 11 Oct 2017

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Martyn Brabbins/Xenakis, Rihm, Colin Matthews, Birtwistle / 25 Nov 2017 28 Oliver Knussen, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble / Stockhausen / 6 Dec 2017 30 David Atherton, George Benjamin, Vladimir Jurowski, Tamara Stefanovich / Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Stravinsky, Ligeti, Samantha Fernando, Hans Abrahamsen / 24 Jan 2018 33 Hayward Gallery Series / Spring 2018

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Nicholas McGegan, Julia Doyle, Brendan Gunnell, Roderick Williams, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment / Sally Beamish / 25 Sep 2017 18

Southbank Centre Classical Series International Orchestras Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher / Boulez, Philippe Schoeller, Jonathan Harvey / 14 Oct 2017

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle / Jörg Widmann, Lutosławski, Brahms / 31 May 2018 21

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Kian Soltani / Strauss, Tchaikovsky / 28 Oct 2017 23 Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti, PierreLaurent Aimard / Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich / 3 Nov 2017 24 Spira mirabilis / Beethoven / 15 May 2018

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International Chamber Music Series Emerson String Quartet / Beethoven / 31 Oct 2017

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Emerson String Quartet / Beethoven / 1 Nov 2017

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Steven Osborne, James Ehnes, Alban Gerhardt, Jean Johnson / Shostakovich, Messiaen / 14 Nov 2017 26

Danielle de Niese, Navarra String Quartet / Roussel, Schubert, Chausson / 27 Apr 2018 48 Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Marie Luise Neunecker / Steve Reich, Ligeti, Nancarrow / 11 May 2018 51 Benjamin Grosvenor, Hyeyoon Park, Brett Dean, Kian Soltani, Leon Bosch / Brahms, Schubert / 29 May 2018

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International Piano Series Bertrand Chamayou / SaintSaëns, Ravel, Liszt / 5 Oct 2017 20

London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists / Reich / 10 Apr 2018 44

Alice Sara Ott / Grieg, Liszt / 17 Oct 2017

Colin Currie, Nicolas Hodges / Feldman, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Stockhausen / 19 Apr 2018 46

Leif Ove Andsnes / Sibelius, Jörg Widmann, Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin / 31 Oct 2017 23

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Víkingur Ólafsson / Bach, Chopin, Brahms / 15 Nov 2017 26 Mitsuko Uchida / Schubert / 28 Nov 2017

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Mitsuko Uchida / Schubert / 1 Dec 2017

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Paul Lewis / Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms / 23 Jan 2018 33 Martin Helmchen / Schumann, Beethoven / 7 Feb 2018

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Stephen Hough / Debussy, Schumann, Beethoven / 5 Apr 2018 Benjamin Grosvenor / Bach, Brahms, Brett Dean, Debussy, Berg, Ravel / 26 Apr 2018

Anne Page / Bach / 21 Nov 2017 27 43

Daniel Cook / Bach, Stanford, Duruflé, Vierne / 26 Feb 2018

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William Whitehead / Bruhns, Bach Orgelbüchlein Project, Schumann, Parry, Liszt / 24 Apr 2018

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Khatia Buniatishvili / Brahms, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky / 9 May 2018 50

Beethoven’s Late String Quartets / 29 Oct 2017

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Schubert’s Piano Sonatas / 18 Nov 2017

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Sibelius and Finnish Independence / 2 Dec 2017

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Boris Giltburg / Brahms, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov / 28 Feb 2018

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Paul Lewis / Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms / 5 Jun 2018 54

Maurizio Pollini / 13 Mar 2018

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International Organ Series

George Li / Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Liszt / 20 Mar 2018 41

What You Need To Know

Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Ligeti / 12 May 2018 51

Simon Johnson / Bach, Simon Johnson, Franck, Jonathan Harvey, Julius Reubke / 25 Sep 2017 18

Sondheim in Depth / 3 Mar 2018 39 Ligeti in Depth / 5 May 2018

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Southbank Centre Festivals & Series Belief and Beyond Belief

Messiaen’s Quartet For The End Of Time / Shostakovich, Messiaen / 14 Nov 2017 26

Ligeti in Wonderland

London Philharmonic Orchestra: To The Limits / Britten, Silvestrov, Janáček / 27 Sep 2017 18

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Summer To Winter / Bridge, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky / 22 Nov 2017 27

Ligeti Horn Trio / Steve Reich, Ligeti, Nancarrow / 11 May 2018 51

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Grandeur Out Of Darkness / Mozart, Bruckner / 30 Sep 2017 19

London Philharmonic Orchestra: The Four Seasons / Vivaldi, Kabalevsky, Glazunov / 24 Nov 2017 27

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher / Boulez, Philippe Schoeller, Jonathan Harvey / 14 Oct 2017 21

London Philharmonic Orchestra: An Autumn Symphony / Respighi, Chausson, Marx / 29 Nov 2017 28

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Enescu’s Oedipe / Enescu / 23 Sep 2017 17

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Stabat Mater / Beethoven, Rossini / 21 Oct 2017 22 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Faith From The Shadows / Shostakovich, Pēteris Vasks, Gregorian Chant, Rachmaninoff / 25 Oct 2017 22

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Aurora Orchestra: Ligeti Concertos / Ligeti / 13 May 2018

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London Sinfonietta: Stockhausen: Trans / Stockhausen / 6 Dec 2017

Philharmonia Orchestra: Esa-Pekka Salonen: Sibelius / Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Sibelius, Daníel Bjarnason / 28 Sept 2017 19

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Christmas Oratorio / Bach / 16 Dec 2017 32

Emerson String Quartet Part I / Beethoven / 31 Oct 2017 24

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain: Totally Teenage / Bernstein / 8 Apr 2018 43

London Philharmonic Orchestra: War And (Troubled) Peace / Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Beethoven / 8 Nov 2017 25

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano / Ligeti / 12 May 2018

City of London Sinfonia: Modern Mystics: The Protecting Veil / Tavener / 2 Dec 2017 29

Bernstein Weekend

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Bruckner Symphony No.8 / Bruckner / 4 Nov 2017 25

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Leningrad Symphony / Beethoven, Shostakovich / 27 Oct 2017 23

Emerson String Quartet Part II / Beethoven / 1 Nov 2017 24

What You Need To Know: Ligeti in Depth / 5 May 2018

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain: Bernstein’s Mass / Bernstein / 6 & 7 Apr 2018 43

Darbar Festival

Indian Music Course / 11 to 15 Sep 2017

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Shankar Mahadevan’s Krishna / 16 Sep 2017

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Hariharen – King of Ghazal / 17 Sep 2017

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Nordic Music Days / 28 Sep 2017 to 1 Oct 2017

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Alice Sara Ott, Piano / Grieg, Liszt / 17 Oct 2017

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Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano / Sibelius, Jörg Widmann, Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin / 31 Oct 2017

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Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano / Bach, Chopin, Brahms / 15 Nov 2017

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What You Need To Know: Sibelius and Finnish Independence / 2 Dec 2017

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Finnish Independence / Sibelius / 7 Dec 2017

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Associate Orchestras Aurora Orchestra

Nicholas Collon, Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Brett Dean, Messiaen, Beethoven / 24 Sep 2017 Nicholas Collon, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Marie-Luise Neunecker / Ligeti / 13 May 2018

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Robert Ziegler / David Raksin, Franz Waxman, George Antheil, Leonard Rosenman, Allan Roberts, Angelo Badalamenti, Richard Whiting, Jonny Greenwood, Miklós Rózsa / 8 Dec 2017 31 Keith Lockhart / Sondheim / 15 Mar 2018

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Larry Blank / Lerner and Loewe / 23 May 2018

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Michael Seal / Mike Oldfield, David Bedford, Scanner / 12 Jun 2018

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Chineke! Orchestra

Roderick Cox, Gerard Aimontche / Florence Price, Rachmaninov, Sibelius / 16 Jul 2017

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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Marin Alsop / Bernstein / 6 & 7 Apr 2018

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SERIES SAVINGS WITH OUR ANNUAL SERIES International Chamber Music Season and International Piano Series savings Book 3 – 4 events, save 10% Book 5 or more events, save 20% Not available on Premium seats (Please note these savings only apply to multiple concerts bought in the same series, not across two or more series.)

International Organ Series Book 2 events, save 10% Book 3 or more events, save 20%

SERIES SAVINGS WITH OUR RESIDENT ORCHESTRAS London Philharmonic Orchestra series saving Book multiple London Philharmonic Orchestra events in the same transaction and receive a discount.

Book 3 – 4 events, save 10% Book 5 – 7 events, save 15% Book 8 – 10 events, save 20% Book 11 – 14 events, save 25% Book 15 or more events, save 30% The following concerts are not included in this offer: Meow Meow and London Philharmonic Orchestra: More Pandemonium... With a Festive Twist (4 Dec 2017) and A Golden Gala Evening: London Philharmonic Orchestra (27 Jan 2017).

Philharmonia Orchestra series saving Book multiple Philharmonia Orchestra events in the same transaction and receive a discount.

Book 3 – 5 events, save 10% Book 6 – 8 events, save 15% Book 9 – 11 events, save 20% Book 12 – 14 events, save 25% Book 15 or more events, save 30% These discounts are not available on Premium seats or for the following concerts: Christmas Classics (10 Dec 2017) and December Carols at Christmas (14 Dec 2017).

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SHOP, EAT & DRINK Dining experiences at Southbank Centre include options for all tastes and budgets, and plenty of space for large groups and children.

For more information about our restaurants, bars and cafes, visit southbankcentre.co.uk/ visit/cafes-restaurants-bars.

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