Classical guide 2016/17

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CONT E N TS FEATURES Southbank Centre’s 2016/17 Classical Music Season

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The Virtual Orchestra

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Belief and Beyond Belief

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Darbar Festival 2016

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Ring the Changes

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Film Scores Live

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Southbank Centre: the home of new music and intriguing collaborations

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LISTINGS

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JOIN US

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INDEX

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VISITING US

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SOUTHBANK CENTRE AT ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

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BOOKING INFORMATION

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PROUD HOME OF OUR FOUR RESIDENT ORCHESTRAS: Philharmonia Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

WELCOME

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We’ve assembled a huge variety of the finest musicians from across the world for our 2016/17 season and the breadth of the repertoire allows you to explore the most contemporary ideas as well as the most historically enduring.

Belief and Beyond Belief, in partnership with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, is our ambitious new festival, which runs for 12 months starting in January 2017. We explore the search for meaning in the 21st century and the profound questions that arise as we wrestle with issues of human existence in an increasingly secular society.

A rich, fascinating concert series is complemented by eight themed weekends of talks, films, debates and performances, the first five of which are: The search for the meaning of life; Should science depose religion?; The quick and the dead: how do we live with death?; Political ideology and its impact on a spiritual life; and What has religion ever done for society?.

It is an opportunity to consider the role of music and art in the history of ideas, beliefs and rituals and we hope you decide to immerse yourself in this project.

Can I also invite you to Darbar festival, our annual celebration of Indian classical music?

And, if you missed their inaugural performance, the unique Chineke! Orchestra return as part of our Africa Utopia festival. There is much discussion about diversity in contemporary culture – Chineke! Orchestra is a wonderful example of converting good intentions into positive action.

Jude Kelly CBE Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director

Looking through the events in the following pages, I’m struck by how robust and relevant classical music remains in the 21st century.

Classical music’s place in society is not confined to the concert hall: it moves people, it’s an essential tool for expression, and it helps us to make sense of our lives. It’s educating and entertaining; it amazes us and it consoles us.

This season offers unprecedented opportunities for audiences to explore classical music. The Philharmonia Orchestra uses cutting-edge technology to put us at the heart of a performance, you can hear the greatest orchestral film scores live, BBC Radio 3’s residency brings our performances to a global audience, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra presents an extraordinary selection of music inspired by faith, science, love, fear, war, peace and beyond.

The thousands of performers who come to Southbank Centre this season all contribute to ensuring the future of music. I’m particularly proud of our work to make contemporary classical music available to all, as I am of providing a platform for debuts from emerging artists and welcoming the finest musicians from around the world.

For me, one of the most thrilling aspects of a live concert is experiencing a huge number of people listening together to one thing, from the loudest climaxes to moments of silence. I look forward to sharing these moments with you.

Gillian Moore MBE Southbank Centre’s Director of Music

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CLASSICAL MUSIC SEASON:

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We would love you to come to our new season of classical music concerts. As you would expect from one of the world’s leading and most famous venues, we’re fairly exclusive.

in the 16th century and pieces so new they don’t even have names yet; tunes so famous they’ve been used in adverts, and symphonies that seldom get heard.

For a start you’ll need to be the kind of person who enjoys watching the best musicians from four world-class resident orchestras – London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – nailing their craft.

Musicians really going for it. Putting on a show.

Then you’ll have to like feeling emotions. Our programme includes all the big ones – joy, passion, sorrow – and most of the little ones – vague nostalgia, ticklish anticipation, quiet contemplation and so on.

You’ll also need to like having the widest possible choice of music. We’ve got murderous operas and solo cello pieces; music composed

And finally you’ll have to love music. Loud, dramatic music to icy, minimalist music and all the glorious sounds in between.

On the off chance we’ve described you, do book a concert.

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THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA This autumn, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Southbank Centre invite you into the heart of a symphony orchestra.

The Philharmonia Orchestra, in partnership with Southbank Centre and technology company Inition, has created a 360° virtual reality (VR) experience. Viewers are transported backstage at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, then onto the platform in the centre of the orchestra, as the Philharmonia’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a performance of Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony.

Essentially you get the best seat in the house.

The VR film is recorded in 3D audio as well as 3D video, allowing the viewer to sense the audio move around them as they turn their head, so they can focus on a particular player or section, or hear the detail of the score pages turning.

The Clore Ballroom is transformed into Universe of Sound, an immersive 10-room ‘virtual orchestra’, showing a performance of Holst’s The Planets by the Philharmonia, conducted by Salonen. The installation includes 37 screens and speakers all playing in sync, with each room featuring a different section of the orchestra, allowing you to walk through the performance at your own pace.

You can also play along to the music on real instruments in the percussion room, or conduct the whole orchestra on one of the interactive conductor pods.

‘The Philharmonia’s digital projects have taken place all over the world and I am delighted that we are now bringing Universe of Sound to our home at Southbank Centre, and to our London audience.

‘The incredible power of virtual reality is that it is disappointing to leave it – to come back to everyday reality. There is no doubt that for classical music VR will be a very powerful, useful medium, and I am very excited to be taking part in this project. I’m sure that it will be the very first step in a really important development for the future.’

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor to the Philharmonia Orchestra

The Virtual Orchestra launches the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2016/17 Classical Season at Southbank Centre, the first of many thrilling projects at Royal Festival Hall. Further highlights include the culmination of Stravinsky: Myths & Rituals, Paavo Järvi’s Nielsen Cycle, Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Inspirations series with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Rachmaninov Project.

The Virtual Orchestra takes place in the foyer spaces of Royal Festival Hall from Friday 23 September to Sunday 2 October 2016, Admission is free 1.30pm – 7pm daily.

Ticketed workshops for schools, community and family groups 9.30am – 1pm daily.

See online for details. southbankcentre.co.uk/virtualorchestra

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Alisa Weilerstein © Decca / Harald Hoffmann Pierre-Laurent Aimard & Tamara Stefanovich © Neda Navaee

Vladimir Jurowksi © Richard Cannon

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BELIEF AND BEYOND BELIEF: BE ING HU M AN I N T HE 2 1 ST C E N T U RY

A topic as big as humanity’s search for meaning needs far-reaching interrogation – step forth Belief and Beyond Belief, a brand new festival of music, literature, performance, exhibition and debate, in partnership with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Over 12 months, we explore the music, art, culture, science, ideology, ritual and traditions that have swirled around, informed and undermined religion in its many guises.

At the festival’s heart is a year of performances

by Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and a series of eight themed weekends, each tackling great questions that have arisen since the dawn of human experience.

Since the Age of Enlightenment and the subsequent revelations of science and technology, reason has challenged religious belief. And yet even with rational explanations countering so many of religion’s core beliefs, the 21st century looks set to be defined by religion, often in polarised forms.

This seemingly innate need for people to find meaning for their lives and a place in the universe, with all its mystery and majesty, is a constant throughout all periods of human history. This combination of comfort, sublime joy and the fear of eternal damnation has been one of the main sources of creative inspiration down the ages. It has produced some of the greatest music and art ever created as societies wrestle with the concept of the divine.

The artists whose music comprises the concert strand of Belief and Beyond Belief lived through – and were sometimes killed by – religious persecution, war, peace, plagues, scientific revolution, genocide, space travel and the new media age. The season takes in music from the French baroque right up to the 21st century, features works inspired by intense faith and those informed by hardcore science, and sees everything from intimate solo cello performances to Mahler’s truly epic Symphony of a Thousand.

It all kicks off with The Search for the Meaning of Life weekend, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Fidelio, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, on Saturday 21 January 2017.

If you’ve ever asked yourself ‘what’s it all about?’, this is the festival for you. Many of the Belief and Beyond Belief concerts in the 2016/17 season are now on sale, with further concerts, including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, announced for the 2017/18 season. Check our website for more details of the weekend line-ups starting in autumn 2016.

Belief and Beyond Belief is a Southbank Centre festival in partnership with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. southbankcentre.co.uk/beliefandbeyondbelief

THE F IR ST F IV E WE E K E N DS The search for the meaning of life (Friday 20 – Sunday 22 January 2017) Should science depose religion? (Friday 3 – Sunday 5 February 2017) The quick and the dead: how do we live with death? (Friday 3 – Sunday 5 March 2017) Political ideology and its impact on a spiritual life (Friday 7 – Sunday 9 April 2017) What has religion ever done for society? (Friday 5 – Sunday 7 May 2017)

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Amjad Ali Khan © Sandeep Virdee

Explore the finest improvised music in the world. If you have never been to an Indian classical concert, then join us and discover an enchanting world of melody and rhythm. The concept of emotions (rasas) embedded within Indian arts is said to have been formulated thousands of years ago and relates to the feeling that is evoked when experiencing art, music, dance and cinema.

Don’t miss your chance to experience a beautiful and deeply moving emotional experience.

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Rakesh Chaurasia © Arnhel de Serra

Indian classical music has more in common with Western classical music than most people appreciate. While Mozart (1756 – 1791) and Beethoven (1770 – 1827) were composing marvellous music, the same was happening in India, where Tyagaraja (1767 – 1847), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775 – 1835) and Syama Sastri (1762 – 1827) were writing hundreds of compositions, which are still celebrated at kacheris (concerts) in south India.

This year’s festival opens with a groundbreaking concert that produces a new music form featuring some of the finest musicians from India: Niladri Kumar, Rakesh Chaurasia and Jayanthi Kumaresh along with Matthew Barley and the Philharmonia Orchestral musicians are spending five days creating a unified music composition and premiere this piece before you.

For the first time in London, Darbar brings the largest gathering of India’s greatest masters, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandits Rajan and Sajan, Shubha Mudgal and Aruna Sairam, performing music that touches your soul.

Europe’s finest sitarist, Roopa Panesar and dhrupad master Vishal Jain present morning concerts overlooking the Thames. And don’t forget the in-conversation sessions featuring husband and wife team Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Subhalakshmi Khan, and our Women in Music panel, with musicians Shubha Mudgal, Aruna Sairam and Jayanthi Kumaresh. They explore the fascinating suppression of sringara (erotic love) Indian classical compositions in favour of the bhakti (devotional expression) in the historical context of the tawaif/devadasi (courtesans) and the challenges women face today in music.

During the Festival you can stretch and bend through our Yogabliss sessions to live music.

There is also a showcase of great films and you can treat yourself to some of the best Indian classical music at our Darbar pop-up CD store. southbankcentre.co.uk/darbar

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RING THE CHANGES Let’s be honest – the British classical music scene has not been known for its inclusivity or diversity. Everyone knows this is wrong and wants to change the status quo.

Change, however, is slow to happen.

But it is happening, and we’re proud that Southbank Centre is playing a pivotal role.

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One of the most exciting, important concerts in our history took place on Sunday 13 September 2015, when the brand new Chineke! Orchestra took to the Queen Elizabeth Hall stage.

This is Europe’s first professional orchestra comprising entirely Black and minority ethnic players. Chi-chi Nwanoku MBE, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s renowned double bassist and founder of Chineke! Orchestra, was aware that there were one-offs like herself, but in 2014 decided that that was no longer good enough. ‘I’m not creating an orchestra just to give people jobs,’ she says. ‘There is a mission behind this and it’s to change perceptions and allow for systematic change.’

That mission was partly met by the Orchestra’s very first performance. The Guardian’s five-star review declared: ‘Standards were formidable ... By the end of the concert the capacity, all-colours, all-ages audience was yelling for more.’

The good news is that you’ll be seeing a whole lot more of Chineke! Orchestra, as they have just been named as a Southbank Centre Associate Orchestra. And they are back for the 2016/17 Classical Music season, performing once again as part of our Africa Utopia festival.

Their programme features music that is not only beautiful and moving, but also chosen for its huge relevance to the Black community. It includes Sibelius’ Finlandia, which contains the identical melody of the Biafran national anthem; a work by the Guadeloupean composer Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint Georges and the New World Symphony, which was heavily influenced by the spirituals of African-Americans heard by Dvořák during his travels in the US. Last year’s Chineke! Orchestra concert sold out quickly, so we recommend you book sooner rather than later to avoid missing out.

Another exciting addition to this year’s Africa Utopia line-up is the stunning Cape Town Opera and Wales Millennium Centre co-production, Mandela Trilogy, which follows the story of the great South African from his coming-ofage, through to his heady days as a Soweto lawyer, imprisonment, liberation, victory over apartheid and finally election as the Rainbow nation’s first Black president.

Cape Town Opera is a young, vibrant company whose productions of Porgy and Bess and Showboat have already wowed British audiences, and who have also toured to France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Israel, the United States and Australia. Their Southbank Centre debut with the incredible Mandela Trilogy is your chance to see musicians who are changing perceptions around the world – don’t miss out!

Mandela Triology runs from Wednesday 31 August to Saturday 3 September, and Chineke! Orchestra performs on Sunday 4 September 2016, both as part of Africa Utopia. southbankcentre.co.uk/africautopia

Chineke! Orchestra

Mandela Trilogy © John Snelling

Mandela Trilogy © John Snelling

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FILM SCORES LIVE No matter how many times you visit the cinema, there’s still a delightful shiver of anticipation when you take your seat, the lights go down, the screen flickers to life and you prepare to immerse yourself in a whole other world.

That thrilling moment increases dramatically when the opening notes of the film’s score come not from the cinema’s speakers but live, from one of the world’s great orchestras on the stage at Royal Festival Hall. That’s why we’re so excited to present our expanded season of Film Scores Live. Read on to find out more.

Psycho ​© PGM Productions

2001:A Space Odyssey ​© BFI

There Will Be Blood ​© BFI

Napoleon © Photoplay

Vertigo ​© PGM Produ

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The word ‘epic’ is too often bandied about meaninglessly, but there’s simply no other word to describe the 1927 silent film Napoleon, directed by Abel Gance. Come along to the world premiere of BFI-Photoplay’s digitally restored version of this masterpiece and be part of a historic event. It is accompanied by Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis, who also composed the soundtrack. Be warned: it asks you to commit eight hours of your time – but we promise you, it’s worth it to be at the culmination of this 50-year project.

Few directors have understood the power of music to enhance the mood in the way Alfred Hitchcock did. To mark his contribution, there are three very special concerts – the chilling silent film The Lodger, with a live, improvised organ score performed by David Briggs; Psycho, which arguably has the most famous soundtrack in movie history; and Vertigo, frequently cited as the best film of all time.

Enhance your enjoyment of these events by coming to our What You Need to Know session looking at Hitchcock’s use of music.

We welcome the return of both 2001: A Space Odyssey, with its dramatic score of Ligeti,

Khachaturian and, unforgettably, Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra; and a Valentine’s Day screening of Brief Encounter, with its magical use of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto. Both are performed by Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra the London Philharmonia Orchestra. There’s also an in-depth look at the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack, revealing some of the fascinating background to the music of Stanley Kubrick’s most celebrated film.

Film Scores Live takes in the expanse of Western classical music. Journey back to the court of Louis XIV with Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations, who perform music from the soundtrack to the 1991 film Tous Les Matins du Monde on period instruments. Or hear something totally contemporary with the young London composer and musician Mica Levi’s score for Under the Skin, performed by Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra the London Sinfonietta.

It’s your chance to experience some of the greatest films ever made in unforgettable style – so forget about your home entertainment system, book yourself a seat and strap yourself in for an exhilarating ride.

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T HE HOM E OF N E W MUSIC AND INTRIGUING CO LL A B OR ATIO N S One of the things we most appreciate about our Southbank Centre audiences is your passion for contemporary music, and your willingness to engage with the unfamiliar.

So as you flick through the pages of this guide you’ll see, along with all the composers you love, some names that might be less familiar to you – and that’s because the 2016/17 season is a bumper one for new works.

Our world firsts kick off early in the year, with Universal Notes on Friday 16 September 2016. This is the result of a ground-breaking partnership between Darbar Festival and Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra the Philharmonia Orchestra. The work is a true meeting of cultures, inspired by the improvisational nature of the Indian raga.

More unusual bedmates come in the form of a collaboration between Wayne Shorter and our Resident Orchestra the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which has commissioned the jazz legend to write a Clarinet Concerto.

Musical careers rarely come more starry than Shorter’s – he has worked with the likes of Miles Davis and Art Blakey, as well as co-founding Weather Report – and the appearance of a new composition of his is a reason to celebrate. The piece is performed by Julian Bliss as part of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Parisian Blues concert on Wednesday 30 November 2016.

It is just one of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s much anticipated premieres this season. On Saturday 6 May, Magnus Lindberg’s as-yet-untitled new work is unveiled to the world in a concert that also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No.9. Also hear Lindberg’s Second Cello Concerto, performed

by Anssi Karttunen on Wednesday 22 March, 2017, and Marina Piccinini perform Aaron Jay Kernis’ Flute Concerto on Saturday 11 February 2017. Both are UK premieres.

The London Sinfonietta continues to champion 21st-century music in a season including the UK premiere of Immaginare il Deserto on Thursday 13 October 2016, by Italian master Salvatore Sciarrino; two public participation works by Christian Mason and Huang Ruo on

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Sunday 22 October 2016; and Beat Furrer’s compelling FAMA on Friday 11 November 2016 among many others.

The spring brings the UK premiere of new music by Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin as part of a festival of Nordic Culture taking place across London, and a revised version of Philip Venables’ Illusions as part of PRSF 20x17, the extraordinary music and video piece featuring avant garde performance artist David Hoyle.

A chorus named after a composer born in the 17th century isn’t the most obvious source of contemporary music. But this season The Bach Choir gives us not one but two premieres.

One is a world-first by the much loved James MacMillan, taking place on Thursday 29 June 2017. The other is the London premiere of Charles Villiers Stanford’s haunting Song to the Soul, as part of an all-British programme on Sunday 30 October 2016.

In fact, the Brits are out in force this season.

Keep an eye out for the world premiere of Judith Bingham’s new organ work, untitled at the time of writing; a new choral work by The Cloud of Unknowing composer Francis Pott; Tansy Davies’ Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra, and Mark-Anthony Turnage’s tribute to the late Steve Martland, performed by the incomparable Colin Currie on Friday 7 April 2017.

New Music Biennial presents 20 new works from an exciting range of British composers and musicians in a free festival presented all around the Southbank site. Whether your preference is classical, folk, electronica or jazz, whether you love Go-go Penguin or Gavin Bryars, Anna Meredith or Simon Holt, Eliza Carthy or Squarepusher, you are bound to be fascinated and excited by the range and quality of great music being created all around the UK.

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Beat Furrer © David Furrer

James MacMillan © Hansvander Woerd

Tansy Davies © Rikard Österlund

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THE C O NCE RTS This is a chronologic al listing of our clas sic al music events in the 2016/17 season. If you are looking for something sp e cif ic, tr y the index star ting on page 60.

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C ape Town Opera and Indian Music C ourse DAR BAR F EST I VA L Wales Millennium Enjoy an all-singing, all-dancing guide to C entre Present Indian classical music over five sessions, and learn about the traditions and practices that Mandela Trilog y I are central to this ancient musical form. It is A F R ICA UTO PIA

suitable for complete beginners and those with some knowledge of European or Indian classical music. Award-winning journalist Jameela Siddiqi leads the sessions, which feature live music from guests such as sitar player Harmeet Virdee, and Sukhdeep Dhanjal on the tabla.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £60* for 5 sessions

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Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra 12 ensemble Tim Murray conductor Michael Williams librettist, director Cape Town Opera Chorus Wales Millennium Centre and Cape Town Opera present the story of Nelson Mandela, from his tribal initiation rites on the banks of the Mbashe River to incarceration and reflection on Robben Island and finally liberation.

The upbeat jazz tunes and songs of Sophiatown in the central section are framed by traditional African music and contemporary opera in the first and final sections.

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Chineke! Orchestra A F R ICA UTO PIA Kevin John Edusei conductor Sibelius Finlandia Chevalier de Saint-Georges Suite from L’Amant anonyme Haydn Symphony No 85 in B flat (La reine) Dvořák Symphony No 9 in E minor (New World) Chineke! Orchestra returns to Southbank Centre for its second concert, as part of the 2016 Africa Utopia festival. The programme features popular works that have a resonance with the Black community including Sibelius’ Finlandia, which loaned a melody to the Biafran national anthem. Dvořák’s New World Symphony, which reflects the composer’s interest in the AfricanAmerican spirituals he heard during his years in America, closes the concert.

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Universal Notes: Rakesh Chaurasia & Niladri Kumar double bill DAR BAR F EST I VA L Rakesh Chaurasia bansuri Niladri Kumar sitar Jayanthi Kumaresh Saraswati veena Dr S Karthick ghatam Matthew Barley cello Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra INTERVAL Rakesh Chaurasia bansuri Niladri Kumar sitar Pandit Anindo Chatterjee tabla Pandit Kumar Bose tabla This evening’s premiere is the culmination of a year-long partnership between Darbar and the Philharmonia Orchestra, resulting in the creation of Universal Notes, which deliberately moves away from simply jamming or creating a ‘fusion’ music piece. Inspired by the Indian raga the musicians have created an enchanting work of depth and beauty.

Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £50 £35 £28 £15 Premium seats £75*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.

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

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LISTINGS SEP TEMBER

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Morning Raga Time Travel: Roopa Panesar with Anindo Chatterjee DAR BA R FESTIVAL Roopa Panesar sitar Pandit Anindo Chatterjee tabla Enjoy morning ragas with Roopa Panesar in a space overlooking the River Thames. Panesar’s deeply felt, virtuosic ragas are accompanied

by Pandit Anindo Chatterjee on the tabla. In the hands of these two master musicians, the sounds of the sitar and the tabla merge to create an undulating, hypnotic whole.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10am £25*

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan in conversation DAR BA R FESTIVAL Legendary sarod player Ali Khan reflects on his 50-year career. Among other accolades, Khan has been awarded India’s second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.

His wife Subhalakshmi Khan joins him for this candid conversation.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm £10*

A runa Sairam, Jayanthi Kumaresh and Rajan & Sajan Mishra: double bill

Roopa Panesar © Arnhel de Serra

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Yogabliss to Live Music DAR BAR FEST I VA L Come along and gently stretch, bend and twist while calming your mind in our easy-going hatha yoga classes. Guitarist Giuliano Modarelli, who is trained in the classical Indian tradition, plays during the classes. All levels welcome.

Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £20*

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Morning Raga T ime Travel: Morning Bliss with V ishal Jain DAR BAR FEST I VA L Vishal Jain dhrupad vocal Surdarshan Chana jori Hear Vishal Jain perform morning ragas against the backdrop of the River Thames, in his UK debut. Jain balances the power and finesse of his singing with nuanced insight in his interpretations of the dhrupad tradition.

His performance draws on the compositional clarity and subtle poetic sensitivity of dhrupad compositions. Surdarshan Chana provides accompaniment on the jori.

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Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 10am £25*

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Aruna Sairam carnatic vocal Jayanthi Kumaresh Saraswati veena Jyotsna Srikanth violin Patri Satish Kumar mridangam Dr S Karthick ghatam INTERVAL Pandit Rajan Mishra khayal vocal Pandit Sajan Mishra khayal vocal Pandit Kumar Bose tabla Dharamnath Mishra harmonium Immerse yourself in a double bill of vocal-led Carnatic and Hindustani music. The captivating and powerful voice of Aruna Sairam returns to Darbar in duet with India’s finest Saraswati veena maestro Jayanthi Kumaresh. Pandits Rajan and Sajan Mishra, the world’s greatest exponents of the Benares gharana (school of music) make their much awaited Darbar debut.

Royal Festival Hall, 6.30pm £50 £35 £28 £15 Premium seats £75*

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Indian Women in Music

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Join an all-female panel comprising three of India’s finest classical musicians. Shubha Mudgal, Aruna Sairam and Jayanthi Kumaresh discuss subjects ranging from the experience of India’s courtesan artists to the challenges of succeeding as classical musicians in a maledominated tradition.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 1pm £10*

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Shubha Mudgal & Ustad A mjad Ali Khan: double bill

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DA R BAR FEST IVAL Shubha Mudgal khayal vocal Aneesh Pradhan tabla Sudhir Nayak harmonium INTERVAL Ustad Amjad Ali Khan sarod Pandit Anindo Chatterjee tabla Pandit Kumar Bose tabla Vocalist Shubha Mudgal is lauded for her musical intelligence, dynamic vocal abilities and effortless lyricism. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, recognised as one of the world’s most distinguished sarod musicians of today, reveals a rich tapestry of musical heritage through his raga exploration, from simple elaboration to the awe-inspiring climax.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm £50 £35 £28 £15 Premium seats £75*

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Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Andrew Staples tenor Carole Bouquet narrator Philharmonia Voices Tiffin Boys Choir Stravinsky Orpheus; Apollon musagète; Perséphone Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts an all-Stravinsky concert, with narration by legendary French actress Carole Bouquet. Hear Stravinsky’s alluring melodrama based on the Homeric hymn to the goddess Persephone. Then Apollo and Orpheus take to the stage as a result of the creative partnership between Stravinsky and the choreographer George Balanchine, inspiring music of subtlety and beauty.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £33 £27 £22 £17 £14 £11 Signature Seats £50* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Series consultant Jonathan Cross in conversation with musicologist Tamara Levitz, exploring Perséphone. Admission free.

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Vladimir Jurowski conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Szymanowski Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2 Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Suite At the dawn of the 20th century Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune released a flood-tide of musical colour, and Vladimir Jurowski has chosen an opening night that’s positively drenched in it. Nicola Benedetti dazzles in Szymanowski’s two Violin Concertos, playing this sensuous music with radiance and panache. Then the full orchestra goes for broke as it enters the neon-lit fantasy-world of Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Professor Jim Samson from Royal Holloway, University of London, looks at the two very different violin concertos by Szymanowski. Admission free.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Romantic S ymphony R Vladimir Jurowski conductor Valery Afanassiev piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Bruckner Symphony No.4 (Romantic) The first notes of Bruckner’s Fourth have got to be amongst the most magical beginnings in all music. The air seems to shimmer, and a horn calls softly from the mists: no wonder he called this symphony the ‘Romantic’. It’s a noble counterpart to Beethoven’s brilliant First Piano Concerto, as the 20-something genius composer runs exuberantly off the leash in music that wears its classical credentials with irresistibly romantic flair.

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

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Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Peter Sellars director Katarina Dalayman Jocasta Joseph Kaiser Oedipus Sir Willard White Tiresias/Messenger/Creon Joshua Stewart Shepherd Orphei Drängar Ladies of the Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör Ladies of the Sofia Vokalensemble Stravinsky Oedipus rex; Symphony of Psalms Monumental. Formal. Stylised. To a text

by Cocteau derived from Sophocles and translated back into Latin, Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex is a chilling retelling of the tragic myth. The Latin Psalms, too, seemingly so ancient, so distant, speak here of the tragedy of exile through a music of austerity and intensity.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £33 £27 £22 £17 £14 £11 Signature Seats £50*

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The Best of James Bond

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £25 £20 Premium seats £55*

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What You Ne e d to Know – 20 01: A Space O dyssey, Kubrick In Depth Stanley Kubrick was perhaps the most musical of all film makers. Our film and music experts reveal how Kubrick chose existing music and cut the films to it in a way that is almost like composition.

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Conducted by André de Ridder, the magisterial forces of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonia Voices join together to perform the film’s extraordinary soundtrack, as a live accompaniment to a screening. Kubrick’s seminal film is celebrated for its technological realism, its innovative special effects and its bold use of music, including Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, music by György Ligeti, and Johann Strauss’ Blue Danube waltz.

Ages 12+. Contains mild horror.

Hear iconic music celebrating 50 years of the UK’s most famous secret service agent. Bond songs are performed in a programme that also features a tribute to other spies from around the world. Includes music from Live and Let Die, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Skyfall, Spectre and more.

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Presented in association with the BFI with support from Warner Bros.

London Concert Orchestra John Rigby conductor Louise Dearman guest singer Ricardo Afonso guest singer

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Jane Parker-Smith, organ O Marcel Lanquetuit Toccata in D Liszt Orpheus symphonic poem transc.

Guillou for organ, S.672a Andreas Willscher Toccata alla Rumba (Allegro barbaro) Healley Willan Introduction, passacaglia and fugue in E flat minor Louis Vierne Symphonie No.2 in E minor, Op.20 Jane Parker-Smith makes a triumphant return to Royal Festival Hall. Renowned for her interpretations of 20th-century French organ music, which she studied in Paris under the legendary Jean Langlais, she presents two toccatas and two substantive works: Louis Vierne’s Second Symphony, with its scintillating outer movements, and Healey Willan’s celebrated dark and powerful Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker and guests explore the riches of the organ repertoire. Admission free.

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Mozart Sonata in B flat, K.333 Chopin Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funèbre) Scriabin Sonata No.2 in G sharp minor, Op.19 (Sonata-fantasy) Granados Los Requiebros (Goyescas No.1) El Fandango de candil (Goyescas No.3) Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254

This family concert is inspired by the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s celebration of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius this autumn.

We meet elves, boggarts, kings and queens amid a magical whirlwind of sounds from the mountains and enchanted valleys of Finland and Scandinavia.

Young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor has been hailed as ‘one in a million – several million’.

In this concert he opens with the filigree delicacy of Mozart in the Sonata in B flat, K.333, then presents Chopin’s Sonata No.2, celebrated for its famous Funeral March. The second half travels to Russia with Scriabin’s heady and atmospheric Sonata No.2, then the vivid Spanish soundworld of Granados and, to close, Rhapsodie espagnole by Liszt which reaches supreme heights of pianistic display.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38* £5 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon Adults £18 £16 £14 £12 £10 Children £9 £8 £7 £6 £5* Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 2pm: free musical activities, including the chance to have a go at playing an instrument.

Admission free.

Kreut zer vs Kreut zer: Aurora Orchestra with Katherine Parkinson & Samuel West P OW E R O F P OW E R F EST I VA L

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: A Mat ter of Life and Death R Thomas Søndergård conductor Sergej Krylov violin Sibelius King Kristian II Suite A. Panufnik Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.5

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Shostakovich called his Fifth Symphony ‘a Soviet artist’s creative response to just criticism’, but, like everything in Stalin’s Russia, the reality was more complicated. Conductor Thomas Søndergård brings his trademark energy to music that really is a matter of life and death. It’s the ideal companion piece for the atmospheric Violin Concerto by Andrzej Panufnik and the rich Nordic colours of Sibelius’ evocation of a doomed romance, far away and long ago.

Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra Tamara Harvey director Katherine Parkinson The Woman Samuel West The Man Thomas Gould violin Ana-Maria Vera piano

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

The latest instalment in Aurora Orchestra’s Orchestral Theatre series features a ‘play for voices’ by one of the UK’s most exciting playwrights, Laura Wade. Inspired by Tolstoy’s great tale of sexual jealousy, Kreutzer vs Kreutzer ventures behind the closed door of the music room into a world of ungoverned passion.

Featuring Beethoven’s Kreutzer Violin Sonata and Janáček’s String Quartet of the same name, Wade’s play explores the love triangle between three great works. BAFTA Award-winner Katherine Parkinson and Samuel West star.

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Lady Camilla Panufnik joins actor and music enthusiast Simon Callow to share an insight into her late husband’s life and music.

Admission free.

Laura Wade Kreutzer vs Kreutzer – a play for voices featuring: Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op.47 (Kreutzer) Janáček String Quartet No.1 (The Kreutzer Sonata)

Royal Festival Hall, 4pm £30 £25 £20* * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Mozar t and Mahler R

London Philharmonic Orchestra: The Symphony Lives R

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Lucas Debargue piano Sofia Fomina soprano

Vladimir Jurowski conductor Thomas Zehetmair violin

Haydn Overture, The Apothecary Mozart Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491 Mahler Symphony No.4 Mahler’s final word was ‘Mozart’. And there’s no doubt that when you place the two composers together, they throw a fascinating light on each other – especially when one of the works in question is Mahler’s elegant Fourth Symphony.

But there are ominous depths beneath its playful surface, just as the impassioned Piano Concerto No.24 reveals a side of Mozart that’s a million miles from periwigs and minuets. It’s an inspired pairing – and an LPO debut for Lucas Debargue, the pianist who caused a sensation at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition.

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

Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments (vers. 1947); Variations in memoriam Aldous Huxley Zimmermann Violin Concerto Henze Symphony No.7

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Powerful, poetic and unashamedly grand, Henze’s Seventh Symphony is written in the tradition of Beethoven and Mahler that speaks directly to audiences here and now.

Vladimir Jurowski has paired it with two timeless classics by Stravinsky – and is joined by Thomas Zehetmair to perform the extraordinary post-war Violin Concerto by Zimmermann. Four masterpieces that simply demand to be heard.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Gramophone critic and Henze biographer Guy Rickards looks at Henze’s importance as a 20th-century symphonist.

Admission free.

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London Sinfoniet ta: Images of Italy R

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Marco Angius conductor Anna Radziejewska mezzo soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra: Mahler – Das Lie d von der Erde R

Programme includes Salvatore Sciarrino ….da un Divertimento; Immaginare il Deserto (UK premiere) Berio Folk Songs The London Sinfonietta’s 2016/17 season opens with music from three generations of Italian composers. Salvatore Sciarrino is one of the greatest living Italian composers, whose music evokes a haunting and fragile sound world. Luciano Berio is a giant of 20thcentury music and his Folk Songs are simple settings from around the world, reflecting the composer’s eclectic outlook.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £15* (unreserved)

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Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Robert Dean Smith tenor Matthias Goerne baritone

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The Planets

Schubert Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished) Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

Philharmonia Orchestra Damian Iorio conductor Ronan O’Hora piano Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Holst The Planets Holst’s evocative and powerful planetary masterpiece crowns an evening of sublime music.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £52.50 £46.50 £34.50 £26.50 £19.50 £16.50*

‘I believe this is the most personal thing I have done.’ So wrote Mahler, devastated by the sudden death of his daughter Anna Maria and the swift diagnosis of his own incurable heart disease. Das Lied hovers elegiacally between song and symphony, placing our own transience and mortality against the constant regeneration of the earth. Preceding it is a performance of Schubert’s most popular symphony, his Unfinished.

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

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Pride and Passion R

Philharmonia Orchestra: Temirkanov conducts Tchaikovsk y R

OS M O VÄNSK Ä: SIBE L I US SYM PH O NY CYC L E Osmo Vänskä conductor Simone Lamsma violin

Yuri Temirkanov conductor Sergey Khachatryan violin Glazunov Concert Valse No.2 in F, Op.51 Sibelius Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5

Sibelius Karelia Suite Britten Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No.1 Osmo Vänskä launches the LPO’s Sibelius Cycle with the cheerful patriotism of the Karelia Suite and the romantic verve of the First Symphony – music of primal forces and heady romance.

In between comes Britten’s anguished Violin Concerto, written on the brink of the Second World War and performed tonight by the young virtuoso Simone Lamsma. Expect dark visions and big tunes: a stirring start to a truly epic tale.

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

Music from the f ilm Tous les matins du monde: Jordi Savall & Le C oncer t des Nations C

Soaring, lyrical, fantastical, Sibelius wrote his Violin Concerto for his ‘dearest wish’ – the virtuoso he never became, while in his own words, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth symphony marked his ‘complete resignation before Fate’. Fate winds unrelenting through each movement, interrupting a love song, cutting in on a waltz and finally taking on the form of a march into the blazing finale.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert performance. Philharmonia Chamber Players.

Admission free.

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Mozart Variations in F on Paisiello’s ‘Salve tu, Domine’, K.398 Beethoven Sonata in F, Op.54 Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Fantasiebilder), Op.26 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Jordi Savall © David Ignaszewski

Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall director/bass viol Manfredo Kraemer violin Philippe Pierlot bass viol Rolf Lislevand theorbo Michael Behringer harpsichord Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations perform atmospheric early music from the soundtrack of the Gérard Depardieu film Tous les matins du monde. The film follows viol player Marin Marais as he attempts to become a pupil of master musician Monsieur de SainteColombe. Performing on period instruments, Savall and Le Concert des Nations bring to life 17th-century passion and heartbreak.

Please note, this performance does not include a screening of the film.

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

Since winning the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition, the young Italian pianist Federico Colli has been thrilling audiences worldwide. Colli’s programme opens with the graceful charm of Mozart’s Variations on a Theme by Paisiello, followed by Beethoven’s Sonata Op.54, a two-part work that displays the subtle and intimate side of the composer’s piano writing. Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival Jest in Vienna) follows – an exuberant and impassioned set of pieces, featuring a ‘joke’ quotation from La Marseillaise, which was banned in Vienna at the time.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38* £5 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Triumph and Tranquilit y R

Philharmonia Orchestra: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition R

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Katy Woolley & Kira Doherty, Philharmonia Orchestra © Felix Broede

Yu-Chien Tseng

Krzysztof Urbański conductor Nikolai Lugansky piano

Osmo Vänskä conductor Yu-Chien Tseng violin

Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite No.1; Piano Concerto Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition orch. Ravel

Sibelius Symphony No.3 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Sibelius Symphony No.2 The second instalment of Osmo Vänskä’s Sibelius adventure with the LPO ranges from the classical energy of Sibelius’ Third Symphony to the mighty emotional odyssey of the ever-popular Second – and it all ends in a blaze of glory. We also hear the winner of the 2015 Singapore International Violin Competition, violinist Yu-Chien Tseng, take wing in Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending.

Like Sibelius’ symphonies, this is music rooted in its own sense of place that somehow speaks with a universal voice.

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

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London Sinfoniet ta: C ONNECT – The Audience as A r tist R Christian Mason In the Midst of the Sonorous Islands (World premiere) Huang Ruo The Sonic Great Wall (World premiere) CONNECT is a pan-European initiative creating a dynamic new relationship between ensemble, composer and audience. Two ground-breaking public participation pieces are premiered across Europe in autumn 2016, allowing audiences with curious ears the opportunity to become part of the sound world on stage. This evening’s performance is preceded by a daylong conference exploring how new music can be made accessible to wider audiences.

Grieg and Mussorgsky exemplify storytelling music with these works. In Peer Gynt, the hero hurtles through the Nordic countryside to the eerie kingdoms of the Hall of the Mountain King.

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition curates a musical walk around a gallery past paintings of gnomes, witches, medieval castles and the final pealing bells of the ‘Great Gate of Kiev’.

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

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: LP O Foy le Future Firsts R Osmo Vänskä conductor Sibelius En Saga LPO Foyle Future Firsts present a rarely heard octet arrangement by Jaakko Kuusisto of Sibelius’ En Saga.

Royal Festival Hall, 6pm. Admission free.

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St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £10* (unreserved)

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Darkness and Light R

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Towards the Horizon R

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Tasmin Little © Benjamin Ealovega

Osmo Vänskä conductor Raphael Wallfisch cello

Osmo Vänskä conductor Tasmin Little violin

Elgar Cello Concerto Sibelius Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5 in E

Sibelius The Oceanides Walton Violin Concerto Sibelius Symphony No.6; Symphony No.7

Sibelius was a man of extremes: in fact, some would say that his darkest symphony is also his greatest. In his enigmatic Fourth Symphony, he stares into the bleakest corners of the human soul – and finds a surprising strength. And then, in his Fifth, he creates a vision of hope and renewal, crowned by one of the simplest but most unforgettable tunes ever written.

Meanwhile, in a quiet woodland cottage, Elgar was channelling all his dreams and sorrows into his haunting Cello Concerto, performed on this occasion by Raphael Wallfisch.

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

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Philharmonia Orchestra R G E R MAN ROMANTIC S, PART I Karl-Heinz Steffens conductor Arabella Steinbacher violin Beethoven Overture, Leonore No.3 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No.2 Three keystones of the German Romantic movement are conducted by Maestro Karl-Heinz Steffens, formerly Principal Clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic. Mendelssohn wrote that the melody that opens his Violin Concerto ‘will not leave me in peace’ – this lyrical masterpiece is performed by virtuoso Arabella Steinbacher.

While composing his idyllic Second Symphony Brahms told a friend that ‘melodies flow so freely that one must be careful not to tread on them’.

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‘Other composers serve colourful cocktails,’ said Jean Sibelius. ‘I serve pure cold water.’

Not that there’s anything cool about the luminous Mediterranean seascape of The Oceanides – or, for that matter, Walton’s glittering Italian fantasy of a violin concerto, played this evening by Tasmin Little. But there’s no mistaking the purity and freshness of the Finnish landscape of Sibelius’ Sixth Symphony – it’s some of the most serenely beautiful music he ever wrote. Finally, Osmo Vänskä reaches the climax of his Sibelius cycle with the monumental Seventh Symphony: a life’s work brought to completion in a single mighty gesture.

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

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What You Ne e d to Know: Debussy, L a Mer In Depth Debussy’s mighty depiction of the sea is at the heart of this study day, in which experts examine how music that is so revolutionary and innovative has managed, still, to be hugely popular with audiences.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon – 4pm £25 students £7.40*

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The Best of John Williams

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Meow Meow’s Pandemonium R

London Concert Orchestra Anthony Inglis conductor Nothing can compare to the iconic film scores of John Williams. This concert presents his most popular music including Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, ET, Close Encounters, Superman, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List and more.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50*

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Iain Grandage conductor Thomas M Lauderdale piano Meow Meow and members of Pink Martini

The Bach Choir: Best of British – Belsha zzar ’s Feast David Hill conductor Mark Stone baritone Stanford Song to the Soul Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Walton Belshazzar’s Feast The Bach Choir presents the first of two ‘Best of British’ concerts. Walton’s dramatic and fast-moving cantata, Belshazzar’s Feast, is accompanied by the London premiere of Stanford’s beautiful Song to the Soul, as well as two audience favourites from Britten and Vaughan Williams.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £49 £35 £26 £19 £10*

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Comedienne extraordinaire Meow Meow brings her glorious brand of subversive and sublime performance to Royal Festival Hall.

Piano virtuoso Thomas M Lauderdale, with a trio of musicians from his band Pink Martini and the London Philharmonic Orchestra join the spectacular queen of song for an evening of exquisite music and much mayhem. Prepare for Piazzolla tangos, Weill, Brecht, Brel, even Radiohead, along with chansons by Meow.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £25* LPO series discounts do not apply to this event.

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Les Siè cles, Orchestra of the A ge François-Xavier Roth of Enlightenment: Bach – A Family Affair R

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St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60*

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François-Xavier Roth conductor Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano Grégoire Pont animator Debussy Jeux Ravel Piano Concerto for the left hand; Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose), complete ballet with live animation by Grégoire Pont Debussy La mer Be enchanted by the imaginings of two influential French composers and exquisite live animations. With founder and principal conductor François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles is known for combining period instruments and a fresh approach. For Ravel’s Piano Concerto, the group is joined by star soloist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and their performance of the gorgeous Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) is accompanied by Grégoire Pont’s hand-drawn illustrations, created live to the performance.

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by C andlelight Mozart Festival Orchestra in full 18th century costume Steven Devine conductor David Juritz violin Crispian Steele Perkins trumpet Keri Fuge soprano Samantha Price mezzo-soprano Sam Furness tenor Barnaby Rea bass City of London Choir Handel Selection from Water Music Suites Vivaldi The Four Seasons Mozart Requiem

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Edward Gardner conductor Lise Davidsen soprano Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano René Barbera tenor Alexander Vinogradov bass Rodolfus Choir Philharmonia Voices

The Mozart Festival Orchestra presents a programme of masterpieces in an evocative candlelit-style setting. The musicians perform in resplendent costume of the period.

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Verdi Requiem Edward Gardner, formerly Music Director of English National Opera, channels the combined forces of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Rodolfus Choir and Philharmonia Voices for Verdi’s epic Requiem. Written for his dear friend, writer Alessandro Manzoni, the explosive work is an otherworldly drama powered by emotional intensity, haunted by offstage trumpets and bass drum thunder.

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Bach French Suite No.5 in G, BWV.816 Schumann Etudes symphoniques, Op.13 vers. without Op.posth. variations Balakirev Nocturne No.2 in B minor Rachmaninov Selection from Etudestableaux, Op.39 Prokofiev Sonata No.7 in B flat, Op.83 Danny Driver has been praised by Gramophone for his ‘irreproachably eager and stylish pianism’. This concert is his debut in the International Piano Series and he begins his programme with two composers in whose music he is especially celebrated: Bach and Schumann. The second half is devoted to Russian music: a soulful rarity in the Nocturne No.2 by Balakirev and works by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38* £5 student tickets are available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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

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Sir Mark Elder conductor Lucy Crowe soprano Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Peter Rose bass London Philharmonic Choir Beethoven Mass in D (Missa solemnis) ‘Written from the heart – that it may go to the heart’, was how Beethoven described his masterpiece, Missa Solemnis, over which he laboured for four years. In it, one of the greatest geniuses of Western art grapples with the questions of human existence. The result is intensely beautiful and profoundly moving. Sir Mark Elder shares a lifetime’s experience in this performance; add the London Philharmonic Choir and a superb team of soloists and this is an evening bound to stay with you for years.

There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 9pm

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Davis Napoleon (film score) Carl Davis conducts his score for Abel Gance’s epic 1927 silent film Napoleon, presented live with a screening of the film. With the new digital version of the BFI-Photoplay restoration, complete with its dazzling triptych finale, music and film lovers are given a rare opportunity to experience one of the greatest achievements in cinema history: a seamless blend of epic film and Davis’ own unique creative genius.

Please note start time. There are three intervals including a 1 hour 40 minute interval at approx.

5.30pm. The performance ends at approx. 10pm.

Presented by special arrangement with Photoplay Productions and the BFI National Archive.

Royal Festival Hall, 2pm £48 £39 £28 £22 £15 Signature Seats £65*

Paavo Järvi conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Haydn Symphony No.102 in B flat Brahms Violin Concerto in D Nielsen Symphony No.2 (The Four Temperaments)

Orion Orchestra Toby Purser conductor Simon Trpčeski piano James O’Donnell organ Rebecca Evans soprano Streetwise Opera Bernstein Overture, Candide; Mambo from West Side Story Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; Summertime from Porgy and Bess; I Got Rhythm from Girl Crazy Barber Adagio for Strings Richard Rogers You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel; Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific Copland Excerpts from Old American Songs Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever arr. Raymond Yiu for orchestra & organ A star-studded evening of 20th-century American classics in aid of The Passage – a charity that provides the resources to encourage homeless people to transform their lives.

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Anne-Sophie Mutter is quite simply one of the best violinists in the world. Any chance to hear her live is a major occasion and to hear her scale the heights of Beethoven’s huge, sunlit Violin Concerto is something very special indeed. To accompany her, Robin Ticciati makes a welcome return – bringing all his insight and sense of theatre to Dvořák’s best-loved symphony too.

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Beethoven Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No.9 (From the New World)

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Philharmonia Orchestra in association with Southbank Centre.

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Robin Ticciati conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

The inspiration for Nielsen’s Second Symphony came during a day spent drinking beer in a village pub. A cartoon sketch of the Four Temperaments – choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic and sanguine – hung above Nielsen’s table, lending their names to the symphony’s four movements. Before that, Brahms’ Violin Concerto is performed by one the greatest violinists in the world, Leonidas Kavakos: ‘fabulously poised with an exceptional dynamic range’ (The Guardian).

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Music of Today.

Early & New – Anna-Maria Helsing conducts works by Harrison Birtwistle and Betsy Jolas, inspired by Renaissance music.

Admission free.

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London Sinfonietta: Beat Furrer – FAMA

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Schubert Sonata in B flat, D.960 Chopin Nocturnes: Op.9: No.1 in B flat minor; No.2 in E flat & B.49 (Op. posth.) in C sharp minor; Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, Op.61; Polonaise in A flat, Op.53

Beat Furrer conductor Eva Furrer flute Isabelle Menke actress

Ingolf Wunder performs Schubert’s haunting, other-worldly last sonata, and poetic pieces

by Chopin. When he first performed at the International Piano Series, The Guardian’s critic declared: ‘It is a long time since I’ve heard a young pianist make such an impression on his debut’. The young Austrian scooped second prize at the 2010 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and went on to record for Deutsche Grammophon.

Beat Furrer FAMA for speaker, 8 voices & instrumental ensemble (UK premiere)

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

After a decade of performances across Europe, Beat Furrer’s FAMA, hailed as ‘a miracle’ on its premiere in Germany in 2005, finally arrives in the UK. Based on the novella Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler, FAMA follows the story of a distressed young woman forced into prostitution in order to pay her father’s debts. But in Furrer’s music, nothing is as it first appears: linear time seems to dissolve and a momentary snapshot becomes the subject of an intense narrative, as Furrer gives audible expression to a series of shocking events.

£5 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

Beat Furrer © David Furrer

There is no interval in this performance which ends at approx. 8.45pm

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £20* (unreserved)

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Bar tók & Shostakovich – From the East R Juraj Valčuha conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Bartók Violin Concerto No.2 Shostakovich Symphony No.8 in C minor Hear Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony, which was publicly described as his ‘attempt to reflect the terrible tragedy of war’. Written in 1943 during a climate of Stalinist oppression, the score is also concerned with isolation and terror, and frequently shot through with icy cries into the dark. In 1939, Bartók was equally fearful for Europe. His rhapsodic Violin Concerto – performed here by Frank Peter Zimmermann – is laced with folk-like calls from a homeland he feared would soon be unrecognisable.

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Alice Sara Ott piano Borodin Overture, Prince Igor Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Rachmaninov Symphony No.1 Vladimir Ashkenazy’s exploration of Rachmaninov’s orchestral works culminates with the composer’s First Symphony. Overflowing with ideas, the work is unified by an ever-evolving motif shaped by the ‘Dies Irae’ of Gregorian chant, a stamp that would appear again and again in Rachmaninov’s music. Also hear the sweeping lyricism of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, performed by rising-star pianist Alice Sara Ott.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Parisian Blues R Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Julian Bliss clarinet Barber Overture, The School for Scandal Wayne Shorter Clarinet Concerto (World premiere)* Gershwin An American in Paris Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 Imagine sunrise spreading over an enchanted world, as streams glitter, breezes stir and birds sing for joy. Now imagine it in sound – and you’re getting close to the sonic wonder of Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloé. This concert is all about the joy of sound, from Barber’s sassy Art-Deco Overture, to Gershwin’s fabulously jazzy postcard from Paris . Expect some stylish conducting from Andrés Orozco-Estrada and music-making that’s charged with electricity as Julian Bliss commits body and soul to a stunning new Clarinet Concerto by jazz legend Wayne Shorter.

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Julian Bliss discusses and demonstrates Wayne Shorter’s new Clarinet Concerto. Admission free.

Mozart Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453 Bartók Divertimento Mozart Piano Concerto No.25 in C, K.503 Leading Mozartian Mitsuko Uchida directs these two expressive concertos from the piano.

Her performance with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra marks the beginning of a three-year collaboration between Uchida and Southbank Centre. Mozart’s inventive Piano Concerto No.17 was written for one of his students in 1784; in May that year the composer bought a starling that could sing its principal theme.

This was the third of 12 ‘great’ concertos, all of which were written over a period of just two years, culminating in the intricate Piano Concerto No.25.

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Nicholas Collon conductor Francesco Piemontesi piano Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Ravel Piano Concerto in G Walton Symphony No.1 in B flat minor A performance of inventive masterworks

by Vaughan Williams, Ravel and Walton, all composed in a peacetime that was not to last. Infused with jazz, Basque and Spanish influences, Ravel’s dreamlike Piano Concerto (1931) is juxtaposed with the pastoral tranquillity of Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia (1910). William Walton’s powerful, Sibeliusinspired Symphony No.1 (1934) is full of driving rhythms and searing intensity.

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John Wilson & the John Wilson Orchestra: Music from the Movies John Wilson’s handpicked orchestra of virtuoso players return with their brand new show of musical masterpieces from the movies, including Funny Girl, Gigi and My Fair Lady.

The Orchestra has established an international reputation through its performances of repertoire from the golden era of Hollywood and Broadway musicals and music for the big screen. With special guests.

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Hilary Hahn violin Weber Overture, Euryanthe Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 Beethoven Symphony No.3 (Eroica) Two chords slam out, and music is changed forever. Forged by an angry young genius in an age of revolution, Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony electrified the world of music when it was first performed – and it’s still thrilling today. Under Principal Guest Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, it’s a fitting climax to a concert that buzzes with romantic energy, from the pageantry of Weber’s flamboyant overture to the gypsy dances of Bruch’s ever-popular Violin Concerto No.1 – performed by a true superstar amongst international violinists, Hilary Hahn.

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

Louis S chwizgebel, piano P Mozart Sonata in D, K.576 Schumann Kinderszenen, Op.15 Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO.80 Schubert Sonata in C minor, D.958 Swiss pianist Louis Schwizgebel, acclaimed

by The Guardian as ‘a pianist with a profound gift’, presents music by some of the piano repertoire’s greatest composers. He opens with the poised brilliance of Mozart’s last piano sonata, then turns to Schumann’s much-loved Kinderszenen, which depicts a series of tender childhood images. Beethoven’s intense, volcanic Variations in C minor launches the second half, and to close there is Schubert’s Sonata in C minor, which picks up on Beethoven’s high drama and mingles it with Schubert’s deeply personal writing.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38* £5 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Tchaikovsky – Winter Tales R Jac van Steen conductor Veronika Dzhioeva soprano Tommi Hakala baritone Tchaikovsky Polonaise, Tatiana’s Letter Scene, Waltz scene & Final scene from Eugene Onegin; Excerpts from Swan Lake & The Nutcracker Scenes from Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky’s heartfelt opera of love, loss and regret, come together with music from his best-loved ballets. Swan Lake tells of a beautiful swan princess and her prince’s doomed attempts to save her, while in The Nutcracker, it is Christmas Eve and toy soldiers, sugar plum fairies and military mice come to life.

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

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London Sinfoniet ta: S chne e (Snow) R Thierry Fischer conductor Michael Cox piccolo Morgan Hayes New work (World premiere) Simon Holt Piccolo Concerto (Fool is hurt) (UK premiere) Hans Abrahamsen Schnee (Snow) Hans Abrahamsen’s Schnee – regarded already as a modern masterpiece – is a series of beautiful, contemplative and haunting musical canons inspired by JS Bach, creating aural images of snow. Simon Holt’s piccolo concerto Fool is Hurt is an important new work from this celebrated British composer.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £15* (unreserved)

St John’s Smith Square at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Louis Schwizgebel discusses the evening’s programme.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra of the A ge Orchestra: Postc ards of Enlightenment: from Russia R Christmas Oratorio, Vladimir Jurowski conductor par ts 1–3 R Steven Isserlis cello

Glinka Spanish Overtures Nos. 1 & 2 Prokofiev Cello Concerto Dargomïzhsky Baba-Yaga, fantasia Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2 (Little Russian) Whether they were in the St Petersburg of the Tsars, or Moscow under the Soviets, Russian composers wrote music without boundaries.

Dargomïzhsky imagined Russian folklore’s very worst witch flying from the heart of Russia to the coast of Latvia; Tchaikovsky took a Ukrainian folk song and transformed it into a riot of symphonic colour. Prokofiev poured out his heart in a cello concerto that goes far beyond its modest title, which is performed in this concert by Steven Isserlis, one of its most masterful living interpreters. Mikhail Glinka has the time of his life in sunny Spain – a delightfully irreverent starting point for a voyage of musical discovery.

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

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Masaaki Suzuki conductor Anna Dennis soprano Robin Blaze countertenor Jeremy Budd tenor Ashley Riches baritone Choir of the Age of Enlightenment Bach Christmas Oratorio: Part 1, Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage; Part 2, Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend; Motet, Singet dem Herrn, BWV.225; Christmas Oratorio: Part 3, Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen Masaaki Suzuki, renowned Bach specialist and winner of the 2012 Bach Prize, conducts Bach’s Christmas Oratorio over two concerts.

This monumental retelling of the birth of Christ is also a definitive guide to what music is and how to do it. This first concert features parts one to three, which are based on the Gospel of Matthew and tell the story of Jesus’ birth and the arrival of the shepherds. Part two is on Saturday 10 December.

Philharmonia at the Movies: Ge orge Fenton – The L ady in the Van R

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Messiah by C andlelight Mozart Festival Orchestra Oliver Gooch conductor Susanna Hurrell soprano Clare Presland mezzo-soprano David Butt Philip tenor Morgan Pearse baritone London Philharmonic Choir

George Fenton conductor Clare Hammond piano Introduced by Alan Bennett An evening of film music by the great British screen composer George Fenton. The programme features Fenton’s score to Sir Nicholas Hytner’s recent hit The Lady in the Van introduced by the author Alan Bennett.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48 £39 £28 £22 £15 Signature Seats £65*

Handel Messiah Handel’s choral masterpiece is performed by the Mozart Festival Orchestra in full 18th century costume. They are joined by four soloists for this concert staged in an evocative candle-lit style setting.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50*

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Rachmaninoff in Love R Vladimir Jurowski conductor Jan Lisiecki piano Glinka Valse fantasie in B minor Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 Rachmaninoff Symphony No.1

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Masaaki Suzuki conductor Anna Dennis soprano Robin Blaze countertenor Jeremy Budd tenor Ashley Riches baritone Choir of the Age of Enlightenment Bach Sanctus from B minor Mass, BWV.232 Christmas Oratorio: Part 4, Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben; Part 5, Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen; Part 6, Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben The second concert of the OAE’s performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio features parts four to six, which are based on the Gospel of Luke and cover the naming of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi. Part one is on Friday 9 December.

Inside the young Rachmaninoff was a volcano of passion – and in his First Symphony, it erupts. Soaring melodies, blazing fanfares and dark emotion. Vladimir Jurowski loves it, and he feels the same way about Glinka’s delicious little miniature from the ballrooms of imperial St Petersburg. At the age of 21, meanwhile, Jan Lisiecki has already emerged as one of the supreme Chopin interpreters of our time. Chopin was only 20 when he wrote his First Concerto, so it’s hard to imagine a better champion for this gloriously romantic music.

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Christmas Classic s with the Philharmonia Orchestra R David Hill conductor Ailish Tynan soprano The Bach Choir The Young Singers Programme includes: Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival David Willcocks Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Humperdinck Overture, Hansel and Gretel Bach Ave Maria arr. Gounod Adolphe Adam O holy night arr. Rutter Christmas Carol Joy to the world arr. Cullen Plus carols for all Hear carols and classics from the Philharmonia Orchestra and The Bach Choir, and help get your Christmas celebrations started.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £49.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50*

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Andrew Lumsden conductor Erica Eloff soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons mezzo-soprano Winchester Cathedral Choir The Waynflete Singers Programme includes: Handel Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1) Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Harold Darke In the bleak midwinter Berlioz The Shepherd’s Farewell from L’enfance du Christ Vivaldi Gloria FX Gruber Silent Night Plus carols for all The Winchester Cathedral Choir is joined by the Philharmonia Orchestra for a concert of Christmas classics, crowned by Vivaldi’s magnificent Gloria.

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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain: Totally Te enage

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Sunlight and S torm Clouds R Manfred Honeck conductor Ray Chen violin Brahms Violin Concerto in D; Symphony No.1 Brahms’ First Symphony is the work of a young artist wrestling with love, loss and the whole weight of musical history. From the pounding heartbeats of its opening to the heavenstorming triumph of its closing bars, this is a symphony written in blood and tears; a fitting challenge for the great Viennese conductor Manfred Honeck. First though, comes another, gentler side of Brahms’ genius, as the winner of both the Queen Elisabeth and Yehudi Menuhin competitions, Ray Chen, scales the peaks of Brahms’ Violin Concerto: refreshment for the spirit, bathed in Alpine sunlight.

John Wilson conductor Tamara Stefanovich piano Brett Dean Komarov’s Fall Szymanowski Symphony No.4 (Symphonie concertante) for piano & orchestra, Op.60 Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

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

One hundred and sixty-four of the brightest and best British teenage musicians led by inspirational conductor John Wilson present an evening filled with mystery, drama, hope and redemption. The rousing programme culminates in Rachmaninov’s opulently lyrical Symphony No.2, the epitome of the Romantic symphony.

This music is compelling, inspiring, powerful and, in the hands of the world’s greatest orchestra of teenagers, totally uplifting.

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Johann S trauss Gala Johann Strauss Orchestra Johann Strauss Dancers

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Programme includes Strauss (son) Blue Danube Waltz; Overture from Die Fledermaus; Champagne Polka; Roses from the South Waltz; Strauss (father) Radetzky-March

Andris Nelsons conductor

Spend an enchanting afternoon enjoying all your favourite waltzes, polkas and songs from the Strauss era. The Johann Strauss Orchestra is joined by a soprano soloist and the Johann Strauss Dancers.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42.50 £36.50 £29.50 £24.50 £19.50 £14.50*

Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner’s majestic Fifth Symphony. Variously referred to as the ‘Tragic’, ‘Church of Faith’ or because of its opening string sound, the ‘Pizzicato’ Symphony, Bruckner drives each moment forward to a breathtaking final movement propelled by increasingly intricate fugal melodies and stunning chorale.

There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approx. 8.50pm.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Music of Today.

A portrait of Austrian composer Bernd Richard Deutsch, conducted by JeanPhilippe Wurtz. Admission free.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Fidelio R

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Vladimir Jurowski conductor Ben Johnson Jaquino Sofia Fomina Marzelline Peter Rose Rocco Anja Kampe Leonore Christopher Purves Don Pizarro Michael König Florestan Ronan Collett Don Fernando London Voices Beethoven Fidelio (concert performance, sung in German with an English narration) Chained in a dungeon, an innocent man awaits certain death. But as the world goes about its business above him, someone has remembered his plight – and maybe the new prison-warder, Fidelio, holds the key to his fate. Beethoven loved his only opera more than anything he ever wrote. Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO are joined by London Voices and a world-class cast to retell one of the most inspiring stories ever set to music.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: Vladimir Jurowski discusses this performance of Fidelio within the context of the Southbank Centre’s Belief and Beyond Belief festival.

Admission free.

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Philharmonia Orchestra Nelsons: Bruckner – S ymphony No.9 R Andris Nelsons conductor Paul Lewis piano Mozart Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat, K.595 Bruckner Symphony No.9 Mozart’s last piano concerto comes together with Bruckner’s final symphony. Ever-building, ever-reaching upwards, Bruckner’s music carries an elemental force. The third movement was the last the composer was to complete, a prophetically self-titled ‘Farewell to Life’ with Bruckner left still at work on the Symphony’s fourth movement the day he died.

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 concert.

Admission free.

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard & Tamara Stefanovich © Neda Navaee

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Tamara Stefanovich piano Brahms Sonata in F minor for two pianos, Op.34b Messiaen Visions de l’amen Composed in 1943, soon after his release from a German prison camp, Messiaen’s Visions de l’amen is a musical outpouring of Catholic faith and spiritual ecstasy incorporating tolling bells and rapturous birdsong. Brahms’ Sonata for two pianos is better known in its later incarnation as his Piano Quintet in F minor.

Clara Schumann advised him to remodel it, however Brahms preferred it in the two-piano version performed this evening.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38* £5 student tickets are available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: 20thCentur y Discoveries R B E L I E F A N D B E YO N D B E L I E F Vladimir Jurowski conductor Kim Kashkashian viola Giya Kancheli Mourned by the wind – liturgy for viola & orchestra Martinů Memorial to Lidice Vaughan Williams Symphony No.9 From the depths of the Second World War, Bohuslav Martinů cries out in anguish and rage. In Soviet Georgia, Giya Kancheli mourns a friend with a beautiful musical liturgy performed by one of the world’s finest viola players. The 85-year-old Vaughan Williams rages against the dying of the light in a Ninth Symphony of breathtaking ambition and imaginative fire. Three great composers, three extraordinary testimonies.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert performance. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the LPO’s Foyle Future Firsts. Admission free.

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Mozar t Masterpieces

London Philharmonic Orchestra: New Worlds R B E L I E F AN D B E YO N D B E L I E F Vladimir Jurowski conductor Rebel Les Élémens (Simphonie nouvelle) Milhaud La Création du monde, ballet John Adams Harmonielehre

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Mozart Festival Orchestra Steven Devine conductor Catrin Finch harp Juliette Bausor flute Mary Bevan soprano Kim Sheehan soprano Alexander Robin Baker baritone Mozart Overture, Non più andrai, Dove sono & Sull’aria ... Che soave zeffiretto from The Marriage of Figaro; Overture & Là ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni; Concerto in C for flute & harp, K.299; Allegro from Serenade in G, K.525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik); Overture, Papageno Papagena & Der Hölle Rache (Queen of the Night) from The Magic Flute; Symphony No.40 Enjoy some of the finest works of one of the world’s best loved composers. Soloists Catrin Finch and Juliette Bausor perform the sublime Concerto for flute and harp.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39.50 £34.50 £29.50 £24.50 £19.50 £14.50*

How do you make a new musical world? Well, begin by forgetting everything you thought you knew about French baroque music – as JeanFéry Rebel did in his uproarious Les Élémens.

Give it a bit of a swing, like Milhaud did in La Création du monde – a genre-busting ballet from Jazz-Age Paris. And then, perhaps, like John Adams, close your eyes and dream of a supertanker rocketing skywards out of San Francisco Bay. That’s the astonishing vision that launches Adams’ Harmonielehre.

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Find out about composers fascinated by scientific discovery. Admission free.

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What You Ne e d to Know: Shostakovich, S ymphony No.5 In D epth Martha Argerich © Adriano Heitmann

Yuri Temirkanov conductor Martha Argerich piano Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia & Dance of the Gaditanian Maidens from Spartacus Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D minor

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Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony was written at a time when the composer was under the greatest scrutiny from Stalin. We examine the music and discover if the pressure shows.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon – 4pm £25 students £7.40*

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Founded in 1882, the St Petersburg Philharmonic premiered the first five Shostakovich symphonies and is also closely associated with Prokofiev. Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 was conceived in an atmosphere of Communist control, but its light-hearted melodies hint at ambiguous depths, and many argue for an ironic interpretation of its joyous finale. The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra is joined by soloist Martha Argerich, ‘one of the greatest pianists in history’ (Daily Telegraph), who is acclaimed for her interpretation of Prokofiev’s virtuosic, tempestuous Piano Concerto No.3.

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There Will Be Blood: London Sinfoniet ta: London Contemporar y In S even Days R B E L I E F A N D B E YO N D B E L I E F Orchestra F ILM SC O RES L IVE

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning film is accompanied by a live orchestral performance of Jonny Greenwood’s score.

A masterwork of dramatic tension, instrumental experimentation and musical bricolage – it integrates work by Arvo Pärt and Brahms – the soundtrack is realised in a special performance edition by the London Contemporary Orchestra.

For ages 15+. Contains strong violence.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £35 £25 £20 Premium seats £45*

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London Sinfonietta side by side with the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble Programme includes Thomas Adès In Seven Days – Concerto for piano In Seven Days is a major musical statement from Thomas Adès, one of the most celebrated living British composers. Commissioned for the London Sinfonietta by the Southbank Centre, his piano concerto is loosely based on the Biblical story of creation, its music distinctive, evocative and beautiful.

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

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Mozart Sonata in C, K.545 Schumann Kreisleriana, Op.16; Fantasie in C, Op.17 Mitsuko Uchida is a perennial favourite in the International Piano Series. She has long devoted much attention to the mainstream German and Viennese repertoire, but she also takes a keen interest in the music of today.

Opening with one of Mozart’s best-loved sonatas, Uchida continues with another Schumann masterpiece: Kreisleriana, a work by turns turbulent, nightmarish and mischievous, inspired by the supernatural tales of ETA Hoffmann. The programme concludes with Schumann’s great C major Fantasie, Op.17 – a giant love song for his future wife, Clara Wieck.

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Paavo Järvi conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin Tanja Tetzlaff cello Lars Vogt piano Haydn Symphony No.101 in D (The Clock) Beethoven Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano Nielsen Symphony No.6 (Sinfonia semplice) Curiously titled Sinfonia semplice, Nielsen’s Sixth Symphony is anything but simple – instead, the symphony forms itself into a series of melodic riddles and paradoxes. Displaying equally strong emotions, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto fizzes with unexpected twists and turns.

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 concert.

Admission free.

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Rober t Quinney, organ O B E LIE F A ND BEYO ND BE L I E F Bach Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV.565; Chorale-prelude, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV.682; Four Duets, BWV.802 – 805; Preludes and Fugues BWV.547 in C, BWV.548 in E minor & BWV.541 in G; Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her, BWV.769 Robert Quinny’s all-Bach programme explores the power and breadth of the composer’s mind – the brilliance of the G major Prelude and Fugue contrasts with the massive concerto structure of the E minor Fugue, and the quasi-scientific canons of the Four Duets stretch the bounds of tonality. Quinney played for the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Westminster Abbey. He is the organist of New College Oxford, where he also directs the celebrated choir.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk.

Robert Quinney and Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker, discuss Bach’s quasi-scientific approach to the complexities of his compositions. Admission free.

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Metamorphosen: Aurora Orchestra with Edmund de Waal B E LIE F A ND BEYO ND BE L I E F

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Sir Roger Norrington conductor Susan Gritton soprano Thomas Hobbs tenor Christopher Maltman baritone London Philharmonic Choir Haydn The Creation Joseph Haydn once said that when he thought of God he could write only cheerful music. So imagine the exuberance and joy he brings to the story of the Creation. With its roof-raising choruses, bubbling melodies and glowing colours, The Creation is one of the most lifeaffirming and generous two hours of music.

Sir Roger Norrington brings all his experience to this happiest of great choral masterpieces, add an all-star team of soloists and this is an evening to make you feel glad to be alive.

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

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Pinchas Zukerman dire c ts and c onduc ts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Edmund de Waal

Strauss Metamorphosen Aurora Orchestra welcomes the acclaimed artist and bestselling author Edmund de Waal for a special event exploring Strauss’ Metamorphosen. De Waal is our guide for an imagined tour around the ruins of Germany’s cities at the end of the Second World War – the backdrop to Strauss’ incomparable lament for the perversion and destruction of the German culture he loved.

Royal Festival Hall, 4pm £20*

Pinchas Zukerman conductor/violin Beethoven Overture, Egmont; Symphony No.7; Violin Concerto

Anthony Marwood director/violin

Pinchas Zukerman is both conductor and soloist in this all-Beethoven concert. It opens with the dramatic Egmont Overture, followed by the grand Symphony No.7, its sombre second movement contrasting with the frantic finale.

The concert closes with the Violin Concerto, revealing Beethoven at his most stirring and inspirational.

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

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Jonathan Cohen conductor Michael Spyres tenor Méhul Overture, Les Amazones; Arias from the operas Mélidore et Phrosine, Uthal, Une folie, Euphrosine & Ariodant; Symphony No.5 (unfinished) and music by Gluck, Beethoven, Mozart, Kreutzer and Salieri Alisa Weilerstein © Decca / Harald Hoffmann

Bach Six Suites for solo cello, BWV.1007 - 1012 Alisa Weilerstein performs a complete cycle of Bach’s cello suites. The first virtuosic pieces ever written for solo cello, the suites balance mathematical precision with human passion.

Over the course of a relatively low-profile career, Bach’s formal puzzle-solving created principles of harmony and counterpoint that revolutionised music. Written for the glory of God, his work was an attempt to understand the infinite, and its structural beauty has arguably never been surpassed.

St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38*

The French Romantics are often eclipsed by their bigger name Germanic cousins but Étienne Méhul opened the door to the romantic period in a distinctly French way.

Hear his experimentations with drama and high emotions through extracts from his operas, including the game changing orchestration of Uthal and the passionate Ariodant, along with music by Gluck, Beethoven, Mozart and Salieri.

St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60*

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Man and Superman R B E L I E F A N D B E YO N D B E L I E F

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Long Yu conductor Soloists to be announced Programme to be announced Celebrate the Year of the Rooster at this concert with conductor Long Yu and the Philharmonia Orchestra with great musicians from East and West for what is London’s inaugural Chinese New Year Gala Concert.

In a vivid Spring Festival celebration the programme is drawn from music from both Western and Chinese cultures. Long Yu is Artistic Director of the Beijing Music Festival and Music Director of the China Philharmonic.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £48 £39 £28 £22 £15 Signature Seats £65* Philharmonia Orchestra series discounts do not apply to this concert.

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada © Werner Kmetitsch

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor James O’Donnell organ Haydn Symphony No.22 (The Philosopher) Poulenc Organ Concerto Ligeti Atmosphères Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Richard Strauss didn’t do things by halves.

So when he sets out to tell the entire story of humanity in music, the results are spectacular.

But if you only know Also sprach Zarathustra or Ligeti’s visionary Atmosphères from 2001: A Space Odyssey, you’re in for a thrilling surprise. Andrés Orozco-Estrada is here to tell the full story, plus a wonderfully enjoyable bit of background: Haydn’s Philosopher Symphony – a firecracker on a slow fuse – and Poulenc’s roof-raising Organ Concerto.

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

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: A meric an Adventurers R

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Marina Piccinini flute Philip Glass The Light Aaron Jay Kernis Flute Concerto (UK premiere) Ives The Unanswered Question (Contemplation No.1) John Adams Dr Atomic Symphony A trumpet asks Charles Ives’ Unanswered Question – and throughout a century of American music, composers have offered their answers. They’ve been as luminous and lush as Philip Glass’ The Light, and as dark and as dazzling as John Adams’ Dr Atomic Symphony: an electrifying orchestral summary of his 2005 opera about the dawn of the nuclear age. Also hear Marina Piccinini give the UK premiere of a vibrant flute concerto, written especially for her by the American maverick Aaron Jay Kernis.

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

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London Philharmonic Orchestra Dirk Brossé conductor Alexandra Dariescu piano Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this special screening of Brief Encounter, with the soundtrack performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It features Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 at various points. A complete performance of the concerto precedes the screening.

Ages 12+.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £45 £35 £25 £20 Premium seats £55*

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Philharmonia Orchestra R GE R MAN R O M A N T I C S, PA RT I I Karl-Heinz Steffens conductor David Fray piano

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Philharmonia Orchestra: John Wilson – In London Town R John Wilson conductor Lawrence Power viola Elgar Overture, Cockaigne (In London Town) Walton Viola Concerto Vaughan Williams Symphony No.2 (A London Symphony) Elgar’s Overture Cockaigne, an old nickname for London, or the ‘land of the Cockneys’, is in the composer’s own words ‘cheerful and Londony – stout and steaky’. Also featured are Walton’s fiery Viola Concerto, performed by Lawrence Power, and Vaughan Williams’ own portrait of London: a misty river Thames, Bloomsbury Square on a November afternoon, the busy, bright lights on the Strand and the echoing chimes of Westminster.

Mendelssohn Overture, Ruy Blas Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Brahms Symphony No.3 The Philharmonia Orchestra’s German Romantics series continues with Schumann’s evergreen Piano Concerto. The work was premiered by the composer’s wife, Clara, on New Year’s Day 1846. A lifelong friend of Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms wrote his Third Symphony during a summer spent holidaying on the Rhine. Playing through her two-piano version, Clara wrote to Brahms: ‘All the movements seem to be of one piece, one beat of the heart.’

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

Concert supported by the Principal Friends of the Philharmonia.

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

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LP O FUNharmonic s: Conducting Science

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BE LIEF AND BEYO ND B E L I E F/I MAGI N E Music meets science in this family concert, discovering the secrets behind the sounds of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon Adults £18 £16 £14 £12 £10 Children £9 £8 £7 £6 £5* Foyers at Royal Festival Hall, 10am – 2pm: free musical activities, including the chance to have a go at playing an instrument.

Admission free.

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Salonen/ Aimard: Inspirations R

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Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Philharmonia Voices Ligeti Clocks and Clouds; Piano Concerto Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (complete) Ebbing and flowing through yearning melodies and rustling textures, Ravel’s ‘choreographic symphony’ tells the love story of Daphnis and Chloé set in a magical Grecian world of nymphs, pirates and intervening gods. Like Dali’s wilting clock faces, Ligeti’s Clocks and Clouds harmonically dissolves the measurable into the immeasurable. From a similar dream world, Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, shifts and slides, each movement fading seamlessly into the next.

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

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Kati Debretzeni director Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Berlioz Réverie et caprice romance for violin & orchestra; Les nuits d’été Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusine; Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 (Italian) Based on the poems of his friend Théophile Gautier, Berlioz explores six stages of love, from joyful youth to everlasting life in Les nuits d’été. Collaborating again with the OAE, celebrated mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly is an expert with these songs. They are matched in this concert with works by Mendelssohn. The Fair Melusine is an exploration of mythical love, before the concert reaches a climax with the vivid, upbeat Symphony No.4.

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Maurizio Pollini, piano P Programme includes Debussy Préludes, Book 2 Chopin Works to be announced Maurizio Pollini is regarded by many as ‘indisputably one of the greatest pianists of our time’ (The Guardian). Catapulted to fame upon winning the International Chopin Competition in 1960, Pollini soon developed a career featuring a vast breadth of repertoire. This recital and the one on 14 March offer the opportunity to hear this grand maestro of the piano in a venue where his perennial presence seems more welcome every time.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £50 £35 £20 £10, Premium seats £65* £7 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Hilary Davan Wetton conductor Sarah Tynan soprano Mark Milhofer tenor William Dazeley baritone City of London Choir London Philharmonic Choir Trinity Boys Choir Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade Orff Carmina Burana

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A massed choir of over 200 singers combines with the full force of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. They perform Carl Orff’s monumental Carmina Burana.

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Vladimir Jurowski conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin

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Denisov Symphony No.2 Berg Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.15 Beauty is truth, truth beauty – even when that truth is so honest that it hurts. Berg dedicated his Violin Concerto ‘to the memory of an angel’, and a personal loss lies beneath its gorgeous colours. Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs it between two final symphonies by composers who knew that truth could be a dangerous thing. Shostakovich’s Fifteenth Symphony cloaks its sorrows in jokes and enigmas; two decades later, his friend Edison Denisov said farewell in a poignant, fantastical Second Symphony of his own.

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

BBC C oncer t Orchestra: Music to Die For B E L I E F AN D B E YO N D B E L I E F Keith Lockhart conductor The BBC Concert Orchestra explores the representation of death and spirituality in music for film and theatre.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £34 £28 £21 £15 £10*

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Marin Alsop c onduc ts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert event. Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson takes a look at composers’ responses to death. Admission free.

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Salonen/ Aimard – Inspirations R Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano The Horn Section of the Philharmonia Orchestra

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Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Tansy Davies Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra (London première) Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra

Marin Alsop conductor Renaud Capuçon violin

Beethoven’s heroic Emperor Concerto flows from the imperial majesty of its three opening orchestral chords and interspersed bubbling piano lines; while Strauss’ Nietzsche-inspired Also sprach Zarathustra climbs ever-upwards from its spell-binding beginning. Also hear the rhythmically driving, jumping, iridescent soundworld of Tansy Davies in her Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra.

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Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.7 in C (Leningrad) Marin Alsop makes a welcome return to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The concert opens with Copland’s evocative Fanfare for the Common Man, before Renaud Capuçon performs Mendelssohn’s evergreen violin concerto. Finally, hear Shostakovich’s despair in Stalin as he unleashes his musical frustration in the magnificent Symphony No.7.

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Programme to be announced Boris Berezovsky has been internationally lauded for his extraordinary technical accomplishments and imaginative flair. The Russian pianist won the Gold Medal at the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Over the years his recordings have been showered with accolades, including a BBC Music Magazine Award for his Chopin/ Godowsky études and, in France, the Choc de la Musique award. This is an unmissable chance to hear him in recital at Royal Festival Hall.

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Vladimir Jurowski conductor Omar Ebrahim narrator Elizabeth Atherton soprano Dietrich Henschel baritone Tomasz Konieczny bass-baritone Krzysztof Penderecki St Luke Passion When Penderecki’s St Luke Passion was premiered in 1966, it left avant-garde critics lost for words. ‘I have lived through very difficult times,’ says Penderecki, and as the music fights, shouts and laments its way towards redemption, Penderecki’s massive choral retelling of the last days of Christ is one of the 20th century’s enduring masterpieces.

There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approx. 9pm.

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Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Javier Perianes piano Ravel Alborada del gracioso; de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain for piano & orchestra Stravinsky The Firebird, complete (1910) Enchanting, glistening, exotic, Stravinsky’s Firebird was commissioned for Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, inspired by the magical Russian legend of the Firebird. Nights in the Gardens of Spain is drenched with the rich, dark colours of Falla’s beloved Andalusia.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Music of Today.

Music by Korean composers Isang Yun and Sukhi Kang, conducted by Pascal Rophé.

Admission free.

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Tugan Sokhiev conductor Edgar Moreau cello Dvořák Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 (Pathétique) Dark, restless and with flashes of fury, Tchaikovsky wrote to his friend the Grand Duke of Constantine about what was to be his final symphony: ‘without exaggeration, I have put my whole soul into this work’. Dvořák’s Cello Concerto pays tribute to the composer’s lost love, Josefina, as he builds the elegiac slow movement around a line from one of Josefina’s favourite of Dvořák’s songs, Kéž duch můj sám (Leave me alone).

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* This concert goes on sale in September 2016.

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Takemitsu Requiem for strings Mahler Symphony No.6 It was Stravinsky who first brought international attention to Takemitsu’s music after he came across a recording of the Requiem on a visit to Japan in 1959. Its slow, yearning melodies lead into Mahler’s monumental Tragic Symphony, known for the three sledgehammer blows in its final movement, which represent the blows of fate.

The NHK Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1926, is considered by many to be Japan’s foremost orchestra.

There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approx. 9.15pm.

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

Prokofiev Symphony No.1 in D (Classical); Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op.19 Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

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Hear Prokofiev’s Haydn-inspired Classical Symphony and consider it against the Romantic lyricism of his First Violin Concerto, with soloist Frank Peter Zimmermann.

Rachmaninov’s electrifying Symphonic Dances are filled with spinning rhythms, sonorous melodies, patterned with musical influences from folk music, Russian Orthodox chants and even an eerie parody of the Viennese waltz.

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Charles Dutoit conductor Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Berlioz Overture, Benvenuto Cellini Grieg Piano Concerto Prokofiev Symphony No.5 in B flat

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

Charles Dutoit is a chief exponent of the works of Berlioz. The Orchestra’s Artistic Director and Principal Conductor sets the scene with the Overture to Berlioz’s opera semiseria Benvenuto Cellini. It is followed by a perennial concert favourite, Grieg’s lively and imaginative Piano Concerto. Composed in 1944, Prokofiev’s Symphony No.5 clinched his reputation, becoming an instant hit and an iconic symbol of hope.

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This is the second of two Royal Festival Hall recitals from the great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini. Hear this grand maestro of the piano in a venue where his perennial presence seems more welcome every time. The first concert takes place on Tuesday 21 February.

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London Philharmonic Be ethoven’s Ninth Orchestra: Power and Provoc ation R BE LIEF AND BEYO ND B E L I E F Members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Synergy Vocals Gavin Bryars The sinking of the Titanic; Jesus’ blood never failed me yet Steve Reich Music for 18 musicians Take a trip back to the mid-1970s via this concert of sonic experiments by Gavin Bryars and Steve Reich. It starts on the streets between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo Station, with a homeless old man singing quietly to himself. Along with Bryars’ haunted soundscape from the sunken Titanic and Steve Reich’s groundbreaking Music for 18 musicians, Jesus’ blood never failed me yet is a true modern classic: music with the power to provoke, to move, and to leave you transformed.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. British composer Gavin Bryars discusses two of his best known works and his career to date. Admission free.

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Philharmonia Orchestra: A shkenaz y – Elgar S ymphony No.1 R

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Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Veronika Eberle violin Antoine Tamestit viola Schubert Overture, Rosamunde Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for violin & viola, K.364 Elgar Symphony No.1 Instantly a triumph, Elgar’s First Symphony had its premiere under Hans Richter and the Hallé Orchestra, a review in the 1908 Daily Mail proclaiming: ‘It is quite plain that here we have perhaps the finest masterpiece of its type that ever came from the pen of an English composer’.

Also on the programme is Mozart’s spritely Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola.

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

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Philharmonia Orchestra Benjamin Zander conductor Mei Yi Foo piano Philharmonia Chorus Beethoven Overture, Egmont; Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony No.9 (Choral) An all-Beethoven concert culminates with the Choral Symphony and its climactic ‘Ode to Joy’.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £54.50 £46.50 £36.50 £29.50 £19.50 £16.50*

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From Heaven to Hell at the Movies – S ound of Cinema Live FI L M S C O R ES L I V E

BBC Concert Orchestra Keith Lockhart conductor Matthew Sweet presenter Crouch End Festival Chorus Join the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Radio 3’s Matthew Sweet and Crouch End Festival Chorus on a heavenly journey as they present some of the greatest choral moments from the big screen.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £34 £28 £21 £15 £10*

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Brahms Piano Concerto No.2; Symphony No.4 Enjoy this all-Brahms bill, comprising his songful Second Piano Concerto and his Fourth Symphony. Composed from a series of sighs, Brahms’ final symphony is at once his darkest and deepest. However, insecure to the end, Brahms humorously insisted his final symphony was no more than ‘a few entr’actes and polkas which I happened to have lying about’.

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Ádám Fischer conductor Steven Isserlis cello

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert performance. Philharmonia Chamber Players.

Admission free.

Haydn Overture, La fedeltà premiata; Cello Concerto in C Beethoven Symphony No.7

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Once thought lost to the dustbin of history, Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C was rediscovered in the 1960s and is now a firm favourite, performed here by cello legend Steven Isserlis. OAE pairs it with Beethoven’s Symphony No.7. Featured heavily in the film The King’s Speech, it is among his most enigmatic pieces, subject to many differing interpretations over the years, and enjoyed for its delicate second movement and ecstatic finale.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Death and Transf iguration R B E L I E F AN D B E YO N D B E L I E F

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Unf inishe d Journey R B E LIE F A ND BEYO ND BE L I E F

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Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor Anssi Karttunen cello Magnus Lindberg Cello Concerto No.2 (UK premiere) Bruckner Symphony No.9 From its towering opening to soul-shaking finish, Bruckner’s huge, unfinished Ninth Symphony is one of music’s most personal and passionate confessions of faith, and few conductors are better equipped than Jukka-Pekka Saraste to navigate both its vast heavenly spaces and chasms of doubt. The glowing autumn colours of Magnus Lindberg’s Cello Concerto – performed here by the cellist for whom it was written – represent a beacon of hope before Bruckner’s long night of the soul.

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

Nathalie Stutzmann conductor Kateryna Kasper soprano Sara Mingardo contralto Robin Tritschler tenor Leon Kosavic baritone London Philharmonic Choir Strauss Death & Transfiguration Mozart Requiem The masked stranger, the secret commission, the deathbed struggle: if you’ve seen Amadeus, you’ll already know the legend of Mozart’s Requiem. But the music itself is more compelling than any movie: dark, majestic and heartrendingly beautiful, you simply have to hear it performed live. As a singer herself, Nathalie Stutzmann understands the Requiem from the inside. She has assembled a world-class team of soloists plus the London Philharmonic Choir to bring new life to Mozart’s last testament, along with Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration.

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Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op.90; 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO.80; Sonata in E flat, Op.81a (Les Adieux) Liszt La lugubre gondola, S.200 (vers.1); Unstern! sinistre, disastro, S.208; R.W. – Venezia, S.201; Sonata in B minor Yulianna Avdeeva, is the winner of the 2010 International Chopin Competition. She opens this recital with Beethoven: first the two-movement Sonata Op.90, which moves from tension and turbulence to peaceful reconciliation, then the 32 Variations in C minor, a roller-coaster ride of pianistic invention, followed by Les Adieux, full of drama and longing. The second half is devoted to Liszt, whose haunting vision of Venice, La lugubre gondola, contrasts with the brighter Venezia, filled with joie de vivre. The concert ends with the intense, dramatic span of his mighty Sonata in B minor.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38* £5 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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Mica Levi Under the skin – music to the film A screening of Jonathan Glazer’s intoxicatingly strange Under the Skin, accompanied by a live performance of the BAFTA Award-nominated soundtrack by Mica Levi. Glazer’s 2014 film impressed the critics with its uncomfortable portrayal of an otherworldly predator, filtered through Levi’s beautiful, skewed microtonal world. With strains of Ligeti and Cage running through its hazy mix of digital and live sound, the music veers between sensuality and disquiet to compelling effect.

Ages 15+. Contains nudity and explicit sex.

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

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The Bach Choir: S t Mat thew Passion David Hill conductor Toby Spence Evangelist Matthew Best Christus Sarah Tynan soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Andrew Staples tenor Roderick Williams baritone Bach St Matthew Passion The Bach Choir presents its annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, sung in English.

Join Evangelist Toby Spence, countertenor Iestyn Davies, baritone Roderick Williams and the period instrument ensemble Florilegium for this Passion Sunday performance.

Please note there is a long lunch interval between Parts 1 and 2. Part 2 begins at 2.15pm.

Royal Festival Hall, 11am £52 £45 £30 £21 £10*

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Jakub Hrůša conductor Renaud Capuçon violin Brahms 5 Hungarian Dances (Nos.17-21) orch. Dvořák Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No.8 Jakub Hrůša joins forces with Renaud Capuçon for the dazzling, virtuosic feat of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. ‘Melodies simply pour out of me,’ wrote Dvořák as he penned his Eighth Symphony surrounded by the rolling hills of his secluded country home in Vysoké.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: S ymphony of a Thousand R B E L I E F AN D B E YO N D B E L I E F

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Marin Alsop conductor Colin Currie percussion Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 Mark-Anthony Turnage Percussion Concerto (In memoriam Steve Martland) (UK premiere) Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Mark-Anthony Turnage has a reputation for winning over young audiences with invigoratingly modern music, embracing jazz idioms and blazing forth in blockbuster operas and ballets. Colin Currie performs the UK premiere of his Concerto for percussion and orchestra, which honours Steve Martland, who died in 2013. It is paired with two mythic works commissioned for the Ballet Russes: the second suite of music from Ravel’s seductive, opulent ballet, and Stravinsky’s powerful, rhythm-led The Rite of Spring.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £28 £22 £18 £10 Premium seats £35*

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Vladimir Jurowski conductor Melanie Diener soprano Anne Schwanewilms soprano Sofia Fomina soprano Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano Torsten Kerl tenor Matthias Goerne baritone Matthew Rose bass London Philharmonic Choir Tiffin Boys’ Choir Tallis Spem in alium Mahler Symphony No.8 (Symphony of a Thousand) With its vast crew of performers, it is easy to see why Mahler’s Eighth is often called the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra probe beneath its spectacular surface and prepare the way with Tallis’ transcendent 40-part motet and choral masterpiece Spem in Alium. Book early for what is certain to be a real landmark in Vladimir Jurowski’s LPO Mahler cycle.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £49 £42 £35 £28 £21 £16 £12 Premium seats £75*

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The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert performance. Creative cross-arts ensemble LPO Soundworks takes to the stage. Admission free.

Mitsuko Uchida returns to Southbank Centre for our Classical Season 2016/17. Our Members were the first to book tickets.

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Duet Philharmonic Orchestra: Mahler & Prokof iev Ronald Corp conductor Oxana Shevchenko piano Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2 Mahler Symphony No.5

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Mahler’s Fifth Symphony was famously used in Death in Venice, chosen for its warm, languid melodies. Comprised of some of the UK’s leading music students, the Duet Philharmonic Orchestra is joined by Oxana Shevchenko, winner of the 2010 Scottish International Piano Competition, in a performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.2, with its huge cadenza and sweeping melodies.

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Programme includes: Beethoven Sonata in B flat, Op.106 (Hammerklavier) There is only one Yuja Wang. The young Chinese pianist rose to prominence while still in her teens and soon became one of the most in-demand piano stars of our day. Though she has often been associated with high-octane virtuosity, Wang’s repertoire is voraciously broad. This concert offers London audiences a first chance to hear her perform Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, one of the composer’s most profound and challenging works for solo piano.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £30 £20 £10 Premium seats £55* £7 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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Vasily Petrenko c onduc ts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Global Voic es: Top world youth choirs unite Southbank Sinfonia Ben Gernon conductor National Youth Choir of Great Britain Boston Children’s Chorus – USA Diocesan Boys’ School Choir – Hong Kong Manado State University Choir – Indonesia Mzansi Youth Choir – South Africa Riga Dom Cathedral Boys’ Choir – Latvia Sawa Choir – Israel St Jacob’s Vocal Ensemble – Sweden Jonathan Dove There Was A Child Eight of the world’s leading youth choirs, two brilliant young soloists and a shooting-star young conductor perform Jonathan Dove’s uplifting humanist cantata There Was A Child.

Bursting with colour, and featuring texts from Shakespeare to Whitman, the work is a worthy successor to the vibrant oratorios of Britten and Walton. The concert is hosted by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, who present the first half of the programme.

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Orchestra of the A ge of Enlightenment: Faust and the Mozar t C oncer tos R

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Matthew Truscott director Isabelle Faust violin Karen Cargill © K K Dundas

Maija Kovaļevska soprano Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Saimir Pirgu tenor Alexander Vinogradov bass The Bach Choir Verdi Requiem Vasily Petrenko takes the helm to conduct Verdi’s momentous score. The composer wrote his Requiem after a break from sacred music that lasted 30 years. Inspired by the deaths of composer Rossini and author Alessandro Manzoni, the work features blazing fanfares, lyrical vocal duets and choral splendour.

Haydn Symphony No.49 (La passione) Mozart Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K.207 CPE Bach Symphony in G, Wq.182/1 Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 International star violinist Isabelle Faust performs two of Mozart’s violin concertos and Haydn’s Symphony No.49. Often considered a stern, sombre, pessimistic affair, La passione symphony has surprising lightness of touch and emotional depth that make it compelling listening.

Royal Festival Hall, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60*

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Ravel Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) suite arr. for orchestra Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.63 Dvořák Symphony No.9 (From the New World) The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra explores the innocent realms of childhood fairy tales. Under the baton of Charles Dutoit, the Orchestra gives life to Ravel’s five-movement suite, the sumptuous, lyrical melodies of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto and the epic drama of Dvořák’s much-loved New World Symphony.

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Judith Bingham New work for organ (World premiere) Jehan Alain Trois danses Messiaen Les corps glorieux Stephen Farr frequently champions contemporary music and this evening’s works delve into themes of transfiguration and transformation. Messiaen’s magnificent spiritual exploration, subtitled ‘seven short visions of the life of the resurrected ones’ is presented with Jehan Alain’s introspective Three Dances, evoking a trio of key human experiences – joy, sorrow and strife. Stephen Farr also performs a new work by Judith Bingham commissioned by Southbank Centre, Paul Griffiths and Joanna Marsh.

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Stephen Farr, composer Judith Bingham and Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker, discuss the themes of the evening’s music and Messiaen’s organ works.

Admission free.

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Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Alban Gerhardt cello Philharmonia Chorus Smetana Vltava from Má vlast Elgar Cello Concerto Holst The Planets

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The haunting beauty of Elgar’s Cello Concerto features in this concert, along with Holst’s planetary masterpiece. Holst took his inspiration from the astrological rather than the astronomical, journeying through Mars, the apocalyptic ‘Bringer of War’; a tranquil Venus; Mercury’s winged messenger; Jupiter, the stately ‘Bringer of Jollity’; Saturn’s old age; Uranus ‘The Magician’ and finally a dreamy Neptune, ‘The Mystic’.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* This concert goes on sale in September 2016.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Heaven and Ear th R Marek Janowski conductor Egils Silins bass-baritone Wagner Overture, The Flying Dutchman; Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre Bruckner Symphony No.7 Bruckner first heard the opening of his Seventh Symphony in a dream – played by an angel. That heavenly opening tune is just our first glimpse of a world of sunlit peaks, shaded valleys and – at its very heart – Bruckner’s noble, deeplyfelt tribute to the man he called his ‘beloved Master’, Richard Wagner. For conductor Marek Janowski there’s no more fitting prelude to Bruckner’s Seventh than some of Wagner’s most overwhelmingly emotional music.

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What You Ne e d to Know: S teve Reich, Tehillim & Drumming In D epth

BE LIEF AND BEYO ND B E L I E F Brad Lubman conductor Georg Friedrich Haas in vain for 24 instruments Written in protest to the rise of the far-right Freedom Party in the 1999 Austrian elections, Georg Friedrich Haas’ in vain melds familiar harmonies with microtonal systems, evoking an otherworldly realm that oscillates between clarity and dystopia. Performed partly in complete darkness, it transforms the concert hall into a mysterious new landscape, where you must trust your ears and relinquish your sight.

There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approx. 8.45pm.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: T ime be c omes Space R BE LIEF AND BEYO ND B E L I E F

Steve Reich © Jeffrey Herman

Two masterworks from Steve Reich are explored in the context of their inspirations in human rituals: Drumming, in the communal music making of West Africa; and Tehillim, in the Hebrew cantillations of the Jewish faith.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon – 4pm £25 students £7.40*

C elebrate Sinatra London Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland conductor Matt Ford guest singer Emma Kershaw guest singer In a celebration of the late, great Frank Sinatra, the London Concert Orchestra is joined by two guest singers and a glamorous ballroom dancing duo for an afternoon of music including Come fly with me, The Lady is a Tramp, Night and Day, My Way, Moon River and many more.

Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm £47.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50*

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John Mauceri conductor Angel Blue soprano Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV.552 orch. Schoenberg Hindemith Nobilissima Visione Suite Wagner Excerpts from Parsifal, Act 3 arr.

Stokowski Strauss Four Last Songs At the end of a long life, Richard Strauss gazed calmly into the sunset. No composer has ever left a more poignant final word than Strauss in his Four Last Songs – or bade farewell with such ravishing beauty. They’re the only possible way for John Mauceri and soprano Angel Blue to end a whole concert of music that strives for transcendence, from Schoenberg’s exquisite homage to Bach and Hindemith’s musical vision of the miracles of St Francis, to the radiant climax of Wagner’s Parsifal.

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

L ast Night of the Spring Proms London Concert Orchestra Stephen Bell conductor Sky Ingram sporano Alexander James Edwards tenor Joo Yeon Sir violin Ravel Boléro Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Sibelius Finlandia Strauss (son) Blue Danube Waltz Puccini O soave fanciulla from La bohème Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata Tchaikovsky Finale from Swan Lake Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations plus Prom favourites: Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot Arne Rule, Britannia arr. Malcolm Sargent Parry Jerusalem Elgar Land of hope and glory from Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 An evening of popular classics, crowned with a jubilant flag-waving Proms Finale.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £47.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £14.50*

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Philharmonia Orchestra Jeremy Backhouse conductor Elgar Sea Pictures Francis Pott Cantus Maris (World premiere) Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem One of the most popular choral works in the world, Brahms’ uplifting and inspiring Requiem is the perfect May Day treat. It is paired with pieces inspired by the sea: Elgar’s sensitive and haunting Sea Pictures, and the world premiere of Cantus Maris by UK composer Francis Pott.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £34 £28 £22 £16*

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Orchestra of the A ge of Enlightenment: The Brandenburgs R Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F; Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G; Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D; Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G; Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F;

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

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Debussy Ibéria, No.2 from Images Boulez Notations Debussy Fantaisie for piano & orchestra; La mer With piano and orchestra forming ‘almost one’, Debussy’s sparkling Fantaisie exists in a whirl of merging, melding textures. Sketched from an imagination and ‘countless reminiscences’ that, to Debussy, ‘matter more than a reality’, La mer charts the ever-changing faces of the sea.

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

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The Colin Currie Group per forms Reich C B E L I E F AN D B E YO N D B E L I E F

Each of the Brandenburg Concertos has its own unique structure and personality but all are technically impressive and emotionally raw.

The Brandenburgs have been an important part of the OAE’s history since a landmark recording 25 years ago. This concert provides a rare chance to hear them revived in their entirety.

St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60*

Colin Currie © Marco Borggreve

Colin Currie Group Synergy Vocals

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Alexander Gavr y ly uk , piano P Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565 transc. Busoni Haydn Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI/32 Chopin Etudes, Op.10: Nos.3 & 8-12; Polonaise in A flat, Op.53; Rachmaninov Etudes tableaux, Op.39 Nos. 2, 5, 7 & 9; Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 (vers. rev. 1931) Alexander Gavrylyuk, winner of the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein Competition, makes his debut in the International Piano Series. An imposing piano transcription of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor leads to a Haydn Sonata that mingles pure classical lines with shadowy, mysterious atmospheres. Rachmaninov’s expressive character pieces, the Etudes tableaux, conceal high technical demands on the performer while the second Sonata paints a lush musical landscape.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £28 £15 £10 Premium seats £38* £5 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert.

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Reich Tehillim; Drumming The music in this concert came out of two research trips made by the composer, to Ghana in 1970 and in 1979 to Israel. Percussion piece Drumming draws on the music made by Ghana’s virtuosic Ewe drummers. Rhythmic loops slowly evolve through subtle changes in timing and timbre. It is paired with the joyous Tehillim, which incorporates both driving rhythms and vocals inspired by cantillation, the ritual chanting of the Hebrew Bible at synagogue.

Originally formed for a performance of Steve Reich’s music, the Colin Currie Group continues to be closely associated with the influential Minimalist composer.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £28 £22 £16 £12 Premium seats £38*

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Hymn to Joy R

Orchestra of Santa C e cilia, Sir A ntonio Pappano I

BE LIEF AND BEYO ND B E L I E F Christoph Eschenbach conductor Susanna Hurrell soprano Justina Gringyte mezzo-soprano David Butt Philip tenor Jihoon Kim bass London Philharmonic Choir Magnus Lindberg New work† (World premiere) Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Choral) From the tragic opening to the climactic, worldembracing ‘Ode to Joy’, every live performance of Beethoven’s Ninth is a special occasion. Conductor Christoph Eschenbach has assembled a team of outstanding young soloists to turn this one into a hymn to optimism and renewal – coupled with a new work by Magnus Lindberg. As Beethoven puts it, ‘Here’s a kiss for all the world’: we can’t imagine a more uplifting conclusion to the LPO’s season.

There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approx. 9pm. † C ommissioned by BBC Radio 3, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Festival and Casa da Musica, Porto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £46 £39 £32 £25 £19 £14 £10 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert event. Beethoven was born into a world of transition and turmoil. Dr Benjamin Walton, Cambridge University, explores how this was reflected in his music. Admission free.

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Yuja Wang © Rolex / Fadil Berisha

Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Yuja Wang piano Rossini Overture, The Siege of Corinth Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Respighi Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome The Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia premiered Respighi’s colourful Roman works a century ago. Now, with music director Antonio Pappano at the helm, it presents the composer’s rich odes to its home city. This majestic evocation of the heart of Italy is paired with a dramatic overture by Respighi’s forebear, Rossini. In the first half of the concert, Yuja Wang scales the emotional heights of Tchaikovsky’s passionate first piano concerto.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £65 £45 £28 £15 Premium seats £85*

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What You Ne e d to Know: Bar tók , Duke Bluebeard’s C astle In Depth Bartok’s one-act opera Bluebeard’s Castle relies on a brilliantly organised musical structure to tell this ancient and cruel tale.

This day examines the music and the history of the myth of Bluebeard and Judith.

Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall, 12 noon – 4pm £25 students £7.40*

Glenn Miller Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen © Clive Barda

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Tamara Stefanovich piano Bartók Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Mahler Symphony No.6 Pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich perform Bartók’s Concerto for 2 pianos, percussion and orchestra. It hurtles through infectious rhythms and leaping melodies via eerie sonorities of what Bartók termed his ‘night music’. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony builds to the famous hammer strokes which Mahler felt like the ‘stroke of an axe’.

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

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Ray McVay director Colin Anthony singer Catherine Sykes singer The Moonlight Serenaders The Polka Dot Dolls The Uptown Hall Gang plus special guests Ray McVay directs one of the UK’s greatest big bands. The Glenn Miller Orchestra presents a nostalgic concert of fabulous 40s music and classic wartime chart toppers including Little Brown Jug, Flying Home, Sing Sing Sing, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Danny Boy, Strike up the Band, Moonlight Serenade and many more.

The orchestra performs the second half of the concert in the Second World War uniforms of the US Army Airforce.

Royal Festival Hall, 2.30pm £36.50 £32.50 £26.50 £22.50 £16.50 £14.50*

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Budapest Festival Orchestra

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The Sound of Musicals Budapest Festival London Concert Orchestra Orchestra, Iván Richard Balcombe conductor Fischer I Hear show-stopping hits from the world’s best-loved musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, Singin’ in the Rain, Les Misérables, Sweet Charity, Mamma Mia, Oklahoma, Chicago, Wicked and Evita, performed by four star soloists from the West End. Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £49.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £14.50*

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Benjamin Grosvenor: Rhapsody in Blue Southbank Sinfonia Simon Over conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano Parliament Choir Bar Choral Society Programme includes: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

Iván Fischer conductor Márta Sebestyén folk singer Ildikó Komlósi Judith Krisztián Cser Bluebeard Bartók Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz.100 for orchestra interspersed with unaccompanied traditional songs Bartók Duke Bluebeard’s Castle – opera in 1 act (concert performance in Hungarian with English surtitles) Bartók had a lifetime devotion to folk music and hoped that his Hungarian Peasant Songs, based on authentic melodies, would open the artform to a wider audience. Written in Budapest, Bartók’s single opera is a bloodthirsty fairytale with strong psychological and erotic undertones.

Featuring just two characters, Bluebeard and his new wife Judith, it makes an arresting concert performance.

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

Benjamin Grosvenor brings his supercharged virtuosity to Rhapsody in Blue, matched by the effervescent Southbank Sinfonia – drawing together some of the world’s finest young players. The massed forces of Britain’s Parliament Choir and Bar Choral Society join the orchestra for Walton’s lavish feast.

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £36 £31 £25 £19 £12*

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Philharmonia Philharmonia Orchestra: Blomste dt Orchestra:Mahler conducts Beethoven R S ymphony No.1 R Gustavo Gimeno conductor Lawrence Power viola Ligeti Concert românesc (Romanian Concerto) Bartók Viola Concerto Mahler Symphony No.1

Herbert Blomstedt © Gert Mothes

Herbert Blomstedt conductor Martin Helmchen piano Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 Beethoven Symphony No.7 Herbert Blomstedt returns to the Philharmonia to conduct Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony – a work full of rhythmic vitality that was described

by Richard Wagner as ‘the apotheosis of the dance’. Its glorious slow movement features in the Oscar-winning The King’s Speech. Also on the bill is Brahms’ impassioned First Piano Concerto, performed by Martin Helmchen.

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

Mahler’s First Symphony forms his autobiographical testament to the adventures and misadventures of youth, charting his hero’s progress among birdsong, a country dance and a ghostly rendition of the nursery rhyme Frère Jacques before the exhilarating finale of a symphonist come of age. From first to last words, the pages of Bartók’s Viola Concerto were found not quite finished at the composer’s New York hospital bedside, left to be completed by his devoted pupil Tibor Serly.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* This concert goes on sale in September 2016.

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Pavel Haas Quar tet & Denis Kozhukhin C

Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert performance. Philharmonia Chamber Players.

Admission free.

This concert goes on sale in September 2016.

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Richard Goode, piano P

Pavel Haas Quartet © Luka Kaderabek

Denis Kozhukhin piano Beethoven String Quartet in E flat, Op.127 Dvořák Piano Quintet No.2 in A, Op.81

Richard Goode © Steve Riskind

Beethoven Sonatas: Op.10: No.1 in C minor; No.2 in F & No.3 in D; Op.54 in F & Op.101 in A Much-loved American pianist Richard Goode concludes this season’s International Piano Series with a recital devoted to Beethoven. The first half spotlights three of the composer’s early Op.10 sonatas: substantial pieces of great vitality and ceaseless invention. The lyrical Sonata Op.54 opens the second half and the recital concludes with Op.101, in which tender intimacy contrasts with dramatic and extrovert movements filled with a galvanising energy.

Young Russian star Denis Kozhukhin joins the Pavel Haas Quartet for timeless chamber classics. They present Dvořák’s passionate 19th-century masterpiece, which brilliantly intermingles moments of poignancy and drama.

It is preceded by another enduringly popular chamber work, Beethoven’s Op.127 Quartet in E flat. Considered the pinnacle of writing for the form, Beethoven’s late string quartets offer an irresistible combination of formal complexity and heartfelt expression.

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

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £40 £30 £20 £10 Premium seats £55* £7 student tickets available via the Student Pulse app in the month before this concert

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Grand Opera Gala

Tadaaki O taka c onduc ts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra Stefan Bevier conductor Philharmonia Chorus The acclaimed Philharmonia Orchestra are joined by the sensational Philharmonia Chorus and three star soloists to perform the great choruses and a selection of arias and choruses from the world’s most revered and celebrated operas. Celebrating the great choruses from the world’s best-loved operas.

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Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £52.50 £46.50 £36.50 £27.50 £19.50 £16.50*

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Re quiems – Duruf lé & Fauré R

John Lill

Tadaaki Otaka conductor John Lill piano Elgar Overture, Froissart Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 Walton Symphony No.1 Brimming with heroism and grandeur, Elgar’s Froissart was inspired by Wagner’s Die Meistersinger. It is followed by Tchaikovsky’s vivid, complex Second Piano Concerto, capturing the composer’s brilliance. Walton’s First Symphony is a volcanic eruption of dark, sensual power, which blew his contemporaries out of the water.

Marita Sølberg © Felix Broede

Jérémie Rhorer conductor Marita Sølberg soprano mezzo-soprano to be announced Jean-Sébastien Bou baritone Rodolfus Choir Philharmonia Voices

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

London Sinfoniet ta: Nordic Nights R Peter Herresthal violin

Duruflé Requiem Fauré Requiem The Philharmonia comes together with conductor Jérémie Rhorer, three stellar soloists and full chorus for two monumental Requiems. Choosing to omit the immortal damnation of the Dies Irae, Duruflé’s Requiem is woven through with Gregorian chant and elegantly soars into a final blissful In Paradisum. Likewise leaving out the Dies Irae, Fauré’s Requiem is one of compassion, a very human response to loss and suffering.

Programme includes Kaija Saariaho Graal théàtre for violin & orchestra Rolf Wallin New Work for voice & ensemble (UK premiere) As part of a festival of Nordic Culture taking place across London in 2017, the London Sinfonietta performs a programme of music by some of the most important composers from the region.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £15* (unreserved)

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert performance. Philharmonia Chamber Players.

Admission free.

This concert goes on sale in September 2016.

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Philharmonia Orchestra: D ohnányi conducts Schumann R

Psycho: London Philharmonic Orchestra R

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Till Fellner piano

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Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 Schumann Symphony No.2 in C Beethoven’s favourite of all Mozart’s piano concertos, the brooding, dusky colours of his Concerto No.20, is performed in a concert that includes Schumann’s Second Symphony.

Barely recovered from a series of emotional breakdowns, Schumann encrypted the finale of his symphony with a dedication to his wife, Clara, containing within it a reference to the final song of Beethoven’s song cycle, To the distant beloved.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Music of Today.

Admission free.

This concert goes on sale in September 2016.

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Russian Master works R Yuri Temirkanov conductor Denis Kozhukhin piano Lyadov Kikimora Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D minor

London Philharmonic Orchestra Robert Ziegler conductor Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpiece comes alive with Bernard Herrmann’s spine-tingling score performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Robert Ziegler conducts at this screening of one of the greatest thrillers.

Ages 15+. Contains strong violence.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £35 £25 £20 Premium seats £45*

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What You Ne e d to Know: Hitchc ock In D epth Hitchock’s films rely on music for their exquisite building of tension, nowhere moreso than in his late collaboration with composer Bernard Hermann on films such as Vertigo and Psycho.

Find out why we are so scared!

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The heroic grandeur of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto acts as a beguiling prequel to Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Courting political rehabilitation with one hand while mocking it with the other, one journalist famously, and moreover ambiguously dubbed the Symphony a ‘Soviet artist’s practical and creative answer to just criticism’.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £42 £35 £27 £18 £11 Signature Seats £55* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Music of Today.

Admission free.

This concert goes on sale in September 2016.

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S emyon B ychkov and the Royal Ac ademy of Music BE LIEF AND BEYO ND B E L I E F Semyon Bychkov conductor Mahler Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) Hear top young musicians from ‘one of the world’s greatest conservatoires’ (The Times) performing Mahler’s monumental and kaleidoscopic reflections on life, redemption and resurrection with the acclaimed Semyon Bychkov.

The Lodger ​© Park Circus/ITV Circus Films

David Briggs organ Organist David Briggs plays a live, improvised soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 film The Lodger. It explores a landlady’s concerns about her mysterious tenant during the hunt for a Jack the Ripper-style serial killer. The film conjures up a city’s paranoia and takes a long look into the darker corners of the human heart.

Described by classicalmusic.com as ‘one of the world’s finest organists’, David Briggs is a virtuosic improviser for the instrument.

Ages 12+. Contains themes of an adult nature.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. David Briggs discusses the art of improvising a film soundtrack with Southbank Centre’s Organ Curator, William McVicker. Admission free.

There is no interval in this performance, which ends at approximately 9pm.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £20 £15 £10 £7.50*

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Ver tigo

Orchestra of the A ge of Enlightenment: Bach goes to Paris R

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Jessica Cottis © Timothy Jeffes

BBC Concert Orchestra Jessica Cottis conductor

William Christie © Denis Rouvre

The ‘greatest film of all time’ (Sight and Sound) comes alive with Bernard Herrmann’s spinetingling score performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. A psychological thriller about fear and obsession, Vertigo has hypnotised audiences since its release in 1958. Jessica Cottis conducts.

Ages 12+. Contains themes of an adult nature.

Royal Festival Hall, 3pm £35 £25 £20 Premium seats £45*

William Christie conductor Campra Suite from Les fêtes vénitiennes JCF Fischer Suite No.7 in G minor from Le Journal du Printemps, Op.1 Bach Orchestral Suite No.4 in D, BWV.1069 Rameau Suite from Les indes galantes Bach Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV.1068 It’s well known that Bach never left Germany, but what would have happened if he had visited Paris during his lifetime? Rameau is often credited as being as great a baroque influence as Bach, but remains relatively unknown in comparison.

Johann-Caspar Fischer was heavily influenced by his Parisian contemporaries – despite never studying in Paris – and his music is full of French influence, which can be heard beautifully in his Le Journal du Printemps.

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The Bach Choir: Best of British – A S ea S ymphony

St John’s Smith Square, 7pm £40 £25 £10 Premium seats £60*

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S t Albans International Organ Festival: Talk and D emonstration Sally Matthews © Johan Persson

David Hill conductor Raphael Wallfisch cello Sally Matthews soprano Roderick Williams baritone James MacMillan New work (World premiere) Elgar Cello Concerto Vaughan Williams Symphony No.1 (A Sea Symphony) The Bach Choir presents the second of their ‘Best of British’ concerts. The evening features Vaughan Williams’ masterpiece A Sea Symphony, and the world premiere of a work commissioned by The Bach Choir from composer James MacMillan. Elgar’s poignant Cello Concerto completes the musical line-up.

Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £49 £35 £26 £19 £10*

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A panel from St Albans International Organ Festival discusses music written for the concert hall organ.

In conversation with Southbank Centre organ curator, William McVicker, and members of the jury, festival director David Titterington explores works written for the concert hall organ.

Students from the Royal Academy of Music perform secular organ repertoire.

Royal Festival Hall, 11am Admission Free.

S t Albans International Organ Festival: C onc er to Round Three young finalists in the St Albans International Organ Festival battle it out in the concerto round of the 2017 competition.

St John’s Smith Square, 7.30pm £15*

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INDEX Performers A Afanassiev, Valery 18 Aimard, Pierre-Laurent

34, 40, 41, 51, 52 Alsop, Marin 41, 47 Angius, Marco 21 Anthony, Colin 52 Argerich, Martha 35 Ashkenazy, Vladimir 28, 44 Atherton, Elizabeth 42 Aurora Orchestra 37 Aurora Orchestra (Principal Players) 20 Avdeeva, Yulianna 46 B The Bach Choir

25, 32, 46, 48, 57 Backhouse, Jeremy 51 Baker, Alexander Robin 35 Balcombe, Richard 53 Bar Choral Society 53 Barbera, René 26 Barley, Matthew 16 Bausor, Juliette 35 Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam 25 BBC Concert Orchestra

41, 44, 57 Behringer, Michael 22 Bell, Stephen 50 Benedetti, Nicola 18 Berezovsky, Boris 42 Best, Matthew 46 Bevan, Mary 35 Bevier, Stefan 55 Blaze, Robin 31, 32 Bliss, Julian 29 Blomstedt, Herbert 54 Blue, Angel 50 Bose, Pandit Kumar 16, 17, 18 Boston Children’s Chorus 48 Bou, Jean-Sébastien 55 Briggs, David 56 Brossé, Dirk 39 Buchbinder, Rudolf 45 Budd, Jeremy 31, 32 Bychkov, Semyon 56 C Cape Town Opera Chorus 16 Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra 16 Capuçon, Renaud 41, 46 Cargill, Karen 26, 48 Chana, Surdarshan 17 Chatterjee, Pandit Anindo

16, 17, 18 Chaurasia, Rakesh 16 Chen, Ray 33 Choir of the Age of Enlightenment 31, 32 Christie, William 57 City of London Choir 26, 41 Clayton, Allan 26 Cohen, Jonathan 38 Colin Currie Group 51 Collett, Ronan 34 Colli, Federico 22 60

Collon, Nicholas 29 Le Concert des Nations 22 Connolly, Sarah 40, 47 Corp, Ronald 47 Cottis, Jessica 57 Cox, Michael 30 Crouch End Festival Chorus 44 Crowe, Lucy 26 Cser, Krisztián 53 Currie, Colin 47 D Dalayman, Katarina 19 Dantone, Ottavio 25 Dariescu, Alexandra 39 Davidsen, Lise 26 Davies, Iestyn 46 Davis, Carl 27 Dazeley, William 41 De Ridder, André 19 Dearman, Louise 19 Debargue, Lucas 21 Debretzeni, Kati 40 Dennis, Anna 31, 32 Devine, Steven 26, 35 Diener, Melanie 47 Diocesan Boys’ School Choir 48 Dohnányi, Christoph von 21, 56 Driver, Danny 26 Duet Philharmonic Orchestra 47 Dutoit, Charles 43, 49 Dzhioeva, Veronika 30 E Eberle, Veronika 44 Ebrahim, Omar 43 Edusei, Kevin John 16 Edwards, Alexander James 50 Elder, Sir Mark 26 Eschenbach, Christoph 52 European Union Youth Orchestra 47 Evans, Rebecca 27 F Farr, Stephen 49 Faust, Isabelle 48 Fellner, Till 56 Fenton, George 31 Finch, Catrin 35 Fischer, Ádám 45 Fischer, Iván 53 Fischer, Thierry 30 Fomina, Sofia 21, 34, 47 Fontanals-Simmons, Marta 32 Foo, Mei Yi 44 Ford, Matthew 50 Fray, David 39 Fuge, Keri 26 Furness, Sam 26 Furrer, Beat 28 Furrer, Eva 28 G Gardner, Edward Gavrylyuk, Alexander Gerhardt, Alban

26 51 49

Gernon, Ben 48 Gimeno, Gustavo 54 Glenn Miller Orchestra 52 Goerne, Matthias 21, 47 Gooch, Oliver 31 Goode, Richard 54 Gould, Thomas 20 Grandage, Iain 25 Greenwood, Jonny 36 Gringyte, Justina 52 Gritton, Susan 37 Grosvenor, Benjamin 20, 53 Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör Ladies 19 H Hahn, Hilary 30 Hakala, Tommi 30 Hammond, Clare 31 Harvey, Tamara 20 Helmchen, Martin 54 Helsing, Anna-Maria 27 Henschel, Dietrich 42 Heras-Casado, Pablo 42 Herresthal, Peter 55 Hill, David 25, 32, 46, 57 Hobbs, Thomas 37 Honeck, Manfred 33 Hrůša, Jakub 45, 46 Hurrell, Susanna 31, 52 I Inglis, Anthony Ingram, Sky Iorio, Damian Isserlis, Steven

25 50 21 31, 43

J Jain, Vishal 17 Janowski, Marek 49 Järvi, Paavo 27, 36, 43 Johann Strauss Dancers 33 Johann Strauss Orchestra 33 The John Wilson Orchestra 30 Johnson, Ben 34 Juritz, David 26 Jurowski, Vladimir 18, 21, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 42, 47 K Kaiser, Joseph 19 Kampe, Anja 34 Karthick, Dr S 16, 17 Karttunen, Anssi 45 Kashkashian, Kim 34 Kasper, Kateryna 45 Kavakos, Leonidas 27 Kerl, Torsten 47 Kershaw, Emma 50 Khachatryan, Sergey 22 Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali 17 Kim, Jihoon 52 Komlosi, Ildiko 53 Konieczny, Tomasz 42 König, Michael 34 Kopatchinskaja, Patricia 41 Kosavic, Leon 45

Kovaļevska, Maija Kozhukhin, Denis Kraemar, Manfredo Krylov, Sergei Kumar, Niladri Kumar, Patri Satish Kumaresh, Jayanthi

48 54, 56 22 20 16 17 16, 17

L Lamsma, Simone 22 Larsson, Anna 47 Lauderdale, Thomas M 25 Leonskaja, Elizabeth 43 Lewis, Paul 34 Lill, John 55 Lisiecki, Jan 32 Lislevand, Rolf 22 Little, Tasmin 24 Lockhart, Keith 41, 44 London Concert Orchestra

19, 25, 50, 53 London Contemporary Orchestra 36 London Philharmonic Choir

26, 31, 37, 45, 47, 52 London Voices 34 Lubman, Brad 50 Lugansky, Nikolai 23 Lumsden, Andrew 32 M Mahler Chamber Orchestra 29 Maltman, Christopher 37 Manado State University Choir 48 Marwood, Anthony 37 Matthews, Sally 57 Mauceri, John 50 McVay, Ray 52 Menke, Isabelle 28 Meow Meow 25 Milhofer, Mark 41 Mingardo, Sara 45 Mishra, Dharamnath 17 Mishra, Pandit Sajan 17 The Moonlight Serenaders 52 Moreau, Edgar 42 Mozart Festival Orchestra

26, 31, 35 Mudgal, Shubha 17, 18 Murray, Tim 16 Murrihy, Paula 26 Mutter, Anne-Sophie 27 Mzansi Youth Choir 48 N National Youth Choir of Great Britain 48 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain 33 Nayak, Sudhir 17, 18 Nelsons, Andris 33, 34 NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo 43 Norrington, Sir Roger 37 O O’Donnell, James 27, 38 O’Hora, Ronan 21 Orchestra of St Cecilia 52 Orion Orchestra 27 Orozco-Estrada, Andrés

29, 30, 38, 39 Orphei Drängar 19 Otaka, Tadaaki 55 Ott, Alice Sara 28 Over, Simon 53

P Panesar, Roopa 17 Pappano, Sir Antonio 52 Parker-Smith, Jane 19 Parkinson, Katherine 20 Parliament Choir 53 Pavel Haas Quartet 54 Payare, Rafael 43 Pearse, Morgan 31 Perianes, Javier 42 Petrenko, Vasily 48 Philharmonia Chorus 44, 49, 55 Philharmonia Voices

18, 19, 26, 40, 55 Philip, David Butt 31, 52 Piccinini, Marina 39 Piemontesi, Francesco 29 Pierlot, Philippe 22 Pink Martini 25 Pirgu, Saimir 48 The Polka Dot Dolls 52 Pollini, Maurizio 40, 43 Pont, Grégoire 25 Power, Lawrence 39, 54 Pradhan, Aneesh 17, 18 Presland, Clare 31 Price, Samantha 26 Purser, Toby 27 Purves, Christopher 34 Q Quinney, Robert

37

R Radziejewska, Anna 21 Rajan, Pandit 17 Rea, Barnaby 26 Repin, Vadim 49 Rhorer, Jérémie 55 Riches, Ashley 31, 32 Riga Dom Cathedral Boys’ Choir 48 Rigby, John 19 Rodolfus Choir 26, 55 Rose, Matthew 47 Rose, Peter 26, 34 Roth, François-Xavier 25 Rouvali, Santtu-Matias 49 Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble 37 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

37, 41, 43, 48, 49, 55 S Sairam, Aruna 17 Salonen, Esa-Pekka

18, 19, 40, 41, 51, 52 Saraste, Jukka-Pekka 45 Savall, Jordi 22 Sawa Choir 48 Schwanewilms, Anne 47 Schwizgebel, Louis 30 Sebestyén, Márta 53 Sellars, Peter 19 Sheehan, Kim 35 Shevchenko, Oxana 47 Les Siècles 25 Silins, Egils 49 Sir, Joo Yeon 50 Smith, Robert Dean 21 Sokhiev, Tugan 42 Sølberg, Marita 55 Søndergård, Thomas 20 Sofia Vokalensemble Ladies 19

Southbank Sinfonia 48, 53 Spence, Toby 46 Spyres, Michael 38 Srikanth, Jyotsna 17 St Jacob’s Vocal Ensemble 48 St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra 35 Staples, Andrew 18, 46 Steen, Jac van 30 Stefanovich, Tamara 33, 34, 52 Steffens, Karl-Heinz 24, 39 Steinbacher, Arabella 24 Stewart, Joshua 19 Stone, Mark 25 Streetwise Opera 27 Stutzmann, Nathalie 45 Sutherland, Gavin 50 Suzuki, Masaaki 31, 32 Sykes, Catherine 52 Synergy Vocals 44, 51 T Tamestit, Antoine 44 Temirkanov, Yuri 22, 35, 56 Tetzlaff, Christian 37 Tetzlaff, Tanja 37 Ticciati, Robin 27 Tiffin Boys’ Choir 47 Trinity Boys Choir 41 Tritschler, Robin 45 Trpčeski, Simon 27 Truscott, Matthew 48 Tseng, Yu-Chien 23 12 ensemble 16 Tynan, Ailish 32 Tynan, Sarah 41, 46 U Uchida, Mitsuko 29, 36 The Uptown Hall Gang 52 Urbański, Krzysztof 23 V Valčuha, Juraj 28 Vänskä, Osmo 22, 23, 24 Vera, Ana-Maria 20 Vinogradov, Alexander 26, 48 Vivace Chorus 51 Vogt, Lars 36 W Wallfisch, Raphael 24, 57 Wang, Yuja 48, 52 The Waynflete Singers 32 Weilerstein, Alisa 38 West, Samuel 20 Wetton, Hilary Davan 41 White, Sir Willard 19 Williams, Michael 16 Williams, Roderick 46, 57 Wilson, John 30, 33, 39 Winchester Cathedral Choir 32 Wunder, Ingolf 28 Y The Young Singers Yu, Long

32 38

Z Zander, Benjamin 44 Zehetmair, Thomas 21 Ziegler, Robert 56 Zimmermann, Frank Peter

28, 43 Zukerman, Pinchas 37 61

Composers A Abrahamsen, Hans Schnee

30

Adam O Holy Night arr. Rutter

32

Adams, John Dr Atomic Symphony Harmonielehre

39 35

Adès, Thomas In Seven Days - Concerto for piano

36

Alain Trois Danses

49

Anderson A Christmas Festival

32

Arne Rule, Britannia arr. Malcolm Sargent 50 B Bach, CPE Symphony in B minor, Wq.182/5 Symphony in C, Wq.182/3 Symphony in G, Wq.182/1

25 25 48

Bach, JCF Symphony in D minor

25

Bach, JS Ave Maria arr. Gounod 32 Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 – 6 51 Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ich her, BWV.769 37 Chorale-prelude, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV.682 37 Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1 – 3 31 Christmas Oratorio, Parts 4 – 6 32 Four Duets, BWV.802–805 37 French Suite No.5 in G, BWV.816 26 Harpsichord Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV.1052 25 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring 32 Motet, Singet dem Herrn, BWV.225 31 Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV.1068 57 Orchestral Suite No.4 in D, BWV.1069 57 Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV.541 37 Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV.547 37 Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV.548 37 Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV.552 orch. Schoenberg 50 Sanctus from B minor Mass, BWV.232 32 Six Suites for solo cello, BWV.1007–1012 38 St Matthew Passion 46 Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565 37 Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565 transc. Busoni 51 Bach, WF Harpsichord Concerto in F minor 25 Balakirev Nocturne No.2 in B minor

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26

Barber Adagio for Strings Overture, The School for Scandal

27 29

Bartók Concerto for 2 pianos, percussion & orchestra 52 Divertimento 29 Duke Bluebeard’s Castle concert performance 53 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz.100 for orchestra 53 The Miraculous Mandarin Suite 18 Viola Concerto 54 Violin Concerto No.2 28 Beethoven Fidelio (concert performance) 34 Mass in D (Missa solemnis) 26 Overture, Egmont 37, 44 Overture, Leonore No.3 24 Piano Concerto No.1 18 Piano Concerto No.3 44 Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) 41 Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.10 No.1 54 Piano Sonata in F, Op.10 No.2 54 Piano Sonata in D, Op.10 No.3 54 Piano Sonata in F, Op.54 22, 54 Piano Sonata in E flat, Op.81a (Les Adieux) 46 Piano Sonata in E minor, Op.90 46 PIano Sonata in A, Op.101 54 Piano Sonata in B flat, Op.106 (Hammerklavier) 48 Sonatas to be announced 43 String Quartet in E flat, Op.127 54 Symphony No.3 (Eroica) 30 Symphony No.7 37, 45, 54 Symphony No.9 (Choral) 44, 52 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO.80 30, 46 Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano 36 Violin Concerto 27, 37 Violin Sonata in A, Op.47 (Kreutzer) 20 Berg Violin Concerto

41

Berio Folk Songs

21

Berlioz Les nuits d’été 40 Overture, Benvenuto Cellini 43 Réverie et caprice romance for violin & orchestra 40 The Shepherd’s Farewell from L’enfance de Christ 32 Bernstein Mambo from West Side Story Overture, Candide

27 27

Bingham, Judith New work for organ (World premiere)

49

Borodin Overture, Prince Igor

28

Boulez Notations

51

Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem 51 5 Hungarian Dances (Nos.17-21) orch. Dvořák 46 Piano Concerto No.1 54 Piano Concerto No.2 45 Sonata in F minor for two pianos, Op.34b 34 Symphony No.1 33 Symphony No.2 24 Symphony No.3 39 Symphony No.4 45 Violin Concerto in D 27, 33 Britten Violin Concerto The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Bruch Violin Concerto No.1

22 25 30

Bruckner Symphony No.4 (Romantic) 18 Symphony No.5 33 Symphony No.7 49 Symphony No.9 34, 45 Bryars, Gavin Jesus’ blood never failed me yet The Sinking of the Titanic

44 44

C Campra Suite from Les fêtes vénitiennes

57

Chopin Etudes, Op.10: Nos.3 & 8-12 51 Nocturne Op.9 No.1 in B flat minor 28 Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in E flat 28 Nocturne B.49 (Op. posth.) in C sharp minor 28 Piano Concerto No.1 32 Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, Op.61 28 Polonaise in A flat, Op.53 28, 51 Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funèbre) 20 Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Old American Songs (excerpts)

27

Cullen, Mark Joy to the World

32

41

D Dargomïzhsky Baba-Yaga, fantasia

31

Darke In the bleak midwinter

32

Davies, Tansy Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra (London premiere) 41 Davis, Carl Napoleon (film score)

27

Dean, Brett Komarov’s Fall

33

Debussy Fantaisie for piano & orchestra 51 Ibéria, No.2 from Images 51 Jeux 25 La mer 25, 51

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Préludes, Book 2

18 40

Denisov Symphony No.2

41

Dove, Jonathan There Was A Child

48

Duruflé Requiem

55

Dvořák Cello Concerto 42 Piano Quintet No.2 in A, Op.81 54 Symphony No.8 46 Symphony No.9 (From the New World) 16, 27, 49 E Elgar Cello Concerto 24, 49, 57 Land of hope and glory from Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 50 Nimrod from Enigma Variations 50 Overture, Cockaigne (In London Town) 39 Overture, Froissart 55 Sea Pictures 51 Symphony No.1 44 F

H Haas, Georg Friedrich in vain for 24 instruments

50

Handel Messiah 31 Water Music Suites (selection) 26 Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1) 32 Haydn Cello Concerto in C The Creation Overture, La fedeltà premiata Overture, The Apothecary Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI/32 Symphony No.22 (The Philosopher) Symphony no.49 (La passione) Symphony No.85 in B flat (La Reine) Symphony No.101 in D (The Clock) Symphony No.102 in B flat

45 21

Liszt La lugubre gondola, S.200 (vers.1) Orpheus symphonic poem transc. Guillou for organ, S.672a Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254 R.W.– Venezia, S.201 Piano Sonata in B minor Unstern! sinistre, disastro, S.208

51

Lyadov Kikimora

45 37

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde 21 Symphony No.1 54 Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) 56 Symphony No.4 21 Symphony No.5 47 Symphony No.6 43, 52 Symphony No.8 (Symphony of a Thousand) 47

36 27

Henze Symphony No.7

21

Herrmann Psycho (film score) Vertigo (film score)

56 57

Holst The Planets

31

Holt, Simon Piccolo Concerto (Fool is Hurt) (UK premiere) 30

I Ives The Unanswered Question (Contemplation No.1) 39

Gershwin An American in Paris 29 I Got Rhythm from Girl Crazy 27 Rhapsody in Blue 27, 53 Summertime from Porgy and Bess 27

Janáček String Quartet No.1 (The Kreutzer Sonata)

Glass, Philip The Light Glazunov Concert Valse No.2 in F, Op.51

39 22

Glinka Spanish Overtures Nos. 1 & 2 Valse fantasie in B minor Granados El Fandango de candil (Goyescas No.3) Los Requiebros (Goyescas No.1) Greenwood, Jonny There Will Be Blood (film score) Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite No.1 Piano Concerto Gruber Silent Night

21, 49

Humperdinck Overture, Hansel and Gretel 32

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31 32

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34

Mason, Christian In the Midst of the Sonorous Islands (World premiere) 23 Méhul Arias from Mélidore et Phrosine, Uthal, Une folie, Euphrosine & Ariodant Overture, Les Amazones Symphony No. 5 (unfinished)

38 38 38

Mendelssohn Overture, Ruy Blas 39 Overture, The Fair Melusine 40 Overture, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) 56 Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 (Italian) 40 Violin Concerto 24, 41

K

49 34

Kancheli, Giya Mourned by the wind – liturgy for viola & orchestra 34

Milhaud La Création de monde, ballet

35

Kernis, Aaron Jay Flute Concerto (UK premiere)

Mozart Allegro from Serenade in G, K.525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) 35 Concerto in C for flute & harp, K.299 35 Overture & Là ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni 35 Overture, Non più andrai, Dove sono & Sull’aria ...

Che soave zeffiretto from the Marriage of Figaro 35 Overture, Papageno Papagena & Der Hölle Rache (Queen of the Night) from The Magic Flute 35 Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453 29 Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 56 Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491 21 Piano Concerto No.25 in C, K.503 29

39

Khachaturian Adagio and Phrygia & Dance of the Gaditanian Maidens from Spartacus 35

20

Lanquetuit, Marcel Toccata in D

20

Levi, Mica Under the Skin – music to the film 46

36

Ligeti Atmosphères Clocks and Clouds Concert românesc (Romanian Concerto) Piano Concerto

32

Martinů Memorial to Lidice

Messiaen Les corps glorieux Visions de l’amen

L

23 23, 43

56

16

Hayes, Morgan New work (World premiere) 30

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46

MacMillan, James New work (World premiere) 57

55

Furrer, Beat FAMA for speaker, 8 voices & instrumental ensemble (UK premiere) 28

20 46 46

48

Fauré Requiem

57

19

M

Hindemith Nobilissima Visione Suite 50

Fischer Suite No.7 in G minor from Le Journal du Printemps, Op.1

46

38

Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain for piano & orchestra 42

Fenton, George The Lady in the Van (film score)

Lindberg, Magnus Cello Concerto No.2 (UK premiere) 45 New work (World premiere) 52

19

38 40 54 40

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Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat, K.595 34 Requiem 26, 45 Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for violin & viola, K.364 44 Piano Sonata in B flat, K.333 20 Piano Sonata in C, K.545 36 Piano Sonata in D, K.576 30 Symphony No.40 35 Variations in F on Paisiello’s ‘Salve tu, Domine,’ K.398 22 Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K.207 48 Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 48 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition orch. Ravel

22

57

Ravel Alborada del gracioso arr. for orchestra 42 Boléro 50 Daphnis et Chloé (complete) 40 Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 29, 47 Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose), complete ballet with live animation by Grégoire Pont 25 Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) suite arr. for orchestra 49 Piano Concerto for the left hand 25 Piano Concerto in G 29 Rebel Les Élémens (Simphonie nouvelle)

35

Reich, Steve Drumming Music for 18 musicians Tehillim

51 44 51

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Respighi Fountains of Rome Pines of Rome

Orff Carmina Burana

23

N Nielsen Symphony No.2 (The Four Temperaments) 27 Symphony No.6 (Sinfonia semplice) 36

Panufnik, A. Violin Concerto

Sibelius En Saga 23 Finlandia 16, 50 Karelia Suite 22 King Kristian II Suite 20 The Oceanides 24 Symphony No.1 in E minor 22 Symphony No.2 in D 23 Symphony No.3 in C 23 Symphony No.4 in A minor 24 Symphony No.5 in E flat 24 Symphony No.6 in D minor 24 Symphony No.7 in C 24 Violin Concerto 22 49

52 52

Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever arr. Raymond Yiu for orchestra & organ

27

41

Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade

41

Stanford Song to the soul

25

27

Strauss, Johann (father) Radetzky-March

33

20

Rogers Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel

Parry Jerusalem

50

Penderecki, Krzysztof St Luke Passion

42

Pott, Francis Cantus Maris (World premiere)

51

Poulenc Organ Concerto

38

Rossini Overture, The Siege of Corinth Ruo, Huang The Sonic Great Wall (World premiere)

27 52 23

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Prokofiev Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.58 31 Piano Concerto No.2 47 Piano Concerto No.3 35 Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat, Op.83 26 Symphony No.1 in D (Classical) 43 Symphony No.5 in B flat 43 Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op.19 43 Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.63 49 Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot O soave fanciulla from La bohème

Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D minor

20, 35, 56 Symphony No.7 in C (Leningrad) 41 Symphony No.8 in C minor 28 Symphony No.15 41

Smetana Vltava from Má Vlast

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50 50

R Rachmaninoff see Rachmaninov Rachmaninov Études-tableaux Op.39 (selection) 26 Études-tableaux Op.39 Nos. 2, 5, 7 & 9 51 Piano Concerto No.2 21, 39, 56 Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 (vers.rev.1931) 51 Symphonic Dances 43 Symphony No.1 28, 32 Symphony No.2 33

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Rameau Suite from Les indes galantes

Saariaho, Kaija Violin Concerto - Graal Théàtre

55

Saint-Georges, Chevalier de Suite from L’Amant anonyme 16 Schubert Overture, Rosamunde 44 Piano Sonata in B flat, D.960 28 Piano Sonata in C minor, D.958 30 Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished) 21 Schumann Études symphoniques, Op.13 vers. without Op. posth. variations Fantasie in C, Op.17 Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Fantasiebilder), Op.26 Kinderszenen, Op.15 Kreisleriana, Op.16 Piano Concerto in A minor Symphony No.2 in C Sciarrino, Salvatore .... da un Divertimento Immaginare il Deserto (UK premiere)

26 36 22 30 36 39 56 21 21

Scriabin Piano Sonata No.2 in G sharp minor, Op.19 (Sonata-fantasy) 20 Shorter, Wayne Clarinet Concerto (World premiere)

29

Strauss, Johann (son) Blue Danube Waltz 19, 33, 50 Champagne Waltz 33 Overture, Die Fledermaus 33 Roses from the South Waltz 33 Strauss, Richard Also sprach Zarathustra

19, 38, 41 Four Last Songs 50 Metamorphosen 37 Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklärung) 45 Stravinsky Apollon musagète The Firebird, complete ballet (1910) Oedipus Rex Orpheus (ballet) Perséphone The Rite of Spring Symphonies of Wind Instruments (vers. 1947) Symphony of Psalms Variations in memoriam Aldous Huxley

18 42 19 18 18 47 21 19 21

Szymanowski Symphony No.4 (Symphonie concertante) for piano & orchestra, Op.60 33 Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 18 T Takemitsu Requiem for strings

43

Tallis Spem in alium

47

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (excerpts) 30 Piano Concerto No.1 28, 52 Piano Concerto No.2 55 Polonaise 30 Swan Lake (excerpts) 30 Swan Lake (Finale) 50 Symphony No.2 (Little Russian) 31

Symphony No.5 22 Symphony No.6 (Pathétique) 42 Tatiana’s Letter scene, Waltz scene & Final scene from Eugene Onegin 30 Violin Concerto 46

Vierne Symphonie No.2 in E minor, Op.20 19

Turnage, Mark-Anthony Percussion Concerto (In memoriam Steve Martland) (UK premiere) 47

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Weber Overture, Euryanthe

30

Wade, Laura Kreutzer vs Kreutzer – a play for voices

Willan, Healley Introduction, passacaglia and fugue in E flat minor

19

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Wagner Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 20 Overture, The Flying Dutchman 49 Parsifal (excerpts from Act 3 arr. Stokowski) 50 Wotan’s Farewell & Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre 49

Willcocks Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

32

Williams, John film scores

25

Willscher, Andreas Toccata alla Rumba (Allegro barbaro)

19

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis 29 The Lark Ascending 23, 25, 50 Symphony No.1 (A Sea Symphony) 57 Symphony No.2 (A London Symphony) 39 Symphony No.9 in E minor 34 Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata 50 Requiem 26, 48

Vivaldi The Four Seasons Gloria

Wallin, Rolf New work for voice and ensemble (UK premiere)

26 32

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55

Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Symphony No.1 in B flat minor Viola Concerto Violin Concerto

25, 53 29, 55 39 24

Z Zimmermann Violin Concerto

21

Resident Orchestras Please note some series savings are available when booking multiple Resident Orchestra concerts.

See page 71 for details.

London Philharmonic Orchestra Jurowski, Benedetti / Debussy, Szymanowski, Bartók / 23 Sep 2016 18 Jurowski, Afanassiev / Beethoven, Bruckner / 28 Sep 2016 18 De Ridder, 2001: A Space Odyssey / 2 Oct 2016 19 Søndergård, Krylov / Sibelius, Panufnik, Shostakovich / 8 Oct 2016

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Jurowski, Zehetmair / Stravinsky, Zimmermann, Henze / 15 Oct 2016

21 Grandage, Lauderdale, Meow Meow, Pink Martini /1 Nov 2016 25 Elder, Crowe, Murrihy, Clayton, Rose, London Philharmonic Choir / Beethoven / 5 Nov 2016 26 27

Orozco-Estrada, Bliss / Barber, Wayne Shorter, Gershwin, Ravel / 30 Nov 2016 29 Orozco-Estrada, Hahn / Weber, Bruch, Beethoven / 2 Dec 2016 30 Jurowski, Isserlis / Glinka, Prokofiev, Dargomïzhsky, Tchaikovsky / 7 Dec 2016

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Jurowski, Lisiecki / Glinka, Chopin, Rachmaninoff / 14 Dec 2016 32 Honeck, Chen / Brahms / 13 Jan 2017

Orozco-Estrada, O’Donnell / Haydn, Poulenc, Ligeti, Richard Strauss / 10 Feb 2017 38 Orozco-Estrada, Piccinini / Philip Glass, Aaron Jay Kernis, Ives, John Adams / 11 Feb 2017 39 Brossé, Dariescu / Rachmaninoff / 14 Feb 2017 39

Jurowski, Debargue, Fomina / Haydn, Mozart, Mahler / 12 Oct 2016 21

Ticciati, Mutter / Beethoven, Dvořák / 9 Nov 2016

Norrington, Gritton, Hobbs, Maltman, London Philharmonic Choir / Haydn / 4 Feb 2017 37

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Jurowski, Johnson, Fomina, Rose, Kampe, Purves, König, Collett, London Voices / Beethoven / 21 Jan 2017 34 Jurowski, Kashkashian / Giya Kancheli, Martinů, Vaughan Williams / 25 Jan 2017

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Jurowski / Rebel, Milhaud, John Adams / 28 Jan 2017

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Jurowski, Kopatchinskaja / Denisov, Berg, Shostakovich / 22 Feb 2017

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Jurowski, Atherton, Henschel, Konieczny / Krzysztof Penderecki / 4 Mar 2017 42 Synergy Vocals / Gavin Bryars, Steve Reich / 15 Mar 2017 44 Saraste, Karttunen / Magnus Lindberg, Bruckner / 22 Mar 2017

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Stutzmann, Kasper, Mingardo, Tritschler, Kosavic, London Philharmonic Choir / Richard Strauss, Mozart / 25 Mar 2017 45

Vänskä, Tseng / Sibelius, Vaughan Williams / 21 Oct 2016 23 Vänskä, Wallfisch / Elgar, Sibelius / 26 Oct 2016

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Vänskä, Little / Sibelius, Walton / 28 Oct 2016

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LPO FUNharmonics 9 Oct 2016

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Philharmonia Orchestra Iorio, O’Hora / Wagner, Rachmaninov, Holst / 14 Oct 2016 21 Dohnányi, Smith, Goerne / Schubert, Mahler / 16 Oct 2016 21 Temirkanov, Khachatryan / Glazunov, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky / 20 Oct 2016

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Urbański, Lugansky / Grieg, Mussorgsky / 23 Oct 2016

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Gardner, Davidsen, Cargill, Barbera, Vinogradov, Rodolfus Choir, Philharmonia Voices / Verdi / 3 Nov 2016 26 Davis / Davis / 6 Nov 2016

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Jurowski, Diener, Schwanewilms, Fomina, Connolly, Larsson, Kerl, Goerne, Rose, London Philharmonic Choir, Tiffin Boys’ Choir / Tallis, Mahler / 8 Apr 2017 47

Ashkenazy, Ott / Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov / 17 Nov 2016

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Janowski, Silins / Wagner, Bruckner / 26 Apr 2017

Collon, Piemontesi / Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Walton / 1 Dec 2016

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Van Steen, Dzhioeva, Hakala / Tchaikovsky / 4 Dec 2016

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Fenton, Hammond / George Fenton / 8 Dec 2016

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Hill, Tynan, The Bach Choir, The Young Singers Children’s Choir / Anderson, Willcocks, Humperdinck, Bach, Adam / 11 Dec 2016

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Mauceri, Blue / Bach, Hindemith, Wagner, Richard Strauss / 28 Apr 2017 50 Eschenbach, Hurrell, Gringyte, Philip, Kim, London Philharmonic Choir / Magnus Lindberg, Beethoven / 6 May 2017 52 Ziegler / Herrmann / 23 Jun 2017 56

London Philharmonic Orchestra Osmo Vänskä: Sibelius Symphony Cycle Vänskä, Lamsma / Sibelius, Britten / 19 Oct 2016

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Valčuha, Zimmermann / Bartók, Shostakovich / 24 Nov 2016 28

Lumsden, Fuge, FontanalsSimmons, Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Waynflete Singers / Handel, Bach, Darke, Berlioz, Vivaldi, Gruber / 15 Dec 2016 32

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Nelsons, Lewis / Mozart, Bruckner / 22 Jan 2017

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Wilson, Power / Elgar, Walton, Vaughan Williams / 12 Feb 2017 39

Gimeno, Power / Ligeti, Bartók, Mahler / 1 Jun 2017 54

Christian Mason, Huang Ruo / 22 Oct 2016

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Rhorer, Sølberg, Bou, Rodolfus Choir, Philharmonia Voices / Duruflé, Fauré / 4 Jun 2017 55

Beat Furrer, Eva Furrer / Beat Furrer / Isabelle Menke 11 Nov 2016

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Dohnányi, Fellner / Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann / 8 Jun 2017 56

Fischer, Cox/ Morgan Hayes, Hans Abrahamsen, Simon Holt / 6 Dec 2016 30

Salonen, Aimard, Philharmonia Voices / Ligeti, Ravel / 19 Feb 2017 40

Temirkanov, Kozhukhin / Lyadov, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich / 21 Jun 2017

Salonen, Aimard, The Horn Section of the Philharmonia Orchestra / Beethoven, Tansy Davies, Richard Strauss / 23 Feb 2017 41

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Heras-Casado, Perianes / Ravel, Falla, Stravinsky / 2 Mar 2017 42 Sokhiev, Moreau / Dvořák, Tchaikovsky / 5 Mar 2017

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Payare, Zimmermann / Prokofiev, Rachmaninov / 9 Mar 2017 43 Ashkenazy, Eberle, Tamestit / Schubert, Mozart, Elgar / 16 Mar 2017

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Zander, Foo, Philharmonia Chorus / Beethoven / 18 Mar 2017 44 Hrůša, Buchbinder / Brahms / 23 Mar 2017 Hrůša, Capuçon / Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák / 6 Apr 2017

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Rouvali, Gerhardt, Philharmonia Chorus / Smetana, Elgar, Holst / 23 Apr 2017 49 Salonen, Aimard / Debussy, Boulez / 4 May 2017

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Salonen, Aimard, Stefanovich / Bartók, Mahler / 7 May 2017 52 Blomstedt, Helmchen / Brahms, Beethoven / 25 May 2017 54

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Salonen, Sellars, Dalayman, Kaiser, White, Stewart, Orphei Dränger, Ladies of the Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör, Ladies of the Sofia Vokalensemble / Stravinsky / 29 Sep 2016

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Herresthal / Kaija Saariaho, Rolf Wallin / 6 Jun 2017 18

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Philharmonia Orchestra German Romantics Steffens, Steinbacher / Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms / 27 Oct 2016

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Mica Levi / 4 Apr 2017

Lubman / Georg Friedrich Haas / 27 Apr 2017 50

Stravinsky: Myths & Rituals Salonen, Staples, Bouquet Philharmonia Voices / Stravinsky / 25 Sep 2016

Thomas Adès / 1 Feb 2017

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Steffens, Fray / Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms / 16 Feb 2017 39

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Dantone / CPE Bach, JS Bach, JCF Bach, WF Bach / 30 Oct 2016

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Suzuki, Dennis, Blaze, Budd, Riches, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment / Bach / 9 Dec 2016

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Suzuki, Dennis, Blaze, Budd, Riches, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment / Bach / 10 Dec 2016

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Cohen, Spyres / Méhul / 10 Feb 2017

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Debretzeni, Connolly / Berlioz, Mendelssohn / 20 Feb 2017 40

Philharmonia Orchestra Nielsen Cycle: Paavo Järvi Järvi, Kavakos / Haydn, Brahms, Nielsen / 10 Nov 2016 27 Järvi, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Vogt / Haydn, Beethoven, Nielsen / 2 Feb 2017 36

London Sinfonietta Angius, Radziejewska / Salvatore Sciarrino, Berio / 13 Oct 2016 21

Fischer, Isserlis / Haydn, Beethoven / 20 Mar 2017

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Truscott, Faust / Haydn, Mozart, CPE Bach / 18 Apr 2017 48 Bach / 2 May 2017

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Christie / Campra, Fischer, Bach, Rameau / 4 Jul 2017

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International Piano Series Benjamin Grosvenor / Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin, Granados, Liszt / 4 Oct 2016 Federico Colli / Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky / 20 Oct 2016

Alexander Gavrylyuk / Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninov / 3 May 2017 51 20

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Danny Driver / Bach, Schumann, Balakirev, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev / 3 Nov 2016 26

Richard Goode / Beethoven / 31 May 2017

International Chamber Music Series Jordi Savall, Manfredo Kraemer, Philippe Pierlot, Rolf Lislevand, Michael Behringer, Le Concert des Nations / 19 Oct 2016 22

Ingolf Wunder / Schubert, Chopin / 19 Nov 2016

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Louis Schwizgebel / Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert / 2 Dec 2016

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich / Brahms, Messiaen / 24 Jan 2017 34

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Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals / Reich / 5 May 2017

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard & Tamara Stefanovich / Brahms, Messiaen / 24 Jan 2017 34 Mitsuko Uchida / Mozart, Schumann / 31 Jan 2017

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Maurizio Pollini / Debussy, Chopin / 21 Feb 2017

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Boris Berezovsky / 28 Feb 2017 42 Maurizio Pollini / Beethoven / 14 Mar 2017

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Yulianna Avdeeva / Beethoven, Liszt / 29 Mar 2017 46 Yuja Wang / Beethoven / 11 Apr 2017

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Pavel Haas Quartet, Denis Kozhukhin / Beethoven, Dvořák / 2 Jun 2017

Cape Town Opera and Wales Millennium Centre present Mandela Trilogy / 31 Aug to 3 Sep 2016

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Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth / Debussy, Ravel / 2 Nov 2016

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Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida / Mozart, Bartók / 29 Nov 2016

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St Petersburg Philharmonic, Yuri Temirkanov / Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Shostakovich / 29 Jan 2017 35 NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Paavo Järvi / Takemitsu, Mahler / 6 Mar 2017 43

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European Union Youth Orchestra, Marin Alsop & Colin Currie / Ravel, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Stravinsky / 7 Apr 2017 47

Jane Parker-Smith / Marcel Lanquetuit, Liszt, Andreas Willscher, Healley Willan, Vierne / 3 Oct 2016

Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano / Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Respighi / 11 May 2017

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer / Bartók / 23 May 2017

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Robert Quinney / Bach / 3 Feb 2017

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Stephen Farr / Judith Bingham, Alain, Messiaen / 24 Apr 2017 49 David Briggs / 24 Jun 2017

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Festivals And Major Projects Africa Utopia Cape Town Opera and Wales Millennium Centre present Mandela Trilogy / 31 Aug to 3 Sep 2016 Chineke! Orchestra / Sibelius, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Haydn, Dvořák / 4 Sep 2016

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Metamorphosen: Aurora Orchestra with Edmund de Waal / Richard Strauss / 4 Feb 2017 37

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Hymn to Joy / Magnus Lindberg, Beethoven / 6 May 2017 52

Alisa Weilerstein / Bach / 8 Feb 2017

Semyon Bychkov and the Royal Academy of Music / Mahler / 22 Jun 2017 56

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Man and Superman / Haydn, Poulenc, Ligeti, Richard Strauss / 10 Feb 2017 38

Indian Music Course / 12 to 15 & 21 Sep 2016

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Universal Notes: Rakesh Chaurasia & Niladri Kumar: double bill / 16 Sep 2016

London Philharmonic Orchestra: American Adventurers / Philip Glass, Aaron Jay Kernis, Ives, John Adams 11 Feb 2017 39

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LPO FUNharmonics: Conducting Science / 18 Feb 2017 40

Morning Raga Time Travel: Roopa Panesar with Anindo Chatterjee / 17 Sep 2016 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan in conversation / 17 Sep 2016

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Aruna Sairam, Jayanthi Kumaresh & Rajan and Sajan Mishra: double bill / 17 Sep 2016 17 Yogabliss to Live Music / 17 & 18 Sep 2016

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Morning Raga Time Travel: Morning Bliss with Vishal Jain / 18 Sep 2016 17 Indian Women in Music / 18 Sep 2016

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Shubha Mudgal & Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: double bill / 18 Sep 2016

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Belief and Beyond Belief London Philharmonic Orchestra: Fidelio / Beethoven / 21 Jan 2017 34 Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich / Brahms, Messiaen / 24 Jan 2017 34 London Philharmonic Orchestra: 20th Century Discoveries / Giya Kancheli, Martinů, Vaughan Williams / 25 Jan 2017 34 London Philharmonic Orchestra: New Worlds / Rebel, Milhaud, John Adams / 28 Jan 2017 35 London Sinfonietta: In Seven Days / Thomas Adès / 1 Feb 2017 36 Robert Quinney / Bach / 3 Feb 2017

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: In the Beginning / Haydn / 4 Feb 2017 37

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Memory of an Angel / Denisov, Berg, Shostakovich / 22 Feb 2017 41 BBC Concert Orchestra: Music to Die For / 25 Feb 2017

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: St Luke Passion / Krzysztof Penderecki / 4 Mar 2017 42 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Power and Provocation / Gavin Bryars, Steve Reich / 15 Mar 2017 44 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Unfinished Journey / Magnus Lindberg, Bruckner / 22 Mar 2017 45 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Death and Transfiguration / Richard Strauss, Mozart / 25 Mar 2017 45 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Symphony of a Thousand / Tallis, Mahler / 8 Apr 2017 47 Stephen Farr/ Judith Bingham, Alain, Messiaen/ 24 Apr 2017 49 London Philharmonic Orchestra: Heaven and Earth / Wagner, Bruckner / 26 Apr 2017 49 London Sinfonietta Georg Friedrich Haas: in vain/ Haas / 27 Apr 2017

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Time Becomes Space / Bach, Hindemith, Wagner, Richard Strauss / 28 Apr 2017 50 The Colin Currie Group perform Reich / Reich / 5 May 2017 51

Film Scores Live London Philharmonic Orchestra – 2001: A Space Odyssey / 2 Oct 2016 19 Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations: Music from the film Tous les matins du monde / 19 Oct 2016

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Philharmonia Orchestra: Napoleon / Carl Davis/ 6 Nov 2016

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There Will Be Blood / 30 Jan 2017 36 Brief Encounter with London Philharmonic Orchestra / Rachmaninov / 14 Feb 2017

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BBC Concert Orchestra: From heaven to hell at the Movies – Sound of Cinema Live / 19 Mar 2017

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London Sinfonietta: Mica Levi – Under the Skin / Mica Levi / 4 Apr 2017 46 London Philharmonic Orchestra – Psycho / Herrmann / 23 Jun 2017 56 Hitchcock’s The Lodger / 24 Jun 2017

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Vertigo / Herrmann / 25 Jun 2017

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Power of Power Kreutzer vs Kreutzer: Aurora Orchestra with Katherine Parkinson & Samuel West / 9 Oct 2016

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What You Need to Know 2001- A Space Odyssey, Kubrick In Depth / 1 Oct 2016 19 Debussy, La Mer In Depth / 29 Oct 2016

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Shostakovich, Symphony No.5 In Depth / 28 Jan 2017 35 Steve Reich, Tehillim & Drumming In Depth / 29 Apr 2017 50 Bartók, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle In Depth / 13 May 2017

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Hitchcock In Depth / 24 Jun 2017

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VISITING US

Make the most of your time at Southbank Centre: take advantage of the pre-concert menus at our restaurants, enjoy interval drinks overlooking the river or browse our shops for gifts.

Shop, Eat & Drink For interval drinks in Royal Festival Hall, pre-order at Level 2 Central Bar and they will be waiting for you in the closest bar to your seat; or you can place your order at the Bars on Level 4. southbankcentre.co.uk/shop-eat-drink

Eat and Drink

Shop

We have a great selection of dining experiences.

There is something for all tastes and budgets and plenty of space for large groups and children.

Find a unique range of products and gifts, some directly inspired by what’s on at Southbank Centre.

Caffè Vergnano 1882 020 7921 9339

Southbank Centre Shop: Royal Festival Hall Vintage gifts, homeware, jewellery and toys.

Canteen 0845 686 1122

Southbank Centre Shop: Festival Terrace Designer and artisanal gifts, furniture, jewellery and more.

EAT 020 7401 2989 Feng Sushi 020 7261 0001 Giraffe 020 7928 2004 Las Iguanas 020 7620 1328 Le Pain Quotidien 020 7486 6154 ping pong 020 7960 4160 Riverside Terrace Café 020 7921 0758 Skylon 020 7654 7800

Foyles Extensive selection of books and gifts. Pop-up stall in Royal Festival Hall on the evening of some events selling relevant books, CDs and DVDs. Southbank Centre Book Market Iconic second-hand bookstall under Waterloo Bridge.

Shop Online Exclusive design collections, Hayward publications, great gift ranges and web-only special offers. southbankcentre.co.uk/shop

Strada 020 7401 9126 Topolski 020 7620 0627 wagamama 020 7021 0877 YO! Sushi 020 3130 1997 For more information on our restaurants, bars and cafes, visit southbankcentre.co.uk/shop-eat-drink

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Access

St John’s Smith Square

Southbank Centre is accessible to people with disabilities and our auditoria are fitted with Sennheiser infra-red systems. To use, please collect a neck loop or headset from the cloakroom and turn your hearing device to the ‘T’ setting.

Visitors with a disability can join our Access List.

This may entitle you to: a concessionary ticket price; receive publications in alternative formats; and a seat for a companion. Email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk or phone 020 7960 4200 or send a fax to 020 7921 0607.

Southbank Centre provides Audio Description, Captioning, British Sign Language and Speech-to-Text reporting for some of our events.

Please check our website for further details southbankcentre.co.uk/visitor-info/access

Public Transport Underground Waterloo, Embankment and Charing Cross Buses Waterloo Bridge, York Road, Belvedere Road and Stamford Street Mainline rail Waterloo, Waterloo East and Charing Cross

Parking Southbank Centre Car Park‚ Belvedere Road Due to the refurbishment of Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery, Hayward Gallery Car Park is closed.

Parking is available for Blue Badge holders at the National Theatre Car Park and Cornwall Road Multi-Storey Car Park. A drop-off point at Royal Festival Hall has been created for visitors with restricted mobility.

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In autumn 2015 we began the refurbishment of Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery to bring them up to a standard worthy of the artists and our artistic ambition.

During the refurbishments we are delighted to be taking concerts from our classical music season to St John’s Smith Square, expanding Southbank Centre’s reach across the Thames. This 300-year-old baroque church has long welcomed the world’s finest musicians to perform in its exceptional acoustic and we look forward to presenting some of the events within our classical music season there. More details on how to get to St John’s Smith Square at southbankcentre.co.uk/sjss.

We are also pleased to be presenting concerts at Cadogan Hall and the Coronet Theatre during the 2016/17 season.

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BOOKING Booking information Online southbankcentre.co.uk £1.75 transaction fee* Phone 020 7960 4200 (9am – 8pm daily) £2.75 transaction fee*

Series savings with our annual series International Orchestra 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

In person Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office (10am – 8pm daily) No transaction fee

(Please note these savings only apply to multiple concerts bought in the same series, not across two or more series.)

*No transaction fee for Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles

International Organ Series

Series discounts available for some concerts (see column right). To receive your series discount, tickets to all the applicable concerts must be purchased in the same transaction.

Book 3 or more events, save 20%

Groups Groups of ten or more may be eligible for discounted tickets, although the saving varies according to the performance booked and the size of the group. Please phone 020 7960 4200 or visit southbankcentre.co.uk/groups for more details of benefits.

Book 2 events, save 10%

Series savings with our Resident Orchestras London Philharmonic Orchestra series saving 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%

Concessions A limited allocation of half price tickets is available at each performance. southbankcentre.co.uk/concessions

Philharmonia Orchestra series saving

MasterCard is the Preferred Payment Partner of Southbank Centre.

Book 9 – 11 events, save 20%

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Book 15 or more events, save 30%

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Book 3 – 5 events, save 10% Book 6 – 8 events, save 15% Book 12 – 14 events, save 25%

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment series saving Book 2 – 3 events, save 15% Book 4 – 7 events, save 20% Book 8 events, save 25% Not available on OAE TOTS.

Please phone 020 7960 4200 to receive this guide in alternative formats.

All the information in this brochure was correct at the time of going to press, but changes may be unavoidable.

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