‘Art was important and valued in the Soviet Union. Likewise friendship, because there were things that united us. Now money dominates everything.’
BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND MARISS JANSONS perform at Royal Festival Hall tomorrow ‘in their only UK concert this year… they perform Shostakovich’s 10th symphony, which marks a return to Jansons’s roots.’ (Nicholas Wroe, [...]
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Nikolai Lugansky introduces Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor. This spring Lugansky performs all four Rachmaninoff piano concertos alongside his much-loved Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Southbank Centre residents the Philharmonia Orchestra.
To find out more and to book tickets for this very special series visit our Rachmaninoff Cycle series [...]
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Yannick Nezet-Seguin, in his thirties and already the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, is a hugely successful emerging artist, having received rave reviews and audience adulation for his London Philharmonic Orchestra concerts.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Resident at Southbank Centre, talk with their Principal Guest Conductor about his interests and insight into his career so far:
What is [...]
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Southbank Centre has been given the green light* by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to work up plans for a grant of £950,000 to complete the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall’s organ.
The first phase of the organ refurbishment, the restoration and reinstallation of the Swell, Great fluework and Pedal Principal 32ft stop, was completed [...]
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Just a reminder- Screenplay will be providing a live relay of the Shell Classic International Barenboim and Berlin Staatskapelle concert tonight in Royal Festival Hall’s Clore Ballroom. Admission free.
Tonight they perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 and Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande, featuring a wide range of orchestral textures and colours.
The concert begins at 7.30pm
We look forward [...]
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As part of Shell Classic International 2009/10 Berlin Staatskapelle and Daniel Barenboim perform four concerts at Royal Festival Hall on Friday 29 January, Sunday 31 January, Monday 1 February and Tuesday 2 February.
Screenplay offers the fabulous opportunity of watching these sold out concerts live in Southbank Centre’s Clore Ballroom. Admission free!
Join us in the Ballroom [...]
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Question: what do Mikhail Gorbachev, Sting, Sean Connery, Sir David Attenborough, David Bowie, Patrick Stewart, Sharon Stone, Terry Wogan, Captain Kangaroo, Dame Edna Everage, Mia Farrow and Bill Clinton have in common? No, unfortunately it isn’t the leaked line-up for the next series of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, in which we’ll [...]
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The London Concerts 2011
The Barbican Centre and Southbank Centre bring Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker to London for a series of concerts in February 2011.
Special offer
Book for all 4 concerts to receive an invitation to an exclusive post-concert drinks reception. Tickets to the reception are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, [...]
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In an unprecedented partnership, the Barbican Centre and Southbank Centre bring Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker to London for a series of concerts in 2011.
Priority booking for Barbican and Southbank Centre members from 10am on Thursday 10 December
On sale to all from 10am on Monday 14 December
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Watch a video on the world premiere of Pictures Reframed in New York this November.
Coming to London this December!
Have a look at what New Yorkers had to say about this exciting programme entitled Pictures Reframed which centres around Mussorgsky’s epic piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition combining music, film and still imagery.
Pictures Reframed is performed [...]
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