What are you particularly looking forward to about playing The Bach Weekend at Southbank Centre next year? The Bach Weekend is always very exciting for us, and at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Saturday 24 March we’re performing the Magnficat, the Easter Oratorio and the Trauer Ode. The Trauer Ode contains some of Bach’s most beautiful music [...]
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Following their outstanding performance of Verdi’s Requiem in March this year, the London Concert Choir return to Southbank Centre with Haydn’s Mass in Time of War and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. Both works were composed in the shadow of approaching war. Mass in Time of War (Haydn’s own title) was written in 1796 as Napoleon was advancing [...]
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We are searching for 750 singers from around the country (or beyond!) to join conductor Harry Christophers and The Sixteen in a giant performance of Handel’s Messiah on Saturday 14 May. You will need to know the music in advance, but there’s the option of taking part in rehearsals in London ahead of the performance date. [...]
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“Birds with striking plumage usually have horrible voices and it is the dull brown birds that sing beautifully – contrast the magpie with the wren… I want to make a case for taking the time to get to know a composer whose song is quiet and subtle.” Read more from tenor Mark Padmore on the [...]
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Griff Rhys Jones presents an evening of classical favorites in aid of The Passage Comedian and actor Griff Rhys Jones, soprano Joan Rodgers, mezzo-soprano Victoria Simmonds and violinist Jack Liebeck are just some of the stars contributing their talents for free to ‘A Night Under the Stars’ on Thursday 7 October. In 2009 the [...]
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Go behind the scenes with the Philharmonia Orchestra and one of the most passionate love stories ever told. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen gives insight into this tragic love story and get a sneaky peek of what to expect at this epic performance on Sunday 26 September at Royal Festival Hall. WATCH THE TRAILER
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On Thurday 6th May the day of the UK general election Southbank Centre plays host to a very special event called REwind. REwind – A Cantata for Voice, Tape & Testimony combines vocal soloists, chorus, and string octet with stunning projected images to celebrate the human spirit in South Africa that rose above the horror [...]
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On Thursday 25 February, soprano Jane Manning, ‘one of the great practitioners of singing in contemporary classical music’ will be performing a programme of premieres with her own ensemble, Jane’s Minstrels. The concert features the London premiere of Anthony Payne’s Horn Trio and seven world premieres from David Sawer, Phillip Neil Martin, Deirdre Gribbin, Colin [...]
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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 Book tickets / More [...]
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What do you fear the most? Death, because we do not know anything about it, there are only divagations and fiction about this topic. Which mobile number do you call the most? This is my secret. What – or where – is perfection? In divinity, in nature, in art… Who is your favourite hero from [...]
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