Listen to our Classical music blog for May Highlights

Posted on May 2, 2012 by elsieburke

In this month’s podcast members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment discuss working with Sir Simon Rattle, and Vladimir Ashkenazy gives his personal perspective on Shostakovich’s Babi Yar Symphony. Plus a member of Spira mirabilis talks about the ensemble’s unique approach to Beethoven’s music.

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Colin Currie and Kalevi Aho in conversation

Posted on April 17, 2012 by elsieburke

Read an interview with Colin Currie (CC) and Kalevi Aho (KA) about the new percussion concerto written for him by Aho in what is one of the most eagerly-anticipated premieres of the season . CC Kalevi Aho – your new “Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra”, entitled  “Sieidi”, represents a colossal milestone within the Solo Percussion with [...]

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Listen to our classical music podcast for April highlights

Posted on April 4, 2012 by elsieburke

Colin Currie premieres a powerful and imaginative new Percussion Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in a performance Gilbert & Sulivan’s finest operetta The Yeomen of the Guard, and meet a player-piano who is the star of this year’s Nancarrow festival.

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Getting to know conductor Thomas Blunt

Posted on April 3, 2012 by elsieburke

Conductor Thomas Blunt is one of the current participants in the International Conductors’ Academy of the Allianz Cultural Foundation, which culminates in a concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall on 13 April 2012. Alongside the other two young conductors, Domingo Hindoyan and Ward Stare, Thomas will conduct the Orchestra in Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 [...]

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Getting to know conductor Domingo Hindoyan

Posted on April 3, 2012 by elsieburke

Conductor Domingo Hindoyan is one of the current participants in the International Conductors’ Academy of the Allianz Cultural Foundation, which culminates in a concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 13 April 2012 at Royal Festival Hall. Alongside the other two young conductors, Thomas Blunt and Ward Stare, Domingo will conduct the Orchestra in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with soloist John [...]

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LISTEN TO OUR CLASSICAL MUSIC PODCAST FOR MARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Posted on March 2, 2012 by elsieburke

Esa-Pekka Salonen on the delights of performing Beethoven with the Philharmonia Orchestra, new music from composer Julian Anderson, commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Laurence Cummings talks about Bach, as uncovered in a series of concerts by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. The Philharmonia Orchestra perform Beethoven’s First and Third Symphonies under [...]

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Marin Alsop podcast

Posted on February 13, 2012 by elsieburke

Artist in residence Marin Alsop has performed two concerts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Southbank Centre this February. Listen to the LPO February podcast where she introduces works by Martinů, Dvořák and Liszt.

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Watch our new classical music season trailer

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Liz White

To celebrate the launch of the season we have worked together with our four resident orchestras to create a trailer to mark the beginning of our 2011/12 season. We hope you enjoy! To explore the season further, visit our online guide.

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Check out our online classical music guide

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Liz White

Welcome to Southbank Centre’s 2011/12 classical music season packed with musical greats, firsts and concerts from our four world-class Resident Orchestras. Visit our online guide to take you through our packed programme! We kicked off the season in full swing with a sold out performance from Apartment House of John Cage Night as part of [...]

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Listen to the LPO’s latest podcast: Scriabin’s Prometheus, Poem of Fire

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Alison Fraser

The Greek myth of Prometheus has attracted composers over the centuries, including Beethoven, Liszt, Nono and Scriabin. The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor, Vladimir Jurowski explores the myth, and in particular the visionary work created by Scriabin – Prometheus, Poem of Fire, which has claim to be the first true ‘multi-media’ work for orchestra and [...]

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