Contemporary
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E4 Udderbelly
Woody Sez
Thursday 16 July 2009
Sunday 19 July 2009
Advanced Booking | Folk | Music | Performance | Music | Contemporary | Udderbelly Festival
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Woody Sez celebrates the spirit of American folk legend Woody Guthrie, whose music continues to inspire today's finest storytelling songwriters including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, the Indigo Girls and Billy Bragg.
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The Front Room at QEH
The Science of Beatboxing
Friday 2 July 2010
Friday 2 July 2010
Beatboxing | Free | Literature | Music | Music | Contemporary | Friday Tonic | London Literature Festival 10 | See Further
16248
Free
Enjoy a fascinating encounter between Professor David M Howard, specialist in the analysis and synthesis of singing, speech and music, and as featured in BBC4's The Voice.
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The Clore Ballroom
Baby Loves Samba
Saturday 14 August 2010
Saturday 14 August 2010
Brazil | Children & Family | Dance & Performance | Family | Free | Join In | Contemporary | Festival Brazil | Festival Brazil Free Events
16724
Free
Southbank Centre's annual party for babies takes on a Brazilian theme as we invite tiny dancers and their families to samba their way to The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall!
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The Front Room at QEH
Spring Force
Sunday 5 September 2010
Sunday 5 September 2010
Dance & Performance | Dance & Performance | Folk | Free | Music | Young Artists | Folk & World | Contemporary | 5000 Morris Dancers
17005
Free
Experience a dynamic new piece of choreography fusing Cotswold morris and contemporary dance, presented by The English Folk Dance and Song Society in partnership with Pavilion Dance (Dance South West).
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Royal Festival Hall
Stephen Sondheim
Saturday 16 October 2010
Saturday 16 October 2010
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Legendary lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim looks back over a remarkable career, complete with a special musical soundtrack.
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Royal Festival Hall
k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
Thursday 2 June 2011
Friday 3 June 2011
Indie | Pop | Singer/Songwriter | Music | Rock & Pop | Contemporary
20169
Following the release of new album Sing It Loud in April, k.
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Purcell Room
ReedPlay
Monday 6 June 2011
Monday 6 June 2011
Saxophone | Woodwind | Chamber | Music | Contemporary Classical | Contemporary | Debussy, Claude | Handel, George Frideric
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Victoria Soames Samek and Sarah Markham present an instrumental feast showcasing the extensive clarinet and saxophone family.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Electronica III
Thursday 9 June 2011
Thursday 9 June 2011
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The third instalment in the BBC CO's electronic series with music by Graham Fitkin, Pulp, Aphex Twin and Andrew Poppy.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
The South African Gospel Singers
Monday 18 July 2011
Monday 18 July 2011
Gospel | South Africa | Vocal | Choral | Music | Folk & World | Contemporary
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The original African super choir, the South African Gospel Singers directed by Pinise Saul maintains its position as one of the world's greatest gospel choirs.
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The Front Room at QEH
Black Vinyl 1
Saturday 23 July 2011
Saturday 23 July 2011
20707
Free
The pantheon of black British music is rich.
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The Front Room at QEH
Black Vinyl 2
Saturday 23 July 2011
Saturday 23 July 2011
20708
Free
The pantheon of black British music is rich.
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The Clore Ballroom
Steppin' Over
Sunday 24 July 2011
Sunday 24 July 2011
Dance & Performance | Free | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Folk & World | Contemporary | London Is The Place For Me
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Free
Presented by Gary Crosby, Tomorrow's Warriors, The JazzCotech Dancers and writer and performer Sheldon Skeete, Steppin' Over is inspired by the arrival in the UK in 1948 of almost 500 West Indians on board the famed SS Windrush, heralding the birth of a modern multicultural society in Britain.
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The Front Room at QEH
Black Vinyl 3
Sunday 24 July 2011
Sunday 24 July 2011
20709
Free
The pantheon of black British music is rich.
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The Front Room at QEH
Black Vinyl 4
Sunday 24 July 2011
Sunday 24 July 2011
20710
Free
The pantheon of black British music is rich.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Oysterband & June Tabor
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Folk | Rock | Music | Rock & Pop | Folk & World | Contemporary
20079
Twenty-one years ago June Tabor and Oysterband made Freedom and Rain together - a landmark album of dark folk - in a union Rolling Stone called 'a marriage made in heaven'.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Grand Union Orchestra
Sunday 25 September 2011
Sunday 25 September 2011
India | Music | Orchestral | Jazz & Blues | Music | Folk & World | Contemporary
21310
Virtuoso Indian musicians, charismatic singers and multi-instrumentalists plus a stunning array of international jazz soloists unite in Tony Haynes' visionary work for the Grand Union Orchestra.
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The Clore Ballroom
Dance United and Only Connect
Friday 28 October 2011
Friday 28 October 2011
Dance & Performance | Free | Learning & Participation | Young Artists | Learning & Participation | Contemporary | Friday Tonic
22367
Free
Powerful, plysical performances by companies whose performers include talented ex-offenders.
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Royal Festival Hall
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio, World Tour 2011
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Cello | Film Music | Piano | Violin | Chamber | Music | Contemporary Classical | Contemporary
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For the first time since 2009, Japan's legendary composer, musician and performer Ryuichi Sakamoto returns to the UK as part of a world tour with his trio.
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The Clore Ballroom
LPO's The Band
Saturday 3 December 2011
Saturday 3 December 2011
Experimental | Free | Young Artists | Jazz & Blues | Music | Rock & Pop | Contemporary | Free Foyer Performances | Winter at Southbank Centre
22418
Free
Inspired by Forkbeard Fantasy's unique environment at The Clore Ballroom at Southbank Centre, and Julian Andersons' piece Fantasias (performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra later in the evening), The Band present an exciting new performance, starting with the concept of 'fantasy' to produce new music specially created for the space.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sydney Dance Company Masterclass
Saturday 3 December 2011
Saturday 3 December 2011
Australia | Dance & Performance | Masterclass | Workshops | Contemporary | Winter at Southbank Centre
22289
Best Available
An opportunity to take a masterclass with Sydney Dance Company's Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela and Dance Director Amy Hollingsworth.
