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Close up with Charles Hazlewood & The Philharmonia Orchestra: From The New World

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Charles Hazlewood, one of the UK's great conductors, and a man determined to 'give young people from all backgrounds the possibility of experiencing classical music' returns to Southbank Centre to get under the surface of an iconic and familiar piece.

The Southwark Youth Orchestra and the David Idowu Choir will join forces with the Philharmonia Orchestra to bring Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 (From The New World) to life. Together they explore the thrill of new and exciting places as well as how it feels to leave home behind.

'What Heston Blumenthal is to food, Charles Hazlewood is to music.' (The Guardian)

Start Date:

Saturday 18 February 2012 - 16:00

End Date:

Saturday 18 February 2012

Ticket Prices:

£10

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (unlimited availability)

Performer(s):

Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood conductor

Repertoire:

Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No.9 (From the New World)

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

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The American Dream

The inspirational conductor Marin Alsop leads the Orchestra in a colourful exploration of American musical discovery.

Just as Antonín Dvorák lived the American dream through his touching symphonic hymn to the slave songs and spirituals of America in his Ninth Symphony, so another immigrant Edgar Varèse discovered New Worlds in his epic Amériques.

His piece was hailed as the most important piece 'for grand orchestra' created on American soil since the turn of the 19th century - a bittersweet, wordless rhapsody that envelopes like a dream and includes among its sonic armoury the sounds of sirens, duck-calls, whips and even a steamboat whistle.

Free pre-concert event, 6pm until 6.45pm, Royal Festival Hall
Foyle Future Firsts present Les Six (orch. Constant) 'Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel' - a rare revival of the score to Cocteau's nonsensical ballet.

Start Date:

Wednesday 20 February 2013 - 19:30

End Date:

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Ticket Prices:

£39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium £65

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (limited availability)

Performer(s):

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
London Adventist Chorale

Repertoire:

Spirituals - a capella
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No.9 (From the New World)
Interval
Darius Milhaud: La Création du monde, Suite
Edgard Varèse: Amériques

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Tetzlaff plays Dvorak

An evening revolving around the thrilling orchestral showpiece that is Rachmaninoff's Third Symphony. Conductor Osmo Vänskä and the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed the work in 2007 and the performance - of rare involvement, energy and beauty - became a critically acclaimed recording.

Now Vänskä, whose concerts with the orchestra invariably combine sparks of energy with startling levels of finesse, returns for a second look at this most irrepressible symphony of yearning and longing, with Dvorák's treacle-toned Violin Concerto and music of plaintive rhapsody from Carl Nielsen to begin.

Start Date:

Friday 2 November 2012 - 19:30

End Date:

Friday 2 November 2012

Ticket Prices:

£39 £33 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium £65

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (limited availability)

Performer(s):

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin

Repertoire:

Carl Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx, Op.49
Antonin Dvorák: Violin Concerto
Interval
Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

Czech Masterpieces with Jurowski

Vladimir Jurowksi conducts Josef Suk's immense orchestral work Ripening.

In 2010 Vladimir Jurowski presided over a performance of Suk's Asrael Symphony that electrified the atmosphere inside Royal Festival Hall. Now he turns to Asrael's successor Ripening, another huge orchestral canvas in which the composer grapples with his tragic demons and ultimately finds a radiating transcendence. 'In it you will find all the degrees of human emotions,' Suk said of Ripening, and he wasn't exaggerating.

It's heard here after the Piano Concerto by the man whose death inspired both Asrael and Ripening - Suk's father-in-law Dvorák. This is without doubt one of the best-kept secrets of the Romantic era, a piece that astounds with its noble virtuosity.

Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm - Professor Geoffrey Chew explores three giants of the Czech repertoire. Admission free

Start Date:

Wednesday 2 May 2012 - 19:30

End Date:

Wednesday 2 May 2012

Ticket Prices:

£39, £33, £27, £21, £16, £12, £9, Premium £65

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (limited availability)

Performer(s):

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir

Repertoire:

Leos Janácek: The Cunnning Little Vixen Suite
Antonin Dvorák: Piano Concerto in G minor
Interval
Josef Suk: The Ripening - symphonic poem, Op.34

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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Philharmonia Orchestra

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Nelsons conducts Dvorák

Written in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America, From the New World explodes with American folk-inspired rhythms and melodies.

Dvorák explained 'I have not actually used any of the Native American melodies. I have simply written original themes embodying the peculiarities of the Indian music, and, using these as subjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms, counterpoint and orchestral colour.'

Despite this, Dvorák does not completely shun the infectious folk music of his native Bohemia, the influence of which can be heard throughout the symphony.

Start Date:

Sunday 29 April 2012 - 15:00

End Date:

Sunday 29 April 2012

Ticket Prices:

£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (limited availability)

Performer(s):

Philharmonia Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conductor
Baiba Skride violin

Repertoire:

Richard Wagner: Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor
Interval
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No.9 (From the New World)

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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LPO FUNharmonics Family Concert

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The Cunning Little Vixen

The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski brings the Orchestra's FUNharmonics Family Concert season to a glorious end with a concert that includes The Cunning Little Vixen Suite by Leoš Janácek . The narration has been created especially for the occasion by Hannah Conway.

Foyers at Royal Festival Hall throughout the morning - You can try your hand at playing an orchestral instrument in one of the Have-a-Go sessions or join the Human Orchestra workshops from 10.30am to 2.30pm.

Start Date:

Sunday 13 May 2012 - 12:00

End Date:

Sunday 13 May 2012

Ticket Prices:

£18 £16 £14 £12 £10

Concession/Group Prices:

Children 50% off

Performer(s):

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Hannah Conway presenter

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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Philharmonia Orchestra

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Edward Gardner conducts Janácek

Janácek's Sinfonietta, scored for an extraordinary 14 trumpets, expresses his patriotic motivation, as does Dvorák's Symphony No.7, suffused with musical references to the Czech nation.

Janácek was inspired to write his festive Sinfonietta, scored for an extraordinary 14 trumpets, after listening to brass bands performing in his native Czechoslovakia. Dedicated to the Czech Armed Forces, Janácek said that it was intended to express 'contemporary free man, his spiritual beauty and joy, his strength, courage and determination to fight for victory.'

Dvorák's motivation in composing his Seventh Symphony was equally patriotic. 'What is in my mind is Love, God, and my Fatherland', he said of it, and it is suffused with musical references to the Czech nation, in particular in the final movement, which he said was symbolic of the determination of the Czech people to resist political oppression.

Start Date:

Thursday 31 May 2012 - 19:30

End Date:

Thursday 31 May 2012

Ticket Prices:

£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (limited availability)

Performer(s):

Philharmonia Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
David Fray piano

Repertoire:

Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat, K.482
Interval
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No.7

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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Philharmonia Orchestra

Mozart, Dvorak & Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony follows a familiar musical trajectory from despair to triumph over its four movements, and has become one of the composer's most popular works.

Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony follows a familiar musical trajectory from despair to triumph over its four movements. Though declared a failure both critically and by the composer himself after its first performances, it has become one of his most popular works today, and was particularly championed during World War II.

One of the most notable performances was by the Leningrad Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1941 during the Siege of Leningrad, which was also broadcast live to London.

As the second movement began, bombs started to fall nearby, but the orchestra continued playing until the final note.

Start Date:

Saturday 19 May 2012 - 19:30

End Date:

Saturday 19 May 2012

Ticket Prices:

£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (limited availability)

Performer(s):

Philharmonia Orchestra
Juraj Valcuha conductor
Alisa Weilerstein cello

Repertoire:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture, Don Giovanni
Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto
Interval
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Chopin & Dvorák

Marin Alsop conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, performing works by Dvorák, Chopin and Kodály.

When the London Philharmonic Society asked Antonin Dvorák for a new symphony in 1884, the composer knew he had to deliver something special. In the resulting Seventh, the doubts and frustrations Dvorák experienced as a composer are defeated by music of compelling argument, triumphing over its own nervous energy in the final bars with a glorious plunge into the brightness of D major.

Before it we hear a great 'forgotten' 20th-century work, Concerto for Orchestra by Zoltán Kodály. Like its namesake by the composer's compatriot Bartók, Kodály's concerto takes its material from Hungarian folk music, dressing it in the composer's own rich orchestral clothing - by turns rowdy, bracing, delicate and tender.

Start Date:

Friday 10 February 2012 - 19:30

End Date:

Friday 10 February 2012

Ticket Prices:

£39, £33, £27, £21, £16, £12, £9, Premium £65

Concession/Group Prices:

50% off (limited availability)

Performer(s):

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
Lukáš Vondráček piano

Repertoire:

Zoltán Kodály: Concerto for orchestra
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1
Interval
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No.7

Facility Description:

Royal Festival Hall

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