Shell Classic International 2012/13 | Southbank Centre
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Southbank Centre welcomes you to Shell Classic International, a series of electrifying concerts bringing the world’s most renowned orchestras, conductors and soloists to London.
Experience first-hand the rich sound of Europe’s great orchestras, honed over more than a century and a half, as the Vienna Philharmonic and musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker make welcome return visits.
Also returning is one of Europe’s most illustrious opera companies, Zurich Opera, performing Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman with baritone superstar Bryn Terfel.
Seize the rare opportunity to hear the Russian National Orchestra combine forces with Southbank Centre Residents the London Philharmonic Orchestra and their Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Jurowski to explore the rich emotional terrain of British and Russian symphonic music.
Join us at Southbank Centre for a season of unforgettable musical experiences.

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Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 3 October 2012
In June 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union, composers were expected to help with morale, and Prokofiev's response was a setting of Tolstoy's epic War and Peace that would prove his most pro
Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski & Russian National Orchestra
Thursday 4 October 2012
Rich orchestral colours, melodic brilliance and a wide dramatic scope are features of both British and Russian 20th-century composers.
Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Russian National Orchestra
Friday 5 October 2012
An immense evening for orchestra lovers - the first opportunity to hear the Russian National Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra combine forces in the climax of Vladimir Jurowski's explorat
Royal Festival Hall
Bryn Terfel, Zurich Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Saturday 15 December 2012
Opera straight from one of the world's greatest opera houses comes to Royal Festival Hall starring Bryn Terfel in the title role.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and guests
Friday 1 March 2013
Enter a world of seductive decadence and biting satire as 1920s Berlin cabaret takes over Southbank Centre courtesy of musicians from the celebrated Berliner Philharmoniker.
Royal Festival Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Tuesday 9 April 2013
Explore the relationship between Schoenberg - one of the 20th century's greatest artistic radicals - and Brahms, the arch German Romantic, in a programme performed by one of the world's finest orch
Royal Festival Hall
Ivan Fischer, Imogen Cooper & Budapest Festival Orchestra
Monday 22 April 2013
Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra come to Royal Festival Hall to perform the piece for which they are perhaps most renowned, Bartók's colourful Concerto for Orchestra.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sunday 9 June 2013
Experience Richard Strauss' extraordinary Metamorphosen in a new way.
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