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Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Marin Alsop conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of works by Martinu, Liszt and Dvorák.
Royal Festival Hall
Thursday 9 February 2012
The Philharmonia performs the central work in the trilogy of Shostakovich's 'War Symphonies', conducted by exciting young conductor Tugan Sokhiev.
Royal Festival Hall
Friday 10 February 2012
Marin Alsop conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, performing works by Dvorák, Chopin and Kodály.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Friday 10 February 2012
In this concert the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment takes centre-stage in the Cultural Olympiad celebrations, with the world premiere of Spinal Chords by Sally Beamish.
Royal Festival Hall
Close up with Charles Hazlewood & The Philharmonia Orchestra: Pictures at an Exhibition
Saturday 11 February 2012
Charles Hazlewood joins 250 schoolchildren to bring you a colourful concert that combines painting, music and lots of singing! Conductor Charles Hazlewood conducts a young choir, part of Southwark Excellence in Schools, who share a stage with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
The Clore Ballroom
Saturday 11 February 2012 - Saturday 11 February 2012
Roll up for a musical tour of the animal kingdom.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Saturday 11 February 2012
The London Sinfonietta presents a portrait of Olga Neuwirth, the Austrian composer who came to prominence in the UK with her operatic adaptation of David Lynch's Lost Highway produced by the ENO and Young Vic.
Purcell Room
Study Day: Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette (Part 1)
Sunday 12 February 2012
Ahead of the OAE's performance of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette on 18 February this study day gives you a chance to delve further behind this unique piece
Purcell Room
Study Day: Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette (Part 2)
Sunday 12 February 2012
Ahead of the OAE's performance of Berlioz's mammoth Romeo et Juliette on 18 February, this study day gives you a chance to find out more about the piece.
Royal Festival Hall
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Neeme Järvi conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of romantic works by Rachmaninov.
Royal Festival Hall
Thursday 16 February 2012
Brahms's German Requiem is achingly beautiful, dwelling on the hope of the resurrection as well as consoling those who remain on earth.
Royal Festival Hall
Friday 17 February 2012
Neeme Järvi conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of romantic works by Rachmaninov.
Royal Festival Hall
Close up with Charles Hazlewood & The Philharmonia Orchestra: From The New World
Saturday 18 February 2012
There are many people who have an active interest in music and would love to engage with orchestral music, but are baffled by the range and depth of choice - they simply do not know where to begin!
Royal Festival Hall
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Saturday 18 February 2012
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a performance of Berlioz's mammoth Roméo et Juliette
Royal Festival Hall
LPO FUNharmonics Family Concert
Sunday 19 February 2012
This Family Concert includes Miklós Rózsa's concert suite from The Jungle Book narrated by Chris Jarvis.
Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Violinist Joshua Bell and tenor Jeremy Ovenden perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Royal Festival Hall
Sunday 26 February 2012
Vasily Petrenko conducts a programme of orchestral showpieces, ending with Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, the movements of which seem to summarise Rachmaninov's compositional life.
The Front Room at QEH
Sounds From A Room: Heiner Goebbels' Up River Book
Sunday 26 February 2012
The German composer Heiner Goebbels, known for his compositions for ensembles and large orchestras, gives a musical response to Joseph Conrad's 1890 journal 'Up-River Book'.
Royal Festival Hall
Faust Silent Film Screening with Philharmonia Orchestra
Monday 27 February 2012
As a new silent film, The Artist, is being applauded by critics and seems to be heading for 2012 Oscars success, Southbank Centre is proud to announce a unique cinematic and musical event - a special film screening of the epic silent masterpiece Faust.
Royal Festival Hall
Thursday 1 March 2012
An evening of high drama, with Schoenberg's Piano Concerto performed by Mitsuko Uchida and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting Beethoven's revolutionary Eroica Symphony.