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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Thursday 15 October 2009 Thursday 15 October 2009

For this concert, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment asked tonight’s conductor and contemporary composers Sally Beamish and Hugh Wood to chose their favourite late-Haydn symphonies for...

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For this concert, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment asked tonight’s conductor and contemporary composers Sally Beamish and Hugh Wood to chose their favourite late-Haydn symphonies for performance.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Night Shift
Thursday 15 October 2009 Thursday 15 October 2009

London’s unique late-night classical event, The Night Shift, is back for a fourth year.

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London’s unique late-night classical event, The Night Shift, returns for a fourth year of events.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 17 October 2009 Saturday 17 October 2009

A performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah, conducted by Kurt Masur.

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A performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah, conducted by Kurt Masur.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 21 October 2009 Wednesday 21 October 2009

Mendelssohn, wandering the streets of Edinburgh and rambling the hillsides of the Hebrides in 1829, was utterly overcome.

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An evening of Liszt, Beethoven and Mendelssohn, with pianist Maria João Pires.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 22 October 2009 Thursday 22 October 2009

Once Brahms had completed his Second Piano Concerto, he sent the score to his friend Theodore Billroth with a note saying 'I am sending you some little piano pieces'.

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Christoph von Dohnányi celebrates his 80th birthday with a programme of Mendelssohn and Brahms.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 24 October 2009 Saturday 24 October 2009

Colin Currie takes flight with the world premiere performance of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Incantations Percussion Concerto, a piece that promises to marry aura and animation, finesse and fireworks...

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The world premiere of Rautavaara's Incantations Percussion Concerto with soloist Colin Currie, followed by the magical solemnity of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Britten Sinfonia
Monday 26 October 2009 Monday 26 October 2009

A celebratory concert that features works by composers who all have significant anniversaries during 2009 including Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Martinu.

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A celebratory concert that features works by composers who all have significant anniversaries during 2009 including Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Martinu.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 28 October 2009 Wednesday 28 October 2009

There can be no greater musical adventure than the Ring Cycle. The first staging of Wagner’s four operas required a new theatre; its orchestra new instruments.

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An evening of Scriabin and a symphonic summary of the Ring, with conductor Neeme Järvi and pianist Yevgeny Sudbin.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra: Martin Musical Scholarship Fund
Thursday 29 October 2009 Thursday 29 October 2009

A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

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A recital by an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 29 October 2009 Thursday 29 October 2009

During the composition of his Seventh Symphony in 1811/12 Beethoven endured the pangs of unrequited love, was coming to terms with his worsening deafness and suffered, along with his fellow...

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Philippe Jordan conducts one of Beethoven's most joyous and popular symphonies, the Seventh, alongside Strauss and Mozart.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 30 October 2009 Friday 30 October 2009

The idea of fate has shaped and sharpened the art of music since Beethoven seized it by the throat. In 1877, Tchaikovsky felt its weighty hand on his shoulder.

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An evening of music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Sinfonietta
Saturday 31 October 2009 Saturday 31 October 2009

ScreenPlay in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall - Here at Southbank Centre we are offering you the chance to hear a performance of this sold-out concert featuring London...

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Steve Reich, Bang on a Can & London Sinfonietta give you a rare and exciting opportunity to view a live relay of this exhilarating sold-out performance on ScreenPlay
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Royal Festival Hall
Elgar on the South Bank
Sunday 1 November 2009 Sunday 1 November 2009

Celebrate the magnificent music of England’s finest composer in this perfect programme of majestic masterpieces including the unforgettable Cello Concerto.

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Celebrate the magnificent music of England’s finest composer in this perfect programme of majestic masterpieces including the unforgettable Cello Concerto.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 4 November 2009 Wednesday 4 November 2009

Bruckner: sculptor of unmatchable, inimitable symphonies, the proverbial ‘cathedrals in sound.’ Wagner: creator of truly epic operas whose forces required their own instruments, buildings and...

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Music by Wagner and Bruckner, with mezzo-soprano Petra Lang.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 5 November 2009 Thursday 5 November 2009

Rachmaninov composed his First Piano Concerto when he was just 19, and although it is his most conventional concerto - he took Grieg’s Piano Concerto as a model, building his own melodies into...

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The Philharmonia's Rachmaninov Cycle opens with the composer's youthful First Piano Concerto and Second Symphony.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 6 November 2009 Friday 6 November 2009

Music by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Verdi with pianist Denis Matsuev.

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Music by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Verdi with pianist Denis Matsuev.
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Royal Festival Hall
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Saturday 7 November 2009 Saturday 7 November 2009

Death, duels and love: all the classic ingredients of a good night at the opera.

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Death, duels and love: all the classic ingredients of a good night at the opera.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Britten Sinfonia
Saturday 7 November 2009 Saturday 7 November 2009

Following their acclaimed collaboration at Aldeburgh Festival in 2008 the partnership between Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Britten Sinfonia continues with this performance focused on the works of...

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Following their acclaimed collaboration at Aldeburgh Festival in 2008 the partnership between Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Britten Sinfonia continues with this performance focused on the works of Haydn and Elliott Carter.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sunday 8 November 2009 Sunday 8 November 2009

A nautically-themed concert especially for children and their families.

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A nautically-themed concert especially for children and their families.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sunday 8 November 2009 Sunday 8 November 2009

Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto is widely considered one of the most difficult works in the concerto repertoire: it requires phenomenal technique to be combined with huge romantic lyricism.

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Rachmaninov’s hugely virtuosic Third Piano Concerto is performed by sensational young pianist Nikolai Lugansky.
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