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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia
Thursday 30 April 2009
Thursday 30 April 2009
12942
Rachmaninov once expressed the view that, 'A composer's music should express the country of his birth, his love affairs, his religion, the books that have influenced him, the pictures he loves.
Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 1 May 2009
Friday 1 May 2009
Music | Orchestral | Resident Artists | Violin | Music | LPO 08/09
13045
Dvorak and Rachmaninov shared an enchanting ability to evoke the cultural contours of their respective countries in orchestral music.
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia: Music of Today
Sunday 10 May 2009
Sunday 10 May 2009
Free | Music | Resident Artists | Violin | Music | Contemporary Classical | Music of Today | Philharmonia 08/09
13065
Salvatore Sciarrino is fascinated by sounds, especially quiet sounds.
Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 22 May 2009
Friday 22 May 2009
Music | Orchestral | Resident Artists | Violin | Music | LPO 08/09
13046
Vaughan Williams' lark soars skywards - spiralling, floating and climbing towards the firmament with a sense of aspiration and discovery, as if Holst's majestic and boisterous Planets are its just reward.
Purcell Room
Jane Ng, violin
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Cross-cultural | Music | Violin | Chamber | Music
13228
Enjoy this stunning French-Malaysian programme from two of London's best young talents, Jane Ng and Cameron Roberts.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Sinfonia
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Advanced Booking | Music | Orchestral | Violin | Young Artists | Music
13264
Tasmin Little (violin) and Philip Dukes (viola) join Southbank Sinfonia, Britain’s orchestra of young professionals, for a programme including Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and the London premiere of Geoffrey Burgon’s Viola Concerto Ghosts of the Dance.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Finals Concert: London Music M
Monday 22 June 2009
Monday 22 June 2009
Music | Orchestral | Resident Artists | Violin | Young Artists | Music
13214
Join the London Philharmonic Orchestra and award-winning violinists for the grand finale of London Music Masters, a new initiative that provides an international platform for tomorrow's stars.
Purcell Room
From Paganini To The Andes
Monday 29 June 2009
Monday 29 June 2009
13258
Duo Paganini, comprising Jorge Saade on violin and Julio Almeida on guitar, are two Ecuadorian virtuosos musicians who have performed in Europe and the Americas.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Terezin . Theresienstadt
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Advanced Booking | Music | Piano | Violin | Chamber | Music | ICMS 09/10
11525
Advanced Booking
Described by The Guardian as 'hugely important' and 'completely unforgettable', and by The Times as 'the sound of the human spirit', Anne Sofie von Otter's journey through the extraordinary creative flowering that occurred in the Theresienstadt concentration camp near Prague is a profound and spellbinding experience.
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The Front Room at QEH
Stevie Wishart Late - Transients
Friday 2 October 2009
Friday 2 October 2009
Advanced Booking | Early Music | Free | Music | Violin | Chamber | Music | Take the Risk
11629
Free
Stevie Wishart and friends continue the weekend with risky late night improvisation. Founder of the groundbreaking group Sinfonye, she has long been acclaimed for her performances and recordings of the music of medieval Europe.
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Purcell Room
Stevie Wishart
Saturday 3 October 2009
Saturday 3 October 2009
Advanced Booking | Early Music | Music | Violin | Chamber | Music | Take the Risk
11631
Advanced Booking
Stevie Wishart, composer, improviser and experimenter returns to her medieval roots in Red Iris, a sequence of 14th century Florentine istampite of dazzling virtuosity.
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The Front Room at QEH
Stevie Wishart Late
Saturday 3 October 2009
Saturday 3 October 2009
Advanced Booking | Early Music | Free | Music | Violin | Chamber | Music | Take the Risk
11633
Free
Stevie Wishart, founder of the groundbreaking group Sinfonye, has long been acclaimed for her performances and recordings of the music of medieval Europe.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 15 October 2009
Thursday 15 October 2009
Music | Orchestral | Resident Artists | Violin | Music | Dvorak, Antonin | Glazunov, Alexander | Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich | Hear the Colour | Philharmonia 09/10
11613
Nicola Benedetti plays Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, a sparkling Romantic showpiece.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Advanced Booking | Music | Orchestral | Resident Artists | Violin | Webern, Anton | Music | Berg, Alban | Alfred Schnittke: Between Two | Lindberg, Magnus | Schnittke, Alfred | Kavakos: An Artist in Focus | LPO 09/10
11698
Advanced Booking
'In art, the impossible has a chance of success,' or so wrote Alfred Schnittke in 1981 as he struggled with his belief in the symphonic format, responding to a commission from this orchestra's former Principal Conductor Kurt Masur for a Third Symphony.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 28 November 2009
Saturday 28 November 2009
Music | Orchestral | Resident Artists | Violin | Music | Opera | Alfred Schnittke: Between Two | Haydn, Joseph | Schnittke, Alfred | Kavakos: An Artist in Focus | LPO 09/10
11699
Advanced Booking
An evening featuring Schnittke's Cello Concerto No.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Camerata Salzburg
Saturday 28 November 2009
Saturday 28 November 2009
Music | Orchestral | Violin | Chamber | Music | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Lutoslawski, Witold | Hear the Colour | Kavakos: An Artist in Focus | SCI 09/10
11700
Advanced Booking
This performance includes Mozart's elegant Linz Symphony and one of Bach's most energetic Violin Concertos.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Leonidas Kavakos & Nicholas Angelich
Sunday 29 November 2009
Sunday 29 November 2009
Advanced Booking | Music | Piano | Violin | Chamber | Music | ICMS 09/10 | Kavakos: An Artist in Focus
11712
Advanced Booking
Leonidas Kavakos and the outstanding pianist Nicholas Angelich give a highly individual recital programme which highlights the parallels between Schumann's late sonata and Bach's Chaconne, and between Bartok and Enescu's treatment of the folk music that influenced their respective musical languages.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Advanced Booking | Music | Orchestral | Resident Artists | Violin | Music | Mahler, Gustav | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Philharmonia 09/10
11076
Advanced Booking
Mahler's beautiful Ninth Symphony is conducted by Maestro Lorin Maazel.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Leonidas Kavakos, Antoine Tamestit, Gautier Capucon, Nikolai Lugansky
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Advanced Booking | Music | Piano | Violin | Chamber | Music | Alfred Schnittke: Between Two | ICMS 09/10 | Kavakos: An Artist in Focus
11152
Advanced Booking
The contrasting styles of Russian composers Tchaikovsky and Schnittke are brought to life in this programme, featuring Kavakos and three exceptional soloists.
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The Front Room at QEH
Park Lane Group Young Artist New Year Series
Friday 15 January 2010
Friday 15 January 2010
Music | Piano | Violin | Chamber | Music | Contemporary Classical | Bartok, Bela | Lutoslawski, Witold | Park Lane Group Young Artists
13882
Free
The Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series continues.