Classical Season 2020 / 21

CLASSICAL SEASON 2020 / 21

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Harriet: Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, the opera by Hilda Paredes, is performed here at the Southbank Centre on 3 Oct 2020

3 September September Friday 18 September, 7.45pm Monday 21 September, 7.45pm SitarFest: Anupama Bhagwat Andrew Zolinsky: The Mid- & Gurdain Rayatt Century Modern Piano Darbar Andrew Zolinsky piano Shankar 100 Ian Gardiner putting two and two Anupama Bhagwat sitar together Gurdain Rayatt tabla Copland Piano Fantasy Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Wolpe Rag-Caprice; Pastorale £28 £20* Anna Meredith Camberwell Green Ian Gardiner bells across the Saturday 19 September, 7.45pm meadows (World premiere); SitarFest: Mita Nag & zugzwang (World premiere) Surdarshan Chana Carla Bley Romantic Notions (UK premiere) Darbar Ian Gardiner New work (World Shankar 100 premiere) Mita Nag sitar Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Surdarshan Chana tabla £20 £15* Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £15* Wednesday 23 September, 7.30pm London Philharmonic Sunday 20 September, 1pm Orchestra SitarFest: In Conversation Fantastic Symphony with Sukanya Shankar Edward Gardner conductor Darbar Gerald Finley bass-baritone Shankar 100 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Sukanya Shankar: Pandit Ravi Romeo and Juliet Shankar Unwrapped Lutosławski Les espaces du Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall sommeil (Spaces of sleep) £15* Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Royal Festival Hall Sunday 20 September, 6pm £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* SitarFest: Roopa Panesar & Shahbaz Hussain Thursday 24 September, 7.30pm Darbar Philharmonia Orchestra Shankar 100 Prometheus Roopa Panesar sitar Origin Stories: Greek Myth in Music Shahbaz Hussain tabla Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Yuja Wang piano £28 £20* Philharmonia Voices Programme includes: Sunday 20 September, 3pm Beethoven Excerpts from The Crazy for Gershwin Creatures of Prometheus ballet London Concert Orchestra music Richard Balcombe conductor Scriabin Prometheus (The Poem 2020 Viv McLean piano of Fire) Katie Birtill singer Royal Festival Hall Rodney Earl Clarke singer £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* plus a ballroom duo The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Insights Talk. Admission free. Programme includes: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, ’S Wonderful, Strike Up the Band, I’ve Got a Crush on You, A Foggy Day in London Town, Fascinating Key Rhythm, Oh, Lady Be Good! & Summertime London Philharmonic Royal Festival Hall £52.50 £47.50 £37.50 £27.50 £22.50 £17.50* Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra London Sinfonietta Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Yuja Wang performs with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra (24 Sep 2020)

Friday 25 September, 7.30pm Saturday 26 September, 7.30pm Sunday 27 September, 7.30pm Jordi Savall: Sounds from an London Philharmonic Philharmonia Orchestra Unfamiliar Age Orchestra Dohnányi Conducts Brahms International Chamber Music Series Infinity and Beyond Philharmonia at 75 Orpheus XXI Edward Gardner conductor Brahms Symphonies Jordi Savall director London Philharmonic Choir Christoph von Dohnányi conductor M Marais Prelude, Minuetts 1 & Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Martin Helmchen piano 2, Muzettes 1 & 2 & La sautillante Mendelssohn Overture, Calm Sea Brahms Piano Concerto No.1; from Pièces de viole, Bks.3 & 4 and Prosperous Voyage Symphony No.3 John Adams Harmonium Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe Royal Festival Hall (father) Concert No.44 for 2 viols Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* (Tombeau les regrets) £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* M Marais Marche tartare, La Wednesday 30 September, 7.30pm Sunday 27 September, 7.15pm tartarine, Double, Les fêtes London Philharmonic champêtres, Allemande la Alfred Hitchcock’s Orchestra superbe, L’arabesque, La rêveuse, The Lodger 2011: Storming the Heavens Marche, Le badinage & Muzette Covent Garden Sinfonia 2020 Vision from Suite d’un goût étranger, Ben Palmer conductor Pièces de viole, Bk.4 Beethoven 250 F Couperin Plainte pour les violes Neil Brand The Lodger: A Story of John Storgårds conductor from Les goûts-réunis, Concert the London Fog (Hitchcock) – film Simone Lamsma violin score (London premiere) No.10 Julian Anderson The Discovery of M Marais Les voix humaine & Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £20 £15* Heaven Couplets des folies (Les folies Nielsen Violin Concerto d’Espagne) from Pièces de viole, Beethoven Symphony No.7 Bk.2 Royal Festival Hall Queen Elizabeth Hall £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* £45 £35 £25 £15*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 5 October Thursday 1 October, 7.30pm Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra Harriet: Scenes in the Life of Dvořák & Rachmaninov Harriet Tubman Conductor to be announced International Chamber Music Series Denis Kozhukhin piano Muziektheater Transparant Dvořák Overture, In Nature’s HERMESensemble Realm Manoj Kamps music director Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 Jean Lacornerie director Dvořák Symphony No.8 Claron McFadden soprano, Harriet Royal Festival Hall Naomi Beeldens soprano, Alice £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Hilda Paredes Harriet: Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman – Thursday 1 October, 7.30pm chamber opera (London premiere) Aurora Orchestra Queen Elizabeth Hall The Orchestral Theatre: £35 £25 £15* Tick, Tock Nicholas Collon conductor Sunday 4 October, 12 noon Elena Kats-Chernin Clocks London Philharmonic John Adams Gnarly Buttons Orchestra L Anderson The Typewriter FUNharmonics Family Frank Zappa The Adventures of Concert: Symphonie Greggery Peccary Fantastique Queen Elizabeth Hall Join the LPO to explore a truly £30 £25 £20 £10* fantastic symphony. This interactive concert is suitable for Saturday 3 October, 1pm apprentice witches and wizards London Sinfonietta aged 6+. Assembly Royal Festival Hall £16 – £24 (adults) £8 – £12 (children)* A free afternoon festival of Royal Festival Hall from 10am: participation and new music. pre-concert foyer activities. Admission free. Discover inspiring compositions performed by the London Sunday 4 October, 7.30pm Sinfonietta and treat your ears to Southbank Sinfonia 2020 some exciting and unusual sounds. Knoxville, Summer of 1915 The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall Admission free. Sian Edwards conductor Chloe Morgan soprano Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm Programme includes: London Philharmonic Thea Musgrave Green Orchestra Yfat Soul Zisso New work (World 2012: Absolute Jest premiere) 2020 Vision Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Beethoven 250 Op.24 Stravinsky Symphony in C Karina Canellakis conductor Queen Elizabeth Hall Heath Quartet £33 £23 £15 £11* John Adams Absolute Jest Bartók 4 Orchestral Pieces Tuesday 6 October, 7.30pm Beethoven Symphony No.8 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Festival Hall Vasily Petrenko Conducts £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Tchaikovsky Vasily Petrenko conductor Marina Sosnina sand artist Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Tchaikovsky Act 2 from The Nutcracker with live projected illustrations in sand Royal Festival Hall £50 £40 £30 £20 £10*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 6 © Ntando Brown © Ntando Tuesday 6 October, 7.30pm Eric Lu: Poetry Without Borders International Piano Series Eric Lu piano Schubert Allegretto in C minor, D.915; Sonata in A, D.959 Chopin 3 Mazurkas, Op.59 Prokofiev Sonata No.7 in B flat, Op.83 Queen Elizabeth Hall £45 £35 £25 £18 £10*

Wednesday 7 October, 7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra 2013: Rites of Renewal 2020 Vision Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor Anssi Karttunen cello Schubert Symphony No.1 Magnus Lindberg Cello Concerto No.2 (UK premiere) Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Royal Festival Hall £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65*

Friday 9 October, 7.30pm London Philharmonic Associate Orchestra Chineke! performs at the Southbank Orchestra Centre on 19 Oct 2020, 21 Feb 2021 and 16 May 2021 Ólafsson Plays Grieg

Ken-ichiro Kobayashi conductor Grammophon / Deutsche Magg © Ari Víkingur Ólafsson piano Grieg Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 Royal Festival Hall £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65*

Saturday 10 October, 6pm A New Light on Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas International Chamber Music Series Beethoven 250 Matthew Barley cello Dénes Várjon piano Tim West piano improvisation Beethoven Cello Sonatas: No.1 in F, Op.5 No.1; No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2; No.3 in A, Op.69; No.4 in C, Op.102 No.1; No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2 Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £30 £20*

Associate Artist Víkingur Ólafsson appears at the Southbank Centre on 9 Oct 2020, 25 Feb 2021 and 25 Mar 2021

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra on 29 Oct 2020, 21 Mar 2021 and 6 May 2021

Saturday 10 October, 7.30pm Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm Sunday 18 October, 7.30pm The Best of John Williams Philharmonia Orchestra Crouch End Festival Chorus London Concert Orchestra Järvi Conducts Mozart & Mahler Songs to the Moon Anthony Inglis conductor Paavo Järvi conductor London Orchestra da Camera Programme includes: Jan Lisiecki piano David Temple conductor John Williams Jaws, Star Wars, Schmidt Intermezzo from Notre Erica Eloff soprano Jurassic Park, Superman, Harry Dame Gareth Brynmor John baritone Potter, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in Vaughan Williams Dona nobis List, ET & Close Encounters of the D minor, K.466 pacem Third Kind Mahler Symphony No.9 Judith Weir Moon and Star Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival Hall Vaughan Williams Serenade to £54.50 £49.50 £37.50 £27.50 £22.50 £17.50* £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Music Dvořák Song to the Moon from Sunday 11 October, 7.30pm Thursday 15 October, 7.45pm Rusalka Philharmonia Orchestra The Cult of the Virtuoso Queen Elizabeth Hall Hrůša Conducts Britten & Concerto £28 £24 £18 £10* Barber The Feinstein Ensemble Monday 19 October, 7.30pm Jakub Hrůša conductor Martin Feinstein director, recorder Isabelle Faust violin Catherine Manson violin Chineke! Orchestra and Gerard Aimontche Britten 4 Sea Interludes from Miki Takahashi violin Peter Grimes; Violin Concerto Robin Bigwood harpsichord Beethoven 250 Barber Adagio for strings; Cellist to be announced Joseph Young conductor Symphony No.1 Bach Concerto in D minor for Gerard Aimontche piano Royal Festival Hall 2 violins, BWV.1043 A Coleridge-Taylor Sussex £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in C Landscape, Op.27 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: minor, RV.441; Concerto in D minor Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Insights Talk. Admission free. for 2 violins & cello, RV.565; Cello Beethoven Symphony No.5 Concerto in B minor, RV.424 Queen Elizabeth Hall Bach Harpsichord Concerto in A, £40 £30 £22 £15* BWV.1055 Telemann Recorder Concerto in C Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £26 £24*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 8 Tuesday 20 October, 7pm Sunday 25 October, 3pm Thursday 29 October, 6pm Orchestra of the Age of Philharmonia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Enlightenment Brahms and the Schumanns Music of Today: Anna Handel’s Solomon Philharmonia at 75 Thorvaldsdottir Christian Curnyn conductor Sunday Matinees Conductor to be announced Iestyn Davies counter-tenor, Brahms Symphonies Sky Macklay Microvariations Solomon James Gaffigan conductor (European premiere) James Way tenor, Zadok Isata Kanneh-Mason piano Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aequilibria Lucy Crowe soprano, Queen of (UK premiere); Hrím (UK premiere) Sheba R Schumann Overture, Manfred C Schumann Piano Concerto Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Zoë Brookshaw mezzo-soprano, Admission by free ticket. 2nd harlot Brahms Symphony No.1 Neal Davies bass, a Levite Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Thursday 29 October, 7.30pm Handel Solomon Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Festival Hall Tuesday 27 October, 7.30pm Santtu Conducts Beethoven £75 £45 £25 £10* & Shostakovich Level 5 Function Room, Green Side, Royal Víkingur Ólafsson: Pictures Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. and Impressions Beethoven 250 Admission free. International Piano Series Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Lars Vogt piano Wednesday 21 October, 7.30pm Víkingur Ólafsson piano Beethoven Overture, Leonore London Philharmonic Debussy Prélude from La damoiselle élue; Jardins sous la No.3; Piano Concerto No.4 Orchestra Shostakovich Symphony No.12 2014: A Padmore Cycle pluie from Estampes; Serenade for the doll & The snow is dancing (The Year 1917) 2020 Vision from Children’s Corner; Des pas Royal Festival Hall Thierry Fischer conductor sur la neige, La fille aux cheveux de £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Mark Padmore tenor lin & Ondine from Préludes Saturday 31 October 11.30am Schubert Symphony No.2 interspersed with: Thomas Larcher A Padmore Cycle Rameau Selections from: Suites Southbank Sinfonia Nielsen Symphony No.4 (The in E minor, D & G major/minor, Family Concert Inextinguishable) Concerts 4 & 5; Entrée pour les Explore the spooky side of Muses, les Zéphyres, les Saisons, Royal Festival Hall an orchestra with Southbank £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* les Heures et les Arts from Les Sinfonia. Start your weekend with Boréades arr. Ólafsson a morning of chills, thrills and fun, Saturday 24 October, 7.30pm Mussorgsky Pictures at an as Southbank Sinfonia’s Family Exhibition London Philharmonic Concert casts an atmospheric spell. Orchestra Queen Elizabeth Hall For ages 5 to 11. Under 18s should £45 £35 £25 £18 £10* be accompanied by an adult. Ode to Joy Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm: Queen Elizabeth Hall pre-concert talk. Víkingur Ólafsson and Beethoven 250 £8 (adults) £4 (children)* Gillian Moore in conversation. Admission free. Daniele Rustioni conductor Nicolas Namoradze piano Sophie Bevan soprano Jade Moffat mezzo-soprano Toby Spence tenor Bryn Terfel bass-baritone London Philharmonic Choir Handel Zadok the Priest Beethoven Choral Fantasy; Symphony No.9 (Choral) Royal Festival Hall £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65*

Associate Artist Anoushka Shankar performs with conductor Zubin Mehta and the London Philharmonic Orchestra as part of Shankar 100 (18 Nov 2020)

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Royal Festival Hall £46 £35 Premium £25 £14 seats £65* Wednesday November, 25 7pm Dulwich College Winter Concert Dulwich College Ensembles: Orchestra Symphony OrchestraChamber Symphonic Wind Band Concert Choir Madrigal Choir Pianist to be confirmed Programme includes: Rachmaninov Queen Elizabeth Hall £15* Wednesday November, 25 7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra Song the of Night 2016: 2020 Vision conductorThomas Søndergård Michael Weinius tenor Choir Philharmonic London Prokofiev Symphony No.1 (Classical) Schubert Magnus Lindberg Szymanowski Symphony No.3 (The Song of the Night) movement) from Piano Concerto Piano movement) from No.2 Britten Orchestra the to

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String Quartet No.8 Overture, Coriolan; Piano Quintet No.2 A, in Op.81 Symphony VB.142 C minor, in Queen Elizabeth Hall £45 £35 £25 £15* Martin Helmchen piano Beethoven Steven Devine fortepiano Kraus Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 A, in K.488; Symphony No.25 Queen Elizabeth Hall £75 £45 £25 £10* Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Admission free. 7.30pm November, 24 Tuesday Jerusalem Quartet: Despair and Joy Series Music Chamber International Dariescu Alexandra Shostakovich Op.110 C minor, in Dvořák Beethoven 250 Beethoven Conductor to be announced Antje Weithaas violin Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Concerto;Triple Symphony No.5 Royal Festival Hall £45 Premium £36 £12 seats £28 £19 £58* 7pm November, 23 Monday Orchestra the of Age of Enlightenment Minor Miracles in the Age of Reason Thursday November, 7.30pm 19 Philharmonia Orchestra Beethoven’s Fifth

Symphonic Dances Symphony No.6

Sitar Concerto No.2 (Raga 2 Elegiac Melodies

No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters£3.50 online; £4 Circles. over the For phone. other If bookings you wish to receive transaction tickets fees in the post, apply: delivery a £1 charge applies. Pianist Alexandra Dariescu performs with the Jerusalem Quartet Nov (24 2020) as part of the International Chamber Series Music * Royal Festival Hall Shankar £46 £35 Premium £25 £14 seats £65* Beethoven Mala, a garland of Ragas) Beethoven 250 Beethoven Anoushka Shankar sitar (Pastoral) Zubin MehtaZubin conductor Wednesday November, 7.30pm 18 London Philharmonic Orchestra Mehta Conducts Shankar Shankar 100 Programme to be announced Abel Selaocoe cello Queen Elizabeth Hall £28 £12* £18 Conductor to be announced BBC Concert Orchestra Abel’s Jazz Takeover Tuesday 17 November, 7.30pm November, 17 Tuesday Rachmaninov The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Insights Talk. Elim Chan discusses the free. Admission programme. evening’s Sibelius Violin Concerto Royal Festival Hall £45 Premium £36 £12 seats £28 £19 £58* Grieg Elim Chan conductor Sergey Khachatryan violin Thursday 12 November, 7.30pm Thursday 12 Philharmonia Orchestra Elim Chan: Rachmaninov & Sibelius 12 © Willeke Machiels © Willeke Thursday 26 November, 7pm Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto The Mozartists Ian Page conductor Stuart Jackson tenor, Mitridate Emily Pogorelc soprano, Aspasia Samantha Clarke soprano, Sifare Patrick Terry counter-tenor, Farnace Soraya Mafi soprano, Ismene Soprano to be announced Arbate Mozart Mitridate, re di Ponto Queen Elizabeth Hall £60 £48 £35 £22*

Saturday 28 November, 7.30pm London Philharmonic Orchestra 2017: Gavrylyuk Plays Prokofiev 2020 Vision Thomas Søndergård conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk piano Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Schubert Symphony No.6 Anna Thorvaldsdottir Metacosmos Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 Elim Chan performs with the Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Festival Hall Pianist Alexandra Dariescu performs with the Jerusalem Quartet £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* (24on 12 Nov) Nov as 2020 part and of the 29 InternationalApr 2021 Chamber Music Series

Sunday 29 November, 7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra Bubandt ©Martin Blomstedt Conducts Bruckner Philharmonia at 75 Herbert Blomstedt conductor Bruckner Symphony No.8 Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Philharmonia Chamber Players. Admission free.

Monday 30 November, 7.30pm Isabelle Demers: Bach from Every Angle International Organ Series Isabelle Demers organ Bach Sinfonia from Cantata No.146 ‘Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal’ arr. Dupré; Sonata No.6 in G, BWV.530; Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV.548 Dupré 3 Preludes and Fugues, Op.7 Royal Festival Hall £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert event. Admission free.

Thomas Søndergård conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 25 & 28 Nov 2020

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 13 December December Tuesday 1 December, 7.30pm Friday 4 December, 7.30pm Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Messiah Lachenmann’s Universe Philharmonia Orchestra of Detail Brian Wright conductor International Chamber Music Series Julia Doyle soprano Beethoven 250 Marta Fontanals-Simmons Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano mezzo-soprano Mark Simpson clarinet Nicky Spence tenor Jean-Guihen Queyras cello David Soar bass Helmut Lachenmann Dal Niente Goldsmiths Choral Union (Interieur III) for clarinet; Pression Highgate Choral Society for cello; Guero for piano Handel Messiah Beethoven Trio in B flat for Royal Festival Hall clarinet, cello & piano, Op.11 £49.50 £42.50 £34.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* Helmut Lachenmann Allegro sostenuto for clarinet, cello & piano Friday 4 December, 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall BBC Concert Orchestra £45 £35 £25 £15* Winter Wind-down Bramwell Tovey conductor Wednesday 2 December, 7.30pm Mari Samuelsen violin London Philharmonic Orchestra Programme includes: 2018: Jurowski Conducts Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus for Enescu orchestra & taped bird song Bach Violin Concerto in E, 2020 Vision BW V.1042 Vladimir Jurowski conductor Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano Arvo Pärt Fratres London Philharmonic Choir Max Richter Winter from Vivaldi’s Trinity Boys Choir Four Seasons Recomposed Bach Orchestral Suite No.1 Peteris Vasks Lonely Angel Elena Kats-Chernin Piano (Meditation) Concerto No.3 (European Queen Elizabeth Hall £28 £18 £12* premiere) Enescu Symphony No.3 Saturday 5 December, 7.30pm Royal Festival Hall £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* London Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 2 December, 7.30pm 2019: All the World’s a Stage Pierre-Laurent Aimard: 2020 Vision Beethoven the Modernist Vladimir Jurowski conductor International Piano Series Pieter Schoeman violin Beethoven 250 Juliette Bausor flute Catherine Edwards harpsichord 2020 Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano James Crabb accordion Schoenberg 5 Pieces, Op.23 Angharad Lyddon mezzo-soprano Beethoven Sonata in D, Op.10 Sam Furness tenor No.3; Sonata in F minor, Op.57 David Soar bass (Appassionata) Stockhausen Klavierstück IX Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5 Queen Elizabeth Hall Brett Dean The Players for £45 £35 £25 £18 £10* accordion & orchestra (UK premiere) Thursday 3 December, 7.30pm Stravinsky Pulcinella (complete ballet) London Sinfonietta Royal Festival Hall James Dillon’s Circe £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Geoffrey Paterson conductor Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: LPO Showcase Students from Central St Martins with LPO Foyle Future Firsts. Admission free. Programme includes: James Dillon Circe (London premiere) Film responses to the music by CSM students Queen Elizabeth Hall £22 £15*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 14 © Julia Wesely Sunday 6 December, 3pm Artist in Residence Pierre-Laurent Aimard Philharmonia Orchestra appears at Southbank Centre on 1 & 2 Dec 2020 Nordic Legends Sunday Matinees Tabita Berglund conductor Håvard Gimse piano Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite No.1; Piano Concerto Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58*

Sunday 6 December, 3pm National Children’s Orchestras Winter Concert National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain Jonathan Bloxham conductor Varèse Tuning Up (sketch, completed by Chou Wen-chung) Debussy Clair de lune & La cathédrale engloutie arr. Stokowski for orchestra Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Prokofiev Selection from Romeo and Juliet Suites Queen Elizabeth Hall £30 £20 £10* Saturday 12 December, 7.30pm Sunday 13 December, 7pm Tuesday 8 December, 7pm London Philharmonic Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra of the Age of Orchestra Grand Christmas Classics Enlightenment 2020: Christmas Oratorio Bow to Reason David Hill conductor 2020 Vision The Bach Choir Robin Ticciati conductor Alina Ibragimova violin Vladimir Jurowski conductor Gruber Silent Night Mary Bevan soprano Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Brahms Violin Concerto Christopher Maltman baritone Rutter Candlelight Carol Dvořák Symphony No.8 London Philharmonic Choir Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Royal Festival Hall Christmas Carols £75 £45 £25 £10* James MacMillan Christmas Oratorio (World premiere) Carol Joy to the World arr. Wilberg Level 5 Function Room, Green Side, Royal Plus carols for all including: God Festival Hall at 6pm: pre-concert talk. Royal Festival Hall Admission free. £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Hark! The Herald Thursday 10 December, 7.30pm Sunday 13 December, 3pm Angels Sing, The First Nowell, Good King Wenceslas & Away in a Philharmonia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Manger Riccardo Muti Conducts Christmas at the Movies Royal Festival Hall Verdi’s Requiem Sunday Matinees £49.50 £39.50 £32.50 £24.50 £19.50 £16.50* Philharmonia at 75 Pete Harrison conductor Riccardo Muti conductor Vocalists to be announced Asmik Grigorian soprano Music from soundtracks including: Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo- Elf, ET, Home Alone, Love Actually, soprano The Snowman, White Christmas, Francesco Meli tenor It’s a Wonderful Life, The Polar Riccardo Zanellato bass Express, Miracle on 34th Street, Philharmonia Chorus The Nightmare Before Christmas Verdi Requiem and many more festive favourites Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival Hall £58 £46 £35 £25 £16 Premium seats £72* £50 £42.50 £36.50 £29.50 £22.50 £19.50* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Philharmonia Chamber Players. Admission free.

2021 Queen Elizabeth Hall Debussy £50 £35 £25 £10* Kenny Broberg piano Saturday 16 January, 7.30pm Weber Sonata No.4 in E minor, Op.70 Daniel Barenboim, Michael Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49 Barenboim & Kian Soltani Scriabin Sonata No.5 in F sharp, International Chamber Music Series Op.53 Beethoven 250 Debussy Children’s Corner Daniel Barenboim piano Medtner Sonata in E minor, Op.25 Michael Barenboim violin No.2 (Night Wind) Kian Soltani cello Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £75 £35 £20 £10* Beethoven Piano Trios: Op.1 No.1 in E flat; Op.1 No.3 in C minor; Op.1 Tuesday 19 January, 7.45pm No.2 in G & Op.70 No.1 in D (Ghost) London Sinfonietta Royal Festival Hall £65 £45 £30 £20* Lessons from the Past Anna-Maria Helsing conductor Mark Padmore tenor Programme includes: Luke Bedford In the Voices of the Living (World premiere) Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £20*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 16 17 © Chris Christodoulou Pianist Daniel Barenboim, violinist Michael Barenboim cellist and Kian Soltani perform Beethoven Piano as Trios part of the International Chamber Jan 2021) Music & 17 Series (16 Ring Cycle One

Monday 25 January, 7pm London Philharmonic Orchestra Das Rheingold 2021 Vladimir Jurowski conductor Alina Adamski Woglinde Elizabeth Atherton Wellgunde Angharad Lyddon Flosshilde Robert Hayward Alberich Derek Welton Wotan Kai Rüütel Fricka Iwona Sobotka Freia Andrii Goniukov Fasolt Andrew Harris Fafner Christian Elsner Loge Allan Clayton Froh Boris Pinkhasovich Donner Adrian Thompson Mime Contralto to be announced Erda Wagner Das Rheingold – opera in 4 scenes (performed in German with English surtitles) Royal Festival Hall Please note this performance lasts approximately 2 hours 40 minutes and has no interval. The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor, Vladimir Jurowski, conducts two Ring Cycles and appears with Wednesday 27 January, 5pm the orchestra on 2, 5 & 12 Dec 2020 and 21, 24 & 28 Apr 2021 London Philharmonic Orchestra Die Walküre 2021 Friday 29 January, 4pm Sunday 31 January, 3pm Vladimir Jurowski conductor London Philharmonic London Philharmonic Burkhard Fritz Siegmund Orchestra Orchestra Ruxandra Donose Sieglinde Siegfried 2021 Götterdämmerung 2021 Brindley Sherratt Hunding Vladimir Jurowski conductor Vladimir Jurowski conductor Svetlana Sozdateleva Brünnhilde Torsten Kerl Siegfried Torsten Kerl Siegfried Matthew Rose Wotan James Rutherford The Wanderer Lise Lindstrom Brünnhilde Kai Rüütel Fricka Elena Pankratova Brünnhilde Brindley Sherratt Hagen Sinéad Campbell-Wallace Adrian Thompson Mime Stephen Gadd Gunther Helmwige Robert Hayward Alberich Anna Samuil Gutrune Natalya Romaniw Gerhilde Andrew Harris Fafner Robert Hayward Alberich Gabriela Iştoc Ortlinde Contralto to be announced Erda Kai Rüütel Waltraute Claire Barnett-Jones Waltraute Alina Adamski Woodbird Angharad Lyddon Flosshilde, Wallis Giunta Rossweisse Wagner Siegfried – opera in 3 acts 1st Norn Angela Simkin Siegrune (performed in German with English Wallis Giunta 2nd Norn Rachael Lloyd Grimgerde surtitles) Elizabeth Atherton Wellgunde, 3rd Norn Claudia Huckle Schwertleite Royal Festival Hall Alina Adamski Woglinde Wagner Die Walküre – opera in 3 Please note this performance lasts acts (performed in German with approximately 6 hours including one London Philharmonic Choir English surtitles) 20-minute interval and one 75-minute Wagner Götterdämmerung – opera interval. Royal Festival Hall in 3 acts (performed in German Please note this performance lasts with English surtitles) approximately 5 hours 30 minutes including Royal Festival Hall one 20-minute interval and one 75-minute interval. Please note this performance lasts approximately 6 hours 30 minutes including one 75-minute interval and one 20-minute interval.

Package ticket for all four performances in Ring Cycle One: £450 £320 £225 £165 £90* A second Ring Cycle begins on Friday 5 February. See p.20 for details.

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Saturday 30 January, 7.30pm Crouch End Festival Chorus Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn MozartLondon Players conductorDavid Temple Julia Doyle Queen Elizabeth Hall £10* £28 £18 £24 Rebecca Afonwy-Jones soprano Ronald Samm tenor James Platt bass Mendelssohn Felix hoch (From the sky above) MendelssohnFanny Mendelssohn Felix Wie der Hirsch schreit (As pants the Hart); uns Frieden Verleih’ gnädiglich thy (In mercy grant us peace) MendelssohnFanny (Job) Die Mendelssohn ersteFelix Op.60 Walpurgisnacht,

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Soprano to be announced Sarah Kirkland Snider Something for the dark KnottsDavid premiere) (World Previn Honey and Rue Porter BBC Concert Orchestra from theVoices Page ConcertBBC Orchestra Bramwell conductor Tovey Craig Ogden guitar Queen Elizabeth Hall £28 £12* £18 Wednesday January, 27 7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin: Fantasy and Virtuosity Series Piano International Marc-André Hamelin piano BachCPE Wq.59/4 Beethoven No.1 Schumann Queen Elizabeth Hall £45 £35 £10* £25 £18 Thursday January, 28 7.30pm Ravel

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’s Tom Service Tom ’s lead Toccata and Fugue in F, Toccata and Fugue F, in No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters£3.50 online; £4 Circles. over the For phone. other If bookings you wish to receive transaction tickets fees in the post, apply: delivery a £1 charge applies. Mark Padmore, here performing as partof London Sinfonietta’s Cave, joins the orchestraagain Jan 2021 on 19 Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: free. pre-concert Admission event. £15* Bach Robert Quinney organ E flat, in SonataBWV.540; Trio No.1 Toccata andBWV.525; Fugue D in minor Sonata (Dorian), BWV.538; Trio PassacagliaNo.5 C, in BWV.529; and BWV.582 Fugue C minor, in International Organ Series Organ International Tuesday 26 January, 26 Tuesday 7.30pm Robert Quinney: The Mathematical Made Spiritual Level 5 Function Room, Green Side, Royal Festival Hall (Saturday), Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Sunday) for£25* each study day you through the magical and musical world of the Ring and via presentations, discussions musical exploration with experts and live musicians. Over two separate study days, Southbank Centre’s Director of Music, Gillian Moore, and The Guardian What You Need Know: To What You RingWagner’s Cycle Saturday noon 23 January, & 12 noon January,Sunday 24 12 * February February Allan © Mark Andris Nelsons conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra as part of the International Orchestra Series (15 & 16 Feb 2021)

Monday 1 February, 7.30pm Ring Cycle Two Corinthian Orchestra’s Night of Concertos Friday 5 February, 7pm Michael Seal conductor London Philharmonic Mihkel Poll piano Orchestra Das Rheingold 2021 Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra Royal Festival Hall Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Saturday 6 February, 4pm Bartók Concerto for Orchestra London Philharmonic Queen Elizabeth Hall Orchestra £23 £20 £15* Die Walküre 2021 2021 Royal Festival Hall Tuesday 2 February, 7.30pm Mendelssohn: Elijah Monday 8 February, 4pm English Arts Orchestra London Philharmonic Leslie Olive conductor Orchestra Soloists include: Siegfried 2021 Linda Richardson soprano Royal Festival Hall Diana Moore mezzo-soprano English Arts Chorale Wednesday 10 February, 3pm Mendelssohn Elijah London Philharmonic Queen Elizabeth Hall Orchestra £42 £34 £26 £12* Götterdämmerung 2021 Royal Festival Hall Thursday 4 February, 7.30pm

Philharmonia Orchestra Package ticket for all four performances in Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Ring Cycle Two: £450 £320 £225 £165 £90* Sibelius The first Ring Cycle begins on Monday 25 January. For timings and cast listings see Yefim Bronfman piano page 18. Anna Thorvaldsdottir Metacosmos Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 Sibelius Symphony No.2 Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58*

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Sunday 28 February, 3pm Philharmonia Orchestra Shostakovich & Prokofiev Sunday Matinees Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Simon Trpčeski piano Prokofiev Symphony No.1 (Classical) Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2; Symphony No.9 Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58*

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Clockwise from top left: Tyshawn Sorey, Roomful of Teeth, George Lewis, Shiva Feshareki XXXand Tansy Davies all appear at the Southbank Centre as part of SoundState (24 – 28 Feb 2021)

23 March March Wednesday 3 March, 7.30pm Thursday 4 March, 7.30pm The Bach Choir: Petite Messe Charlie Chaplin: Modern Solennelle Times David Hill conductor Covent Garden Sinfonia Helena Dix soprano Ben Palmer conductor Katie Bray mezzo-soprano Charles Chaplin Modern Times – Ben Thapa tenor film score Richard Wiegold bass Queen Elizabeth Hall Iain Farrington piano £33 £28 £23 £18* Philip Scriven harmonium Rossini Petite messe solennelle Monday 8 March, 7.45pm Queen Elizabeth Hall A Century of Chamber Music £40 £30 £24 £18* by Women Wednesday 3 March, 7.45pm International Chamber Music Series Karim Said: Fantasies and London Chamber Ensemble Dances Judith Weir Bagpiper’s Trio for International Piano Series string trio Thea Musgrave Colloquy for violin Karim Said piano & piano Byrd Fantasia, MB.27 Helen Grime 3 Miniatures for oboe Schoenberg Prelude from Suite, & piano Op.25 Rebecca Clarke Piano Trio Morley Pavan Errollyn Wallen New work (World Byrd La Volta (Lady Morley) premiere) Schoenberg Gavotte from Suite, Grace Williams Sarabande for Op.25 piano, left hand; Sextet for oboe,

2021 Schumann Phantasiestücke, Op.12 trumpet & piano quartet Schoenberg Intermezzo from Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Suite, Op.25 £20 £12* Tomkins Pavan; Galliard (Lord Strafford) Wednesday 10 March, 7.30pm Schoenberg Menuett from Suite, London Philharmonic Op.25 Orchestra Bull Pavan for Lord Lumley; Lord Gene Kelly: A Life in Music Lumley’s Galliard Schoenberg Gigue from Suite, Op.25 Neil Thomson conductor Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49 Patricia Ward Kelly presenter Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Written and hosted by Kelly’s wife £20 £15* and biographer, Patricia Ward Kelly, this show combines the Thursday 4 March, 6pm music of a live orchestra with clips Philharmonia Orchestra of screenings from some of Gene Music of Today: Bryce Dessner Kelly’s most iconic films. Royal Festival Hall Robin O’Neill conductor £55 £40 £25* Bryce Dessner The Forest for cello ensemble (UK premiere); Lachrimae Wednesday 10 March, 7.30pm for strings (UK premiere) Louis Schwizgebel: Scents Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall and Cinematography Admission by free ticket. International Piano Series Thursday 4 March, 7.30pm Louis Schwizgebel piano Philharmonia Orchestra Debussy Estampes; Souvenir du Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 Louvre from Images oubliées; L’isle Han-Na Chang conductor joyeuse Daniel Lozakovich violin Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux Op.39 No.2 in A minor, Op.33 No.5 Sofia Gubaidulina Fairytale Poem in D minor & No.6 in E flat minor, (Märchenpoem) Op.39 No.5 in E flat minor and Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto; Op.33 No.7 in E flat Symphony No.5 Schumann Etudes symphoniques, Royal Festival Hall Op.13 vers. with Op. posth. variations £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Queen Elizabeth Hall £45 £35 £25 £18 £10*

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Thursday 11 March, 7.30pm Saturday 13 March, 7.30pm Sunday 14 March, 7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra London Philharmonic Chelsea Opera Group: Herreweghe Conducts Orchestra The Wreckers Brahms Resurrection Symphony Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra Brahms Symphonies Klaus Mäkelä conductor Ivor Setterfield conductor Philippe Herreweghe conductor Camilla Tilling soprano Cast to be announced Paul Lewis piano Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano Chelsea Opera Group Chorus London Philharmonic Choir Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 Dame Ethel Smyth The Wreckers – Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Mahler Symphony No.2 opera in 3 acts Brahms Symphony No.4 (Resurrection) Queen Elizabeth Hall £45 £35 £25 £17* Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Philharmonia Monday 15 March, 7.30pm Chamber Players. Admission free. Sunday 14 March, 12 noon Handel – Messiah London Philharmonic Philharmonia Orchestra Friday 12 March, 7.30pm Orchestra Ivor Setterfield conductor Mitsuko Uchida: Shades of FUNharmonics Family Concert: Soloists to be announced Mozart The Walkabout Orchestra Barts Choir International Orchestra Series The orchestra has an important Handel Messiah concert, but all the musicians have Mahler Chamber Orchestra Royal Festival Hall disappeared on holiday! Inspired Mitsuko Uchida director/piano £40 £32 £26 £18* by Chloé Perarnau’s enchanting Mozart Piano Concerto No.18 in picture book, the LPO tracks B flat, K.456 down the missing players around Janáček Mladi (Youth) the world, finding out about their Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in instruments and each country’s C, K.467 music along the way. For ages 6+. Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival Hall £65 £50 £35 £28 £20* £16 – £24 (adults) £8 – £12 (children)* Royal Festival Hall from 10am: pre-concert foyer activities. Admission free.

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Tuesday 16 March, 7pm Friday 19 March, 7.30pm Saturday 20 March, 7.30pm Orchestra of the Age of London Philharmonic Aurora Orchestra Enlightenment Orchestra The Orchestral Theatre: St Matthew Passion Bohemian Rhapsodies Seasons of Love Mark Padmore director, tenor, Sir Mark Elder conductor Nicholas Collon conductor Evangelist Steven Isserlis cello Arabella Steinbacher violin Samuel Hasselhorn baritone, Janáček Overture, Jealousy Martynas Levickis accordion Christus Dvořák Cello Concerto Copland Appalachian Spring Suite Mary Bevan soprano Suk Fantastic Scherzo (vers. orig. for 13 instruments) Rowan Pierce soprano Janáček Taras Bulba Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano Royal Festival Hall Porteñas (The 4 Seasons of Bethany Horak-Hallett mezzo- £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Buenos Aires); Libertango soprano Gardel Por una cabeza Hugo Hymas tenor Saturday 20 March, 7.30pm Purcell When I am laid in earth (Dido’s James Newby baritone Beethoven’s Ninth Lament) from Dido and Aeneas Choir of the Age of Enlightenment Bernstein Symphonic Dances from Bach St Matthew Passion Philharmonia Orchestra West Side Story arr. Iain Farrington (performed in German) David Hill conductor (performed from memory) Ivana Gavrić piano Royal Festival Hall Queen Elizabeth Hall £90 £50 £25 £10* Fflur Wyn soprano £40 £35 £25 £10* Level 5 Function Room, Green Side, Royal Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Festival Hall, 6pm: pre-concert talk. Toby Spence tenor Sunday 21 March, 3pm Admission free. Neal Davies baritone The Bach Choir Philharmonia Orchestra Wednesday 17 March, 7.30pm Santtu Conducts Carmina Mendelssohn Overture, The Burana London Sinfonietta Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Night Shift Grieg Piano Concerto Sunday Matinees Jonathan Stockhammer conductor Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Choral) Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor Royal Festival Hall Mari Eriksmoen soprano Cathy Milliken Night Shift £56.50 £48.50 £38.50 £29.50 £19.50 £16.50* Brett Sprague tenor for amateur choirs, public Marcus Farnsworth baritone participation & ensemble (World Philharmonia Chorus premiere) Shostakovich Suite for Variety Queen Elizabeth Hall £10 £5* Orchestra (formerly known as Jazz Suite No.2) Orff Carmina Burana Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall at 1.30pm: Insights Talk. Santtu- Matias Rouvali introduces this afternoon’s programme. Admission free.

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 26 Monday 22 March, 7.30pm Friday 26 March, 7.30pm Sunday 28 March, 3pm Mozart’s Keys London Philharmonic Playing the Brain: Music and The Mozartists Orchestra the Mind Ian Page conductor Danny Elfman’s Percussion City of London Sinfonia Concerto Ronald Brautigam fortepiano In this interactive concert, Samantha Clarke soprano Alondra de la Parra conductor neuroscientists explore how Mozart Piano Concerto No.24 in Colin Currie percussion listening affects the brain. C minor, K.491; Padre, germani, Arturo Márquez Danzón No.2 Programme includes: addio from Idomeneo; Se il rigor Danny Elfman Percussion Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for 4 d’ingrata sorte from Mitridate, re Concerto (World premiere) violins, RV.580 (Op.3 No.10) di Ponto; Ach, ich fühl’s from The Bernstein Symphonic Dances from Queen Elizabeth Hall Magic Flute; Tiger! wetze nur die West Side Story £30 £20 £10* Klauen from Zaide; Symphony Ravel Boléro No.40 in G minor Royal Festival Hall Sunday 28 March, 7.45pm Queen Elizabeth Hall £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* £45 £35 £25 £15* An Evening with Rumi Saturday 27 March, 7.30pm London Sitar Ensemble Wednesday 24 March, 7.30pm Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s Sanjay Guha sitar, director London Philharmonic Death and the Maiden Saleel Tambe tabla Robin Christian flute Orchestra International Orchestra Series Emelyanychev Conducts Love poems by Rumi are Brahms Camerata Bern interspersed with Indian classical Patricia Kopatchinskaja director, music compositions based on Maxim Emelyanychev conductor violin Denis Kozhukhin piano Raga Yaman, Kafi and Bhairavi. Mendelssohn Concerto in D minor for Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Mozart Overture, Don Giovanni violin & string orchestra (Op. posth.) £15* Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Nörmiger Toden Tanz (Emperor) Anonymous Byzantine Chant on Tuesday 30 March, 7.30pm Brahms Symphony No.1 Psalm 140 arr. Kopatchinskaja for BBC Concert Orchestra Royal Festival Hall violin & strings £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Tabakova, Fantasia and Schubert String Quartet in Fireworks D minor, D.810 (Death and the Thursday 25 March, 7.30pm Maiden) arr. Kopatchinskaja for Bramwell Tovey conductor Philharmonia Orchestra orchestra, interspersed with: Laura van der Heijden cello Mahler: Symphony No.1 Schubert Der Tod und das Mädchen, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Juraj Valčuha conductor D.531 arr. Wiancko for string orchestra theme by Thomas Tallis Markus Werba baritone Dowland Flow my tears (Lachrimae Dobrinka Tabakova Concerto for Pavane) cello & strings Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden György Kurtág Ligatura-Message Stravinsky Fireworks (Feu Gesellen; Symphony No.1 to Frances-Maria (The Answered d’artifice) Royal Festival Hall Unanswered Question), Op.31b; Dobrinka Tabakova Concerto for £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Ruhelos (Restless) from Kafka orchestra (World premiere) Fragments for soprano & violin, Op.24 Queen Elizabeth Hall Thursday 25 March, 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall £28 £18 £12* Víkingur Ólafsson: £45 £30 £20* Beethoven’s First and Last Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm: Wednesday 31 March, 7.30pm International Piano Series pre-concert talk. Admission free. London Philharmonic Víkingur Ólafsson piano Orchestra Sunday 28 March, 11am Postcards from Paris Bach Partita (Overture in the The Bach Choir: Fabien Gabel conductor French style) in B minor, BWV.831 St Matthew Passion Thomas Adès Traced Overhead, Lucas Jussen piano Op.15 Florilegium Arthur Jussen piano Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op.2 David Hill conductor Dukas Overture, Polyeucte No.1; Sonata in C minor, Op.111 Nick Pritchard tenor, Evangelist Poulenc Concerto in D minor for Mark Stone baritone, Christ Queen Elizabeth Hall 2 pianos £45 £35 £25 £18 £10* Sophie Bevan soprano Franck Symphony in D minor Jane Irwin mezzo-soprano Royal Festival Hall Toby Spence tenor £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Morgan Pearse bass The Bach Choir Bach St Matthew Passion (complete, performed in English) Royal Festival Hall £60 £44 £37 £25 £14* Please note there is a long lunch interval between Parts 1 and 2. Part 2 begins at 2.15pm.

Wednesday 7 April, 7.30pm Wednesday 14 April, 7.30pm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Vasily Petrenko Conducts Orchestra Shostakovich Canellakis Conducts Vasily Petrenko conductor Shostakovich Alexandre Kantorow piano Karina Canellakis conductor Berlioz Overture, Le corsaire Frank Peter Zimmermann violin Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.5 Brett Dean Komarov’s Fall (Egyptian) Schumann Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.10 Shostakovich Symphony No.5 Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival Hall £50 £40 £30 £20 £10* £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* 2021 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: LPO Showcase Saturday 10 April, 7.30pm with LPO Junior Artists. Admission free. Colin Currie Group: Reich Reborn Thursday 15 April, 7.30pm International Chamber Music Series Philharmonia Orchestra Synergy Vocals Leonidas Kavakos: Beethoven Leonidas Kavakos conductor, violin Steve Reich Pulse; Double Sextet; Music for 18 musicians Beethoven Violin Concerto; Royal Festival Hall Symphony No.7 £38 £28 £22 £16 £12* Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Sunday 11 April, 7.30pm Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: MMSF Young Artists’ Recital. Admission free. Philharmonia Orchestra Joshua Bell Plays Brahms Friday 16 April, 7.30pm Lahav Shani conductor London Philharmonic Joshua Bell violin Orchestra Brahms Violin Concerto Hough Plays Brahms Bruckner Symphony No.4 (Romantic) Karina Canellakis conductor Royal Festival Hall Stephen Hough piano £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Philharmonia Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 Chamber Players. Admission free. Beethoven Symphony No.3 (Eroica) Royal Festival Hall Monday 12 April, 7.30pm £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* James McVinnie: Bach and New Patterns Saturday 17 April, 7.30pm International Organ Series National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Spring James McVinnie organ Concert Tour Bach Contrapunctus 1, 7, 9, 13a & Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor b, & Fuga a 3 soggetti (unfinished) Jess Gillam saxophone from The Art of Fugue; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV.546; Gabriela Ortiz Téenek – Fantasia in G (Pièce d’orgue), Invenciones de Territorio (UK BWV.572; Pastorale in F, BWV.590; premiere) Chorale-prelude, Wenn wir in John Harle Briggflatts for höchsten Nöten sein, BWV.641 saxophone & orchestra Symphony No.1 Nico Muhly Patterns Walton Philip Glass Music in fifths Royal Festival Hall £22 £18 £16 £12.50 £8* Royal Festival Hall £5* for under-25s £15* Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert event. Admission free.

Karina Canellakis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 3 Oct 2020 and 14 & 16 Apr 2021 © Magnús Andersen © Magnús Knott © Phillip

James McVinnie performs as part of the Violinist Joshua Bell appears with the International Organ Series (12 Apr 2021) Philharmonia Orchestra (11 Apr 2021)

29 © Chris Gloag © Chris Associate Artist Colin Currie brings his Colin Currie Group to the Southbank Centre (10 Apr 2021)

30 Sunday 18 April, 3pm Tuesday 27 April, 7.30pm Thursday 29 April, 7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra Verdi Requiem Philharmonia Orchestra Hrůša Conducts Brahms & London Mozart Players A Feast of Elgar Szymanowski Dan Ludford-Thomas conductor Elim Chan conductor Sunday Matinees Soloists to be announced Pablo Ferrández cello Brahms Symphonies Hackney Singers Elgar Overture, Cockaigne (In Jakub Hrůša conductor Lewisham Choral Society London Town); Cello Concerto; Lisa Batiashvili violin Verdi Requiem Enigma Variations Franck Le chasseur maudit Royal Festival Hall Royal Festival Hall Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.1 £33 £27 £21 £15 £10* £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Brahms Symphony No.2 Royal Festival Hall at 6pm: Philharmonia Tuesday 27 April, 7.30pm Chamber Players. Admission free. Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Federico Colli: Mavericks and Philosophers Friday 30 April, 7pm Wednesday 21 April, 7.30pm International Piano Series Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment London Philharmonic Federico Colli piano Orchestra De Profundis Russian Epics Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, Kk.87 Masaaki Suzuki musical director Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K.475 Choir of the Age of Enlightenment Vladimir Jurowski conductor Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kk.95 Gil Shaham violin OAE Rising Stars soloists Beethoven Sonata in C sharp Bach Cantata No.106 ‘Gottes Zeit Alexey Retinsky De profundis (UK minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi ist die allerbeste Zeit’ premiere) una fantasia – Moonlight) Buxtehude Sonata in G for 2 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Shostakovich Preludes and violins, viola da gamba & continuo, Prokofiev Symphony No.5 Fugues, Op.87: No.23 in F & No.24 BuxWV.271 Royal Festival Hall in D minor Bruhns De profundis clamavi for £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Bach Chaconne from Partita No.2 voice, 2 violins & continuo in D minor, BWV.1004 arr. Busoni Buxtehude Sonata in A minor for Saturday 24 April, 7.30pm for piano violin, viola da gamba & continuo, London Philharmonic Queen Elizabeth Hall BuxWV.272 Orchestra £45 £35 £25 £18 £10* Bach Cantata No.131 ‘Aus der Exiles and Elegies Tiefen rufe ich’ Wednesday 28 April, 7pm Vladimir Jurowski conductor Queen Elizabeth Hall Miah Persson soprano London Philharmonic £75 £45 £25 £10* Orchestra Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer at 6pm: Strauss Metamorphosen; Four Jurowski Conducts Swan Lake pre-concert talk. Admission free. Last Songs Vladimir Jurowski conductor Rachmaninov Vocalise; Symphony Friday 30 April, 7.45pm No.3 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, complete London Sinfonietta Royal Festival Hall ballet music Extinction Manifesto £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Royal Festival Hall £46 £35 £25 £14 Premium seats £65* Sian Edwards conductor Sunday 25 April, 3pm Jessica Aszodi mezzo-soprano Philharmonia Orchestra Wednesday 28 April, 8pm Laura Bowler Extinction (World Rachmaninov: Symphony BBC Concert Orchestra premiere) No.2 Unclassified Live: Bryce Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £20* Sunday Matinees Dessner, Julia Holter & Aïsha Devi John Wilson conductor Benjamin Beilman violin André de Ridder conductor Aïsha Devi singer Lyadov The Enchanted Lake Julia Holter singer Glazunov Violin Concerto in Kelley O’Connor singer A minor, Op.82 Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 Programme includes: Bryce Dessner Voy a dormir for Royal Festival Hall £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* mezzo-soprano & orchestra (UK The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival premiere) Hall at 1.30pm: Insights Talk. John Wilson Julia Holter Works to be discusses the afternoon’s programme. announced Admission free. Aïsha Devi Works to be announced Queen Elizabeth Hall £22 £12*

Associate Artist Patricia Kopatchinskaja

2021 appears at the Southbank Centre on 27 Mar & 6 May 2021

Tuesday 4 May, 7.30pm Thursday 6 May, 7.30pm Southbank Sinfonia Patricia Kopatchinskaja Beethoven Symphony No.1 Is Pierrot Lunaire Christian Curnyn conductor International Chamber Music Series Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op.6 Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin, vocals No.2 Joonas Ahonen piano Tippett Fantasia concertante on a Júlia Gállego flute theme of Corelli Meesun Hong Coleman violin Rameau Les boréades Suite Reto Bieri clarinet Beethoven Symphony No.1 Thomas Kaufmann cello Queen Elizabeth Hall CPE Bach Free Fantasia in F sharp £33 £23 £15 £11* minor for keyboard, Wq.67 Schoenberg Phantasy for violin & Thursday 6 May, 7.30pm piano, Op.47 Philharmonia Orchestra Stravinsky L’histoire du soldat Suite Santtu Conducts Berio Lied for solo clarinet Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire – Part 1 Symphony CPE Bach Presto in C minor for Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor keyboard, Wq.114/3 Carlos Ferreira clarinet Bartók Bagpipes from Duos for 2 violins, Sz.98 Beethoven Symphony No.2 Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire – Part 2 Mozart Clarinet Concerto Johann Strauss (son) Emperor Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Waltz (Kaiser) arr. Schoenberg Royal Festival Hall Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire – Part 3 £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Queen Elizabeth Hall Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6pm: £45 £35 £25 £15* Music of Today. Admission by free ticket. Saturday 8 May, 12 noon London Philharmonic Orchestra FUNharmonics Family Concert: The Pied Piper of Hamelin The LPO revives its bewitching musical presentation of Michael Morpurgo’s book composed by Colin Matthews with Emma Chichester Clark’s vivid illustrations projected onto screen. For ages 7+. Royal Festival Hall £16 – £24 (adults) £8 – £12 (children)* Royal Festival Hall from 10am: pre-concert foyer activities. Admission free.

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 32 Tuesday 11 May, 7.30pm Friday 14 May, 7.30pm Thursday 20 May, 7.30pm Daniel Kharitonov: Precision Highgate Choral Society: Simon Trpčeski: Orchestral and Poetry Berlioz Te Deum Manoeuvres on a Piano International Piano Series New London Orchestra International Piano Series Daniel Kharitonov piano Ronald Corp conductor Simon Trpčeski piano Jack Liebeck violin Beethoven Sonata in D minor, Nicky Spence tenor Beethoven 32 Variations on an Op.31 No.2 (Tempest) Highgate Choral Society Original Theme in C minor, WoO.80; Brahms 2 Rhapsodies, Op.79 The London Chorus Allegretto (2nd movement) from Chopin 12 Etudes, Op.10; Scherzo New London Children’s Choir Symphony No.7 arr. Liszt; 12 No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39 Variations on a Russian dance Ronald Corp Jubilant Song Queen Elizabeth Hall in A from Wranitzky’s ‘Das £45 £35 £25 £18 £10* Dvořák Violin Concerto Waldmädchen’, WoO.71; Scherzo Berlioz Te Deum – Allegro vivace (3rd movement) Thursday 13 – Saturday 15 May Royal Festival Hall from Symphony No.3 arr. Liszt £45 £35 £25 £15* Claude Vivier Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade arr. Paul Gilson Three days dedicated to the cult of Saturday 15 May, 7.30pm Canadian composer Claude Vivier. Queen Elizabeth Hall Philharmonia Orchestra £45 £35 £25 £18 £10* Thursday 13 May, 7.30pm Bartók & Strauss: Dances of Desire Friday 21 May, 7.45pm London Sinfonietta Long Song of Solitude Jakub Hrůša conductor Quatuor Bozzini Malin Byström soprano, Salome International Chamber Music Series Ilan Volkov conductor Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano, Claire Booth soprano Herodias Philip Thomas piano Royal Academy of Music Manson Peter Hoare tenor, Herod Naomi Pinnock Quartet No.2 Ensemble Philharmonia Voices Michael Oesterle Quartet No.4 Vivier Zipangu; Lonely Child Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, (UK premiere) Nicole Lizée New work (World complete Linda Catlin Smith Quartet No.6 premiere) Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils (UK premiere) Queen Elizabeth Hall and closing scenes from Salome Laurence Crane Piano Quintet £22 £15* Queen Elizabeth Hall Royal Festival Hall £20 £12* £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Friday 14 May, 7.45pm Claude Vivier: Songs of a Sunday 16 May, 7.30pm Tuesday 25 May, 7.30pm Maverick Chineke! Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Soundstreams Double Concertos Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Beethoven Symphony No.9 Vivier Love Songs; Hymnen an Kwamé Ryan conductor die Nacht; Shiraz; Cinq chansons Principal soloists from the Soloists to be announced pour percussion; O! Kosmos; Jesus Chineke! Orchestra The Bach Choir erbarme dich Haydn Symphony No.85 (La reine) Beethoven Overture, Fidelio Christopher Mayo Homage to Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for Mahler Songs from Des Knaben Vivier (World premiere) 2 cellos & orchestra, RV.531 Wunderhorn (Humoresken) Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Boulogne Sinfonie Concertante in Beethoven Symphony No.9 £12* G for 2 violins, Op.13 (Choral) arr. Mahler Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 in Royal Festival Hall £50 £40 £30 £20 £10* Saturday 15 May, 6pm & 9pm A minor (Scottish) Vivier’s Last Masterpiece Queen Elizabeth Hall Friday 28 May, 7.30pm Soundstreams £40 £30 £22 £15* David Fall music director Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday 19 May, 7.30pm Carmina Burana Zack Russell Monologue inspired by Claude Vivier’s letters & diaries BBC Concert Orchestra Conductor to be announced Vivier Glaubst du an die Sound of TV Jennifer Pike violin Unsterblichkeit der Seele (Do you BBC Concert Orchestra Ailish Tynan soprano Tenor to be announced believe in the immortality of the Bramwell Tovey conductor soul?); Musik für das Ende William Dazeley baritone Matthew Sweet presenter Chorus to be announced Queen Elizabeth Hall £20* BBC TV theme tunes featuring Rossini Overture, William Tell music from Line of Duty, Sherlock, Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 Blue Planet, Dr Who & Serengeti in G minor Queen Elizabeth Hall Orff Carmina Burana £28 £18 £12* Royal Festival Hall £56.50 £48.50 £38.50 £29.50 £19.50 £16.50*

* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £3.50 online; £4 over the phone. If you wish to receive tickets in the post, a £1 delivery charge applies. 33 June & July Tuesday 1 June, 7.30pm Friday 4 June, 7pm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra of the Age of Vasily Petrenko Conducts Enlightenment Elgar’s Symphony No.1 The End of Reason Vasily Petrenko conductor Geoffrey Paterson conductor Kian Soltani cello Alexander Melnikov piano Jonathan Dove Sunshine Trumpet to be announced Dvořák Cello Concerto Strauss Prelude for string sextet Elgar Symphony No.1 from Capriccio Royal Festival Hall Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1 £50 £40 £30 £20 £10* (for piano, trumpet & strings) Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme Wednesday 2 June, 7.30pm Queen Elizabeth Hall Nigel Osborne: Naciketa £75 £45 £25 £10* Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer at 6pm: Musicians from Bournemouth pre-concert talk. Admission free. Symphony Orchestra Kokoro Friday 4 June, 7.30pm BSO Resound Mark Forkgen conductor Philharmonia Orchestra William Conway conductor An Evening with James Sarvar Sabri tabla Newton Howard Simon Thacker guitar, improvisation Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Prakriti Dutta dhrupad vocal James Newton Howard conductor Sam Brown director Violinist to be confirmed Sumant Jayakrishnan designer Andrew Shulman cello Nigel Osborne Naciketa James Newton Howard Violin Queen Elizabeth Hall Concerto (European premiere); £40 £30 £20* Cello Concerto (European premiere); Music from film Thursday 3 June, 7.30pm soundtracks including The Hunger Music in the Grip of War: Games; Fantastic Beasts; M. Night Messiaen & Shostakovich Shyamalan films; Snow Falling on Cedars; and The Nutcracker and International Chamber Music Series the Four Realms Alina Ibragimova violin Royal Festival Hall Alban Gerhardt cello £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Pascal Moraguès clarinet Steven Osborne piano Sunday 6 June, 11.30am Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin Southbank Sinfonia du temps Family Concert Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 in Join Southbank Sinfonia on an E minor, Op.67 adventure led by the players to find Queen Elizabeth Hall out just what’s so exciting about £45 £35 £25 £15* classical music. After the concert you can meet the musicians and 2021 Friday 4 June, 6pm try out some of their instruments Philharmonia Orchestra in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer. Music of Today: Composers’ For ages 5 to 11. Under-18s should Academy be accompanied by an adult. Conductor to be announced Queen Elizabeth Hall £8 (adults) £4 (children)* Hear world premieres by three emerging composers in the culminating concert of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Composers’ Academy. Royal Festival Hall Admission free.

Alina Ibragimova performs with cellist Alban Gerhardt, clarinettist Pascal Moraguès and pianist Steven Osborne as part of the International Chamber Music Series (3 Jun 2021) © Marco Caselli Nirmal Caselli © Marco

Vasily Petrenko performs with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on 6 Oct 2020 and 17 Feb, 7 Apr and 1 Jun 2021

Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen performs with the Philharmonia Orchestra on 24 Sep 2020, 4 & 7 Feb and 4 & 10 Jun 2021 © Simon Fowler © Simon

Nicola Benedetti performs with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (22 Feb 2021) and Aurora Orchestra (4 July 2021)

36 Monday 7 June, 7.30pm Thursday 24 June, 7.30pm Sunday 4 July, 3pm Olivier Latry: Monuments and Trinity Laban Symphony Aurora Orchestra Pilgrimages Orchestra The Orchestral Theatre: International Organ Series Trinity Laban Soloists’ Competition Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Olivier Latry organ Winner Nicholas Collon conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Bach Ricercar a 6 from A Musical Programme to be announced Offering Queen Elizabeth Hall Programme includes: Widor Marche du veilleur de nuit £15* Beethoven Violin Concerto & Mattheus-Final from Bach’s Queen Elizabeth Hall Memento Friday 25 June, 7.30pm £40 £35 £25 £10* Liszt Consolation No.4 in D flat; Philharmonia Orchestra & Variations on a theme of Bach The Bach Choir Sunday 4 July, 7pm ‘Weinen, Klagen’, S.180 arr. Dupré; Elgar: The Dream of Young Artists Concert Introduction and Fugue from Gerontius Royal College of Music Junior Bach’s Cantata No.21 ‘Ich hatte David Hill conductor Department viel Bekümmernis’, S.660 Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Programme to be announced Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G Andrew Staples tenor minor, BWV.542 arr. Liszt Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Neal Davies bass £20* Gigout Air célèbre de la Pentecôte (after Bach) Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Liszt Prelude and Fugue on the Royal Festival Hall Wednesday 7 July, 7.45pm £55 £40 £32 £20 £12* name BACH, S.260 arr. Guillou London Sinfonietta Musicians of Tomorrow Royal Festival Hall Friday 25 June, 8pm £15* The annual showcase of musicians Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm: BBC Concert Orchestra from the London Sinfonietta pre-concert event. Admission free. Unclassified Live: Academy, drawn from colleges of Matthew Herbert music across the UK. They perform Wednesday 9 June, 7.30pm André de Ridder conductor some of the great works of the Denis Matsuev: Liszt’s Great Programme includes: contemporary classical repertoire Gamechanger Matthew Herbert Work to be from the past 70 years. International Piano Series announced Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall £5* Denis Matsuev piano Queen Elizabeth Hall £22 £12* Schumann Kinderszenen, Op.15 Thursday 8 July, 7.45pm Liszt Sonata in B minor Saturday 26 June, 7.30pm Pianist Luka Okros: Tchaikovsky Dumka (Russian Bach & Rachmaninov rustic scene) in C minor, Op.59; Chelsea Opera Group: Sonata in G, Op.37 Sir John in Love Luka Okros piano Royal Festival Hall Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra Bach Partita No.6 in E minor, £55 £40 £30 £22 £15* Martin Yates conductor BWV.830; Preludes: BWV.846 in C; Cast to be announced BWV.847 in C minor; BWV.867 in Thursday 10 June, 7.30pm Chelsea Opera Group Chorus B flat minor Rachmaninov Preludes: Op.23 Philharmonia Orchestra Vaughan Williams Sir John in Love Daphnis et Chloé No.5 in G minor; Op.32 No.10 in – opera in 4 acts B minor & No.12 in G sharp minor; Origin Stories: Greek Myth in Music Queen Elizabeth Hall Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 £45 £35 £25 £17* Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor (vers. rev. 1931) Philharmonia Voices Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall Sunday 27 June 2021, 7pm Rameau Castor et Pollux Suite £23 £18* Esa-Pekka Salonen Gemini RCMJD Chamber and (European premiere) Symphony Orchestras What You Need To Know Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (complete) Royal College of Music Junior Series Royal Festival Hall Department Symphony Orchestra Get to know the stories behind £45 £36 £28 £19 £12 Premium seats £58* Jacques Cohen conductor important works featuring this Royal College of Music Junior season at our What You Need to Department Chamber Orchestra Know study days. What inspired Christopher Hirons director the composers? How did world Programme to be announced events affect them? Sessions Queen Elizabeth Hall are led by experts in the field and £30 £20 £10* feature live music. Check our website for information and updates.

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