2020/21 London Season
Adventures in music: a season brimming with stories at London’s Southbank Centre, from Nordic legends to Old Testament dramas.
There are stories to seduce and to shock, epic choral masterpieces, opium- fuelled dreams and chivalric fantasies. The Season features some of the greatest artists in classical music: conductor Riccardo Muti, violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Yuja Wang.
Come and join us for a year of adventures in music.
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Christmas at the Movies
Programme to include:
The Snowman
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Home Alone
and many more festive favourites…
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Tickets go on general sale on Tuesday 3 March 2020 at 9.30am.
Grand Christmas Classics
Programme to include:
GRUBER Silent Night
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker Suite
RUTTER Candlelight Carol
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia On Christmas Carols
WILBERG Joy to the World
Plus carols for all
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Sibelius
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Yefim Bronfman – piano
- Anna Thorvaldsdottir Metacosmos
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
- Sibelius Symphony No. 2
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Origin Stories: Strauss's Elektra
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Iréne Theorin – soprano (Elektra)
Lise Davidsen – soprano (Chrysothemis)
Anna Larsson – mezzo-soprano (Klytemnestra)
Alan Oke – tenor (Aegisth)
Peixin Chen – baritone (Orest)
Philharmonia Voices
- Strauss Elektra
Dreamers and Adventurers
Rafael Payare – conductor
Alisa Weilerstein – cello
- Strauss Don Quixote
- Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
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Mendelssohn and Friends
Laurence Equilbey – conductor
Sunwook Kim – piano
- Weber Overture, Oberon
- Robert Schumann Piano Concerto
- Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
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Gaspard's Foxtrot
Holly Mathieson – conductor
Zeb Soanes – narrator
James Mayhew – live illustration
- Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
- Jonathan Dove Gaspard's Foxtrot (London premiere)
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Music of Today: Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey – conductor; drums
- George Lewis The Will to Adorn (UK premiere)
- Tyshawn Sorey Autoschediasms (UK premiere)
- Tyshawn Sorey For Bill Dixon and A. Spencer Barefield (European premiere)
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Music of Today: Víkingur Ólafsson
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
Bent Sørensen Papillons (UK premiere of complete work)
Edmund Finnis New work for solo piano
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Shostakovich and Prokofiev
Pablo Heras-Casado – conductor
Simon Trpčeski – piano
- Prokofiev Symphony No. 1, Classical
- Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 9
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Music of Today: Bryce Dessner
Robin O’Neill – conductor
- Bryce Dessner The Forest for cello ensemble (UK premiere)
- Bryce Dessner Lachrimae for strings (UK premiere)
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Han-Na Chang – conductor
Daniel Lozakovich – violin
- Sofia Gubaidulina Fairytale Poem
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
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Herreweghe conducts Brahms
Philippe Herreweghe – conductor
Paul Lewis – piano
- Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
- Brahms Symphony No. 4
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Santtu conducts Carmina Burana
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Mari Eriksmoen – soprano
Brett Sprague – tenor
Marcus Farnsworth – baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
- Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra (Jazz Suite No. 2)
- Orff Carmina Burana
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Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Juraj Valčuha – conductor
Markus Werba – baritone
- Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer
- Mahler Symphony No. 1
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Joshua Bell plays Brahms
Lahav Shani – conductor
Joshua Bell – violin
- Brahms Violin Concerto
- Bruckner Symphony No. 4, Romantic
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Leonidas Kavakos: Beethoven
Leonidas Kavakos – conductor; violin
- Beethoven Violin Concerto
- Beethoven Symphony No. 7
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Hrůša conducts Brahms and Szymanowski
Jakub Hrůša – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
- Franck Le Chasseur maudit
- Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1
- Brahms Symphony No. 2
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
John Wilson – conductor
Benjamin Beilman – violin
- Lyadov The Enchanted Lake
- Glazunov Violin Concerto
- Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
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A Feast of Elgar
Elim Chan – conductor
Pablo Ferrández – cello
- Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)
- Elgar Cello Concerto
- Elgar Enigma Variations
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Santtu conducts Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Carlos Ferreira – clarinet
- Beethoven Symphony No. 2
- Mozart Clarinet Concerto
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
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Bartók & Strauss: Dances of Desire
Jakub Hrůša – conductor
Malin Byström – soprano (Salome)
Susan Bickley – mezzo-soprano (Herodias)
Peter Hoare – tenor (Herod)
Philharmonia Voices
- Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin
- Strauss Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils and closing scenes)
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An evening with James Newton Howard
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
James Newton Howard – conductor
Leila Josefowicz – violin
Andrew Shulman – cello
- Newton Howard Concerto for Violin (European premiere)
- Newton Howard Concerto for Cello (European premiere)
- Newton Howard Music from film soundtracks, to include highlights from The Hunger Games; Fantastic Beasts; M. Night Shyamalan films; Snow Falling on Cedars and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Origin Stories: Daphnis and Chloé
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Philharmonia Voices
- Rameau Castor and Pollux Suite
- Salonen Gemini (European premiere)
- Ravel Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet)
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
David Hill – conductor
Kitty Whately – mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples – tenor
Neal Davies – bass
The Bach Choir
- Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
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