Downloads & Features
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Alternatively, you can just download the individual files below.
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
The London Sinfonietta perform Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians on Monday 28 April, in Royal Festival Hall. Written between 1974-76, the work immediately attracted a huge cult following, from the moment ECM released Reich' first recording of it in 1978, despite the fact that for over 20 years, the composition had no published score. In this document, composer Steve Reich writes about the composition and structure of Music for 18 Musicians:
Download the pdf
Richard Goode: Associate Artist
As part of Richard Goode's role as Associate Artist at Southbank Centre for our 2007/08 season, he examines the different roles of a musician: soloist, chamber musician, accompanist, presenter and teacher. In this personal interview with Meurig Bowen, Richard Goode discusses his thoughts on his residency and the artists he will be working with throughout the year.
Download it here (mp3, 11 mins, 6.3MB)
Carmen Jones podcast
Singer and cast member Brenda Edwards introduces the forthcoming, brand new, fully-staged production of Carmen Jones at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall (25 July - 2 Sept 2007). This podcast is a conversational insight into the show with director Jude Kelly, co-producer Raymond Gubbay, voice coach Mary King, designer Michael Vale and choreographer Rafael Bonachela, as well as cast members Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi, and Andrew and Rodney Clarke.
(Musical excerpts are taken from 1991 recording by kind permission of EMI Classics.)
Download it here (mp3, 21 mins, 9.5MB)
Sweeney Todd podcast
Singer Bryn Terfel, conductor Stephen Barlow and Southbank Centre's Artistic Director Jude Kelly talk about the forthcoming production of Sweeney Todd with Edward Seckerson, former presenter of BBC Radio 3's Stage and Screen.
Download it here (mp3, 15 mins, 5.1MB)
A more in-depth 30-minute version of this download is available to Southbank Centre members, who receive priority booking opportunities, free entry to The Hayward and acess to our exclusive Members' Bar amongst other benefits. Read more about Southbank Centre membership.
(The podcast features extracts from the original Broadway cast recording of Sweeney Todd (RCA), Sweeney Todd Live In Concert (Decca) and Renee & Bryn: Under the Stars (Decca).
Produced by Podcasters.)
Wise Children: The Legacy of Angela Carter
Ali Smith, winner of the 2005 Whitbread Novel Award, considers Angela Carter's legacy of formal freedom, stylistic vibrancy and thematic potency, and revisits the wit, glorious works and calm panache of the woman who refused to be a sound bite. Recorded 11 June 2006.
Download it here (mp3, 43 mins, 15.4MB)
Patti Smith: Qana
Following her two performances at Southbank Centre, London, as part of Patti Smith's Meltdown 2006, hear an exclusive live track from Patti Smith, recorded at her Coral Sea Sessions in Southbank Centre's Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The track, Qana, is dedicated to the suffering of the children of Lebanon.
Download it here (mp3, 4:41 mins, 4.4MB)
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