SOUTHBANK CENTRE

This year’s Shell Classic International features the world’s finest orchestras. Riccardo Muti opens the season with two concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and later the same month John Eliot Gardiner leads two evenings with his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir. This year the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons begin a four-year relationship with Southbank Centre, starting in November 2007. Other visitors to the Series include the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Daniele Gatti, Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Mitsuko Uchida, Basel Chamber Orchestra with Paul McCreesh and Angelika Kirchschlager, Zurich Opera with a concert performance of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst, and the fiery Iván Fischer with his Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Hear Ivan Fischer talking to Marshall Marcus, Southbank Centre's Head of Music, about what makes the Budapest Festival Orchestra such a lively and distinctive ensemble.
Download the podcast (mp3)

Series Savings:
Book 2 - 3 concerts and save 10%
Book 4 - 6 concerts and save 15%
Book 7 or more concerts and save 20%

Please note: if you are booking online for more than one series, you will need to book each series in separate transactions in order to receive the appropriate series discount. Alternatively, please call the Ticket Office on 0871 663 2500.

View information on 2008/09 Series.

Enjoy a two course pre- or post-concert meal at Skylon Bar & Grill on the night of any Shell Classic International concert and a glass of house champagne during the interval for just £28 (including service charge).

To take advantage of this offer, please telephone 0871 663 2500, at least three days before the concert. You will be sent meal and champagne vouchers with your tickets, which you will need to present at Skylon on arrival. (If you already have Shell Classic International tickets, you can still book the meal offer by phoning 0871 663 2500). This offer is subject to table and ticket availability.

Conveniently situated on the Level 3 of the Royal Festival Hall, Skylon offers a modern European menu with British influences served against the spectacular panorama of London's skyline, with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the river Thames.