Orchestral
What's on this month
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Sinfonietta & Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Gerard Grisey, a student of Messiaen's, took 11 years to compose Les espaces acoustiques.
£22 £17 £13 £8
Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 15 October 2008
Gazing from the window of his beloved home in the Finnish countryside, Jean Sibelius glimpsed a group of swans taking flight, which he depicted musically in the last movement of his Fifth Symphony, heard in this programme with music by Rachmaninov.
£38 £32 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £55
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 16 October 2008
A performance of Olivier Messiaen's grandest work for orchestra, chorus and soloists, La Transfiguration de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ.
£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45
Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 18 October 2008
Sketched over a four-year period Beethoven wrote his Missa Solemnis, a work he came to admire above all others. It is performed with soloists including the baritone Robert Holl.
£38 £32 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premiun seats £55
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Philharmonia Family Music Day
Sunday 19 October 2008
Join the Philharmonia Orchestra for a trip through history, and meet some of the most famous heroes and heroines ever to have lived.
Adults £9 Children £5
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Tuesday 21 October 2008
More of Messiaen’s music alongside that of his pupils, Xenakis and Benjamin.
£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45
Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 22 October 2008
Vladimir Jurowski leads the Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky's First Symphony. Sixty years later, Igor Stravinsky used the same musical themes in his ballet score The Fairy's Kiss. The Orchestra performs both works in this concert.
£38 £32 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £55
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 23 October 2008
A programme of Debussy, Messiaen and Scriabin
£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45
Royal Festival Hall
Video Games Live 2008
Friday 24 October 2008
Following last year’s sensational premiere when a packed house was blown away by this sensational multi-media event Video Games Live returns to Southbank Centre.
4pm: £36.50 £29.50 £22.50 / 8pm: £39.50 £32.50 £25
Westminster Cathedral
Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra & Westminster Cathedral Choir
Friday 24 October 2008
The programme includes one of Messiaen's last works, an 11-movement cycle which was completed in 1992.
£18 £16 £12
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