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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sunday 21 March 2010
Renowned filmmaker and broadcaster Christopher Nupen shares his films and memories of Jacqueline du Pre from a close friendship that lasted for 26 years.
Purcell Room
Bach Weekend 2010: The Coffee Cantata
Sunday 21 March 2010
Cantata 211 "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht" ("Be quiet and cease your chatting") was probably performed several times at Zimmermann's coffee house, a perfect setting for a mini-opera on the subject of coffee addiction.
Purcell Room
Bach Weekend 2010: Orchestral Suites
Sunday 21 March 2010
Records show that orchestral works by Handel and Telemann featured at Zimmermann's coffeehouse, as did Bach's own orchestral suites.
Royal Festival Hall
Wandsworth Schools' Music presents A Brighter Sound
Monday 22 March 2010
A lively festival of vocal and instrumental music from primary, secondary and special schools with participants from nine to 18 years old.
Purcell Room
Monday 22 March 2010
Acclaimed Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriguez presents joropos, waltzes and merengues in a programme of lively, piquant music from inspiring landscapes with strong traditions.
Royal Festival Hall
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Ivor Setterfield conducts London's largest regular choir and the Trafalgar Sinfonia in two great anti-war works by modern British composers.
The Clore Ballroom
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Acclaimed British composer, Errollyn Wallen, has worked alongside Pegasus Opera singing leaders and director Frances M Lynch in an ambitious eight-school project.
Purcell Room
Tuesday 23 March 2010
The eclectic jazz sound of Polar Bear meets the serene and unforgettable voice of Zena Edwards in this cool collaboration.
Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Unlike the opening work, based on liturgical references, Prokofiev's 1913 Second Piano Concerto apparently terrified and scandalised the audience, some of whom walked out.
Purcell Room
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Classical Indian maestro Shrivastav, 'sitarist to the stars' (London Evening Standard), has played with artists such as Doves and Massive Attack.
Level 5 Function Room
Robin Robertson and Sam Willetts
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Robin Robertson reads from his new poetry collection The Wrecking Light, alongside Sam Willetts whose debut collection New Light for the Old Dark offers a dramatic new voice in contemporary poetry.
Royal Festival Hall
Coloma 140th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday 25 March 2010
All members of the Coloma community are especially welcome to attend this celebratory event as part of the anniversary that marks 140 years since Coloma Convent Girls' School was founded in Croydon by the Daughters of Mary and Joseph in 1869.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 25 March 2010
This young Russian pianist has been lauded worldwide for his sensitivity, originality and imagination
Royal Festival Hall
Sound Moves: Music and Dance - the next generation
Friday 26 March 2010
At the centre of the two-day event Sound Moves, this show in Royal Festival Hall with performances by over 400 young people promises to be full of energy and young talent
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Friday 26 March 2010
Psappha, one of Britain's leading new music ensembles, presents Bernstein's first foray into music theatre, his one-act operatic masterpiece Trouble in Tahiti.
Festival Riverside Level 1
Friday 26 March 2010 - Sunday 28 March 2010
A chocolate-art display as part of the Easter Chocolate Festival, featuring sculptures made entirely from chocolate by master chocolatiers and pastry chefs.
The Clore Ballroom
Friday 26 March 2010
A vibrant performance by exceptional young musicians and dancers including classical ballet students from the Royal Ballet School, a chamber orchestra, a brass band, Indonesian Gamelan, dancers from London Contemporary Dance School and Laban and an award-winning drummer!
Southbank Centre Square
Friday 26 March 2010 - Sunday 28 March 2010
The Chocolate Festival returns to Southbank Centre just in time to shop for all your Easter treats. Dozens of stalls showcase truffles, bonbons and bars, as well as chocolate cakes and pastries, a wide range of hot chocolates and chocolate-making kits.
Foyer Bar - level 2
Friday 26 March 2010
Outstanding young musicians from the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal College of Music's Junior Department and the Purcell School of Music play a programme of classical chamber music.
The Front Room at QEH
Friday 26 March 2010
With four releases on John Zorn's Tzadik label, prolific accordionist and composer Koby Israelite leads his band in a radical but melody-led collage of sounds that references Jewish prayers, Romanian folk, tango, fin de siecle waltzes, Hendrix, and lounge music in the context of cutting-edge jazz, funk and blues.