Music | Southbank Centre.
Back to Find Events & Book Tickets
Looking for something specific?
Search Music by date:
Search Music by keyword:
Want to browse?
You can see all Music events or browse by genre
Extra Features
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Purcell Room
Friday 26 March 2010
The voice of Faroe Islander Teitur Lassen has the ability to warm the coldest of hearts.
Royal Festival Hall
Saturday 27 March 2010
Take a nostalgic journey as June Whitfield introduces more memorable hits from the Blitz era with Gavin Sutherland, special guests and live orchestra in an all singing and dancing celebration
Purcell Room
Saturday 27 March 2010
Imagine an acoustic piano that is no longer restricted to 'western tuning'.
White Room, Spirit Level
Saturday 27 March 2010
A creative music workshop using body percussion, your voice and instruments to challenge and inspire you.
Gamelan Room
Saturday 27 March 2010 - Saturday 27 March 2010
Come and experience the beautiful Javanese gamelan percussion orchestra at Southbank Centre.
Level 5 Function Room
Saturday 27 March 2010
A seamless two-hour relay piano performance.