Modern Classical
What's on this month
16 productions found
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra : Music of Today
Thursday 9 October 2008
The Dutch composer Michel van der Aa is one of the most exciting younger composers anywhere, active in both concert music and multimedia.
Admission free
Front Room
Finn Peters Quintet
Friday 10 October 2008
Drawing on his latest CD release, Butterflies, itself hugely influenced by the music of Olivier Messiaen, this groundbreaking quintet perform their meditative, intelligent take on contemporary jazz.
Admission free
Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 10 October 2008
'Clouds whirl about... as they gradually lift, one can discern a gigantic hall, filled by a crowd of dancers... the glow of the chandeliers breaks out fortissimo', is how Ravel described his work La valse, which opens the concert in this programme.
£38 £32 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £55
Brompton Oratory
John McGreal
Monday 13 October 2008
Accomplished organist John McGreal performs as part of From the Canyons to the Stars: The Music of Olivier Messiaen.
Admission free, no ticket required
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
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 Academy of Music D
Royal Academy of Music students
Friday 17 October 2008
A performance including Messiaen's irrepressible Canteyodjaya and two movements from the Catalogue d'oiseaux, which vividly depict natural phenomena such as rock formations and crashing waves.
£6
Purcell Room
Flights of Sound
Sunday 19 October 2008
Manickam Yogeswaran (Yoga) was the first musician to perform in the British Houses of Parliament and the first Tamil singer heard in a Hollywood movie.
£12
Brompton Oratory
Patrick Russill
Monday 20 October 2008
This series of performances at the London Oratory focuses on the historical context for Messiaen's organ works, by presenting selected works from his output alongside masterpieces of the great French organ tradition.
Admission free, no ticket required
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
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