Orchestral
What's on this month
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 8 October 2008
At the time of writing his Ninth Symphony, Dvorák was living in America, and it's often said he wrote the work out of homesickness. However, the piece contains folk themes and old spirituals taken from the New World, in homage to his new home.
£38 £32 £27 £21 £16 £12 £9 Premium seats £55
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 9 October 2008
Sir Charles Mackerras leads the Orchestra in Dvorak's Symphony No.7
£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45
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
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sunday 12 October 2008
Rivalry between the English and French is not a new phenomenon, and has reared its head in some unusual ways.
£35 £26 £19 £12 £6
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sunday 12 October 2008
The final London performance by pianist Alfred Brendel
£38 £29 £23 £18 £14 £11 £8 Premium seats £45
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
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