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Classical music

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Wednesday 27 November

OrchLab Festival Day

OrchLab Festival Day

Classical music
The Clore Ballroom
Free
A Dark Century
Latvian Violinist Gidon Kremer slightly smiling in black and white

A Dark Century

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Friday 29 November

Refracted Sound
Composer Morton Feldman in black and white standing next to a mirrored door

Refracted Sound

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £11.00
Swan Lake
Cellist Zlatomir Fung joyfully playing cello

Swan Lake

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Saturday 30 November

English Chamber Orchestra with Pavel Sporcl
Artist slightly smiling, wearing a red shirt, proudly holding up his deep blue violin

English Chamber Orchestra with Pavel Sporcl

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Sunday 1 December

Santtu & Jess Gillam
Jess Gillam holding her saxophone and smiling in front of a colouful backdrop

Santtu & Jess Gillam

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 6 December

Jean Rondeau: Sisyphus
Jean Rondeau seated at a harpsichord with a back to the camera looking to the side

Jean Rondeau: Sisyphus

Classical music
Purcell Room
Tickets From £20.00

Sunday 8 December

Concerto Italiano: Monteverdi's Madrigals
Concerto Italiano ensemble standing in line next to a white building with Islamic architectural features

Concerto Italiano: Monteverdi's Madrigals

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 13 December

Handel's Messiah
Two violinists playing within an orchestra

Handel's Messiah

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £30.00

Saturday 14 December

Christmas Classics
Orchestra onstage dressed in christmas festival outfits

Christmas Classics

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £30.00
Christmas Classics
Orchestra onstage dressed in christmas festival outfits

Christmas Classics

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £30.00

Sunday 15 December

Christmas Classics
Orchestra onstage dressed in christmas festival outfits

Christmas Classics

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £30.00

Monday 16 December

Bryn's Christmas
Bryn Terfal sat on a patterned gold sofa with sheets of music on the table in front of him

Bryn's Christmas

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £20.00

Thursday 9 January

Baroquebusters

Baroquebusters

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 10 January

James McVinnie: Bach for Organ & Piano

James McVinnie: Bach for Organ & Piano

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £20.00

Saturday 11 January

The Planets
View of outer space

The Planets

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £19.50

Sunday 12 January

Borodin Quartet at 80
Borodin Quartet standing in a line holding their string instruments

Borodin Quartet at 80

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 15 January

LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts & RAM

LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts & RAM

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Strauss, Berg & Brahms
Isabelle Faust holding her violin

Strauss, Berg & Brahms

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Saturday 18 January

On the Transmigration of Souls

On the Transmigration of Souls

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Wednesday 22 January

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Thursday 23 January

Unclassified Live
Unclassified Live: The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder with Elizabeth Alker presenter, Aïsha Devi vocalist, electronics, Afrodeutsche singer perform Afrodeutsche: Promises arr. Dave Foster (World premiere)..Daniel Avery: Song for the Swordsman arr. Quinta (World premiere)..Aïsha Devi: Aethernal Score arr. Robert Ames (World premiere) in the Southbank's QEH on Friday 29 Oct. 2021 ..Photos by Mark Allan

Unclassified Live

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 24 January

Chineke! Orchestra Celebrates a Decade
Close-up of Chineke! Orchestra musicians

Chineke! Orchestra Celebrates a Decade

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Saturday 25 January

KSO: Lindberg, Prokofiev and Ravel
Clarinettist in a tuxedo looking to the left

KSO: Lindberg, Prokofiev and Ravel

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £16.00
An Evening with Amjad Ali Khan
Sarod player Amjad Ali Khan Samaagam

An Evening with Amjad Ali Khan

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Sunday 26 January

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 29 January

Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Mozart

Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Mozart

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Thursday 30 January

Nobuyuki Tsujii Plays Chopin

Nobuyuki Tsujii Plays Chopin

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 31 January

Pavel Kolesnikov: The Colours of Mozart & Ravel

Pavel Kolesnikov: The Colours of Mozart & Ravel

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Saturday 22 March

London Soundtrack Festival Gala Concert
A black and white portrait of Howard Shore, who is wearing round glasses and a suit

London Soundtrack Festival Gala Concert

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Sold out

Wednesday 26 March

Hildur Guðnadóttir in Concert
Hildur Guðnadóttir in side profile, looking at the camera

Hildur Guðnadóttir in Concert

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sold out
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Whilst you’re with us

Modified Social Benches

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

Crazy Boules
A close up shot of the boules by the 'jack'

Crazy Boules

The classic French game gets a neon-spangled makeover.

Southbank Centre Food Market
Mango chutney being added to a wrap at La Sani

Southbank Centre Food Market

With a huge choice of street food and drinks, our weekly food market is a must-visit.

Ground & Sound
Gardener Paul Pulford listening to Ground and Sound in the Roof Garden

Ground & Sound

Experience an enchanting musical score in our very own secret garden.

Shopping
A variety of Block Scene merchandise on sale at the Royal Festival Hall shop including colourful printed t-shirts, mugs and tea towels.

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.