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Classical Music

Autumn/Winter 2024/25

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Wednesday 25 September

Joyce DiDonato Sings Berlioz

Joyce DiDonato Sings Berlioz

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Thursday 26 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Grieg
Santtu-Matias Rouvali standing in front of a lake and forest in Finland

Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Grieg

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 27 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Igor Levit: Bach, Brahms & Beethoven
Igor Levit sat behind a piano

Igor Levit: Bach, Brahms & Beethoven

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Lawrence Power with Thomas Adès: Fairy-Tale Dances
A composite image of Lawrence Power, holding a violin and Thomas Adès wearing a patterned scarf

Lawrence Power with Thomas Adès: Fairy-Tale Dances

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Saturday 28 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
The Multi-Story Orchestra: Verified
Large group of musicians holding their instruments gather for a photo in a multi-story concrete parking garage

The Multi-Story Orchestra: Verified

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £10.00
Matthew Barley: Light Stories
Matthew Barley playing the cello with light graphics

Matthew Barley: Light Stories

Classical music
Purcell Room
Tickets From £25.00
Matthew Barley: Light Stories
Matthew Barley playing the cello with light graphics

Matthew Barley: Light Stories

Classical music
Purcell Room
Tickets From £25.00
Edward Gardner Conducts Rachmaninov
In Bluebeard's Castle, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner (Ildikó Komlósi mezzo-soprano, Judith, John Relyea bass, Bluebeard) perform Bartók’s one-act opera and before the interval Haydn: Symphony No.90 in the Southbank's Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 6 November 2021..Photo by Mark Allan

Edward Gardner Conducts Rachmaninov

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Sunday 29 September

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius
Woman wearing a VR headset

Virtual Orchestra: Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Free
Notes on Nature 1: The Sea
A submerged orca with fin visible, in a sea with a backdrop of snowy mountains

Notes on Nature 1: The Sea

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
Sold out
Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Nielsen

Santtu Conducts Sibelius & Nielsen

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Classical music
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets From £15.00
Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Paraorchestra: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Classical music
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets From £15.00
Scottish Ensemble Performs Philip Glass
Scottish Ensemble playing violins in an ornate concert venue

Scottish Ensemble Performs Philip Glass

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 2 October

James McVinnie: Fantasias
James McVinnie standing in front of an orange textured background

James McVinnie: Fantasias

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £20.00

Friday 4 October

Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen
Cellist Senja Rummukainen holding her cello dressed in pink

Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Plays Shostakovich

Patricia Kopatchinskaja Plays Shostakovich

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Sunday 6 October

Music of Today: Kaija Saariaho & Hans Abrahamsen
Soprano Olivia Boen, wearing a gold off the shoulder dress

Music of Today: Kaija Saariaho & Hans Abrahamsen

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
András Schiff: Haydn, Schubert & Mozart

András Schiff: Haydn, Schubert & Mozart

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 9 October

Chineke! Orchestra: Phenomenal Women
Chineke! Orchestra preforming on stage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

Chineke! Orchestra: Phenomenal Women

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Saturday 12 October

Manchester Collective & Zubin Kanga (Double Bill)
Zubin Kanga using electronic gloves to make musical sounds

Manchester Collective & Zubin Kanga (Double Bill)

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Zubin Kanga: After Dark
Zubin Kanga standing in the middle of keyboards in a square around him

Zubin Kanga: After Dark

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £10.00

Sunday 13 October

Bruckner: Symphony No.5

Bruckner: Symphony No.5

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Thursday 17 October

Inside the Orchestra at Drumsheds
A large orchestra performing in a dark space filled with warm orange hues

Inside the Orchestra at Drumsheds

Classical music
Tickets From £29.50
Inside the Orchestra at Drumsheds
A large orchestra performing in a dark space filled with warm orange hues

Inside the Orchestra at Drumsheds

Classical music
Tickets From £29.50

Friday 18 October

Benjamin Grosvenor Quartet: Strauss & Brahms
Ben Grosvenor wearing a blue and white striped tshirt and blue blazer

Benjamin Grosvenor Quartet: Strauss & Brahms

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Sunday 20 October

Schoenberg: Reshaping Tradition
Black and white image of Schoenberg

Schoenberg: Reshaping Tradition

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 23 October

Aurora Orchestra: Stravinsky's Firebird by Heart

Aurora Orchestra: Stravinsky's Firebird by Heart

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Thursday 24 October

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Salonen & Nielsen
HSKU 20140818 Esa-Pekka Salonen Helsingin musiikkitalolla. Kuva: Benjamin Suomela HS

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Salonen & Nielsen

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
Marin Alsop Conducts Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Marin Alsop Conducts Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 25 October

A Hero’s Life

A Hero’s Life

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Saturday 26 October

OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: An Italian Adventure
Baby with tambourine drum

OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: An Italian Adventure

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £9.00
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Last few tickets

OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: An Italian Adventure
Baby with tambourine drum

OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: An Italian Adventure

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £9.00
Book Now

Last few tickets

OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: An Italian Adventure
Baby with tambourine drum

OAE TOTS at LPO FUNharmonics: An Italian Adventure

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £9.00
Book Now

Last few tickets

FUNharmonics Family Concert: Stan and Mabel

FUNharmonics Family Concert: Stan and Mabel

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £16.00

Sunday 27 October

Notes on Nature 2: The Forest

Notes on Nature 2: The Forest

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
Sold out
Sibelius & Grieg: In the Land of the Mountain King

Sibelius & Grieg: In the Land of the Mountain King

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £10.00

Wednesday 30 October

Karina Canellakis Conducts Schumann & Bruckner
Conductor Karina Canellakis stands on stage conducting an orchestra

Karina Canellakis Conducts Schumann & Bruckner

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Thursday 31 October

Santtu & Nemanja Radulovic
Nemanja Radulović playing violin in a field

Santtu & Nemanja Radulovic

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Friday 1 November

Víkingur Ólafsson & Yuja Wang: Two Pianos
A composite image of portraits of Víkingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang

Víkingur Ólafsson & Yuja Wang: Two Pianos

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00
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Last few tickets

Saturday 2 November

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth
Close-up of LPO Principal Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Sunday 3 November

Notes on Nature 3: Wildlife
Reindeer in tundra

Notes on Nature 3: Wildlife

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
Sold out
María Dueñas Plays Sibelius
María Dueñas playing a violin

María Dueñas Plays Sibelius

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £10.00

Monday 4 November

Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
West Eastern Divan Orchestra in concert

Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Wednesday 6 November

Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Brahms
Pianist Vikingur Olaffson in a navy blue suit leaning on a grand piano

Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Brahms

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00

Saturday 9 November

Lawrence Power’s Lock-in
Lawrence Power playing the violin next to the ocean

Lawrence Power’s Lock-in

Classical music
Purcell Room
Tickets From £20.00

Sunday 10 November

Notes on Nature 4: The Human Dimension
A diver using an underwater camera on the sea floor

Notes on Nature 4: The Human Dimension

Classical music
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
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Last few tickets

Salonen Conducts Sibelius & Lindberg

Salonen Conducts Sibelius & Lindberg

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £10.00

Wednesday 13 November

The Brandenburg Concertos
An 18th Century horn being played by Roger Montgomery, a white man dressed in black clothes

The Brandenburg Concertos

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

Thursday 14 November

Manchester Collective & Abel Selaocoe: Sirocco
Abel Selaocoe playing Cello with one hand on the strings and the other holding the bow

Manchester Collective & Abel Selaocoe: Sirocco

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Beethoven's Ninth
A large orchestra in black tie with various instruments and singers

Beethoven's Ninth

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £19.50

Wednesday 20 November

Billy Cobham at 80

Billy Cobham at 80

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
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Last few tickets

Thursday 21 November

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Turina & Ravel
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali perform Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) (Mari Eriksmoen soprano and Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano) in the Southbank's Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday, 8 June 2022. .Photo by Mark Allan

Philharmonia Chamber Players: Turina & Ravel

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
Chineke! Orchestra: Cultural Harmonies
Chineke! Orchestra viola section during a preformance

Chineke! Orchestra: Cultural Harmonies

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00
Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos
06.05.2010, Gewadhaus zu Leipzig, Grosses Concert, Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt, .© Gert Mothes.Sparkasse Leipzig.Konto 1891191701.BLZ 86055592..

Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £20.00

Sunday 24 November

Coltrane: Legacy for Orchestra
Saxophonist John Coltrane on stage

Coltrane: Legacy for Orchestra

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £15.00

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

Swan Lake
Cellist Zlatomir Fung joyfully playing cello

Swan Lake

Classical music
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets From £14.00
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

Sunday 1 December

The Multi-Story Orchestra: Living Programme Notes
A group of musicians performing in a multi-storey car park

The Multi-Story Orchestra: Living Programme Notes

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £8.00
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

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

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
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

Sunday 26 January

Scottish Ensemble: in Sync
Musicians in colourful clothes playing instruments joyfully

Scottish Ensemble: in Sync

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £8.00
Scottish Ensemble: in Sync
Musicians in colourful clothes playing instruments joyfully

Scottish Ensemble: in Sync

Classical music
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets From £8.00
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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

Whilst you’re with us

Modified Social Benches

Modified Social Benches

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

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.