LPO Showcase: Foyle Future Firsts & RAM
Ravel’s elegant Le Tombeau de Couperin is the focus of this free concert with upcoming musicians and members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The LPO’s Foyle Future Firsts Development Programme bridges the transition between education and the classical music profession for 16 early-career orchestral musicians each year.
Join the current cohort of Future Firsts as they join forces with students from the Royal Academy of Music and members of the LPO for a vibrant performance conducted by the LPO’s Principal Conductor, Edward Gardner.
The programme is inspired by memory, and features Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, each movement of which the composer dedicated to a friend who died in the First World War.
Despite its subject matter, the work is remarkably lighthearted. As Ravel said, ‘The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence.’
Performers
Members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
LPO Foyle Future Firsts
Royal Academy of Music Students
Repertoire
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Need to know
Times & tickets
Dates, times and prices
Dates & times
15 Jan 2025, 6pm
Run time
45 minutes (approx)
All timings are approximate and subject to change
Standard entry
Free – no ticket required
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For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open daily.
Monday & Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.
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The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
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Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
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Food & drink
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.