1.1 Music

Music

The Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is at the centre of the south bank complex. Opened in 1951 as a part of the Festival of Britain. And is one of the worlds most infamous performance venues. Not only does it have an auditorium it also consists of the Clore Ballroom, South bank centre shop, 7 places to eat and drink and the Salson poetry library. When I visited the Royal Festival Hall on the outside it looked quite old and boring but when I entered the foyer I could see that it was very modern and had a lot of big open spaces.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday 21st April 2011

Ottorino Respighl -Fountains of Rome
Max Bruch -Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor interval
Peter llyich Tchalkovsky - Symphony no.4
Respighi is renowned for his superb orchestrations (as befits a student of Rimsky-Korsakov) - both of other composers' music and in original works such as the captivating The Fountains of Rome.
Although he composed several choral and orchestral works (including three concertos for the violin and one for two pianos), Bruch's fame today rests largely on one phenomenally successful piece - the Violin Concerto in G minor. Richly melodic and sumptuously orchestrated, this enchanting concerto is beloved of performers and audiences alike.
Although it is tempting to relate Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony to the suicidal despair caused by his disastrous marriage, he had in fact sketched the first three movements before meeting his future wife. In any event, he later maintained that the symphony was an'echo' of the events in his life, in which the sinister fanfares of Fate are ultimately swept away by an indomitable reaffirmation of life.

Lambeth Music Festival: Small Ensembles Concert
Monday 14th March 2011

The Lambeth Schools Music Festival is welcomed back to Southbank Centre with a concert in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall.
The Festival features children and young people from over 50 schools across Lambeth and this concert celebrates a mixture of styles and ensembles from the borough's schools.
This concert is followed by the Contemporary Music Concert at 5pm.
Lambeth Music Service in partnership with Southbank Centre.