BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Events at Southbank Centre\, Royal Festival Hall PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080928T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Philharmonia Orchestra - Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/448481/ ] Beethoven Overture\, Leonore No.2 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 INTERVAL Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Helene Grimaud piano Composed at least partially under the influence of opium\, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique was both a staggering achievement and the first true Romantic symphony\, using music alone to depict a hero's wild and often terrifying progress through a passionate affair and\, ultimately\, his execution for his lover's murder. Composed in 1830 when he was only 27 years old\, it is an astonishing musical step forward from the music of Berlioz's own hero Beethoven\, who had died just three years earlier. In this programme Esa-Pekka Salonen juxtaposes the music of both composers\; the Overture Leonore No.2\, was known to be Berlioz's favourite work by Beethoven. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/448481/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/448481/ DTSTAMP:20080305T130916 LAST-UPDATED:20080305T130916 CATEGORIES:Music ORGANIZER;CN=fineartdavid:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/130426/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/56781/":Royal Festival Hall @ Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, London UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Royal Festival Hall ADDRESS:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:London COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.rfh.org.uk/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081008T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:London Philharmonic Orchestra - Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No.9 (From the New World) DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/448477/ ] Franz Schubert Overture\, Rosamunde Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor\, Op.40 INTERVAL Antonin Dvorak Symphony No.9 (From the New World) Kurt Masur conductor Louis Lortie piano Dvorak\, lured to America to head up a new music college\, is often said to have written his Ninth Symphony out of homesickness. But the work is also an orchestral homage to the composer's new home: Dvorak's first movement has its basis in the folk themes of the New World\, whilst his cor anglais theme\, famously used in the Hovis advertisement\, actually comes from the spirituals of the plantation fields. Dvorak entered the New World with optimism\, and his symphony shares its soul with the grass roots of the American people - popular music indeed. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/448477/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/448477/ DTSTAMP:20080305T130624 LAST-UPDATED:20080305T130624 CATEGORIES:Music ORGANIZER;CN=fineartdavid:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/130426/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/56781/":Royal Festival Hall @ Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, London UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Royal Festival Hall ADDRESS:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:London COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.rfh.org.uk/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081108T190000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Barry Gray Centenary Concert DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/756163/ ] Music From the 21st Century! "Celebrate 100 Years of Barry Gray's Film and Television Music" Hosted by Brian Blessed\, the Philharmonia Orchestra will perform together with guest musicians\, including composer-pianist Crispin Merrell (Space Precinct\, Lavender Castle and New Captain Scarlet). Ralph Titterton\, restorer of the Barry Gray archive\, co-producer of the Barry Gray original soundtrack CDs\, and Cathy Ford\, Barry Gray librarian\; researcher and biographer\, have joined with composer\, conductor and arranger Francois Evans to produce a concert to celebrate the centenary of Barry Gray’s birth. Barry Gray composed music for Thunderbirds\, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons\, Space: 1999\, Stingray\, Supercar\, Fireball XL5\, Joe 90\, Doppelganger (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun) and many other films and TV series. Net proceeds will be donated to The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund. Tickets will be on sale at the South Bank Centre at http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk. Concert-goers may join the South Bank Centre’s on-line newsletter to keep up to date as to when the tickets will become available. For More information\, click below: Barry Gray Biography http://www.lampmusic.co.uk/downloads/barry_gray_biog.pdf 
Reflections on Barry Gray http://www.lampmusic.co.uk/downloads/reflections_on_gray.pdf Francois Evans Biography http://www.lampmusic.co.uk/downloads/fevans_biog.pdf URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/756163/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/756163/ DTSTAMP:20080602T025720 LAST-UPDATED:20080602T025720 CATEGORIES:Music ORGANIZER;CN=downthetubes:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157511/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/56781/":Southbank Centre\, Royal Festival Hall @ Belvedere Road\, London\, England SE1 8XX UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Southbank Centre\, Royal Festival Hall ADDRESS:Belvedere Road CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE:SE1 8XX GEO:51.5057;-0.1168 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/56781/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20090202T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Pinchas Zukerman conducts and performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/853503/ ] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - WEBER Oberon Overture - BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto - DVORAK Symphony No.8 After a successful tour of the United States with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (directing from his violin!)\, legendary maestro Pinchas Zukerman is both conductor and soloist in this performance of Beethoven's exquisite Violin Concerto\, composed in 1806 and give its notorious première (complete with interspersed novelty items) that same year. Curiously\, the Concerto was slow to gain acceptance\, perhaps because of its length and 'weighty' content\, leading to Beethoven himself reworking it as a piano concerto. It was only after his death that the Concerto's worth was fully recognised\, and it is now revered for that sublime creation that it is. Dvorak composed his Symphony No.8 in 1889\, declaring his intention to write a score that was 'different from the other symphonies\, with individual thoughts worked out in new ways'. This engaging symphony proclaims its originality throughout\, from the beautiful 'wrong key' melody that opens the work to the finale's colourful variations\, complete with interpolations from a raucous village band. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/853503/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/853503/ DTSTAMP:20080629T152638 LAST-UPDATED:20080629T152638 CATEGORIES:Music ORGANIZER;CN=paolability:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/59583/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/56781/":Southbank Centre\, Royal Festival Hall @ Belvedere Road\, London\, England SE1 8XX UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Southbank Centre\, Royal Festival Hall ADDRESS:Belvedere Road CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE:SE1 8XX GEO:51.5057;-0.1168 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/56781/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20090318T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Daniele Gatti conducts Beethoven 9 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/853513/ ] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra CONDUCTOR - Daniele Gatti Soprano - Joan Rodgers Tenor - Andrew Kennedy Baritone - David Wilson-Johnson - MOZART Symphony No.41\, 'Jupiter' - BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9\, 'Choral' The Orchestra returns to the theme of final symphonies with two of the world's most popular symphonic works. Judging from the available evidence\, Mozart's last three symphonies were completed within a six week period in the summer of 1788. This is a staggering achievement\, given not only the undisputed mastery of each work but also the fact that each is a unique statement with its own distinct sound-world and expressive mood. The C major symphony is the grandest of the trilogy\, its Olympian power and great fugal finale earning it the nickname 'Jupiter'. Beethoven's last completed symphony is in every sense a revolutionary work\, characterised by an intensity of emotional expression and overpowering energy. The unfolding drama of the first three movements culminates in the celebrated finale - the Ode to Joy - in which vocal soloists and choir intone Beethoven's heartfelt and unforgettable plea for universal love. 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