PrintWhen: 8th Feb – 16th May 2020     Where: Southbank Centre     Info: A year-long celebration of Beethoven`s 250th birthday in 2020: The composer who penned the four most recognisable notes in the history of music. A true artist: dishevelled, volatile and unlucky in love – but a great believer in humanity. A […]

PrintWhen: 12th – 23rd February 2020     Where: Southbank Centre     Info: Southbank Centre presents the 19th Imagine Children’s Festival in February 2020, featuring Michael Rosen, Dermot O’Leary, Cressida Cowell and Konnie Huq. Feed and interact with dinosaurs, celebrate the Harry Potter books and go on adventures with Pippi Longstocking. The largest festival […]

PrintWhen: 24th February 2020     Where: Royal Festival Hall     Info: Indulge yourself with Rachmaninov’s lush, lyrical symphony, and Schumann’s Concerto for Cello. When Paavo Järvi and the NHK Symphony first performed together in London in 2017, the reviews said it all: ‘a swashbuckling performance’ (The Guardian), ‘stunningly dramatic’ (The Times) and ‘magnificent’ […]

PrintWhen: 21st February 2020     Where: Royal Festival Hall     Info: The pioneering Gürzenich-Orchester Köln presents its interpretation of Beethoven’s ‘academy’ performances in celebration of his 250th anniversary. Beethoven was a revolutionary and 250 years on his ideas still provoke and excite. As a promoter, his ‘academies’ presented music that was sometimes so […]

PrintWhen: 22nd February 2020     Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall     Info: Calling all detectives! Come on a musical adventure and help the BBC Concert Orchestra solve the mysteries in their family tree, for ages 6+ and accompanying family members. Who was the celebrity musician who captivated the court of Marie Antoinette to the […]