mapsadaisical (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I couldn’t help but be a little disappointed by the lineup on the South Bank for the London Jazz Festival this year. Jazz to me (as you have probably gathered) is about a risk-taking, non-conformist approach; it is an ever-evolving art-form, not a heritage industry. But on the South Bank this year, voices are “smouldering”, [...]
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
NEXT year, the London International Mime Festival takes place from January 13 to January 31, 2010, with events taking place at the Barbican, ICA , Royal Opera House and South Bank Centre, where they include: Etgar Theatre (Israel) – Saturday, January 16 to Tuesday, January 19 (Purcell Room). Echoing the treatment of women in many societies today, Eshet is a powerful drama that mixes...
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... us about a special memory you have of Southbank Centre (Royal Festival Hall/Queen Elizabeth Hall/Purcell Room/Hayward Gallery)? Conducting Bolero at the Festival Hall reopening was very exciting; it felt like being part of history. What’s your favourite website? The one I visit most often, to check on my calendar is www.marinalsop.com otherwise there are many others I use all the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... be formally unveiled at the University of Surrey on Saturday and receive a London premiere at the Purcell Room in March. Smith, a Brighton-based composer and performer, said: "The fluid piano is a western piano as we know it, similar to an early fortepiano, but because of the tuning mechanisms, suddenly, musicians can explore scales from the Middle East, from Iran." Smith's...
Travel Selections (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
According to , the London Jazz Festival 2009 tour dates are the following:Thu 19th Nov 2009 Royal Festival Hall - Gilberto GilQueen Elizabeth Hall Cleveland Watkiss Charlie Wright's Jonathan GeeRonnie Scotts Charlie HunterFri 20th Nov 2009Purcell Room Alan BarnesQueen Elizabeth Hall Dave Holland,Chris PotterRoyal Festival Hall Madeleine PeyrouxRonnie Scotts Charlie HunterSat 21st Nov...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Giulia y Los Tellarini plus the Bright-Size Gypsies (Purcell Room, London Jazz Festival, November 19th 2009, review of the Bright-Size Gypsies by Rob Mallows) Simon Harris and The Bright Size Gypsies (photo above in Symphony Hall, Birmingham- credit: Gary Corbett) are the sort of act which would normally go under my musical radar. I've never listened to gypsy jazz in anger, but Harris'...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
All of these shows are now sold out: Sonny Rollins at Barbican Marcus Miller at Barbican Chick Corea at Barbican (both shows) Naturally 7 at Theatre Royal Stratford East (tickets still available for shows at Royal Festival Hall and Fairfield, Croydon) Branford Marsalis at QEH Tomasz Stanko at QEH Dave Holland/Overtone Quartet at QEH Tord Gustavsen at QEH John Scofield at QEH Vijay Iyer at Purcell...
The Rambler (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
My review of last month’s Radius concert at the Purcell Room has just been accepted for publication in Musical Opinion. It won’t be out until the January issue, but I wanted to pick up some overspill here. Firstly, John Reid’s playing of Berg’s opus 1 Piano Sonata was stunning. I ran out of space in my [...]
Shlomo's blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra in: BOXED January 7-8 2010, 7:45pm Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London Southbank Centre are proud to present the first performances of BOXED – a brand new “beatbox theatre” show from Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra. This epic escapade sees our beatboxing heroes travel to the future and back via outer space, dropping some soulful [...]...
Jazz from Geoff (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... and has performed at a variety of professional venues including the Royal Albert Hall, the Purcell Room, and the Millennium Dome. During her time in Cornwall Sarah led the cello section in the first ever Cornish musical “ Turning of the Tide ” staged at the Hall for Cornwall, played and sang with the St Mewan Sinfonia, and played with and composed for the Aston String...
Brew Wales (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
... consists of the world-class Royal Festival Hall, The Hayward, Queen Elizabeth Hall (containing the Purcell Room), and the Saison Poetry Library. Situated on the south bank of the River Thames next to the popular London Eye, Southbank Centre is at the heart of an arts quarter stretching from the Royal National Theatre and National Film Theatre to Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe....
Poets On Fire (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
4th November 2009, 7.45pm, £10Southbank Centre,Purcell Room,Belvedere Road,LondonSE1 8XXBoxx office: 0871 663 2500 / www.southbankcentre.co.ukApples & Snakes presents Beyond Words: New Poetry From South Africa Live On TourFour incredible South African poets tour the UK together for the first time. Brought together by South African Poet Laureate and renowned exile campaigner...
