Southbank Centre announces a day of talks and performances exploring the harmonium, on 11 October, in The Front Room and Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, culminating in a recital by Anne Page. See, hear and play some of the best French and English harmoniums in The Front Room from 2pm. Listen to hourly talks by experts from Cambridge Reed Organs and Saltaire Harmonium Museum, illustrating aspects of the development of the reed organ, including how it is played and its history, together with free ensemble performances by students from the Royal Academy of Music.
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Tickets, priced very reasonably at £15 full price, £10 concessions and £3 students, are available from the Festival Box Office: 0121 414 7333; by visiting their website, www.bemf.net, or on the door. Special deals are available for block bookings.

Celebrate the human voice with these richly diverse performances. Power, passion and intrigue combine in Handel’s darkly satirical comedy, performed by Europe’s finest operatic voices, while the Monteverdi Choir, one of the world’s leading ensembles, performs with a pre-eminent period instrument orchestra. Part of Southbank Centre's Shell Classic International season.