ORCHESTRE REVOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE
& MONTEVERDI CHOIR
4 & 5 OCTOBER 2008

‘Remarkable and revelatory’ (Times).

Hear music from one of the world’s finest choirs, which retraces the origins of Brahms’ music and explores his musical links to the past. Hear the folksongs, Renaissance and Baroque music that inspired the composer, performed alongside his own works. The Orchestra performs on period instruments, recreating the sound of Brahms’ time.

SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/music/productions/orchestra-revolutionaire-et-ro-38661
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/music/productions/orchestre-revolutionaire-et-ro-38664

ZURICH OPERA
& ORCHESTRA LA SCINTILLA
17 MAY 2009

‘A smoothly integrated ensemble, comducted with tremendous verve and silky refinement’ (Daily Telegraph, on Zurich Opera).

Enter a world of back-stabbing, politics, power and corruption in this concert performance of Handel’s first masterpiece, Agrippina. The opera examines the relationship between women and power, in a gripping story of one woman’s destructive desire for control. Handel’s sensuous score is conducted by acclaimed Handel expert Marc Minkowski.

These performances are part of
SHELL CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL
OCTOBER 2008 – MAY 2009

The series also includes the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel, Mariss Jansons, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and more.

Nothing matches the sheer raw energy of a great orchestra and conductor in performance. This year we’re also pleased to be offering a series of free informal talks before each concert, in an informal session led by Southbank Centre’s classical music team.

For more information on the series visit

Shell Classic International: Part of Shell’s major sponsorship of the Transformation of Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.