Southbank Center是全世界最大的私人獨立展演中心，在倫敦已有超過六十年的歷史，包括一個兩千人的大廳Royal Festival Hall，一個千人左右的中型演奏廳Queen Elizabeth Hall，一個小型演奏廳Purcell Room，一個藝廊Hayward Gallery(算是很簡陋的小型藝廊)、一個會議空間還有一間詩歌圖書館；除此之外，一樓有書店、Bar、紀念品店還有一個開放舞台。Southbank Center的鄰居，就是國家劇院，劇院就以戲劇和舞蹈為主了。
與歐洲其他百年名廳相比，Southbank Center裡面的Royal Festival Hall算是年輕小子，也就是因為年輕吧，各種藝術活動的多元化、多樣性以及活潑，絕對讓人眼花撩亂。每年除了駐點閱團LPO的樂季之外，固定的主要幾個大系列包括殼牌國際音樂節(由殼牌石油贊助，殼牌大樓就在Southbank Center隔壁)、國際鋼琴節、倫敦爵士音樂節，以及Festival of Britain。也經常有不定期的小型系列，好比去年有委內瑞拉系列，今年有Boulez。
今年的節目，客觀來講，精采，精彩包括曲目龐大，以及指揮非常多元，樂壇新秀和耆老輩出；主觀來說，龐大到有點讓我.....仰之彌堅，仰到脖子痠痛、頭皮發麻。為什麼這麼說呢？
LPO的常任指揮Solonen今年是全部巴托克，我很想聽Solonen，但看到曲目已經腿軟；緊接著Mazzel與LPO這個樂季，他的計畫是全部馬勒，我也想聽馬捷爾，但是馬勒也讓我感覺渺小不已；然後剩下一些客座指揮，怎麼都挑Bruckner，然後穿插Brahms呢？還有Shostakovich。我的天~~~~如果再加上Barbican邀請夏依和萊比錫布商的全部貝多芬，我已經有種會被壓死的感覺。
其中的首選是阿巴多和洛桑節慶管弦樂團的兩場；看到Boulez，超興奮的，看到那曲目，心裡涼半截......今年的論壇是以他的創作為主，所以他唯一指揮的一場是他自己的作品，坦白說我是非常怕他的現代作品，除了冰冷就是難聽。究竟是否為了要一睹大師現場而忍受大師難聽的作品，枯坐九十分鐘呢？這是個有待解決的問題。另外，我倒非常期待阪本龍一三重奏的世界巡迴演出，還有John Cage之夜；前者很特別，後者呢，我超想聽聽四分三十三秒的現場演出！更何況還有兩個take！
至於今年的獨奏家，反而沒有特別值得期待。艾爾瑪，或許吧，可是他的音樂會，一場為向Boulez致敬，他要演奏Boulez的作品(ORZ)，另一場獨奏會...曲目....李斯特巡禮之年還有拉威爾以及德布西的樣子，不是非常有吸引力。Bavouzet，不賴啊，但是全本德布西，穿插巴托克，看到那曲目我已經腦袋變成一坨醬糊。
倫敦爵士音樂節在Southbank Center，今年重點擺在modern jazz，還有世界音樂的fusion jazz。既然都一樣陌生，我想我會看樂器選，選擇怪而稀有的樂器，哈哈哈。
最後提醒一下交通，雖然未必有人會去。Southbank Center剛好位於Waterloo(灰色的Jubilee line)和Embankment(黑色的Northern line)兩站之間，但Waterloo比較近，建議在這站下車再走去音樂廳；Waterloo車站和音樂廳中間還有一個有名的Jazz Bar，忘記甚麼名稱就是。至於Embankment，車站到音樂廳中間必須過橋渡河，如果要看河景、看泰晤士河南北岸的天際線，過橋很好、很優閒；不過若是趕音樂會，這座橋就實在累死人啦(外加上下樓梯，以及上下音樂廳的樓梯)。所以Waterloo還是比較好的選擇。
以下是大略的音樂會清單，看得我眼睛脫窗：
●12 September 2011/7:45pm/Purcell Room
Petri Kumela, guitar
Finnish, German, Italian and Latin American Music
Lotta Wennakoski: Balai (UK premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV.1004
Aki Yli-Salomaki: Odota (UK premiere)
Interval
Works by Contreras, Korpijaakko, Muro, Parson, Pujol, Talvitie & Tarrega
Julio Sagreras: Small animal
Giulio Regondi: Reverie (Nocturne pour la guitarre), Op.19
Petri Kumela guitar
●13 September 2011, 7:30pm/Queen Elizabeth Hall
John Cage Night
Performed by Apartment House
John Cage: 4' 33"
John Cage: Radio music for 8 performers
John Cage: Child of tree for solo percussion
John Cage: Concert for piano & orchestra/Fontana mix
Interval
John Cage: String Quartet in four parts
John Cage: Music for nine
John Cage: 0' 00" (4' 33" No.2)
●24 September 2011, 7:30pm/ Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Prometheus Legend
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Prometheus, ballet music - excerpts
Matthias Pintscher: Mar'eh for violin & orchestra (UK premiere)
Interval
Franz Liszt: Prometheus, symphonic poem
Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus (The Poem of Fire) for piano, chorus, organ & orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Julia Fischer violin
Igor Levit piano
●29 September 2011, 7:30pm
Gustav Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No.10
Interval
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Lorin Maazel conductor
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Stefan Vinke tenor
●29 September 2011, 7:00pm
Carl Maria Von Weber: Overture, Der Freischutz
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488
Interval
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 (Scottish)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Hazlewood conductor
Robert Levin piano
●30 September 2011, 7:30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture, The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
English Chamber Orchestra
The Bach Choir
Rachel Nicholls soprano
Julia Riley mezzo
Ben Johnson tenor
Benedict Nelson baritone
Sophie Cashell piano
David Hill conductor
●1 October 2011, 7:30pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.9
No interval.
Lorin Maazel conductor
●2 October 2011, 7:30pm/royal festival hall
Pierre Boulez: Pli selon pli (Portrait de Mallarme) for soprano & orchestra
No interval
Barbara Hannigan soprano
Ensemble intercontemporain
Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble
Pierre Boulez conductor
●2 October 2011, 12:00pm /2 October 2011, 4:30pm /QEH
Pierre Boulez: Notations I - XII for piano
Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonata No.1
Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonata No.2
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Tamara Stefanovich piano
●5 October 2011, 7:30pm /QEH
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia - Moonlight)
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Sergey Prokofiev: Excerpts from Visions fugitives, Op.22
Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 (rev. Horowitz)
Steven Osborne piano
●9 October 2011, 7:30pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
No interval.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conductor
Sally Matthews soprano
Ailish Tynan soprano
Sarah Tynan soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Anne-Marie Owens mezzo-soprano
Stefan Vinke tenor
Mark Stone baritone
Brindley Sherratt bass
Philharmonia Chorus
BBC Symphony Chorus
Boys from the Chapel Choirs of Eton College
●9 October 2011, 7:30pm
Richard Strauss: Capriccio - prelude for string sextet
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
●10 October 2011, 7:30pm
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Interval
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.5
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado conductor
Helene Grimaud piano
●11 October 2011, 7:30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.35 (Haffner)
Interval
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.5
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado conductor
● 13 October 2011, 7:30pm
Benjamin Britten: 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Sergey Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2
Interval
Thomas Ades: Dances from Powder her face
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1945)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Arturo Alvarado conductor
●15 October 2011, 7:30pm
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No.2
Interval
Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin conductor
Eri Nakamura soprano
Ruxandra Donose mezzo
●16 October 2011, 3:00pm
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491
Interval
Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 - excerpts
Philharmonia Orchestra
Diego Matheuz conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
●18 October 2011, 7:30pm /RFH
Grand Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian in concert
with Shahnaz Ensemble directed by Mestro Majid Derakhshani
Darrell Ang conductor
Yordan Kamdzhalov conductor
Sunwook Kim piano
●19 October 2011, 7:30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.41 (Jupiter)
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Viola Concerto (On opened ground)
Interval
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Markus Stenz conductor
Lawrence Power viola
●21 October 2011, 7:30pm
Jean Sibelius: The Dryad, symphonic poem, Op.45 No.1
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.2
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Thomas Zehetmair violin
●21 October 2011, 7:00pm /QEH
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.6 in D (Le matin)
Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No.7 in G
Interval
Joseph Haydn: Overture, L'anima del filosofo (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Johann Peter Salomon: Romance in D for violin & string orchestra
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.93 in D
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Trevor Pinnock conductor
Kati Debretzeni violin
Jonathan Manson cello
●23 October 2011, 7:30pm
Dmitry Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2
Interval
Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 in B flat
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Karabits conductor
Barry Douglas piano
●23 October 2011, 3:00pm/QEH
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI/20
Claude Debussy: Hommage a Haydn
Claude Debussy: Clair de lune for piano (from Suite bergamasque)
Claude Debussy: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (Images, Set 2 No.2)
Claude Debussy: La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (Preludes, Bk.2 No.7)
Claude Debussy: Jeux arr. Bavouzet for piano
Interval
Bela Bartok: Sostenuto, rubato (No.7 of 8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz.74)
Bela Bartok: 3 Studies for piano, Sz.72
Claude Debussy: Pour les cinq doigts (Etude No.1)
Claude Debussy: Pour les tierces (Etude No.2)
Claude Debussy: Pour les sixtes (Etude No.4)
Claude Debussy: Pour les degres chromatiques (Etude No.7)
Claude Debussy: Pour les sonorites opposees (Etude No.10)
Claude Debussy: Pour les arpeges composes (Etude No.11)
Claude Debussy: Pour les octaves (Etude No.5)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
●26 October 2011, 7:30pm
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2
Interval
Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No.8 in C minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden conductor
Maria Joao Pires piano
●27 October 2011, 7:30pm
Bela Bartok: Suite, The Wooden Prince
Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No.2
Interval
Bela Bartok: Contrasts (violin, clarinet and piano)
Bela Bartok: Dance Suite
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Yefim Bronfman piano
Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay violin
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
●1 November 2011, 7:30pm
Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio, World Tour 2011
●1 November 2011, 7:00pm /QEH
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.60 in C (Il distratto)
Carl Maria Von Weber: Concertino in E minor for horn & orchestra, Op.45
Interval
Carl Maria Von Weber: Symphony No.2 in C
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.5 in B flat
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Frans Bruggen conductor
Roger Montgomery horn
●2 November 2011, 7:30pm
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto
Interval
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin
Leonard Elschenbroich cello
●3 November 2011, 7:30pm
Claude Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No.3
Interval
Bela Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
(semi-staged)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Yefim Bronfman piano
Sir John Tomlinson Bluebeard
Measha Brueggergosman Judith
Nick Hillel director
●4 November 2011, 8:00pm
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Mass in D (Missa solemnis)
No interval
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Anne Ellersiek soprano
Michaela Wehrum-Gandenberger alto
Mark Adler tenor
Uwe Schenker-Primus baritone
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Philharmonia Chorus
●8 November 2011, 7:30pm
Hector Berlioz: Overture, Le Corsaire
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto
Interval
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit conductor
James Ehnes violin
●8 November 2011, 7:30pm /QEH
Franz Liszt: Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage)
Bela Bartok: Assai andante (No.4 of 4 Dirges, Op.9a)
Franz Liszt: St Francois d'Assise (La predication aux oiseaux) (Legende, S.175 No.1)
Marco Stroppa: Tangata manu (from Miniature estrose)
Franz Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage)
Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Interval
Olivier Messiaen: Le Traquet stapazin (Catalogue d'oiseaux)
Franz Liszt: Vallee d'Obermann (Annees de pelerinage)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
●9 November 2011, 7:30pm
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Overture, Egmont
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No.4
Interval
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No.7
Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner conductor
●11 November 2011, 7:30pm
Zakir Hussain
Masters of Percussion
●12 November 2011, 3:00pm PURCELL ROOM
ROY ELDRIDGE AND CHARLIE SHAVERS
The Trumpet Battle
●15 November 2011, 7:45pm
Phil Robson
& Mark Turner IMS Quintet
●16 November 2011, 7:30pm
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Interval
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.4 (Romantic)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Janine Jansen violin
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