Conductors' Podium: Gran Partita

Dates
05 May 2024, 3:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

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A woman conducting in an ornate room

05 May 2024, 3:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
Pay What You Can

Our Pay What You Can model allows you to choose a ticket price that works for you, from £2 to £15, with a free option to ensure our events are accessible to all audience members.  

Any donation you are able to make will directly support our talented students and help us to provide a first-class educational experience for this next generation of professional musicians. 

Alex Mackinder, Michal Oren, Sam Scheer and Leif Tse conductors

Mozart Serenade no 10 for winds in B flat major K 361/370a ‘Gran Partita’ 

In this student-led event, RCM postgraduate conductors bring their unique interpretations to one of Mozart's most finely-wrought scores: the Gran Partita for winds.

Anyone who has seen Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus will recall Salieri describing the Adagio from Mozart's Gran Partita: 'Filled with such longing... It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.' RCM conductors and members of the Woodwind and Brass faculties aim to channel that divine voice in music ranging from genial conversation to song-like lyricism.

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Turangalîla at the Royal Festival Hall 

The Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, led by acclaimed conductor Jac van Steen, perform Messiaen’s epic masterpiece Turangalîla-symphonie at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday 1 May, 7.30pm.

Join us for this special event, featuring RCM pianist Thomas Kelly as soloist and Imsu Choi on the ondes Martenot.

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