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The Philharmonia Orchestra continues to celebrate the centenary of Olivier Messiaen’s birth with another concert in their series with Southbank Centre, From the Canyons to the Stars: The Music of Olivier Messiaen.

On Tuesday 21 October, the Philharmonia will be conducted by one of Messiaen’s pupils, George Benjamin, who will conduct one of his own works alongside Messiaen’s Chronochromie, which is a ten-part homage to the Alps, full of luminous percussion and shifting dense string parts.

Both Benjamin and Xenakis were pupils of Messiaen in Paris, and their respective works performed this evening also explore time and colour whilst Ligeti’s Atmosphères focuses on the absence of time.

George Benjamin conductor

• Xenakis - Pithoprakta
• Benjamin - Sudden Time
• Ligeti - Atmosphères
• Messiaen - Chronochromie

Ticket price & availability

• Reserved seat
• £10
• 
  Please note: Price is subject to a booking fee of £2.75 per ticket
  The seats are allocated by the theatre on a best available basis

Ticket delivery

• No tickets will be posted out - your tickets will be available for you to collect from the venue box office on the night of the performance

• You should take your lastminute.com email booking confirmation, together with credit card against which the booking was made, & ID, to the box office, where it will be exchanged for your tickets

Event information

• Doors open at 19.00 approx.
• 
  Performance begins at 19.30 and ends at 23.00 approx.
  
• Strictly over 18s only
  A valid passport or driving license may be required
• No dress code

Venue information
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

• Underground: Waterloo (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee and Waterloo & City lines) or Embankment (Circle and District lines)
• Buses: 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 77, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 211, 243, 341, 381, 507, 521, RV1 or X68. Buses stop on Waterloo Bridge, in York Road, in Belvedere Road and in Stamford Street
• This venue has disabled access - please contact the venue directly for specific details

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