What are the best venues for live orchestral music in London?
Posted by IThinkItMightBeMe@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 5 comments
I'm currently going through an orchestral phase in music and I'd like to see some epic live performances. Where would be the best places to see some live orchestras? The only places I know off the top of my head are the Barbican and I think Royal Albert Hall.
Conscious-Rope7515@reddit
The other usual places are the Royal Festival Hall for standard large-orchestra concerts and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, next door, for chamber orchestras. Cadogan Hall is a newish addition: mixed bag of programming including some orchestral concerts. During summer the Proms are at the Albert Hall and those are very largely orchestral, but outside that 8-week season there aren't many concerts there. There's the Barbican, as you already know. Milton Court, attached to the Guildhall School, has some interesting orchestral concerts, normally on a smaller scale, as does LSO St Luke's. Student performances, normally amazingly good, at the Royal College of Music in South Kensington and the Royal Academy of Music in Marylebone, as well as at the Guildhall.
pjwlondon@reddit
South Bank - Royal Festival Hall
BulkyAccident@reddit
Wigmore Hall is excellent for smaller solo and ensemble stuff. Really, most of the places that put on classical music on are fairly suited for it if you're looking to try different things out: Bachtrack is a brilliant resource for listings.
The cheaper/free/pay what you can stuff is also good here: look at will be recitals at the Royal College of Music by students, or tied in to churches like Regent Hall on Oxford Street.
IThinkItMightBeMe@reddit (OP)
Thank you. Bachtrack was just the kind of thing I was looking for.
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