Philharmonia Chamber Players: Conductors Compose
Hear chamber music, full of colour and character, by Philharmonia Orchestra conductors past and present in a free early-evening concert.
The orchestra’s Second Violin Julian Milone, one of the Philharmonia’s longest-standing members, has devised a characteristically creative programme.
Discover music for string quartet, wind quintet and some more unusual combinations of instruments.
Pop in just for this free 45-minute concert, or stay for the 7.30 performance conducted by the Philharmonia’s Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music by Ravel and John Adams.
Performers
Philharmonia Chamber Players
Repertoire
Svetlanov: 24 Hours in the country for wind quintet
Sinopoli: Numquid for oboe quartet
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Homunculus for string quartet
Klemperer: Scherzo (Vivace) (2nd movement); Adagio (4th movement) from String Quartet No.7
Markevitch: Galop
Need to know
For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
Plan your visit
The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.