Two outstanding cycles lie at the heart of the 2011/12 International Chamber Music Season. Following their acclaimed Beethoven series in 2009/10, Southbank Centre Associate Artists the Takács Quartet return in October with some of the most impressive and exciting chamber music of the 20th century: Béla Bartók's six quartets. Then in spring 2012 Steven Isserlis and Robert Levin present the complete sonatas for cello and piano by Beethoven - another landmark Beethoven cycle at Southbank Centre.

Around these two immersive sets of concerts, the season features a diverse array of international talent. Hear acclaimed artists such as the Hagen Quartet and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená as well as chamber groups from great orchestras, including the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

EVENTS

» 13 September 2011 / John Cage Night performed by Apartment House
Cage 4'33"
Cage Radio music for 8 performers
Cage Child of tree for solo percussion
Cage Concert for piano and orchestra/Fontana mix
Cage String Quartet in four parts
Cage Music for nine
Cage 0'00" (4'33" No. 2)

» 9 October 2011 / Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Strauss Prelude for string sextet from Capriccio
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115

» 18 October 2011 / Takács Quartet: Complete Bartók Quartets
Bartók String Quartet No.1
Bartók String Quartet No.3
Bartók String Quartet No.5

» 19 October 2011 / Takács Quartet: Complete Bartók Quartets
Bartók String Quartet No.2
Bartók String Quartet No.4
Bartók String Quartet No.6

» 23 November 2011 / Hagen Quartet
Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op. 33 No.2 (The Joke)
Schostakovich String Quartet No.4 in D, Op.83
Brahms String Quartet in B flat, Op.67

» 8 February 2012 / Magdalena Kožená, Pavel Haas Quartet and Friends
de Falla Psyche
Janáček Řikadla (original version) - 8 Nonsense nursery rhymes for female voice, clarinet & piano
Chausson Chanson perpetuelle, Op.37
Ravel 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Canteloube Bailero, Lou Coucut (Chants d'Auvergne)
Delage 4 Poèmes Hindous
Berio Folksong Suite

» 8 March 2012 / West-Eastern Divan soloists
Kodály Dances of Galánta (arr. Ohad Ben-Ari)
Saint-Saëns Tarantella, Op.6 arr. for flute, clarinet & piano
Brahms Horn Trio in E flat, Op.40
Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps

»22 April 2012 /Arditti String Quartet
Nancarrow String Quartet No.1
Ligeti String Quartet No.2
Nancarrow Player Piano Study No.33 (arr.Paul Usher)
Nancarrow String Quartet No.3

» 27 April 2012 / Steven Isserlis and Robert Levin: Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Beethoven 12 Variations on Handel's 'See the conqu'ring hero comes', WoO.45
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.1 in F, Op.5 No.1
Beethoven 12 Variations on 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen' from The Magic Flute, Op.66
Beethoven Horn Sonata in F, Op.17 transc. for cello
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.3 in A, Op.69

» 29 April 2012 / Steven Isserlis and Robert Levin: Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Beethoven 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' from The Magic Flute, WoO.46
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.4 in C, Op.102 No.1
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2

» 4 May 2012 / Borletti-Buitoni Trust Concert
Beethoven String Trio in G, Op.9 No.1
Chopin Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1
Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25

» 16 May 2012 / Takács Quartet
Schubert String Quartet in B flat, D.112
Ravel String Quartet in F
Shostakovich Quintet in G minor for piano & strings, Op.57

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