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Artist News Gigs & Festivals
BBC and Southbank Centre collaborate on new classical festival
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 25 January 2012
The BBC is teaming up with London’s Southbank Centre for a year long celebration of 20th Century classical musical, or in the press release’s words “a chronological exploration of 20th century classical music in the context of the century’s historical, political, and cultural upheavals”.
Called The Rest Is Noise, the festival will feature concerts, films, talks and other events at the Southbank Centre, and will be accompanied by a television series on BBC Four about last century’s classical oeuvre, and other related bits and pieces on Radio 3.
Says BBC Four boss Richard Klein: “The 20th century divides classical music lovers like no other and there’s no more thrilling way of discovering what the last 100 years brought us, than by listening to its music, in all its rich, vibrant, challenging and melodic glories. As the home of classical music on television and a channel committed to partnering the arts sector, BBC Four’s partnership with Southbank Centre will bring audiences an exciting opportunity to explore 20th century music in a way that only the BBC can do, with depth, breadth and passion”.
Southbank Centre Artistic Director Jude Kelly added: “We hope this groundbreaking Festival will inspire audiences and artists to experience 20th century classical music from a new perspective. By placing this music within its historical and social context, the Festival will reveal why individual composers were compelled to create the music they did and how the music was inspired by landmark moments and the turbulent upheavals of the century. We are thrilled to be working in partnership with BBC Four on this ambitious project”.
