Article: pounds 22m Lottery grant will revamp the `worst concert arena in Europe'.(News)

Article: Interior revamp at Royal Festival ...
Design Week;  April 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...LONDON'S Royal Festival Hall is in the throes of a major renovation programme, which looks ... Bank Centre head of public affairs Sue Rose confirms that the Royal Festival Hall intends to review its identity. 'Not at this stage--right ...

Article: Music: There's life in the old continent yet CLASSICAL MUSIC ...
The Independent - London;  February 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... evenings being given by the BBC Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall with, in each case, the composer present and in ... finding colours for the notes. Last week's Festival Hall appearance by the Concertgebouw Orchestra with Riccardo ...

Article: Angela Hewitt at the Royal Festival Hall
Musical Opinion;  July 1, 2005 ;     387 words ...Angela Hewitt at the Royal Festival Hall The recital by Angela Hewitt at the Royal Festival Hall on 22 May, as part of the South Bank's International ...

Article: Royal Festival Hall: it took three years to ...
The Architectural Review;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... is how J. M. Richards began his critique of the Royal Festival Hall in the June 1951 issue of AR. The entire issue was ... for music. Now, over half a century later, the Royal Festival Hall has reopened following an extensive programme of ...

Article: Musical greats will celebrate refurbished Royal ...
The Independent - London;  January 26, 2007 ;     459 words ... ... conductor, once condemned the Royal Festival Hall as the worst major concert arena ... the South Bank Centre and the Festival Hall as a player in the international field," he said. The Royal Festival Hall, built in 1951, was conceived ...

Article: Thomas Trotter at the Royal Festival Hall ...
Musical Opinion;  July 1, 2002 ;     467 words ... ... WORLD Thomas Trotter at the Royal Festival Hall Organ Stylistic dexterity characterised ... s varied programme at the Royal Festival Hall's third recital in their ... characterised this series at the Royal Festival Hall. The second half was full ...

Article: Music: Classical - Restoration as it should be done Alceste ...
The Independent - London;  October 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ...A serious opera "without castratos, arias without vocal exercises, and a libretto without triviality or pomposity". No wonder Joseph von Sonnenfels described himself as being "in the land of miracles" after seeing Gluck's Alceste in 1767. And though Alceste might not seem so miraculous two