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MARISS JANSONS AND BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RETURN TO ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL WITH ALL-WAGNER PROGRAMME Saturday 8 March, 2008, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre 7.30pm In what will be a highlight event of the London orchestral season, one of the finest conductor/orchestra partnerships today returns to the Royal Festival Hall on 8 March with a programme of orchestral music from Wagner’s operas. Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform music showcasing the incredible breadth of Wagner’s output: from the majesty of the Tannhauser overture to the fervent battle-cry of the Ride of the Valkyries. Works include Siegfried’s jubilant journey down the Rhine from Gotterdammerung, followed by his tragic, poised funeral march; the preludes to Acts I and III of Lohengrin and Mihoko Fujimura will join the Orchestra to perform Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. Jansons and the BRSO return after a critically acclaimed performance of Mahler’s 5th Symphony in the Royal Festival Hall on 11 November. These two concerts mark the beginning of a four-year relationship with Southbank Centre. Mihoko Fujimura has considerable Wagnerian pedigree, having sung Kundry (Parsifal) and Fricka (Der Ring des Nibelungen), as well as recording the role of Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde) with Placido Domingo, Nina Stemme and Antonio Pappano. She was warmly received in the role of Waltraute in this year’s Ring cycle at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Future engagements include new productions of the Ring in Bayreuth, Vienna and Paris. “[Jansons’] collaboration with the Bavarians must count among the outstanding conductororchestra partnerships of today” ***** The Guardian Saturday 8 March, 2008, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons conductor Mihoko Fujimura mezzo-soprano Wagner: Tannhauser – Overture & Bacchanale; Gotterdammerung – Siegfried’s Rhine Journey & Siegfried’s Funeral Music; Lohengrin – Preludes to Acts I & III; Wesendonck Lieder; Die Walküre – Ride of the Valkyries. Tickets: £9 - £55 Ticket Office: 0871 663 2500 Book Online: www.southbankcentre.co.uk For further information please contact Kenny Morrison in Southbank Centre press office on 020 7921 0962 or via email at [email protected] or Jenny Wegg on 020 7921 0824, [email protected] NOTES TO EDITORS Shell is delighted to support the Shell Classic International season. This is part of Shell’s major sponsorship of Southbank Centre’s Transformation project, which includes the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall’s auditorium, Learning and Participation Centre, restaurants, bars and foyer areas. Shell and the Royal Festival Hall have been neighbours on the South Bank for over 40 years. Shell shares a strong interest in the development of the area with the organisers of the Transformation project. Royal Dutch Shell plc is incorporated in England and Wales, has its headquarters in The Hague and is listed on the London, Amsterdam, and New York stock exchanges. Shell companies have operations in more than 130 countries with businesses including oil and gas exploration and production; production and marketing of Liquefied Natural Gas and Gas to Liquids; manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals and renewable energy projects including wind and solar power. For further information, visit www.shell.com