Benjamin Britten
Online At any time at www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
2013 marks the centenary of RCM alumnus Benjamin Britten (19131976), one of the great composers of the twentieth century and one of the most important figures in the history of British music.
By Telephone On 020 7591 4314 (weekdays 10am – 4pm)
This autumn at the RCM you can explore the Britten exhibition in our Museum of Music (see below), enjoy days devoted to his songs, solo works and chamber music, and revel in two major orchestral works: his joyous Spring Symphony and youthful Sinfonia da Requiem, brought vividly to life by visiting conductors David Hill and John Wilson. We finish – appropriately for the place where the young Britten was a pupil – with performance of his Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by the RCM Philharmonic.
HOW TO GET TO THE RCM
Portrait of Britten by Jeffrey Spedding, which hangs in the RCM’s Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.
HOW TO BOOK
In Person The RCM Box Office, located in the Inner Hall, is open weekdays 10am – 4pm and for up to one hour before any given event.
TICKETING INFORMATION Booking Fee There is a £1.95 booking fee per transaction for online and telephone bookings. Group Rates A 10% group discount is applicable for school parties for selected performances.
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST © Roland Haupt courtesy of www.britten100.org
Britten: The Student Years RCM Museum of Music Exhibition
Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road London SW7 2BS
To register to receive events information by email please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/subscribe To receive information by post call the Box Office on 020 7591 4314 or email your contact details to boxoffice@rcm.ac.uk
Underground The nearest underground station is South Kensington, about 10 minutes’ walk from the RCM. Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations are both approximately 15 minutes’ walk from the RCM.
Tuesday 2 July - Friday 13 December
FOOD AND DRINK
The RCM Museum of Music’s special exhibition marks the centenary of Britten, who came to study at the RCM in 1930. It was here that he completed some of his early masterpieces, including his Sinfonietta op 1, which you can hear performed in our Britten Theatre on Tuesday 19 November. This exhibition, curated by the RCM’s resident Britten expert Professor Paul Banks, explores Britten’s time at the RCM, as well as his enduring legacy.
The RCM offers a range of pre-performance and interval refreshments and a selection of light snacks for those attending evening events in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten Theatre. These are served between 6.00pm and 9.00pm (5.00pm for early evening performances) in the Britten Theatre Bar or the RCM Foyer Bar.
The RCM Museum of Music is open Tuesday to Friday (11.30am – 4.30pm) and is free to visit.
ACCESS
Road There is metered parking on Prince Consort Road and the surrounding area. It costs £3 per hour for a maximum of three hours and is free after 6.30pm and on Sundays.
The RCM has easy access to most areas and is fully accessible via lifts and ramps. Guide and companion dogs may be taken anywhere on site. For more information go to www.rcm.ac.uk/visit
There are some disabled parking spaces on Prince Consort Road and Exhibition Road. There are designated motorbike bays in the area surrounding the Royal Albert Hall.
www.rcm.ac.uk/museum
The Royal College of Music presents
Britten at the RCM
A celebration of the centenary of the birth of one of the RCM’s most celebrated alumni, Benjamin Britten.
Bus Buses 9, 10, 52 and 452 pass the Royal Albert Hall, the 9a runs from Palace Gate, and the 70 comes along Queen’s Gate. The 360 stops directly outside the RCM on Prince Consort Road.
www.rcm.ac.uk/britten100
Benjamin Britten
Online At any time at www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
2013 marks the centenary of RCM alumnus Benjamin Britten (19131976), one of the great composers of the twentieth century and one of the most important figures in the history of British music.
By Telephone On 020 7591 4314 (weekdays 10am – 4pm)
This autumn at the RCM you can explore the Britten exhibition in our Museum of Music (see below), enjoy days devoted to his songs, solo works and chamber music, and revel in two major orchestral works: his joyous Spring Symphony and youthful Sinfonia da Requiem, brought vividly to life by visiting conductors David Hill and John Wilson. We finish – appropriately for the place where the young Britten was a pupil – with performance of his Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by the RCM Philharmonic.
HOW TO GET TO THE RCM
Portrait of Britten by Jeffrey Spedding, which hangs in the RCM’s Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.
HOW TO BOOK
In Person The RCM Box Office, located in the Inner Hall, is open weekdays 10am – 4pm and for up to one hour before any given event.
TICKETING INFORMATION Booking Fee There is a £1.95 booking fee per transaction for online and telephone bookings. Group Rates A 10% group discount is applicable for school parties for selected performances.
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST © Roland Haupt courtesy of www.britten100.org
Britten: The Student Years RCM Museum of Music Exhibition
Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road London SW7 2BS
To register to receive events information by email please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/subscribe To receive information by post call the Box Office on 020 7591 4314 or email your contact details to boxoffice@rcm.ac.uk
Underground The nearest underground station is South Kensington, about 10 minutes’ walk from the RCM. Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations are both approximately 15 minutes’ walk from the RCM.
Tuesday 2 July - Friday 13 December
FOOD AND DRINK
The RCM Museum of Music’s special exhibition marks the centenary of Britten, who came to study at the RCM in 1930. It was here that he completed some of his early masterpieces, including his Sinfonietta op 1, which you can hear performed in our Britten Theatre on Tuesday 19 November. This exhibition, curated by the RCM’s resident Britten expert Professor Paul Banks, explores Britten’s time at the RCM, as well as his enduring legacy.
The RCM offers a range of pre-performance and interval refreshments and a selection of light snacks for those attending evening events in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten Theatre. These are served between 6.00pm and 9.00pm (5.00pm for early evening performances) in the Britten Theatre Bar or the RCM Foyer Bar.
The RCM Museum of Music is open Tuesday to Friday (11.30am – 4.30pm) and is free to visit.
ACCESS
Road There is metered parking on Prince Consort Road and the surrounding area. It costs £3 per hour for a maximum of three hours and is free after 6.30pm and on Sundays.
The RCM has easy access to most areas and is fully accessible via lifts and ramps. Guide and companion dogs may be taken anywhere on site. For more information go to www.rcm.ac.uk/visit
There are some disabled parking spaces on Prince Consort Road and Exhibition Road. There are designated motorbike bays in the area surrounding the Royal Albert Hall.
www.rcm.ac.uk/museum
The Royal College of Music presents
Britten at the RCM
A celebration of the centenary of the birth of one of the RCM’s most celebrated alumni, Benjamin Britten.
Bus Buses 9, 10, 52 and 452 pass the Royal Albert Hall, the 9a runs from Palace Gate, and the 70 comes along Queen’s Gate. The 360 stops directly outside the RCM on Prince Consort Road.
www.rcm.ac.uk/britten100
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
Britten at the RCM
Britten’s String Quartets
These two days celebrate the life and work of Benjamin Britten. Day one focuses on his music for woodwind, and concludes with Britten’s first published work: his Sinfonietta, completed while he was a student at the RCM. Day two – on the exact date of Britten’s 100th birthday – features songs, solos and chamber music performed by the superb young musicians of the Royal College of Music.
We present two concerts celebrating the captivating chamber music of Benjamin Britten.
All events are free but tickets required. Thursday 24 October
Thursday 7 November
Spring Symphony
Sinfonia da Requiem
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Tickets: £10, £15
Tickets: £10, £15
RCM Symphony Orchestra & RCM Chorus RCM Junior Department Treble Choir David Hill conductor Soh-Yon Kim violin Neil Ferris chorus master
RCM Symphony Orchestra John Wilson conductor
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor op 61 Britten Spring Symphony op 44
Our Thursday evening orchestral concert series continues with an enormous treat, in the shape of a visit from RCM favourite John Wilson. He presents three strikingly different works all written in New York state in 1940, including Britten’s masterfully orchestrated declaration of pacifism.
Conducted by one of the world’s pre-eminent choral directors, the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus bring to life one of Britten’s most extraordinary, colourful and vibrant works, which climaxes with a gloriously raucous rendition of the traditional English song, Sumer is icumen in. Pre-concert talk – 6.30pm RCM Museum of Music
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem op 20 Copland Quiet City Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances op 45
Pre-concert talk – 6.15pm RCM Museum of Music
Join Natasha Loges for an introduction to the evening’s programme of Britten and Elgar.
Join the RCM’s resident Britten expert Professor Paul Banks for an exploration of the Sinfonia da Requiem.
Free to concert ticket holders
Free to concert ticket holders
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
© Hans Wild courtesy of www.britten100.org
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
Tuesday 19 November
Friday 22 November
Oboe Masterclass: Six Metamorphoses 9.30am | Inner Parry Room
Britten Songs: Part 1 1.05pm | Britten Theatre
Sarah Francis leads RCM performers in an exploration of Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe.
The first of two concerts featuring Britten’s vocal music. Expect to hear some of his canticles, as well as selections from On this Island op 11 and his folksongs and cabaret songs.
Britten, his Teachers and Friends: Part 1 1.05pm | Recital Hall Leigh Britten Britten Bridge
Trio for flute, oboe & piano Two Insect Pieces Phantasy Quartet op 2 Divertimenti for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon
Britten, his Teachers and Friends: Part 2 6.00pm | Recital Hall Ireland Fantasy Sonata Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid op 49 L Berkeley Trio for flute, oboe & piano Britten Temporal Variations A Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel Britten Sinfonietta op 1
Britten on Film 2.30pm | Britten Theatre Film-maker Tony Palmer introduces a screening of his new film on Britten “Nocturne”.
Friday 18 October
Friday 13 December
String Quartet no 1
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
7.30pm | Britten Theatre Tickets: £5, £8
Tickets: £8, £10 Britten was profoundly influenced by the music of his first composition teacher Frank Bridge, and in this delightful Chamber Spotlight programme top RCM musicians perform works by both composers alongside music by Ravel and Poulenc.
Sunday 3 November
Britten Songs: Part 2 6.00pm | Britten Theatre
String Quartet no 2
The second of two concerts featuring Britten’s vocal music. See above for details.
3.00pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Britten Solos and Chamber Music 7.30pm | Britten Theatre
This first concert of a brand new collaborative project, the String Quartet Collective, brings together some of the world’s finest chamber musicians to perform Britten’s String Quartet in C major plus quartets by Haydn and Schumann.
Britten Britten Britten
Cello Suite no 3 op 87 Nocturnal after John Dowland op 70 String Quartet no 3 op 94
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Tickets: Free but required
RCM Philharmonic Peter Stark conductor Britten Canadian Carnival op 19 Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso op 66 B131 Kodály Háry János Suite Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra op 34 For our final orchestral concert of the autumn season, the RCM Philharmonic performs Britten’s Canadian Carnival and his well known variations on a theme by Purcell, originally written for a film designed to introduce young people to the various instruments that make up the modern orchestra.
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
Britten at the RCM
Britten’s String Quartets
These two days celebrate the life and work of Benjamin Britten. Day one focuses on his music for woodwind, and concludes with Britten’s first published work: his Sinfonietta, completed while he was a student at the RCM. Day two – on the exact date of Britten’s 100th birthday – features songs, solos and chamber music performed by the superb young musicians of the Royal College of Music.
We present two concerts celebrating the captivating chamber music of Benjamin Britten.
All events are free but tickets required. Thursday 24 October
Thursday 7 November
Spring Symphony
Sinfonia da Requiem
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Tickets: £10, £15
Tickets: £10, £15
RCM Symphony Orchestra & RCM Chorus RCM Junior Department Treble Choir David Hill conductor Soh-Yon Kim violin Neil Ferris chorus master
RCM Symphony Orchestra John Wilson conductor
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor op 61 Britten Spring Symphony op 44
Our Thursday evening orchestral concert series continues with an enormous treat, in the shape of a visit from RCM favourite John Wilson. He presents three strikingly different works all written in New York state in 1940, including Britten’s masterfully orchestrated declaration of pacifism.
Conducted by one of the world’s pre-eminent choral directors, the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus bring to life one of Britten’s most extraordinary, colourful and vibrant works, which climaxes with a gloriously raucous rendition of the traditional English song, Sumer is icumen in. Pre-concert talk – 6.30pm RCM Museum of Music
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem op 20 Copland Quiet City Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances op 45
Pre-concert talk – 6.15pm RCM Museum of Music
Join Natasha Loges for an introduction to the evening’s programme of Britten and Elgar.
Join the RCM’s resident Britten expert Professor Paul Banks for an exploration of the Sinfonia da Requiem.
Free to concert ticket holders
Free to concert ticket holders
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
© Hans Wild courtesy of www.britten100.org
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
Tuesday 19 November
Friday 22 November
Oboe Masterclass: Six Metamorphoses 9.30am | Inner Parry Room
Britten Songs: Part 1 1.05pm | Britten Theatre
Sarah Francis leads RCM performers in an exploration of Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe.
The first of two concerts featuring Britten’s vocal music. Expect to hear some of his canticles, as well as selections from On this Island op 11 and his folksongs and cabaret songs.
Britten, his Teachers and Friends: Part 1 1.05pm | Recital Hall Leigh Britten Britten Bridge
Trio for flute, oboe & piano Two Insect Pieces Phantasy Quartet op 2 Divertimenti for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon
Britten, his Teachers and Friends: Part 2 6.00pm | Recital Hall Ireland Fantasy Sonata Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid op 49 L Berkeley Trio for flute, oboe & piano Britten Temporal Variations A Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel Britten Sinfonietta op 1
Britten on Film 2.30pm | Britten Theatre Film-maker Tony Palmer introduces a screening of his new film on Britten “Nocturne”.
Friday 18 October
Friday 13 December
String Quartet no 1
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
7.30pm | Britten Theatre Tickets: £5, £8
Tickets: £8, £10 Britten was profoundly influenced by the music of his first composition teacher Frank Bridge, and in this delightful Chamber Spotlight programme top RCM musicians perform works by both composers alongside music by Ravel and Poulenc.
Sunday 3 November
Britten Songs: Part 2 6.00pm | Britten Theatre
String Quartet no 2
The second of two concerts featuring Britten’s vocal music. See above for details.
3.00pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Britten Solos and Chamber Music 7.30pm | Britten Theatre
This first concert of a brand new collaborative project, the String Quartet Collective, brings together some of the world’s finest chamber musicians to perform Britten’s String Quartet in C major plus quartets by Haydn and Schumann.
Britten Britten Britten
Cello Suite no 3 op 87 Nocturnal after John Dowland op 70 String Quartet no 3 op 94
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Tickets: Free but required
RCM Philharmonic Peter Stark conductor Britten Canadian Carnival op 19 Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso op 66 B131 Kodály Háry János Suite Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra op 34 For our final orchestral concert of the autumn season, the RCM Philharmonic performs Britten’s Canadian Carnival and his well known variations on a theme by Purcell, originally written for a film designed to introduce young people to the various instruments that make up the modern orchestra.
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
Britten at the RCM
Britten’s String Quartets
These two days celebrate the life and work of Benjamin Britten. Day one focuses on his music for woodwind, and concludes with Britten’s first published work: his Sinfonietta, completed while he was a student at the RCM. Day two – on the exact date of Britten’s 100th birthday – features songs, solos and chamber music performed by the superb young musicians of the Royal College of Music.
We present two concerts celebrating the captivating chamber music of Benjamin Britten.
All events are free but tickets required. Thursday 24 October
Thursday 7 November
Spring Symphony
Sinfonia da Requiem
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Tickets: £10, £15
Tickets: £10, £15
RCM Symphony Orchestra & RCM Chorus RCM Junior Department Treble Choir David Hill conductor Soh-Yon Kim violin Neil Ferris chorus master
RCM Symphony Orchestra John Wilson conductor
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor op 61 Britten Spring Symphony op 44
Our Thursday evening orchestral concert series continues with an enormous treat, in the shape of a visit from RCM favourite John Wilson. He presents three strikingly different works all written in New York state in 1940, including Britten’s masterfully orchestrated declaration of pacifism.
Conducted by one of the world’s pre-eminent choral directors, the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus bring to life one of Britten’s most extraordinary, colourful and vibrant works, which climaxes with a gloriously raucous rendition of the traditional English song, Sumer is icumen in. Pre-concert talk – 6.30pm RCM Museum of Music
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem op 20 Copland Quiet City Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances op 45
Pre-concert talk – 6.15pm RCM Museum of Music
Join Natasha Loges for an introduction to the evening’s programme of Britten and Elgar.
Join the RCM’s resident Britten expert Professor Paul Banks for an exploration of the Sinfonia da Requiem.
Free to concert ticket holders
Free to concert ticket holders
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
© Hans Wild courtesy of www.britten100.org
Britten at the RCM | Box Office: 020 7591 4314 | Online: www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
Tuesday 19 November
Friday 22 November
Oboe Masterclass: Six Metamorphoses 9.30am | Inner Parry Room
Britten Songs: Part 1 1.05pm | Britten Theatre
Sarah Francis leads RCM performers in an exploration of Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe.
The first of two concerts featuring Britten’s vocal music. Expect to hear some of his canticles, as well as selections from On this Island op 11 and his folksongs and cabaret songs.
Britten, his Teachers and Friends: Part 1 1.05pm | Recital Hall Leigh Britten Britten Bridge
Trio for flute, oboe & piano Two Insect Pieces Phantasy Quartet op 2 Divertimenti for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon
Britten, his Teachers and Friends: Part 2 6.00pm | Recital Hall Ireland Fantasy Sonata Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid op 49 L Berkeley Trio for flute, oboe & piano Britten Temporal Variations A Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel Britten Sinfonietta op 1
Britten on Film 2.30pm | Britten Theatre Film-maker Tony Palmer introduces a screening of his new film on Britten “Nocturne”.
Friday 18 October
Friday 13 December
String Quartet no 1
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
7.30pm | Britten Theatre Tickets: £5, £8
Tickets: £8, £10 Britten was profoundly influenced by the music of his first composition teacher Frank Bridge, and in this delightful Chamber Spotlight programme top RCM musicians perform works by both composers alongside music by Ravel and Poulenc.
Sunday 3 November
Britten Songs: Part 2 6.00pm | Britten Theatre
String Quartet no 2
The second of two concerts featuring Britten’s vocal music. See above for details.
3.00pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Britten Solos and Chamber Music 7.30pm | Britten Theatre
This first concert of a brand new collaborative project, the String Quartet Collective, brings together some of the world’s finest chamber musicians to perform Britten’s String Quartet in C major plus quartets by Haydn and Schumann.
Britten Britten Britten
Cello Suite no 3 op 87 Nocturnal after John Dowland op 70 String Quartet no 3 op 94
7.30pm | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Tickets: Free but required
RCM Philharmonic Peter Stark conductor Britten Canadian Carnival op 19 Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso op 66 B131 Kodály Háry János Suite Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra op 34 For our final orchestral concert of the autumn season, the RCM Philharmonic performs Britten’s Canadian Carnival and his well known variations on a theme by Purcell, originally written for a film designed to introduce young people to the various instruments that make up the modern orchestra.
Benjamin Britten
Online At any time at www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
2013 marks the centenary of RCM alumnus Benjamin Britten (19131976), one of the great composers of the twentieth century and one of the most important figures in the history of British music.
By Telephone On 020 7591 4314 (weekdays 10am – 4pm)
This autumn at the RCM you can explore the Britten exhibition in our Museum of Music (see below), enjoy days devoted to his songs, solo works and chamber music, and revel in two major orchestral works: his joyous Spring Symphony and youthful Sinfonia da Requiem, brought vividly to life by visiting conductors David Hill and John Wilson. We finish – appropriately for the place where the young Britten was a pupil – with performance of his Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by the RCM Philharmonic.
HOW TO GET TO THE RCM
Portrait of Britten by Jeffrey Spedding, which hangs in the RCM’s Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.
HOW TO BOOK
In Person The RCM Box Office, located in the Inner Hall, is open weekdays 10am – 4pm and for up to one hour before any given event.
TICKETING INFORMATION Booking Fee There is a £1.95 booking fee per transaction for online and telephone bookings. Group Rates A 10% group discount is applicable for school parties for selected performances.
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST © Roland Haupt courtesy of www.britten100.org
Britten: The Student Years RCM Museum of Music Exhibition
Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road London SW7 2BS
To register to receive events information by email please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/subscribe To receive information by post call the Box Office on 020 7591 4314 or email your contact details to boxoffice@rcm.ac.uk
Underground The nearest underground station is South Kensington, about 10 minutes’ walk from the RCM. Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations are both approximately 15 minutes’ walk from the RCM.
Tuesday 2 July - Friday 13 December
FOOD AND DRINK
The RCM Museum of Music’s special exhibition marks the centenary of Britten, who came to study at the RCM in 1930. It was here that he completed some of his early masterpieces, including his Sinfonietta op 1, which you can hear performed in our Britten Theatre on Tuesday 19 November. This exhibition, curated by the RCM’s resident Britten expert Professor Paul Banks, explores Britten’s time at the RCM, as well as his enduring legacy.
The RCM offers a range of pre-performance and interval refreshments and a selection of light snacks for those attending evening events in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall and the Britten Theatre. These are served between 6.00pm and 9.00pm (5.00pm for early evening performances) in the Britten Theatre Bar or the RCM Foyer Bar.
The RCM Museum of Music is open Tuesday to Friday (11.30am – 4.30pm) and is free to visit.
ACCESS
Road There is metered parking on Prince Consort Road and the surrounding area. It costs £3 per hour for a maximum of three hours and is free after 6.30pm and on Sundays.
The RCM has easy access to most areas and is fully accessible via lifts and ramps. Guide and companion dogs may be taken anywhere on site. For more information go to www.rcm.ac.uk/visit
There are some disabled parking spaces on Prince Consort Road and Exhibition Road. There are designated motorbike bays in the area surrounding the Royal Albert Hall.
www.rcm.ac.uk/museum
The Royal College of Music presents
Britten at the RCM
A celebration of the centenary of the birth of one of the RCM’s most celebrated alumni, Benjamin Britten.
Bus Buses 9, 10, 52 and 452 pass the Royal Albert Hall, the 9a runs from Palace Gate, and the 70 comes along Queen’s Gate. The 360 stops directly outside the RCM on Prince Consort Road.
www.rcm.ac.uk/britten100