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Britten Sinfonia
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard joins the Britten Sinfonia for a personal view of centenarian composer Elliott Carter.
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Hindemith's Mary
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Wigmore Hall
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Paul Hindemith's Das Marienleben impressively performed by Soile Isokoski and Marita Viitasalo.
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LSO/Tilson Thomas
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Barbican Hall
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Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Matthias Goerne and Tilson Thomas at the helm.
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Renee Fleming
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Royal Festival Hall
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The American soprano in recital at the South Bank with the RPO and Charles Dutoit.
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Philharmonia/ Jordan
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Royal Festival Hall
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Phillipe Jordan conducts Strauss, Mozart and Beethoven with Piotr Anderszewski as piano soloist.
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LPO/Vedernikov
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Royal Festival Hall
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Alexandar Vedernikov takes a relaxed approach to Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky.
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LPO/Jarvi
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Royal Festival Hall
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The Ring in under an hour, minus the voices, with Yevgeny Subdin playing Scriabin
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LPO/Nézet-Séguin
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Royal Festival Hall
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the LPO in a stirring performance of Bruckner's mighty 8th Symphony.
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Philharmonia/Segerstam
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Royal Festival Hall
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Nicola Benedetti is the thrilling soloist in Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A minor with the Philharmonia.
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LSO/Haitink
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Barbican Hall
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Haitink's magestic reading of Das Lied von der Erde is let down by disappointing soloists.
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BBC SO / Belohlavek
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Barbican Hall
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Anne Schwanewilms delivers a memorable performance of Strauss' Four Last Songs at the Barbican.
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Wozzeck
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Royal Festival Hall
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia in a semi-staging of Berg's expressionist masterpiece.
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LPO/Jurowski
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Royal Festival Hall
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Vladimir Jurowski leads a remarkable performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.
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CSO/Haitink 2
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Royal Festival Hall
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Bernard Haitink returns with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner's Seventh.
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Imogen Cooper
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Wigmore Hall
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The pianist celebrates her 60th birthday at the Wigmore Hall with a group of distinguished friends.
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CSO/Haitink 1
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Royal Festival Hall
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Bernard Haitink conducts the first of two concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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LSO/Gergiev
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Barbican Hall
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Valery Gergiev opens the LSO season with an all-French programme at the Barbican.
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Handel's Jephtha
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Barbican Hall
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Paul McCreesh conducts a riveting performance of Handel's Jephtha with Mark Padmore in the title role.
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Royal Opera Recital
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Royal Opera House
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A starry line-up of singers give a recital of song and arias at the ROH with Antonio Pappano on piano.
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Sing for Your Supper
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Cadogan Hall
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Rodgers and Hart are celebrated in Cadogan Hall's Summer compilation show.
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Alina Ibragimova
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Manchester Art Gallery
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The Russian violinist appears at the Art Gallery during the Manchester International Festival.
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LCO/Warren-Green
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St John's, Smith Square
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Christopher Warren-Green and the LCO deliver an idiosyncratic performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
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Lewis' Emperor
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Barbican Hall
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Paul Lewis is soloist in Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the LSO under Sir Colin Davis.
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Gallic Sensuality
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Barbican Hall
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Susan Graham brings more than whiff of French eroticism to Ravel's Shéhérezade with the LSO.
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Scholl at the Wigmore
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Wigmore Hall
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Andreas Scholl and Shield of Harmony perform rare songs from 15th century composer von Wolkenstein.
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LPO/Venzago
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Royal Festival Hall
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Swiss-born maestro Mario Venzago conducts Debussy, Elgar and Beethoven with the LPO.
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Birtwistle in Bath
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Assembly Rooms
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Bath International MusicFest celebrates Sir Harrison Birtwistle's 75th birthday in style.
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Return of a legend
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Royal Festival Hall
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Aldo Ciccolini makes a rare, yet spellbinding visit to London for Rachmaninov with the LPO.
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Vienna Dreaming
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Royal Festival Hall
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Esa-Pekka Salonen delivers an epoch-making performance of Mahler's mighty 6th Symphony.
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Charities Philharmonia
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St John's, Smith Square
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The charities orchestra is joined by Classical Brit Award winner Alina Ibragimova.
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Elijah
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Barbican Hall
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The Oriana Choir and Brandenburg Sinfonia deliver a dramatic performance of Elijah.
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Mass of Life
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Royal Festival Hall
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The Bach Choir under David Hill perform Delius' life-affirming mass at the Royal Festival Hall.
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Fancy Musick
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St John's, Smith Square
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Phantasm and Laurence Dreyfus perform 16th and 17th Century works at St John's, Smith Square.
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Emma Kirkby
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St John's, Smith Square
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Emma Kirkby performs lute and harpsichord songs as part of the Lufthansa baroque festival.
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Handel's Rome
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Royal Festival Hall
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Marc Minkowski directs a concert performance by Zurich Opera of Handel's Aprippina with Vesselina Kasarova in the title role.
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Music for the Abbey
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Westminster Abbey
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The choir of Westminster Abbey and St James's Baroque evoke history with Purcell and Handel as part of the Lufthansa Baroque Festival.
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Paavo Järvi/Viktoria Mullova
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Royal Festival Hall
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Paavo Järvi makes a rare appearance with the Philharmonia, with Viktoria Mullova playing the Brahms Violin Concerto.
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Jordi Savall
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Wigmore Hall
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The legendary viola da gamba player delights with a programme at Wigmore Hall.
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Pictures from an Exhibition
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Young Vic
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Daniel Kramer and Frauke Requardt give a dance interpretation of Mussorgsky's famous Pictures at an Exhibition.
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King Arthur
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Barbican Hall
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Hervé Niquet gives a gallic twist to Purcell's tale of mythical English history.
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Norma
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Cadogan Hall
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Yvonne Howard takes on the role of Bellini's Druid princess in concert with ETO.
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Argerich's Prokofiev
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Royal Festival Hall
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Martha Argerich gives a rafter-rattling performance of Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto with the RPO.
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Bernarda Fink
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Wigmore Hall
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Argentenian mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink fails to convince in Schubert but thrills in Dvorak.
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Haydn Rehabilitated
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Edward Gardner conducts the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment in Haydn and Mozart.
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Songs of War
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Heiner Goebbels' Songs of Wars I have seen is revived two years after its premiere.
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Aimard's Beethoven
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard conducts Beethoven's first three piano concertos from the keyboard.
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Bartok and Bruckner
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Barbican
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Superstar Lang Lang joins the London Symphony Orchestra in Bartok's Second Piano Concerto.
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Beethoven's Mighty Emperor
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RFH
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Philippe Jordan leads the Philharmonia in two core 19th Century works by Beethoven and Brahms.
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Bolivar explosion
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RFH
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Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra begin their South Bank residency in flamboyant style.
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Leipzig's Passion
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Barbican Hall
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Riccardo Chailly brings his renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra to London for some Easter Passion.
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Padmore's Passion
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RFH
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Mark Padmore leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Bach's St Matthew Passion.
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Handel in Italy
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Barbican Hall
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Handel's rarely performed Italian oratorio La Resurezzione gets a dusting down from Emmanuelle Haïm.
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Ein Deutsches Requiem
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RFH
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads his LPO forces in a life-enchancing performance of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem.
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Lorin Maazel
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RFH
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Lorin Maazel celebrates his golden jubilee with the Philharmonia, but does he deliver the goods?
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Andreas Scholl
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RFH
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Countertenor Andreas Scholl and the kammerorchesterbasel wow the Barbican crowd with three motets by Vivaldi.
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The Bavarians
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RFH
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Stunning German soprano Anja Harteros makes a rare UK appearance with Strauss' Four Last Songs.
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Juliette
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Barbican Hall
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Magdalena Kozena stars as Martinu's elusive heroine in a concert performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Britten to Russia
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Cadogan Hall
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Toby Purser conducts his college forces in a programme of British and Russian rarities, including Shostakovich's Ninth.
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More Dreams
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Royal Festival Hall
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Esa Pekka-Salonen's performance of Mahler's 9th Symphony lacks polish but Tetzlaff and Uchida impress with Berg.
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Gatti's Farewell
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Royal Festival Hall
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Daniele Gatti says 'Ciao' to the RPO with an edge-of-the-seat performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
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Mighty Bruckner
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Barbican Hall
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Bernard Haitink returns to the Barbican with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for Bruckner and Schumann.
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Thomas Quasthoff
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Barbican Hall
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Celebrated baritone Thomas Quasthoff shines in Bach, but fails to convince in his choice of Handel pieces.
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Hagen/Uchida
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Wigmore Hall
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Celebrated pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins the Hagen Quartet for a revelatory evening of chamber music.
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Ecstatic Gurrelieder
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Royal Festival Hall
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Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia give an ecstatic performance of Schoenberg's late Romantic masterpiece.
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Fantaisie Symphonique
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St John's, Smith Square
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Sara Trickey plays Britten's Violin Concerto and the Salomon Orchestra perform Martinu's Sixth Symphony.
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Dudamel's Mahler
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Royal Festival Hall
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Venezualan wunderkind Gustavo Dudamel conducts a coruscating account of Mahler's mighty Fifth Symphony.
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Dreams Come True
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St John's, Smith Square
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Cellist Thomas Carroll joins the Charities Philharmonia for Shostakovich's first cello concerto.
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Revelatory Beethoven
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Barbican Hall
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Gardiner continues his Beethoven cycle with the LSO with inspired performances of the 4th and 7th.
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Blissful Bach
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Wigmore Hall
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Soprano Lucy Crowe joins the King's Consort for a delectable rendition of several Bach cantatas.
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Steven Isserlis
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Wigmore Hall
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The charismatic cellist in a high-powered duo with composer/accompanist Olli Mustonen.
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Academy of Ancient Music
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Wigmore Hall
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The elements mirror The Four Seasons: Nature's Voice and Verse with Vivaldi, Purcell and Handel.
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LPO/Nézet-Séguin
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Royal Festival Hall
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings Gallic flare to the music of two Austrian greats: Haydn and Bruckner.
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The Return of Tobias
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Having languished in the doldrums for 200 years, Haydn's oratorio has new life breathed into it by the OAE.
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Ben Heppner
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Barbican Hall
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Tenor Ben Heppner and pianist Thomas Muraco give a recital of German, French, Italian and English songs.
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Gripping Mahler
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Royal Festival Hall
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Matthias Goerne is peerless in Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with the LPO.
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Carter Quartets
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Wigmore Hall
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The Pacifica Quartet perform the complete string quartets of Elliott Carter in one evening.
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Britten Sinfonia/Cooper
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Imogen Cooper is soloist in Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with a conductor-less Britten Sinfonia.
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OAE/Podger
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Rachel Podger directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a range of baroque works.
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Philharmonia/Sokhiev
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Royal Festival Hall
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Tughan Sokhiev conducts the Philharmonia in works by Tchaikovsky and Berlioz, with violinist James Ehnes.
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LSO/Gergiev
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Barbican Hall
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Valery Gergiev draws breathtaking playing from the LSO in two iconic 20th century works.
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Carter and Woolrich
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Oliver Knussen conducts the London Sinfonietta in works, new and very new, by Elliott Carter and John Woolrich.
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Kate Royal/Christine Rice
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Wigmore Hall
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Kate Royal and Christine Rice bring a breath of fresh air to the art of duetting at the Wigmore Hall.
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LPO/Elder/Mutter
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Royal Festival Hall
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Mark Elder conducts a rarely heard tone poem by Strauss, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and a Martinu rarity.
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A Russian Odyssey
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Royal Festival Hall
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Nicola Luisotti conducts two Russian masterpieces with the Philharmonia Orchestra and pianist Boris Giltburg.
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The English Concert
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Wigmore Hall
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Anna Caterina Antonacci is spellbinding in Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.
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In Praise of St Cecilia
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Barbican Hall
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Marc Minkowski celebrates St. Cecilia with music from three generations of composers with the Musiciens du Louvre.
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Mahler with RPO/Gatti
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Royal Festival Hall
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Daniele Gatti conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in just one work: Mahler's mighty Ninth Symphony.
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Marin Alsop
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Wigmore Hall
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Marin Alsop conducts the LPO in Stravinsky's Firebird and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloë Suite No.2.
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Mahler at the Wigmore
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Wigmore Hall
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Alice Coote and Paul Nilon are outstaning in Schoenberg's version of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
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Brachmann/Wigmore
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Wigmore Hall
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German baritone Hanno-Muller Brachmann makes his Wigmore Hall debut, accompanied by Andras Schiff.
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LSO/Segerstam
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Barbican Hall
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Finnish composer/conductor Leif Segerstam presents his 189th symphony alongside works by Sibelius.
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Leipzig Gewandhaus
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Barbican Hall
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Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in a New Year concert featuring Beethoven's Ninth.
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Monteverdi Choir 2
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Spitalfields
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The fourth of The Monteverdi Choir's Christmas Oratorio series, as part of the Spitalfields Winter Festival.
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Monteverdi Choir 1
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Spitalfields
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John Eliot Gardiner directs his regular forces in a performance of the third cantata from Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
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Cecilia Bartoli
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Barbican Hall
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The Italian mezzo-soprano gives a recital of songs by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, and no album to promote.
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BBC SO/Knussen
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Barbican Hall
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Oliver Knussen adds to the Elliott Carter birthday celebrations with a concert of the centenarian's recent music.
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Kazakh Gala Concert
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Cadogan Hall
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The RPO helps celebrate Kazakhstan's 17th birthday, with a mixed programme of western and Kazakh music.
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LPO/Jurowski
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Royal Festival Hall
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts a concert performance of Tristan und Isolde's Act 2, with Anja Kampe and Sarah Connolly.
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LSO/Harding
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Barbican Hall
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Daniel Harding is joined by Lars Vogt for Brahms' First Piano Concerto, with works by Bartók and Augusta Read Thomas.
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AAM/Egarr
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Cadogan Hall
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Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music present four of Bach's six Christmas Oratorio cantatas.
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Boulez - Carter 100
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Royal Festival Hall
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The American composer Elliott Carter's 100th birthday is celebrated by his friend and colleague Pierre Boulez.
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Boulez - Messiaen 100
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Royal Festival Hall
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The centenary of Olivier Messiaen's birth is marked with a concert of his work on the South Bank.
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OAE/Rattle 2
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Royal Festival Hall
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Simon Rattle returns to conduct the remaining Schumann symphonies, with an accompanying Berlioz overture.
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OAE/Rattle 1
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Royal Festival Hall
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Simon Rattle conducts two Schumann symphonies with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Handel's Messiah
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Barbican Hall
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Christmas comes early as Harry Christophers directs The Sixteen in their 150th performance of Handel's great choral work.
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BRSO/Jansons
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Royal Festival Hall
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Mariss Jansons conducts the word's sixth top orchestra, the BRSO, in symphonies by Mozart and Bruckner.
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Charities Philharmonia
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SJSS
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The charities orchestra performs The Rite of Spring, along with Bartok and Prokofiev, in aid of sick children.
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BBC SO/Hrusa
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Barbican Hall
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The young Czech conductor Jakub Hrusa conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
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Der fliegende Holländer
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Barbican Hall
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New company London Lyric Opera present a concert performance of Wagner's early storm-tossed opera.
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Vasily Petrenko
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Barbican Hall
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Vasily Petrenko conducts students of the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich and Prokofiev.
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Thomas Quasthoff
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Wigmore Hall
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Baritone Thomas Quasthoff performs a programme of songs by Schubert, Schumann and Mussorgsky.
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OAE/Mackerras
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Royal Festival Hall
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Soprano Rebecca Evans joins the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Charles Mackerras for Mozart arias.
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The King's Consort
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Wigmore Hall
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Matthew Halls directs The King's Consort Young Artists in a programme of works by Henry Purcell and Matthew Locke.
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War Requiem
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Royal Albert Hall
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Antonio Pappano leads the Royal Opera Orchestra and star soloists in a moving performance of Britten's great Requiem.
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Sculptor of Sound
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Royal Festival Hall
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Stockhausen's impish humour takes full flight in Lucifer's Dance from Saturday in the Licht cycle, as part of KLANG.
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LPO/Jurowski
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Royal Festival Hall
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony as part of the "Revealing Tchaikovsky" series.
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Philharmonia/Hickox
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Royal Festival Hall
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Richard Hickox conducts a timely performance of Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem and Pastoral Symphony.
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Les Indes galantes
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Barbican Hall
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William Christie and Les Arts Florissants perform chunky extracts from Jean-Phillipe Rameau's Les Indes galantes.
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Diana Damrau
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Wigmore Hall
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The German soprano makes her Wigmore Hall debut with a varied recital which includes Berg, Strauss and a new song-cycle.
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Carolyn Sampson/Julius Drake
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Middle Temple
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Middle Temple plays host to the soprano Carolyn Sampson as part of the "Julius Drake and Friends" series.
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Britten Sinfonia
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Tenor Mark Padmore and Britten Sinfonia collaborate on an evening of nocturnal works with an intriguing presentation.
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Philharmonia/Dohnányi
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Royal Festival Hall
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Christoph von Dohnányi conducts the Philharmonia in Bruckner's Fourth Symphony and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante.
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Colin Currie/Nicolas Hodges
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Wigmore Hall
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The percussionist Colin Currie and pianist Nicolas Hodges perform works by Birtwistle, Carter, Andriessen and others.
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Gérard Grisey
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Royal Festival Hall
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Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques gets its UK premiere in its complete form, with Paul Silverthorne in the demanding viola part.
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Philharmonia/Mackerras
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Royal Festival Hall
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Charles Mackerras conducts Mozart, Dvorak and Bruch, with Sergey Khachatryan as soloist in the latter's Violin Concerto No.1.
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Kings Place Day 1
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King's Cross
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London's newest venue opens at King's Cross. An exciting programme begins in the building's two splendid halls.
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LPO/Jurowski/Goerne
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Royal Festival Hall
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Karl Amadeus Hartmann's rarely-heard Gesangsszene, with baritone Matthias Goerne as vocalist.
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LSO/Davis/Uchida
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Barbican Hall
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Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Colin Davis conducts a thrilling account of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast.
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LSO/Davis/Connolly
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Barbican Hall
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Colin Davis conducts Vaughan Williams' powerful 4th Symphony and Sarah Connolly sings Elgar's song cycle Sea Pictures.
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LSO/Gergiev
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Barbican Hall
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Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninov's youthful First Symphony, along with the more romantic Third.
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England Rediscovered
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SJSS
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Toby Purser and the Orion Symphony Orchestra chase away the post-Prom blues with an all-English programme at St John's, Smith Square.
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Gershwin and Friends
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Cadogan Hall
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Broadway star Kim Criswell joins the BBC Big Band for a tribute to the songs of George and Ira Gershwin and their collaborators.
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A Swell Party
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Cadogan Hall
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Maria Friedman and Daniel Evans lead a star cast in a celebration of the life and works of American songwriter Cole Porter.
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Danielle de Niese
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Barbican Hall
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The American soprano gives a programme of Mozart and Handel favourites as part of the Mostly Mozart Festival.
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Blank Canvas
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93 Feet East
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Classical music, body-fondling and technology all come together in a night club setting in Brick Lane courtesy of Dilettante Music.
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Maazel
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Royal Festival Hall
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Lorin Maazel leads the Philharmonia in exemplary performances of Brahms' first two symphonies on London's South Bank.
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Aldeburgh 3
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Snape Maltings
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Harrison Birtwistle's Tree of Strings is premiered and Stockhausen's Stimmung gets a late night performance.
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Aldeburgh 2
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Snape/Aldeburgh
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The Northern Sinfonia performs Schubert, Schumann and Woolrich while Katherine Broderick sings lieder at Jubilee Hall.
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