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Fri 26 Apr 2024
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19:00Southbank Centre, London
Travel back in time to experience the elation of Northern Soul with the BBC Concert Orchestra, composer and conductor Joe Duddell, and BBC 6 Music broadcaster Stuart Maconie.
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19:30Barbican, London
Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra for an evening of words and music with award-winning author, Kate Atkinson.
Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra for an evening of words and music with award-winning author, Kate Atkinson.
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- A Comedy Overture
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- Il Segreto di Susannaoverture
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- Someone to Watch Over Mearr. Simon Nathan
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- Sinfonietta No. 1 – Rondoii Song Form: Largo
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- Devil's Galop
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- Fractured Time
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- The Creation – Chaos
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- Powder Her Faceoverture to Hotel Suite
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- Promenade (‘Walking the Dog’)
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Performers
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Kate Atkinsonauthor
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Jamie Parkersinger
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Sat 27 Apr 2024
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19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
John Storgårds leads us through the gate into one of Bruckner’s ‘cathedrals of sound’, his Fifth Symphony. Sibelius invites us into his world of Nordic impressionism with En Saga, whilst Lotta Wennäkoski honours this in her own work Verdigris.
John Storgårds leads us through the gate into one of Bruckner’s ‘cathedrals of sound’, his Fifth Symphony. Sibelius invites us into his world of Nordic impressionism with En Saga, whilst Lotta Wennäkoski honours this in her own work Verdigris.
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- Verdigris
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- En saga
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- Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
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John Storgårdsconductor
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Part ofBBC Philharmonic 2023-24 Season -
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Wed 1 May 2024
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20:00Southbank Centre, London
Music that won’t stay in its box: Elizabeth Alker presents Moor Mother, Modern Nature and This Is The Kit with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the latest instalment of BBC Radio 3's genre-defying Unclassified Live.
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Fri 3 May 2024
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19:30
Join us for a celebration of American classical music with our LA born Principal Conductor, Ryan Bancroft this May!
Join us for a celebration of American classical music with our LA born Principal Conductor, Ryan Bancroft this May!
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- Adagio for strings
- Violin Concerto
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- Symphony No. 2
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Ryan Bancroftconductor
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Benjamin Bakerviolin
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Wed 24 Apr 2024
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14:00MediaCityUK, Salford
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is one of the most performed living composers in the world. Today we hear a selection of his works conducted by John Storgårds
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is one of the most performed living composers in the world. Today we hear a selection of his works conducted by John Storgårds
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19:00Maida Vale Studios
UK conductor-composer Jack Sheen makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free evening concert at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, with new works from younger composers concerned with the environment.
UK conductor-composer Jack Sheen makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free evening concert at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, with new works from younger composers concerned with the environment.
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- Black cloud, under groundUK premiere
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- Augenlider Guitar ConcertoUK premiere
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- Lung
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- LichtungUK premiere
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- A Walk into the FutureUK premiere
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Performers
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Laura Snowdenguitar
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Jack Sheenconductor
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19:00Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Travel back in time to experience the elation of Northern Soul with the BBC Concert Orchestra, composer and conductor Joe Duddell, and BBC 6 Music broadcaster Stuart Maconie.
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Sat 20 Apr 2024
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19:30nottingham
A theatrical work by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, ‘The Soldier’s Tale’ (L'Histoire du soldat) is the composer’s greatest work for narrator and orchestra.
A theatrical work by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, ‘The Soldier’s Tale’ (L'Histoire du soldat) is the composer’s greatest work for narrator and orchestra.
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- The Soldier's Tale
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Performers
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Martyn Brabbinsconductor
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Alistair McGowannarrator
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19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony conducted tonight by Anja Bihlmaier is a feast of rhythm and dance, whilst Berg’s Violin Concerto tonight with Josef Špaček is by turn angelic and angst-ridden.
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony conducted tonight by Anja Bihlmaier is a feast of rhythm and dance, whilst Berg’s Violin Concerto tonight with Josef Špaček is by turn angelic and angst-ridden.
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- Emperor Waltz
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- Violin Concerto
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- The Blue Danube
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- Symphony No. 7 in A major
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Anja Bihlmaierconductor
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Josef Špačekviolin
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Part ofBBC Philharmonic 2023-24 Season -
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