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Healing music for a troubled world, a new symphony by Joan Armatrading and an opera film night
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Dance
The American choreographer Kyle Abraham’s new work for The Royal Ballet, The Weathering, had its world premiere as part of a triple bill of contemporary work
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A four-day festival of live instrumental music and song, featuring top artists and four centuries of composers, in a beautiful setting
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Celebrate the musical giants who transformed British music-making with 10 of our favourite musical influencers
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Beethoven, Verdi and Mozart, of course, but also minimalist Steve Reich and a new work about climate crisis, with many concerts perfect for young music-makers. Booking is open now...
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Music for Mothering Sunday, with dynamic conductor Xian Zhang and violinist Alina Pogostkina
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Get inside the orchestra with Simon McBurney, and marvel at Hungarian dynamism from Budapest
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Here's a pick of top big-name events at the world's largest music festival
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Symphonies, concertos, musicals, operas, family fun ... there's something for everyone at the BBC Proms. Here's our pick:
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Classical Music
Brahms and Bruckner expertly played by the prestigious Berlin orchestra that for many years were Sir Simon Rattle's home team
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Chopin, Liszt, Brahms .... the music pours from the pianos and the players at the London Piano Festival, and there is new work too
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Classical Music
With gorgeous Mendelssohn and Brahms melodies so excitingly communicated, the only problem will be how to stop singing along....
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The bright young thing from Russia regales Wigmore Hall with a fiendishly complex programme
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The international violin competition returns to London, with live semi-finals and a series of concerts featuring past winners
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Classical Music
The dazzlingly talented young pianist showcases his full versatility at St John's Smith Square
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Classical Music
The astonishing Norwegian pianist visits the Barbican for 2016's LSO Artist Spotlight
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Classical Music
Two of the music world's foremost figures are joined by six musicians for a ranging, diverse recital
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Classical Music
The national treasure returns to Wigmore Hall with two of the great violin sonatas, by Beethoven and Brahms
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Classical Music
Two world-class musicians come together to explore the lieder of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf
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Classical Music
The thrillingly talented French conductor joins the LPO, with star soloists Lisa Batiashvili and Maximilian Hornung
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The ever-creative British composer joins at the LSO to conduct works of his own and his influences
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A two-week celebration celebration of song, focusing on the connections between poetry and music
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The Russian virtuoso, an international favourite, plays a mixture of masterpieces and obscurities