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Marvel at Beethoven from memory, join the CBeebies children's choir or cross the Atlantic in music. It's all in the annual orchestral and choral feast
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World-class musicians living in south-east London stage a live concert series for an audience of over 100
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The Royal Opera House’s second Live From Covent Garden event was an emotion-laden performance, bringing together a Mahler masterpiece and a short but dazzling ballet
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English National Ballet’s Wednesday Watch Parties programme continues with Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, set to Mahler’s haunting song cycle
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Wednesday Watch is your new weekly classical music appointment. Catch old favourites and new music recorded at London's innovative venue
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Marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, a moving programme of song interpreted by top artists Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Antonio Pappano (piano)
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Mahler, Tchaikovsky and music for the trumpet, all played by one of the finest orchestras in the world, visiting London for two nights
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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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The world's best players, singers and conductors either work in London or head here at every opportunity. Take advantage of the best in classical music with our 2018 guide
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Thrill to Tchaikovsky, be amazed by Beethoven, or follow a woman with a secret at English National Opera
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Classical Music
British music is being championed by Sir Simon Rattle with the London Symphony Orchestra, and that includes new compositions, like Helen Grime's
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Classical Music
At the height of his powers, Mahler poured into his final symphony the musical knowhow and experience of a lifetime
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Beautiful landscape, pure love, angel voices ... Mahler's longest is a whole-heartedly joyful affair indeed
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Classical Music
Hear the symphony that Mahler did not live to hear himself
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Rattle conducts the LSO in one of the most passionate, tragic and dramatic symphonies in the entire repertoire
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Petrenko makes his debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 2, Resurrection
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The world's greatest orchestra return to London with Daniele Gatti, their new chief conductor
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Outgoing chief conductor Alan Gilbert leads his orchestra through three era-bursting concerts
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The legendary conductor returns to the Barbican for a trio of concerts
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Classical Music
The incoming LSO chief conductor is joined by Lang Lang for a night of Haydn, Bartok and Wagner
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Classical Music
The firebrand conductor and his trailblazing ensemble return to the Barbican for a three-day residency
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Classical Music
The legendary Wagnerian and Mahlerian mezzo-soprano performs their tempestuous, impassioned and cosmic lieder
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Legendary conductor Bernard Haitink opens the LSO's 2015/16 season in three blockbusting concerts, with guests Murray Perahia and Anna Lucia Richter