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Dance
Swan Lake has a circus makeover this festive season and becomes Duck Pond, performed by Circa at the Royal Festival Hall
Tried and Tested
Dance
McOnie Company’s Nutcracker inaugurates a brand-new venue at the Southbank and breathes exciting new life into the Christmas classic ballet
Tried and Tested
Dance
Choreographer Holly Blakey brought an extended and updated version of her Cowpuncher My Ass to the Royal Festival Hall
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Opera
The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing
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Classical Music
The lovable character and her family invite youngsters to discover the world of classical music
In the Know
Opera
Messiah makes an impact however it is sung. But what's so special about an oratorio written in a rush and using recycled material? Claudia Pritchard explains
Tried and Tested
Dance
Back at its former home in the Southbank, English National Ballet presents Solstice, a programme of highlights from its extensive repertoire showcasing the excellence of its dancers
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Best of
A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today
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The UK-Russia Year of Music comes to a brilliant end with concerts featuring Russian artists and masterworks, but much more Russian music lies ahead
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Musicals
Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza comes to the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall this summer, starring Renée Fleming, Dove Cameron and Alex Jennings
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Classical Music
New works, a Beethoven commemoration, and a Lisztian tour de force at the piano head up the 10-month season
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Classical Music
Experience the classic '80s film with a live orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall
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Opera
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht (Thursday from Light) is a must for devotees of either electronic avant-garde or mammoth opera
Last Chance
Classical Music
A spectacular season of classical music, steeped in Stravinsky, features top soloists and dynamic conductors
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Dance
ZooNation Youth Company make an explosive return to the Southbank with The Next Generation 2018, a show by the young, for the young
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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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Classical Music
It swings like a musical but also goes deep into the soul: Bernstein's faith-inspired work is both joyful and profound, and the National Youth Orchestra will perform it with passion
Last Chance
Classical Music
Catch the soprano most talked about this year in an evening of dazzling music by Handel
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Players and singers in 18th-century attire bring to life the London-based world of composer Handel
In the Know
Classical Music
Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece October: Ten Days that Shook the World is being screened before live music by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican this October
Last Chance
Classical Music
A moving Tchaikovsky symphony and a flamboyant story told in music mark a special anniversary
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Classical Music
Two of the greatest works in the repertoire are interrupted by a magical combination of orchestra, conductor and soloist
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Classical Music
Aurora Orchestra are pushing boundaries in a concert at the Royal Festival Hall which crosses various art-forms in its celebration of nature and birdsong
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Gigs
The award-winning five-piece folk band are joined by Army of Generals, in this exciting musical experiment at the Southbank Centre
Essential
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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Classical Music
Beautiful landscape, pure love, angel voices ... Mahler's longest is a whole-heartedly joyful affair indeed
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Dance
Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen and his company bring their multi-layered work, Morphed, to London’s Southbank this summer
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Talks
The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood talks fiction, feminism and activism in a rare public appearance at the Southbank Centre
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Talks
Journalist, activist and author Naomi Klein delivers a keynote talk on volatile politics and the art of resistance
Essential
Classical Music
No props, no frocks ... get to grips with Wagner in a very direct and focused way – in concert
In the Know
Classical Music
A rare chance to hear a once forgotten symphony that has all the elements of a 20th-century classic
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Classical Music
Music overpowers ideology in Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, while Beethoven reflects his own times in his 5th Piano Concerto