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English National Opera launches its new season with three productions, the Royal Opera stages Bernstein rarities, and the piano gets its own festival
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English National Ballet dancers display their versatility in Our Voices, a triple bill of neo-classical and contemporary works which opened the company’s new season at Sadler’s Wells
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Barbara Hannigan conducts the four opening concerts – and sings in two
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After a 35-year absence from London’s premier dance house, The Australian Ballet took to the stage at Covent Garden with Balanchine’s glamorous, glittering Jewels
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Free open-air concert by the London Symphony Orchestra is a musical farewell to its conductor
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Marking 150 years since the birth of composer Sergei Rachmaninov, a concert that also features Britten, Stravinsky and Debussy
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Stravinsky's timeless The Rite of Spring gets a South Indian makeover in Seeta Patel's bharatanatyam fusion of East and West
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Israel Galván’s La Consagración de la Primavera (The Rite of Spring) at Sadler’s Wells is an absorbing distillation of a century of Western culture through the medium of flamenco
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English National Ballet brought a radical reinterpretation of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring alongside two proven hits to Sadler’s Wells in Tamara Rojo’s last programme as director
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Dance at its most varied this month
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New productions of Handel, Mozart and Poulenc, plus revivals of Donizetti, Stravinsky and Britten in a star-studded summer season
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Dancing at Dusk – A Moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring is a unique film event, available to rent on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage throughout July
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Beethoven, Handel and Poulenc operas are given new productions, plus revivals
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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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The Royal Ballet’s The Firebird triple bill blends tradition, high emotion and neo-classicism in an exciting end of season programme
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Seeta Patel’s The Rite of Spring, an original and accomplished reimagining of Stravinsky’s masterpiece, has a short run at The Place
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A radical cultural remake of Stravinsky’s epoch-making score is lost in translation in Yang Liping’s Rite of Spring now showing at Sadler’s Wells
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English National Ballet’s new programme, She Persisted, packs a powerful emotional punch with highlights including an homage to Frida Kahlo
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The dazzling Firebird, resourceful Figaro and memories of Fonteyn head up two months of top performances. Booking opens 9AM, Wed 3 April
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The Knot, choreographer Didy Veldman's inventive meditation on marriage performed by her company Umanoove at The Place, hits all the right spots
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Where else would Schumann, Purcell and Handel rub shoulders with Joy Division and Arcade Fire? Musical barriers come down at this sparky winter fixture
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The 10 must-hear concerts by London orchestras and visitors this autumn, featuring Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Mozart and more
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The world's top orchestras and solo artists unveil their programmes for London, and there is something for every musical taste
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Bach, Verdi, Stravinsky ... and a Gilbert and Sullivan satire on the law
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An hour's music is the perfect antidote to a demanding day, and starts the evening out in style
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A spectacular season of classical music, steeped in Stravinsky, features top soloists and dynamic conductors
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The symphonies and concertos no music-lover should be without, played live at the Royal Albert Hall
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Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra perform Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and more in a free open-air concert
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The world's finest orchestras, conductors, singers and instrumental soloists head for London for the biggest music festival on the planet
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Russian musicians are to the fore in this power-packed programme featuring the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition prizewinner
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The impressive Labèque sisters are the piano soloists in a new double concerto
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A rare chance to catch a piece with not just one but seven composers, with the chance to see Sir Simon Rattle in action