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Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil
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Classical music

Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel: Dvořák 9

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a concert of bold themes and dazzling orchestral colours, including the UK premiere of the Violin Concerto Altar de cuerda by Gabriela Ortiz.

John Williams Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Gabriela Ortiz Violin Concerto (UK premiere)
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No 9, From the New World
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
María Dueñas violin
Lion's head on a black background
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Classical music

Handel's Alcina

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A charming sorceress. A dashing knight. A daring fiancée.

Georgie Malcolm Alcina
Yolisa Ngwexana Morgana
Samantha Hargreaves Oberto
Shana Moron-Caravel Ruggiero
Julia Sanchez Merino Bradamante
Jonah Halton & Emyr Jones Oronte
Alaric Green Melisso
John Ramster director
James Henshaw conductor
Louis Carver designer
Andy Purves lighting designer
Sam Bernstein associate lighting designer
Jono Strutt video designer
Michael Rose assistant conductor & chorus master
William Byram assistant director
Meghan Rhoades, Henry Reavey & Samuele Piccinini répétiteurs
Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil
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Classical music

Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel: Fidelio

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil give a landmark performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre, in which the drama is played out between Deaf actors, with signed recitatives and arias.

Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Deaf West Theatre
White Hands Choir
Tyler Glover lighting designer
Tyler Lambert-Perkins lighting designer
Gabriela Camejo artistic producer
String players in LSO St Luke's
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Classical music

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: Relaxed Concert

Relaxed concerts are particularly suitable for individuals or groups who feel more comfortable attending concerts in a relaxed environment. 

Discovery showcase
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Discovery Showcase

LSO Discovery participant groups perform together with the London Symphony Orchestra, in a showcase of the LSO’s learning and community programme.

Members from Collegium Vocale Gent dressed in black, standing in front of a concrete wall
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Classical music

Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe: Bach B Minor Mass

Philippe Herreweghe directs Collegium Vocale Gent in Bach’s glorious Mass in B minor, joined by outstanding soloists Dorothee Mields, Hana Blažíková, Alex Potter, Guy Cutting and Johannes Kammler.

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B minor
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe conductor
Dorothee Mields soprano
Hana Blažíková soprano
Alex Potter countertenor
Guy Cutting tenor
Johannes Kammler baritone
dirk brosse
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: LSO on Film

Since 1935, the LSO has contributed soundtracks to over two hundred movies, including some of the greatest ever made.

London Symphony Orchestra
Dirk Brossé conductor & curator
Side profile photo of Katia and Marielle Labèque standing close together. Behind them is an illustration of the side profile of two women, mirroring the position of Katia and Marielle. The hair of the illustrated women flows backwards, turning into the keys of a piano.
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Classical music

Philip Glass: Cocteau Trilogy

Legendary sibling pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque present their recent collaboration with American minimalist composer Philip Glass: arrangements for two pianos of his Cocteau Trilogy.

Philip Glass Orphée
La Belle et La Bête
Les Enfants Terribles
Katia and Marielle Labèque piano
Cyril Teste artistic director
Nina Chalot stage designer
Noseda/prokofiev
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Prokofiev 7

As part of his exploration of Prokofiev's symphonies, Gianandrea Noseda introduces the composer’s mysterious Seventh.

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor and presenter
Noseda and Jansen
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

What is lost returns once more in emotive music conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Principal Guest Conductor.

Ludwig van Beethoven Overture: Leonore No 3
Sally Beamish Distans: Concerto for Violin and Clarinet
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Janine Jansen violin
Martin Fröst clarinet
Three opera singers sat on a bed with red rope-like hanging down from ceiling. Small ensemble performing in background
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Classical music

Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Opera Makers

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Opera Makers features scenes from three Puccini operas, and new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing.

Evan Snyder (composer), Hannah Hayden (librettist) The Casserole
Will Gardner (composer), Sara Clifford (librettist) Time and Tide
Zygmund De Somogyi (composer), Alexia Peniguel (librettist) Ursa Minor
Puccini Scene from La rondine
Puccini Scene from Turandot
Puccini Scene from Edgar
Ashley Dean director
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Laurie Slavin assistant director
Alistair Burton assistant conductor
Ben Kubiak répétiteur
Samuele Piccinini répétiteur
Henry Reavey répétiteur
Meghan Rhoades répétiteur
Christina Poulitsi
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

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You may recognise Carl Orff’s endlessly hummable cantata, but you’ve never heard it quite like this.

Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 3
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Christina Poulitsi soprano
Sunnyboy Dladla tenor
Elliot Madore baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
Free Lunchtime Concert 230317
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Classical music

LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert

Curious about instrumental music? Looking to make lunchtime musical? Try a bite-size, informal concert, performed by musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra.

An armoured knight standing in a grassy field holding a sword
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Handel's Orlando

Passion, magic and spectacular singing: Iestyn Davies stars alongside Handel expert Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music in a concert performance of Handel’s epic fantasy opera Orlando.

George Frideric Handel Orlando
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director and harpsichord
Iestyn Davies Orlando
Rachel Redmond Dorinda
Anna Dennis Angelica
Matthew Brook Zoroastro
Sophie Rennert Medoro
Classical Pride composite image of artists in the event
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Classical music

Classical Pride: Classical Drag!

Framed as a competition, join stars of the London drag scene Snow White Trash, Barbs, Beau Jangles, Freddie Love and Vinegar Strokes as they go head-to-head in this outlandish contest.