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Essential
Classical Music
Composer of film, TV soundtracks and concert works talks to Claudia Pritchard about music in schools, a brand new work, and the cost to creativity of leaving the EU
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We love
Classical Music
Sacred music by JS Bach and Handel preside over Easter music programmes throughout London. Here are the best works performed by the best musicians
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Opera
A Bollywood version of Handel's opera is an all-singing, all-dancing treat. Giulio Cesare makes Glyndebourne Festival Opera the home of hot rhythm
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Deliciously sung but oddly dished-up, Handel's noble Rodelinda gets a slapstick treatment
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Last Chance
Classical Music
Catch the soprano most talked about this year in an evening of dazzling music by Handel
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Essential
Classical Music
It starts with nursery rhymes, says the soprano in demand all over the world after picking up award after award. Happily, there are London area performances in store...
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Players and singers in 18th-century attire bring to life the London-based world of composer Handel
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In the Know
Classical Music
There's something for everyone in a week of Christmas music
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Essential
Classical Music
Handel made London his home, and not so far from where he lived his music is still played in the manner he would have known
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Classical Music
Messiah is often sung and played by enormous forces, but smaller ensembles like this bring an electrifying directness and pace to the great oratorio
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Essential
Passion, heroism and pure knockabout comedy are the stars of a year of Coliseum highlights, launching 28 September, and all the operas are sung in English
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Opera
The might of the Roman Empire is rocked by the weakness of the heart in a monumental 18th-century opera
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In The Know
Things to do
Puccini, Strauss and Handel top the bill in an attractive new season
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In The Know
Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Handel and Britten, plus a new work by Nico Muhly, and a Gilbert and Sullivan political satire
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In the Know
Classical Music
Monteverdi's atmospheric Vespers, Handel opera and heavenly music by JS Bach dominate this year's programme
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In The Know
Summer is only a few beats away: enjoy open air music of the highest quality as Garsington Opera booking opens
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Preview
Opera
Five weeks of music inspired by the composer of some of the best-loved works in the orchestral and choral repertoire
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Preview
Opera
A grumpy old father, a young woman in love – it's the old, old story: but this time the beloved is... coffee
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In the Know
Classical Music
Easter music begins with a week of spiritual and contemplative works
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Preview
Opera
One of the most ravishing operas by Handel is given a new production with an all-star cast
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Tried and Tested
Classical Music
All the Angels, the hilarious and revealing story of the earliest performances of Handel's Messiah, returns to the Globe after a sell-out run last winter
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Tried and Tested
Opera
A Royal Opera directorial debut finds parallels between the classical world and a modern dictatorship
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Essential
Classical Music
Four superb soloists join together with Goldsmiths Choral Union, the English Concert Chorus and the Highgate Choral Society for this performance of the yuletide perennial
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Interview
As a child he begged his parents to play an opera video. Now Gerard Jones is directing a production for the Royal Opera House
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Opera
An opera written for London comes to London, with a massive singing star on board
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Preview
Classical Music
Christmas music in London means two weeks of ethereal and earthier song at one of the capital's most atmospheric venues
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We love
Classical Music
Classics, new music, and a feat of memory make this great East End tradition an attractive proposition
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Opera
When three princes woo the same powerful woman, it looks like a straightforward competition, but the arrival of a fourth changes everything
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Preview
Opera
Operas by Handel, Cavalli and Monteverdi are staged on an intimate scale and in exciting new interpretations
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In The Know
English National Opera reveals new productions and commissions alongside plans to perform in smaller venues
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Things To Do
Before the Easter eggs, the music: London Easter concerts feature both traditional, classical works and new pieces
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Essential
Classical Music
Backed by the Philharmonia, the world-renowned choir present an evening of carols and baroque masterpieces