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Classical Music
Specialists in the music of JS Bach bring Christmas to a sonorous close with choral music by star performers
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Handel's Messiah dominates the month's great music, but there is also Bach, passionate Italian opera and a German fairy tale
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Vivaldi's much-loved Four Seasons and the beguiling Goldberg Variations are among the works in this year's celebration of 17th- and 18th-century music
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The most versatile of all instruments is celebrated in a full year of song, joyful and contemplative, old and new
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The charismatic Chinese virtuoso performs the endlessly fascinating Goldberg Variations
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The Easter story told in song, JS Bach and Handel's Messiah, performed by top artists and streamed from London churches and concert halls
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Celebrate the musical giants who transformed British music-making with 10 of our favourite musical influencers
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An uplifting musical journey through the darkest of times to a brighter future, at the home of the chamber music ensemble
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Singers and players return to the King's Cross venue, with a live audience, and continue telling life's stories in music
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Returning to the stage of Kings Place, London's premier orchestra plays JS Bach alongside a scientific exploration of life under lockdown. Streamed live at 11:30AM, and then on demand
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Delectable wines meet virtuosic music in two evenings designed to bring out the best in each, featuring French and Italian grapes, and composers known and unknown
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Isata Kanneh-Mason, Sir Bryn Terfel and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra headline in the three-week festival
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Christmas music for every time of day, two minutes from your shopping in Sloane Square. Top artists, rising stars and ensembles large and small celebrate the season
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BBC scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock joins a top orchestra in the Christmas edition of the monthly concerts blending Bach's limitless music with physics
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An immersive performance of Bach's musical masterpiece with both musicians and audience on the move
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Classical Music
Inspirational works by JS Bach are cut with contemporary compositions influenced by them. Featuring Roderick Williams
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Handel and Purcell weave tales of love and duty into ethereal works staged in style by the country's premier touring company
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Classical Music
A fortnight of world-class performances in small-scale venues, featuring music from Bach and Beethoven to Dixieland and Jerome Kern
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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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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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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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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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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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Classical Music
Wigmore Hall is London's premier venue for chamber music. But these top names sell out quickly.... Book now for the outstanding events from January to July 2018
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A great religious work, a profound human drama, a showcase for virtuoso singing and playing... Bach's St Matthew Passion is many things, but few can resist its power
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He's the man of the moment, even though his core repertoire was composed in the 18th century. Find out why the world is crazy about this keyboard player
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An uplifting work for Christmas that brings together six seasonal cantatas into a joyous and illuminating whole
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Bach's monumental work, as rediscovered by his countryman and fellow composer, Mendelssohn
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With world-class classical singers and players, it punches above its weight – and now a Frank Gehry Wimbledon concert hall is on the cards
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Three beautiful pieces, and nothing to pay. What more could any music-lover want?