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    Best Concerts and Opera in October

    Best Concerts and Opera in October

    Marking the arrival of autumn in music, two 50th anniversary concerts, and an exciting conducting debut

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    Best concerts and opera in June

    Best concerts and opera in June

    London's own opera festival, spirited programmes from the city's liveliest orchestras, and high-flying soloists. Summer music starts here....

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    BBC Proms 2022: the 10 best concerts

    BBC Proms 2022: the 10 best concerts

    London premieres, much-loved classics and a host of big-name performers in the world's largest music festival. Booking opens 9AM, Sat 21 May

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    The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko, Grange Park Opera review

    The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko, Grange Park Opera review ★★★★★

    15 Jul 21 – 17 Jul 21

    The Russian secret service officer poisoned in his adopted home of London is at the heart of a new opera inspired by his career, marriage and assassination

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    Classical Vauxhall, live concerts online

    Classical Vauxhall, live concerts online

    18 Mar 21 – 21 Mar 21

    Jess Gillam, Nicky Spence and friends entertain live from south London

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    Live from Covent Garden Dance

    ROH Live #3 Dance Review ★★★★★

    27 Jun 20 – 11 Jul 20

    Two short duets drawn from The Royal Ballet's extensive repertoire made up dance’s fleeting participation in the third Live From Covent Garden programme

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    Dance 

    The Royal Ballet, Concerto triple bill

    The Royal Ballet, Concerto Bill review ★★★★★

    22 Oct 19 – 20 Dec 19

    The Royal Ballet honours its heritage with a varied triple bill that illustrates the range of its repertoire and gives both corps and soloists ample opportunities to shine

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    Best Russian music: London concerts and operas now

    Best Russian music: London concerts and operas that dazzle

    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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    San Francisco Ballet dance Shostakovich

    San Francisco Ballet Programme A Review ★★★★★

    29 May 19 – 08 Jun 19

    San Francisco Ballet has started a rare residency at Sadler’s Wells with the glorious Shostakovich Trilogy, by the choreographer of the moment Alexei Ratmansky

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    31 March: Shostakovich and Brahms, RFH

    Shostakovich and Brahms, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall

    On 31 Mar 19

    Music for Mothering Sunday, with dynamic conductor Xian Zhang and violinist Alina Pogostkina

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    4 April: Shostakovich and Prokofiev, RFH

    Shostakovich and Prokofiev, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall

    On 04 Apr 19

    A barnstorming symphony and virtuoso piano concerto are performed with Russian spirit by a soloist and conductor who share the composers' roots

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    The Best Classical Music this Autumn

    The Best Classical Music this Autumn

    The 10 must-hear concerts by London orchestras and visitors this autumn, featuring Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Mozart and more

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    Zurich International Orchestra Series, Cadogan Hall

    Zurich International Orchestra Series, Cadogan Hall

    The best orchestras on the planet head for London with exciting programmes and tremendous soloists. Book now for a world tour in music – here are our favourites

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    Half Six Fix, LSO, Barbican

    Half Six Fix, London Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists, Barbican

    13 Nov 18 – 27 Mar 19

    An hour's music is the perfect antidote to a demanding day, and starts the evening out in style

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    BBC Proms 2018: Core Classics

    BBC Proms 2018: Core Classics

    The symphonies and concertos no music-lover should be without, played live at the Royal Albert Hall

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    BBC Proms 2018: Music at the Edge

    BBC Proms 2018: Music at the Edge

    Tango, dub, rap, fusion... The classics give way to new dance and song rhythms in a number of Proms designed to cross musical barriers

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    6 Aug: The week's best BBC Proms

    6 Aug: The week's best BBC Proms

    A feat of musical memory, drama with the Jets and the Sharks, and an invitation to children to come and play

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    16 July: The Week's Best BBC Proms

    16 July: The Week's Best BBC Proms

    Symphonies at the heart of classical music and inventive new sounds herald the first whole week of Proms

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  • Last Chance

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    8 July: Voyager, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican

    Voyager, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican

    On 08 Jul 18

    When a traveller from another world arrives on Earth, its classical music helps her find her way – and guides her home

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  • Tried and Tested

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    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk review, Royal Opera House

    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk review ★★★★★, Royal Opera House

    12 Apr 18 – 27 Apr 18

    The scheming wife becomes a central character in her own right in Shostakovich's opera about frustration and infidelity

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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

    Wimbledon International Music Festival 2017: autumn concerts for all

    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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    Classical Music 

    A rare London residency for one of the world's leading orchestras

    Los Angeles Philharmonic, Barbican

    02 May 18 – 04 May 18

    Symphonies by Beethoven and Shostakovich, a Bernstein classic, and the first performance in Europe of an important new composition about our sense of place – spring highlights for 2018

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    Shostakovich counters the siege of his city with a blast of insuperable music

    Leningrad Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall

    On 27 Oct 17

    Music overpowers ideology in Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, while Beethoven reflects his own times in his 5th Piano Concerto

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    A heartbreaking violin concerto is played between two dramatic symphonies

    Memory of an Angel, Royal Festival Hall

    On 22 Feb 17

    There are intimations of mortality in the London Philharmonic Orchestra's concert – but music fights back with humour

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    Six concerts, each featuring a major concerto and landmark symphony

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall

    07 Feb 17 – 06 Jun 17

    With world-class playing and soloists, the RPO series would be a a wonderful introduction to concert-going

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    A brilliant first Covent Garden production for Shostakovich's comic opera

    The Nose ★★★★★ review, Royal Opera House

    20 Oct 16 – 09 Nov 16

    A new Royal Opera House dream team creates an evening of surreal comedy and satire

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  • Essential

    Classical Music 

    St Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Festival Hall

    St Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Festival Hall

    On 29 Jan 17

    Martha Agerich joins the Russia's greatest orchestra for a one-of-a-kind anniversary concert

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  • Essential

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    Takács Quartet, Wigmore Hall

    Takács Quartet, Wigmore Hall

    On 01 Feb 16

    The supreme string quartet return to London for a pair of diverse, intriguing concerts

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    Classical Music 

    Pavel Haas Quartet, LSO St. Lukes

    Pavel Haas Quartet, LSO St. Lukes

    On 04 Feb 16

    The award-winning Czech quartet return to London for an unprecedented second Radio 3 Lunchtime residency

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    Igor Levit, Wigmore Hall

    Igor Levit, Wigmore Hall

    On 05 Nov 15

    The startling pianist - praised as a revolutionary player - returns to Wigmore Hall to play Beethoven's Diabelli Variations

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    Shakespeare at 400, Barbican Centre

    Shakespeare at 400, Barbican Centre

    On 16 Feb 16

    The London Symphony Orchestra devotes three concerts to celebrating the Bard, with music inspired by his work

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    Your Essential Guide to the ENO 2015-2016 Season

    Your Essential Guide to the ENO 2015-2016 Season

    The English National Opera's new season will soon be open for booking. We select the highlights.

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