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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia
Sunday 28 June 2009 Sunday 28 June 2009

This concert marks the 200th anniversary of the Mendelssohn's birth.

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This concert marks the 200th anniversary of the Mendelssohn's birth.
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra MMSF
Tuesday 30 June 2009 Tuesday 30 June 2009

A performance by violinist Leonard Schreiber, award winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

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A performance by violinist Leonard Schreiber, award winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia
Tuesday 30 June 2009 Tuesday 30 June 2009

Brahms composed his Second Symphony in the summer of 1877 during a visit to the Austrian Alps.

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Brahms composed his Second Symphony in the summer of 1877 during a visit to the Austrian Alps.
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Royal Festival Hall
Brass & Choral Gala Concert
Tuesday 8 September 2009 Tuesday 8 September 2009

Celebrating the launch of the new International Centre for Brass & Choral Studies, University Centre Stratford, the evening includes performances from the award-winning Hayley Westenra, the...

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Celebrating the launch of the new International Centre for Brass & Choral Studies, University Centre Stratford, the evening includes performances from the award-winning Hayley Westenra, the stunning sounds of Roger Webster and the amazing versatile and entertaining Mnozil Brass with music for all the family and something for everyone.
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Royal Festival Hall
We'll Meet Again
Saturday 12 September 2009 Saturday 12 September 2009

70 years on, take a sentimental journey introduced by June Whitfield, with Gavin Sutherland, special guests and live orchestra as they perform a superb programme of commemorative classics to...

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70 years on, take a sentimental journey introduced by June Whitfield, with Gavin Sutherland, special guests and live orchestra as they perform a superb programme of commemorative classics to remember the World War II years.
The Clore Ballroom
Film: Nina Bernstein's A Total
Sunday 20 September 2009 Sunday 20 September 2009

In this moving personal memoir, Bernstein’s daughter Nina and her siblings share their complex emotions about their father and how they have brought his music and teaching legacy to new audiences...

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In this moving personal memoir, Bernstein’s daughter Nina and her siblings share their complex emotions about their father and how they have brought his music and teaching legacy to new audiences across the world.
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Royal Festival Hall
Mass Rally
Sunday 20 September 2009 Sunday 20 September 2009

Conductor Marin Alsop launches The Bernstein Project in spectacular style with a day-long celebration of the life and inspiration of Leonard Bernstein.

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Conductor Marin Alsop launches The Bernstein Project in spectacular style with a day-long celebration of the life and inspiration of Leonard Bernstein.
The Clore Ballroom
Scratch Orchestral Performance
Sunday 20 September 2009 Sunday 20 September 2009

A piece created in a day inspired by Bernstein’s music performed by participants of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain’s Open Day.

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A piece created in a day inspired by Bernstein’s music performed by participants of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain’s Open Day.
Purcell Room
YCAT Presentation Concert
Tuesday 22 September 2009 Tuesday 22 September 2009

Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) presents its new artists selected earlier in the year through a rigorous audition process.

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Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) presents its new artists selected earlier in the year through a rigorous audition process.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia
Tuesday 22 September 2009 Tuesday 22 September 2009

Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony is one of the composer’s symphonic masterpieces.Written just five months after the defeat of the German army at Stalingrad it is thought by many critics to be a more...

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Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony is one of the composer’s symphonic masterpieces.
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Royal Festival Hall
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday 23 September 2009 Wednesday 23 September 2009

One of America's oldest and most highly regarded orchestras perform some of the greatest works in the classical repertoire, with legendary conductor Bernard Haitink.

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One of America's oldest and most highly regarded orchestras perform some of the greatest works in the classical repertoire, with legendary conductor Bernard Haitink.
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Royal Festival Hall
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thursday 24 September 2009 Thursday 24 September 2009

Hear the symphonies that made these composers famous.

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Hear the symphonies that made these composers famous.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 25 September 2009 Friday 25 September 2009

A performance of Mahler's immense Resurrection Symphony.

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A performance of Mahler's immense Resurrection Symphony.
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Royal Festival Hall
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 26 September 2009 Saturday 26 September 2009

A performance of music by Mahler and Kurtag.

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A performance of music by Mahler and Kurtag.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Sinfonietta 27/09/09
Sunday 27 September 2009 Sunday 27 September 2009

John Adams is reunited with the London Sinfonietta for the UK premiere of his critically acclaimed 'sequel' to the 1993 Chamber Symphony (memorably recorded by the composer and the ensemble).

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John Adams is reunited with the London Sinfonietta for the UK premiere of his critically acclaimed 'sequel' to the 1993 Chamber Symphony (memorably recorded by the composer and the ensemble).
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today
Thursday 1 October 2009 Thursday 1 October 2009

Magnus Lindberg is one of the most exciting figures in the musical world today.

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Portrait of Magnus Lindberg conducted by Diego Masson and presented by Julian Anderson in conversation with Magnus Lindberg.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 1 October 2009 Thursday 1 October 2009

The Firebird, Stravinsky’s first commission from Sergei Diaghilev, assured the composer’s international fame.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky’s spectacular Firebird and the UK première of a new work by Magnus Lindberg
Purcell Room
Orchestra of St. Paul's
Monday 5 October 2009 Monday 5 October 2009

Katherine Broderick (winner of the 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Award) joins OSP for Mahler's Fourth Symphony in the beautiful chamber version by Erwin Stein, and legendary broadcaster Richard Baker...

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Katherine Broderick (winner of the 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Award) joins OSP for Mahler's Fourth Symphony in the beautiful chamber version by Erwin Stein, and legendary broadcaster Richard Baker narrates Peter and the Wolf.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 8 October 2009 Thursday 8 October 2009

A semi-staged performance of Berg’s operatic tour-de-force, Wozzeck, with live video by Jean-Baptiste Barriere (world premiere) concludes Esa-Pekka Salonen’s nine-month exploration of the music...

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The Philharmonia’s City of Dreams series concludes with Berg’s enormous operatic masterpiece Wozzeck.
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Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thursday 15 October 2009 Thursday 15 October 2009

Dvorak wrote his final symphony after moving to America in 1892.

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Nicola Benedetti plays Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, a sparkling Romantic showpiece.
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