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Royal Festival Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 1 April 2009 Wednesday 1 April 2009

Tchaikovsky at last achieved calm and solace in the late 1880s, freed in part from the catalogue of personal upheavals and catastrophes that were besetting his private life and carving a tragic...

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Tchaikovsky at last achieved calm and solace in the late 1880s, freed in part from the catalogue of personal upheavals and catastrophes that were besetting his private life and carving a tragic path through his works.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia

Thursday 2 April 2009 Thursday 2 April 2009

One of Maazel's emotionally-charged trilogy of pieces forms the heart of each of these celebratory programmes (2, 5 & 7 April) that mark the 50th Anniversary of his first performances with the...

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One of Maazel's emotionally-charged trilogy of pieces forms the heart of each of these celebratory programmes (2, 5 & 7 April) that mark the 50th Anniversary of his first performances with the Orchestra.

Royal Festival Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 4 April 2009 Saturday 4 April 2009

1857, and Brahms began to follow his mentor Robert Schumann's advice, pointing his 'magic wand to where the power amassed in the orchestra and chorus would lend him its might'.

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1857, and Brahms began to follow his mentor Robert Schumann's advice, pointing his 'magic wand to where the power amassed in the orchestra and chorus would lend him its might'.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia

Sunday 5 April 2009 Sunday 5 April 2009

Music for Flute and Orchestra was commissioned by James Galway, this afternoon's soloist, after hearing Maazel's Music for Cello and Orchestra.

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Music for Flute and Orchestra was commissioned by James Galway, this afternoon's soloist, after hearing Maazel's Music for Cello and Orchestra.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia: Music of Today

Tuesday 7 April 2009 Tuesday 7 April 2009

Leading Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen writes music only when he feels compelled to do so. The music is evocative, wistful, sometimes humorous, always expressive and never wastes a note.

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Leading Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen writes music only when he feels compelled to do so.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia

Tuesday 7 April 2009 Tuesday 7 April 2009

Shostakovich composed his Fifth Symphony in 1937 under Stalin's Great Terror.

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Shostakovich composed his Fifth Symphony in 1937 under Stalin's Great Terror.

Royal Festival Hall

Orchestra of the Age of Enligh

Thursday 9 April 2009 Thursday 9 April 2009

The combination of tenor Mark Padmore and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has, in recent years, become synonymous with performances of Bach's St John Passion, developing a new approach...

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The combination of tenor Mark Padmore and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has, in recent years, become synonymous with performances of Bach's St John Passion, developing a new approach to the work informed by the music itself rather than accumulated wisdom or a figurehead conductor.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra MMSF

Thursday 16 April 2009 Thursday 16 April 2009

A performance by cellist Matthijs Broersma, award winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

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A performance by cellist Matthijs Broersma, award winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia

Thursday 16 April 2009 Thursday 16 April 2009

This concert is a journey through the extremes of human emotion and creativity.

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This concert is a journey through the extremes of human emotion and creativity.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Plaid and Supanggah Collaborat

Saturday 18 April 2009 Saturday 18 April 2009

Electronic music duo Plaid (AndyTurner and Ed Handley) are an established favourite in Warp Record's roster, and their long-awaited new album Scintilli is due out later this year.

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Electronic music duo Plaid (AndyTurner and Ed Handley) are an established favourite in Warp Record's roster, and their long-awaited new album Scintilli is due out later this year.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia

Sunday 19 April 2009 Sunday 19 April 2009

Brahms' Fourth Symphony is considered by many to be his 'magnum opus', described by Hans von Bulow as 'stupendous, quite original, quite new, individual and rock-like'.

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Brahms' Fourth Symphony is considered by many to be his 'magnum opus', described by Hans von Bulow as 'stupendous, quite original, quite new, individual and rock-like'.

Royal Festival Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 22 April 2009 Wednesday 22 April 2009

Whether you prefer your adjectives atmospheric (eloquent, beautiful, timeless) or musicological (meta-symphonic, allegorical, post-Mahlerian), the critical and analytical appraisals of Valentin...

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Whether you prefer your adjectives atmospheric (eloquent, beautiful, timeless) or musicological (meta-symphonic, allegorical, post-Mahlerian), the critical and analytical appraisals of Valentin Silvestrov's music unequivocally hail it as both unique and hugely enjoyable.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Orchestra of the Age of Enligh

Thursday 23 April 2009 Thursday 23 April 2009

It is easy for us to forget today that when Haydn first wrote his music it was not just for artistic endeavour, but also to earn a living and Haydn had to keep his audience - the buyers of his...

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It is easy for us to forget today that when Haydn first wrote his music it was not just for artistic endeavour, but also to earn a living and Haydn had to keep his audience - the buyers of his music, and the source of his income - in mind.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia

Thursday 23 April 2009 Thursday 23 April 2009

Composed whilst Schumann was teetering on the edge of physical and mental breakdown he described his Second Symphony to a friend as representing his struggle against a 'dark period...

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Composed whilst Schumann was teetering on the edge of physical and mental breakdown he described his Second Symphony to a friend as representing his struggle against a 'dark period.

Purcell Room

Sounds of The City

Friday 24 April 2009 Friday 24 April 2009

This concert marks the conclusion of a collaborative project between the London Sinfonietta and the Academy’s Composition Department.

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This concert marks the conclusion of a collaborative project between the London Sinfonietta and the Academy’s Composition Department.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

London Sinfonietta & Orchestra

Friday 24 April 2009 Friday 24 April 2009

The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment revive Heiner Goebbel's theatrical portrait of domestic life during World War Two.

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The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment revive Heiner Goebbel's theatrical portrait of domestic life during World War Two.

Royal Festival Hall

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 25 April 2009 Saturday 25 April 2009

Even on his first symphonic steps, the Mahler of the Sixth and Ninth Symphonies is discernible.

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Even on his first symphonic steps, the Mahler of the Sixth and Ninth Symphonies is discernible.

Purcell Room

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 29 April 2009 Wednesday 29 April 2009

This evening the Foyle Future Firsts, the Orchestra's outstanding young apprentice musicians, come together to play music by three masters of the 20th century.

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This evening the Foyle Future Firsts, the Orchestra's outstanding young apprentice musicians, come together to play music by three masters of the 20th century.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia MMSF 30/04/09

Thursday 30 April 2009 Thursday 30 April 2009

A recital by the octet, Liquid Architecture, an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

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A recital by the octet, Liquid Architecture, an award-winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

Royal Festival Hall

Philharmonia

Thursday 30 April 2009 Thursday 30 April 2009

Rachmaninov once expressed the view that, 'A composer's music should express the country of his birth, his love affairs, his religion, the books that have influenced him, the pictures he loves.

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Rachmaninov once expressed the view that, 'A composer's music should express the country of his birth, his love affairs, his religion, the books that have influenced him, the pictures he loves.