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Guy Barker
Guy Barker's new piece That Obscure Hurt will receive its premiere performance at Snape Maltings today in a concert that will be broadcast live on Radio 3. The work is inspired by a short story by...
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A peek backstage at the Proms issue cover shoot with violinist Joshua Bell!
The American virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell is on the cover of the July issue of BBC Music Magazine.And it's a Proms special, so where else to shoot the cover photo than at the Royal Albert Hall, home...
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Video: Oliver Condy meets Baroque violinist Rachel Podger
When James Naughtie interviewed the violinist Rachel Podger for BBC Music Magazine at the end of last year she said: 'I'm inspired by Bach because of the wholeness, the completeness of the music....
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JoAnn Falletta conducts Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige
You do not have flash installed. Please click here to download.Here's a clip from Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige, a three-part tribute to America's African-American heritage.The clip comes...
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Orion Weiss
Tell us about the recording- how did it come about? How did you put the programme together? I always love working with JoAnn Falletta and was overjoyed when she asked me to undertake this project with...
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Jamie Barton wins BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
The American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton has been named BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013 and has become only the second ever singer to win both the main competition and the Song Prize.Barton takes...
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George Lloyd
2013 marks the centenary of British composer George Lloyd, whose work features in two Proms this year – including in the famous Last Night. But how much do you know about his music?On this page, we...
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Download Le spectre de la rose from Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été
Robin Ticciati conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Karen CargillBerlioz’s Les nuits d’été was published in 1841 and this week’s download is the second movement from the piece, ‘Le...
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National Portrait Gallery becomes first gallery to boast a Choir in Residence
The usual quiet murmur of the National Portrait Gallery in London was broken by the sound of voices on Friday 28 June. The Portrait Choir is the first Choir in Residence to be installed at any gallery...
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New Britten app puts modern twist on the Young Person's Guide
A new iPad app aimed at introducing young children to the symphony orchestra through Britten's A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra has been unveiled to mark the composer's centenary.The app, which...
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Join us for an exclusive reader event at the Royal Albert Hall
We’re inviting you to an exclusive pre-concert reception – complete with a gin and tonic and canapés – at the Royal Albert Hall, before hearing one of the world’s best violinists live in concert.On 25...
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How to programme the First Night of the Proms
The BBC Proms 2013 are almost upon us! The First Night of the Proms is on 12 July and includes music by Britten, Rachmaninov, Lutosławski, Vaughan Williams as well as a new piece by Julian Anderson.But...
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Matthew Barley's Around Britten Blog: a cavern, a lighthouse and a monastery
June has been my favourite Around Britten month so far and it’s going to be a hard one to top, including, as it did, the tour of Scotland and two of the most interesting venues of the year: a cave and...
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Igor Stravinsky
Ahead of this weekend's performance of The Rite of Spring at the BBC Proms, find out more about Stravinsky, the style-conscious visionary…This weekend, on Sunday 14 July, Les Siècles orchestra...
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Download the third movement from Brahms’s First Symphony, conducted by Klaus...
The London Philharmonic Orchestra performsKlaus Tennstedt first conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1977 and became the orchestra’s principal conductor and music director in 1983.He once...
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The official classical chart
Week ending 13 July 2013RE1The Queen of HeavenThe Sixteen/Harry ChristophersCORO COR 16118Buy from Amazon Download on iTunes2Handel: Chandos AnthemsSusan Gritton (sop), Iestyn Davies (cten), Thomas...
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Proms diary: Doctor Who Prom
‘Attention humans, this Royal Albert Hall in now under Dalek control’ grates the instantly recognisable Dalek voice. ‘There is no escape from the Daleks. You must obey or be… exterminated!’ Two Daleks...
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Thomas Adès
Find out more about one of the greatest living composersThomas Adès's Totentanz receives its world premiere at this evening's BBC Prom in a performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by...
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Download Mozart Piano Sonatas performed by Noriko Ogawa
Listen to a track from Piano Sonata No. 10, K330For this week’s free download we’re offering a track from Noriko Ogawa’s first recording of works by Mozart – the opening movement of Piano Sonata No....
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Wagner's Ring cycle
This year's BBC Proms includes the first ever performance of Wagner's Ring cycle in a single season. But how much do you know about the monumental work? Find out in our online...
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