classical music & opera
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4 March 1982: The Queen is given a cultural crash course in London’s new £153m arts centre
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English National Opera this week opens a new production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, his 1983 opera about the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. Tristram Kenton went along to watch rehearsals and capture the creation of what looks set to be a stunning production.
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Ottavio Dantone and the Accademia Bizantina's period instrument recordings of four Haydn symphonies are models of historical good taste
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He has been the soundtrack to everything from The X-Factor to This Is England. Iggy Pop, Ricky Gervais and Nicki Minaj love him. And his concerts are packed with young fans. Meet Ludovico Einaudi
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From the archive, 11 October 1920: Manchester Guardian music critic Samuel Langford reviews Holst conducting the Planets at Birmingham Town Hall
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Beethoven, Bach, Boulez and Björk... the conductor on the music and musicians that inspire him
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja: We all need madness in our worlds
Patricia KopatchinskajaRarely performed music by Robert Schumann, György Kurtág and Galina Ustvolskaya gets an outing at a festival exploring mental health and the arts -
After acclaim as an actor and director in The Thick of It and Veep, Chris Addison now has a stage role at Covent Garden
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Highlights of the centre’s 2016-17 season include a digital trip into an orchestra, a year-long festival examining music and belief, plus Radio 3 celebrates its 70th by moving in for a fortnight
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First person A hum about my ears: from the Titanic to the Tempest, by Clara Sanabras