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The Return of 'Artaxerxes'

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Eighteenth-century Britain loved him, but few today appreciate the full talent of composer Thomas Arne. Conductor Ian Page wants to change that...
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The Turn of the Screw

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Until Mon Nov 9, English National Opera

Benjamin Britten's hauntingly atmospheric opera, based on Henry James's Victorian ghost story
Turandot

Until Sat Dec 12, English National Opera

Rupert Goold directs Puccini's tale of the icy princess who cruelly watches her suitors executed when they fail to answer her riddles

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Discover Mahler

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Sun Nov 8, LSO St Luke's

Find out more about the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler. The day begins with access to an LSO rehearsal in the morning at the Barbican Hall. Then the action...
GREAT PERFORMERS Les Arts Florissants/Agnew

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Sun Nov 8, Union Chapel

Les Arts Florissants directed by Paul Agnew performs Monteverdi's Sixth Book of Madrigals . (Part of the Les Arts Florissants thirtieth anniversary...
Matthias Goerne sings Mahler

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Sun Nov 8, Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus under Michael Tilson Thomas, with Matthias Goerne (baritone). Schubert's 'Rosamunde'; Mahler's Lieder...
Rach's Third Piano Concerto

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Sun Nov 8, Royal Festival Hall

Mikhail Pletnev conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra, with pianist Nikolai Lugansky. Tchaikovsky's Overture: 'Voyevoda'; Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3;...
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Sun Nov 8, Bargehouse

Something exciting is happening at Oxo Tower Wharf: the Philharmonia Orchestra have filmed each of its sections playing Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring',...

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