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Turanaglila Turangalîla-symphonie
The Royal Festival Hall bursts with colour, as Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Messiaen's master-work.
opera
Zauberflote Die Zauberflöte - Cast B
Royal Opera House
Our reviewer returns for a second helping of Mozart, this time with Christopher Maltman, Kate Royal and Pavol Breslik.
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concerts
LPO London Philharmonic
Royal Festival Hall
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, while Christian Tetzlaff performs Brahms.
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recordings
Dvorak Symphony 9 Dvorak Symphony 9
Genuin
The Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen perform Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, under the authoritative direction of John Axelrod.
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features
Birtwistle A Feast of Birtwistle
Preview
Not one, not two, but three productions of operas by Harrison Birtwistle will grace London stages during the coming months.
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classical features
Olivier Awards Olivier Awards Opera Nominations
Surprises for some in the 2008 Olivier Awards nominations in the opera category which have just been announced.
Kate Royal Interview: Kate Royal
We talk to the soprano about her rise to fame and her Pamina in the Royal Opera's revival of Die Zauberflöte.
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opera reviews
Mikado The Mikado @ Coliseum, London
Jonathan Miller returns to direct the 12th revival of his popular Gilbert & Sullivan production, set not in Japan but 1930s England.
Butterfly Madam Butterfly Coliseum, London
Anthony Minghella's colourful production,with puppets, is revived for English National Opera.
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concert reviews
Basel Chamber Orchestra Basel Chamber Orchestra @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Sarah Connolly sings Berlioz's Les nuits d’été, while the Swiss orchestra play Mendelssohn and Sibelius under Paul McCreesh.
LPO/Jurowski LPO/Jurowski @ Royal Festival Hall, London
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the orchestra in Prokofiev, Turnage and Ravel, with Benedetto Lupo the piano soloist.
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classical recordings reviews
Mozart Concerti Mozart Concertos Vol.3 MDG Gold
Christian Zacharias performs Mozart's 17th and 18th piano concerti, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.
James MacMillan James MacMillan - The World's Ransoming LSO Live
Colin Davis conducts the LSO in two of MacMillan's masterpieces, including The World's Ransoming.
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bbc proms reviews
BBC Prom 72 BBC Prom 72
Anna Netrebko and Joshua Bell are soloists in this Last Night of the BBC Proms, with the BBCSO and Jirí Belohlávek.
BBC Prom 71 BBC Prom 71
James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in their second Prom, impress in works by Carter, Bartók and Brahms.
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PREVIEW:
A Feast of Birtwistle - Sir Harrison in London

OPERA REVIEW:
The Mikado back at the London Coliseum

OPERA REVIEW:
Die Zauberflote Cast B at the Royal Opera House

CONCERT REVIEW:
Messiaen's Turangalila at the Royal Festival Hall

CONCERT REVIEW:
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Brahms and Tchaikovsky

CD REVIEW:
John Axelrod does Dvorak's Ninth Symphony

EDITORS BLOG:
The Olivier Opera Awards - what do you think?

COMING SOON:
Kovacevich, Cadogan
Susan Graham, Wigmore
Glagolitic Mass, Barbican
Donizetti's Lucia, ENO
Peter Grimes, ON
Salome, ROH

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