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Feel every note, every emotion. Discover the power of the BBC Symphony Orchestra live in concert @BarbicanCentre. Mahler to Saariaho, Beethoven to Shostakovich – explore a season of classics and modern masterpieces. Book now: bbc.in/3XdcZRE
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Thanks to all who joined us last night @BarbicanCentre for a very special concert remembering Sir Andrew Davis. Sakari Oramo conducted Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, a work close to Sir Andrew’s heart. 🎧 Listen @BBCRadio3 on 9 Jan, then @BBCSounds 📷 Mark Allan
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The BBC Symphony Chorus was on magnificent form and we were joined by an outstanding cast of Dame Sarah Connolly, @DavidButtPhilip and Roderick Williams You can read more about Sir Andrew, including memories from our musicians, in our online programme: bbc.in/3ZPMwfs

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🎧 You can hear this concert tonight @BBCRadio3 from 7.30pm and @BBCSounds for 30 days 🎶
Rehearsals are well underway for tomorrow’s concert at @BarbicanCentre with conductor Hannu Lintu 🤩🎶 We’ve got four starry soloists for Haydn’s Nelson Mass, a vision of paradise from Canadian composer Samy Moussa, and in this clip you can hear a snippet of Ein Heldenleben featuring our leader @IgorYuzefovich 🎻 More info and tickets: bbc.co.uk/events/efzv9r 🎟️✨
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Rehearsals are well underway for tomorrow’s concert at @BarbicanCentre with conductor Hannu Lintu 🤩🎶 We’ve got four starry soloists for Haydn’s Nelson Mass, a vision of paradise from Canadian composer Samy Moussa, and in this clip you can hear a snippet of Ein Heldenleben featuring our leader @IgorYuzefovich 🎻 More info and tickets: bbc.co.uk/events/efzv9r 🎟️✨
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Love, betrayal, self-deception. You can hear our performance of @huang.ruo’s opera M Butterfly on @BBCRadio3 from 6pm this evening & @BBCSounds for the next 30 days 🦋 📷 Mark Allan
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Featuring a stellar cast @kangminjkim, Mark Stone, @BarronFleur , @CharneRochford, Kevin Burdette & @BBCSingers, stage direction by Kimberley Prescott and conducted by @carolynkuan.conductor 🙌
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Rehearsals for Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with @IGringolts and @oramsa are in full swing and sounding wonderful 🎻 Join us tomorrow @BarbicanCentre for this & music by Wagner, Strauss and Pejačević 🎟️ bbc.in/4ekigxf
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Join us @BarbicanCentre on Friday with @oramsa and @IGringolts for Szymanowski’s gorgeous Violin Concerto No. 1 plus Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration and Pejačević’s Overture in D minor 🎻 🙌 🗓️Friday 8 November 🎟️ bbc.in/4ekigxf
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We’re reeling from this evening’s concert with the marvellous @kirillgerstein and @oramsa 🤩 Tonight’s performance featured the music of two fierce non-conformists in two very different ways, Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz and Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni 🎶 Listen on @bbcsounds at 7.30 on 25 November 🎧
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The second symphony of Grażyna Bacewicz rings out during rehearsals for tonight’s concert at @BarbicanCentre 🤩 We can’t wait to share the stage with @oramsa and @kirillgerstein this evening for a feast of Busoni and Bacewicz 🎶 There are still a few tickets available! 🎟️✨ bbc.co.uk/events/efbd2m
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Rehearsals for tomorrow’s performance @BarbicanCentre of Busoni’s epic Piano Concerto are in full swing with the brilliant @kirillgerstein and our wonderful Chief Conductor @oramsa, and giving everyone a work-out! 🎹💪 Tickets from £12.50 bkg fee 🎟️ bbc.in/3NMMsq0
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We’re thrilled to have @kirillgerstein with us this week to perform Busoni’s extraordinary Piano Concerto @BarbicanCentre on Friday. Our Chief Conductor @oramsa conducts this epic work along with Grazyna Bacewicz’s Symphony No. 2 🙌 Join us if you can! 🎟️ bbc.in/3NMMsq0
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Final rehearsals in progress for @ruohuang’s M. Butterfly @BarbicanCentre and it’s going to be an evening to remember🦋 Here with @BarronFleur, Mark Stone, Carolyn Kuan & @BBCSingers Tix from £15 bkg fee 🗓️Fri 25 Oct 7.30pm 🎟️ bbc.in/3A0m9th
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Just two days to go to the UK premiere of @ruohuang’s opera M. Butterfly @BarbicanCentre We’ll be joined by conductor Carolyn Kuan, a superb cast and the @bbcsingers, so join us if you can! Fri 25 Oct 7.30pm Tix from £15 bkg fee 🎟️bbc.in/3A0m9th
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World premieres by Pete Letanka & @JoYaNdEaRs recorded recently at Maida Vale Studios and conducted by @mlynch.conductor are available now @BBCSounds 🎉 Commissioned by @TrinityC_L & @ABRSM & with @BLKLivesinMusic #BlackHistoryMonth 🎧 bbc.in/4fjq0AB
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What a night! An unforgettable evening @HackneyEmpire with Contains Strong Language. Congratulations and thanks to all involved - remarkable poets, brilliant conductor, presenters and composers! 💐💐💐 🎧 @BBCRadio3 & @BBCRadio4 in due course. Well let you know!
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Rehearsals sounding amazing for Contains Strong Language tonight at @HackneyEmpire. Keith Jarrett performing his and composer Ian Farrington’s E Note. 🎧 We’ll let you know when you can hear tonight’s performance on @BBCRadio3 & on @BBCRadio4’s The Verb.
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Our Feb-May Barbican concerts are now on general sale! 🎉 So much to look forward to incl. concerts with @oramsa & @DaliaStasevska & Total Immersion days on Pierre Boulez and Symphonic Electronics 🎶 Full season & to book: bbc.in/3YbZH8z
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It’s going to be a great evening! Join us @HackneyEmpire if you can. 🎟️ bbc.in/4dNahZq
Had a great time collaborating with the poet Keith Jarrett, composing an orchestral score to accompany his new poem. Concert tomorrow at @HackneyEmpire with @BBCSO.
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