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The London Symphony Orchestra was the first British orchestra, co-owned by its players. It also was the first British orchestra to tour abroad (1906). The Education centre, LSO St. Luke’s inaugurated in the year 2003 continues to inspire all different kinds of music lovers. Resident Orchestra at the Barbican,
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The Philharmonia Orchestra was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge. A self-governing orchestra since 1964, co-owned by its 80 members, has its digital projects at the fore-front. It is aimed towards wooing audiences to a live orchestra experience outside the concert hall. 2008 onwards, Esa-Pekka Salonen has been the principal
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It was a little over a month ago, on a cold rainy evening, that I was walking by the Milan Cathedral, making my way to La Scala to see Le Nozze di Figaro. From the breathtaking acoustics of the theatre to Mozart’s wonderfully heartwarming score, the complete experience was
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As a music lover, and if I take a leap forward to call myself a ‘connoisseur’, the opportunity to witness some of the big orchestral performances in London was a delightful experience! About the London Philharmonic Orchestra Founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932, the London Philharmonic Orchestra is resident
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Opening Concert at the Royal Opera House Mumbai | 21st October 2016 At the hundred plus year old ROH Mumbai, there was an air of anticipation. This was not the normal recital at the NCPA but an event to go down in history. The ROH was open to public in the
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Once a year, perhaps twice a year, one might get to a concert in London that goes down as a life-long memory of something extraordinary. The performance on the 29th September, 2016 at London’s Royal Festival Hall by the Philharmonia Orchestra of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex had precisely that
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A watershed period, the 10th anniversary performances of the world famous Symphony Orchestra of India. Beg, borrow or buy tickets for the remainder two concerts at the iconic new opera house in Mumbai – the Jamshed Bhabha theatre. This theatre is not to be confused with the Royal Bombay Opera House,
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Perhaps the superb double-spread wide-angled photograph of the Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd standing with his back towards the vastness of the Grand Canyon, holding his guitar flight case in anticipation, metaphorically prepares the listener for this, his third album, which features a surprisingly wide-ranging compendium of music. This image appears
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Video Credit: Petrovsky & Ramone – Dutch National Opera A review of Dutch National Opera’s innovative new offering I am running late. My plan to arrive at Weesperplien Station before 7pm to get to the theatre in time has gone awry. I prepare myself for the possibility of not being
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Arabella was born in ambiguity, in very many senses. It was conceived in an uneasy collaboration between Richard Strauss and his longtime librettist, the Austrian poet and philosopher Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Unhappy with the panning of their previous opera (Die ägyptische Helena) by the press because of the heavy
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I have attended so many classical music concerts, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to the Wiener Philharmoniker. But every time I step into a concert hall and listen to the musicians play the eagerly awaited first note, I am moved. I feel like I had forgotten what it is like
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There are some concerts that take listeners through more than just their own lives, to the universality of all lives lived. Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhaus Orchestra’s extremely intense performance of Mahler’s 3rd Symphony had precisely this effect, one which was fully in consonance with its composer’s
