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GloucesterFaire is the Heaven

© Keith Saunders
Parry, Twist, Bliss, Ireland, Chance, Harris, Traditional, Bainton, Britten, Gardiner, Vaughan Williams
Brett Weymark; Sydney Philharmonia Choirs; Luke Mitchell

SydneyOpen Rehearsal with Stephen Layton

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Mozart, Tallis, Vaughan Williams, Rutter
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Stephen Layton; Samantha Clarke; Ashlyn Tymms; Andrew Goodwin; Simon Meadows

SydneyMozart’s Requiem with Stephen Layton

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Mozart, Tallis, Vaughan Williams, Rutter
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Stephen Layton; Samantha Clarke; Ashlyn Tymms; Andrew Goodwin; Simon Meadows
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Yamada's lightning strike electrifies Poulenc and Adams at the Proms

Lucas and Arthur Jussen with Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Pianist brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen spar with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Poulenc before John Adams’ epic Harmonium.
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Simone Young conducts Sydney Symphony in its first Gurre-Lieder

Simone Young conducts the Sydney Symphony © Dan Boud
Can a perfect performance of the stupendous Gurrelieder be anything other than five stars?
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Back with a bang: Rattle and the LSO begin their Australian tour

Sir Simon Rattle © Jay Patel
The LSO opens its three-concert Sydney stay with a panoply of colours and virtuoso orchestral playing in a programme of Adams, Debussy and Ravel, under the masterful leadership of Sir Simon Rattle
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Back from the brink: two sopranos rescue Florestan in Sydney

Simon O'Neill (Florestan) © Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Simone Young  is made of stern stuff. With 30 hours to go before the concert performance, her Leonore falls ill. Can the show go on? 
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Resurrection: Mahler resounds in the renovated Concert Hall

Simone Young marks the start of her tenure at the helm of the Sydney Symphony with a performance that showcases the outstanding acoustics of the renovated Concert Hall.
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Mahler’s dark and brutal Das klagende Lied in Sydney

As the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall closes for extensive refurbishment, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performs early, massive Mahler under Simone Young. 
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