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CoventryBritten’s War Requiem

© Garry Jones
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Irina Lungu; Andrew Staples; Christian Gerhaher; CBSO Chorus
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A meaningful Mahler 3 from the LPO and Sir Mark Elder

Sir Mark Elder, Alice Coote and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir © London Philharmonic Orchestra
One opera conductor gives way to another to play music by one of the greatest of all opera conductors: Mahler's mighty Third Symphony.
****1
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Urgency and splendour: Mahler 3 at the Proms

Sakari Oramo © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an electrifying account at the BBC Proms. 
*****
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A Glyndebourne Dream that works its sinister magic

Tim Mead (Oberon) and Liv Redpath (Tytania) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Photo: Tristram Kenton
A strong revival cast, conducted by Dalia Stasevska, demonstrate why Sir Peter Hall's 1981 vintage staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream is such a classic. 
****1
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Prom 4: Karabits and the BSO journey beyond the moon in a fast machine

Exhilarating Adams and insightful The Planets from the BSO and Karabits, with a Proms debut from Nemanja Radulović in Barber with great presence and warmth.
****1
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Stravinsky’s Perséphone brought to life by Adès and Barry

Glistening performances by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and combined forces under Thomas Adès bring to life Stravinsky’s Perséphone, with fiery premières of works by Adès himself and Gerald Barry.
****1
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Prom 31: An intoxicating La Damnation de Faust

An unapologetic treat at the Proms and a composition of immediate appeal.
****1
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