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Brighton Dome and Festival Ltd

Brighton Dome, Concert Hall

Mon 11 May at 19:30

Rachmaninov PC2, Smyth, LeFanu, Saint-Saëns

Davison, Hsu, Brighton Youth Orchestra, East Sussex Youth Orchestra

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Mon 11 May at 18:20

Ndodana-Breen, Koapeng, Traditional

Uys, Bosch, McCormack, Dehnke, Lansdown, du Plessis, Ubuntu Ensemble

Het Concertgebouw

Concertgebouw: Main Hall

Mon 11 May at 20:15

Dvořák VC, Mahler 10, Järventausta, Strauss R.

Ollikainen, Faust, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Great Gatsby at Kansas City Ballet: dance like everybody’s watching

By Hilary Stroh

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Royal Danish Ballet’s Lady Macbeth: Akram Khan works his magic again

By Graham Watts

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From a ‘classical‘ symphony to Götterdämmerung with The Cleveland Orchestra

By Sam Jacobson

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