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PooleMy First Ballet: Cinderella – English National Ballet

English National Ballet
Prokofiev: My First Ballet: Cinderella
George Williamson; English National Ballet; Rachael Canning; Stevie Mackie

BristolOn Tour in Bristol

London Symphony Orchestra
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Oratorio for soloists chorus and orchestra, Op.38
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Emily D'Angelo; David Butt Philip; William Thomas; London Symphony Chorus

PooleOrgan Symphony

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Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Boulanger
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Chloé van Soeterstède; Cédric Tiberghien

PlymouthBlaze of Glory!

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Hackbridge Johnson: Blaze of Glory!
James Southall; Caroline Clegg; Welsh National Opera; Elanor Higgins; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts; Feargal Mostyn-Williams

PlymouthThe Flying DutchmanNew production

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Tomáš Hanus; Jack Furness; Welsh National Opera; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Elin Steele
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Bach and Gluck resound in Bath Abbey with The Sixteen

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Large ecclesiastical buildings, with their hard surfaces and long high naves, are challenging for complex music like Bach’s.
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English Symphony Orchestra brings transparency to Strauss and Mahler

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Kenneth Woods directs a compelling, revelatory concert featuring chamber versions of Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. 
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Ning Feng’s Korngold is not quite a “Hollywood hit” in Poole

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Sian Edwards takes the helm of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Britten, Korngold and Dvořák, with mixed results. 
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Dorman’s Wahnfried receives its UK premiere at Longborough

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Longborough Festival Opera, built on Wagnerian foundations, stages the UK premiere of Avner Dorman’s ambitious cautionary tale about the Wagner clan and establishing the composer’s legacy. 
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A tribute to Holst at Gloucester Cathedral

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An eclectic evening of vividly communicative music-making in Gloucester Cathedral, superbly directed by Adrian Partington. 
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