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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in South-West, United Kingdom

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TruroBRB2: Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration

Birmingham Royal Ballet
Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Poulenc, Weber, Stravinsky
Mikhail Fokine; Bronislava Nijinska; BRB2

CheltenhamEnglish Symphony Orchestra’s Cheltenham Residency - Julian Bliss plays Copland, plus Elgar, Mahler, Schoenberg, and Matthew Taylor

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Elgar, Taylor, Copland, Mahler, Schoenberg
English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods; Julian Bliss

DartingtonLondon Chamber Ensemble Quartet - English Music Festival

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Alwyn, Wood, Delius, Howells
London Chamber Ensemble; Madeleine Mitchell; Gordon MacKay; Bridget Carey

SwindonMy First Ballet: Cinderella – English National Ballet

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

BristolSir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe

London Symphony Orchestra
Gerhard, Strauss R., Mahler
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle; Lucy Crowe
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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. 
***11
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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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