Work: Symphony of Psalms

Soaring choral music precedes the arrival of Martha Argerich for a daredevil account of Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with RPhO Principal Trumpet, Alex Elia.

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Showing Orff: a rip-roaring Carmina Burana from Yamada and the CBSO

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Dominic Lowe, 27 Jul

Psalm 150 and a collection of outrageous 13th-century texts by boisterous young clergyman collide at the Royal Albert Hall in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Prom.

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ParisBarbara Hannigan conducts Ligeti and Stravinsky

On demand from Maison de la Radio et de la Musique: Auditorium, Paris, Until 10 Oct 23:59

Ligeti, Stravinsky

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Guillemette Daboval; Chœur de Radio France; Barbara Hannigan

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“A look in the mirror”: Stravinsky and Neoclassicism

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Roy Westbrook, 06 Apr

“Pulcinella was my discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible. It was a backward look of course – the first of many love-affairs in that direction – but it was a look in the mirror too.”