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BBC Radio 3 asks amateur composers to write a tune to a Christina Rossetti poem for this year’s Breakfast Christmas Carol Competition

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RPS Awards launch first ever public vote in award for non-professional ensembles

Andrew Lloyd Webber recording session with an 80 piece orchestra at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. April 2021

Andrew Lloyd Webber to release album of orchestral arrangements of his musicals

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Emerson String Quartet to retire in 2023

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Last Night of the Proms programme announced, with additional screening of the concert in Coventry

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Iván Fischer receives Covid-19 vaccine while conducting on stage

Vilde Frang to now play the 1734 'Rode' Guarneri del Gesù violin

Vilde Frang to now play the 1734 ‘Rode’ Guarneri del Gesù violin

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Vladimir Jurowski awarded Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

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Aurora Orchestra to host immersive concert at Printworks London

Manchester Collective at WTLGI. Film still from Breaking Bread by Jessie Rodger

Manchester Collective to collaborate with leading restaurant in project bringing together food, drink and music

Alice's Adventures Under Ground by Gerald Barry;
Royal Opera House;
Covent Garden;
London, UK;

Alice - Claudia Boyle;

Conductor - Thomas Adès;
Music and Libretto - Gerald Barry;
Director - Antony McDonald;
Designer - Antony McDonald;
Lighting designer - Fabiana Piccoli;
Movement director - Lucy Burge;

Photo: © ROH photographer CLIVE BARDA;

Irish National Opera to release first official recordings with Signum Records

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A-level Music could ‘disappear’ from curriculum in just over a decade

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Suzy Klein announced as BBC’s new head of arts and classical music TV

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Largest collection of historical timpani in UK showcased by percussionist Adrian Bending

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UK musicians and performers will not need visas or work permits for short-term tours in 19 EU countries