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A diverse selection of music has been brought together including a Max Richter premiere
Colin Currie is the soloist in this affectionate and entertaining work, while Nicholas Collon conducts the Hallé
Cellist Alban Gerhardt rose to the occasion despite breaking a string
The singer negotiated her way through the music with aplomb
Soprano Sarah Tynan took to the trapeze as a Britten song cycle combined with circus acrobatics
Musical standards were commendably high at the orchestra’s winter concert
A concert featuring the Aurora Orchestra that explored musical minimalism and the divine
A far-flung concert that included the UK premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Clarinet Concerto
The Aurora Orchestra draws on Couperin and The Beatles, Ligeti and R.E.M., the main work being Britten’s ‘Nocturne’
Augusta Read Thomas’s new work sounded unadventurous in comparison with older, rarely heard pieces
A bizarre late-night Prom programme was preceded by one of freshness and light
The composer was confirmed in this programme as a master manipulator of sound
Fiona Shaw’s staging admirably makes sense of Britten’s strange opera
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