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All aboard as we chart an unlikely course through the world of sea shanties, encountering classical, folk and contemporary works along the way.
Two classics of the orchestral repertoire contrast with a heartfelt recent work by our Featured Composer Gabriela Ortiz.
Zvonimir Hačko conducts the period-instrument Hanover Band in Beethoven's iconic and much-loved Ninth Symphony, preceded by Schumann's Piano Concerto with the virtuosic pianist Danny Driver. Beethoven's thrilling Egmont Overture opens the concert.
Join leading South London choir, Streatham Choral, for a performance of Haydn's The Creation. Inspired by Handel's oratorios heard during visits to London, Haydn's magnificent 1798 masterpiece glorifies the wonder of the first dawn.
In 1907, two of the greatest symphonic composers, Mahler and Sibelius, debated the symphony’s future, with starkly contrasting views. This programme explores this great debate through two symphonies that highlight the composers’ contrasting philosophies: Mahler's Fourth and Sibelius' Seventh.
