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LSO/Pappano review – a serving of big-boned late-romantic symphonism

Barbican, London Pappano leads the LSO with terrifying finesse for Coleridge-Taylor, Strauss and Liszt works, in anticipation of his new role as chief conductor in 2024

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Aurora Orchestra/Collon review – Shostakovich of rage and precision

There was nowhere to hide in this compelling reading of the Russian composer’s 14th symphony, the centrepiece of a programme that also featured Mahler and Britten

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LSO/Thomas review – African American composers in the spotlight

Joel Thompson and Carlos Simon mixed music with urgent speech while Wynton Marsalis’s concerto liberated the tuba from its bridesmaid role

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David Miliband remembers ‘dignified, not stuffy’ Queen and how his wife and Condoleezza Rice serenaded her

Former British foreign secretary – who now leads International Rescue Committee – also spoke about need for humanitarian and climate movements to work together to help world’s most vulnerable

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Scramble for new royal figureheads begins among Britain’s arts organisations

Britain’s creative institutions are poised to compete for the most familiar faces to act as patrons – and maximise potential funding

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LSO/Rattle review – final season opens with British programme that sparkles

Elgar’s second symphony, sharp and startling and with its slow movement dedicated to a recently departed monarch, was paired with Frank Bridge and new music by Daniel Kidane for a vivid opening concert

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From See How They Run to Frozen Planet II: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re after a comic detective case or flabbergasting footage of frosty fauna, out critics have you covered for the next seven days

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Prom 2: Sinfonia of London/Wilson review – an incisive and exciting celebration of British music

John Wilson’s orchestra launched the celebrations of Vaughan Williams’ centenary, gave a fresh account of the Enigma Variations and played music by Walton, Bax and Huw Watkins

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Rattle review – transatlantic glitz and lithe elegance

Simon Rattle once again showed his affinity with Haydn before a distinct second half featuring a London premiere of John Adams and extrovert Gershwin works

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Dalkeith Fire Station could move to new site over roof safety fears

Concern over the safety of concrete panels blamed for a school roof collapsing have delayed repairs to fire station and forced bosses to consider alternatives, such as a joint station with other emergency services.

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The week in classical: Mavra/Pierrot lunaire; LSO/ Tilson Thomas; Gabrieli/ McCreesh

Covent Garden’s future stars make the most of a tricky double bill

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LSO/Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená, Barbican Hall review: A whirlwind tour through the Seven Deadly Sins

Kožená adriotly balances the two sides of singer-dancer Anna in a performance of Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht’s final project

Evening Standard

LSO/Roth review – vivid, violent and virtuosic premieres

Three UK premieres by Francisco Coll, Helen Grime and Joel Järventausta sat alongside two of Strauss’s symphonic poems in the latest LSO Futures concert

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London Symphony, Simon Rattle work with California students

Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra are on a California tour working with music students at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West

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The week in classical: The Golden Cockerel; LSO/Christophers: The Creation; Bath Festival Orchestra

ETO’s production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s satirical opera is uncomfortably timely; the Barbican celebrates its 40th with Haydn; and a 1962 work gets a long overdue UK premiere

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