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Ian Burrell: The rise of Asian radio
Salford :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Does the BBC need a national radio service solely devoted to Asian listeners? Three years ago the organisation's own bosses seemed to doubt it, earmarking BBC Asian Network for the chop in a programme of cost savings. While BBC 6 Music which was also
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AUDIO: "Passion" needed to be top musician
Salford :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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Passion" needed to be top musician 11 March 2013 Last updated at 16:22 Pupils from Alsager School in Cheshire were given access behind the scenes to the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in MediaCityUK, Salford. Dan, Martin and their fellow pupils listened
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BBC Philharmonic/Noseda/Bavouzet – review
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Maverick French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is among the most generous and indefatigable of performers, sometimes playing two works for piano and orchestra in an evening, rather than the usual one. Such was the case on this occasion, when he tackled
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In praise of … George Hurst | Editorial
London :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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Editorial George Hurst , who died at the weekend aged 86, was not one of Britain's superstar orchestral conductors. The allure of his long career never matched those of younger maestros whom he influenced, like Simon Rattle or Andrew Davies. Yet
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Conductor George Hurst dies at 86
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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Scottish conductor George Hurst dies at 86 Hurst (right) pictured with pianist Claudio Arrau in 1963 Conductor George Hurst, known for his work with the BBC Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony, has died aged 86. The son of a Romanian father and
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The xx team up with BBC orchestra
Salford :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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The xx team up with BBC Philharmonic The xx are due to release their second album Coexist in September Indie acts The xx and Richard Hawley are to perform with the BBC Philharmonic as part of a special concert series this autumn. The xx, who won the
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L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortileges; BBC Prom 33 – review
Ono :: Japan | 9 months ago
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Francois Piolino as Teapot and Elodie Mechain as Chinese Cup in L'enfant et les sortileges at Glyndebourne: near flawless'. Photograph: Simon Annand Artifice and technical perfection: chilling terms when applied to almost any work of art outside the
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Prom 33: BBC Philharmonic/Mena
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Though his Catholic faith has provided a central foundation of his output, and he has previously composed masses for liturgical purposes, James MacMillan 's new setting of the Credo, which received its premiere in this Prom by the BBC Philharmonic
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National Youth Orchestra; BBC Proms – review
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Vasily Petrenko at Birmingham Symphony Hall. Photograph: Andrew Fox for the Observer A few minutes into the National Youth Orchestra 's bravura end-of-year Summer Prom someone's mobile rang a
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Prom 21: Aldeburgh WO/Elder, ***; Prom 22: Keith/BBC Phil/Noseda, ****
Tōkyō :: Japan | 10 months ago
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Formed in Aldeburgh only a few weeks ago, and drawing in musicians from four continents, the Aldeburgh World Orchestra is the newest youth band to grace the Proms, and under Mark Elder's direction it gave a noble account of Britten's "Sinfonia da
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