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Academy of St Martin in the Fields

In October the orchestra accompanies the popular history podcast The Rest Is

History live, with hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook exploring the lives and
times of Mozart and Beethoven. November opens with Anastasia Kobekina

performing Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C.

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Aurora Orchestra

Gaelic music and the Highlands inspire the season opening, with a world premiere
for composer Donald Grant, who weaves together original songs and folk melodies.

In October, the orchestra continues its signature by-heart series with Stravinsky’s
1945 The Firebird suite performed without sheet music in an Orchestral Theatre

presentation, with commentary from presenter Tom Service, at London’s Queen
Elizabeth Hall. They’ll also take the piece on tour in Switzerland later in the month.

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Bach Choir

Handel’s Messiah can be heard in December, with a performance at Oxford’s
Sheldonian Theatre (where Handel himself presented some of his other oratorios in

1733).

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Stephen Hough joins Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft to open the season with
Brahms’s First Piano Concerto, while music by Grace Williams makes a welcome

appearance on the programme in November with the folk-inspired overture Hen
Walia. Schools from across Wales join the orchestra for a mass carol singalong in

Swansea and Wrexham in December.

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