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The summer of music also follows a national campaign launched in May by

the Association of British Orchestras and its 200 member organisations and
campaign partners to celebrate classical and orchestral music. Performances kicked
off on 27 June with London Philharmonic Orchestra composer-in-residence Tania
León teaming up with postgraduate choreographers from Trinity Laban to perform
new works for dance at London’s Southbank.

Later this week the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra will team up with
Beatles tribute band The Bootleg Beatles for a concert celebrating the 50 anniversary
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of The Beatles with all the classic late period hits. The performance begins at M&S
Bank Arena in Liverpool before travelling to The Glasshouse, Gateshead and Usher
Hall, Edinburgh.

This is followed by a free concert at London’s Trafalgar Square where the London
Symphony Orchestra (LSO) joins 50 young musicians from the LSO East London
Academy for a programme including Brahms’ Rondo alla zingarese and
Stravinsky’s Petrushka conducted by Duncan Ward.

The BBC Proms starts on 19 July featuring BBC’s own ensembles perform in a total of
38 Proms, and 20 orchestras from across the UK perform throughout the season until
14 September. This year BBC Proms returns to Gateshead for a weekend-long
residency at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music.

Alongside the BBC Proms, the summer of music will see orchestras
including Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal
Scottish National Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Ulster
Orchestra perform across outdoor venues with concerts featuring works by Wagner,
J S Bach and Osvaldo Golijov among others.