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Classical for starters

It's never too late to discover live classical music. Take advantage of this hand-picked list of concerts featuring the best-known and most-loved music from the classical repertoire.
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  • Sun 8 Sep 2024

    • 19:30
      Prom 66: Chineke! play Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’
      Royal Albert Hall

      Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms with Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, Stewart Goodyear’s celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, and Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking ‘Pathétique’ Symphony.

      Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms with Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, Stewart Goodyear’s celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, and Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking ‘Pathétique’ Symphony.

      Programme

          • The Nutcracker Suite(24 mins)arr. Ellington & Strayhorn, arr. and adapted J. Tyzik
          • Callaloo – Caribbean Suite for piano and orchestra(28 mins)
            • interval
            • Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(46 mins)

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