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  • Composer and viola player Sally Beamish portrait, Brighton, 14 July 2025

    ‘My diagnosis was a blessing’: composer Sally Beamish on tackling the condition that ruined every joyful memory

    As she prepares to mark 70 with a birthday concert, the musician talks about her destructive mindset – and the steps she took to finally make sense of her life and music’s part in it
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  • This image released by Lionsgate shows Ryan Gosling, right, and Emma Stone in a scene from, "La La Land." The Producers Guild of America has nominated awards season favorites “La La Land,” “Moonlight” and “Manchester by the Sea” for its top award, as well as the R-rated superhero film “Deadpool.” Winners will be announced in a Jan. 28 ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Dale Robinette/Lionsgate via AP)

    Tom Service on music
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  • principal conductor Ryan Bancroft takes to the podium for his final concert in the title role at the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

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  • Figure Vespers Vivaldi’s Venice and the Ottoman Empire with Idrîsî Ensemble and Lestyn Davies (countertenor) at the Smith Square Hall

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  • 125th Anniversary Festival - Lise Davidsen -Soprano and James Baillieu - Piano. Wigmore Hall. Pictures by Richard Cannon on Sunday 31st May 2026

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  • Thomas Hampson and Ksenija Sidorova perform Schubert’s Winterreise at King's Place in London.

    Hampson and Sidorova review – style over substance with a whiff of the cruise ship

  • Holds the attention fast … Lahav Shani conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Dvořák: Symphony No 9 album review – Shani brings a natural freshness to a familiar work

  • Music that moves, chameleon-like, through styles … soprano Claire Booth and composer Colin Matthews.

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  • Caroline Shaw and Andrew Yee sit on a stage floor against red curtains and exposed brick

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  • Fabio Luisi in glasses and a black shirt stands with arms crossed in profile, viewed through curved sculptural forms

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  • Daniel Harding holds a baton mid-gesture while conducting, with sheet music on a stand

    News
    Los Angeles Philharmonic announces Daniel Harding as next music director

  • Felicity Lott (Marschallin), Angelika Kirchschlager (Octavian) in DER ROSENKAVALIER by Richard Strauss at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London in 2004 libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal conductor: Charles Mackerras director: John Schlesinger2BPP5TP Felicity Lott (Marschallin), Angelika Kirchschlager (Octavian) in DER ROSENKAVALIER by Richard Strauss at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London in 2004 libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal conductor: Charles Mackerras director: John Schlesinger

    Dame Felicity Lott obituary

  • David Munrow pictured in 1968.

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  • MTT byKristenLoken Michael Tilson Thomas

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