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  • Acland Burghley
  • Education

When it's good to be loud!

Tuesday 26 November 2024

We’ve just released our 2023/24 ‘Annual Review’ of our Education work. Discover the impact we’ve been having from Durham to Plymouth.
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  • Composers
  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

Tuesday 5 November 2024

We explore the mysteries surrounding Bach's Brandenburg Concertos including its uncertain origin and unusual instrumentation showcasing Bach's compositional ingenuity, with each concerto offering unique and unprecedented musical challenges.
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  • Composers
  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

Heroes and Rebels

Monday 24 February 2025

Laura Tunbridge, Professor of Music at the University of Oxford and author of Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces (Viking, 2020), explores Beethoven's Eroica symphony and Violin Concerto.
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  • Composers
  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

The trouble with Fanny

Friday 14 March 2025

Jessica Duchen sat down with Fanny Mendelssohn's three-times-great-granddaughter, the filmmaker Sheila Hayman to talk about history's neglected female composers.
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  • Composers
  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

Everything You Need to Know Before Going to a Concert

Tuesday 7 January 2025

Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and director, Chris Addison tells us exactly what we need to know before coming to classical concert.. and it might not be at all what you'd expect!
Photo of Anton Bruckner
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  • Composers
  • Southbank Centre 2024-25

Interpreting Bruckner's Fifth Symphony

Thursday 10 October 2024

We explore Anton Bruckner's enigmatic persona and his music's associations with religious, metaphysical, and mystical experiences.
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  • Artists
  • Composers
  • History and Theory of Music

Sir András Schiff on Schumann and Mendelssohn

Thursday 8 May 2025

Jessica Duchen sat down with András Schiff to talk about composers Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn.
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  • Education

The Education Diaries: March 2025

Monday 24 March 2025

Last month, our musicians performed an incredible 10 concerts for children in schools and concert venues across London in 5 days. 

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