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Steven Isserlis and Haydn's Cello Concerto in C

Friday 17 March 2017

Cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis shows us his Marquis de Corberon Stradivarius cello and chats about Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C which he performed with us at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
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Roger Montgomery on the Horn in Mahler 2

Tuesday 26 April 2016

Our Principal Horn Roger Montgomery demonstrates two of the different horns musicians were playing during the period Mahler was composing.
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The Four Seasons with Kati Debretzeni, pt 2: In Depth

Thursday 9 February 2017

The second of four films by Leader Kati Debretzeni taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
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The Four Seasons with Kati Debretzeni, pt 1: In Depth

Wednesday 8 February 2017

Leader Kati Debretzeni introduces the first of four films taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
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Max Mandel on Mozart and Michael Gordon

Thursday 5 May 2016

Principal Viola Max Mandel chats about Mozart and American composer, Michael Gordon.
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Martin Lawrence on Horns in Der Freischütz

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Horn player Martin Lawrence tells us about the ghostly sound of the horn in Weber's opera Der Freischütz.
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10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Franz Schubert

Friday 22 July 2016

Some little known facts about the great Austrian composer and his vast collection of work.
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Introducing... Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799)

Saturday 27 August 2016

A short introduction to the composer, conductor and virtuoso violinist, who was born in 1745 in the Caribbean, the son of a French aristocrat and his wife's African slave.
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Further listening: Simone Jandl

Monday 11 November 2019

So you've heard our Brahms: A German Requiem concert and you're hungry for more Brahms. Our co-principal viola Simone Jandl recommends four unique pieces Brahms wrote after a eureka moment later in his life.
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  • Composers
  • History and Theory of Music
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Rehearsing Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Thursday 28 November 2019

Leader Margaret Faultless gets her hands on the original concert programme for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis at Gloucester Cathedral on September 6, 1910.

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