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Source: Boosey & Hawkes

Benjamin Britten’s imaginative response to music by John Dowland, Lachrymae was originally composed in 1948 for viola and piano. It was later arranged for viola and string orchestra towards the end of Britten’s life in 1976, and offers a window into his lifelong fascination with early music.

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Source: Boosey & Hawkes | Sikorski

From first hearing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Marin Alsop has been continually fascinated by the work’s universal drive for freedom.

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Source: Boosey & Hawkes | Sikorski

Conductor Semyon Bychkov explains how Dmitri Shostakovich can now be viewed as a miraculous survivor, coding into his works the fears and aspirations of the Soviet people.

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Trailer for Andreas Peer Kähler's adaptation of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (family concert version)

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