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Concert diary
Concerts coming up from the BBC Orchestras & Singers
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Fri 24 May 2013, 19:30
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Fri 24 May 2013, 19:30
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Sat 25 May 2013, 19:30
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Sat 25 May 2013, 19:00
Learn about music
Find out about the instruments of the orchestra, listen to choral music through the ages, and play some musical games.
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Trace the history of choral music.
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Radio & TV
Catch up on Radio & TV recordings past and present
Most recent
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6 days left to listenKatie Derham presents music by Wagner, Sibelius, Berlioz, Schoenberg and Humperdinck.
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5 days left to listenJonathan Swain presents music by Wagner, Berg, Webern, d'Indy, Bax, Mendelssohn and Weber.
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5 days left to listenJohn Shea presents performances from the Music in Paradise Festival in Poland.
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2 days left to listenJames Gaffigan conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Jonathan Lloyd, Brahms and Tippett.
Coming up
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22 May 2013 14:00–15:30BBC Radio 33/4. Katie Derham marks the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth with an excerpt from Parsifal.
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23 May 2013 00:30–06:30BBC Radio 3John Shea presents the Liege Philharmonic in concert with pianist Jean-Frederic Neuburger.
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24 May 2013 00:30–06:30BBC Radio 3Pianist Nelson Goerner in a recital of works by Schumann, Mozart and Chopin.
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27 May 2013 14:00–16:30BBC Radio 31/4. The BBC SO performs Beethoven and Dvorak. BBC Singers in Mathias, Philips and Finnissy.
A guide to the orchestra
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