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Music made with & by people, where they live & work, is what keeps orchestral music alive & relevant: Orchestras Live’s 2026 Impact Review Day of Psalms curated by Edmund de Waal at Schwarzman Centre, Oxford culminates in Aurora Orchestra premiering Frideswides Psalms by Nico Muhly String instruments, they’ve been at the centre of my musical life for as long as I can remember. Samling Institute for Young Artists: Celebrating 30 years of transforming the landscape for classical singers growing up in North East England Here be monsters! Prologue Opera bring Jonathan Dove’s community opera The Monster in the Maze to Hastings

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Slipped Disc August 14, 2025

Tom Lehrer on Desert Island Discs

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The great satirist tells Roy Plomley he has ‘not that wide’ tastes in music.

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