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  <title>Pat Metheny - The Orchestrion Tour  on 10 Feb 2010</title>
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Guitar icon Pat Metheny premieres his incredible new project, a live show like no other. 

Using robotic technology, Metheny has created an Orchestrion, a group of 25 mechanical instruments that play bass, guitar, marimba, percussion - all controlled by Metheny from his guitar, through the use of computer software. An extraordinary chance to hear a full suite of music composed and played by Metheny alone. 

Visually amazing to experience and totally ground-breaking technologically, this concert introduces a revolutionary way to produce and experience music. Metheny will also perform solo.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Sarah Chang  on 12 Feb 2010</title>
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Brahms Sonatensatz
Brahms Sonata in D minor for Violin and Piano
Christopher Theofanidis Fantasy (UK premiere)
Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano

Sarah Chang violin
Andrew von Oeyen piano

In the last decade or so Sarah Chang has emerged from being an astonishingly talented child prodigy into one of today's most gifted and engaging violinists. This evening's programme sees her perform two of the most lyrical sonatas in the Romantic repertoire.

Brahms's D minor Violin Sonata was the last of the composer's three violin sonatas, and the only one in four movements. Franck's substantial Violin Sonata is a beguiling piece of chamber music, with a final movement that offers one of the most delightful pieces of violin/piano dialogue in the repertoire. The work is arguably as well known today in its cello version – as performed on the Barbican stage last season by Yo-Yo Ma – but the original is every bit as sublime.

The programme also features a UK premiere by the American composer Christopher Theofanidis, a musician with a special affinity with Chang's playing, having recently written a concerto for her.

Tickets: £9 / 13 / 17 / 22.50 / 28

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Murray Perahia on 18 Feb 2010</title>
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Programme to be confirmed
Murray Perahia Piano

Pianist Murray Perahia has been a leading figure of the piano for three decades now. During this time he has left a remarkable legacy of searching and inspired performances, in repertoire whose highlights embrace the great masters of the keyboard, not least Bach, Mozart and Chopin.

Few pianists – few, indeed, musicians – garner as much respect, radiate as much humility and generosity of spirit or unfailingly offer performances of such guaranteed virtuosity and intelligence as does Perahia. His collaborations with other leading musicians have ranged from, early in his career, accompanying the great English tenor Peter Pears in lieder, to more recently touring throughout the world with the Academy of St Martin's in the Field, of which he is Principal Guest Conductor.

Tickets: £11 / 16.50 / 21 / 28 / 35

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>African Soul Rebels on 20 Feb 2010</title>
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The African Soul Rebels tour returns with a triple bill of the continent's finest talent.

Malian diva and taboo-busting protest singer Oumou Sangare returns following her sold-out Barbican show last April where she premiered material from her Seya release.

Benin's vodoo/ funk sensation Orchestre Poly Rythmo return following their triumphant Barbican debut in September when they wowed audiences with their afro-infused psychadelia and James-Brown influenced funk.

Plus a rare UK appearance of the Kalahari Surfers whose music ranges from dub rhythms to political avant-garde rock. Featuring Lesego Rampolokeng.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Philip Glass - LIFE: A Journey Through Time  on 21 Feb 2010</title>
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Marin Alsop conducted the premiere of this breathtaking multimedia work in Santa Cruz in 2006. Philip Glass adapts the music from sources including several of his acclaimed film scores: among them La Belle et La Bête, Dracula and Les Enfants Terribles]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma on 26 Feb 2010</title>
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Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op 70
Schumann Five pieces in folk style
Peter Lieberson Remembering Schumann (UK premiere)
Chopin Polonaise Brillante Op 3
Schumann Fantasiestucke Op 73
Chopin Cello Sonata in G major Op 65

Yo-Yo Ma cello
Emanuel Ax piano

Few chamber collaborations have been so well documented on disc as that of pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Chamber music collectors will therefore already know what to expect from this concert: instinctive teamwork, dynamic engagement and musical excellence.

The few works that Chopin wrote for cello hint at what might have been had he applied his lyricism to the dark tones of the instrument more often. Schumann's temperament is equally well-suited to the cello as his concerto for the instrument reveals. Having studied the cello as a youth, his very last pieces (subsequently destroyed) were written for it. While only one of tonight's pieces – the Five pieces in folk style – was actually composed for cello, on both of the others Schumann named the cello as an acceptable alternative.

Peter Lieberson is the first of the three composers in this Barbican series to take Schumann and Chopin as the starting point for a new work.

Tickets: £12 / 18.50 / 25 / 35 / 45 

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Nitin Sawhney &amp; LSO: Yogoto No Yume on 1 Mar 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Coming up in March 2010, this thrilling new score from Nitin Sawhney is performed live by London Symphony Orchestra to Japanese director Mikio Naruse’s 1933 silent film Nightly Dreams.

This soundtrack project sees Nitin Sawhney create a soundscape for the 1933 silent feature Yogoto No Yume by esteemed Japanese director Mikio Naruse. A cutting-edge film of its time, it made repeated use of montage, a fractured chronology, and frequent close-ups. 

‘I am excited to be developing my live film compositions for the LSO with a new work for Naruse’s powerful 1933 melodrama, Yogoto No Yume. 

Naruse’s stylish cinematography, centred around the tragic world of Japanese barmaid, Omitsu, expresses a hypnotically arresting contemporary social realism that is a gift to score.' Nitin Sawhney

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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on 2 Mar 2010</title>
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Beethoven Symphony No 6 'Pastoral'
Debussy La mer
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conductor

The Vienna Philharmonic ranks among Europe's musical aristocracy, its history having seen it form intimate bonds with such eminent figures as Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, Karl Böhm and Herbert von Karajan. Its relationship with the conductor Lorin Maazel is a long and distinguished one - he first conducted the orchestra back in 1962.

Tonight's works are all masterpieces of impressionistic orchestral writing, using rich textural colour to depict the wilds and beauty of nature. Shepherds lurk and storms rage in Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony, while in La Mer Debussy paints vivid and stirring impressions of the sea.

Arcadian delights are no less bewitchingly conjured up in Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, the first of two scores to be performed on this visit (Stravinsky's Rite of Spring features tomorrow) that owe their origins to the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev.

Tickets: £12 / 18.50 / 25 / 35 / 45

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on 3 Mar 2010</title>
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Bruckner Symphony No 3 (1873 version)
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel Conductor

The Vienna Philharmonic – one of the world's most distinguished orchestras, here conducted by Lorin Maazel – perform two works which both suffered inauspicious beginnings.

When Bruckner asked Wagner if he might dedicate one of two symphonies to him, it was this – his Third – that Wagner chose. It did not meet with approval from the Vienna Philharmonic, however, and it was only in 1877, after substantial revision, that they performed it. It was a disaster, though Bruckner later revised it again, finally meeting with success. But it's the composer's original vision of the work, the one which so impressed Wagner, that we hear tonight.

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring's premiere was also catastrophic though in a different way – in its case it was the shock of the new that made the 1913 performance such a scandal. In the years since it has acquired the status of one of the most iconic pieces of 20th century music. 

Tickets: £12 / 18.50 / 25 / 35 / 45

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Emanuel Ax on 5 Mar 2010</title>
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Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie Op 61
Thomas Adès Three Mazurkas (UK premiere)
Schumann Fantasie Op 17
Schumann Fantasiestucke Op 12
Chopin Four Mazurkas Op 41
Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op 22

Emanuel Ax piano


Chopin's voice is one of the best-loved and most recognisable in the piano repertoire. Though associated with the Parisian salons, the Polish-born composer never forgot the spirit of his homeland, as his Mazurkas reveal. Like Chopin, pianist Emanuel Ax was born in Poland, and his relationship with the composer's music has been a long and inspiring one.

Schumann, who famously said of Chopin “Hats off gentlemen, a genius!”, was also a master of the piano. Like Chopin he died tragically young, in his case having spent his last years in an asylum, leaving the world a repertoire of often unbearable poignancy. This evening's pieces come from the earlier part of his career.

Tickets: £9 / 13 / 17 / 22.50 / 28

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Doctor Atomic Symphony (UK premiere) on 7 Mar 2010</title>
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Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Sibelius Symphony No 6
John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony (UK premiere)

London Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conductor

Tickets: £7 / 13 / 19 / 25 / 32

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Portico Quartet at Barbican Centre, London on 8 Mar 2010</title>
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Described as being like an Indy band that plays post-jazz, Portico Quartet play melodic, rhythmic music that mixes the inspiration of Philip Glass and Steve Reich with a very contemporary kind of jazz improvisation. It’s the blend of ethereal saxophone, the steel pan-like Hang, clattering drums and earthy double-bass that gives their music it’s unique, beautiful sound. Their dance friendly brand of hook-laden, post-jazz was honed busking across Europe and playing in unusual spaces; churches, galleries, chill-out zones and has earned them a cult following. They have created an inimitable sound that has been compared to the Penguin Café Orchestra, E.S.T and The Cinematic Orchestra amongst others. Isla is out now on Real World Records.

'Try to imagine the coolest film never made. We mean really cool. Steve McQueen and Samuel L, on 'Easy Rider' choppers, in a French film-noir spy film, infiltrating a Yakuza Samurai cult. Portico Quartet would provide the soundtrack.' Channel 4.com

'A strikingly original sound.' The Times]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Songs in the Key of London on 9 Mar 2010</title>
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Chris Difford, Blaine Harrison, Jools Holland, James Hunter, Mike Lindsay & Becky Jacobs (of Tunng), Natty, Rico Rodriguez, Chas Smyth, Suggs, Glenn Tilbrook, Kathryn Williams & more

Chelsea Mornings, Waterloo Sunsets and Rainy Nights in Soho.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>JS Bach Mass in B Minor on 10 Mar 2010</title>
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JS Bach Mass in B minor

The Sixteen
Harry Christophers conductor
Gillian Keith soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Roderick Williams baritone 

In trying to find words to describe the sheer wonder and remarkable power of Bach's B Minor Mass one quickly runs out of superlatives. Scholars debate as to whether Bach ever imagined it being performed complete, about quite how he ever thought it could fit into either the Lutheran or Catholic traditions, and the extent to which he might have seen it as a summation of his life's work. All of which is fascinating, but none of which should distract from the work's majesty, the profound journey it takes us on through episodes of striking power and intimacy, f rom the penitential Kyrie, through to the life-affirming Sanctus and the reflective grace of the Agnus Dei.

Harry Christophers and his choir The Sixteen have for 30 years made the case for Early Music as being music for today – those who have followed their performances have been richly rewarded.

Tickets: £11 / 16.50 / 21 / 28 / 35

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>City Noir (European premiere) on 11 Mar 2010</title>
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Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Debussy orch Colin Matthews Preludes
John Adams City Noir (European premiere)

London Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conductor
Jeremy Denk piano

Tickets: £7 £13 £19 £25 £32

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  <title>Emanuel Ax and Dawn Upshaw on 12 Mar 2010</title>
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Osvaldo Golijov Rahel (UK Premiere)
A selection of solo piano works for Schumann and Chopin
Chopin, Opus 74
Zyczenie No 1
Smuta rzeka No 3
Gdzie lubi No 5
Precz z moich oczu! No 6
Melodia No 9
Moja Pieszczotka No 12
Nie ma czego trzeba No 13
Schumann
Widmung No 1, Op 25 
Singet nicht in trauertönen No 7, Op 98a
Die Blume der Ergebung No 2, Op 83
Hei? mich nicht redden No 5, Op 98a
Jemand No 4, Op 25
Er ist's No 23, Op 79
Nachtlied No 1, Op 96
Röselein, Röselein, No 6 Op 89

Emanuel Ax Piano
Dawn Upshaw Soprano

More even than the Mazurkas and Polonaises – both Polish dance forms – Chopin's songs capture the essence of his affection for his homeland. All of them – and only 19 survive – set poetry by Polish writers, all of whom were Chopin's contemporaries. Not published by the composer, and only composed as and when he felt sufficiently inspired, they perhaps offer an intimate glimpse into his private thoughts. His Nocturnes, beautifully-crafted miniatures, are rightly among the most treasured pieces in the piano repertoire.

That is a place undoubtedly held by Schumann's songs within the lieder repertoire. His skill for capturing the essence of a text, of instantly evoking the appropriate atmosphere – whether light-hearted or introspective – is almost unrivalled among Romantic composers.
Osvaldo Golijov – the final composer in this series to write a work inspired by Chopin and Schumann – draws on eclectic musical and cultural references for inspiration, as well as on the voice of soprano Dawn Upshaw, who joins Emanuel Ax for this evening's concert.

Tickets: £9 / 13 / 17 / 22.50 / 28

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  <title>The Magnetic Fields at Barbican Centre, London on 22 Mar 2010</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Christine Sch&#xE4;fer, Matthias Goerne and Hilary Hahn on 23 Mar 2010</title>
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Munich Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich conductor
Hilary Hahn violin
Christine Schäfer soprano
Matthias Goerne baritone


Soprano Christine Schaefer and baritone Matthias Goerne are among today's pre-eminent Baroque singers, though both are equally acclaimed in music of later eras. The Munich Chamber Orchestra share this hallmark – and in all three cases this wide experience feeds into highly communicative performances.

Tickets: £9 / 13 / 17 / 22.50 / 28

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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Angels in America on 26 Mar 2010</title>
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Peter Eötvös Angels in America (UK premiere)

Mari Mezei libretto
Based on the play by Tony Kushner

BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson conductor
David Adam Moore Prior Walter
Scott Scully Louis Ironson
Omar Ebrahim Joseph Pitt
Brian Asawa Mr Lies
Janice Hall Hannah
Kelly Anderson Roy Cohn
Julia Migenes Harper Pitt
Ava Pine Angel 

Tickets: £9 / 13 / 17 / 22.50 / 28 

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1304929+Angels+in+America</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1304929</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-03-26T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-03-26T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tomasz Stanko plays the music of Krysztof Komeda on 27 Mar 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1368928+Tomasz+Stanko+plays+the+music+of+Krysztof+Komeda</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1368928</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-03-27T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-03-27T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title>Abdullah Ibrahim at Barbican Centre, London on 30 Mar 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1354814+Abdullah+Ibrahim+at+Barbican+Centre+on+30+March+2010</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1354814</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-03-30T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-03-30T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title>The Triffids at Barbican Centre, London on 9 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1346189+The+Triffids+at+Barbican+Centre+on+9+April+2010</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1346189</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-09T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-04-09T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title>Delusion on 15 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Fusing violin, electronic puppetry and music, Delusion is a story about longing, memory and identity. Jumping between the everyday and the mythic, in a world full of nuns, elves, golems, ghost ships, archaeologists and dead relatives, a complex tale is told, introducing a host of imaginary guests…


Conceived as a collection of short mystery plays, Anderson employs a series of altered voices telling her narrative through colourful, poetic and pictorial language.

At the heart of Delusion is the pleasure of language yet a suspicion that the world might be made entirely of words. You begin with a blank mind…]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1375650+Delusion</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1375650</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-15T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-04-15T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title> Dee Dee Bridgewater 2010: To Billie Holiday with Love - A Celebration of Lady Day on 16 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

In 2010, one of today’s greatest jazz voices pays tribute to her greatest inspiration, the immortal Billie Holiday. Dee Dee’ Bridgewater's daughter China Moses opens with a set dedicated to Dinah Washington.

Grammy- and Tony Award-winning artist, a producer and a UN Ambassador, Dee Dee Bridgewater]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1395693++Dee+Dee+Bridgewater+2010%3A+To+Billie+Holiday+with+Love+-+A+Celebration+of+Lady+Day</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1395693</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-16T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-04-16T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title>Delusion on 17 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Fusing violin, electronic puppetry and music, Delusion is a story about longing, memory and identity. Jumping between the everyday and the mythic, in a world full of nuns, elves, golems, ghost ships, archaeologists and dead relatives, a complex tale is told, introducing a host of imaginary guests...

Conceived as a collection of short mystery plays, Anderson employs a series of altered voices telling her narrative through colourful, poetic and pictorial language.

At the heart of Delusion is the pleasure of language yet a suspicion that the world might be made entirely of words. You begin with a blank mind…]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1372037+Delusion</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1372037</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-17T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-04-17T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title>Andreas Scholl on 19 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Oswald von Wolkenstein Collection of Lute songs

Andreas Scholl countertenor
Shield of Harmony
Crawford Young lute
Kathleen Dineen voice / harp
Margit Uebelacker dulce melos
Marc Lewon vielle / lute / chekker 

Tickets: £11 / 16.50 / 21 / 28 / 35 

Visit http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=8580]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1304936+Andreas+Scholl</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1304936</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-19T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-04-19T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title>The Whale Watching Tour on 20 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

The four singular artists behind the Bedroom Community record label take their music into the concert hall with The Whale Watching Tour. 

Disparate musical backgrounds will coexist and collide as all the artists contribute to each other's music on stage. The set will flow undivided between Muhly's restless and beautiful modern compositions, Sigurdsson's precise acoustic-electronica, Frost's vast soundscapes and Amidon's haunting murder ballads.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1323492+The+Whale+Watching+Tour</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1323492</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-20T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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<item>
  <title>Thomas Ades in Recital on 20 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Janacek - Along an Overgrown Path - Book 2
Liszt / Wagner - Isoldes Liebestod
Prokofiev - Sarcasmes
Schubert - Allegretto in C minor
Adès - Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face (UK premiere)
Beethoven - Op 126 Bagatelles

For more info, visit http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=8786]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1310326+Thomas+Ades+in+Recital</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1310326</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-20T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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<item>
  <title>Kid Creole &amp; the Coconuts at Barbican Centre, London on 22 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1401863+Kid+Creole+-+the+Coconuts+at+Barbican+Centre+on+22+April+2010</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1401863</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-22T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-04-22T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>I went to the house but did not enter on 28 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter is a staged concert in three tableaux, composed by Heiner Goebbels and magnificiently performed by the world-famous Hilliard Ensemble.

The tableaux are dedicated to four key twentieth-century literary texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett. Although markedly different, each text focuses on a fragmented and anonymous protagonist, an anti-hero who embarks on a journey to everywhere and nowhere.

Through imaginative staging and a wonderfully restrained vocal presence that is strikingly different from the performance style often found on the operatic stage, the four singers bring each story vividly to life.

Performance time: 19:45
Running time: 105mins / plus interval
Latecomers will not be admitted

Concept, music and direction Heiner Goebbels
Stage design and light Klaus Grünberg

Produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland )

Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival 2008 ( UK); schauspielfrankfurt (Germany); Teatro Comunale di Bolzano / Stadttheater Bozen (Italy); Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxemburg); Musica, festival international des musiques d’aujourd’hui de Strasbourg (France)

Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA); Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover (USA)

With the support of Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council

barbicanbite10 would like to thank the Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain and the Goethe-Institut London for their support

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2008]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1313018+I+went+to+the+house+but+did+not+enter</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1313018</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-28T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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<item>
  <title>I went to the house but did not enter on 29 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter is a staged concert in three tableaux, composed by Heiner Goebbels and magnificiently performed by the world-famous Hilliard Ensemble.

The tableaux are dedicated to four key twentieth-century literary texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett. Although markedly different, each text focuses on a fragmented and anonymous protagonist, an anti-hero who embarks on a journey to everywhere and nowhere.

Through imaginative staging and a wonderfully restrained vocal presence that is strikingly different from the performance style often found on the operatic stage, the four singers bring each story vividly to life.

Performance time: 19:45
Running time: 105mins / plus interval
Latecomers will not be admitted

Concept, music and direction Heiner Goebbels
Stage design and light Klaus Grünberg

Produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland )

Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival 2008 ( UK); schauspielfrankfurt (Germany); Teatro Comunale di Bolzano / Stadttheater Bozen (Italy); Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxemburg); Musica, festival international des musiques d’aujourd’hui de Strasbourg (France)

Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA); Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover (USA)

With the support of Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council

barbicanbite10 would like to thank the Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain and the Goethe-Institut London for their support

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2008]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1313032+I+went+to+the+house+but+did+not+enter</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1313032</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-29T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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<item>
  <title>I went to the house but did not enter on 30 Apr 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter is a staged concert in three tableaux, composed by Heiner Goebbels and magnificiently performed by the world-famous Hilliard Ensemble.

The tableaux are dedicated to four key twentieth-century literary texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett. Although markedly different, each text focuses on a fragmented and anonymous protagonist, an anti-hero who embarks on a journey to everywhere and nowhere.

Through imaginative staging and a wonderfully restrained vocal presence that is strikingly different from the performance style often found on the operatic stage, the four singers bring each story vividly to life.

Performance time: 19:45
Running time: 105mins / plus interval
Latecomers will not be admitted

Concept, music and direction Heiner Goebbels
Stage design and light Klaus Grünberg

Produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland )

Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival 2008 ( UK); schauspielfrankfurt (Germany); Teatro Comunale di Bolzano / Stadttheater Bozen (Italy); Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxemburg); Musica, festival international des musiques d’aujourd’hui de Strasbourg (France)

Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA); Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover (USA)

With the support of Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council

barbicanbite10 would like to thank the Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain and the Goethe-Institut London for their support

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2008]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1313036+I+went+to+the+house+but+did+not+enter</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1313036</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-04-30T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>I went to the house but did not enter on 1 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter is a staged concert in three tableaux, composed by Heiner Goebbels and magnificiently performed by the world-famous Hilliard Ensemble.

The tableaux are dedicated to four key twentieth-century literary texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett. Although markedly different, each text focuses on a fragmented and anonymous protagonist, an anti-hero who embarks on a journey to everywhere and nowhere.

Through imaginative staging and a wonderfully restrained vocal presence that is strikingly different from the performance style often found on the operatic stage, the four singers bring each story vividly to life.

Performance time: 19:45
Running time: 105mins / plus interval
Latecomers will not be admitted

Concept, music and direction Heiner Goebbels
Stage design and light Klaus Grünberg

Produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland )

Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival 2008 ( UK); schauspielfrankfurt (Germany); Teatro Comunale di Bolzano / Stadttheater Bozen (Italy); Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxemburg); Musica, festival international des musiques d’aujourd’hui de Strasbourg (France)

Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA); Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover (USA)

With the support of Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council

barbicanbite10 would like to thank the Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain and the Goethe-Institut London for their support

I Went To The House But Did Not Enter premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2008]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1313043+I+went+to+the+house+but+did+not+enter</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1313043</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-01T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Ian Hunter at Barbican Centre, London on 2 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1401329+Ian+Hunter+at+Barbican+Centre+on+2+May+2010</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1401329</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-02T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-05-02T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Ces&#xE1;ria &#xC9;vora at Barbican Centre, London on 4 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1349566+Ces%C3%A1ria+%C3%89vora+at+Barbican+Centre+on+4+May+2010</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1349566</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-04T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-05-04T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Juan Diego Fl&#xF3;rez on 7 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Programme to be confirmed
Juan Diego Flórez tenor

Juan Diego Flórez is one of the most thrilling, dramatically engaging and quite simply vocally gifted of today's crop of young tenors.

The Peruvian singer's 1996 debut, aged just 23 years old, didn't look exceptionally exciting on paper – a last minute stand-in, in an almost unknown Rossini opera. But by the time Flórez left the stage his reputation as a bel canto singer in possession of a beautifully open, natural-sounding voice and a charming manner was already sealed. His virtuoso technique and smooth grace in even the trickiest of high phrases has won him adoration from fans, plaudits from critics and bookings from the world's greatest opera houses ever since.

Visit http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=8582]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1310330+Juan+Diego+Fl%C3%B3rez</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1310330</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-07T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-05-07T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Kept Impulses on 10 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

For this special concert the prepared piano player Hauschka, 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw, and singer/songwriter Nancy Elizabeth perform their beautifully matched music together for the first time. A free-flowing and contoured programme of solo performances and collaborations backed by a hand-picked chamber ensemble. As composers and performers all three effortlessly weave traditional folk, contemporary classical and modern song into magical and transfixing musical suites.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1320071+Kept+Impulses</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1320071</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-10T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-05-10T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/8777860+Barbican+Centre</xcal:location>
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  <title>John McLaughlin at Barbican Centre, London on 11 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension:  Etienne Mbappé (Bass), Gary Husband (Keyboards & Drums), Mark Mondesir (Drums).

Full European tour dates here.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1327099+John+McLaughlin+at+Barbican+Centre+on+11+May+2010</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1327099</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-11T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-05-11T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Michel van der Aa After Life on 15 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Michel van der Aa After Life (UK premiere)

Hirokazu Kore-Eda libretto
Michel van der Aa director/video-script and direction
Robby Duiveman costumes
ASKO / Schoenberg Ensemble
Otto Tausk musical direction
Claron McFadden Chief
Helena Rasker Bryna
Margriet van Reijsen Ilana
Yvette Bonner Sarah
Richard Suart Mr Walter
Roderick Williams Aiden

Which one memory would you choose to take to eternity? This is the question posed by After Life, a film by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda, and now an opera by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa.

Born in 1970, Aa has gained a remarkable reputation in a short time for his work, which draws on his study of music, film-making and directing to create truly multi-media, complex-structured pieces.

After Life is a superb example, combining live performance, film and electronic sounds. This Barbican performance features the original cast members from the 2006 world premiere, including Claron McFadden, an American soprano whose versatile voice is sought out by Baroque and jazz performers alike, and the wonderfully communicative British bass Roderick Williams.

Concert Performance

Visit http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=8560]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1310336+Michel+van+der+Aa+After+Life</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1310336</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-15T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Ang&#xE9;lique Kidjo on 16 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Angelique Kidjo is one of Africa's most powerful and charismatic stars, mixing driving dance rhythms, passionate political lyrics and her own extraordinary stage presence. 

'An electrifying cool - as contemporary, stylish and vibrant as it comes.' Time Out]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1373245+Ang%C3%A9lique+Kidjo</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1373245</guid>
  <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2010-05-16T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2010-05-16T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Vivaldi Ottone in Villa on 21 May 2010</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Vivaldi Ottone in Villa

Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini conductor
Sonia Prina mezzo-soprano
Veronica Cangemi soprano
Julia Lezhneva soprano
Roberta Invernizzi soprano
Topi Lehtipuu tenor

Though best known today for his concertos, to his contemporaries Vivaldi was hugely successful as an opera composer, and Ottone in Villa, premiered in 1713, is where it all began.
In terms of the musical forces required – five singers, minimal orchestra, no chorus – it's a small-scale work. Yet the story of flirtation and intrigue set in the secluded gardens of a Roman Emperor's villa proved fertile ground for the young Vivaldi, who wrote three acts bursting with energetic and tuneful arias.

Italian Baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico – just to continue the garden theme – are the players of choice for the many of today's leading soloists, and tonight's line-up of singers includes some of the most exciting voices in the Baroque repertoire.

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  <title>Caetano Veloso  on 3 Jul 2010</title>
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One of the world's great songwriters, and a thrilling live performer, Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso's music radiates warmth. 

His seductive, melodic voice and bossa-nova style guitar push Brazilian traditions into exciting new realms. On this visit, he'll be playing material from his wonderful

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  <title>Handel Semele on 8 Jul 2010</title>
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Handel - Semele

Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset - conductor
Danielle de Niese - soprano
Jaël Azzaretti - soprano
Vivica Genaux - mezzo-soprano
Stephen Wallace - countertenor
Richard Croft - tenor
Peter Rose - bass 

Handel's Semele is one of his most engaging and musically exquisite dramas. Written as a dramatic oratorio, though very much in the mould of an opera, the story concerns the loves, lust, joy and vengeance of the gods – which reflect, as such stories usually do, the human dramas that face many a mere mortal.

The piece offers a number of superb arias, including the well-known 'Where'er you walk', and a vibrant score of distinct elegance. The cast of exciting Handelians includes the young soprano Danielle de Niese, who burst into public consciousness a few years ago with her riveting portrayal of another of Handel's powerful female roles, Cleopatra. The performance is conducted by Baroque expert Christophe Rousset, here with his fine period ensemble Les Talens Lyriques.

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