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Aurora Orchestra/ Collon review – Freud analyses Mahler to decipher music from the heart

An acted prelude by Jane Mitchell teased out the composer’s motivations for his engrossing First Symphony before the orchestra assayed the work from memory

The Guardian - UK

London Symphony Orchestra announces John Harte as managing director

Harte, who was been Aurora orchestra’s chief executive since 2009, replaces Kathryn McDowell

The Guardian - UK

Aurora Orchestra/Collon review – high impact and high intensity as Shostakovich’s fifth is brought to life

A blistering performance of Shostakovich’s fifth symphony was preceded by a virtuosic and spectacular dramatic exploration the work that, however, could have had more bite

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The Best of the 2025 BBC Proms: 20 picks, from Chineke! to Mozart

As the Proms head back to London, another season of music variety beckons. Nick Kimberley picks out the ones worth grabbing tickets for

Evening Standard

‘Thrilling, unforgettable … there is nothing else like it!’: readers on their Proms highlights

As 2024’s festival comes to a close, readers tell us about their favourite performances of the eight-week season that saw 90 concerts in the Royal Albert Hall and beyond, all live on BBC Radio 3

The Guardian - UK

Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart review – music and emotion made electrifyingly visual

Prefaced by a semi-dramatised introduction to Beethoven’s creative process, Aurora Orchestra’s performance was superb

The Guardian - UK

Superclub Drumsheds teases Bicep, Four Tet and Romy for its autumn-winter lineup

There’s plenty to look forward to at the former IKEA store turned megaclub

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London's top tourist attractions 2024: what's on in the capital's most visited sites

New figures released today reveal how the capital’s biggest attractions are bouncing back after Covid

Evening Standard

The week in classical: Prom 64: Les Troyens; Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony; Proms 62 & 63: The Rite by Heart– review

With a stand-in conductor and a stellar cast, Berlioz’s monumental opera came into its own at the Proms; the BBC Symphony Orchestra let Bruckner’s colours unfurl; and Aurora’s Stravinsky played from memory proved unforgettable

The Guardian - UK

Aurora Orchestra/Collon review – Shostakovich of rage and precision

There was nowhere to hide in this compelling reading of the Russian composer’s 14th symphony, the centrepiece of a programme that also featured Mahler and Britten

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Dalia; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Aurora Proms – review

Garsington’s refugee community opera bowls everyone over. At the Proms, uprooted Ukrainian musicians play as one, and Aurora Orchestra go to the brink

The Guardian - UK

BBC Proms: Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon at the Royal Albert Hall review: Impressive

The orchestra’s celebrated from-memory performance filled the Albert Hall to near capacity

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