Whether you're spoilt for choice, intrigued by something unfamiliar, or want to look for music to suit a particular mood, why not listen to some of the music in our season? We've compiled some pieces and movements into 'playlists' to help you find your way around, which you can listen to using spotify - it's FREE and easy (click here for a 4-step guide).
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Use the buttons below to select different groups of tracks to listen to, and click on the links to see the concerts which the pieces feature in.
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Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, first
movement - Thursday 27 & Saturday 29 September
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World), second
movement - Tuesday 2 October
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Dance
of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Sunday 28 October
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Intermezzo
- Thursday 1 & Saturday 3 November
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, first
movement - Wednesday 9 & Thursday 10 January
Handel: Messiah, Hallelujah
- Sunday 3 February
Fauré: Requiem, Pie
Jesu - Sunday
17 February
Respighi: The Pines of Rome, I
pini di Villa Borghese - Wednesday 20 February
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Nimrod
- Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 March
Walton: Crown
Imperial - Wednesday
24 April
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances, West
Side Story - Wednesday
15 May
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1, third
movement - Thursday 1 & Saturday 3 November
Schumann: Symphony No. 2, second
movement - Wednesday 7 November
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, 3.
Farben (Mässige Viertel) and 4.
Peripetie (Sehr rasch) - Wednesday 14 November
Beethoven: Mass in C, Kyrie
- Thursday 22 November
Szymanowski: Violin
Concerto No. 1: Vivace scherzando - Wednesday 28 November
Bridge: Suite,
The Sea 1. Seascape - Thursday 17 & Saturday 19 January
Scriabin: The
Poem of Ecstasy - Thursday
2 & Saturday
4 May
Strauss: Aus Italien, Auf
der Campagna: Andante and In
Roms Ruinen: Allegro con brio - Wednesday
8 & Thursday
9 May
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Symphony No. 1, third
movement - Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 September
Symphony No. 2, second
movement - Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 September
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), second
movement - Thursday 13 & Saturday 15 December
Symphony No. 4, first
movement - Wednesday 9 & Thursday 10 January
Symphony No. 5, first
movement - Wednesday 9 & Thursday 10 January
Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale), fifth
movement - Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 March
Symphony No. 7 (Pastorale), fourth
movement - Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 March
Symphony No. 8, third
movement - Thursday
27 & Saturday
29 June
Symphony No. 9 'Choral', Presto:
'O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!' - Thursday
27 & Saturday
29 June
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), fifth
movement - Saturday 15 September
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Finale
- Wednesday 28 November
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8, fourth
movement - Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6 December
Strauss: Till
Eulenspiegel - Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 January
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, second
movement - Thursday 14 & Saturday 16 February
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919), Variation
of the Firebird and Round
Dance of the Princesses - Thursday 14 & Saturday 16 February
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, first
movement - Sunday 24 February
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6, first
movement - Wednesday 17 April
Britten: War Requiem, 1.
Requiem aeternam and 3.
Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe - Tuesday
28 May & Friday
31 May
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto, second
movement - Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 September
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Adagio
- Thursday 1 & Saturday 3 November
Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto, second
movement - Wednesday 7 November
Bridge: Suite,
The Sea 3. Moonlight - Thursday 17 & Saturday 19 January
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1, second
movement - Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 January
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Nimrod
- Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 March
Beethoven: Romance
No. 1 - Wednesday 20 March
Beethoven: Romance
No. 2 - Thursday 21 March
Copland: Appalachian Spring - Suite, first
movement and seventh
movement - Wednesday
15 May
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Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, 4.
Peripetie (Sehr rasch) - Wednesday 14 November
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Part
1: 1. Mondestrunken and Part
3: 17. Parodie - Thursday 6 December
Sibelius: The
Bard - Wednesday 6 February
Debussy: Jeux
- Thursday 14 &
Saturday 16 February
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919) Variation
of the Firebird and Round
Dance of the Princesses - Thursday 14 & Saturday 16 February
Elgar: Falstaff, 1.
Falstaff and Prince Henry - Wednesday 20 February
Reger: Two Böcklin Pictures, Hermit
Playing the Violin and In
the Play of the Waves -Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 April
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra - 1.
Etwas bewget - Thursday
2 & Saturday
4 May
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