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📯Meet our new Principal Horn player: Annemarie Federle📯
At just 20 years old, Annemarie is our youngest-ever Principal. Welcome to the Aurora family, Annemarie!
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Overwhelmed by all the messages today folks. Thanks so much – they mean a great deal to us and we couldn't be more thrilled to read them! Now off to lie down for a bit...
#ritebyheart
@bbcproms
@RoyalAlbertHall
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"One of the most breathtaking Proms in history." A 5-star review to treasure from
@RichmoMusic
in today's
@thetimes
. "The music seemed to flash like electric shocks from the very bones and sinews of the players."
#ritebyheart
@bbcproms
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Demonic madness at the
@bbcproms
– here's our
#OrchestralTheatre
staging of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
#HappyHalloween
, everyone.💀👻
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Morgen! A musical gift for Aurora co-founder
@Clemencybh
, who is recovering from a serious brain injury sustained last year. More at
.
@NickyBenedetti
@AJRStaples
@nicholascollon
@BBCRadio3
@WQXR
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This is how we ended Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique at the
@bbcproms
...
You can still catch our full
#OrchestralTheatre
production on
@BBCiPlayer
for the next 20 days 👀 (Masks courtesy of
@Wintercroft
)
#BBCProms
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Just an hour to go before Aurora gives the UK’s first performance of a full-scale symphony to a ticketed audience since lockdown
@kingscrossN1C
@KingsPlace
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JUST ANNOUNCED: Stravinsky's Firebird by Heart
@southbankcentre
on Wed 23 October! We'll deconstruct the work with
@BBCRadio3
presenter Tom Service and our Principal Conductor
@nicholascollon
, before playing the full piece from memory.
Find out more at
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It’s 10 years to the day since Aurora performed its first memorised
@bbcproms
- Mozart’s 40th Symphony!
Here we are in rehearsals for our next… Beethoven 9!
@nicholascollon
@natyouthchoir
,
@BBCSingers
@MasabaneCecilia
@MartaFontanals
@titustenor
& Christopher Purves.
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Delighted to be able to announce that we’re getting back on the concert platform very soon. Aurora will be LIVE at the
@bbcproms
this September
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Aurora brass & tightrope walking?! Just demonstrating some of the circus-like characters in
#Shostakaovich9
. A glimpse of our musical presentation w/
@tomservice
before performing the entire symphony
#byheart
tonight
@bbcproms
, 10.15pm!
#BBCProms
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is all the more astonishing when you consider that the composer had lost his hearing by the time he wrote it.
@rhiannon1may
, who lost her hearing in her teens, is our wonderful actor portraying Beethoven in our exploration of the work at the
@bbcproms
.
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Surely a contender for Best Ever Orchestral Ending? And this is just the camera rehearsal for our
#Firebird
: if you want to see the reaction from a full
@bbcproms
audience at the
@RoyalAlbertHall
, tune into
@BBCFOUR
tonight at 7pm to find out!
@nicholascollon
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The Aurora players crowding round to watch tonight’s
@BBCFOUR
broadcast during the rehearsal break here in Bremen
#berlioz
#fantastique
@bbcproms
hello to everyone watching with us!
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Feeling honoured, grateful & quite giddy for winning the Ensemble
#RPSAwards
prize
@RoyalPhilSoc
! Thank you, thank you to all our incredible players, collaborators, audiences & supporters for being part of a very memorable musical year. We raise a sparkling glass to YOU. 🥂🙏 🎉
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A scandalous, explosive, epoch-making masterpiece. We’re having the most thrilling time performing Stravinsky’s hair-raising Rite of Spring from memory. And it’s not over just yet. Join us for our final two performances at the BBC Proms on Sat 2 September.
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Wonderful to be back in the BBC Radio Theatre for
@BBCInTune
’s first live studio session since lockdown. Tune in from 5pm for music by Debussy, Berio, Huw Watkins and Andrea Tarrodi.
@BBCRadio3
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Massive thanks to the incredible audience that joined us on our
@bbcproms
journey tonight! It’s been amazing sharing
#Shostakovich9
with you, from a musical presentation with
@tomservice
to a memorised performance of the full symphony. It’s been a big night!
#ByHeart
#BBCProms
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Happy New Year from all of us at Aurora Orchestra. May your year be joyful and full of music!
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Massive congratulations to
@janemitchell359
for winning this year’s ABO
@RoyalPhilSoc
Salomon Prize!
#GoJane
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Wow! We've just finished going through all your lovely messages, thank you.
If you attended either of our
@bbcproms
performances on Saturday, we'd love to hear from you! Fill in our survey to let us know what you thought and help us plan future projects
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A taster of what to expect on Sunday's inaugural
#AuroraPlay
broadcast - the 'Witches' Sabbath' from Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. Watch the whole performance this Sunday 10 May at 4pm. For full details visit
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So much looking forward to revisiting our Berlioz collaboration with
@realmatbaynton
this Sunday on
#AuroraPlay
. Here's Mat transporting us to Paris in 1830 to get under the skin of the Symphonie fantastique... Tune in online Sunday 10 May at 4pm
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We were so looking forward to sharing Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony tonight in two concerts at our
@KingsPlace
home. Though sadly we can’t replicate the magic of a live concert, here’s the next best thing: a memory of our joyous performance of this piece at the
@bbcproms
in 2015.
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PHEW. What a night that was at at the
@bbcproms
. Thanks so much to everyone who came along to the
@RoyalAlbertHall
or listened in on
@BBCRadio3
- we’re completely bowled over by all the lovely messages. Re-live it with us tonight on
@BBCFOUR
, 7.30pm.
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💥 RITE OF SPRING at the
@bbcproms
💥
That's right, we're bringing Stravinsky's masterpiece to the
@RoyalAlbertHall
this summer. By heart, with a staged introduction.
You might want the sound on for this one...
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The players barely registered a reaction when
@nicholascollon
explained plans for a memorised Brahms 1 next year
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Today is Aurora’s 15th birthday. This isn’t a moment for big celebrations, but we wanted to mark the milestone by sending love to our audiences everywhere, together with memories of concerts at
@kingsplace
,
@southbankcentre
,
@lsostlukes
and
@bbcproms
.
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Some big news to start the week: we’re launching our new online series
#AuroraPlay
this weekend. Watch, listen and interact with the very best of Aurora’s orchestral adventures, with new broadcasts each week
@bbcproms
@KingsPlace
@southbankcentre
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Thanks for joining us everyone. Huge thanks as always to
@bbcproms
, to Tom Service, to the amazing players and to
@pkkolesnikov
and
@nicholascollon
. What a night it was! Here's to live music (and audiences) and much more if it!!!!
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Rehearsal time for Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony! Taking over the
@bbcproms
@RoyalAlbertHall
tonight with the epic sounds of Shostakovich in our late-night prom.
#ByHeart
#BBCProms
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"this performance of the composer's last complete symphony couldn't be bettered" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (
@thetimes
)
@nicholascollon
@BBCSingers
@natyouthchoir
@nic_chalmers
@MasabaneCecilia
@MartaFontanals
@titustenor
@rhiannon1may
@ThomasSimper
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1/Feeling enormously grateful for the flood of reaction on Twitter overnight to our
@bbcproms
broadcast last night. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and to all those behind the scenes – at
@BBCRadio3
,
@RoyalAlbertHall
, Livewire Pictures and Aurora – who helped make it happen.
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Many thanks for the heartwarming, thoughtful, & enthusiastic messages last night! Here are a few photos to keep the
#BBCProms
memory alive. Hope to see many of you at our next
#ByHeart
project - Beethoven's Fifth
@southbankcentre
! 📷BBC/Chris Christodoulou
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An AUDIENCE! What a sight for sore eyes. About to start the first of two concerts here at
@BrittenPears
/
#SnapeMaltings
with
@fatboyclayton
@nicholascollon
@pipeastop
. Wonderful programme of Britten,
@katewhitley_
,
@tansydavies
and Elgar
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Wow, we are still reeling from last night! Thanks to
@realmatbaynton
for a fabulous performance as Berlioz, to our tremendous players and conductor
@nicholascollon
, and to our incredible audience who made our first concert as
@southbankcentre
Resident Orchestra so memorable.
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And we give you...the finale of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony performed on the toy instruments of HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!!
#OrchestralTheatre
this Sunday
@southbankcentre
🎶
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🎂🎶 It’s Aurora’s 18th birthday today! We spent it in the happiest way possible, introducing nearly 3,000 young listeners to orchestral music at
@southbankcentre
with the help of
@masonbatesmusic
,
@yolandabrown
,
@WakelingKate
and of course Principal Conductor
@nicholascollon
!
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On
@BBCFOUR
RIGHT NOW! 🤩
Tom Service, Nicholas Collon and the
@auroraorchestra
continue their impressive feat of explaining complex works and then performing them from memory!
This year, their biggest challenge yet: Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite.
Watch on BBC Four from 7pm.
#BBCProms
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Delighted to see the news this morning about
@nicholascollon
's Chief Conductor appointment with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (
@Yle_Rso
#FRSO
), which he takes up in 2021 alongside his role as Aurora’s Principal Conductor. Learn more here:
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Now for that special moment of Beethoven's 'Pastoral' in dark! Yes, that's a full orchestra with lit origami cranes.
#WhyBirdsSing
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It looks as though we have sold out folks! See you all later
@bbcproms
Day Promming tickets for Beethoven's Ninth by Heart are NOW ON SALE!
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(HUGE thanks to
@RCMLondon
student
@poppywt
for loan of her instrument last night following a dramatic
#oboemalfunction
2 mins before start of our
@bbcproms
concert. And massive chapeau to John Roberts and Tom Barber for saing froid and luxury playing on unfamiliar instruments!)
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Happy Birthday,
#Shostakovich
!🎉 Celebrating his musical genius with this extract from his Ninth Symphony. Here we are rehearsing the work for last year's
@bbcproms
.
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Next Monday at
@kingscrossN1C
we present the first public performance of an orchestral symphony in the UK since lockdown. We've just announced a repeat concert for (seated) socially-distanced audience at 8.15pm. Book now through
@KingsPlace
➡️
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We're thrilled to be returning to the
@bbcproms
on Thu 10 Sep for a LIVE performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 from memory, plus a vivid new commission by Richard Ayres.
Listen live on
@BBCRadio3
or watch the TV broadcast on
@BBCFOUR
.
#BBCProms
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Serious chapeau to
@billbarmytrump
and
@TheBarmyArmy
for what must surely rank as one of the greatest musical performances in test cricket history…
@englandcricket
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When the bassoon sounds like a 1980s guitar god 😲...get ready for
@AnnaHMeredith
's 'Axeman'. We're celebrating everything Anna in not one, but two concerts tomorrow at
@kingsplace
! See you then for an intriguing set of music.
#newsounds
#VenusUnwrapped
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5*s for our
@southbankcentre
concert yesterday with
@nicholascollon
, featuring Beethoven with
@janlisiecki
and the world premiere of
@Heloise_Werner
’s ‘for mira’, written in memory of artist Mira Calix.
Read the full review
📸 Mark Allan
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"music and emotion made electrifyingly visual" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(
@guardian
)
@nicholascollon
@BBCSingers
@natyouthchoir
@nic_chalmers
@MasabaneCecilia
@MartaFontanals
@titustenor
@rhiannon1may
@ThomasSimper
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Huge thanks to the incredible audience that joined us tonight at the
#BBCProms
! We're still buzzing from the musical journey. 🎉
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So good to be
#backintheconcerthall
! Following Monday’s outdoor performances with
@kingsplace
we’re at
@SaffronHallSW
for the first public indoor performance of an orchestral symphony anywhere in the UK since lockdown
#welcomeback
#letthemusicplay
@aborchestras
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@janlisiecki
sent us a message ahead of his debut with Aurora at
@southbankcentre
next Sat 25 March, in what promises to be a ‘fresh and electrifying’ performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 (Arts Desk). Tickets from £15, available at
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⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ “Clearly these musicians had learnt Berlioz’s surreal masterpiece not just by heart, but with heart… I loved every minute.”
@thetimes
’
@RichmoMusic
review of our
@bbcproms
performance last week
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It’s happening…
#firstrehearsal
#symphoniefantastique
#byheart
#berlioz
@bbcproms
@SaffronHallSW
@snapemaltings
@rheingaumusik
#musikfestbremen
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Thrilled to be returning to the
@bbcproms
. This year we’ll be bringing our memorised performance approach to a 20th-century symphony for the first time, working w
@tomservice
to get under the skin of shostakovich 9
#byheart
@nicholascollon
@BBCRadio3
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Ended the evening being happy four-year-olds again. Big smiles, leaps & wiggles in our children’s show for grown-ups.
#LockIn
@KingsPlace
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We’ve arrived at
@brittenpearsarts
for the first performance of our Rite of Spring tour! Notes have been memorised, adrenaline is pumping, we’re ready to go 🔥
Tonight we’re also joined by the wonderful
@shekukannehmason
who plays Bloch’s Schelomo.
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A look back at our recording session with top-class act
@spconnolly
for
@TenebraeChoir
's Ivor Gurney project! Grateful to be working with such impressive and inspiring collaborators. Huge thanks to you, both!
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A behind-the-scenes look into our rehearsal of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique (from memory). The
#OrchestralTheatre
production coming your way next week...
Tue 10 Sept
@SaffronHallSW
7.30pm
Thu 12 Sept
@bbcproms
7pm (sold out) & 10.15pm
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We definitely do need you, please do join us tomorrow!
One of the (many) joys of
@auroraorchestra
playing from memory is that I can pop out into the hall during rehearsal and….it turns out they never need me anyway! Here’s the Rite of Spring in our Helsinki rehearsal. Catch it
@bbcproms
tomorrow
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One thing we HAVEN’T missed about international touring these past two years is travelling with cellos on
@British_Airways
flights 🤦♂️
#whydoesithavetobesohard
@StevenIsserlis
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One performance down! A tremendous reaction at
@SaffronHallSW
last night, what a lovely audience.
On to the
@bbcproms
on Wednesday. Find out more about our Orchestral Theatre presentation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 👇
@nicholascollon
@rhiannon1may
@ThomasSimper
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Thank you, thank you to everyone who joined us for the exhilarating journey through Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony! We’re still glowing from your enthusiastic standing ovation. 🙏
#OrchestralTheatre
#ByHeart
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We had fun doing this for
@ClassicFM
. Listen to our complete recording of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony on our new
@DGclassics
release 'Music of the Spheres' and check out for ways to get involved at home
#AuroraPlay
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THAT glitterball moment ✨
A little excerpt from our
#OrchestralTheatre
staging of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique at the
@BBCProms
. You can still catch it all on
@BBCiPlayer
until this Sunday 👀👂
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As a glimmer of musical solace, we’re sharing this unreleased recording of Samuel Barber’s ‘Sure on this Shining Night’ which we recorded with Allan Clayton
@fatboyclayton
a few years ago. We’re sending this along with our love and very best wishes.
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Thrilled to be one of three winners of this year's
@ClassicalNEXT
Innovation Award alongside
@lahtisymphony
and
@talenslyriques
#cnext18
Full details from the ceremony at
@deDoelen
in Rotterdam here:
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The reviews are in! “Nothing short of spellbinding… It felt as if the Proms had truly returned.” ***** in The Times from
@Becca_JF21
for yesterday’s
@bbcproms
concerts (£)
@pkkolesnikov
@nicholascollon
@RoyalAlbertHall
@nfmusic
@RDMR1
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*Live-orchestral-concert-in London-klaxon!* Couldn’t be more thrilled to announce that we’ll be performing Beethoven 7 outdoors at
@kingscrossN1C
on 7 September at 6pm, ahead of our
@bbcproms
appearance. Tickets £15 from
@KingsPlace
– go get ‘em!
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Excited to announce that we're performing Berlioz’s 'Symphonie fantastique' from memory in a specially-devised
#OrchestralTheatre
production at this year's
#BBCProms
! There'll be not one, but two chances to catch us on Thurs 12 September. See you then.
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With just under two weeks to go until our first memorised performance of Beethoven's Ninth with
@natyouthchoir
and
@BBCSingers
, we asked a few singers to show us how they're memorising the 'Ode to Joy'.
@imomoore
, a 2024
@natyouthchoir
Fellow, shows us how she's doing it 🔥
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A treat to have spent this week immersed in
#Beethoven
’s Violin Concerto with the fabulous
@NickyBenedetti
. First time we’ve collaborated with a soloist for one of our
#memorised
projects and it’s been a joy - lots of rehearsal time, lots of fun and a sense of shared adventure.
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Heartfelt thanks to everyone who came to yesterday’s
@bbcproms
concerts – MAGICAL to welcome an audience back to that special space at the
@RoyalAlbertHall
. Special mentions to
@pkkolesnikov
,
@nicholascollon
and Tom Service. If you missed it you can tune in on
@BBCFOUR
on Friday
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Many thanks to
@PosterTom
for his incredible performances tonight of not one, but two piano concertos! And, of course, huge thanks to our
@KingsPlace
audience for joining us on an eclectic journey through Gershwin, Bartók, Prokofiev & Mozart. Until next time...
#MozartsPiano
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It’s
@bbcproms
announcement day! Can’t wait to be back at the
@RoyalAlbertHall
on 11 August for a programme including a memorised ‘Firebird’ Suite introduced by
@nicholascollon
and Tom Service, plus Rachmaninov with
@pkkolesnikov
. Full details at
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The count down is on! Only an hour away before our
@bbcproms
concert
#EroicafromMemory
hits
@BBCFOUR
. Tune in at 7.30pm 📺
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So pleased to have been awarded regular funding from
@ace_national
, allowing us to plan a vibrant programme of in-person and digital activity for 2023–26. Thoughts and best wishes to colleagues across the sector who are receiving news of their own applications today
#LetsCreate
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5 days until our first performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony from memory at
@SaffronHallSW
, before our
@bbcproms
performance next Wednesday!
@NancyColeMezzo
from the
@BBCSingers
has been working hard on her German, repeating it over and over and over and over…
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We've reached our target! 🎉
From all of us at Aurora, THANK YOU to all of you who've supported our
@BigGive
#ChristmasChallenge19
. We've raised an incredible £48,134 for our schools' programme. Thanks to you, we'll share the joy of live music with many more children.
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How we do outdoor performances...huge thanks to the incredible crowd that joined us today for Mozart’s 40th in
@kingscrossN1C
@KingsPlace
! 👏👏
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The first look at our beautiful Rite of Spring projections by Anouar Brissel 👀
We make our Finnish debut today at
@Musiikkitalo
with the first of our dramatised performances.
There’s still time to join us at the BBC Proms on Saturday!
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Earlier this week we worked with
@kingscrossN1C
and
@KingsPlace
to give a taster of tonight’s
@bbcproms
broadcast to a socially-distanced outdoor audience in the heart of Kings Cross. Take a look here and catch the full programme tonight on
@BBCFOUR
and
@BBCRadio3
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Many, many thanks to the incredible cast, crew & audience for 'The Monstrous Child'! What an adventure to be part of such a compelling & creative opera. Hats off to
@gavhiggins
@simon_francesca
@MartaFontanals
@JessicaCottis
@RoyalOperaHouse
! 👏👏
#ROHMonstrous
Photo:
@ZubinKanga
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‘The most absorbing musical experience imaginable. Leaving the hall, one felt being truly, profoundly alive.’ Adventures in Music Helsinki
@KalliJari
What an amazing atmosphere for our Finland debut at
@helsinkifest
, thank you.
📸 Maarit Kytöharju/Helsinki Festival
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Rehearsing Stravinsky today for next week’s concerts for
@bbcproms
and
@SaffronHallSW
#firebird
#byheart
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What's it like to experience live orchestral music close up? Find out in our
#free
outdoor performance this Sunday when we share excerpts from Mozart's 40th Symphony in new & creative ways. 4.30pm West Handyside Canopy,
@kingscrossN1C
@KingsPlace
🎶☀️
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Is
@realmatbaynton
wanting a hug, or playing Berlioz impersonating a harpist reaching for their lower notes?
Join us for Fantastique on Tue 27 Sep at
@southbankcentre
to find out. Get your tickets at
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