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2009

Articles from 29th May 2009

  • Alleluia chorus to Arabic chants

    | Music

    Terry Grimley meets the promoter behind a concert mixing Christian and Islam music. Read

  • Morrissey cancels more concerts

    | Music

    Morrissey cancelled two more concerts today, the latest in a string of dates scrapped due to ill health. Read

  • CBSO/Nelsons, at Symphony Hall

    | Music

    For a third of a century, Mahler’s Symphony no.2 has been a key work for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. It has been performed at important stages in the orchestra’s development: not only at the official opening of Symphony Hall in June 1991, and not only for the winning of Gramophone magazine’s accolade as “Record of the Year” in 1988. Read

  • Mitridate, at Birmingham Hippodrome

    | Music

    This concert performance by Welsh National Opera was a rare chance to hear Mozart the wunderkind at work. Read