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Bach, the Universe and Everything podcast

Bach, the Universe and Everything podcast

Lots of you have been asking for a listen again option for our Bach, the Universe and Everything series at Kings Place, so here it is!

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Further listening: Simone Jandl

Further listening: Simone Jandl

So you've heard our Brahms: A German Requiem concert and you're hungry for more Brahms. Our co-principal viola Simone Jandl recommends four unique pieces Brahms wrote after a eureka moment later in his life.

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Rehearsing Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Rehearsing Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Leader Margaret Faultless gets her hands on the original concert programme for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis at Gloucester Cathedral on September 6, 1910.

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2018-19 season trailer | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

2018-19 season trailer | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Individual or society? Head or heart? Conform or rebel? These questions about how to live a good life were as vital during the Enlightenment as they are now. They inspired the music in our 2018-19 season.

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Why Are We So Obsessed With Sending Music Into Space? | Dallas Campbell

Why Are We So Obsessed With Sending Music Into Space? | Dallas Campbell

Broadcaster Dallas Campbell explores the long history of speculating what aliens would make of music, which culminated in the Golden Record sent out on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977.

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Ten minutes with a music librarian

Ten minutes with a music librarian

What does a music librarian in an orchestra do? We delved into the video vault and found this interview with our Librarian Colin Kitching.

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Vierdanck | The Night Shift

Vierdanck | The Night Shift

Our performance of Vierdanck's Capriccio for 3 violins at The Night Shift in Shadwell.

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Mozart Horn Concerto No.4, Rondo – on the Natural Horn

Mozart Horn Concerto No.4, Rondo – on the Natural Horn

Watch our Principal Horn, Roger Montgomery, perform the Rondo from Mozart's Horn Concerto No.4 on a natural horn.

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