The Ballet Icons Gala returns to The London Coliseum on 17 March 2024

BALLET ICONS GALA – 17 March 2024, 7.00pm at the London Coliseum

 

The much-awaited annual Ballet Icons Gala in London is one of the world’s ballet highlights. The Gala’s 2024 programme will showcase the art of storytelling with a dazzling array of the most fascinating classical and contemporary choreography and some sparkling UK and world premieres. The Gala will bring its audience to the magical world of fairy tales, literature and real-life contemporary stories told through the dance.

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A mix of the familiar and the considerably less so, is a joy from beginning to end in Salzburg

AustriaAustria Mozartwoche Salzburg 2024 [4] – Mozart, Reicha, and Michael Haydn: Baborák Ensemble (Radek Baborák [horn], Milan Al-Ashhab, [violin], Martina Bačová [violin, viola], Karel Untermüller [viola], Hana Baboráková [cello], David Pavelka [double bass]). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 29.1.2024. (MB)

Baborák Ensemble © Wolfgang Lienbacher

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Mozartwoche Salzburg’s music by Mozart and Salieri proves something of a mixed bag

AustriaAustria Mozartwoche Salzburg 2024 [3] – Mozart and Salieri: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Camerata Salzburg / François Leleux (oboe/conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 28.1.2024. (MB)

Emmanuel Pahud (l, flute) and François Leleux (r, oboe/conductor) © Wolfgang Lienbacher 

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Thrilling and uplifting Elijah from the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra under Sir Antonio Pappano

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Gerald Finlay (bass), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosa), The Guildhall Singers, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London. 28.1.2024. (JR)

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass) and the LSO © Mark Allan

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