Friday, March 21, 2025

Classical highlights for the week ahead: 4 – 11 December

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Our pick of new music-making across the UK available to an online – and (in tier 2) live – audience.

Royal Northern Sinfonia

The Third Symphony by Louise Farrenc, composed in 1847, is given a rare performance. The conductor Duncan Ward programmes it alongside works by two composers who championed Farrenc’s music; there’s Schumann’s Introduction, Scherzo and Finale, and Berlioz’s Reverie et Caprice, for violin and orchestra.
4 December, streamed live from The Sage, Gateshead (£), not available on demand

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