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We loved being part of this! 📸
#BTS
with footballer
@leahcwilliamson
, the BBC CO and our Associate Leader, Charles Mutter
@charles205
. Charles mentored Leah in piano ahead of her debut with us at Maida Vale Studios 🎹
Check out her incredible journey and performance of Shania…
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I’m performing for
@BBCRadio2
as part of their Piano Room Month tomorrow !! To listen, tune in on
@BBCSounds
from 11am and catch it on
@BBCiPlayer
after ✨
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When we recently found ourselves stranded in Skegness and discovered a wedding was taking place at our hotel, there was only one thing to do!
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.
@DeltaGoodrem
and
@GaryBarlow
duet on Take That’s Rule The World in this morning's
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room session 🌍🧡
#R2PianoRoomMonth
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Following today's sad news that film composer Ennio Morricone has passed away, BBC CO violinist Juan Gonzalez dedicates this beautiful performance of the theme from Cinema Paradiso in his memory 💙
#EnnioMorricone
@MEnnioMorricone
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Something special this Christmas. A story of kindness, friendship, courage and hope ❄ We recorded the soundtrack to
@charliemackesy
's animation, composed by
@IsobelWB
.
#TheBoyTheMoleTheFoxAndTheHorse
is on
@BBCiPlayer
from 24 Dec, 4.55pm and on
@BBCOne
at 9am on Christmas Day.
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We’ve got the best court-side seats to watch
@Venuseswilliams
vs.
@Clijsterskim
as part of The No.1 Court Celebration
@Wimbledon
🤩🎾🤩
#RoofForAll
#Wimbledon
#havingaball
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.
@libertines
classic song 'Don’t Look Back into the Sun' in the
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room 🧡🎹
#R2PianoRoom
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It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Bramwell Tovey, our Principal Conductor, has died. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.
You can read the full statement here:
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Just when you thought you'd got it out of your head...! We still can't stop singing The Baked Potato Song 🥔🎶
It was great fun working with
@RealMattLucas
and our Principal Conductor
@BramwellTovey
on this as part of the
#BigNightIn
.
#ThankYouBakedPotato
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And we’re back! 🎶
How brilliant to see and hear the orchestra playing together again. We’re waltzing back into rehearsals with some (socially distanced) Strauss, with our Principal Conductor
@BramwellTovey
, ahead of our live
@bbcproms
on Monday 31 August.
#BBCProms
#BBCCO
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Studio Ghibli live in concert at Wembley! 🔊 Sound on for a taste of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind with
@JoeHisaishi
&
@thechoir
.
Tonight is the first of 2 nights at Wembley Arena with multi award-winning composer, conductor and pianist
@JoeHisaishi
. We’ll be performing his…
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Come and get your "Bah-humbug!" on tonight with
@Markgatiss
and some festive favourites
@southbankcentre
7.30pm!
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We are in rehearsals for tonight’s
#FNIMN
festive feast at
@aptheatre
with
@AlfieBoe
@TomFletcher
@CarrieHFletcher
🎄 listen on
@BBCRadio2
on Friday at 8pm 🎶
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Could it be magic?! It certainly feels like it! Headliner
@barrymanilow
on the
@bbcproms
in the Park stage! 🤩🙌🤩
#PromsinthePark
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💕🧡
@Pink
blew us away when she joined us in the Piano Room! A beautiful collaboration! 🧡💕
Listen on
@BBCSounds
| Watch on
@BBCiPlayer
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🏆
@charliemackesy
's The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has won the
#Oscar
for Best Animated Short Film!
We recorded
@IsobelWB
's beautiful score for this. A huge privilege to be part of it 🎶
You can watch it now on
@BBCiPlayer
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There'll be some magic at the
@bbcproms
tomorrow! 💫
We're in rehearsals with our Chief Conductor Designate,
@AnnaMariaHelsing
, and presenter Hannah Waddingham for tomorrow night's Fantasy, Myths & Legends Prom!
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@BBCSSO
@BBCSO
@BBCNOW
@BBCPhilharmonic
@bbcproms
@BBCSingers
@BBCRadio3
I Just Died In Your Brahms Tonight...
#AddAComposerToAPopSong
. Thank you
@BBCSSO
for brightening our Friday!
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BBC CO Principal Cello
@benhughescello
premieres Jonny Greenwood's
@JnnyG
'Postcard', recorded in isolation as part of
@BBCRadio3
's
#PostcardsFromComposers
- a series of miniature musical messages of hope ❤
#CultureInQuarantine
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⏰ Set a reminder! Tomorrow at 19:40 on
@BBCOne
:
✨
#MusicalsTheGreatestShow
✨
Recorded from the
@LondonPalladium
, we celebrate musical theatre with presenter
@Sheridansmith1
and a whole host of West End stars 🤩
📺
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📻 Live now on
@BBCRadio3
, filling this beautiful space with Mozart and Haydn for Good Friday.
@Kings_College
@danielhydeorgan
@Philchorus
@SampsonCarolyn
@dannormski
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So this week we got a little bit stranded in the snow... Musicians and instruments with nowhere to go - so what did we do? Crashed a wedding of course!
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We are dedicating tonight’s concert to the memory of our beloved Principal Conductor, Bramwell Tovey, who died recently and who was originally to have conducted the performance.
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A highlight of
#promsinthepark
is always the musicals set 🤩
@CarrieHFletcher
,
@ShanOfficially
and
@mrmichaelball
from
@lesmisofficial
were incredible 🎵🙌
@bbcproms
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We're absolutely delighted to announce that Bramwell Tovey will be joining us as our new Principal Conductor, taking up his position in January 2018!
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Check out our lock-down remake of the
@BBC
's W1A theme tune!
Ian Fletcher, BBC Head of Values (
@hughbon
), with support from
@BBCCO
, gives a one-off address from his home executive office - the only place to be going forward 😂
@RealKenBruce
. Music arr.
@sutherlandgavin
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What a performance from
@libertines
in the
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room! 🧡
Listen on
@BBCSounds
:
Watch on
@BBCiPlayer
:
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🤩 NOW on
@BBCOne
&
@BBCiPlayer
: ✨
#MusicalsTheGreatestShow
✨
Enjoy a night of the biggest show tunes performed by stars of the West End and presented by
@Sheridansmith1
from the
@LondonPalladium
🎶
📺
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We’re very excited to be part of the relaunch of Friday Night is Music Night on
@BBCRadio3
- a new home for the show we love! We look forward to welcoming you to concerts where we’ll celebrate repertoire ranging from the golden age of light music to the best in film and TV scores…
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We're still hyped from the fabulous
@bbcproms
#PromsInThePark
on Saturday night! Watch us perform with
@mrmichaelball
@RockChoir
@BatTheMusical
@joshgroban
on
@BBCiPlayer
for 28 days here:
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Today we collaborated with the brilliant
@tomchaplin
in the
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room 🎹🧡
Listen on
@BBCSounds
| Watch on
@BBCiPlayer
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If you're looking for some festive music tonight, you're spoilt for choice 🎄🎶🎄 Christmas Carols with
@BBCSingers
@bobchilcott
&
@johnmrutter
on
@BBCRadio3
at 7.30pm OR
#FNIMN
Christmas concert with
@AlfieBoe
&
@TomFletcher
on
@BBCRadio2
at 8pm! Catch up after on
@BBCSounds
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5 days until
@bbcproms
in the Park! 🎉🙌
#PITP
Can't wait to join this incredible lineup:
@barrymanilow
@ChrissieHynde
@BonnieTylerOffi
@JackSavoretti
@TheKingdomChoir
@lighthousefamly
@GabrielleUk
, Cast from
@lesmisofficial
&
@HamiltonMusical
@RockChoir
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.
@JackSavoretti
meets full orchestra 👌
@bbcproms
in the Park will be live from Hyde Park this Saturday on
@BBCRadio2
📻🎶
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A stunning performance from
@JamesBayMusic
in
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room today 🧡 You'll be able to catch the full performance later on
@BBCSounds
and
@BBCiPlayer
📻📺
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The Prommers are ready! Going LIVE now on
@BBCRadio3
for tonight’s Golden Age of Broadway Prom ✨
@bbcproms
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Anyone seen
@Lord_Sugar
? We’ve been surprising commuters this morning ahead of
#theapprentice
final on
@BBCOne
! 🎻
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📻 Listen to
@BBCRadio2
from 11am this morning! We're back on
@RealKenBruce
's House Music sessions in a collaboration with
@jason_mraz
.
👉
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What a morning with
@DeltaGoodrem
and special guest
@GaryBarlow
in the
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room! 🧡🎹
Now on
@BBCSounds
&
@BBCiPlayer
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👀Sneak peak!
@NicoleScherzy
performs 'Never Enough' from 'The Greatest Showman' in Los Angeles while accompanied by us at the
@LondonPalladium
✨
#MusiclasTheGreatestShow
is on
@BBCOne
tonight at 19.40 🤩
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Missing Musicals?
#MusicalsTheGreatestShow
is now on
@BBCiPlayer
:
✨ Celebrating the stage with performances from
@WickedUK
@DEHWestEnd
@lesmisofficial
@PhantomOpera
@MammaMiaMusical
@sixthemusical
@Dreamgirls_UK
@TinaTheMusical
@JamieMusical
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🧡We’ve had a fantastic day with
@Haircut100
in the Piano Room! A lovely upbeat Thursday treat!🧡
Listen on
@BBCSounds
| Watch on
@BBCiPlayer
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On his 90th birthday, you can relive our celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday at the
@bbcproms
in 2010, featuring special guests
@Bryn_Terfel
@MariaFriedman1
Simon Russell Beale and more 🙌🎶🥳 Tonight,
@BBCFOUR
11pm or catch up on
@BBCiPlayer
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Accompanying
@JackSavoretti
as the sun sets over Hyde Park 🤩 Listen live on
@bbcradio2
and watch on BBC TV Red Button!
#promsinthepark
@bbcproms
🎶
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Launching
@BBCRadio3
's
#BBCInstrumentalSessions
are the Percussion of ALL the BBC Orchestras! 🥁 15 percussionists perform Saint-Saens’s Danse Macabre, arr. by
@alasdairmalloy
🎶
@BBCSO
@BBCPhilharmonic
@BBCNOW
@BBCSSO
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Extraordinary. Dramatic. Beautiful. Sir David Attenborough celebrates the wonders of British wildlife in a new series, Wild Isles 🍃🌊🦋
We had the privilege of recording the beautiful soundtrack by George Fenton. We can't wait to watch it.
@BBCOne
7pm
5
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We've been snooping around at rehearsals for this Sunday's Sherlock-themed
@bbcproms
matinee 🔎
#Sherlock
http://t.co/nVjiPhf1Uo
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Where else do you celebrate
#TheBeatles
?
#FridayNightIsMusicNight
was live from
@AbbeyRoad
marking 50 years since the release of the Abbey Road album. Listen on
@bbcsounds
@BBCRadio2
🎵🤩
@Guy_Garvey
@julesbuckley
@katiemelua
@cerysmatthews
@rubyturnersoul
@rickastley
@markking
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The
@RoyalAlbertHall
is looking beautiful! Excitement is really building ahead of tonight's
@bbcproms
🤩
Join us for an evening of Viennese operetta, including favourites from
#Leh
ár &
#Strauss
🎶
📺 LIVE at 7.30pm
@BBCRadio3
@BBCiPlayer
👉
#BBCProms2020
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That's just the way it is...
@brucehornsby
in the
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room with
@vernonkay
🎶
Listen on
@BBCSounds
| Watch on
@BBCiPlayer
#R2PianoRoom
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We're excited to perform alongside
@JackSavoretti
at
@bbcproms
In The Park on Sat 14 Sept! Catch him on
@BBCRadio2
tomorrow morning and buy tickets here:
Really excited to be joining
@ZoeTheBall
on her
@BBCRadio2
show tomorrow to talk about
@bbcproms
,
#SingingToStrangers
& more...
Tune in tomorrow from 8am 🙂
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Tonight on
@BBCFOUR
- this
#Armistice
weekend, don't miss our performance of
#WarHorse
in concert with
@GarethMalone
's Military Wives Choir,
@NationalTheatre
Ensemble and Simon Russell Beale:
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We’re delighted to announce that Matthew Swann has been appointed the new Director of the BBC Concert Orchestra.
We look forward to working with Matthew who will join us from 27 March. Read the full announcement here:
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We are thrilled to announce that Bill Chandler has been appointed the new Director of the BBC Concert Orchestra.
We look forward to welcoming him to the BBC CO family in September!
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A beautiful version of the
@texastheband
song Halo in the
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room this morning 🧡
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Rehearsals for this afternoon’s video game music concert are sounding great! We’re excited to have
@eimearnoone
conducting and
@jessicacurry2
presenting plus we’re performing music by them too 🎶 Listen on
@BBCRadio3
on Wed 3 July at 2pm
#KingdomHearts
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This impressive trumpet playing will put some oomph into your afternoon! 💥🎺
Composer
@LauraJurd
's Study
#1
written for BBC CO Principal Trumpet Kate Moore is part of
@BBCRadio3
's
#PostcardsFromComposers
series 🎶
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Here’s a sneak peek of the brilliant
@BramwellTovey
in rehearsal this afternoon for our London Jazz festival
@southbankcentre
concert on Sun 18 Nov with
@shivafeshareki
!
#JazzReimagined
#BeyondBoundaries
🎹🎶
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Tune in! We're going live on
@BBCRadio2
with
@thisissigrid
at Maida Vale Studios for a brand new Piano Room session 🤩
🧡
@RealKenBruce
is live from the legendary Maida Vale studios today for
@thisissigrid
in the piano room!
Listen live 🎧
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What a way to end the
#R2PianoRoomMonth
!
Tune into
@RealKenBruce
on
@BBCRadio2
from 11am to hear us perform tracks with
@edsheeran
🙌
📻
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It's Friday Night 🙌 It's Music Night 🙌 Shimmy your way through tonight's show as
@RealKenBruce
invites you to an evening at the dance, with special guest singers
@RebeccaTrehearn
& Gary Williams 💃 Listen to
#FNIMN
@BBCRadio2
from 8pm:
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.
@alasdairmalloy
and BBC CO Percussion brought all the fun to the stage and chaos to the classroom tonight in Malcolm Arnold’s The Belles of St Trinian’s Comedy Suite 😂👏
@bbcproms
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10
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What an absolute joy to be back performing at the
@bbcproms
and making music again with Principal Conductor
@BramwellTovey
🎶
Congratulations to everyone involved! 👏
📺 Catch up on
@BBCiPlayer
:
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Mastermined by Principal Percussionist
@alasdairmalloy
, lockdowned members of the orchestra are keeping up with their surprise Happy Birthdays! This time for our Director, Andrew Connolly
@73ac
🥳🎂
5
12
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Gearing up for tonight’s concert at
@bbcproms
celebrating the 150th anniversary of
#bbcproms
founder-conductor Sir Henry Wood! Join us at
@RoyalAlbertHall
tonight at 7.30pm, listen live on
@BBCRadio3
or watch on
@BBCFOUR
tomorrow evening 🎶
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Wow!
@barrymanilow
has arrived on the
@bbcproms
in the Park stage to perform for the 40,000 strong audience here in Hyde Park 🤩🤩
1
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A stage full of stars ‘With a little bit of Lerner’ 🌟 huge congratulations to everyone involved! 👏
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What a beautiful setting for this evening’s Good Friday concert! We’re going live at 7.30 on
@BBCRadio3
from
@Kings_College
with
@danielhydeorgan
&
@Philchorus
, performing Haydn & Mozart, feat. soloists
@SampsonCarolyn
, Ruby Hughes,
@dannormski
& David Shipley 🎼🎻
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Opening The No.1 Court Celebration
@Wimbledon
performing alongside
@Palomafaith
🎤
#RoofForAll
#Wimbledon
#livemusic
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Proud to play our part in this 🤩
Not a dry eye in the house when
@dunclaurence
and other former
#Eurovision
contestants in Liverpool and Ukraine came together for an emotional performance of 'You’ll Never Walk Alone'. Orchestral track recorded by us 🎶
#UnitedByMusic
1
12
65
Best version of
@RealMattLucas
's 'Baked Potato' song yet? We think so! 🥔
So much fun being involved with
#TheBigNightIn
#ThankYouBakedPotato
An epic rendition of 'Baked Potato' with
@RealMattLucas
and the
@BBCCO
🥔😂
Proceeds from the single are going towards feeding NHS staff 👏
#TheBigNightIn
🔴
@BBCOne
&
@BBCiPlayer
➡️
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We’re in rehearsals for
@bbcproms
in the Park this afternoon and our spines are tingling already 🤩
@mrmichaelball
performing with
@lesmisofficial
legend Claude-Michel Schönberg on piano! Listen live on
@BBCRadio2
from 4pm 🎶
#PromsInThePark
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Our visit to China is well under way. Here we are, rehearsing Johann Strauss I’s Radetzky March for today’s New Year concert in Shenzhen 🎇🎆
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You can listen to our gaming music concert featuring conductor
@eimearnoone
and presenter
@jessicacurry2
on
@bbcradio3
now or catch up on
@bbcsounds
🎧
#kingdomhearts
#thelegendofzelda
#worldofwarcraft
2
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What a dazzling performance by
@jessgillamsax
of John Harle’s Briggflatts 🤩She thoroughly deserved her standing ovation! 🙌🏻 We loved sharing the stage with her, Principal Conductor
@BramwellTovey
and presenter
@lachlangoudie
🎶 Listen on
@bbcradio3
on Wed 22 May!
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As part of
#DancePassion
listen to
@BBCRadio2
at 8pm tonight for
#FNIMN
with
@ShirleyBallas
@mrjoemcfadden
@joanneclifton
for some incredible Latin-themed music and songs from musicals! 💃🎤💃
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What a performance! Tonight we presented
#ReSound
with
@StreetwiseOpera
,
@TheSixteen
&
@KeithLockhart
- an inspiring collaboration, bringing together musicians, composers & communities from across the UK to create 9 new operas telling the stories of our cities. Congratulations👏
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Bringing the house down with Let It Go from
#frozen
to end tonight’s
#disneysbroadwayhits
concert
@royalalberthall
❄️ We can’t wait to do it all again - twice! - tomorrow 🎶 Huge congratulations to
@antonzetterholm
@WVerkaik
@ShaunEscoffery
Ava Brennan &
@KeithLockhart
👏🏻
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Ella & Dizzy would have loved it! Massive congratulations to
@DianneReeves1
James Morrison and everyone involved! 👏👏👏
#EllaFitzgeraldProm
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Pianist
@leonmccawley
and conductor
@BramwellTovey
after our performance of Ireland’s Piano Concerto, which
@bbcproms
founder Sir Henry Wood conducted the
#worldpremiere
of in 1930 🎹
#bbcproms
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👋 Hello
@RoyalAlbertHall
🎬🎶 Tonight we’re live on
@BBCRadio3
at 7.30 performing the scores that bring the best 20th Century cinematic moments to life.
#bbcproms
@bbcproms
@BramwellTovey
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Thanks to the brilliant cast who brought the Golden Age of Broadway to life! (1 of 2)
@clarkepeters
@LouiseDearman
@NadimNaaman
🤩
#BBCProms
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🤩
@BBCRadio2
's
@RealKenBruce
will present our Brit Hits! concert
@RoyalNottingham
on 22 October, packed with some of your favourite UK pop hits reworked into breath-taking orchestral versions.
Find out more ➡
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This was special! 🧡 We performed 3 tracks with
@samsmith
in the
@BBCRadio2
Piano Room at Maida Vale Studios for the
@RealKenBruce
show.
🎤 Unholy
🎤 I'm Kissing You
🎤 Stay With Me
Listen to the full performance on
@BBCSounds
🎧
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A beautiful moment to brighten any day...
Principal Cello, Miwa Rosso premieres 'Postcard for Magdalena' by
@ErrollynWallen
, broadcast this morning on BBC Radio 3 as part of their
#PostcardsFromComposers
series 🎶
#cultureinquarantine
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12
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Final edit Vs behind the scenes in the recording studio 🎶
@GFentonMusic
's score for David Attenborough's Wild Isles really brings the drama.
Ep.1 is now on
@BBCiPlayer
:
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Today's pick-me-up soundtrack:
#MusicalsTheGreatestShow
with
@Sheridansmith1
and a whole host of West End stars 🤩
🎧 Its' the last day you can hear it on
@bbcsounds
👉
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10
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We're excited to announce our involvement with
@southbankcentre
@BBCRadio3
Unclassified Live concerts next season! It will be an exhilarating ride with
@elizabethalker
@andrederidder
@danielmarkavery
@caroshawmusic
@rafiqbhatia
@tim_hecker
@danielelms
🎧
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We love this photo of
@stevehillage
performing David Bedford’s orchestral arrangement of Mike Oldfield’s 'Tubular Bells'. He'll be performing it with us next Tues
@southbankcentre
in our David Bedford at 80 celebration concert 👌🎶
📷 Ronald Ian Ferguson
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Rehearsals are well underway for the amazing extravaganza that is
#PromsInThePark
on Saturday! We'll be joined on stage by
@MsGladysKnight
@RockChoir
@mrmichaelball
@JessGillamSax
@MalteseTenor
@joshgroban
🙌🎤🤩 listen live from 5pm on
@BBCRadio2
and watch online!
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Have you ever seen 9 bassoons and 3 contrabassoons play together? Now is your chance! 🎶
Watch Calling All Workers by Eric Coates, arr. by
@diggermagee
, performed by the bassoonists of
@BBCSSO
@BBCSO
@BBCCO
@BBCNOW
&
@BBCPhilharmonic
Part of
@BBCRadio3
#BBCInstrumentalSessions
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