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The Rababis of Lahore performing on tablas
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Film: Mardana's Children: The Rababis of Lahore

A short film about a community of Pakistani Muslim musicians with deep-rooted ties to the Sikhs by way of a centuries-old music tradition that originated with Guru Nanak and his disciple Bhai Mardana.

Davinder Panesar turning to look at the camera
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Immersive Experiential Mool Mantra Workshop

Join for a landmark event that marks the convergence of ancient wisdom, consciousness and cutting-edge science, focusing on personal and transpersonal health, healing, and well-being.

Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji speaking into a microphone, holding his finger up
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Film: Guru Nanak's Message of Peace and Forgiveness

A deep dive into Guru Nanak’s timeless teachings on peace and forgiveness – messages that resonate across cultures even today – in an insightful film and Q&A by Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji.

Kirpal Panesar
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Guru Nanak and Indian Classical Music

Kirpal Panesar takes us on a musical journey that is both meditative and profound, exploring Guru Nanak's connection between spiritual verses and music.

Painting of Guru Nanak
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Guru Nanak’s Message of Peace through Music 

Immerse yourself in inspired spiritual music as we mark Guru Nanak’s 555th birth celebration, paying homage through kirtan, qawaali and bhajans performed together for the first time under one roof.

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda holds a microphone and presents his pre-concert Half Six Fix talk
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Prokofiev 2

Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Pianist Alice Sara Ott performing on the Barbican Hall stage. She has short black hair and is wearing a sleevless black top.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Prokofiev’s mind-blowing second Symphony, plus early Beethoven and a charming opener from Schubert.

Sakari Oramo conducting, with pink orange swirls around him
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra: Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams

England’s dreaming: Sakari Oramo rediscovers rare and wonderful British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams, Doreen Carwithen and Malcolm Arnold. 

Sunwook Kim sitting at a grand piano
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Classical music

Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Sunwook Kim

Pianist Sunwook Kim multi-tasks with the high octane Chamber Orchestra of Europe in a concert featuring a Beethoven double.  

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and conductor Gianandrea Noseda perform on the Babrican Hall stage
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Orchestral fireworks with early Shostakovich and Schnittke, joined by the London Symphony Chorus for some stirring Brahms.

Baritone James Way
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Classical music

Britten's Canticles

Three outstanding young singers unite in a programme of love, loss, and remembrance, where Schubert and Errollyn Wallen are entwined in Britten’s five haunting canticles.

Sakari Oramo conducting, with blue circular swirls framing him
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Classical music

Oramo conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony

Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style. 

Lang Lang
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Lang Lang

One of the most influential pianists of the 21st century plays music by Fauré, Schumann and Chopin.

A close up shot of a sheep's head against a black background. There is a small drop of blood dripping from the sheep's ear.
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Academy of Ancient Music: Bach's St John Passion

Laurence Cummings and AAM bring an Easter tradition to life: a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion

A photo of Stephen Hough with pink circular swirls around him
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Classical music

Hough plays Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto

Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.