Day Seven - Thursday May 15

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Royal Academy of Music Symphonic Wind

Keith Bragg





Listen to a sample of the Royal Academy of Music Symphonic Wind's Presto from their album Sounding Out

It is a pleasure to be able to continue our relationship with the Royal Academy of Music, this year showcasing the talented young musicians that make up the Academy's Symphonic Wind.

Conductor - Keith Bragg

Robert Szymanek - An Epilogue to Start
Mozart arr Wendt - Excerpts from the Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven - Symphony no 7 (arr for wind nonet by Beethoven)

World cinema series: The Lives of Others (15)

A screen from The Lives of Others

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others has won many awards including the Academy's Best Foreign Language Film Award. The film begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately takes us to 1991, in what is now the reunited Germany.

The Lives of Others traces the gradual disillusionment of Captain Gerd Wiesler, a highly skilled officer who works for the Stasi, East Germany's all-powerful secret police. His mission is to spy on a celebrated writer and actress couple, Georg Dreyman and Christa-Maria Sieland.

Gilad With Strings

Gilad Atzmon




"Charlie Parker with Strings" is one of the best-selling records in the history of Jazz. This gig will see outstanding jazz saxophonist Gilad Atzmon's quartet - winner of BBC Jazz Award - alongside the Sigamos String Quartet with a new performance of Parker's legendary music. The gig will include adaptations of tunes from Parker's original 1950s Verve recordings as well as especially composed new works by Gilad Atzmon and Huw Warren.

The combination of Atzmon's unparalleled bebop virtuosity with stunning string arrangements promises to create a powerful and unforgettable performance.

"Atzmon is an astonishing musician" - Time Out

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