(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) The BBC Philharmonic celebrates Leonard Bernstein who died 25 years ago. The works he championed, those he composed, his friends and colleagues and the influence of his great mentor Serge Koussevitzky are the main focus this season. Great British music is the life-blood of the BBC Philharmonic. Its new Composer in Association, Mark Simpson, begins his role, and the orchestra will perform works by Foulds, Britten, McCabe, Turnage, Adès, Payne, Walton, MacMillan and Maxwell Davies. The BBC Philharmonic will mark key anniversaries, including Sibelius's 150th, Ginastera's centenary, Anthony Payne's 80th birthday and the 400th anniversary of...
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