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Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	4th March 2012
To	4th March 2012
When	19:30
Prices	From £12.00. To £40.00.
Barbican Centre (V371)
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Date of change: 25 Jan 12 - T973967605

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rufus Wainwright - A Shakespeare-inspired evening with Rufus Wainwright

Work:: BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rufus Wainwright (S01908719292)

Rufus Wainwright, one of the leading singer-songwriters of his generation, performs the UK premiere of his exquisite settings of five of Shakespeare's sonnets with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Shakespeare-inspired evening. The evening features readings of the sonnets by Sian Phillips, one of the UK's finest actors, music from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, the Much Ado About Nothing Suite by the great Hollywood composer Erich Korngold and John Adams's rollicking Lollapalooza.

Production:: A Shakespeare-inspired evening with Rufus Wainwright (T973967605)

Conductor	Rory MacDonald
Performer	Rufus Wainwright
Performer	Sian Phillips

Listing:: L1236845222

Barbican Hall

A Shakespeare-inspired evening with Rufus Wainwright

Barbican Hall

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