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RIP
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ballet
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends… Fever – Peggy Lee
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Orchestras
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Smart move for Delyana
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Opera
Dutch make an opera of an anti-oil lawsuit
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News
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Orchestras
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Daily Comfort Zone
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Opera
Tenor flies from La Scala to attend birth of his child
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Orchestras
New concertmaster in Berlin
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Orchestras
European string quartet breaks up
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Album Of The Week
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends… Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake – New Adventures
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