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Conductors, like most music lovers, keep discovering music that is new to them. Marin Alsop's latest discovery is the 'Turangalila-Symphonie,' a mind-blowing 75-minute orchestral piece by Olivier Messiaen, written in the 1940s.


Finding God, love and the meaning of life in Messiaen's 'Turangalila-Symphonie'

We're at the BBC Proms for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Bernstein-filled Proms debut.


From the BBC Proms

At a time when we have become immune to shock and where hyperbole rules, Marin Alsop argues that Mahler's Sixth Symphony provides the perfect soundtrack.


Hammered: Pounding Out The Excess In Mahler's Sixth Symphony

The BBC Proms is the biggest music festival in the world and it's coming to an end with this epic concert.


Last night of the BBC Proms

South meets North, as one of the best orchestras in Brazil heads to London for their debut performance at the BBC Proms.


As Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop is the first woman to lead a major American orchestra. She also spent twelve years with the Colorado Symphony, and six years as principal guest conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in England.


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