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British Composers in Short Supply

The number of classical composers the UK produced dipped in the 18th to early 19th century, despite the huge rise in interest in classical music from the public. This resulted in some famous composers visiting and even settling here, such as Handel. We made up somewhat in the late 19th and 20th centuries!

April 13, 2022

art music quirky

Play a piano in Canary Wharf

If you missed the Play Me I'm Yours pianos in Canary Wharf in 2012 then this is your chance to play them!

January 18, 2022

events music things to do

PLAY THE MILE - a 100 day FREE Summer event, 18 May – 25 August

Explore the value of play and creativity in everyday life. Have you visited the Culture Mile of late? The Culture Mile stretches from Farringdon to Moorgate. Explore 2,000 years of history colliding and the places and people in Culture Mile and PLAY THE MILE.

January 13, 2022

festival music things to do

FREE Music Festival at the Barbican

Music will burst from the Barbican and out across Culture Mile’s architectural gems with a line-up of artists for whom the boundaries between classical and contemporary, experimental and jazz are blurred – or never even existed in the first place.

January 13, 2022