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The first programme in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s ‘Grace’ series showcased moving and authoritative music by Grace Williams, Kaija Saariaho and Sarah Lianne Lewis

What does a conductor do when they stand up and move their hands and baton? What is their role? And how has their way of leading evolved?

Looking for something to do? Check out this weeks events in the area.

Listen to this: the place and role of music in NYFF61 biopics Maestro and Priscilla is instructive of the ways in which an artist’s life can only be understood through their work

Born January 8, 1936; died October 25, 2023

No time for trick or treat? Try pizza with a side order of murder in Josh Hutcherson’s new film, or go into your dark place in the company of Matthew Holness’s awful horror author

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the San Francisco Symphony in concerts featuring cuatro player Jorge Glem on November 24–26.

Its silent in the Jack Singer concert hall as the conductor raises his baton to get the orchestras attention and then the rehearsal begins. The majority of the seats are empty but sprinkled throughout are volunteer handlers and 21 guide dogs in training.

There’s plenty to do in Toronto this week including the ImaginNATIVE, South Asia and environmental film festivals, Franchise Canada Show, Hot Docs Podcast Festival, Ontario Universities Fair

Events include Jr. A hockey, Famous People Players theatre, Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra season opener, franchise show