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Marian Anderson was the first African American singer to perform on the stage of the Met.

One of the pieces that gives the Last Night of the Proms its unique identity.

A symphonic poem that received its premiere in a dazzling new concert hall for Britain.

First performed at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.

As sung by the unforgettable Kathleen Ferrier.

Music that evokes the bitter chill and sacrifice of Captain Scott's fated expedition.

"You may recognise the passage of those who are making Civil Rights demands."

The musical thought experiment that questions what music is - and who gets to decide.

Written at a time of enormous change, these songs speak not of beginnings but of endings.

Part of the opening concert of the first ever Aldeburgh Festival in 1948.

The opening number of the National Youth Orchestra's first ever concert in 1948.

Music that opened the very first edition of the world's biggest arts festival.

A piece that would become the bedrock of early-years classical music education in the UK.

In 1946, the Arts Council of Great Britain was awarded a Royal Charter.

Performed on the opening night of Welsh National Opera in 1946.

A luminous post-war masterpiece that became the talk of London town.

A serious, intimate piece born of terrible tragedy.

A piece written in wartime with pacifism at its heart.

The children's opera staged in a concentration camp.

A Soviet symphony so powerful that it stopped time in wartime London.

"Cheerful and Londony, stout and steaky... honest, healthy, humorous, and strong.鈥�

A haunting piece that was first performed in a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.

The piece that many will forever associate with Mickey Mouse... and dancing broomsticks.

How German music found a home in a remarkable wartime concert series in London.