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Watch: Great Traditions with Ustad Wajahat Khan

An image showing Wajahat Khan playing a sarod string instrument, to the left are a female violinst wearing a black dress and a male cellist wearing a suit holding his cello upright

Explore a unique fusion of Western and Indian traditions of music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and legendary maestro of the sarod and composer, Ustad Wajahat Khan.

RPO Resound: 'Express Yourself' Wandsworth Special Schools project

An orchestra plays on a wooden panelled stage, with a large screen above them showing a yellow background and a stick-like human figure

Tuesday 29 March 2022 marked the culmination of ‘Express Yourself’, the 2022 edition of the Wandsworth Special Schools project developed by long-time partners Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Wandsworth Music.

Photos and reactions: Vasily Petrenko conducts Britten, Shostakovich and Walton at Southbank Centre

A wide shot of the RPO on stage at the Royal Festival Hall

On Wednesday 23 March the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's season of Great British Music continued at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall with a programme of works by three closely-linked twentieth century composers - Walton's Symphoy No.1, Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No.1.

Read on to see more photos, reactions and reviews from the evening.