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Special musical snip at Barber Institute

There is a chance to enjoy the works of Manet, Degas and Rodin as well as Bruckner, Duke and Bregovic thanks to Stephen Roberts at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham today...

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  Art and music come together at the Barber Institute today — and its free

There is a free lunch time concert with a bit of a difference to enjoy at the famous Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham today (Friday 6th March at 12.00pm)

Symphonic Brass

Amid the displays of paintings by Manet, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and Reynolds, sculptures by Rodin and exhibitions on coins collections, Rome and Persia, the Birmingham Symphonic Brass will perform a programme under the direction of Stephen Roberts.

The programme will include several new original pieces and arrangements by Anton Bruckner, Vernon Duke, Goran Bregovic, Jeremiah Clarke and Stephen himself.

Time and place

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TS

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