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    9. Celebrate Sir Simon Rattle's 60th birthday

    The Full Works Concert, Monday 19 January 8pm. Jane Jones presents a special birthday concert of music conducted by this great British musician who is celebrating a landmark birthday. Rattle’s long-term relationship with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra was a defining one, and tonight we hear his performance of Sibelius Symphony No.5 with the CBSO.

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