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Relive the 2026 Festival with exclusive Music Sessions & Encores 🎶
Throughout the 2026 Festival, we captured premium recordings of some of the finest musicians on the planet. Now, you can relive the magic.
From today and throughout the autumn, every Tuesday and Thursday we'll be releasing brand new videos online.
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Music Sessions
From the intimate to the epic, we have it all. Our Music Sessions will take you behind closed doors for exclsuive recordings with artists like Sean Shibe, corto.alto and Catriona Price's transcontintential project Routes to Roots.
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Encores
On the other end of the scale with our Encore series we’re showcasing the unifying buzz of live performances such as the LA Phil helmed by maestro Gustav Dudamel, America's brightest young musicians with the NYO USA and the deeply emotional Brass Fanfare tribute to the legendary John Wallace and many more.
Introducing the first video: All Rise
What better way to begin than with the concert that launched our 2026 Festival.
Our first release is the final part of "I Am (Don't You Run From Me)", the 12th and final movement of Wynton Marsalis's All Rise.
Wynton Marsalis is joined by 200 people on the stage of the Usher Hall, all under the baton of conductor James Gaffigan. There's world-class talent in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, alongside the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers, who make their Festival debut.
This climatic piece of All Rise has the deep roots of New Orleans parade music and is a plea for the audience to stop, listen and come together.
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