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Saturday 09 March 1996 00:02 GMT

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Midori Welcome visit from one of the day's supreme violinists, in an unhackneyed programme of Mozart, Schubert, Prokofiev and Saint-Saens with pianist Robert McDonald (above, with Midori). Barbican Hall, London EC2, Sun

Bernstein in the Fifties "Towards the Millennium" lures Birmingham Contemporary Music Group away from the modernists with some of the biggest show scores, including West Side Story and Wonderful Town. Simon Rattle conducts. Birmingham Symphony Hall, tonight

SoundArt 96 Nancy Ruffer, John Butcher and friends mixing composed and improvised music. Conway Hall, London W1, tonight

Robert Maycock

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