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REBEL REBEL: BEETHOVEN
X BOWIE
As well as offering happily alliterative surnames, both Beethoven and Bowie (see!) were artists that challenged accepted musical ideas. Reinventing themselves and their music on the regs, the more than two centuries between the musicians will be bridged at a concert marking Beethoven's 250th birth-versary. Orchestra of the Swan is on music, with Ashes to Ashes, a new work including capital-T-Tuuunes like Station to Station, Lazarus and Heroes. The concert's also got pieces like Grosse Fugue, widely condemned and described as "a confusion of Babel" when first performed. Bowie biographer, Paul Morley, will intro the concert, at the Conservatoire on May 6. Tickets (from £18)
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COMEDY PICK: CATHERINE BOHART
Talk about an old head on young shoulders. Despite being one of the circuit’s relatively newer breakthrough acts, such is Catherine’s skill as a performer that you’re put at ease before she’s even taken the mic out of the stand; the Dublin native is cool and calm personified. And there’s a reason why Catherine is already enjoying rich success across TV and radio (Mash Report, 8 out of 10 Cats, Roast Battle et al): the writing is first-class, she has the delivery and poise of a veteran and — this is the kicker — she is innately likeable. As any comedian will tell you, that’s where the gold is. Grab 'em while they're hot — we'll all be queuing to see her at the Apollo before long. At Glee on March 27, tickets (£10).
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