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There's a lavish PlayStation orchestral concert at the Royal Albert Hall this month

So bassoon!

We are living in a new golden age of video game music, and by way of a celebration there will be a lavish orchestral concert at the Royal Albert Hall at the end of the month (Wednesday, 30th May). It's called PlayStation in Concert and will feature an 80-piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, plus City of London Choir, bringing PlayStation music to life. Oh, and a light show.

The programme features music from Horizon: Zero Dawn, the Uncharted series, The Last of Us, The Last Guardian, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, LittleBigPlanet and more. Award-winning Everybody's Gone to the Rapture composer Jessica Curry, who has a video game-themed High Score show on Classic FM, will host.

The concert is a collaboration between PlayStation and Classic FM, and a celebration of video games introducing a new audience to orchestral music.

"The success of our two series of High Score, and the fact that over half a million under-25-year-olds now listen to Classic FM every week, is proof of a growing younger audience for classical music in the UK," said Classic FM managing editor Sam Jackson.

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Here's an oldish video of Jessica Curry talking about the music she created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

PlayStation in Concert will also be the first event to use a fancy-pants app called EnCue, which can pump media and content to the audience while the show unfolds.

Tickets range from £20 up to £60. The Royal Albert Hall is a big venue but with one date in the diary, PlayStation in Concert seats will be in high demand. Don't leave it too late.