The Hallé’s newly announced Manchester season explores ‘Northern Legends’, complete with the gods, kings and giants that inspired some true masterpieces of the Romantic era, and continues to influence composers today. Shakespeare and Beethoven share the billing in Sir Mark Elder’s opening programmes, and Elgar forms the centrepiece of the season with a festival featuring…
Visionary contemporary composer and acclaimed producer/arranger – John Metcalfe – will be performing an intimate retrospective show with an all-star band live at Manchester’s The Castle on 15 May. The composer, producer, violinist, guitarist and arranger has assembled an incredible line up of musicians from the worlds of folk, electronic and post-classical with Rae Morris’…
As Manchester After Hours comes ever nears, we look at some of the events taking place on 12 May along Oxford Road, in the Northern Quarter and even further afield. Around Oxford Road: D’Arts Festival Engine invites you to experience art in an extraordinary context as darts teams battle it out in the Whitworth’s Grand…
Il Divo bring their Amor & Pasion Tour to Manchester next week, as they return to the UK for an arena tour. The record breaking classical crossover group that has sold more than 35 million albums worldwide and launched their massive 2016 world tour in Mexico City, as fittingly the new show, set to play…
As the Halle prepare to launch their Dvorak Festival, titled Nature, Life and Love, we take a look at what’s on. The centrepiece of the festival which will celebrate the Czech composer with seven concerts in two weeks is Beyond the Score, combining music, actors, singers and film to tell the story of Dvorak’s most…
Sir John Tomlinson has been announced as the new President of the Royal Northern College of Music, effective from January 2017. The critically-acclaimed bass has a strong connection to the RNCM after graduating from the Royal Manchester College of Music (RMCM) in 1970. Since then he has performed leading roles with companies throughout the world…
Bouche play the deeply emotive and beguilingly timeless music of singer and double bass player Rebekah Bouche, over a seductive swagger of electric guitar and a sultry, weaving trumpet. ‘So Long Solemn’, the trio’s first album is 9 tracks long, but boldly clocks in at just over an hour, and as the title suggests the…
The Halle has announced that one of classical music’s most vibrant talents, Jonathon Heyward, is set to join the orchestra from its 2016-17 season. The recent winner of the Grand Prix of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors takes over from Jamie Phillips as the Halle’s Assistant Conductor and will make his Manchester debut…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has announced plans to transform its former Studio Theatre into a state-of-the-art rehearsal and recording area by fitting the world’s largest BOXY modular studio system. The Studio was previously used for small-scale productions and concerts but work will now commenced to refurbish the studio and install a 12m x…
Award-winning actor Henry Goodman to play Czech composer in Beyond the Score Beyond the Score will form the centrepiece of the orchestra’s Dvořák Festival this May. The festival, titled Nature, Life and Love, will celebrate the Czech composer with seven concerts in two weeks, conducted by the Hallé’s Music Director Sir Mark Elder. First performed…
