The King of the Waltz returns to the UK André Rieu is unlike anything else in the entertainment world. Along with his Johann Strauss Orchestra, Rieu has created a global revival in waltz music with his spectacular extravaganzas. He has sold over 40 million discs, received over 400 Platinum Awards, and is in fact the…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has won the Excellence and Innovation in the Arts Award at the Times Higher Education Awards for it’s off-site project After The Silence: Music in the Shadow of War. Now in their 11th year, the THE Awards are widely recognised as the Oscars of the higher education sector, shining…
There’s a calm and quiet which falls upon the audience as the wonderful orchestra, conducted superbly by Gavin Sutherland, start to play the opening bars. The lengthy introduction is magnificent, grand and sets the scene. As the curtain rises we were introduced to the city of Verona, torn apart by battling between the Capulets and…
Having sold over 8 million copies of their first nine CDs in the ten years since they formed, the all-Irish four-piece Celtic Woman have cemented their place as one of the world’s most popular World Music acts. Already huge stars in the US and their native Ireland, to commemorate their 10th anniversary the group are…
Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm Verdi Overture: The Force of Destiny Bloch Schelomo Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Nikolaj Znaider conductor Jian Wang cello The fate theme running through this season comes to the fore with the dramatic overture Verdi composed for his great opera The Force of Destiny. Young Chinese virtuoso, Jian Wang, then performs Bloch’s Schelomo….
Saxophonist Mike Hall is set to direct the Royal Northern College of Music Big Band in two concerts dedicated to Billy Strayhorn and Frank Sinatra. On Saturday 31 October, to mark the centenary of Strayhorn’s birth, the Band presents Take the ‘A’ Train, an evening of classic songs shaped by this incredible arranger, composer, pianist…
The World-famous Halle Orchestra is set to present 6 concerts featuring David McKee’s Elmer the Elephant as the Halle Half-term Family Concerts Return. Based on the book Elmer, by McKee, the concerts which are set to take place on 28 and 29 October at Halle St Peters and follow 2013’s There’s A Rumble In The…
The brand new Manchester jazz club, La Gitane, launched last night to an exclusive guest-list crowd for a preview of what’s to come. The first jazz club to be opened in Manchester since 1999, La Gitana on Bridge Street is a sister venue to Cafe Istanbul and saw the launch night feature singer Lucy Hope…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has seen two of its projects shortlisted for prestigious Times Higher Education Awards: After the Silence: Music in the Shadow of War for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts, and the Children’s Opera Into the Labyrinth for Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year. The shortlisting comes off the back…
An eager crowd awaited the Shama Rahman Band performing on the last day of Manchester Jazz Festival 2015. In fact the queue stretched around the Thwaites Festival Square to see what was set to be one of the highlights of MJF’s 2015 programme. The Shama Rahman Band, comprising of Shama Rahman herself, on sitar and vocals, accompanied…
