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Sunday 18 May 2014 Bridgewater Hall: The Halle. Sir Mark Elder conducts the Halle through music of the Americas, featuring performances of Bernstein’s Overture: Wonderful Town; Copland’s Rodeo: Dance Episodes; Ginastera’s Harp Concert; Berstein’s West Side Story: Symphonic Dances; and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Marie Leenhardt features on Harp. Tickets from £10. Monday 19 May 2014 Royal…
Aged only 16, Gabriella Cilmi was launched into the public eye with her hit song Sweet About Me, a song which sold over 2 million copies and reached the top ten in 16 countries (peaking at number 8 in the UK). Now, still only 22 years old, the singer songwriter is back with her third album,…
For a band which avoids overloading guitars, steering clear of reverb and maintaining a clean, concise melodic theme, with a strong minimalistic approach, Teleman can certainly fill a room with sound to delight fans. That is exactly what we experienced last night at Manchester’s Deaf Institute. Before a sold-out Deaf Institute crowd, Teleman performed numbers from…
Manchester’s Halle Orchestra has announced some of the highlights for the 2014-2015 season, during which the renowned Manchester orchestra will be joined by performers from around the world for performances at the Bridgewater Hall. Amongst the highlights are performances of six of Shostakovich’s concertos, which will feature the likes of violinists Viktoria Mullova and Henning…
Last night we headed off to the RNCM to watch internationally acclaimed vocalist, David Serero’s One Man Musical – and what a show it was! Arriving on the Studio Theatre stage looking rather dapper, wearing a suit and a huge smile, the 32 year old French Baritone provided an hour and a half’s truly entertaining…
If you are not familiar with Kristyna Myles’ music – you need to be! We were fortunate enough to attend Kristyna’s album launch at the Deaf Institute and were left in absolutely no doubt as to her amazing talent. Three fantastic bands and artists supported the Kristyna Myles gig – Miss 600, Sam Gray and…
Brit Award and Ivor Novello award nominated singer Nerina Pallot has announted a 17-date nationwide tour, which will take in the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale on Monday 3rd May. The news coincides with the release of her EP Free As You Wanna Be which was released on Tuesday. This, her latest EP, has been…
Ahead of the launch performance for The Orielle’s latest Single Entity, we caught up with Halifax’s finest for a quick chat. Tell us a bit about your background Sid: We’ve been together for about two years now. We first met at a house party, where there was a piano upstairs and we started jamming together. We…
We headed down to the Deaf Institute to catch the hottest thing to come out of Halifax in quite some time, The Orielles, launching their single Entity, a stunning piece of surf-rock/pop – strong bass, beautiful, dreamy vocals, driving guitar and drums. There’s quite a buzz developing about the Orielles, and we went in with…
Fresh from her knockout performance at Matt and Phreds, where Charlie Cooper launched her incredible debut EP, Needs Must (When The Devil Drives), we met up with Charlie Cooper to discuss the EP, her career so far and what the future holds for such an incredible talent. The last time we met was for your EP…
