Monday 27 April: Royal Northern College of Music – 270415. The RNCM’s ddmmyy series concludes with 270415, which explores acts of collaboration between composers and soloists, featuring Michael Finnissy’s Gerschwin Arrangements, Luciano Berio’s Sequenza VI for viola and the world premiere of Aaron Parker’s Now (no more). Tickets £6. 7.30pm. Tuesday 28 April – Saturday 2…
Multi-platinum and multi-million selling Josh Grban has announced a run of three UK tour dates, which will find him performing at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on 28th November. The news comes after the release of his new album Stages, which hit the number one spot in the midweek charts. Stages is a collection of some of…
Monday 20 April: The Bridgewater Hall – London Philharmonic Orchestra and Alison Balsom: Songs of the Paradise Saloon. Marios Papadopoulos conducts as Classic FM Award Winner Alison Balsom is featured on the trumpet during an evening of American-influenced music including Bramwell Tovey’s Songs of the Paradise Saloon, which was adapted from Tovey’s opera The Inventor about…
Monday 13 April: Royal Northern College of Music – David Sanborn Band. David Sanborn performs one of his first shows outside London in many years, with electric fusion jazz and his soulful saxophone skills in support of his latest album Time And The River. Tickets £20. 7.30pm. Tuesday 14 April: Bridgewater Hall – A…
Wednesday 8 April: Bridgewater Hall – Jonathan Scott Spring Lunchtime Organ Recitals. A series of orchestral masterpieces performed on the organ including Vivaldi’s Summer, Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Tickets £8.50. 1.10pm.. Friday 10 April: Bridgewater Hall – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Christoph Koenig conducts as Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic…
Sunday 29 March: Bridgewater Hall – The Halle. Karl-Heinz Steffens conducts and Denis Kozhukhim is featured on piano as the Halle performs three magnificent pieces – Tchaikovsky’s majestic and awe-inspiring Swan Lake Suite, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 1 and Sibelius’ Symphony No 1. Tickets £39-£13. 7.30pm.. Monday 30 March: Royal Northern College of Music – Laura Wright. Soprano Laura Wright…
Saturday 11 April, 7.30pm Pops: Singin’ in the Rain: A Tribute to Gene Kelly Join Broadway maestro Larry Blank and a trio of star vocalists in a tribute to Hollywood’s greatest song and dance man, Gene Kelly. Performed by the full forces of the Hallé, these orchestrations and arrangements are some of the best ever…
Frank Turner in conversation English folk/punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner is set to take part in a public conversation with author/journalist Ian Winwood at the Bridgewater Hall, where he will also read extracts from his new book The Road Beneath My Feet and take questions from the audience as well as throwing in a few songs…
We pick out some of the classical highlights in Manchester this week including events at the Bridgewater Hall, RNCM and Chetham’s.
Monday 16th March: The Lowry Theatre – Sol3 Mio. Tenor brothers Pene and Amitai Pati alongside their baritone cousin Moses Mackay present three powerful operatic voices alongside their irrepressible Samoan humour. Having gone five times platinum in just six weeks in New Zealand, they scored the biggest selling album of 2014 overtaking Lorde in the process….
