We take a quick look at what The Halle Orchestra has lined up at the Bridgewater Hall in February 2018. España Saturday 3 February 2018, 7.30pm Bizet Carmen Suite No.1 and Habañera Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Piazzolla Libertango (for guitar and strings) Chabrier España: rhapsody for orchestra Falla The Three Cornered Hat: Suite Nos.1 and 2 Ravel Boléro Conductor: Gergely Madaras; Featuring Craig Ogden,…
Manchester Camerata will conclude their series at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with Mozart’s unfinished Requiem. They begin the concert with Arvo Pärt’s Da Pacem Domine performed by a quartet, followed by the Linz Symphony and Mozart Requiem. The concert features a stellar cast of soloists including Ailish Tynan, Anna Harvey, Nicholas Mulroy and Peter Harvey and…
Manchester’s The Halle has announced a new ‘drive time’ concert at the Bridgewater Hall, 6 o’clock Classics. The event, which as the name would suggest takes place at 6pm, is aimed at attracting new audiences to hear the award-winning symphony orchestra whilst avoiding the rush hour. The one hour concert, is conducted by Johann Stuckenbruck…
Six months after the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena, which claimed the lives of twenty-two people, students at Chetham’s School of Music have arranged and recorded a new version of Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger. The song has been released to encourage people to remember and support victims of terror. Directly across the road…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has received £1.05 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Catalyst Fund to establish a significant digital project linking the College with university music departments and professional partners across England. The grant goes a significant way towards meeting the total cost of £2million. The project, RNCM Ensemble+, will…
Manchester’s Chetham’s and The Stoller Hall are set to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution with a festival of music and arts. The Revolution gave rise to a period of social and cultural transformation, defining a new role for the arts as a mouthpiece for social critique and political engagement. Out of the cultural…
The Halle performs a number of concerts at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in October 2017. We take a look at what the world famous orchestra has in store. The Firebird Thursday 5 October, 7.30pm Debussy Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Stravinsky The Firebird (1910) Conductor Sir Mark Elder…
Manchester’s Halle Orchestra will perform four concerts at the city’s Bridgewater Hall in September, including their Classical Extravaganza on 23 September: Opus One Concerts – Tchaikovsky’s Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony Thursday 14 September, 7.30pm; Sunday 17 September, 7.30pm; and Wednesday 20 September, 2.15pm Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, ‘Pathétique’ Conductor…
Manchester Camerata have announced that Stephen Dauncey will be their Chair ahead of their 2017/2018 Season. Stephen Dauncey joins Manchester Camerata as part of their vision to redefine what the orchestra can do. Stephen has a wealth of experience in the strategic and operational aspects of business that, as Chair, will help increase fundraising revenue,…
Patron of Chetham’s School of Music to open Manchester’s newest performance space The Earl of Wessex, Patron of Chetham’s School of Music, is to open The Stoller Hall: Manchester’s newest performance space, as part of the opening weekend Friday 21-Sunday 23 April 2017. His Royal Highness, who has been Patron of the School since 2003,…
