‘Bravi tutti’ RNCM: 50th Anniversary Opera Gala, Manchester
A sense of joy pervaded the building when the Royal Northern College of Music, as part of its 50th...
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Category: Music
Keeping Control: Independent Music From Manchester 1977-1981
Towards the tail end of the 1970s, John Reed was a young Mod growing up in Shoreham-by-Sea on the...
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‘the trumpet takes the role of the voice’ Trumpet soloist Matilda Lloyd on arias and performing up North
The last decade has been good to Matilda Lloyd. In 2014, she won the BBC Young Musician of the...
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‘divine’ The Dream of Gerontius, The Hallé, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Oh, what a night. In front of a packed Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the Hallé Orchestra and...
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‘reined-in cool’ SBT, Eagle Inn, Salford
There’s a pronounced tendency in pop for its female practitioners to be defined by...
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