Messiah, Hallé, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
In Manchester, when, precisely, does Christmas begin? Is it Christmas when the city’s...
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A defiant performance: the Hallé Orchestra opens its 2019-2020 season
Last week, with the final embers of Summer illuminating the evening sky in Manchester, music lovers came together to greet the opening of Hallé Orchestra’s 2019-2020 season. Beethoven and Shostakovich were on the card at...
Read MoreReview: Terra Nova, Vaughan Williams at the Hallé
Last week the Hallé Orchestra took its audience on an heroic expedition, one that began in the splendour of a Papal Palace before advancing, through the drifting sands of Egypt, to the frozen wastelands of Antarctica. It was a...
Read MoreReview: Hallé Pops – The Magical Music of Harry Potter, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
When you go to see an orchestra play, it’s a feast for the eyes as well as the ears. Examine the musicians on stage closely tonight and you’ll spot a Bellatrix Lestrange, a ‘Mad-Eye’ Moody, assorted Death...
Read MoreReview: Violence and compassion – Shostakovich, Bach and Mendelssohn at The Bridgewater Hall
The Hallé Orchestra brought this season’s focus on Shostakovich to a fittingly dramatic climax with a performance of the great Soviet composer’s powerful eighth symphony at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. ...
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