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. ...
Read MoreI have a confession. I flippin’ love film music. I don’t mean pre-existing songs that are played over the action (though Guardians of the Galaxy’s Awesome Mix is brilliant). I’m taking about the music that is written...
Read MoreMortality might be considered a brave choice as a theme for an evening at the symphony, but Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra has always taken risks. And while death as definite motif was never explicitly espoused in the pre-concert...
Read MoreChristmas comes but once a year and when it does it’s accompanied by much-loved rituals and marked by familiar personal landmarks in the yuletide calendar. For some, the season starts with the first sighting of a Christmas...
Read MoreThe Hallé began its new season in fine style with the kind of skilful and passionate performance that is the hallmark of this fine musical institution. In the Hallé’s hands, the audience was by turns waltzed...
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