Tag: RNCM

A Day of Song

The Royal Northern College of Music is an ambitious institution. It is ambitious to further its already considerable reputation as a world-class conservatoire and it’s ambitious on behalf of its 700 students, whose...

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Zoe Trope: A Workshop Performance

Like Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, Zoe Trope begins in court. It starts with Present Zoe ( Lucilla Graham) defending her choice not to post her husband’s death online as new laws demand in this dystopian future-set opera. It...

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Kraftwerk Uncovered: A Future Past

There was once a time when electronic ground-breakers such as Kraftwerk weren’t even regarded as making ‘proper’ music. They were the cause of sneers and raised eyebrows and jokes about bleepy malfunctioning...

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Swooning on a Sunday Afternoon

Sunday is normally a day of rest. For many it is a rest from the extravagances of the previous night (please take note all of the Northern Soul correspondents attending the first annual Xmas party). I, on the other hand,...

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