Manchester in October and memories of summer are fading fast. The days grow shorter, the mornings crisper, and iron-grey clouds hang low over the city’s Gothic skyline. But every season has its compensations, and autumn’s are...
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 MoreSir Mark Elder, music director of Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra, talks to Northern Soul’s Alfred Searls about the Hallé’s Shostakovich season. Sir Mark Elder has history with the renowned Russian composer, Dmitri...
Read MoreEarlier this month the Hallé opened its 155th season. It would be reasonable to expect that the orchestra, one of the undoubted cultural crown jewels of Manchester, wanted to start things off with a bang, so to speak. But the...
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