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Win a pair of tickets to legendary producer Trevor Horn live with orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester
Win a pair of tickets to legendary producer Trevor Horn live with orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
Read the full story..“As long as they’re making a sound it doesn’t really matter to me how they’re doing it.” Tom Doughty talks to Northern Soul
Frodsham-born Tom Doughty is a well-respected acoustic lap slide guitarist, performer, songwriter, recording artist and teacher, known throughout the UK and internationally.
Read the full story..Review: Thus spoke the Hallé, Strauss and Janácek, Bridgewater Hall
The Hallé Orchestra and the Hallé Choir came together in Manchester recently to deliver a performance of epic proportions in a highly accomplished presentation of Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra and Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass.
Read the full story..Review: The Hallé Orchestra – 2018/19 Season Opening Concert, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Last Thursday in Manchester, with the wind howling and the rain falling so heavily that mass evacuation by ark seemed likely, the Hallé Orchestra opened its 2018/19 season under its guest conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens.
Read the full story..Win tickets to the RNCM Symphony Orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall
Northern Soul has teamed up with the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) to offer five readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to see the RNCM Symphony Orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall on Friday 29 June.
Read the full story..Review: 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.
Read the full story..Review: Belle & Sebastian, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The joy of pop can be as brief as its three-letter onomatopoeia, the giddy thrill of its first kisses paling with familiarity.
Read the full story..Left of Center? No, bang on target. Northern Soul sees Suzanne Vega in Manchester
It’s been a fair few years since Suzanne Vega last played a live concert in Manchester, but last week saw her triumphant return at the stunning Bridgewater Hall.
Read the full story..Review: La La Land in Concert, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
I first saw La La Land with my parents. We’d picked up a copy on DVD from Primark (it was on a stand in that bit where you queue up to pay, next to the multi-packs of face-wipes and cheap socks), got in a load of snacks and some wine, and screened it on the big telly in the front room.
Read the full story..Death in Manchester: a sublime evening with the Hallé Orchestra
Mortality might be considered a brave choice as a theme for an evening at the symphony, but Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra has always taken risks.
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