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...
Read MorePosted by Alfred Searls | Mar 21, 2018 | Bands & Gigs, Duckspeak, Music, Northern Soul writes...
The Hallé Orchestra brought this season’s focus on Shostakovich to a fittingly dramatic climax...
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The joy of pop can be as brief as its three-letter onomatopoeia, the giddy thrill of its first...
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It’s been a fair few years since Suzanne Vega last played a live concert in Manchester, but last...
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I first saw La La Land with my parents. We’d picked up a copy on DVD from Primark (it was on a...
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Mortality might be considered a brave choice as a theme for an evening at the symphony, but...
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