
Leighton Jones
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Manchester
30 Oct 2026
The Lark Ascending: Manchester Camerata in full flight

Manchester
16 Oct 2026
British Iconoclasts: BBC Philharmonic at the RNCM

Manchester
25 Sept 2026
Bihlmaier’s Boulanger and Brahms have moments of beauty and restraint

London
13 Aug 2026
An all-American Prom from Gaffigan and the BBCSO

London
5 Aug 2026
The Hallé and Wong illuminate Ravel and Boulanger at the Proms

Buxton
23 Jul 2026
The Hallé returns to the Buxton International Festival


Blackpool
28 Jun 2026
Ludovic Morlot and the BBC Philharmonic: mimimalism, momentum, majesty

Manchester
7 May 2026
Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style


Manchester
1 May 2026
BBC Philharmonic’s bold but unbalanced Stravinsky and Adams


Manchester
16 Apr 2026
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams


Manchester
14 Mar 2026
Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic

Manchester
7 Feb 2026
Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC


Manchester
17 Jan 2026
Questions, answers and city nights: Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic

Manchester
6 Dec 2025
Jeannette Sorrell and the Hallé find drama in Handel’s Messiah

Manchester
30 Nov 2025
Akiko Suwanai shines with lyricism and fire in Hallé Tchaikovsky

Liverpool
19 Oct 2025
Vasily Petrenko brings precision and power to Shostakovich’s Leningrad


Liverpool
2 Oct 2025
Simone Lamsma dazzles in Britten with the Liverpool Phil


Liverpool
25 Sept 2025
Manze and the Liverpool Phil illuminate Henry Wood’s orchestrations

Manchester
20 Sept 2025
BBC Philharmonic opens season with bagpipes, boldness and brilliance

London
1 Aug 2025
Yunchan Lim plays a starring role in the CBSO’s Prom

London
20 Jul 2025
A Prom of two halves: Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth SO

Liverpool
3 Jul 2025
Vasily Petrenko dances in symphonic form with the RLPO

Manchester
23 May 2025
Energetic Mozart and Beethoven from Manchester Camerata


Liverpool
4 Apr 2025
Angel of Peace: The Sixteen’s annual choral pilgrimage


Manchester
29 Mar 2025
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on an evocative French road trip

Belfast
14 Feb 2025
Exquisite Mozart from Steven Osborne with the Ulster Orchestra

Liverpool
16 Jan 2025
Joseph Young makes his UK debut in music of his homeland

Manchester
12 Dec 2024
The stars shine brightly: Morlot conducts Messiaen in Manchester

Manchester
4 Dec 2024
Solomon’s Knot unravel Bach family motets in a different way

Liverpool
9 Nov 2024
A Belshazzar birthday bash: Sir Bryn Terfel celebrates in Liverpool

Belfast
18 Oct 2024
Peter Moore shines in Joe Chindamo’s trombone concerto in Belfast

Manchester
20 Sept 2024
Bavouzet’s Manchester Mozart cycle reaches its epic peak

Belfast
26 Jan 2024
Suganandarajah and Collins delight in Weber at Belfast’s Ulster Hall

Manchester
9 Dec 2023
The devil is in the detail: Stephen Layton’s Hallé Messiah

Belfast
1 Dec 2023
Conductor Mihhail Gerts impresses in Belfast

Liverpool
23 Nov 2023
Domingo Hindoyan brings a riot of colour to Liverpool

Liverpool
19 Oct 2023
Vasily Petrenko returns to Liverpool for a spectacular Russian evening

Manchester
14 Oct 2023
Eva Ollikainen makes musical worlds collide in Manchester

Belfast
22 Sept 2023
Rustioni brings a magical spell to Ulster Orchestra’s season opener

Belfast
16 Sept 2023
The stars shine brightly in Northern Ireland Opera’s Tosca

London
28 Aug 2023
Mystics and magicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms

London
25 Aug 2023
Heavenly Bach from Iestyn Davies at the BBC Proms

Manchester
24 Jun 2023
Manchester’s finest showcased at mcr:classical


Manchester
18 May 2023
Shades of pewter, clouds of silver: BBC Phil and John Storgårds

Liverpool
11 May 2023
Pacho Flores earns douze points in Liverpool

Manchester
30 Apr 2023
Lapwood and Niemeyer pull out all the stops with the Hallé

Liverpool
23 Mar 2023
Andrew Manze excels in Sibelius and Mozart

Liverpool
2 Mar 2023
Sergio Tiempo steps in to tackle Rach 3 in Liverpool

Liverpool
9 Feb 2023
A trio of Russian works given fresh light in Liverpool


Manchester
4 Dec 2022
Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé make perfect storytellers
