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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Manchester, United Kingdom

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ManchesterJanáček: The Cunning Little Vixen

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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Martin Pickard; Harry Fehr; Nicky Shaw; Mark Jonathan; Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra; Esther Shea

ManchesterSiemens Hallé International Conductors Competition 2026 Final

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Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Brahms, Bernstein
The Hallé

ManchesterEric Lu and Kate Liu | “Storms of Life”

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Schubert, Mozart, Chopin
Eric Lu; Kate Liu
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Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

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Viktoria Mullova is a superb soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, while an orchestra full of soloists play Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Kahchun Wong presiding. 
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Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic

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Celtic legends and dramatic landscapes fill Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in an evening of emotional and reflective music under conductor Nicholas Carter. 
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Avant-garde echoes meet minimalist soundscapes in Hallé concert

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Jonny Greenwood’s genre-defying music is given a powerful performance by violinist Daniel Pioro and members of The Hallé Orchestra under Hugh Tieppo-Brunt.
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Street-smart and subversive: Ailish Tynan talks Così fan tutte

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The Irish soprano talks about singing Mozart’s Così fan tutte with English National Opera, in London and Manchester – and how the wily Despina is the perfectly subversive character for her. 

Looking for Thomas Adès in the Aquifer

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In residence in Manchester with the Hallé, Thomas Adès talks about recent pieces Aquifer and Wreath, and how bigness and smallness are never exactly quantifiable.

Phelim McDermott on Flotation tanks and absent kettles

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The English actor and stage director talks Taoism, Manchester’s Royal Exchange and his latest collaboration with Philip Glass.