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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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Royal Northern College of Music: Theatre, Mar 26, 28 mat
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Martin Pickard; Harry Fehr; Nicky Shaw; Mark Jonathan; Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra; Esther Shea
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ManchesterSiemens Hallé International Conductors Competition 2026 Final

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The Bridgewater Hall, Tue 31 Mar at 19:00
Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Brahms, Bernstein
The Hallé
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ManchesterEric Lu and Kate Liu | “Storms of Life”

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Stoller Hall, Sat 4 Apr at 19:00
Schubert, Mozart, Chopin
Eric Lu; Kate Liu
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Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

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Peter Connors, 22 Mar
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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Leighton Jones, 14 Mar
Celtic legends and dramatic landscapes fill Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in an evening of emotional and reflective music under conductor Nicholas Carter. 
****1
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Avant-garde echoes meet minimalist soundscapes in Hallé concert

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Pwyll ap Sion, 26 Feb
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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Jessica Duchen, 07 Jan
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. 
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Looking for Thomas Adès in the Aquifer

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Lawrence Dunn, 26 Mar
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.
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Phelim McDermott on Flotation tanks and absent kettles

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Timmy Fisher, 03 Jun
The English actor and stage director talks Taoism, Manchester’s Royal Exchange and his latest collaboration with Philip Glass.
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