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

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ManchesterThe Hallé - ABBA Symphonica

Bridgewater Hall, Sat 1 Oct at 19:30
ABBA
The Hallé; Stephen Bell; Annie Skates; Emma Kershaw; Lance Ellington; David Combes
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ManchesterSteven Isserlis and Alasdair Beatson

Chethams School of Music
Stoller Hall, Mon 3 Oct at 19:30
Mendelssohn, Moscheles, Schumann, Brahms
Steven Isserlis; Alasdair Beatson
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ManchesterSwan Lake

Palace Theatre, Oct 05, 06 mat, eve, 07, 08 mat, eve
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Derek Deane; Sir Frederick Ashton; English National Ballet; Peter Farmer; Howard Harrison
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ManchesterThe Hallé - A Hero's Life

Bridgewater Hall, Thu 6 Oct at 19:30
Smetana, Rachmaninov, Strauss R.
The Hallé; Sir Mark Elder; Pavel Kolesnikov
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ManchesterLondon Philharmonic Orchestra

Bridgewater Hall, Sat 8 Oct at 19:30
Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Elgar
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Benjamin Grosvenor
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ManchesterThe Hallé - Mendelssohn’s Italian

Bridgewater Hall, Oct 12 mat, 13, 16
Mendelssohn-Hensel, F, Sibelius, Farrenc, Mendelssohn
The Hallé; Taavi Oramo; Tami Pohjola
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Big-boned Elgar 2 opens the BBC Philharmonic's season

Rohan Shotton, 24 Sep
Mark Wigglesworth conducts vivid Elgar with the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.
****1
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Eri Nakamura leads a fine cast in The Hallé's Madama Butterfly

Rohan Shotton, 28 May
Sir Mark Elder conducts The Hallé in a stirring semi-staged production of Madama Butterfly.
****1
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Premier League Vaughan Williams from The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder

Rohan Shotton, 30 Apr
Memorable performances of Vaughan Williams' darkest and brightest symphonies at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
*****
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Monumental Vaughan Williams and Holst from the Hallé and John Wilson

Peter Connors, 21 Apr
The Bridgewater Hall's cycle of Vaughan Williams' symphonies continues with a gripping performance of the Ninth, coupled with a colourful account of Holst's The Planets. 
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Toward the Unknown Region: Vaughan Williams 2 and 7 in Manchester

Rohan Shotton, 09 Apr
John Wilson navigates two of Ralph Vaughan Williams' symphonies at Bridgewater Hall, part of the RVW 150 celebrations.
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More Mozart, made in Manchester from the Camerata

Rohan Shotton, 25 Mar
Gábor Takács-Nagy and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet tackle Mozart's Piano Concertos nos. 24 and 25 with the Manchester Camerata with their usual panache.
****1
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