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ManchesterSibelius' Symphony no. 2
Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Musgrave, Sibelius
The Hallé; Sir Mark Elder; Benjamin Grosvenor
ManchesterHallé - Elgar's Symphony no. 1
Wagner, Gubaidulina, Elgar
The Hallé; Sir Mark Elder; Baiba Skride
ManchesterRussian Extravaganza
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tsytlenok, Glazunov
The Hallé; Stephen Bell
ManchesterVivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight
Vivaldi, Bach
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta; Warren Mailley-Smith; Eva Þórarinsdóttir
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A fantastic start to The Hallé's new season at The Bridgewater Hall
Benjamin Grosvenor's account of Ravel's Piano Concerto was outstanding in a Hallé concert with powerful Vaughan Williams and Sibelius, plus a novelty by Thea Musgrave.
The Hallé in Russian mode with Mark Elder
Tracing a line of musical heritage was what this concert was all about: the imaginative richness of inspiration that passed from Rimsky-Korsakov through early Rachmaninov to Stravinsky.
A hurricane blows through The Hallé: Tabita Berglund
The young Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund has been making waves on the international circuit and is already exhibiting much promise. Here she directs the Hallé in an eclectic mix of Wagner, Golijov and Beethoven.
Satan in Manchester: Stravinsky from Elder, the Hallé... and friends
This interpretation by co-directors Annabel Arden and Femi Elufowoju Jr was intelligently conceived and brilliantly executed.
Mozart, Paul Lewis and the miracle of the fortepiano
Lewis' playing on a thoroughly modern instrument was as if he was in awe at the miracle of what Mozart had done with a simple fortepiano.
Tears for transience: Roderick Williams sings Butterworth
Its theme of the passing of everything from cherry blossom to opera houses made this a programme for the artistic perils of our time.