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ManchesterSchubert’s Great

© Radoslaw Kazmierczak
Brahms, Schubert
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Clelia Cafiero

ManchesterRomeo and Juliet – English National Ballet

© Jason Bell
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Rudolf Nureyev; English National Ballet; Ezio Frigerio; Franca Squarciapino; Tharon Musser; English National Ballet Philharmonic

ManchesterThe Hallé - Rachmaninov's Symphony No.3

© Drew Forsyth
Ravel, Szymanowski, Rachmaninov
The Hallé; Nicholas Collon; Emily Davis
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British Iconoclasts: BBC Philharmonic at the RNCM

Guy Cutting and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra © Chris Payne
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s strings present a programme of British music from the Renaissance to the present day, including works by Byrd, Britten and Tippett.
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A knockout Brahms 4 launches the NDR Radiophilharmonie’s UK tour

Stanislav Kochanovsky © NDR | Peer Bothmer
Bridgewater Hall’s 30th anniversary International Concert Series opens with an exciting visit from the NDR Radiohpilharmonie Hannover with conductor Stanislas Kochanovsky. 
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Bihlmaier’s Boulanger and Brahms have moments of beauty and restraint

Julia Grüter, Anja Bihlmaier and Joshua Hopkins with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra © BBC | Chris Payne
Anja Bihlmaier draws committed playing from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a choral programme including Brahms’ German Requiem with the Audi Jugendchorakademie.  
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Elgar archive donated to The Hallé in Manchester

Elgar conducting an early recording session for the gramophone, c.1915 © Reproduced with permission from The Hallé Archive
The collection offers unrivalled insight into the life and work of one of the UK’s most celebrated composers.

Thomas Adès named Principal Guest Conductor of The Hallé

Thomas Adès © Marco Borggreve
The appointment marks the first formal conducting title of Adèsʼ career, during which he has enjoyed a close relationship with the orchestra as Composer-in-Association.

Street-smart and subversive: Ailish Tynan talks Così fan tutte

Ailish Tynan © Benjamin Ealovega
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.