An Evening of English Classics in Manchester

By Holly Harrison, 13 July 2014

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Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 12 July 2014

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending

Britten, Simple Symphony, Op.4: Playful pizzicato

Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op.36: Nimrod

Arnold, Tam O'Shanter, Overture, Op.51

Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

Britten, Peter Grimes, Op.33: Storm interlude

Delius, Irmelin: Prelude

Holst, The Perfect Fool Ballet Suite

Lyn Fletcher, Violin

Jamie Phillips, Conductor

The Hallé

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

Peter Connors, 22nd March

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.

*****

Nico Muhly’s vision of the end of the world comes to Sheffield

Phil Parker, 15th March

Doom – both personal and cosmic – and its aftermath are the focus of Alpesh Chauhan’s Hallé concert at Sheffield’s City Hall.

****1

Avant-garde echoes meet minimalist soundscapes in Hallé concert

Pwyll ap Sion, 26th February

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.

****1

Celestial journeys with Kahchun Wong and the Hallé

Rohan Shotton, 19th February

Kahchun Wong returns to The Hallé for Holst and Unsuk Chin, with a postscript from Colin Matthews

***11

The Hallé brings Salonen, Grieg and Sibelius to Sheffield

Phil Parker, 23rd January

Dazzling young German pianist Julius Asal and stand-in conductor Duncan Ward breathe new life into the familiar in repertoire by Grieg and Sibelius.

****1

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Holly Harrison

Having obtained her BA (Hons) in Music, Holly has developed her love of classical music into the world of music journalism. As well as a fully-qualified journalist, Holly is also an instrumental teacher in Lancaster.