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Streamlined Bach from the Hallé and Ryan Wigglesworth

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Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 21 April 2016
Bach, Magnificat in D major, BWV243
Stravinsky, Chorale Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch
Schumann, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Rhenish", Op.97
Ryan Wigglesworth, Conductor, Harpsichord
The Hallé Choir
Christopher Purves, Bass
Sophie Bevan, Soprano
Andrew Staples, Tenor
Christopher Ainslie, Countertenor
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams
****1
Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé
*****
Nico Muhly’s vision of the end of the world comes to Sheffield
****1
Avant-garde echoes meet minimalist soundscapes in Hallé concert
****1
Celestial journeys with Kahchun Wong and the Hallé
***11
The Hallé brings Salonen, Grieg and Sibelius to Sheffield
****1
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