Manchester’s RNCM to celebrate 50th birthday
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music will celebrate its 50th birth with four events across the summer.
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Riopy announces UK tour including Manchester’s Stoller Hall
Pianist and composer Riopy has announced a UK tour including a Manchester performance at the Stoller Hall in February 2023.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark live comes to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall
One of the most iconic movies of all times, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, comes to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall for a screening accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. The year is 1936, and professor of archaeology and “obtainer of rare antiquities” Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is tasked by U.S. Army Intelligence…
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Two rescue greyhounds to feature in Rigoletto at Manchester Opera House
Two rescue greyhounds from the Mersey and Cheshire Manchester Branch of The Greyhound Trust will take to the stage during Ellen Kent’s production of Rigoletto at Manchester Opera House. Producer Ellen has long been a campaigner for animal welfare, and after talking to a representative from a local greyhound charity and hearing how these beautiful…
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What is The Halle performing at the Bridgewater Hall in March?
Fans of Manchester’s The Halle are in for a treat this month as the world famous orchestra plays at series of concerts at The Bridgewater Hall featuring classical favourites and iconic sci-fi tunes. So what is The Halle performing at The Bridgewater Hall in March? Great Sci-Fi Movies Saturday 10 March 2018, 7.30pm Music from:…
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RNCM Opera bringing Hansel and Gretel to Manchester
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) brings Humperdinck’s opera Hansel and Gretel to the backstreets of Manchester this spring. The RNCM turns the clock back to the 1890s for this production of the Brothers Grimm tale, where a young brother and sister run away from their poor hunger-stricken home, to the lamp lit streets…
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Further afield: Storyhouse Chester hosts Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet Double Bill
Storyhouse in Chester hosts a series of performances of Swan Lake and Giselle by Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet this February as the troupe’s reputation continues to grow throughout the UK. The talented performers make their Storyhouse debut this February with two shows across three days, performing their favourite repertories alongside stunning sets, lavish costumes and…
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Hawkwind Orchestral tour coming to The Lowry
Having sold out the London Palladium 10 months in advance, Hawkwind are set to bring their brand new concept show In Search of Utopia – Infinity and Beyond to the Lowry Theatre, Salford, in October. For the very first time in their illustrious career, the band will be joined by a live orchestra. The score…
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The Halle at the Bridgewater Hall in February 2018
We take a quick look at what The Halle Orchestra has lined up at the Bridgewater Hall in February 2018. España Saturday 3 February 2018, 7.30pm Bizet Carmen Suite No.1 and Habañera Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Piazzolla Libertango (for guitar and strings) Chabrier España: rhapsody for orchestra Falla The Three Cornered Hat: Suite Nos.1 and 2 Ravel Boléro Conductor: Gergely Madaras; Featuring Craig Ogden,…
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Manchester Camerata to perform Mozart’s Requiem
Manchester Camerata will conclude their series at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with Mozart’s unfinished Requiem. They begin the concert with Arvo Pärt’s Da Pacem Domine performed by a quartet, followed by the Linz Symphony and Mozart Requiem. The concert features a stellar cast of soloists including Ailish Tynan, Anna Harvey, Nicholas Mulroy and Peter Harvey and…
