This Week’s Classical Highlights – 22 March – 28 March 2015
We pick out some of the classical highlights in Manchester this week including events at the Bridgewater Hall, RNCM and Chetham’s.
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Previewed: Chetham’s Showcase
See the award-winning jazz and classical musicians of the future Outstanding student soloists from across Chetham’s School of Music are set to perform a series of 20–minute recitals within this full-length concert, featuring jazz numbers including Cry Me A River, Bye Bye Blackbird and Smile. As the largest specialist music school in the UK and…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 1 March – 7 March 2015
Sunday 1st March: Royal Exchange Theatre – Manchester Camerata: Challenging the Senses. An immersive concert featuring Crumb’s Black Angels, Dowland’s Go Crystal Tears, Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 8 in C minor and Haydn’s Quartet No 63 ‘Sunrise’. Blackfinds will be handed out to enhance the senses (don’t worry though, they are optional) as well as cocktail…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 15 February – 21 February 2015
Sunday 15th February: The Whitworth – Manchester Camerata. The Whitworth’s reopening celebrations close with the premiere of Whitworth Letters, composed by Laura Bowler, Manchester Camerata’s Composer-in-Residence 2013-2014. The programme also includes Peter Maxwell Davies’ Fanfare for Lowry and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ String Quartet No 2 in A Minor. Free. 5pm-6pm. Monday 16th February: Royal…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 8 February – 14 February 2015
Sunday 8th February: Royal Northern College of Music – Day of Percussion. The RNCM’s Day of Percussion 2015 takes place featuring workshops, concerts and specialist consultations. World renowned artists including leading vibraphonist Anthony Kerr, world music specialist Pete Lockett, acclaimed drummer Troy Miller and LSO Principal Percussionist Neil Percy and LPO Timpanist Simon Carrington take part. More…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 25 January – 31 January 2015
Wednesday 28th January: Royal Northern College of Music – RNCM Opera Scenes. RNCM singers perform a range of scenes from operas by composers including Mozart, Britten, Smetana and Offenbach. Free. 6.00pm. Thursday 29th January: Bridgewater Hall – The Halle. Former principal conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski returns for this performance of Weber’s Overture: Der Freischutz, Schumann’s Cello Concerto…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 11 January – 17 January 2015
Sunday 11th January: Royal Northern College of Music – Chamber Music Festival. The RNCM’s Chamber Music Festival concludes, featuring 10 events including performances of Dvorak’s Piano Trio No 4 ‘Dumky’, Martinu’s La Revue de Cuisine, a screening of The Lady In Number 6: Music Save My Life, telling the story of the world’s oldest…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 4 January – 10 January 2015
Sunday 4th January and Monday 5th January: Bridgewater Hall – The Nutcracker. Rounding off the Christmas period perfectly, the Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia perform the incredible ballet The Nutcracker in three shows at The Bridgewater Hall. Sun 2.30pm Tickets £33.50 – £21.50; Sun 5.30pm Tickets £40.50 – £29.50; Mon 5 Jan…
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This Week’s Classical Highlights – 23 November – 29 November 2014
Tuesday 25 November: Gorilla – Up Close: From Tango to Gaga. The Manchester Camerata presents a programme featuring pieces as diverse as Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in A minor and Vivaldi’s Winter from the Four Seasons through to Lady Gaga’s Telephone. Lithuanian accordian sensation Martynas Levickis will also be featured. Tickets £10 / £6. 7.30pm….
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Chetham’s Showcase Launching Classical Musicians of the Future
Manchester’s Chetham’s School of Music, the largest specialist music school in the UK with around 300 students aged 8-18, is set to hold a Showcase Concert on Thursday 27th November featuring four of the school’s outstanding soloists. The event, which was launched with a sell-out show in November 2013, will profile the next generation of…
