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By Planet Hugill on Apr 1, 2023 in: Manchester
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Gábor Takács-Nagy & Manchester Camerata at The Stoller HallDuring my recent visit to Manchester, various people said of conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy (artistic director of the Manchester Camerata) that he was a born s...
By Planet Hugill on Mar 29, 2023 in: Manchester
Manchester Camerata's Music Cafe at the Monastery (Photo Duncan Elliott)If you visit Gorton in Manchester today, it is something of a puzzle why E.W. Pugin's gloriously exotic church, now known as The Monastery, even exists, surrounded as it is by de...
By Planet Hugill on Mar 27, 2023 in: Manchester
Manchester: left to right, Manchester Cathedral, the Victorian former Manchester Grammar School building, Chetham's 15th century buildings and The Stoller Hall. In the foreground left, the National Football MuseumThe Stoller Hall in Manchester is the...
By Planet Hugill on Mar 27, 2023 in: Manchester
Jonathan Dove - Mansfield Park - RNCM Opera (Photo Robin Clewley)Jonathan Dove: Mansfield Park; director Stephen Barlow, conductor Lee Reynolds, RNCM Opera; Royal Northern College of MusicReviewed 26 March 2023A young cast brings the operatic Ma...
By Planet Hugill on Mar 26, 2023 in: Manchester
Mozart, Made in Manchester - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Manchester Camerata - The Stoller Hall (Photo Manchester Camerata)Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Piano Concertos Nos. 11 in F major, 12 in A major & 13 i...
By Planet Hugill on Mar 25, 2023 in: Manchester
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 - Henning Kraggerud & RNCM Chamber Orchestra - RNCMGrieg, arr. Kraggerud & Lund: Violin Sonata No. 3, Bach, arr. Kraggerud & Lund: Goldberg Variations (excerpts); Henning Kraggerud, RNCM Chamber Orchestra; Royal...
By Planet Hugill on Mar 23, 2023 in: Manchester
Philip Venables & Ted Huffman(Photo: Dominic Mercier)This year's Manchester International Festival runs from 29 June to 16 July 2023, organised by Factory International, artistic director John McGrath. Amongst the myriad of artistic events on off...