The Bridgewater Hall - Alive with Music

Leslie Phillips

St George's Day Gala

  • Deborah Norman soprano
  • Anthony Inglis conductor
  • Manchester Concert Orchestra
  • Manchester Chorale
  • Adams The Holy City
  • Walton Crown Imperial
  • Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations
  • Handel See the conquering Hero comes
  • Hallelujah Chorus from
  • See full list

Celebrate England’s National Day with a feast of patriotic classics presented by veteran star of TV, stage and screen Leslie Phillips.

Fri 23 Apr 2010
7.30 pm

Tickets: £19.00 - £36.50

Sarah Tynan, soprano

Manchester Camerata - Night And Day

at the RNCM Concert Hall

  • Douglas Boyd conductor
  • Sarah Tynan soprano
  • Debussy arr. Walter Prélude à l'après
  • midi d'un Faune
  • Berlioz Les Nuits d'été (chamber
  • version)
  • Brahms String Sextet No.1
  • See full list

Please note this concert takes place at the Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road, Manchester. Tickets not available online, please call the Box Office on 0161 907 9000.

The shimmering images of a hot afternoon and the poetry of romantic love on a summer evening form the heart of this concert, alongside the intensely rich textures of a Brahms sextet arranged here for larger string forces.

Sat 24 Apr 2010
7.30 pm

Tickets: £9.50 - £22.00

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

BBC Philharmonic

Mahler in Manchester

  • Gianandrea Noseda conductor
  • David Matthews Symphony
  • No.7 (BBC Commission)
  • Mahler Symphony No.7

An affront to good taste … a careless juxtaposition of extremes: just some of the verdicts on Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, which confused many when it was premiered in 1908 and continues to divide opinion today.

Sat 24 Apr 2010
7.30 pm

Tickets: £9.00 - £31.00

James Lowe, music director

Hallé Harmony Youth Orchestra

  • James Lowe music director
  • Sinead Hayes associate conductor

This concert marks the culmination of the Hallé Harmony Youth Orchestra project and features talented young musicians from Bolton, Manchester, Oldham and Stockport performing a selection of popular classics.

Sun 25 Apr 2010
3.00 pm

Tickets: £8.50

The Hallé Orchestra, image copyright Joel Chester Fildes

The Hallé

  • Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conductor
  • François-Frédéric Guy piano
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
  • Shostakovich Symphony No.10



For an electrifying performance of one of the greatest post-war symphonies, Shostakovich's monumental Tenth, don't miss the welcome return of the legendary Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.

Sun 25 Apr 2010
7.30 pm

Tickets: £9.50 - £36.00