The Halle Orchestra and Lars Vogt at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester review
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Vogt and the Halle Orchestra produced some wonderfully poetic moments at Bridgewater Hall. Rating:
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Rant: The Bridgewater Hall listings: Czechs mixed with Bill Bailey, some Gypsys and ET
mancon news feed (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
E.T., Star Wars, Pinocchio, Out Of Africa, A Passage to India, Cabaret, The Wizard of Oz, Doctor Zhivago, There’s No Business Like Show Business, Lullaby of Broadway, Chariots of Fire, Born Free, Harry Potter, The Way We Were, The Thomas Crown Affair, Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge On The River Kwai and Beauty and the Beast.
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Live Review: Richard Hawley/Smoke Fairies, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
... pages is a result of caring far too much. Last night, in the sumptuous settings of Manchester's Bridgewater Hall (the acoustics are amazing ), a venue that normally sees classical performances and looks like it was built by a Swedish man in web-designer specs (the acoustics are amazing ), we arrived with a fair amount of tranquil glee. This was going to be a sit-down and politely...
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"Quality Street" Wedding at Manchester Cathedral & The Bridgewater Hall
Flower Design (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Now this one's and oldy but goody, I remembered it when I was shopping last night and saw huge towers of Quality Street tins, so this is from a few years ago but I thought you'd enjoy it ... So this is early on, on the big day the Bride & Groom had one of those really cute apartments by the railway bridges on Whitworth Street for those of you who know the city centre. The car looked like...
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Hills Sustainable Living Day Sunday 8th November 12:45pm
Hills and Plains Seedsavers (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Where? Bridgewater Hall (just opposite Coles on the Bridgewater/Carey Gully Road) Speakers, plants, stalls, organic wine and olive oil, afternoon tea and talks and home and garden tours. Information Talks 1pm N Mullard Building with mud brick and stone 1:40 Peter Harwood Building with reclaimed timber 2:15 Lola Houbein Author of “ One Magic Square” Easy organic veggie...
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Robert Cray July 2010 UK tour dates
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.) Fri 2 Jul Liverpool Philharmonic Hall £28.50 – £33.50 Sat 3 Jul Leicester De Montford Hall £28.50 Sun 4 Jul Norwich Theatre Royal £22.00, £25.50, £28.50 Mon 5 Jul Brighton Dome £24.50, £28.50, £38.50 Wed 7 Jul London Barbican £32.50, £38.50 Thu 8 Jul Manchester Bridgewater Hall £28.50, £38.50 Sat 10 Jul Cambridge...
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Jamie Cullum Announces 2010 UK Tour
AngryApe News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... album 'The Pursuit' on November 9th, which includes the single .May 2010 Concerts:Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 7Edinburgh Usher Hall - 8Dublin Olympia – 9Newcastle City Hall – 11Ipswich Regent – 12Birmingham Symphony Hall – 13Liverpool Philharmonic – 14London Palladium – 16Manchester Bridgewater Hall – 17Sheffield City Hall – 18Portsmouth...
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Jamie Cullum announces May 2010 tour
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
JAMIE Cullum is set to play a full UK tour for the first time since 2006 in May next year (2010). The tour kicks off in Glasgow on May 7, 2010 and finishes in Cardiff on May 22, taking in London’s prestigious venue, The Palladium, along the way. Jamie recently wowed New York with a sold out Carnegie Hall show and has been country hopping around the European Festival circuit all summer. These...
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This week's classical highlights
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
SULTRY Scottish violin star Nicola Benedetti appears with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall on Wednesday (October 28); while new opera Letters Of A Love Betrayed comes to the Royal Northern College Of Music on Tuesday (October 27).
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Turandot, Coliseum, London The Adventures of Mr Broucek, Grand Theatre, Leeds Manchester Camerata, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Set in the dining room of the Imperial Palace restaurant, Rupert Goold's English National Opera production of Turandot is unlikely to endear him to Chinese caterers.
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This week's classical highlights
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
TWO great pianists are giving recitals in Manchester next week: Freddy Kempf at the Bridgewater Hall on October 20, and Steven Kovacevich at the Royal Northern College of Music on October 22.
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James sit down with the Phil for Versus Cancer
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... Joe Duddell, who most recently worked with Elbow on their acclaimed orchestral concerts at the Bridgewater Hall earlier this year.'Unique'Joe said: "Versus Cancer is a fantastic project to work on, and an amazing chance to fuse together Manchester legends from the Indie and classical genres. It is a charity that is very close to my heart, and I'm honoured to be part of the night."Ex-Smiths...
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Today at Tory conference
The Marple Leaf (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
I saw the dark side of the Tories today, their nutters. First there was an absolutely barking mad woman sat at the front of an IoD fringe meeting who said "all regulation should be abolished," which even John Redwood on scary mad-eyed (brilliant) form had to correct her. Secondly, I put my head round the door of a Freedom Association meeting at the Bridgewater Hall and Redwood...
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Julie Goodyear to strip off for Calendar Girls
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
THE Royal Air Force In Concert tour comes to The Bridgewater Hall on Friday, October 23 - with popular classics, military music and big band numbers - and we have five pairs of tickets to give away.
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Conservative Party Conference - Manchester - Day 2 - Debate on Libertarianism
Andrew Allison (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... example. Why should I have to go out into a wet Manchester day to have a cigarette, when in the Bridgewater Hall - a very spacious building - a room could be turned into an area where I can smoke without infringing on others rights not to breathe my cigarette smoke? As a smoker, I support the smoking ban in general. I am not asking to be allowed to smoke anywhere. I understand those...