Blackburn – Seen and Heard International

Jess Gillam features in an uplifting and joyous Manchester Camerata concert in Blackburn

25/05/2022 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Bartók, Marcello, Mendelssohn, Harle, Tchaikovsky: Jess Gillam (saxophone), Manchester Camerata / Katie Stillman (violin / direction). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 20.5.2022. (MC)

Francesca Dego’s quite sensational performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Hallé

30/03/2022 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Stenhammar, Sibelius, Dvořák: Francesca Dego (violin), Hallé / Jiří Rožeň (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 25.3.2022. (MC)

Gemma New conducts the Hallé and celebrates the centenary of Blackburn’s King George’s Hall

26/10/2021 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom King George’s Hall Centenary Celebration Concert – Wagner, Walton, Mozart, Beethoven: Laura van der Heijden (cello), Hallé / Gemma New (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 22.10. 2021. (MC)

Gemma New conducts Laura van der Heijden (cello) and the Hallé

Daniel Lebhardt’s compelling account of Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ with the Hallé in Blackburn

16/03/2020 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Beethoven: Daniel Lebhardt (piano), Hallé / Gergely Madaras (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 13.3.2020. (MC)

The BBC Phil’s Blackburn concert proved to be the ideal winter warmer

24/02/202013/01/2020 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák: Aleksey Semenenko (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Holly Mathieson (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 10.1.2020. (MC)

Simone Lamsma’s sensational Bruch with the Hallé in Blackburn

08/11/201928/10/2019 by Michael Cookson

Kodály, Bruch, Brahms: Simone Lamsma (violin), Hallé / Jamie Phillips (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 25.10.2019. (MC)

The Hallé Commemorates its Founder’s Music in an Otherwise Austro-German Concert

04/05/201915/04/2019 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart, Charles Hallé and Sibelius: Heejae Kim (piano), Hallé / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 12.4.2019. (MC)

Blackburn Remembers Ireland’s Idealistic Vision from the 1930s

22/10/201215/10/2012 by Stan

United Kingdom Elgar Walton Vaughan Williams: Mark Rowlinson (baritone) The Appeal Choir of Blackburn Cathedral, The Choir of Stonyhurst College, Northern Chamber Orchestra/Samuel Hudson. Blackburn Cathedral, 13.10.2012 (RB)