Blackburn – Seen and Heard International

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)