United Kingdom Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Simone Lamsma (violin), Hallé/Nikolaj Znaider (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Sunday 12th January 2014 (MC)
Michael Cookson
Winter Warmth from Manze, Brautigam and the RLPO
United Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Purcell arr. Manze & Britten, Mozart: Ronald Brautigam (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 8.12.2013 (MC)
Continuing the Mancunian ‘Way’
United Kingdom Walton, Berlioz, Dukas, Chausson, Gray (arr. Black): Sayaka Shoji (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Yutaka Sado (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16.11.2013 (MC)
Serious Cabaret – but with a Light Touch
United Kingdom Serious Cabaret – Leaving Berlin: Mary Carewe & Players of the Manchester Camerat [Adi Brett (violin), Hannah Roberts (cello), Sarah Whewell (flute), Fiona Cross (clarinet), Simon Parkin (piano)], Great Hall, Lancaster University, Lancashire, 14.11.2013 (MC)
Passion and Probity in Noseda’s Eroica
United Kingdom Verdi, Bruch, Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 8.11.2013 (MC)
Sir Mark and the Hallé Give Magnificent Tchaikovsky Performance
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Jack Liebeck (violin), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.10.2013 (MC)
Brazilian Orchestra Makes Its Mark in Manchester
United Kingdom Clarice Assad, Bernstein, Mahler: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Sunday 27th October 2013 (MC)
Musical Manchester Connections from the BBC Philharmonic
United Kingdom Arnold, Walton, Prokofiev: Midori (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 12.10.2013 (MC)
