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Salford Quays

BBC Phil’s music of Vaughan Williams at Salford Quays: thirty years apart

24/02/202014/01/2020 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 14.1.2020. (RBa)

John Wilson (c) BBC

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All-British BBC Philharmonic Salford concert tracking the ’fifties into the ’sixties

24/02/202004/12/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tippett, Arnold, Gipps: Michael Collins ‎ (clarinet), BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 4.12.2019. (RBa)

Michael Collins (c) Ben Ealovega

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Rare, abbreviated, yet superbly staged performance of Handel’s Giulio Cesare from Opera North

09/12/201917/11/2019 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Orchestra members of Opera North / Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12.11.2019. (RJF)

Heather Lowe (Sesto), James Laing (Tolomeo) and Darren Jeffery (Achilla)
(c) Alastair Muir

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Renato Balsadonna conducts Opera North’s La bohème empathetically, but time this production was retired

26/11/201914/11/2019 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Renato Balsadonna (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12.11.2019. (RJF)

Eleazar Rodriguez (Rodolfo) & Lauren Fagan (Mimì) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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BBC Phil Plays British Contemporary and Czech 19th and 20th Century Music

15/07/201921/06/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Matthews, Alma Mahler, Janáček, Dvořák, Martinů: Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), BBC Philharmonic / Jac ‎van Steen (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 19.6.2019. (RBa)

Jac van Steen

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No Crowd-Pleasers from the BBC Phil at Salford Quays

29/06/201907/06/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Aleksey ‎ ‎Semenenko (violin), BBC Philharmonic / Jac ‎van Steen (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 5.6.2019. (RBa)

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Christian Tetzlaff Gives His All in Elgar’s Violin Concerto

08/06/201919/05/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, Rachmaninoff: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Philharmonic / John Storgårds (conductor). Bridgewater Hall Manchester, 18.5.2019. (RBa)

John Storgårds

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Weinberg Downpour – Umbrellas at Home – Enjoy the Saturation Coverage

08/06/201917/05/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Weinberg: Alex Jakeman (flute), BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 15.5.2019. (RB)

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