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Salford Quays

From Consonance to Atonality and Back in Four Viennese Steps

09/11/201704/11/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Marx: Claire Booth (soprano), BBC Philharmonic / Simone Young (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 1.11.2017. (RBa)

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BBC Philharmonic’s Afternoon Tonal Silk and Satin in Salford Quays

02/11/201729/10/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Delius, Beethoven, Sibelius: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), BBC Philharmonic / Rory Macdonald (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio. MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 27.10.2017. (RBa)

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German Adventures—Romance and Conflict

04/07/201729/06/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Wagner, Weill: Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 28.6.2017. (RBa)

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John Wilson Gives Rare Copland An Even Rarer Hearing

22/06/201715/06/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Copland: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 14.6.2017. (RBa)

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A Well-Sung and Acted Performance of La Cenerentola at Opera North

18/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, La Cenerentola: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Wyn Daview (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 9.3.2017.  (RJF)

'La Cenerentola' (c) Richard Hubert Smith
La Cenerentola (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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Opera North Concludes Its Trio of Fairy Tale Operas with a Fine Production of Snow Maiden

19/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Snow Maiden (sung in English): Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Leo McFall (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 10.3.2017. (RJF)

Snow Maiden (c) Richard Hubert Smith.
Snow Maiden (c) Richard Hubert Smith.

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Alstaedt and Opera North Render an Unrecognizable Hansel and Gretel

18/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera North – Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (sung in English): Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Christophe Alstaedt (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 8.3.2017. (RJF)

Hansel&G (C) Robert Workman
Opera North’s Hansel and Gretel (c) Robert Workman

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Another all-English John Wilson concert at Salford Quays

09/01/201723/12/2016 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bax, Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 22.12.2016 (RB)

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