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Todmorden

Tragedy, fairy-tales and childhood visions from Yorkshire’s Todmorden Orchestra

09/12/201918/11/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Malcolm Arnold, Stravinsky, Mahler: Thérèse Wincent (soprano), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 16.11.2019. (RBa)

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Todmorden Orchestra Ebullient in Strauss and Rachmaninoff

20/07/201903/07/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky, R. Strauss, Rachmaninoff: Paula Sides (soprano), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 29.6.2019. (RBa)

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Tormorden Symphony Orchestra Play Tim Benjamin and Prokofiev

28/11/201811/11/2018 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chabrier, Tim Benjamin, de Falla, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev: Simon Desbruslais (trumpet), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 10.11.2018. (RBa)

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Steely-Slatey Sibelius in Yorkshire’s Calder Valley

21/03/201421/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Brahms, Strauss, Sibelius: Hannah Morgan (oboe), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor), Town Hall, Todmorden, 15.3.2014

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Suffragette Opera Receives its World Premiere

10/07/201305/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Benjamin, Emily:Singers and Orchestra conducted by Antony Brannick, Hippodrome Theatre, Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. 4.07.2013. (RB)

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