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Saturday 28 June 2025 Bridgewater Hall, Manchester For a review of the opening night of Manchester Classical, click here and for day two click here Riot Ensemble. Image © Alex Burns RNCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’ Manchester has a long association with Mahler's music. His Symphony No. 1 …
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Friday 27 June 2025 Bridgewater Hall, Manchester For a review of day one click here and for day two click here Jonny Greenwood performs Reich with the Hallé The first Manchester Classical music festival took place two years ago, in June 2023. The festival won the RPS (Royal Philharmonic Society) 'Series and Events' award in …
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RNCM soloists, chorus and orchestra RNCM Manchester Saturday 14 December 2019 A stunning staging of Poulenc's emotional opera **** This was the final performance of the RNCM's staging of Poulenc's opera, Dialogues des Carmélites, set in a Carmelite monastery during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution. It's a deeply religious work appearing towards …
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