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A Memorable Year for Music: Highlights from Manchester and Beyond The BBC Philharmonic with Chief Conductor John Storgårds. Image © Chris Payne. Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the death of my father, John Charles Holmes, under whose benign and loving influence I developed a lifelong passion for music. He was the choirmaster and …
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Sunday 17 November 2024 Stoller Hall, Manchester ***** Cellist Abel Selaocoe and Manchester Collective stand on the shoulders of ancestors to create an evening of joyous, life-affirming music Ruth Gibson, Simmy Singh, Rakhi Singh, Abel Selaocoe, Sidiki Dembele, Alan Keary 'Home is where one starts from.'T.S. Eliot East Coker (Four Quartets) In his poem East …
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