From an immersive event at the Royal Exchange to music with romance, the next few months are packed with classical highlights. Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is just...
A change in season is coming – and we don’t just mean golden autumn leaves. Here’s our overview of the new programme from the top orchestras in the North West. Autumn...
Forget the frumpy image, the rainy city’s branch of the Women’s Institute is an altogether more happening affair. It’s 7pm on a Tuesday night in central Manchester and a group...
Over recent years, quite a crop of music festivals has sprung up in the north – here are our top picks. Gone are the days when attending a summer music...
The wind rustling through the long grass; waves breaking gently on the beach; the call of exotic birds as they fly overhead – it’s all in a day’s work for...
Cult musical trio Tiger Lillies turn their attention to a macabre staging of Lulu – A Murder Ballad. Take an opera company, a ballet dancer, a San Francisco photographer and...
As three orchestras join together for one festival, we highlight the one classical event in 2014 you can’t afford to miss. The X Factor, The Voice and Gareth Malone’s various...
As Opera North celebrates Benjamin Britten’s centenary with a trio of new productions, we talk to director Richard Mantle about the composer’s fascination with youth. Everyone is talking about Benjamin...
A flurry of new arrivals, relocations, and enticing performances add up to an embarrassment of riches for classical music lovers in Manchester, Femke Colborne finds. If you do one thing...
