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After a dormant couple of years for live classical music, venues across Manchester and the North are finally able to welcome ensembles back to their stages, and audiences back to their seats.
Here we round up the concerts we’re most looking forward over the coming weeks and months, including the Northern Chamber Orchestra being joined by internationally-renowned British violinist Chloë Hanslip, their Artist in Association, on 5 December at The Stoller Hall. The venue, making up for last year’s snowed-in celebrations, has also announced its biggest ever festive season, brimming with tinsel-clad choirs, classical singers, big band spectaculars, family theatre and an artisan market. For something a little different, join Manchester Collective for a typically boundary-pushing programme of music by some of today’s most exciting composers, including a new work by Ben Nobuto.
Here are our picks
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1. The Stoller Hall Christmas Season
The Stoller Hall Christmas Season at The Stoller Hall, Manchester, Until 11 December 2021 - Book now
Making up for last year’s snowed-in celebrations, The Stoller Hall has curated its biggest ever festive season, brimming with tinsel-clad choirs, classical singers, big band spectaculars, family theatre and an artisan market.
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2. Manchester Collective: Heavy Metal at The White Hotel
Manchester Collective: Heavy Metal at The White Hotel, Salford, 10 December 2021, from £10.00 - Book now
Big percussion, live electronics, and amplified strings. A distortion pedal called the Ibanez Tube Screamer will make an appearance. This isn’t going to be your usual classical concert.
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3. Northern Chamber Orchestra with Chloë Hanslip
Kaupo Kikkas Northern Chamber Orchestra with Chloë Hanslip at The Stoller Hall, Manchester, 5 December 2021, from £5.50 - Book now
Internationally-renowned British violinist Chloë Hanslip joins the Northern Chamber Orchestra for a concert of Shostakovich, Grieg, Elgar and Finzi at The Stoller Hall.
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4. Lunchtime piano recital: Ariel Lanyi at The Wesley Centre
Chilli Hiu Lam Lo Lunchtime piano recital: Ariel Lanyi at The Wesley Centre - Harrogate, Bradford, 6 December 2021, from £10.00
International pianist Ariel Lanyi performs a programme of Mozart and Beethoven in a lunchtime concert at The Wesley Centre in Harrogate.
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5. The Bridgewater Hall
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 3WS - Visit now
Home to the Hallé and the BBC Philharmonic orchestras, the Bridgewater Hall attracts some of the biggest names in classical music. Purpose-built to the tune of £42m, the hall was designed around its acoustic needs; it floats on 280 earthquake-proof isolations springs that mute all external noise, perfect for shielding around 250 performances a year from the trams outside.
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6. Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)
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7. The Stoller Hall
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8. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
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9. Hallé St Peter’s
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10. Albert Hall
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11. Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral. Illustration by Simone Ridyard.
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