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Hannah Yip piano
Christian Immler
baritone David Hill
conductor
Walton Improvisations
on an Impromptu of Benjamin
Britten Britten
Piano Concerto Walton
Belshazzar's Feast
Humphrey Burton, director,
presenter and William Walton
biographer delivers a presentation
on William Walton: 'The Romantic
Loner'. An exhilarating programme
of works by two of the most
important English composers
of the twentieth century,
William Walton and Benjamin
Britten celebrating the music
school's 40th anniversary.
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From
the release of their 2001
debut Asleep in the Back to
2008’s Mercury Prize,
and South Bank Show Award,
winning fourth album The Seldom
Seen Kid, Elbow’s journey
has been a remarkable one.
In a special concert for Manchester
International Festival, Manchester’s
favourite sons return to their
cherished home town to collaborate
with another of the city’s
artistic powerhouses in the
shape of the Hallé,
Manchester’s own multi-award-winning
symphony orchestra and the
city’s original cultural
icon. Over two nights here
at The Bridgewater Hall, Elbow
and the Hallé will
be playing songs from across
the band’s career and
beyond, curated in collaboration
with Mancunian composer Joe
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Lucinda
Williams' blend of folk, rock,
blues and Americana has earned
her legions of fans over a
30 year Grammy award-winning
career as a songwriter and
performer. Lucinda has worked
with a multitude of artists
including Steve Earle, Elvis
Costello, David Crosby and
Ryan Adams and her songs have
been recorded by Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Emmylou Harris
and Tom Petty. She was named
'America's Best Songwriter'
by Time magazine in 2002.
Best known for her breakthrough
album Car Wheels on Gravel
Roads, her 2008 release Little
Honey debuted in Billboard's
Top 10 and has received critical
acclaim, featuring in both
Rolling Stone and Time magazines'
best of year album charts.
Doors at 7.00pm.
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Legendary
post-punk art-rock quintet
Magazine reformed earlier
this year and played a series
of concerts that quickly sold
out and received widespread
critical acclaim – Recently
listed by NME as one of the
most influential bands of
all time, this promises to
be another seminal performance.
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Steve
Earle returns to The Bridgewater
Hall in support of his highly
anticipated new album Townes
which consists of songs written
by Earle's friend and mentor,
the late singer-songwriter,
Townes Van Zandt. Featuring
guests such as Tom Morello
of Rage Against the Machine/The
Nightwatchman, Steve's wife
and acclaimed singer-songwriter
Allison Moorer, Dennis Crouch,
Tim O'Brien, Darrel Scott,
Shad Cobb and Steve's son,
Justin Townes Earle, he has
stated that "This may
be one of the best records
I've ever made".
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Sixties
pop star in the Tom Jones/Julio
Iglesias mould, whose number
one hit 'Release Me' prevented
The Beatles' 'Penny Lane/Strawberry
Fields Forever' from topping
the charts in 1967. He has
played for the Queen of England,
several US Presidents and
numerous Heads of State, has
a Golden Globe award, is a
star on the Hollywood Walk
Of Fame and has an entry in
the Guinness Book of Records.
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Lauded
singer/songwriter, Ray LaMontagne
released his much-anticipated
third album, Gossip In The
Grain on RCA Records. Recorded
with returning producer, Ethan
Johns in Box, England, and
touching upon a range of styles
and musical settings- spanning
pastoral folk, railroad blues,
front porch country, and plangent
balladry - Gossip In The Grain
proves to be his most creative
and emotionally expansive
collection to date..
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Hawley
tours his sixth studio album,
Truelove's Gutter, his most
rich, dark and exquisitely
melancholy songs so far. In
the two years since his universally
acclaimed Top Ten album Lady's
Bridge, he has flexed his
musical muscles on numerous
projects from playing with
Arctic Monkeys and Elbow,
to co-producing and co-writing
Tony Christie's 2008 album
Made In Sheffield. Hawley
says his new music is his
most honest and adult yet.
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“This
is my niche, my specialty,”
says Stigers. “I have
a great love and an eclectic
knowledge of a wide array
of songwriters and musical
genres, and I know how to
bring them all together into
one cohesive sound. I want
to follow in the footsteps
of my heroes. This is what
Ella and Billie Holiday did.
This is what Sinatra and Nat
Cole did. This is even what
Miles and Coltrane and nearly
all of the great jazz artists
have done. They’ve taken
the popular songs of their
generation and created something
new from them. I know a lot
about Rock music and Alt Country
and Urban Blues and Folk music
and Punk Rock. So I use that
knowledge. And that’s
what I’m steadily becoming
known for.” Throughout
his career, Stigers has been
celebrated for a surprisingly
wide variety of impressive
accomplishments—from
his early pop chart success
with several self-penned,
top-ten singles and hit albums.
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The
Legendary Gypsy Queens &
Kings featuring Romanian brass
demons of Fanfare Ciocarlia
has enjoyed exceptional success
around the world over the
past three years; this included
a sold out concert at the
Barbican in 2007 which made
history – The Independent
wrote: “…just
one verse was enough to make
this the concert of the year.”
The Gypsy Queens & Kings
2009 still features Macedonian
Gypsy Queen Esma Redzepova,
Bulgarian Mahala rocker Jony
Iliev, young Romanian singer
and Taraf De Haidouks’
Nicolae Neacsus granddaughter
Florentina Sandu, as well
as acclaimed French rumba
Gitano group Kaloome. New
to Gypsy Queens & Kings
2009 is Romanian brass band
Mahala Rai Banda who will
be performing new material
especially created for this
new show. Members of Fanfare
Ciocarlia will host the Gypsy
Queens & Kings concert,
joining the circus to perform
their most popular tunes.
Gypsy Queens & Kings 2009
concert offers powerful visual,
musical flamboyance and gives
the audience an extraordinary
and unique experience of the
soul of Gypsy music.
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Jimmy
Webb is that rarity in rock
music, a professional songwriter
who achieved stardom in that
capacity. Rock music has its
share of great songwriters,
but most of them -- Bob Dylan,
John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
George Harrison, Gene Clark,
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards,
Pete Townshend -- became best
known for their own recordings
of their best work. Webb has
also performed live, and recorded
fairly extensively, but his
performing career never approached
his success as a composer.
His songwriting was sufficiently
distinctive to make him one
of the few stars of that profession
outside of the Broadway stage
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Featuring
legends of Cuban music from
the Buena Vista Social Club
album and film, and music
from World Circuit's acclaimed
Cuban recordings, the band
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heat of Havana's clubs and
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For
more than thirty years, Ladysmith
Black Mambazo have married
the intricate rhythms and
harmonies of their native
South African musical traditions
to the sounds and sentiments
of Christian gospel music.
The result is a musical and
spiritual alchemy that has
touched a worldwide audience
representing every corner
of the religious, cultural
and ethnic landscape. Their
musical efforts over the past
three decades have garnered
praise and accolades within
the recording industry, but
also solidified their identity
as a cultural force to be
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An
awesome voice from this three
times MOBO award winner. She's
been notching up the hits
ever since her classic song
'Flavour Of The Old School'
(1995) with more than ten
of her songs reaching the
Top 40. Her longevity is partly
due to her innate talent,
but it is also due to her
impressive ability to reinvent
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A
devilish selection of arias
from the greatest villains
in the worlds of opera and
musicals. Accompanied by full
orchestra and choir, from
Scarpia (Tosca) to Méphistofélès
(Faust), Iago (Otello) to
Sporting Life (Porgy and Bess),
no other baritone today brings
to life these sinister roles
so compellingly on the concert
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Award-winning
Japanese composer and musician
who has made a career of crossing
musical and technological
boundaries. Sakamoto has experimented
with many different musical
styles, making a name for
himself in popular, orchestral
and film music. Never one
to be satisfied with the status
quo, he continues to push
the envelope of his artistry,
marrying genres, styles and
technologies to create new
and exciting musical expressions.
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The
jazz and blues rock band from
the former Rolling Stones
bassist which includes Beverley
Skeete, Geoff Grange and Manchester
music legend Georgie Fame.
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Brian
Shaw presents a magical evening
of music and laughter, starring
Britain’s best loved
diva, international recording
artiste and television star
the incomparable Jane McDonald.
An amazing event featuring
many of the best loved songs
from Jane’s fabulous
repertoire. A warm and compelling
evening’s entertainment
which is proving a smash hit
throughout the UK. Jane, together
with her brilliant musicians
and backing singers brings
the audience to their feet
night after night.
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Lesley
Garrett, CBE, is Britain’s
most popular soprano, regularly
appearing in both opera and
in concert, on television
and CD; she has won both critical
acclaim and the affection
of many fans and music lovers.
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The
world-renowned Scottish percussionist
combines with pianist Philip
Smith in a recital that is
guaranteed to divert, provoke
and entertain. Evelyn Glennie
brings irrepressible energy
and enthusiasm to a programme
that encompasses primitive
rhythms and the filigree textures
of Vivaldi. There is also
a rare opportunity to hear
a Waterphone: an instrument
described as 'a cascading
crystal waterfall of light
amidst the songs of a whale.'
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3
times Grammy nominated British
singer songwriter Joan Armatrading
has stood the test of time
with songs like ‘Love
And Affection,’ ‘Willow,’
‘Drop The Pilot’
and ‘Lovers Speak.’
Joan's strong rhythmic acoustic
guitar playing and her melodic
electric solos help to make
her the consummate musician.
She remains an utterly compelling
writer and performer of unique
warmth and will be playing
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