sun 21/09/2025

Robert Beale

Articles By Robert Beale

Weilerstein, Czech Philharmonic, Netopil, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - drama and feeling

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Clare College Choir, Manchester Camerata, Takács-Nagy, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review – romance and drama

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Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - life and imagination

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Weilerstein, Platt, Hallé, Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - insight and passion

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Lortie, BBC Philharmonic, Gardner, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review – whipping up a storm

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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review – maturity from teenage players

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Cendrillon, RNCM, Manchester review - magic and spectacle

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Chineke! Ensemble, RNCM, Manchester review - musical advocacy

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Capuçon, BBCPO, Mena, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - awesome unity

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Darius Battiwalla, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester review - improvisation extraordinaire

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András Schiff, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review – rigour and honesty

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Hugo Ticciati, Manchester Camerata, Manchester Cathedral review - spirituality, no spooks

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BBCPO, Mena, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - Mahler's Third lovingly realised

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Pagliacci/L’enfant et les sortilèges, Opera North review - off and on with the motley

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Bridgewater Hall 21st Birthday review - from voice and guitar to four pianos

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Le nozze di Figaro, Clonter Opera review - a wedding full of future stars

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