Concerts
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Sun 6 Jul 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
Sounds of The East with Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Programme information
- Programme
- Chinary Ung Grand Spiral (Desert Flowers Bloom) (European Premiere)
- Debussy La Mer
- Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Wong) (UK Premiere)
- Chinary Ung Grand Spiral (Desert Flowers Bloom) (European Premiere)
- 6.30pm in the auditorium with Kahchun Wong and Chinary Ung.
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Thu 25 Sep 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
Opening Night: Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Programme information
- Programme
- Shostakovich Festive Overture (9')
- Elgar Cello Concerto (30')
- Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 (60')
- Shostakovich Festive Overture (9')
- Tuning Up! event at 6.30pm in the auditorium.
Welcome to the 2025/26 season! 
- This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.
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Thu 2 Oct 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
Rush Hour: Enigma Variations
Programme information
- Programme
- Max Richter Cosmology (Hallé Co-Commission/ Manchester Premiere) (20')
- Olivia Belli Limina Luminis (6')
- Elgar Enigma Variations (30')
- Max Richter Cosmology (Hallé Co-Commission/ Manchester Premiere) (20')
- Tuning Up! post-concert performance in the stalls foyer.
Join us for more music with musicians from the RNCM.
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Sat 4 Oct 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
Guitar Superstars
Programme information
- Programme to Include
- Queen Tie Your Mother Down
- David Bowie Let's Dance
- Bonnie Raitt Something to Talk About
- John Mayer Queen of California
- Eagles Hotel California
- The Beatles Blackbird
- Jeff Beck Cause We've Ended as Lovers
- Guns N' Roses Sweet Child of Mine
- Muse Hysteria
- Irene Cara Fame
- Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze
- Santana Smooth
- Christine McVie Songbird
- Joe Bonamassa I'll Take Care of You
- The Brothers Johnson Stomp!
- Europe The Final Countdown
- Eric Clapton Further On Up the Road
- Queen Tie Your Mother Down
- This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.
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Thu 9 & Sun 12 Oct 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Programme information
- Programme
- Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (12')
- Ibert Flute Concerto (18')
- Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales (16')
- Stravinsky Petrushka (1947) (34')
- Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (12')
- This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.
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Sat 18 Oct 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
Flying Through Film
Programme information
- Programme to Include
- Young (arr.Black) Around the World in 80 Days
- Goodwin Where Eagles Dare
- Steven Price Gravity
- Horner Apollo 13
- Hans Zimmer Interstellar: Suite
- Murray Gold Doctor Who
- John Williams E.T. - Adventures on Earth
- John Williams Superman: March
- Walford Davis Royal Air Force March Past
- Rimsky-Korsakov Shine: Flight of the Bumblebee
- John Williams Harry Potter: Quidditch; Witches, Wands and Wizards
- Sherman and Sherman Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Ned Washington (arr. Mike Townend) Dumbo: When I See an Elephant Fly
- Harold Faltermeyer (arr. Tom Voysey) Top Gun: Anthem
- John Powell How to Train Your Dragon: Test Drive
- John Williams Star Wars: Asteroid Field
- Young (arr.Black) Around the World in 80 Days
- This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.
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Thu 23 Oct 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
Schubert’s Great Symphony
Programme information
- Programme
- Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (16')
- Unsuk Chin Le Silence des Sirènes (16')
- Rachmaninov Symphony No.9 'The Great C Major' (48')
- Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (16')
- Tuning Up! event at 6.30pm in the auditorium.
Pre-concert talk with poet Ian McMillan and conductor Elena Schwarz. - This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.
