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  • Sat 1 Nov 2025

    The Bridgewater Hall

    The Hallé Presents: Adams Conducts The Chairman Dances

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    • John Adams Scheherazade.2 (47')

    • John Adams The Chairman Dances (12')

    • John Adams The Rock You Stand On (Hallé Co-Commission / UK Premiere) (9')
    Tuning Up! event at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

    Pre-concert talk with John Adams and the Hallé's Composer Emeritus, Colin Matthews.
    This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.

  • Fri 31 Oct 2025

    RNCM Concert Hall

    Chamber Series: John Adams Chamber Symphony

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    • John Adams Chamber Symphony

    • John Adams Hallelujah Junction

    • John Adams John's Book of Alleged Dances

  • Thu 30 Oct 2025

    The Bridgewater Hall

    The Hallé Presents: Adams Conducts Harmonium

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    • John Adams Slonimsky's Earbox (14')

    • Debussy/John Adams Le Livre de Baudelaire (22')

    • John Adams 'This is Prophetic!' (Pat's Aria from Nixon in China) (8')

    • John Adams Harmonium (33')
    Tuning Up! pre-concert performance in the stalls foyer from 6.30pm

    Join us for more music with pianist Nye Hughes-Watts. He’ll be performing John Adams – Phrygian Gates.

    Nye Hughes-Watts appears by kind permission of the RNCM.

  • Thu 23 Oct 2025

    The Bridgewater Hall

    Schubert’s Great Symphony

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    • Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (16')

    • Unsuk Chin Le Silence des Sirènes (16')

    • Schubert Symphony No.9 'The Great C Major' (48')
    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.

  • Sat 18 Oct 2025

    The Bridgewater Hall

    SOLD OUT Flying Through Film

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    • 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
    This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.

  • Wed 15 Oct 2025

    Hallé St Peter's

    SOLD OUT Chamber Series: Schubert Quintet

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    • Schubert Quintet in C Major

  • Thu 9 & Sun 12 Oct 2025

    The Bridgewater Hall

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

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    • Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (12')

    • Ibert Flute Concerto (18')

    • Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales (16')

    • Stravinsky Petrushka (1947) (34')
    This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.

  • Sat 4 Oct 2025

    The Bridgewater Hall

    Guitar Superstars

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    • 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
    This concert includes one or more pieces that form part of the 'Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.

  • Thu 2 Oct 2025

    The Bridgewater Hall

    Rush Hour: Enigma Variations

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    • Max Richter Cosmology (Hallé Co-Commission/ Manchester Premiere) (20')

    • Olivia Belli Limina Luminis (6')

    • Elgar Enigma Variations (30')
    Tuning Up! post-concert performance in the stalls foyer.

    Join us for more music with the Juna String Quartet.

    Juna String Quartet appears by kind permission of the RNCM.