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Robert Beale

Articles By Robert Beale

Love Life, Opera North review - Lerner and Weill's blast into the past

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Chamayou, BBC Philharmonic, Wigglesworth, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - Boulez with bonbons

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L’étoile, RNCM, Manchester review - lavish and cheerful absurdity

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Currie, Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - sparkle and intrigue

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Gerhardt, BBC Philharmonic, Chauhan, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - from grief to peace

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Kolesnikov, Hallé, Elts, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - the dude who dazzles

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Ohlsson, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - grace and power in Brahms

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Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - Bruckner’s Ninth completed

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera North review - one of the best and funniest

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Kanga, Manchester Collective, Singh, RNCM Manchester review - string ensemble playing at its most rewarding

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Hardenberger, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - splendour and a trumpeter's voluntary

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The Magic Flute, Opera North review - a fresh vision of Mozart’s masterpiece

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Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - declaration of thrills to come

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Lewis, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - adding the Moon to The Planets

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Bavouzet, Nemecz, McLachlan, Manchester Camerata, Takács-Nagy, Stoller Hall, Manchester review - finish line of a remarkable marathon

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Donohoe, Roscoe, Stoller Hall, Manchester review - two great pianists celebrate 50 years

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