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1. 1. Review: Chester Festival Concerts - Chester Cathedral

   CityLife, Thursday 15 July 2010 It must have seemed a great idea on paper – to have the European Union Chamber Orchestra do Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, with Nicola Benedetti as soloist, and to get former poet laureate Andrew Motion to write a new sonnet for each season, and appear in person with them.

2. 2. Review: Chester Festival Concerts - Chester Cathedral

   CityLife, Thursday 15 July 2010 It must have seemed a great idea on paper – to have the European Union Chamber Orchestra do Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, with Nicola Benedetti as soloist, and to get former poet laureate Andrew Motion to write a new sonnet for each season, and appear in person with them.

3. 3. Review: BBC Philharmonic - Bridgewater Hall

   CityLife, Monday 07 June 2010 Mahler's tenth symphony was never finished by the composer, and so, as Deryck Cooke, the originator of the generally used performing version, acknowledged, the best you can offer is the realisation of a draft.

4. 4. Review: Academy Of Ancient Music - Bridgewater Hall

   CityLife, Monday 07 June 2010 “Let's talk about the weather” has always been a motto for the British when they can’t think of anything else to do - and music about the weather seems an equally popular idea.

5. 5. Review: Academy Of Ancient Music - Bridgewater Hall

   CityLife, Monday 07 June 2010 “Let's talk about the weather” has always been a motto for the British when they can’t think of anything else to do - and music about the weather seems an equally popular idea.

6. 6. Review: BBC Philharmonic - Bridgewater Hall

   CityLife, Monday 07 June 2010 Mahler's tenth symphony was never finished by the composer, and so, as Deryck Cooke, the originator of the generally used performing version, acknowledged, the best you can offer is the realisation of a draft.

7. 7. Review: Motionhouse - Scattered @ The Lowry

   CityLife, Wednesday 10 February 2010 THIS was the first dance show I’ve seen in which gargling was part of the entertainment. No need to ask why. The performance of Scattered, at The Lowry on Tuesday, was by Motionhouse dance company, and it was ‘a show about water’, as artistic director Kevin Finnan says.

8. 8. Contrasting emotions at RNCM's Chamber Music Festival

   CityLife, Wednesday 13 January 2010 THE Royal Northern College’s annual chamber music festival defied the arctic conditions and carried through its theme of music of the British Isles.

9. 9. Contrasting emotions at RNCM's Chamber Music Festival

   CityLife, Wednesday 13 January 2010 THE Royal Northern College’s annual chamber music festival defied the arctic conditions and carried through its theme of music of the British Isles.

10. 10. Festival with opera down on the farm

    CityLife, Wednesday 15 July 2009 BUXTON Opera House is a jewel of a venue for the real, traditional thing, and the Buxton Festival is when it’s in use at its best.

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