The story of the world’s best-known orchestra and its great baton-wielders – Richter, Beecham, Barbirolli, Nagano and Hallé himself.
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Mr Hallé’s Band
- Start:
- 17/08/2017 11:00 am
- End:
- 17/08/2017 12:30 pm
- Cost:
- £8
- Venue:
- Art Gallery
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Address:
- Mosley Street, Manchester, Select a State:, United Kingdom, M1
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As the most opinionated, most confident (and best-researched) writer in Manchester, it’s time for me to share some critical thoughts with people who will appreciate them. I’ll start with one of Manchester’s best-loved attractions, the John Rylands Library on Deansgate.
This is one of the world’s greatest libraries, with a remarkable collection that includes the personal papers of such luminaries as John Dalton, Elizabeth Gaskell and John Wesley. It is also home to the oldest piece of the New Testament ever found, the St John Fragment. So what a shame that the library is run like a cross between Theresa May’s Brexit deal committee and Man Utd’s transfer target working group…
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