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The Bridgewater Hall celebrates its 30th birthday drawing together various strands of Manchester's music making

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When:
July 7, 2026 · 12:27 PM
Where:
Walton’s Viola Concerto
Source:
Planet Hugill: Terrific and intensely atmospheric: the String Quartet No. 1 and Piano Quintet by Olli Mustonen from the Engegård Quartet and the composer on LAWO Classics

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester is celebrating its 30th birthday! The opening concert was on 11 September 1996 and the hall has just announced a celebratory 2026/27 season. Manchester's historic concert venue, the Free Trade Hall (which was built in 1853-56 on the site of the Peterloo Massacre) was damaged in World War Two and patched up in the 1950s. It remained a somewhat unsatisfactory concert venue until the Bridgewater Hall's plans came to fruition. The n

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    Walton’s Viola Concerto

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    Planet Hugill: Terrific and intensely atmospheric: the String Quartet No. 1 and Piano Quintet by Olli Mustonen from the Engegård Quartet and the composer on LAWO Classics

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