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19:30
Fri 12 Jan 2018
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
We start and end this evening in Bohemia, with two pieces that vividly conjure up images of their composers’ homeland: Smetana’s effervescent overture and Janácek’s heart-on-sleeve love letter to his hometown of Brno. In between, we’re off to France, as virtuoso Louis Lortie stars in two Saint-Saëns specialities before Berlioz’s calm-before-the-storm orchestral interlude. Leading British conductor Edward Gardner is your guide for a joyous European tour to lift the January gloom.