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Fame and farewell
Todmorden’s magnificent, Grade 1-listed Town Hall, dating from 1875, straddles county boundaries and county loyalties. The latter seems tired in the face…
From Italy to England
From the first wind entry with its undercurrent of string pizzicato, Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances developed its courtly ambiance. Variously rhythmic…
Autumn concert
There were three themes to this concert: Spain, aspects of Russia and intensely earnest fantasy. Before that, and given that a special…
Film Music Night
Opening with an unlisted, but immediately recognisable, cinema fanfare a Film Music Night concert was presented by Todmorden Orchestra at the Town…
Spring romance
As the wintry weather raged around Todmorden Town Hall on Saturday night those who attended the Spring concert by Todmorden Orchestra were…
An evening in Vienna
The committee of Todmorden Orchestra is always looking for programme innovation. Rather than the traditional Christmas event as in years before, to…
Music for autumn
Todmorden, a town in the Upper Calder Valley, in West Yorkshire is about 17 miles from Manchester. It is the home of…
Night at the opera
The programme opened with the overture to Verdi’s La Traviata. The orchestra began calmly with no hint of the drama to come…
Spring concert
Vitality and ambition are hard-wired into these Todmorden concerts. As for the orchestra they were on very fine form notwithstanding some fleetingly…
Autumn concert
Todmorden Orchestra and Nicholas Concannon Hodges again delivered a demanding and well balanced programme in Todmorden’s magnificent Grade I-listed Town Hall. Picking…