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Classical Music Review: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Domingo Hindoyan at the Royal Concert Hall

Sat 25 Apr 2026

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is yet another orchestra proving you do not need to go down south to see world-class concert music. And now they're back with a new conductor. Can they still cut the musical mustard...

Classical Concert Review: The Hallé Orchestra at the Royal Concert Hall with Denis Kozhukhin

Sun 15 Mar 2026

The Hallé Orchestra returns to Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall with an astonishing performance by pianist Denis Kozhukhin...

Light Night with the Robin Hood Youth Orchestra

Fri 06 Feb 2026

Review: The National Youth Orchestra-Shimmer at the Royal Concert Hall

Thu 08 Jan 2026

What could be more uplifting than the country's national orchestra for young people. And they are in town. So how did they do...

Swing Into Christmas With the Down for the Count Orchestra

Mon 22 Dec 2025

Classical Music Review: The Aurora Orchestra at the Royal Concert Hall

Wed 26 Nov 2025

The Aurora Orchestra returned to Nottingham with four outstanding but contrasting classics. They also gave a demonstration of their unique performance style...

Classical Music Review: The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with guest conductor Elena Schwartz at the Royal Concert Hall

Sun 09 Nov 2025

Turmoil, transcendence and orchestral grandeur are the order of the day in the BBC Philharmonic’s latest Nottingham appearance...

Music review: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Tue 28 Oct 2025

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra came to the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall last week led by its musical director Vasily Petrenko...

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Fri 24 Oct 2025

Concert review: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Michael Seal at the Royal Concert Hall

Tue 21 Oct 2025

Conducted with an unshowy economy by Michael Seal, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra led an appreciative Nottingham audience through a musical exploration of spaces both literal and liminal, and probed the interrelationship of things within those spaces...

City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Wed 15 Oct 2025

Gig review: The Rock Orchestra - The Arena of Fire - at Motorpoint Arena

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Stereotypically, orchestras play classical music. The two go hand in hand. It’s a natural combination. However, one collective of musicians are trying, and succeeding, to prove this wrong. They are The Rock Orchestra, and they perform orchestral arrangements of hugely popular rock and metal songs to huge audiences globally, alongside three incredible main vocalists, some insanely good fire dancers, and huge, gothic-inspired stage pieces. The combination of all these elements makes them extremely popular amongst concert-goers, and they are truly a treat to watch and hear. We caught them at Motorpoint Arena for their Arena of Fire production, their biggest and boldest show yet...