{"id":7388,"date":"2021-11-16T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=160611"},"modified":"2021-11-16T18:25:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:25:12","slug":"how-manchester-went-from-the-home-of-acid-house-to-a-hotbed-for-experimental-classical-music","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/how-manchester-went-from-the-home-of-acid-house-to-a-hotbed-for-experimental-classical-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How Manchester went from the home of acid house to a hotbed for experimental classical music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Freya Parr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 16 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">A<\/span><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">fter hearing the Hall\u00e9 or BBC Philharmonic play a Vaughan Williams symphony at the newly opened <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk&quot;\"><strong>Bridgewater Hall<\/strong><\/a>, you might have taken a quick walk over the canal to the notorious Ha\u00e7ienda for a late-night tipple and an all-night rave. Certainly a weekend in Manchester held that prospect back in 1996 when the Hall first opened. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">Today, luxury apartments occupy where the Ha\u00e7ienda nightclub once stood. But the music that throbbed through its walls is now being given a new lease of life. In a hat tip to its city\u2019s cultural heritage, the <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/manchestercamerata.co.uk&quot;\"><strong>Manchester Camerata<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Ha\u00e7ienda Classical series reimagines dancefloor anthems and acid house tracks from the club\u2019s heyday in the 1980s and \u201990s.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Hacienda\" classical=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9pAaZoEl9TM?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">The <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/manchestercollective.co.uk&quot;\"><strong>Manchester Collective<\/strong><\/a> similarly reflects its home city\u2019s fondness for diverse music-making. With its BBC Proms debut this year, the Royal Albert Hall was probably the Collective\u2019s most conventional stage yet. Usually playing in disused cotton mills, factories and warehouses across Greater Manchester, its performances are typically intimate and immersive, breaking down barriers between musicians and audiences. As the world emerged from lockdown this year, the Collective hosted<i> Dark Days, Luminous Nights,<\/i> an audio-visual installation at the White Hotel, a former MOT garage in the shadows of Strangeways Prison. The following month, the same venue held a 54-hour non-stop rave.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C169,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C169,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C228,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C312,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C312,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C349,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C349,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C229,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C229,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C313,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C313,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-155043\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/06\/3.-Dark-Days-Luminous-Nights-at-The-White-Hotel-Salford.-Photo-by-Drew-Forsyth-\u00a9-Manchester-Collective-509ee07.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C349&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;3.\" dark=\"\" days=\"\" luminous=\"\" nights=\"\" at=\"\" the=\"\" white=\"\" hotel=\"\" salford.=\"\" photo=\"\" by=\"\" drew=\"\" forsyth=\"\" manchester=\"\" collective=\"\" title=\"&quot;3.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">Clearly, Manchester remains a city of musical extremes, and its music scene is now more far-reaching than ever, involving all corners of the city. This year, the <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/manchestercamerata.co.uk&quot;\"><strong>Manchester Camerata<\/strong><\/a> gave its first concert in its new home at The Monastery in Gorton. Previously a friary, the building became derelict in the 1980s when the congregation moved away; it even featured <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s3&quot;\">on the World Monuments Watch List of the <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">100 Most Endangered Sites in the World, alongside Pompeii and Egypt\u2019s Valley of the Kings. It was only in the late 1990s that it was brought back to life, after a group of volunteers bought the building for \u00a31 and then raised funds to repair the damage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">The Monastery\u2019s interior today is opulent, particularly its Great Nave which is its main concert space. Vast pillars flank either side of the hall, with stained glass windows and impressive ecclesiastical statues. Outside The Monastery, however, things look rather different. Despite a major regeneration project now underway, Gorton remains one of England\u2019s poorest areas. The Monastery jars against its surrounding landscape: an immense, stunning structure nestled among tightly packed redbrick terraced houses.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=138%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=138%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=285%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=187%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=187%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=256%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=256%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-160612\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925736_cmyk-9b4518a.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=285%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;MANCHESTER,\" england=\"\" june=\"\" manchester=\"\" camerata=\"\" perform=\"\" a=\"\" sold=\"\" out=\"\" socially=\"\" distanced=\"\" show=\"\" in=\"\" their=\"\" new=\"\" home=\"\" at=\"\" the=\"\" monastery=\"\" on=\"\" england.=\"\" by=\"\" shirlaine=\"\" forrest=\"\" images=\"\" title=\"&quot;Manchester\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">The \u201990s also saw the opening of the aforementioned <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk&quot;\"><strong>Bridgewater Hall<\/strong><\/a>, a venue with top-tier acoustical engineering, and for audience members it\u2019s a treat to never feel far from the stage thanks to its innovative seating design. Furthermore, like The Monastery, there are other ancient buildings which have been reimagined as music venues. In 2013, the Hall\u00e9 took ownership of St\u00a0Peter\u2019s Church, a Grade\u00a0II-listed building in Ancoats, a vibrant neighbourhood which was once an industrial suburb and manufacturing hub. The area is now transformed, with empty mills renovated into light, bright, Instagrammable caf\u00e9s and independent shops. The church itself has undergone major restoration, and now boasts a hyper-modern extension, which provides a space for the orchestra and choir\u2019s rehearsals and education projects. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">The city continues to invest in new concert spaces \u2013 a permanent new home for the biennial Manchester International Festival is currently being built at the former Granada Studios. Nothing stays still in Manchester long. With one of the highest student populations in the world and three major universities within the city centre, there is a constant influx of 20-somethings who help shape the city\u2019s musical landscape. The Royal Northern College of Music has a lot to answer for. In fact, the <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/manchestercollective.co.uk&quot;\"><strong>Manchester Collective<\/strong><\/a> was launched by two RNCM graduates, one of whom had also previously attended Chetham\u2019s School of Music, the city\u2019s leading music school \u2013 and one of the best in the country. Just a few buildings away from its <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s3&quot;\">magnificent 600-year-old library is <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">its state-of-the-art Stoller Hall, which opened in 2017 and is a popular destination for intimate chamber concerts, jazz recitals, comedy<br\/>\nshows and performances from the Chetham\u2019s Symphony Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=133%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=133%2C199,\" https:=\"\" 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type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=275%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=181%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=181%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=247%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=247%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-160614\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages163077477_cmyk-ed5b8e4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=275%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;MANCHESTER,\" england=\"\" march=\"\" a=\"\" general=\"\" view=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" royal=\"\" northern=\"\" college=\"\" music=\"\" on=\"\" in=\"\" manchester=\"\" england.=\"\" ten=\"\" former=\"\" teachers=\"\" chetham=\"\" school=\"\" are=\"\" under=\"\" investigation=\"\" as=\"\" part=\"\" probe=\"\" into=\"\" historic=\"\" sex=\"\" abuse=\"\" by=\"\" greater=\"\" police=\"\" with=\"\" some=\"\" having=\"\" also=\"\" worked=\"\" at=\"\" music.=\"\" christopher=\"\" furlong=\"\" images=\"\" title=\"&quot;Former\" and=\"\" face=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">A diverse musical streak still runs through the city that produced Oasis, Elbow, Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle. Just as The Ha\u00e7ienda nightclub was born out of a yacht builder\u2019s shop and warehouse in the early \u201980s, Manchester\u2019s ensembles are now helping regenerate the city\u2019s ancient buildings and former areas of industry. The northern powerhouse home of Madchester, acid house and punk still has a thriving music scene today \u2013 and its orchestras and ensembles are at the forefront.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925782_cmyk-84f14f2.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C192,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/11\/GettyImages1322925782_cmyk-84f14f2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C192,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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