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IMAGES BELOW TOP: TATTON PARK / BELOW BOTTOM: BEESTON CASTLE’S NEW ROUNDHOUSE IMAGES LEFT: LUMEN / BELOW: BLUEDOT © Tatton Park © Peter Robinson Cheshire: Where Science Meets Nature Tatton Park (tattonpark.org.uk) will smooth your way to its multiple attractions when it opens a new welcome centre for visitors in 2020. After all, it’s important to get your bearings if you’re going to check out the 18th-century mansion, historic working farm, medieval Old Hall, glorious gardens and vast parkland. Improved facilities in the stableyard, where the shops and restaurants are located, will follow, with plans to make it the go-to place for live entertainment, new exhibitions and events. Travel back in time 4,000 years at Beeston Castle’s new Roundhouse. The reconstruction of this Bronze Age dwelling has been a labour of love for English Heritage and a team of more than 60 volunteers, who’ve amassed archaeological evidence and even used authentic tools and building methods. People lived on this rocky crag high above the plain long before the first stone was laid for the medieval castle we’re so familiar with on the skyline. The first traces of this thatched, wattle-and-daub structure were first uncovered in the 1970s, along with axes and knives from the time, revealing it was a welldefended metalworking centre. It’s been a bumper year for Cheshire: Where Science Meets Nature (visitcheshire. com/science-meets-nature), a new initiative promoting the county’s rich natural and scientific assets through arts and culture. A trio of online themed itineraries, with suggestions for days out and short breaks, have inspired many – locals and those from further afield – to sample the county’s fantastic events and attractions. Pick of the winter and early-spring programme includes LUMEN – Crewe’s Night of Lights, a thrilling evening of illuminated street performances and son et lumière displays on 29 November. Artist Sven Werner’s audiovisual dreamscape, Poulson Arc Dream Radio, remains available to experience at Storyhouse in Chester until 17 May. The Lost Words, a new children’s trail featuring art installations, continues at Dunham Massey until 3 April, before moving on to Quarry Bank from 6 April. Based on the spellbook of the same name, The Lost Words is all about youngsters reclaiming a vanishing natural vocabulary, as words such as ‘chat room’ are better understood than ‘conkers’. The new year will see more events roll out, too, including a new summer programme of performances at the Grosvenor Park Open-Air Theatre. Meanwhile, bookings are already open for returning favourites, such as the international festival of music, science and cosmic culture, bluedot, at Jodrell Bank in July, and the creative family romp, Just So, at Rode Hall in August. 08
Hiromi Friday 1 November 7.30pm The Bridgewater Hall Box Office: 0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Friday 6 March 7.30pm Dream a little dream with Max Raabe & Palast Orchester from Berlin, luxuriate in the high style and musical glory of the 20s and 30s with a cool contemporary twist. 4 Box Box Office: Office: 0161 0161 907 9079000 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk The Bridgewater Hall International Concert Series 19|20 The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra Monteverdi’s Vespers Harry Christophers conductor Friday 15 November 2019 7.30pm Tenebrae A Hymn of Heavenly Beauty Nigel Short conductor Tuesday 18 February 2019 7.30pm Swedish Philharmonia Jaime Martin conductor Viktoria Mullova violin Monday 9 March 2020 7.30pm Tchaikovsky The Tempest Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 Sibelius Symphony No.5 Siberian Symphony Dmitri Vasiliev conductor Freddy Kempf piano Wednesday 15 April 2020 7.30pm Shostakovich Festive Overture Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sakari Oramo conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Tuesday 28 April 2020 7.30pm Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 Sibelius Symphony No.2 Emma Johnson & Friends Introduced by John Suchet Friday 20 March 2020 7.30pm A programme of 19th century Vienna, including Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and the Strauss family. Box Office: 0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
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