Hallé/Wigglesworth review – effervescent and deeply personal

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and soloist Marc-Andre Hamelin gleefully unpick the form of Stravinsky’s Sonata for Two PianosAs a conductor, instrumentalist and composer of equal note, it’s useful to be reminded that that the Hallé’s recently appointed principal guest conductor, Ryan Wigglesworth, only possesses one pair of hands. Happily, he was able to enlist those of the featured soloist, Marc-Andre Hamelin, for an informal run-through of Str