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A shot from the stage of St. George's hall showing a packed auditorium, full of cheering people.

9 May 2025

St George’s Hall

Bassline Symphony

The sound of our city as you’d never heard it before.

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In May 2025, bassline's crackling rhythms and pulsing low end was supercharged by Opera North’s magnificent orchestra - under the baton of Garry Walker, Opera North’s Music Director.

Bassline is among the most thrilling musical subcultures of the 21st century. Bradford is a hotbed of this electrifying music, but it has never sounded quite like this!

In the stunning Victorian splendour of St George’s Hall, bassline was performed with a live orchestra for the very first time. The crowd danced and sang the night away as 4×4 icons Jamie Duggan, DJ Q and TS7 joined arranger Katie Chatburn and the Orchestra of Opera North for a one-night-only celebration curated by Tanya Vital.

Take a listen back to some of our favourite moments from the night and hear more about the history of bassline in Bradford in our Tiktok series, BFD Bassline, featuring some bassline legends. We’re all about the bassline!

Watch our BFD Bassline series →

Feel the music again

Credits
Produced by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

Supported by The Foyle Foundation and the Signatur Programme.

Lead image: © DJ Q
The orchestra play - lit in blue and red lights
© Scott Salt, Big Blue Whale
Two black women sing into microphones on stage
© Scott Salt, Big Blue Whale
A black man works on a DJ deck - he is wearing a hat and headphones, as well as a dark t-shirt.
TS7 © Scott Salt, Big Blue Whale
A black man speaks into a microphone on stage - the orchestra is behind him.
© Scott Salt, Big Blue Whale
Artist Jamie Duggan sitting on a chair in a large venue.
Jamie Duggan
Artist DJ Q wears a tracksuit and sits looking at the camera.
DJ Q (Image: Cicely Grace)
A portrait of artist TS7 in a colourful space.
TS7 (Image: Tom Jones)
Musical arranger Katie Chatburn smiling to the camera.
Katie Chatburn
A close up photo of Tanya Vital. She wears a black top and has a purple coloured background.
Tanya Vital
Looking from the back / side of an orchestra, you can see violins, a harp and the conductor at the front
Orchestra of Opera North. © Sarah Zagni

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Credits

Jamie Duggan
DJ
DJ Q
DJ
TS7
DJ
Katie Chatburn
Arranger
Tanya Vital
Curator
Orchestra of Opera North
Conducted by Garry Walker, Opera North's Musical Director

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