The Halle has announced that one of classical music’s most vibrant talents, Jonathon Heyward, is set to join the orchestra from its 2016-17 season. The recent winner of the Grand Prix of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors takes over from Jamie Phillips as the Halle’s Assistant Conductor and will make his Manchester debut…
Award-winning actor Henry Goodman to play Czech composer in Beyond the Score Beyond the Score will form the centrepiece of the orchestra’s Dvořák Festival this May. The festival, titled Nature, Life and Love, will celebrate the Czech composer with seven concerts in two weeks, conducted by the Hallé’s Music Director Sir Mark Elder. First performed…
The Halle is set to perform a series of concerts at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in March including their specials, Classical Greats and Oscars for Orchestra. Thursday 3 March, 7.30pm Hallé Pops – Classical Greats Programme: Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Elgar Chello Concerto; Copland Fanfare for the Common Man; Barber Adagio…
RIBA Competitions and the Hallé Concerts Society are pleased to announce that the competition to extend its Hallé St Peter’s facility in Ancoats (Manchester) has been won by a design team led by Stephenson Studio. This proposed new-build extension will form the second phase of the project to transform the Grade II listed former church…
The Halle is set to hold a number of concerts in February, including a Valentine’s Day Special and a programme of Rachmaninov, Mahler and Shostakovich. We take a look at what’s coming up over the next few weeks. Thursday 11 February, 7.30pm Thursday Series – Rachmaninov, Mahler and Shostakovich Rachmaninov Isle of the Dead; Mahler Kindertotenlieder;…
The World-famous Halle Orchestra is set to present 6 concerts featuring David McKee’s Elmer the Elephant as the Halle Half-term Family Concerts Return. Based on the book Elmer, by McKee, the concerts which are set to take place on 28 and 29 October at Halle St Peters and follow 2013’s There’s A Rumble In The…
Manchester’s Halle Orchestra has announced a unique ‘pay what you like’ concert to encourage people who are curious about classical music or have never heard a symphony orchestra before to hear ten short pieces spanning 300 years of music, each introduced on the Halle Big Screen. The Halle’s Priceless Classics concert will take place on…
With The Halle’s Prom Season set to launch, we take a look at the Halle concerts which will be taking place over the next few weeks at the Bridgewater Hall. SUNDAY 28 JUNE, 3pm SEVEN PLANETS AND A COSMIC ROCK Dedicated to space, celestial structures and the discovery of the unknown, this afternoon’s performance features music…
Wednesday 3 June: Royal Northern College of Music – RNCM Opera Scenes. The RNCM opera scenes series continues with its latest free showcase of RNCM singers, furthering their experience of on stage performance with excerpts from a wide range of operas. Free. 6.00pm Thursday 4 June: Royal Northern College of Music – RNCM Brass Band and Black…
Wednesday 13 May: Royal Northern College of Music – RNCM Jazz Collective: Jazz at the Movies. The RNCM Jazz Collective presents an evening of popular and instantly recognisable film tunes from the 1930s onwards, featuring the likes of James Bond, The Pink Panther, Rocky and more. Tickets £10. 7.30pm. Thursday 14 May: Manchester Cathedral – Chethams. Join Chetham’s School of Music…
