The Halle have announced that the award nominated actor Samuel West will join them on stage at the Bridgewater Hall to perform the role of Edward Elgar in their performance of Beyond the Score: Elgar’s Enigma Variations. The performance for which the star of ITV’s Mr Selfridge will join them, explores the man behind one…
The Halle will be putting on a series of performances at the Bridgewater Hall in March, including performing an Elgar Festival from 9-12 March. So, what’s on? The Hallé’s Elgar Festival, 9 – 12 March 2017 Thursday 9 March, 7.30pm Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 Elgar Symphony No.1 Elgar Overture: Froissart Elgar Grania and Diarmid: Incidental…
Fancy catching the Halle perform at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in February? Here’s what they have coming up: Sibelius, Poulenc, Dvorăk, Janáček Thursday 9 February, 7.30pm Programme: Sibelius The Oceanides Poulenc Concerto for organ, strings and timpani Dvořák Legends: selection Janáček Taras Bulba: Rhapsody for Orchestra Conductor Cristian Măcelaru; Featuring Jonathan Scott, Organ In the first concert…
The Halle will be playing an excellent series of concerts in January 2017. Let’s take a look at what they are performing at the Bridgewater Hall … A Viennese Celebration Saturday 7 January, 3pm Conductor Stephen Bell Featuring Joshua Ellicott, Tenor The Hallé’s annual New Year celebration features the most romantic waltzes, thrilling polkas and exciting…
The ever excellent Halle are performing a series of concerts at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in November, so we thought we would take a look at what’s on … Vaughan William’s Sixth Symphony Thursday 10 November, 7.30pm Mendelssohn – Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Bruch – Violin Concerto No.2 Janáček – Jealousy Vaughan Williams – Symphony…
Opus One Concerts – Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony Thursday 22 September, 7.30pm Sunday 25 September, 7.30pm Wednesday 28 September, 2.15pm Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture: Hamlet Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 Beethoven – Symphony No.6, ‘Pastoral’ Conductor – Sir Mark Elder Featuring – Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano For the first Opus One concerts of the season, Sir Mark and…
Manchester’s Halle Orchestra has accompanied one of the UK’s finest singers Clare Teal, three time winner of the British Jazz Singer of the Year award, on her latest album Twelve O’Clock Tales. The accompaniment, which formed 93 musicians in total including the Halle Orchestra and a big band, was conducted by Stephen Bell and arranged…
The Hallé’s newly announced Manchester season explores ‘Northern Legends’, complete with the gods, kings and giants that inspired some true masterpieces of the Romantic era, and continues to influence composers today. Shakespeare and Beethoven share the billing in Sir Mark Elder’s opening programmes, and Elgar forms the centrepiece of the season with a festival featuring…
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…
Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm Verdi Overture: The Force of Destiny Bloch Schelomo Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Nikolaj Znaider conductor Jian Wang cello The fate theme running through this season comes to the fore with the dramatic overture Verdi composed for his great opera The Force of Destiny. Young Chinese virtuoso, Jian Wang, then performs Bloch’s Schelomo….
