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2016–17 SEASON
CONCERTS AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER
MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER
Northern Legends – Gods, Kings and Folklore
Our civilization’s enduring fascination with folklore and our
reluctance to let the truth get in the way of a good story has
always inspired music as much as any of the arts. Legends
from Nordic, Celtic and Slavic cultures, enjoying an explosion
of renewed interest in the Romantic era, led to many glories
of the orchestral repertoire. Throughout the coming months,
powerful and colourful images of gods, kings, giants and
other fantastic creatures are rarely far away, with some
intriguing connections and contrasts coming to light.
The Bridgewater Hall will once again echo to the sound
of massed choirs and Manchester’s two great symphony
orchestras – the largest orchestra on stage yet – at the
season’s climax. A famous love-story from medieval Danish
folklore became the vehicle for Schoenberg’s epic lyric
symphony ‘Gurrelieder’, which closes this memorable season
of concerts. Taking shape between 1900 and 1910, it shares
a musical landscape with Strauss, Mahler and a little of his
own later style. The young Viennese composer seized
upon the story to convey human passion, joy, grief, loss, and
eventual renewal in one of the most romantic and sensual
masterpieces of its kind, with a blazing sunrise to finish.
Without the epoch-making music-dramas of Wagner, some
thirty years before, ‘Gurrelieder’ could not have been written.
‘Das Rheingold’ – the first part of Wagner’s great ‘Ring’ cycle –
drew inspiration from old Norse sagas and broke new ground
as to the scale and intensity of the musical result. But the
background story is always optional; it’s the music that tells
the tale and sets the imagination free. Whether or not one is
well-versed in the machinations of Wotan and his fellow gods,
the astonishing long orchestral crescendo which opens ‘Das
Rheingold’ evokes the elemental force of a great river, a great
drama, and a sense of a thrilling evening to come.
Sir Mark Elder
September
3
October
3
November
7
December
10
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Benjamin Grosvenor piano
January
16
February
18
Elgar Festival 20
March 22
For our first Opus One concerts of the season, Sir Mark and the orchestra are joined by one of
the finest young pianists in the world, Benjamin Grosvenor, who performs Liszt’s dazzling First
Concerto. As well as being a virtuoso showpiece, the work will also highlight the poetic qualities
Benjamin’s playing has in abundance. ‘No one can love the countryside as much as I do’, wrote
Beethoven, and this love was eloquently expressed in his timeless ‘Pastoral’ symphony. With its
depictions of the ‘happy song of the birds’, the ‘sweet murmur of a brook’, the ‘dreaded storm’ and
much more, it never fails to delight and inspire. The concert begins with Tchaikovsky’s tone poem
inspired by Shakespeare’s brooding Prince of Denmark, Hamlet.
April
26
May
28
June
30
Hallé Youth Ensembles • Pre-concert events
32
Booking information
33
Fixed subscription diary
40
The concerts that take Northern Legends as their theme thread
through this season. Follow them by looking for this mark.
The Hallé’s celebration of the music of Elgar takes place over three
concerts in March 2017. See page 20 for more details.
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Hamlet Liszt Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven Symphony No.6, ‘Pastoral’
18’
19’
40’
BEETHOVEN • LISZT • TCHAIKOVSKY
Thursday 22 September, 7.30pm
Sunday 25 September, 7.30pm
Wednesday 28 September, 2.15pm
Tickets from £13 (including booking fee)
Saturday 1 October, 7.30pm
Classical Extravaganza
Dvořák Overture: Carnival
Pachelbel Canon
Shostakovich Romance from ‘The Gadfly’
Bernstein Overture: Candide
Elgar Enigma Variations: VIII ‘WN’, IX ‘Nimrod’, XIV ‘Finale’
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks: excerpts
Fauré Pavane
Rossini Overture: William Tell
Coates Calling All Workers
Stephen Bell conductor
Join us for a feast of the world’s best-loved classical favourites. Our Extravaganzas always receive
a rousing reception and are the perfect introduction to live orchestral music. Hear Stephen Bell
conduct one of Europe’s great orchestras as they perform hit after hit from
the classical world.
CLASSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA
CONTENTS
Tickets from £13.50 (including booking fee)
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Thursday 6 October, 7.30pm
Verdi Macbeth: scenes Beethoven Symphony No.9, ‘Choral’
24'
67'
VERDI • BEETHOVEN
Sir Mark, the Hallé and the Hallé Choir open the Thursday series in grandly dramatic fashion. The
first half features scenes from Verdi’s Macbeth. Throughout, Verdi strove to convey Shakespeare’s
vivid sense of pity and terror. The selection ends with the famous sleepwalking scene in which
Lady Macbeth descends into madness. Beethoven’s Ninth, described by Wagner as ‘the ultimate
symphony’, also confronts terror and the darker side of existence. Overall, however, it is an
extraordinary journey towards enlightenment that culminates in a rapturous setting of Schiller’s
‘Ode to Joy’.
BORODIN • BARTÓK • MOZART •MUSSORGSKY
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Soloists • Hallé Choir
Wednesday 19 October, 2.15pm
Sunday 23 October, 7.30pm
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Mussorgsky orch. Rimsky-Korsakov Night on the Bare Mountain
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto
Bartók Hungarian Sketches Borodin Symphony No.2
10’
27’
11’
28’
Gergely Madaras conductor • Katherine Baker flute • Marie Leenhardt harp
Two of the Hallé’s principal players, Katherine Baker and Marie Leenhardt are soloists in
Mozart’s lovely Flute and Harp Concerto. It is a work of great delicacy and charm in which the
two instruments complement each other to perfection. In the rest of the programme the young
Hungarian Gergely Madaras, a rising star of the podium, conducts three varied Eastern European
works: Mussorgsky’s devilish Night on the Bare Mountain; Bartók’s Hungarian Sketches – with their
infectious Magyar merriment and melancholy; and finally Borodin’s stirring Second Symphony, a
piece once aptly described as having ‘the flavour of an ancient Russian epic’.
Its finale is an exultant orchestral revel.
Thursday 10 November, 7.30pm
3'
22'
66'
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Sophie Bevan soprano • Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore tenor • Matthew Brook bass-baritone • Hallé Choir
10'
27'
6'
31'
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Jonathon Heyward conductor * • James Ehnes violin
Mendelssohn’s briny Hebrides Overture was inspired by a storm-tossed voyage to Fingal’s Cave
on the island of Staffa. It is conducted here by the Hallé’s new Assistant Conductor, Jonathon
Heyward. James Ehnes gives a rare performance of Bruch’s Second Violin Concerto. Its wealth
of great melody and virtuoso writing makes for fascinating comparison with its hugely popular
predecessor. Fascinating too is Jealousy by Janáček, a passionate work originally conceived as
the overture to his opera Jenůfa. Many interpreted Vaughan Williams’s stormy Sixth Symphony
as a ‘war symphony’ after its premiere in 1944, though he strenuously denied this. Instead, the
composer likened its hushed final epilogue to Prospero’s line in Shakespeare’s The Tempest: ‘We are
such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.’
Wednesday 16 November, 2.15pm
Sunday 20 November, 7.30pm
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ...
Feel the full force of the Hallé as we bring the highlights of John Williams’ music from every
episode of Star Wars to the stage of The Bridgewater Hall. Packed with some of the most
recognisable cinematic themes from The Phantom Menace to The Force Awakens this concert
packs more punch than an Imperial blaster. Dress to impress and relive the rise and fall of the
Empire in one action packed evening.
May the Force be with you.
Stephen Bell conductor • Tom Redmond presenter • Hallé Youth Choir
In partnership with Manchester Science Festival
Wagner Overture: The Flying Dutchman
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, ‘Emperor’
Sibelius Symphony No.2
11’
40’
43’
Andrew Manze conductor • Martin Helmchen piano
Andrew Manze returns to the Hallé to conduct a typically imaginative and compelling programme.
Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman Overture is a masterful microcosm of an opera about a man
condemned by Satan to forever sail the seas. Its storm episode is one of the most dramatic ever
written. The New York Times described Martin Helmchen as possessing ‘a noble bearing and a
noble sound’. He is the perfect soloist for Beethoven’s majestic ‘Emperor’ concerto. Premiered in
1902, Sibelius’s Second Symphony immediately became an emblem for Finnish people in their
battle against Russian oppression. Sibelius hadn’t intended such a purpose, but a sense of heroic
struggle still lies at the work’s core.
SIBELIUS • BEETHOVEN •WAGNER
Tippett’s choral masterpiece A Child of Our Time was written at the beginning of the Second
World War as a protest against ‘man’s inhumanity to man’. Modelled on Handel’s Messiah and
the Passions of J.S. Bach, its emotional essence lies in five spirituals Tippett incorporated into the
score in which the suffering of oppressed people throughout history is given universal resonance.
Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem dates from the same troubled period as the Tippett and is also an
intensely humanistic piece. In the work Britten expresses anger and despair at the cataclysm
beginning to engulf the world. As a precursor to both, the concert opens with Copland’s great
tribute to his fellow Americans, a piece also written during the same conflict.
The Music of Star Wars Episodes I – VII
THE MUSIC OF STAR WARS
Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) *
Bruch Violin Concerto No.2
Janáček Jealousy
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6 The Vera Clegg Memorial Concert
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Tippett A Child of Our Time
MENDELSSOHN • BRUCH
JANÁČEK •VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
TIPPETT • BRITTEN • COPLAND
Sunday 27 November, 5pm
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Wellgunde Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Flosshilde Leah-Marian Jones mezzo-soprano
Alberich Christopher Purves baritone
Wotan Iain Paterson bass-baritone
Fricka Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
Freia Emma Bell soprano
Fasolt Reinhard Hagen bass
Fafner Clive Bayley bass
Donner David Stout baritone
Froh David Butt Philip tenor
Loge Will Hartmann tenor
Mime Gerhard Siegel tenor
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A superb cast of soloists joins acclaimed Wagnerian, Sir Mark and the orchestra for a concert
performance of Das Rheingold, the first part of Wagner’s epic The Ring of the Niebelung, with its
origins in the ancient Norse sagas. The story of the cycle concerns the struggles of gods, heroes
and other mythical figures over the possession of a magic ring that gives its bearer mastery over
the entire world. It begins with a magnificent orchestral evocation of the River Rhine and ends
with the gods ascending into Valhalla over a magic rainbow. In between, much of the action of The
Ring is set up, Wagner using a series of ingenious musical leitmotifs associated with its various
characters, locations and themes. It will be a remarkable musical and dramatic experience.
‘The orchestra, reinforced for the occasion to more than 100
and with enough harps on- and off-stage to re-stock Paradise,
responded with world-class playing from every section. Elder’s
Hallé is now transcendent.’
The Daily Telegraph on the Hallé’s performance of Wagner’s ‘Götterdämmerung’
Thursday 1 December, 7.30pm
Wednesday 7 December, 2.15pm
Sunday 11 December, 7.30pm
Berlioz Overture: Le Carnaval romain
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
Ravel Tzigane, rhapsody for violin and orchestra
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Haydn Symphony No.88
Brahms Violin Concerto
41’
Stephen Bell conductor • Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor • Viviane Hagner violin
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the greatest ever written. Its world premiere was given in
1881 by Adolph Brodsky, who was later to become Leader of the Hallé. Tonight’s soloist, Tamsin
Waley-Cohen is one of Britain’s brightest violin stars; ‘Waley-Cohen’s playing is radiant and soaring’
said The Sunday Times. Tonight’s programme also features Berlioz’s dazzling Roman Carnival
Overture, Ravel’s exotic Tzigane (Gypsy), which also features Tamsin and is packed with infectious
rhythms. We finish with Mussorgsky’s dramatic, elegant Pictures at an Exhibition, complete with
The Great Gate of Kiev.
Principal Guest Conductor of the Hallé, Ryan Wigglesworth, conducts the lovely Mother Goose
– five ‘fairytale’ pieces Ravel originally composed for the children of two friends. With Tom
Thumb, Beauty and the Beast and nodding toy figures, Ravel leads us into an enchanting soundworld. German violinist Viviane Hagner always leaves a lasting impression. In these concerts
she performs Brahms’s lyrical and masterfully constructed Violin Concerto. Brahms wrote it in a
relaxed holiday mood as he savoured the stunning natural beauties of Carinthia. The work ends
with a spirited Hungarian-style finale. Haydn’s G major symphony is one of the composer’s most
concise, brilliant and humorous creations.
Saturday 3 December, 7.30pm
Handel Messiah
Sunday 11 December, 3pm
135'
Christian Curnyn conductor
Joanne Lunn soprano • Madeleine Shaw mezzo-soprano
Stuart Jackson tenor • James Platt bass • Hallé Choir
December is the time of year for Handel’s magisterial Messiah. After its premiere in Dublin in 1742
the piece soon became a choral institution and the Victorians staged lavish performances of the
work with vast choruses and orchestras. Today, however, less being more, Handel’s great work has
re-emerged in its original, leaner form. Handel specialist Christian Curnyn is the ideal person to do
full justice to the composer’s intentions. From its stately overture to the famous ‘Hallelujah Chorus’
and beyond, the inspirational Messiah is perfect fare for the lead-up to Christmas.
Christmas Family Concert
Jonathon Heyward conductor • Alasdair Malloy presenter
Calling all children, parents and grandparents. Join Alasdair Malloy and Santa’s little helpers, the
Hallé, for the annual fun-filled festive family concert, full of sing-alongs, jingle-alongs, seasonal
surprises, orchestral antics and audience amazement. The perfect way to start a family Christmas,
this cracker of a concert is so popular, even Father Christmas takes time out to attend. Why not
get into the spirit and dress up as a snowman or Rudolph?
If you have any sleigh bells – homemade or real – then bring them along and join in.
Tickets: Adult £24, Child £15 (aged 17 and under)
Family Ticket (4 people minimum 1 child) £62
CHRISTMAS FAMILY CONCERT
HANDEL MESSIAH
16’
25’
RAVEL • BRAHMS • HAYDN
CLASSICAL GREATS
Classical Greats
Friday 16 December, 7.30pm
Winter Wonderland with Clare Teal
Stephen Bell conductor • Clare Teal vocalist
Winners of the Hallé Corporate Choir Competition • Hallé Youth Training Choir
Following huge Hallé successes with her tributes to Ella Fitzgerald and the First Ladies of Song,
we are delighted to welcome back the great singer, songwriter and broadcaster Clare Teal.
Clare will perform the perfect selection of seasonal favourites, alongside some great orchestral
arrangements.
WINTER WONDERLAND
Including: Winter Wonderland; What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?; The Christmas Song
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire); Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Snowbound;
All I Want For Christmas; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; White Christmas;
Sleigh Ride and more.
Saturday 17 December, 3pm
Sunday 18 December, 3pm and 7.30pm
Hallé Carol Concerts
I’m a Little Christmas Cracker; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Bach’s Magnificat; Morten Lauridsen’s ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ and Sleigh Ride
Stephen Bell conductor • Hallé Choir • Hallé Youth Choir • Hallé Children’s Choir
Join us for a seasonal selection of traditional carols for orchestra, choir and audience. You can
sing some wonderful Christmas favourites, and hear the Orchestra and our three choirs perform
even more, but there’s every chance that our own ‘Little Christmas Crackers’, the Hallé Children’s
Choir will steal the show!
CAROL CONCERTS
The concerts include:
O Little Town of Bethlehem; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Away in a Manger; Good King Wenceslas
and Once in Royal David’s City.
The Snowman
Including: Seven Seas of Rhye, I Want to Break Free, Play the Game, Under Pressure,
Killer Queen, Radio Ga Ga, Tie Your Mother Down, Fat Bottomed Girls, I Want it All,
One Vision, Who Wants to Live Forever, A Kind of Magic, Crazy Little Thing Called Love,
Don’t Stop Me Now, Another One Bites the Dust, Somebody to Love, Bohemian Rhapsody,
We Will Rock You and We are the Champions and more ...
Jonathon Heyward conductor • Tom Redmond narrator
Bring all the family along to the big screening of The Snowman, the animated classic by Raymond
Briggs. The film will be accompanied live by the Hallé performing Howard Blake’s beautiful score
– including the magical song ‘Walking in the Air’.
Richard Sidwell conductor
Ricardo Afonso, Rachael Wooding, Jenna Lee-James and Peter Eldridge vocalists
In the first half of the concert narrator Tom Redmond accompanies Paddington through his
adventures as the marmalade-loving bear arrives in London from darkest Peru, meets The
Browns, Mr Gruber and goes to his very first concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
A top line-up of star vocalists join over eighty Hallé musicians to celebrate what would have
been Freddie Mercury’s 70th birthday year. Our tribute features a fantastic collection of Queen’s
greatest hits, and you can bring your drinks in and raise a glass to a true rock icon.
Tickets: Adult £24, Child £16 (aged 17 and under), Family Ticket (4 people minimum 1 child) £64
Christmas at the Movies
An Evening with 007
Including music from: Polar Express; White Christmas; The Nightmare Before Christmas;
Babes in Toyland; Frozen; The Sound of Music; Harry Potter and Happy Feet
Including music from: Spectre, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice,
GoldenEye, From Russia With Love, Live and Let Die, Quantum of Solace,
The World is Not Enough, Goldfinger, A View to a Kill, Thunderball, Skyfall,
For Your Eyes Only, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, The Living Daylights,
Licence to Kill, Diamonds Are Forever and Casino Royale.
What is Christmas without a great Christmas movie? Just look at the list of Christmas treats we
have lined up – each one featuring a magnificent orchestral score. The Hallé will raise the rafters
with music from the comedies, adventures, romances, swords and sorcerers that make up tonight’s
concert – join us and hear your favourite Christmas movie music, live!
Stephen Bell conductor • Alison Jiear and Matthew Ford vocalists
Smooth as a vodka martini, elegant as a tuxedo and cool as a cucumber sandwich, Stephen Bell
celebrates the ultimate British hero – James Bond. Feel free to take your drink – vodka based or
otherwise – into the concert and immerse yourself in the spine-tingling sounds that gave musical
voice to the films in catchy title sequences and haunting songs performed here by star vocalists
Alison Jiear and Matthew Ford.
AN EVENING WITH 007
CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES
THE SNOWMAN
Paddington Bear’s First Concert Herbert Chappell
The Snowman Howard Blake
Queen: A Rock and Symphonic Spectacular
QUEEN: A ROCK AND SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR
Tuesday 20 December, 1.30pm and 4pm
Wednesday 21 December, 11am and 1.30pm
Saturday 7 January, 3pm
Wednesday 18 January, 2.15pm
Thursday 19 January, 7.30pm
Sunday 22 January, 7.30pm
Suppé Overture: Light Cavalry
Josef Strauss Ohne Sorgen
Josef Strauss Austrian Village Swallows Waltz
E. Strauss Mit Dampf Polka Schnell
Josef Strauss Feuerfest Polka
Lehár Gold and Silver Waltz
J. Strauss II Gypsy Baron March
J. Strauss II On the Beautiful Blue Danube: Waltz
J. Strauss II Radetzky March
J. Strauss II Pizzicato Polka
Prokofiev Symphony No.1, ‘Classical’
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
The Hallé’s annual New Year celebration features the most romantic waltzes, thrilling polkas and
exciting marches. Some beautiful Viennese songs performed by the magnificent Joshua Ellicott
guarantee you delightful memories to treasure for the rest of the year.
Hallé favourite Louis Langrée conducts an irresistible all-Russian programme. In the first half
we hear two works that honour the composers of the eighteenth century. Prokofiev’s boisterous
‘Classical’ Symphony is a warm and humorous tribute to Haydn, though it also has its own
distinctive wit and charm. The superlative Jian Wang also makes a return to Manchester where
last season he was a huge hit with Hallé audiences. He is soloist in Tchaikovsky’s elegant Rococo
Variations, an homage to Mozart – a figure Tchaikovsky regarded as a ‘musical god’. More
Tchaikovsky in the second half in the form of the composer’s gripping Fourth Symphony. With its
recurring fate motif, it is one of music’s most dramatic and satisfying journeys with a profusion of
great melodies along the way.
Stephen Bell conductor • Joshua Ellicott tenor
Mozart Symphony No.41, ‘Jupiter’
Julian Anderson ‘In Lieblicher Bläue’ poem for violin and orchestra
Schumann Symphony No.4 Saturday 28 January, 7.30pm
29'
Movie Classics
22'
Fantasia Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Out Of Africa Mozart Clarinet Concerto (slow movement)
Platoon Barber Adagio for Strings
LA Confidential Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides
Four Weddings And A Funeral Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Seven Years In Tibet Debussy Clair de Lune
Grand Budapest Hotel J. Strauss II Roses from the South: Waltz
The King’s Speech Beethoven Symphony No.7 (2nd movement)
30'
Markus Stenz conductor • Carolin Widmann violin
Markus Stenz conducts two landmarks in the history of the symphony. Much of Schumann’s
Fourth Symphony is characterised by intense rhythmical drive, though its slow movement is a
tender musical portrait of Schumann’s wife Clara. Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Symphony is the summation
of its composer’s symphonic art. It strikes a perfect balance between emotion and intellect and its
finale is simply astonishing in its inventiveness. The outstanding German violinist Carolin Widmann
is soloist in Julian Anderson’s ‘In Lieblicher Bläue’ (In Lovely Blue), a work that was specially
written for her. Inspired by a Friedrich Hölderlin poem, this attractive and highly theatrical piece
places some extremely novel technical demands on the violinist!
Stephen Bell conductor • Petroc Trelawny presenter
BBC presenter Petroc Trelawny makes a welcome return to the Hallé for a night of
Movie Classics. Behind the on screen action, music plays a crucial role in bringing the
story to life. This concert captures some of the most memorable moments.
MOVIE CLASSICS
The ABRAHAM MOSS Memorial Concert
46’
Louis Langrée conductor • Jian Wang cello
MOZART • ANDERSON •SCHUMANN
15’
18’
TCHAIKOVSKY • PROKOFIEV
A VIENNESE CELEBRATION
A Viennese Celebration
Saturday 11 February, 7.30pm
The programme includes:
Every Time We Say Goodbye from The Seven Lively Arts Porter
Something’s Coming from West Side Story Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
It Was A Very Good Year Drake
Sun and Moon from Miss Saigon Claude-Michel Schönberg/Alain Boublil
All I Ask Of You from The Phantom Of The Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber
Takin’ A Chance On Love from Cabin In The Sky Duke/Latouche
Moon River from Breakfast At Tiffany’s Mancini
Larry Blank conductor • Matthew Ford and Emma Williams vocalists
Larry Blank’s soaring arrangements of Broadway musicals are in demand all over the world. As
music director, conductor and arranger, he works his musical magic to bring Broadway to The
Bridgewater Hall. He is joined by tonight’s star vocalists Matthew Ford and Emma Williams in a
programme packed with American musical classics with a definite touch of romance.
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Sibelius The Oceanides Poulenc Concerto for organ, strings and timpani
Dvořák Legends: selection
Janáček Taras Bulba: Rhapsody for Orchestra
11'
23'
20'
23'
Cristian Mǎcelaru conductor • Jonathan Scott organ
In the first concert during a two-week spell with the Hallé, the outstanding Cristian Mǎcelaru
conducts an intriguing programme of works, three of which were inspired by mythology and
legend. Sibelius’s The Oceanides is one of the most vivid and atmospheric musical seascapes ever
written, while Dvořák’s Legends are charmingly reflective counterparts to the Czech composer’s
Slavonic Dances. Janáček’s great Taras Bulba is based on Gogol’s account of a legendary Cossack
hero. It builds to a magnificent climax, organ and brass combining to stunning effect. Jonathan
Scott and The Bridgewater Hall organ also star in the first half with Poulenc’s hauntingly beautiful
concerto, a work its composer described as his ‘bestseller’.
Wednesday 22 February, 2.15pm
Thursday 23 February, 7.30pm
Sunday 26 February, 7.30pm
Fauré Dolly Suite
Mozart Piano Concerto No.9, ‘Jeunehomme’
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: excerpts
17’
32’
30’
Cristian Mǎcelaru conductor • Heejae Kim piano
Christian Mǎcelaru forms a dream team with Heejae Kim, winner of the prestigious Terence
Judd-Hallé Orchestra Prize at the 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition. She performs
Mozart’s ‘Jeunehomme’ concerto, a work the legendary pianist Alfred Brendel described as ‘one of
the greatest wonders of the world’. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet is an inspired take on the plight
of The Bard’s ‘star-crossed lovers’. It simply oozes great melodies and extraordinary orchestral
textures. Fauré’s charming Dolly Suite was originally a series of musical gifts for the young
daughter of the composer’s mistress. Its delightful Berceuse was used as the signature tune to the
long-running BBC radio programme Listen with Mother.
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With the help of Gerard McBurney’s ingenious presentation
we will look ‘Beyond the Score’ at the ‘Enigma’ Variations,
one of the three life-changing pieces of music which form
the nucleus of our short festival devoted to Edward Elgar.
The first great composer of England’s modern era was into
his forties before recognition came to him with the triumph
of this remarkable work. Pictures and affectionate tributes
to his loyal friends are woven round his underlying theme
expressing, as Elgar was to write later, ‘the loneliness of the
artist’.
Elgar poured his ‘heart’s blood’ of personal faith and doubt
into the score of ‘The Dream of Gerontius’, still to this day
seen as the greatest large-scale English choral work of all.
Elgar’s dedication to the Hallé’s Chief Conductor Hans Richter,
‘true artist and true friend’, implies a wealth of gratitude for
the emergence, finally, of his First Symphony.
Sir Mark Elder
Saturday 11 March, 7pm
Thursday 9 March, 7.30pm
Elgar
Symphony No.1
Overture: Froissart
Grania and Diarmid: Incidental Music, Funeral March and ‘There are Seven’
Pomp and Circumstance March No.3
Beyond the Score ®: Elgar’s Enigma Variations
53'
14'
12'
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In this fascinating three-part Elgar festival, master Elgarian Sir Mark explores different aspects
of the composer’s complex musical personality. In December 1908 the Hallé gave the world
premiere of Elgar’s First Symphony and ever since then this great work has retained a special
place in the orchestra’s repertoire and affections. Inspired by the 14th-century Chronicles of
Froissart, Elgar’s Overture was his first large-scale orchestral work, an elegant foretaste of the
more expansive masterpieces to come. We also hear incidental music Elgar composed for Grania
and Diarmid – a play by George Moore and W.B. Yeats based on a great heroic Irish legend – and
the fiery and dramatic Pomp and Circumstance March No.3.
One evening Elgar sat down at his piano to improvise. ‘That’s a good tune’ said his wife Alice,
‘what is it?’ ‘Nothing yet’, replied Elgar, ‘but something might be made of it’. Elgar then continued
improvising, imagining what his various friends would do with the tune. The affectionate and vivid
series of musical sketches that resulted, the ‘Enigma’ Variations, was to change their lives.
Devised by former Hallé artistic advisor Gerard McBurney, ‘Beyond the Score’ is an accessible and
entertaining way of learning more about Elgar’s masterpiece. Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé will be
on stage throughout providing musical examples, complemented by actors playing Elgar’s friends
and loved-ones and film on the Hallé big screen. After the interval, Sir Mark and the orchestra give
a complete performance of the work.
The evening will give a fascinating insight into Elgar: the man himself, his wife and friends, his
social milieu and of course, his great music.
Beyond the Score® is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gerard McBurney, Creative Director, Beyond the Score® • Martha Gilmer, Executive Producer, Beyond the Score®
Sunday 12 March, 6.30pm
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
‘There is no programme beyond a wide experience of
human life with a great charity (love) and a massive
hope in the future.’ Elgar on his First Symphony
94' (there will be no interval)
ELGAR FESTIVAL
ELGAR FESTIVAL
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Madeleine Shaw mezzo-soprano
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Gerard McBurney presenter
David Butt Philip tenor
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano
Iain Paterson bass-baritone
Hallé Choir • Hallé Youth Choir
A setting of a poem by John Henry Newman, The Dream of Gerontius tells the story of a soul’s
journey through death into purgatory with the promise of a final re-awakening to glory. Elgar’s
remarkable score reflects an eclectic range of influences: Wagner, Verdi, Anglican and Catholic
liturgical music. In its ‘Demons’ Chorus’ there are even echoes of the Victorian music-hall. Yet Elgar
imposed on the work an extraordinary dramatic and musical unity that is unsurpassed in his choral
output. Iain Paterson returns following his appearance in Das Rheingold earlier in the season, to
sing the dual roles of the Priest and The Angel of the Agony; while two rising vocal stars, David
Butt Philip and Sasha Cooke are Gerontius and The Angel respectively.
The programme includes music from:
Ben-Hur; Robin Hood; Born Free; E.T.; Aladdin; Spectre; The Hateful Eight;
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The King and I and Henry V
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as we showcase the role of the orchestra in Oscar-winning films. It is the least temperamental
of bit-part players, the most versatile – whether required to adopt the role of handsome hero or
heart-broken heroine – the least egotistical and the most indispensible. No-one deserves an Oscar
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Saturday 18 March, 7.30pm
Oscars for Orchestra
STRAVINKSY • RACHMANINOV
Wednesday 22 March, 2.15pm
Opening work to be confirmed
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1945)
34’
33’
Lahav Shani conductor • Sofya Gulyak piano
Prodigiously gifted young Israeli conductor Lahav Shani makes his Hallé debut alongside a Hallé
favourite, Sofya Gulyak. She is soloist in Rachmaninov’s evocative Second Piano Concerto. It opens
with bell-like tolling that heralds a succession of sweeping and very Russian melodies, the piano
writing breathtakingly virtuosic throughout. Shani then conducts Stravinsky’s enchanting and
equally melodious Firebird Suite. This musical version of a Russian fairy tale begins in darkness and
ends in great triumph and jubilation.
Revueltas Sensemayá
Copland El Salón México
Gershwin Piano Concerto
Falla The Three Cornered Hat (complete ballet)
Saturday 22 April, 7.30pm
8’
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30'
Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor • Kathryn Stott piano
A fascinating meeting of old world and new as Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts works from
his native Mexico, the United States and from Spain. Our first dip into the melting-pot of the
Americas brings the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas evoking Afro-Caribbean ritual in
Sensemayá. His highly original orchestral palette had impressed Copland, whose ‘El Salón México’
arose from his fascination with the country, its culture and its sound-world during the 1930s.
Kathryn Stott makes a welcome return to the Hallé with Gershwin’s Piano Concerto. Written in the
wake of Rhapsody in Blue, it embraces classical and jazz styles with sophisticated ease. Of all the
great ballets to come out of Diaghilev’s stable, Falla’s masterly score to The Three Cornered Hat is
one of the most colourful.
Giants of Jazz featuring Ronnie Scott’s Trio
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag
Billy Mayerl Marigold
Jelly Roll Morton King Porter Stomp
Duke Ellington Caravan
Thelonius Monk ’Round Midnight
George Shearing Lullaby of Birdland
Dave Brubeck Take Five
Oscar Peterson March Past
Chick Corea Spain
GIANTS OF JAZZ
FALLA • REVUELTAS • COPLAND • GERSHWIN
Roderick Dunk conductor • James Pearson piano • Ronnie Scott’s Trio
Pianist James Pearson, Artistic Director of the world famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, joins
the Hallé and conductor Roderick Dunk for a toe-tapping tribute to ‘100 Years of Jazz Piano Greats’.
James will be joined by the rest of the Ronnie Scott’s Trio for this swinging and exciting collaboration.
Berlioz Overture: Rob Roy Huw Watkins Symphony (world premiere)
Brahms Piano Concerto No.2
12'
20'
48'
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Sunwook Kim piano
Sunwook Kim is a remarkable artist who has recorded both Brahms Piano Concertos with Sir
Mark and the Hallé. Tonight he performs the majestic Second Concerto, a work conceived on a
grand symphonic scale and an absolute tour de force of the piano repertoire. Its slow movement
is one of the most ravishing ever written. The concert also features the world premiere of a
symphony by a leading light of today’s British music scene, Huw Watkins, as well as the highly
attractive overture Berlioz composed following Walter Scott’s legend of ‘The Scottish Robin Hood’,
Rob Roy.
Wednesday 26 April, 2.15pm
Thursday 27 April, 7.30pm
Sunday 30 April, 7.30pm
Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Weber Clarinet Concerto No.2
15’
20’
47’
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Julian Bliss clarinet
Sir Mark conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, a work beloved of audiences around the globe.
Like the same composer’s Fourth Symphony it features a recurrent fate motif and is a passage
from despondency to joy. The symphony contains a heart-rending slow movement, a charming
waltz and a truly pot-boiling finale. Though still relatively young, clarinettist Julian Bliss has been
described as ‘a consummate master of his instrument’. Weber’s Second Concerto is the perfect
vehicle to convey the wit, pose and vivacity of his playing. The inspiration for Elgar’s Introduction
and Allegro was a folk tune he heard when on holiday in Wales. Elgar’s deep
understanding of the string orchestra is evident throughout this wonderful work.
ELGAR • TCHAIKOVSKY • WEBER
BRAHMS •WATKINS • BERLIOZ
Purcell Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
Ryan Wigglesworth Locke’s Theatre (2013)
Bruckner Symphony No.9 15'
17'
60'
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor • Hallé Choir
The Ninth Symphony of the supreme musical architect Anton Bruckner remained unfinished at
his death. Nevertheless, it is a supremely satisfying experience, a great cathedral in sound that
never fails to impress and inspire. Its opening movement is solemn and mysterious and builds to
a series of majestic climaxes, heavenly trumpets sounding out in glory. The scherzo is enigmatic,
even unsettling, while the symphony’s concluding slow movement is some of the most poignant
music ever composed. Before this is Ryan Wigglesworth’s own Locke’s Theatre, an adaptation of
the music of the great English dramatic composer Matthew Locke (1621-1677). Locke influenced
Purcell, whose majestic Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary open the concert.
Wednesday 17 May, 2.15pm
Thursday 18 May, 7.30pm
Sunday 21 May, 7.30pm
Smetana Má Vlast: Vltava
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2
Dvořák Symphony No.6
12’
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James Feddeck conductor • Andrew Tyson piano
In this attractive Slavic-themed programme, Andrew Tyson makes a welcome return to the Hallé
in Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. Technically-taxing and richly melodic, it was inspired by the
Polish composer’s love for two women. The concerts open with Smetana’s magnificent musical
depiction of the River Vltava – for Smetana a symbol of the very lifeblood of the emerging Czech
nation. The work vividly charts the course of the river from its source high in the hills to the point
when it flows in splendour beneath Prague’s Charles Bridge. Smetana regarded his compatriot
Dvořák as his ‘excellent rival’. The hugely gifted James Feddeck conducts the composer’s ebullient
Sixth Symphony, packed with great melodies and charateristic delights of the
greatest Czech symphonist.
DVOŘÁK • CHOPIN • SMETANA
BRUCKNER • WIGGLESWORTH • PURCELL
Saturday 13 May, 7.30pm
FINLANDIA
Finlandia
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Grieg Piano Concerto
Sibelius Valse Triste
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite
Sibelius Finlandia
Stephen Bell conductor • Joseph Moog piano
Sibelius and Grieg, the two giants of Scandinavian music, have between them written some of
the world’s most popular pieces. Grieg’s Piano Concerto (one of the world’s finest) and Peer Gynt
Suite (including the beautiful ‘Morning’ and frenetic ‘Hall of the Mountain King’) have featured in
countless film and television productions. Sibelius’s work is no less admired. The Hallé gave the UK
premiere of his Second Symphony, and the Orchestra’s previous performances of the Karelia Suite,
and Finlandia have been widely acclaimed.
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Sunday 4 June, 6.30pm
The Hallé and BBC Philharmonic
Schoenberg Gurrelieder
99'
SCHOENBERG GURRELIEDER
Waldermar Brandon Jovanovich tenor
Tove Emily Magee soprano
Wood Dove Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Klaus the Fool Graham Clark tenor
Bauer Johan Reuter bass
Speaker Sir Thomas Allen
The season’s theme of mythology and legend reaches the grandest conclusion possible with a
rare performance of Schoenberg’s gigantic Gurrelieder. Featuring an all-star vocal lineup, massive
choral forces and the combined resources of the Hallé and the BBC Philharmonic, it promises to be
an evening never to be forgotten. The work is a setting of poetry by Jens Peter Jacobsen based on
an ancient Danish saga, a tale of illicit love, jealousy and murder set at the castle of Gurre in North
Zealand. Some think of Schoenberg as arid and theoretical, but in Gurrelieder nothing could be
further from the truth. The musical language is richly Romantic and exquisitely lyrical throughout.
At its premiere in 1913 the audience was wildly enthusiastic, not least at its magnificent closing
‘Hymn to the Sun’.
‘This musical collaboration, packing The Bridgewater Hall ...
was a Manchester event like no other, hotly anticipated, and,
in the event, riveting.’
The Independent on the Hallé and BBC Philharmonic’s Mahler collaboration
≥ YOUTH ENSEMBLES
The Hallé’s Youth Ensembles will perform two concerts in the 2016–17 season.
For more information and full details please visit www.halle.co.uk.
Hallé Youth Orchestra
The Hallé Youth Orchestra take to The Bridgewater Hall stage with their new Director, Jonathon
Heyward for an evening of wonderful music.
Sunday 26 March, 3pm
Hallé Youth Orchestra, Hallé Youth Choir,
Hallé Youth Training Choir and Hallé Children’s Choir
Make Mother’s Day really special and join the joyously-gifted members of all the Hallé’s Youth Ensembles
as they present a matinee of music which will showcase their talent.
When to book
Public booking opens on Monday 9 May 2016.
How to book
www.halle.co.uk
0161 907 9000
In person or by post at the Box Office, The Bridgewater Hall,
Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS
Mastercard, Visa, Maestro and Delta are all welcome.
BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS (at April 2016)
Monday to Saturday 10am–6pm
Sunday (concert nights only) 12pm–6pm.
Counter service until 8pm on concert nights
Closed on non-concert Sundays.
Please note that family tickets can now be booked online as well as through the Box Office.
THE HALLÉ AND THE BBC
Hallé fixed subscriptions
Some of the Hallé’s concerts in the 2016–17 season will feature on Radio 3.
This is part of the ongoing partnership between the Hallé and the UK’s
leading cultural broadcaster. For times and dates of the broadcasts visit
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
Pre-concert events
There are pre-concert events prior to some of our concerts. These are normally held in the auditorium and
are free to concert ticket holders. For full details visit www.halle.co.uk
• Subscriptions save you money
• Subscribing protects you against possible price increases later in the season
• You can choose the seats that best suit you, and we’ll keep them for you for
future seasons
• Guaranteed seats for our sold out concerts
• You receive priority information about future seasons
• Everything is done before the season starts – there’s nothing more to think
about – just look forward to your concerts
• You can return or swap your tickets if you can’t attend (credit only,
Bridgewater Hall fees apply)
• You don’t pay the booking fee
Full details and prices are on the following pages.
INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES (including booking fees, see page 34)
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£41 £36 £31 £25.50 £19 £13
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£43 £38 £29 £21
£13.50
Christmas concerts
£43 £38 £29 £21
Beyond The Score
£37 £31 £26 £16
Christmas Family Concert
Adult £24, Child £15 (aged 17 and under),
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GALLERY
PLEASE NOTE
Price areas vary between different concert series.
Please contact the Box Office for more details.
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£245.70
Disabled person’s subscription £175.50
Thursday Series
plus Collection (13 CONCERTS)
£354.90
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£72.45
£153
£128.25
£108
£83.25
£51.75
£309.40
£259.35
£218.40
£168.35
£104.65
£221
£185.25
£156
£120.25
£74.75
CHOIR SEATS
Choir seats are available for most concerts where the Choir is not performing.
Choir seats or seats without an adequate view are not available when the Hallé big screen is in place.
Please note that we do not recommend the Choir seats for concerts involving singers.
Opus One Concerts (9 CONCERTS)
Individuals and
groups of up to 9 people
£298.35
£260.10
£221.85
£179.82
£130.05
£84.15
Contact the Box Office for full details.
Groups of 10 to 49 people
£263.25
£229.50
£195.75
£158.67
£114.75
£74.25
Groups of 50+ people
£245.70
BOOKING FEES
The Bridgewater Hall applies a booking fee of £2 per ticket to telephone and online transactions. Tickets
bought in person at the Box Office using a debit card or credit card are subject to a 2% booking fee.
No fee applies to tickets bought in person and paid for by cash or cheque or purchased as part of a
fixed or personal subscription.
£214.20
£182.70
£148.05
£107.10
£69.30
£153
£130.50
£105.75
£76.50
£49.50
Pops concerts (8 CONCERTS)
£230.40
£172.80
£121.60
£73.60
£144
£108
£76
£46
£262.40
Disabled person’s subscription £164
Concessions and discounts
Experiencing the Hallé’s
concerts has never been
easier, or better value.
UNDER 30s *
Anyone aged 30 or under can now save 15% off
many of the Hallé’s prices. The world’s greatest
music is only a few clicks away and remember
to take advantage of our great money-saving
discounts.
Visit www.halle.co.uk/moneysavers for full details.
£3 STUDENT TICKETS *
For just £3 (£5 including booking fee, see page
34) students in full-time education can hear the
Hallé perform extraordinary music in the fantastic
surroundings of The Bridgewater Hall.
These tickets are available in the stalls for the
Hallé’s Thursday Series, Collection and Opus
One concerts. Additional events may be added
throughout the year so check for full details at
www.halle.co.uk or follow us on Twitter and
Facebook.
* This offer is subject to availability. You may be
asked to show appropriate identification.
CLAIMANTS AND OVER 60s
Claimants can purchase tickets at 10% off
anywhere in the auditorium, on production of
appropriate identification. From two Mondays prior
to the performance, over 60s may purchase any
remaining tickets and get a 20% discount.
Hallé Day Tickets
A limited number of tickets will be available for
each concert on the day, priced at £12 (including
booking fees). They can be booked in person, by
phone or online. (Day tickets are not available
for The Snowman, Family or Youth Ensemble
performances.)
Group discounts
Discounts of up to 25% are available, depending
on the size of your group. Call The Bridgewater
Hall’s Group Bookings Department directly on
0161 907 9010.
Groups of 10–29 save 10%
Groups of 30–49 save 15%
Groups of 50+ save 25%
Have you ever thought of joining a
Hallé group?
Our Opus One concerts attract groups from all over
the North West, and some from even further afield.
If you would like to find out more about joining a
Hallé group, either as a subscriber or perhaps to
take a spare seat on a coach, please contact the
Group Bookings Department on 0161 907 9010 or
email [email protected]
Personal FLEXIBLE Subscriptions
Receive discounts on the full ticket price
when you book for five or more concerts from
The Bridgewater Hall’s 2016–2017 classical
seasons – all Hallé concerts are included except
The Snowman, Family and Youth Ensemble
performances.
Choose 5 or more concerts and save 15%
Choose 16 or more concerts and save 25%
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You can pay for your tickets by direct debit in five
monthly instalments from 1 September 2016 when
you spend £250 or more. Completed direct debit
mandates must be received by Friday 22 July 2016.
(Please note the Box Office cannot accept direct
debits on online bookings.)
REFUNDS/Ticket exchange
Tickets cannot be refunded, but may be exchanged
subject to The Bridgewater Hall’s terms and
conditions. If you are unable to attend a concert,
The Bridgewater Hall will credit your account with
the cost of your tickets, provided they are physically
returned to the Box Office at least three working
days before the concert date. This credit amount
(minus a return fee of £2.20 per ticket) can then
be used to purchase tickets for another concert of
your choice.
DISABLED PATRONS
Disabled patrons save 50% on full price tickets,
and, if a carer is required, the carer comes free. The
Bridgewater Hall is fully accessible and welcomes
disabled patrons. Please contact the Box Office on
0161 907 9000 to book (disabled concessions are
not available online) and let us know your access
requirements so we can, where possible, seat you
appropriately. Information on disabled parking can
be found on page 38.
Please visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk for full
information or contact the Box Office.
Information is available in
large print.
PROGRAMME CHANGES, PRICES and
CHILDREN
All artists and programmes are correct at the time
of going to press, but may change in the event of
unforeseen circumstances.
Keep up to date at www.halle.co.uk
All prices and tickets including discounts and
concessions, are subject to availability. Prices may
change and you may only use one discount per ticket.
For licensing reasons, everyone, including babes
in arms where appropriate, is required to have a
ticket. Details are available from the Box Office and
at www.halle.co.uk. Other than for specific family
concerts, we recommend that younger members of
our audiences be at least of primary school age.
Pre-concert and interval drinks
Bars are located on all four levels, serving drinks
before the concert and during the interval. Coffee is
served in the Stalls and Circle bars. We recommend
that you pre-order your interval drinks (this service
is available from all bars).
The BRIDGEWATER HALL shop
Open Monday to Friday from 11am to 3.30pm and
from 6pm on concert nights.
There are a limited number of complimentary
disabled parking spaces for blue badge holders at
NCP Manchester Central, allocated on a first-comefirst-served basis. Spaces are free of charge but a
ticket must be booked through the Box Office with
your concert tickets.
PLEASE NOTE
Manchester is experiencing some road works and
tram disruption during the 2016–17 season and we
recommend that our customers allow a little extra
time for their journey.
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Please note a £5 per person deposit is required; this
is non-refundable in the event of cancellation with
less than three days’ notice.
NCP Manchester Central Car Park offers an evening
rate for £6 (valid from 6pm to 11.59pm). Tickets do
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through the Box Office. Enjoy the best value for
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11am to 2.30pm (last orders), and from 5.30pm
on concert nights. Main courses are typically
from £10.95 and pre-performance dining must be
reserved through the Box Office.
Patrons can also validate their NCP parking ticket
at the Hall for Manchester Central Car Park
(formerly G-Mex), Great Northern Phase 1 & 2 and
Oxford Street for a discounted rate. Pay at the NCP
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available to patrons at RCP Park Avenue car park
for £6. Spaces must be booked with the Box Office
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The Bridgewater Hall is open from 11am to 3.30pm
Monday to Friday, from 12 noon for weekend
matinee concerts and from 5pm on all concert
nights. Closing times vary and depend on the
duration of concerts.
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The Bridgewater Hall
≥ FIXED SUBSCRIPTIONS
≥ COLLECTION
≥ THURSDAY SERIES
Sunday 27 November, 5pm
Wagner Das Rheingold
Verdi Macbeth: scenes
Beethoven Symphony No.9, ‘Choral’
Mozart Symphony No.41, ‘Jupiter’
Julian Anderson V
iolin Concerto,
‘In Lieblicher Bläue’
Schumann Symphony No.4
Revueltas Sensemayá
Copland El Salón México
Gershwin Piano Concerto
Falla The Three Cornered Hat (complete ballet)
Markus Stenz conductor
Carolin Widmann violin
Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor
Kathryn Stott piano
Sibelius The Oceanides
Poulenc Concerto for organ, strings and timpani
Dvořák Legends: selection
Janáček Taras Bulba: Rhapsody for Orchestra
Berlioz Overture: Rob Roy
Huw Watkins Symphony (world premiere)
Brahms Piano Concerto No.2
Elgar Festival
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Sunwook Kim piano
Soloists • Hallé Choir • Hallé Youth Choir
Soloists
Hallé Choir
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Tippett A Child of Our Time
Soloists
Hallé Choir
Cristian Mǎcelaru conductor
Jonathan Scott organ
Mendelssohn O
verture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) *
Bruch Violin Concerto No.2
Janáček Jealousy
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6
Jonathon Heyward conductor *
James Ehnes violin
Elgar Festival
Elgar Symphony No.1
Elgar Overture: Froissart
Elgar G
rania and Diarmid: Incidental Music,
Funeral March and ‘There are Seven’
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.3
Purcell Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
Ryan Wigglesworth Locke’s Theatre (2013)
Bruckner Symphony No.9
Hallé Choir
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Soloists
Handel Messiah
Christian Curnyn conductor
Soloists • Hallé Choir
Sunday 4 June, 6.30pm
The Hallé and BBC Philharmonic
Schoenberg Gurrelieder
Sir Mark Elder conductor • Soloists
Madeleine Shaw mezzo-soprano
≥ POPS
≥ OPUS ONE CONCERTS
Classical Extravaganza
Thursday 22 September, 7.30pm
Sunday 25 September, 7.30pm
Wednesday 28 September, 2.15pm
Wednesday 7 December, 2.15pm
Sunday 11 December, 7.30pm
Wednesday 22 March, 2.15pm
The Music of Star Wars Episodes I–VII
Stephen Bell conductor • Tom Redmond presenter
Hallé Youth Choir
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Hamlet
Liszt Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven Symphony No.6, ‘Pastoral’
Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Haydn Symphony No.88
Brahms Violin Concerto
Opening work to be confirmed
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1945)
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Viviane Hagner violin
Lahav Shani conductor
Sofya Gulyak piano
Wednesday 19 October, 2.15pm
Sunday 23 October, 7.30pm
Wednesday 18 January, 2.15pm
Sunday 22 January, 7.30pm
Wednesday 26 April, 2.15pm
Sunday 30 April, 7.30pm
Mussorgsky orch. Rimsky-Korsakov Night on the
Bare Mountain
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto
Bartók Hungarian Sketches Borodin Symphony No.2
Prokofiev Symphony No.1, ‘Classical’
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Weber Clarinet Concerto No.2
Louis Langrée conductor
Jian Wang cello
Julian Bliss clarinet
Wednesday 22 February, 2.15pm
Sunday 26 February, 7.30pm
Wednesday 17 May, 2.15pm
Sunday 21 May, 7.30pm
Fauré Dolly Suite
Mozart Piano Concerto No.9, ‘Jeunehomme’
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: excerpts
Smetana Má Vlast: Vltava
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2
Dvořák Symphony No.6
Cristian Mǎcelaru conductor
Heejae Kim piano
James Feddeck conductor
Andrew Tyson piano
Classical Greats
Stephen Bell conductor • Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Saturday 28 January, 7.30pm
Movie Classics
Stephen Bell conductor • Petroc Trelawny presenter
Saturday 11 February, 7.30pm
From Broadway, with love …
Larry Blank conductor
Matthew Ford and Emma Williams vocalists
Saturday 18 March, 7.30pm
Oscars for Orchestra
Saturday 22 April, 7.30pm
Giants of Jazz featuring Ronnie Scott’s Trio
Roderick Dunk conductor • James Pearson piano
Ronnie Scott’s Trio
Saturday 13 May, 7.30pm
Finlandia
Stephen Bell conductor • Joseph Moog piano
Gergely Madaras conductor
Katherine Baker flute
Marie Leenhardt harp
Wednesday 16 November, 2.15pm
Sunday 20 November, 7.30pm
Wagner The Flying Dutchman: Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, ‘Emperor’
Sibelius Symphony No.2
Andrew Manze conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
≥ ST PETER’S
Hallé St Peter’s sits in the heart of Ancoats and
provides rehearsal and recording space for the
Orchestra, Choir and other Hallé Ensembles, as well
as space for our education projects and the local
community.
Diamond Partner
Principal Sponsor
Major sponsors
Hallé St Peter’s is the perfect venue for receptions,
product launches and exhibitions through to intimate
performances, rehearsals and workshops and is licensed
for the celebration of weddings. The Hallé work with carefully selected, high quality
suppliers to deliver everything from catering and
lighting through to linen and flowers. If you are
interested in finding out more about hiring Hallé St
Peter’s contact [email protected]
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The Hallé Concerts Society gratefully acknowledges the
financial assistance of Arts Council England, Manchester City
Council and the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities.
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