Inviting Hallé

Manchester - Pops: Oscars for Orchestra

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Titanic (My Heart Will Go On)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Top Gun (Take My Breath Away)
Robin Hood March
The Way We Were
Out of Africa
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jurassic Park
Casablanca (As Time Goes By)
Beauty and the Beast
The Lord of the Rings
Calamity Jane (Secret Love)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
The Thomas Crown Affair (Windmills Of Your Mind)
Ben Hur
and our latest Oscar winner Skyfall

Stephen Bell conductor | Anna-Jane Casey vocalist

A dazzling array of Box Office greats are given their chance to shine from The Bridgewater Hall stage. Award-laden arrangements showcase the talents of this great orchestra and remind us that behind every blockbuster, is a blockbuster score.

Are you 26 or under? 
PwC and the Hallé have teamed up to create the PwC Hallé Under 26 ticket. A limited number of stalls seats, usually worth up to £26, are being offered at half price.

Pops: The Wild West

The Lone Ranger Rossini   
Dances with Wolves Barry
High Noon Tiomkin
The High Chaparral Rose
The Little House on the Prairie Rose
The Waltons Goldsmith
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’ Bacharach
The Big Country Moross
Annie Get Your Gun Overture Berlin
Billy the Kid Suite: selection Copland
Oklahoma Overture Rodgers
The Alamo: ‘The Green Leaves of Summer’ Tiomkin
The Magnificent Seven Bernstein
Midnight Cowboy Barry
Blazing Saddles Morris
Brokeback Mountain Santaolalla
Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe Down Copland
Wagons Roll: A tribute to TV Westerns arr. Bissell

Carl Davis conductor

Think of Westerns and you think Stetsons, spurs and saddles; the vast landscapes of Monument Valley come into view peppered with towering buttes and mesas. And whatever mission our brave cowboy is on, you’ll be sure to hear the driving music that accompanies him on his quest. From The Lone Ranger’s signature tune to the haunting notes of Brokeback Mountain, the Hallé will take you on a wild journey out on the plains.

Are you 26 or under? 
PwC and the Hallé have teamed up to create the PwC Hallé Under 26 ticket. A limited number of stalls seats, usually worth up to £26, are being offered at half price.

 

Pops: The Battle of Britain

Spitfire Prelude And Fugue Walton
Where Eagles Dare Goodwin
The Thin Red Line Zimmer
The Great Escape Elmer Bernstein
Patton Goldsmith
Schindler’s List Williams
The Battle Of Britain Walton
633 Squadron Goodwin
The Guns Of Navarone Tiomkin
Saving Private Ryan: Hymn To The Fallen Williams
RAF March Past Walford Davies
Battle Of Britain Suite Goodwin
Lawrence Of Arabia Jarre
Independence Day David Arnold
The Dam Busters March Coates

Stephen Bell conductor

Whether it’s at sea, on land or in the air, every onscreen battle has a very distinct soundtrack rallying the troops for the fight. These victorious sounds accompany soldiers while they defeat the enemy or plan their escape; these are fighting scores!

Are you 26 or under? 
PwC and the Hallé have teamed up to create the PwC Hallé Under 26 ticket. A limited number of stalls seats, usually worth up to £26, are being offered at half price.

 

Pops: Classical Extravaganza

Fanfare for the Common Man Copland
Peer Gynt: Ase’s Death Grieg
Nutcracker: selection Tchaikovsky
Carmen: Danse Bohème Bizet
Also Sprach Zarathustra R. Strauss
Hungarian Dance No.10 Brahms
The Bartered Bride Overture Smetana
Galop Shostakovich
Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 Elgar
Fidelio Overture Beethoven
Sally in our Alley Bridge
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III Wagner
Candide Overture Bernstein
Slavonic Dances Dvorák
The Marriage of Figaro Overture Mozart
Masquerade: Waltz Khachaturian
William Tell Overture Rossini

Jamie Phillips conductor | Tom Redmond presenter

Tom Redmond presents some of the most popular pieces of classical music ever written including Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.

Are you 26 or under? 
PwC and the Hallé have teamed up to create the PwC Hallé Under 26 ticket. A limited number of stalls seats, usually worth up to £26, are being offered at half price.

Supported by the Neville and Elaine Blond Charitable Trust.

The Hallé’s Christmas Cracker

Roderick Dunk conductor | Lance Ellington vocalist
Winner of the Hallé Corporate Choir Competition

Pops: An evening with James Bond

Stephen Bell conductor
Mary Carewe and Matthew Ford vocalists

Queen: A Rock and Symphonic Spectacular

Richard Sidwell conductor
Ricardo Afonso, Peter Eldridge, Jenna Lee-James and Rachael Wooding vocalists

Every Queen classic including Don’t Stop Me Now, Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Dust, I Want To Break Free and We Will Rock You.

Pops: Warm Music for Winter

The Italian Girl in Algiers: Overture Rossini
Pavane pour une infante défunte Ravel
Nights in the Gardens of Spain Falla
L’Arlésienne Suite: selection Bizet
The Fountains of Rome Respighi
Rhapsody: España Chabrier

Stephen Bell conductor | Viv McLean piano

Determined to inject a bit of spring sunshine into January, this selection of music from around Europe will instantly transport you to a sun-kissed piazza in Rome or a Spanish garden on a balmy evening. Certainly something to warm you up this winter.

Are you 26 or under? 
PwC and the Hallé have teamed up to create the PwC Hallé Under 26 ticket. A limited number of stalls seats, usually worth up to £26, are being offered at half price.

 

Pops: Valentine’s Day Concert

Wedding March Mendelssohn
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing Fain and Webster
Salut d’amour Elgar
My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose Burns
The Gadfly: Romance Shostakovich
Musetta’s Waltz Song Puccini
Romeo And Juliet: selection Prokofiev
Guys And Dolls: selection Loesser
Someone To Watch Over Me Gershwin
Love Story Lai
West Side Story: Tonight Bernstein
My Fair Lady: On The Street Where You Live Loewe
The King And I: I Have Dreamed Rodgers and Hammerstein
Girl Crazy Overture Gershwin

Stephen Bell conductor
Natasha Marsh soprano | James Edwards tenor

‘If music be the food of love, play on.’ And play on we shall for this evening is packed with devotion, declarations, and undying love. Romantic scores from films, operas and musicals from across the world all come together for this special evening.

Are you 26 or under? 
PwC and the Hallé have teamed up to create the PwC Hallé Under 26 ticket. A limited number of stalls seats, usually worth up to £26, are being offered at half price.

 

Pops: Russian Spectacular

Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture Glinka
Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky
Russian Easter Festival Overture Rimsky-Korsakov
A Night on the Bare Mountain Mussorgsky (orch Rimsky-Korsakov)
1812 Overture Tchaikovsky

Stephen Bell conductor | Alexandra Dariescu piano

This powerful evening includes work from Russian masters of orchestration including Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is one of his most iconic pieces of work - instantly recognisable from the first few bars - and full of pure emotion. His equally popular 1812 Overture has a rousing patriotic rhythm and triumphant finale.

Are you 26 or under? 
PwC and the Hallé have teamed up to create the PwC Hallé Under 26 ticket. A limited number of stalls seats, usually worth up to £26, are being offered at half price.