Welcome to the Hallé's new monthly guide to our concerts at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. We hope that you find this helpful and informative. Simply click on the months below or scroll down the page to see what we are performing.
For further details on each concert, including a BUY ONLINE link for tickets, click on the date of the concert you are interested in.
SEPTEMBER 2009
OCTOBER 2009
NOVEMBER 2009
DECEMBER 2009
JANUARY 2010
FEBRUARY 2010
MARCH 2010
APRIL 2010
MAY 2010
For information on concerts that the Hallé are performing outside of The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester visit AROUND BRITAIN.
SEPTEMBER 2009
Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 and Sunday 20 September 2009, 7.30pm
Weber Overture: The Ruler of the Spirits 7'
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 34'
Brahms Symphony No.4 42'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Sergio Tiempo piano
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Thursday 24 September 2009, 7.30pm
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge 25'
R. Strauss Horn Concerto No.2 20'
Shostakovich Symphony No.5 47'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Richard Watkins horn
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
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OCTOBER 2009
Thursday 8 October 2009, 7.30pm
Vaughan Williams Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue 22'
Mozart Piano Concerto No.24, K491 30'
R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra 35'
John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Lars Vogt piano
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 17 October 2009, 7.30pm
Elgar The Kingdom 105'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Mary Mills soprano | Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
John Hudson tenor | Iain Paterson bass-baritone | Hallé Choir
Part of the Hallé Collection.
Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 and Sunday 25 October 2009, 7.30pm
Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage 12'
Brahms Violin Concerto 41'
Mozart Symphony No.1 11'
Mozart Symphony No.40 26'
Markus Stenz conductor | Viviane Hagner violin
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Thursday 29 October 2009, 7.30pm
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 15'
Walton Cello Concerto 27'
Ravel La Valse 13'
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte 7'
Ravel Boléro 16'
Cristian Mandeal conductor | Natalie Clein cello
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 31 October 2009, 7.30pm
Halloween Fright Night
Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King Grieg
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dukas
A Night on the Bare Mountain Mussorgsky
The Witches of Eastwick: The Devil's Dance Williams
March to the Scaffold Berlioz |
Danse Macabre Saint-Saëns
The Planets: Mars Holst
Jaws: Suite Williams
Ghostbusters Edelman
Tam O'Shanter Overture Arnold | Star Wars - The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates Williams
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Hedwig's Theme Williams
Carl Davis conductor
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
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NOVEMBER 2009
Thursday 12 November 2009, 7.30pm
Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra 23'
Debussy Nocturnes 25'
Dvorák Symphony No.8 36'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Ladies of the Hallé Choir
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Sunday 15, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November 2009, 7.30pm
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER: THE VERA CLEGG MEMORIAL CONCERT
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé, Suite 20'
Mozart Piano Concerto No.9, K271, 'Jeunehomme' 32'
Dvorák Symphony No.5 39'
Rory Macdonald conductor | Michael McHale piano
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Saturday 21 November 2009, 7.30pm
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Puttin' on the Ritz
Programme includes:
That's Entertainment!
They All Laughed
Slap That Bass
You'd Be Hard To Replace
You're All The World To Me
Let's Kiss And Make Up
Dancing In The Dark
Top Hat, White Tie And Tails |
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Shall We Dance?
The Way You Look Tonight
They Can't Take That Away From Me
We're A Couple of Swells
Puttin' On The Ritz
Cheek To Cheek
Change Partners |
John Wilson conductor | Kim Criswell vocalist | Gary Williams vocalist
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
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DECEMBER 2009
Thursday 3 December 2009, 7.30pm
Rossini Overture: William Tell 11'
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin 18'
Rameau Les Boréades: Suite 12'
Beethoven Symphony No.3, 'Eroica' 43'
Nicholas Kraemer conductor
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 5 December 2009, 7.30pm
Handel Messiah 135'
Christian Curnyn conductor | Sarah Fox soprano | Iestyn Davies alto
Benjamin Hulett tenor | Derek Welton baritone | Hallé Choir
Part of the Hallé Collection.
Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 and Sunday 13 December, 7.30pm
Dvorák The Water Goblin 19'
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 29'
Beethoven Symphony No.5 34'
Ewa Strusinska conductor | Jennifer Pike violin
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Saturday 12 December 2009, 7.30pm
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Albinoni Adagio
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Bach Concerto for Two Violins
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets
Mahler Symphony No.5: Adagietto
Mozart Symphony No.29
Lyn Fletcher director/violin | Catherine Yates violin
Gareth Small trumpet | trumpet tbc
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
Sunday 13 December 2009, 3pm
Family Concert: It's Panto time with the Hallé!
Fancy dress suggestion: Why not come dressed as your favourite pantomime hero, heroine or villain?
Oh no it's not! Oh yes it is! Our festive frolic has music to boo and hiss at and music to cheer to, all from much-loved pantomime tales. Hear music from Disney's Aladdin, Peter Pan and Beauty and the Beast, as well as Prokofiev's Cinderella, Ravel's Mother Goose and other cracking Christmas classics.
James Lowe conductor | Alasdair Malloy presenter
Part of the Hallé's Family Concerts.
Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 December 2009, 7.30pm
Winter Wonderland
Programme includes:
Overture: The Merrymakers Coates
Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle Offenbach
A Christmas Festival Anderson
Gold and Silver Waltz Léhar |
Lieutenant Kijé: Troika Prokofiev
Mary Poppins: Suite for Orchestra Sherman
Sleigh Ride Anderson
Cinderella Coates | The Nutcracker: Transformation of the Christmas Tree Tchaikovsky
And also Winter Wonderland, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire, Let It Snow!, Snowbound, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas
John Wilson conductor | Clare Teal vocalist
Part of the Hallé's Christmas and New Year concerts.
Saturday 19 December 2009, 7.30pm
Sunday 20 December 2009, 3pm and 7.30pm
Tuesday 22 December 2009, 7.30pm
Hallé Carol Concerts
Petroc Trelawny presenter | Hallé Choir, Youth Choir and Children's Choir
Part of the Hallé's Christmas and New Year concerts.
Tuesday 29 December 2009, 7.30pm
Holding Out for a Hero
Chariots of Fire Vangelis
Superman: Love Theme; March Williams
The Magnificent Seven Bernstein
Raiders of the Lost Ark Williams
Champions: Main Theme and Grand National Davis
Harry Potter's Wondrous World Williams
Fantasia on British Football Songs Gregson |
Gladiator Zimmer
The Bill Pask
Rocky Conti
Modern Times: Smile Chaplin
The Godfather Rota arr. Davis
Boléro Ravel
Star Wars Williams | Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey) R. Strauss
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Badelt
Carl Davis conductor
Part of the Hallé's Christmas and New Year concerts.
Wednesday 30 December 2009, 7.30pm
Broadway Bonanza
Programme includes:
On the Town Lonely Town; Pas de Deux
This is Elvis Can't Help Falling In Love
Kiss Me Kate Where's The Life That Late I Led
Mary Poppins Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
Abba Symphonica
Jekyll and Hyde This Is The Moment
Showboat
No, No, Nanette Tea For Two | Annie Get Your Gun Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
Jesus Christ Superstar I Don't Know How To Love Him; Gethsemene
The Sound of Music My Favourite Things; I Have Confidence; Climb Every Mountain
Carl Davis conductor | Hazel Fernandes vocalist | Simon Bowman vocalist
Part of the Hallé's Christmas and New Year concerts.
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JANUARY 2010
Saturday 2 January 2010, 3pm
New Year in Vienna
Programme includes:
Suppé Overture: Morning Noon and Night in Vienna
Léhar The Merry Widow: Vilja
J. Strauss II On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz
J. Strauss II The Gypsy Baron: Entrance March |
J. Strauss Pizzicato Polka
Lanner New Year Galopp
J. Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Léhar Gold and Silver, Waltz | J. Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture; Adčle's Laughing Song
Stephen Bell conductor | Natasha Marsh soprano
Part of the Hallé's Christmas and New Year concerts.
Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 and Sunday 17 January 2010, 7.30pm
Beethoven Overture: Coriolan 8'
Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 48'
Mussorgsky orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition 30'
Cristian Mandeal conductor | John Lill piano
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Thursday 21 January 2010, 7.30pm
Glinka Overture: Ruslan und Ludmilla 6'
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 44'
Brahms Symphony No.1 45'
Michael Schřnwandt conductor | Nelson Goerner piano
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 23 January 2010, 7.30pm
A Night at the Opera with Alfie Boe
Rossini The Italian Girl in Algiers: Overture
Donizetti L'Elisir d'Amore: Quanto č bella; Una Furtiva lagrima • Lucia di Lammermoor: Tombe degli avi miei
Mozart Don Giovanni: Overture; Il mio tesoro; Dalla sua pace
Puccini Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo
Gounod Faust: Salut, demeure chaste et pure • Romeo et Juliette: Ah! lčve-toi soleil
Verdi Sicilian Vespers: Overture • Macbeth: Ah, La paterna mano
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise; Lensky's Aria
Gareth Jones conductor | Alfie Boe tenor
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
Thursday 28 January 2010, 7.30pm
Colin Matthews Crossing the Alps world premiere 10'
Mahler Symphony No.2, 'Resurrection' 85'
Markus Stenz conductor | Susan Gritton soprano
Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano | Hallé Choir
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
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FEBRUARY 2010
Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 and Sunday 14 February 2010, 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY: IN SUPPORT OF THE MIKE AND DOROTHY HALL MEMORIAL FUND
Copland Billy the Kid: Suite 21'
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz version) 16'
Barber Adagio for Strings 8'
Stravinsky Petrushka (1947) 34'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Jonathan Scott piano
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Thursday 18 February 2010, 7.30pm
THE ABRAHAM MOSS MEMORIAL CONCERT
Mahler Blumine 8'
Schubert orch. Detlev Glanert Einsamkeit, D620 world premiere 17'
Mahler Symphony No.4 55'
Markus Stenz conductor | Carolyn Sampson soprano
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 20 February 2010, 7.30pm
Russian Masterpieces
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Introduction; Montagues and Capulets
Khachaturian Spartacus: Adagio
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
David Jones conductor | 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition Prizewinner
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
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MARCH 2010
Thursday 4 March 2010, 7.30pm
Uri Caine New work 20'
Mahler Symphony No.5 70'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Uri Caine piano | Hallé Youth Choir
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Thursday 18 March 2010, 7.30pm
Bax Spring Fire 30'
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 30'
Sibelius Symphony No.7 21'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Polina Leschenko piano
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 20 March 2010, 7.30pm
Oscars for Orchestra
Around the World in 80 Days Young
Out of Africa Barry
Yentl: Papa, Can You Hear Me? Le Grand
Schindler's List Williams
State Fair: It Might As Well Be Spring Rodgers
The Way We Were Hamlisch
The King and I: Something Wonderful Rodgers
Titanic: Suite Horner
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Shore
Dick Tracy: Sooner or Later Sondheim
A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns Sondheim
My Fair Lady: Ascot Gavotte Lerner/Loewe
The Wizard of Oz: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Arlen
Cabaret Kander/Ebb
The Adventures of Robin Hood: Old England; March Korngold
An American in Paris: By Strauss; The American in Paris Gershwin
Carl Davis conductor | Mary Carewe vocalist
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 and Sunday 28 March 2010, 7.30pm
Wagner Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I and III 12'
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K314 21'
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 46'
Nikolaj Znaider conductor | Stéphane Rancourt oboe
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Sunday 28 March 2010, 3pm
Family Concert: Spring into Dance
Fancy dress suggestion: Why not come dressed as your favourite dance character?
Music and dance will forever be intertwined and this concert features some of the world's most popular dance-inspired tunes, played by the award-winning Hallé. Expect fancy footwork and dainty dance steps performed by dancers from The Janice Hughes School of Dance.
Ewa Strusinska conductor | Janice Hughes choreographer | Dancers from The Janice Hughes School of Dance
Part of the Hallé's Family Concerts.
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APRIL 2010
Thursday 15 April 2010, 7.30pm
R. Strauss Don Juan 19'
Sibelius Violin Concerto 32'
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1 11'
Schumann Symphony No.4 30'
Mario Venzago conductor | Valeriy Sokolov violin
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 17 April 2010, 7.30pm
West End Spectacular
Oliver Consider Yourself; As Long As He Needs Me
The Phantom Of The Opera Music Of The Night
La Cage Aux Folles I Am What I Am
Carousel Waltz; If I Loved You; Soliloquy
Blood Brothers Tell Me It's Not True
Spamalot The Song That Goes Like This
Wicked Defying Gravity; As Long As You Are Mine
Sunset Boulevard As If We Never Said Goodbye |
Grease Medley
Hairspray Can't Stop The Beat
Les Misérables Bring Him Home
The Lion King Circle Of Life
The Producers Overture
Avenue Q There's A Fine Fine Line
Billy Elliot Electricity
Mamma Mia Mamma Mia |
Nick Davies conductor | Jacqui Scott vocalist | vocalist tbc
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 and Sunday 25 April 2010, 7.30pm
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 35'
Shostakovich Symphony No.10 54'
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conductor | François-Frédéric Guy piano
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series
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MAY 2010
Sunday 2 May 2010, 7.30pm
The Hallé and BBC Philharmonic
Olivier Latry Improvisation on 'Veni, Creator Spiritus' 20'
Mahler Symphony No.8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' 85'
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Olivier Latry organ
Claire Rutter soprano | Aga Mikolaj soprano | Anna Leese soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano | Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano
tbc tenor | Gerald Finley bass-baritone | James Creswell bass
Hallé Choir and Children's Choir
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Youth Chorus
Part of the Hallé Collection.
Thursday 13 May 2010, 7.30pm
R. Strauss 'Träumerei am Kamin' (Dreaming by the Fireside)
from Intermezzo 8'
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 30'
Brahms orch. Schoenberg Piano Quartet No.1 43'
Marc Albrecht conductor | Simon Trpceski piano
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
Saturday 15 May 2010, 7.30pm
Espańa
Chabrier Espańa
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Falla El Amor Brujo
Bizet Carmen: selection
Ravel Boléro
John Wilson conductor | Craig Ogden guitar | Barbara Rearick mezzo-soprano
Part of the Hallé Pops Series.
Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 and Sunday 23 May 2010, 7.30pm
Dvorák Overture: Carnival 10'
Dvorák Cello Concerto 38'
Sibelius Symphony No.1 42'
Okko Kamu conductor | Alisa Weilerstein cello
Part of the Hallé's Opus One Series.
Sunday 23 May 2010, 3pm
Family Concert: The Mad Hatter's Musical Tea Party
Fancy dress suggestion: Why not come dressed as your favourite character from Alice in Wonderland?
The Mad Hatter and Alice cordially invite you to join them at a musical tea party in The Bridgewater Hall. Drink with us and shrink with us, munch mushrooms and grow to the size of giants, all whilst hearing some mad, mad music, including the Mad Hatter's Maddest Musical Moment. Look out for the Cheshire Cat with his enormous grin!
Alasdair Malloy presenter
Part of the Hallé's Family Concerts.
Thursday 27 May 2010, 7.30pm
THE HALLÉ PATRONS CONCERT
Luke Bedford New work 10'
Mahler Symphony No.9 80'
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Part of the Hallé's Thursday Series.
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