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Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert

Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert: Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from the Bridgwater Hall marking 150 years of the Halle, with works by Weber, Lambert, Elgar and Ades.

Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from Manchester's Bridgwater Hall celebrating 150 years since the first of Mr Charles Halle's Grand Orchestral Concerts.

The programme includes a work that Halle himself played on that auspicious occasion - Weber's Konzertstuck for piano and orchestra - as well as works by Lambert, Elgar and Ades that the orchestra premiered.

Joining the orchestra are two great singers: Dmitry Hvorostovsky, who performs operatic arias, and Dame Janet Baker, who introduces the concert.

John Tomlinson (bass-baritone)
Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano)
Polina Leschenko (piano)
Halle Choir
Halle Youth Choir
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
James Burton (conductor)

Matthews: A Quick Start
Berlioz: Overture (Le Corsaire), Op 21
Verdi: Ella giammai m'amo! (Don Carlos)
Ades: These Premises Are Alarmed
Debussy: Fetes
Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region
Lambert: The Rio Grande (conducted by James Burton)
Weber: Konzertstuck in F minor for piano and orchestra
Wagner: Was duftet doch der Flieder (Der Meistersinger)
Gounod: Serenade (Vous qui faites l'endormie)
Elgar: In the South, Op 50 (Alassio).

2 hours, 15 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Feb 2008 19:00

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Feb 2008 19:00