A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Alpesh Chauhan has built up an outstanding reputation as Music Director of the Birmingham Opera Company. He has a keen affinity with Shostakovich, receiving rave reviews for his performances, as noted in The Spectator – ‘Chauhan drove the score with a brooding, purposeful intensity’, which augurs well for […]
‘These occasions give me the chance, just once in a while, to throw away my inhibitions and sing in a way I normally reserve for the bathroom.’ A welcome return and an opportunity to dust off your score, fill your lungs and experience a full day of inspiring choral music. This is the perfect opportunity […]
Performed virtually by the Hallé and Sir Mark in 2021, Huw Watkins’s Symphony No.2 was hailed by The Times as a ‘great British symphony’, which ‘deserved the prolonged ovation’ the pandemic has denied it. Watkins hoped it would ‘challenge and entertain’ both the Hallé’s players and its discerning audiences, who can now experience its true world premiere. […]
The Rhythm, The Passion, The Chemistry reignites for 2023! Strictly Stars Karen Hauer, Gorka Marquez and their scintillating cast return with FIREDANCE, featuring fresh flavours and super-charged choreography. Join the stars in a captivating dance off inspired by Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Carmen, West Side Story and featuring an eclectic mix of Latin, Rock […]
Prepare to experience Leonard Bernstein’s monumental Mass as RNCM musicians present this extraordinary spectacle to Manchester audiences for the very first time. Read more about the RNCM in 2022 & 2023 here Famous for fusing genres and blurring the line between classical and popular music, this powerful work is a creative reimagination of the traditional Catholic mass infused […]
Multi-talented as composer, conductor and pianist, Ryan Wigglesworth is well-known as a former Hallé Principal Guest Conductor and Associate Artist, who has become Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony 0rchestra this season. The concert’s first half comprises the UK premiere of a Hallé/Bergen Philharmonic co-commission, Wigglesworth’s setting of the Magnificat, in which the Hallé […]
Everyone has their favourite musicals, and this concert, covering nearly fifty years of ultimate theatre, includes a rocking selection of these world-class shows. Conductor Alfonso Casado Trigo returns with his hand-picked collection of all-time greats, which also features the talents of two internationally renowned vocalists and magnificent orchestrations showcasing the Hallé at its best. We will rock […]
Christian Reif, the US-based German conductor, returns to the Hallé conducting a programme of mainly 20th century classics, beginning with Spanish-suffused music from Manuel de Falla’s only opera. Composed at the height of his powers, Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto draws on the traditional music legacy of his native Hungary. Performing it, on her first, most […]
In her debut with the Hallé, German conductor Corinna Niemeyer, Artistic and Music Director of the Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg, conducts French music, beginning with Fauré’s delicate Pavane bringing to mind a painting by Fragonard with graceful courtesans decked in elegant 18th-century costumes. Still in her twenties, Anna Lapwood, is firmly established as a leading organist, […]
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