≥AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL2013–14 CONCERT SEASONMUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER

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Our year marking the anniversaries of Wagner, Verdi and Britten moves into the autumn, and it’s time for Verdi! In November some of today’s leading Verdian voices will join us in substantial scenes from three of Verdi’s last and greatest operas. It is to the persistence of his last and most creative librettist, Boito, that we owe the last Shakespearean tragedy, ‘Otello’, and Verdi’s valedictory comedy, ‘Falstaff’. The first fruit of their extraordinary collaboration, the revision of ‘Simon Boccanegra’, helps to set the scene. One of the great joys of conducting Verdi is the depth of his orchestral palette, so crucial to the characterisation and the drama acted out by the voices on stage. To hear this music in a magnificent concert hall acoustic brings a new resonance to the drama, and it is a particular thrill in the hands of the Hallé; we relish our forays together into this repertoire.

Richard Strauss’s legacy to the orchestral song literature is without parallel. His ‘Four Last Songs’ are well-known and admired by millions, but there is much, much more to captivate the listener. In the nine concerts of ‘Strauss’s Voice’, the Hallé and fellow-orchestras, BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata, will be joined by some of the most celebrated artists singing today to perform all of the thirty-nine songs written and orchestrated by the composer. On Thursday 23 January, we take a detour to the Alps, when Juanjo Mena leads the massed forces of the Hallé and BBC Philharmonic in Strauss’s epic ‘Alpine’ Symphony. The view from the summit should be breath-taking!

Our latest in a distinguished line of Assistant Conductors, Jamie Phillips, will conduct the ‘Pathétique’ Symphony and partner the rather more-experienced John Lill, whom it will be a pleasure to welcome in his 70th birthday season! Jamie’s predecessors Andrew Gourlay and Rory Macdonald also appear, as well as their talented young colleague, Spanish-born Eduardo Portal.

Over recent years we have enjoyed many performances of Vaughan Williams, taking his music around the country and across the world. We have now recorded three of the symphonies, and I look forward to conducting his early ‘Sea’ Symphony for the first time. Nowhere is RVW’s deep affinity with choirs more evident than here, and the Hallé Choir, under the outstanding leadership of Madeleine Venner, should really enjoy showing their paces. Brahms too employed the expressive range of the choral instrument to memorable effect in his ‘German Requiem’, which Markus Stenz will conduct earlier in the season.

A message from Sir Mark Elder

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’Even the beautiful must die!’ These words open Brahms’s rarely-performed ‘Nänie’ for choir and orchestra, a touchingly beautiful and poignant evocation of parting and loss. And the same sentiments could apply to Mahler’s last completed symphony, his incomparable song of farewell that follows in the same concert. The May Opus One concerts present, by way of contrast, a reminder of our exciting adventure in The Lowry pit in 2012, with the overture to Bernstein’s ‘Wonderful Town’ alongside brilliant American classics by Copland and Gershwin, as well as an opportunity for the Hallé’s harpist, Marie Leenhardt to shine in the show-stopping concerto by Argentina’s Alberto Ginastera.

Another of our outstanding soloists, Stéphane Rancourt, will introduce the new Oboe Concerto by John Casken, in what we hope will be a series of commissions for Hallé Principals from leading British composers, including our Associate Composer, Helen Grime. Ryan Wigglesworth, following his award-winning studio recording with the Hallé, makes his concert debut with the Orchestra in a programme that sees the world premiere of his own revised Violin Concerto.

We also welcome back Andrew Manze and Nikolaj Znaider, both bringing Sibelius symphonies. Andrew has a typically thoughtful and attractive programme presenting Sibelius’s glorious Seventh Symphony to the Opus One audience. It is a special pleasure to welcome Stephen Bell in his new role as Associate Conductor of the Hallé Pops, which I am sure will go from strength to strength with the help of his invaluable contribution.

Our exploration of Britten’s music during his centenary year, in the shape of less-familiar works, has proved a revelation. On Thursday 3 October, we begin with a recreation of music the young composer wrote for a series of radio plays during the 1940s whilst in voluntary wartime exile. No such freedom for Dmitri Shostakovich, whose homeland was facing destruction around him when he wrote his astonishing ‘Leningrad’ Symphony. I can’t wait for this very exciting season to get under way – I hope to see you there!

Sir Mark Elder

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As Sir Mark observed in his introduction to our season, Richard Strauss’s legacy to the orchestral song is without parallel. Following the highly acclaimed surveys of the works of Shostakovich and Mahler previously undertaken by the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata at The Bridgewater Hall, the cities of Salford and Manchester will collaborate to perform all of Strauss’s orchestral songs with soloists including Roderick Williams, Soile Isokoski, Inger Dam-Jensen, Anne Schwanewilms, Hillevi Martinpelto and Alexander Vinogradov. The Hallé and BBC Philharmonic will again share a stage, when their combined forces are brought together to perform Strauss’s mighty homage to his own land, the ‘Alpine’ Symphony.

This collaboration will take place in The Bridgewater Hall over nine concerts (listed below), and we invite you to follow all three orchestras on this inspirational journey. If you book all nine events you can save 30% off the cost of your tickets, or, if you already have a Hallé Thursday Series subscription, you can add the remaining concerts to your package for the same discount. Details are available from the Box Office on 0844 907 9000.

Thursday 9 January, 7.30pm The Hallé • See page 15

Saturday 18 January, 7.30pm BBC Philharmonic

R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra 35'

R. Strauss 3 Hymnen Op.71 21'

R. Strauss Don Quixote 38'

Juanjo Mena conductor Soile Isokoski soprano | Steven Isserlis cello

Thursday 23 January, 7.30pm The Hallé and BBC Philharmonic • See page 15

Saturday 1 February, 7.30pm BBC Philharmonic

R. Strauss Tod und Verklärung R. Strauss Orchestral songs 26’ Shostakovich Symphony No.10 54’

Günther Herbig conductor Inger Dam-Jensen soprano

Wednesday 5 February, 2.15pm Thursday 6 February, 7.30pm Sunday 9 February, 7.30pm The Hallé • See page 17

Saturday 8 February, 7.30pm BBC Philharmonic

R. Strauss Don Juan 20’

R. Strauss Orchestral songs 20’

R. Strauss Sinfonia Domestica 44’

Vassily Sinaisky conductor | Susan Gritton soprano

Saturday 22 February, 7.30pm Manchester Camerata

R. Strauss Songs 7'

Mozart Piano Concerto No.25 K503 30'

Beethoven Symphony No.3, ‘Eroica’ 47'

R. Strauss Metamorphosen(post-concertperformance) 26'

Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor Paul Lewis piano | Ruby Hughes soprano

Thursday 27 February, 7.30pm The Hallé • See page 17

Saturday 8 March, 7.30pm BBC Philharmonic

Mahler Totenfeier 25'

R. Strauss Orchestral songs 20'

R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben 40'

John Storgards conductor Hillevi Martinpelto soprano

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This season, for the first time in the Hallé’s history, you can enjoy nine wonderful concerts on Wednesdays at 2.15pm. These mid-week matinees give many more people the chance to hear our music and allow us to welcome back those who prefer to travel in the afternoons.

The concerts are planned so as to finish before the rush-hour gets underway, so you can be home in time for dinner.

These new matinees replace the Wednesday evening Opus One concerts. The music, prices and discounts are identical to the Thursday and Sunday evening performances.

You can book the new matinees as a subscription, individually or as part of a group, and all the concert details are included in this brochure. For more details, contact the Box Office on 0844 907 9000. We hope you can join us for these afternoon performances and look forward to welcoming you.

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We are delighted to announce details of a very special performance by the Hallé in the impressive and unique setting of Jodrell Bank. On Saturday 31 August, Stephen Bell will lead a concert inspired by the stars, including ‘Jupiter’ and ‘Mars’ from Holst’s ‘The Planets’, classics by Strauss, Mozart and John Williams, as well as a selection of out-of-this-world film music such as ‘Star Wars’, ‘Independence Day’, ‘E.T.’, ‘Apollo 13’, ‘Close Encounters’ and more.

All this will take place in the shadow of Jodrell Bank’s iconic Lovell telescope, which will play its own special part in the evening. Tickets also include admission to the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, as well as access to a Science Arena curated by Jodrell Bank for the show.

Tickets are available now for £30 each. Gates open at 4pm and the concert begins at 8pm. For full details and to buy tickets please visit www.livefromjodrellbank.com

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Wednesday 25 September, 2.15pm Thursday 26 September, 7.30pm Sunday 29 September, 7.30pm Opus One ConcertsBax Tintagel 17' Barber Adagio for Strings 8' Barber Songs 20' Elgar Enigma Variations 32'

Sir Mark Elder conductor | Lesley Garrett soprano

Sir Mark Elder teams up with long-standing friend of the Hallé, Lesley Garrett, for what promises to be a very special opening to the 2013–14 season. It begins with Arnold Bax’s evocative Cornish seascape Tintagel, a work inspired by the composer’s love for the pianist Harriet Cohen and one with telling references to Wagner’s great opera Tristan and Isolde. Best known for his soul-searching Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber was also a writer of exquisite songs, a selection of which Lesley Garrett performs tonight. Finally, that consummate Elgarian Sir Mark conducts the composer’s touching musical tribute to his wife and friends, Enigma Variations.

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Thursday 3 October, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesBritten Britain to Americaworldpremiere 20’ Shostakovich Symphony No.7, ‘Leningrad’ 81'

Sir Mark Elder conductor

Few symphonies became so instantly recognisable, indeed so sensationally popular, as Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, a work first performed in 1942. With the world in the grip of an unprecedented total conflict, its message of resistance and ultimate victory was soon to provide audiences in both the Soviet Union and the West with a powerful emblem of hope and defiance. Its remarkable ‘Nazi invasion’ episode is music of near-overwhelming power and intensity. In the first half of the concert new light is thrown on Benjamin Britten with another work dating from 1942 – the music he composed for a series of NBC radio plays.

Saturday 5 October, 7.30pm Pops: The Wild WestMusic from the wild, wild west including High Noon, The Magnificent Seven, The Waltons and Brokeback Mountain.

Carl Davis conductor

Wednesday 16 October, 2.15pm Thursday 17 October, 7.30pm Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm Opus One Concerts Sibelius En Saga 18' Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 25' Beethoven Symphony No.2 32'

Rory Macdonald conductor | Andrew Tyson piano

Rory Macdonald returns to conduct a captivating programme. Rather than tell a story, Sibelius’s tone poem En Saga is a depiction of a vast landscape and the forces of nature that govern it. The work is full of fascinating orchestral colours and very Finnish melodies. Andrew Tyson is a young American pianist whose brilliant performance of Rachmaninov helped him to secure the Terence Judd-Hallé Orchestra Prize at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition. He joins the Hallé for Rachmaninov’s scintillating Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a musical experience both breathlessly fast-paced and magnificently melodic. Beethoven’s intoxicating Second Symphony gives the second half drama, humour and moments of sublime beauty.

Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesThisevenTcelebraTesTheroyalPhilharmonicsocieTybicenTenary1813-2013•www.rPs200.org

Wolfgang Rihm A Tribute (Über die Linie VIII) 20' Brahms A German Requiem 68'

Markus Stenz conductor | Carolyn Sampson soprano Neal Davies bass-baritone | Hallé Choir

Principal Guest Conductor Markus Stenz has forged a strong relationship with the Hallé Choir and here directs one of the great masterpieces of the choral repertoire, Brahms’s German Requiem. Its title aside, the work has an appeal that transcends both national boundaries and religious beliefs (Brahms even considered naming it a ‘Human Requiem’) and it remains a deeply moving experience for audiences everywhere. While its musical language is unmistakably that of Brahms, it also looks back to Bach and to the composers of the Renaissance. Brahms’s progression from suffering to eventual consolation is thus both dramatically and musically fascinating. Wolfgang Rihm is a composer who never fails to confound and enthral. The concert opens with his Tribute (Über die Linie VIII), an homage to Benjamin Britten commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and given its world premiere by Sir Mark and the Hallé at the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival.

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Thursday 7 November, 7.30pm Thursday Series THE VERA CLEGG MEMORIAL CONCERT

Stravinsky Symphonies of wind instruments (1947) 10' Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 29' Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 47'

Sir Mark Elder conductor | Alina Ibragimova violin

‘In a world bursting with brilliant young female violinists, Ibragimova is something special’ wrote The Daily Telegraph of tonight’s soloist. She returns to the Hallé for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, a wonderful fusion of romantic melodiousness and classical restraint with a lullaby slow movement and a quite brilliant finale. After the interval Sir Mark conducts Tchaikovsky’s popular Fifth Symphony, a work in which a ‘fate motif’ recurs in fascinatingly different guises. The symphony is a glorious journey from darkness to light with a wealth of sumptuous themes along the way. First in the concert is Stravinsky’s Symphonies of wind instruments. Its chant-like qualities suggest the incense-shrouded rituals of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Saturday 9 November, 7.30pm Pops: The Battle of BritainClassic and contemporary war film greats including Walton’s The Battle of Britain, Williams’ Schindler’s List and Coates’s Dambuster’s March

Stephen Bell conductor

Wednesday 13 November, 2.15pm Thursday 14 November, 7.30pm Sunday 17 November, 7.30pm Opus One ConcertsDvorák Legends 24' Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme 18' Debussy Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune 10' Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1945) 33'

Eduardo Portal conductor | Philip Higham cello

‘It is a delightful piece, and the fresh, joyous and rich invention of the man is simply enviable’, enthused Brahms after hearing Dvorák’s wonderfully poetic Legends. Equally delightful is Tchaikovsky’s tuneful tribute to the composers of the eighteenth century. His ‘Rococo Variations’ are performed by rising star of the cello, Philip Higham. Then for the exotic, erotic atmosphere of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune in which a faun dreams of two beautiful nymphs and wonders how best to savor the memory. Glowingly orchestrated and replete with Stravinsky’s characteristic rhythmic drive and sense of colour, The Firebird – a setting of a popular Russian fairy tale – established him as the major new voice in twentieth-century music.

Sunday 24 November, 3pm to 4pm An introduction to the Verdi-Boito story with Sir Mark Elder, Jonathan Keates and members of the cast.ALL TICKETS £15

Sunday 24 November, 5pm CollectionVerdi Simon Boccanegra: Act I 60' Verdi Falstaff: Act II, Scene 1 30'

Verdi Otello: Act III 45'

Sir Mark Elder conductor The cast includes Maria Luigia Borsi, Peter Auty, Scott Hendricks and David Stout | Hallé Choirs

In the bicentenary year of the composer’s birth Sir Mark presents a special event telling the story of one of the most creative partnerships in music. With the help of the composer and man of letters, Arrigo Boito, Verdi revised his beloved but troubled opera Simon Boccanegra, realizing all the drama of this shadowy and beautiful portrayal of intrigue and revenge in 14th-century Genoa. The great First Act is followed by substantial scenes from Verdi’s last and greatest Shakespearian operas Falstaff and Otello. These works, owing their existence as much to Boito’s persistence as to Verdi’s genius, could hardly be more contrasting: the former is a work of sparkling wit; the latter an anatomy of evil so profound that at times it even threatens to upstage the original. What unites them is some of the most glorious music ever written for the opera house.

Saturday 30 November, 7.30pm Pops: Classical ExtravaganzaAll your classical favourites including Rossini’s William Tell Overture, music from The Nutcracker and more.

Jamie Phillips conductor

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Thursday 5 December, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesThisevenTcelebraTesTheroyalPhilharmonicsocieTybicenTenary1813-2013•www.rPs200.org

Elgar Overture: In the South (Alassio) 20' Ravel Piano Concerto in G 22’ Dvorák Symphony No. 7 41’

Andrew Gourlay conductor | Hong Xu piano

Andrew Gourlay is one in a succession of former Hallé Assistant Conductors now forging ahead in the musical world. On his return to Manchester he is joined by the brilliant Hong Xu for Ravel’s wonderfully jazz-inspired Piano Concerto in G. The slow movement is one of the most gorgeous in the whole of French music. We continue to mark the bicentenary of the RPS with a masterpiece commissioned by that body in 1884, Dvorák’s dark-hued Seventh Symphony. Clearly influenced by the Third Symphony of his friend and mentor Brahms, it is nevertheless a very Czech work with a stirring finale rallying call of a finale to Dvorák’s compatriots in the face of Austro-Hungarian oppression. The concert springs into life with Elgar’s great tribute to Italy, his inspirational In the South Overture.

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Saturday 7 December, 7.30pm CollectionHandel Messiah 135'

Robert Howarth conductor A cast of international soloists|Hallé Choir

Not so much a choral work as an institution, for many of us Handel’s great oratorio Messiah has become an essential part of the build-up to Christmas. First performed in Dublin in 1742, Handel’s masterly balance of religious and dramatic elements has ensured its timeless appeal. Though it was once customary to present the work with gigantic vocal and orchestral forces, emerging star of the early music scene Robert Howarth will ensure a performance closer to Handel’s original intentions (and one no less commanding). After rehearsals with outstanding Choral Director, Madeleine Venner, the Hallé Choir are sure to be in magnificent voice. From the gentle beauty of ‘Comfort Ye’ to the grandeur of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’, Messiah never fails to touch, uplift and inspire.

Wednesday 11 December, 2.15pm Thursday 12 December, 7.30pm Sunday 15 December, 7.30pm Opus One Concerts Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 41' Berlioz Symphonie fantastique 49'

Louis Langrée conductor | Denis Kozhukhin piano

A truly revolutionary statement when it first appeared in 1830, Berlioz’s great ‘Fantastic Symphony’ retains an ability to surprise, enchant and excite. Subtitled ‘Episode in an Artist’s Life’, it is in part an autobiographical work inspired by its composer’s hopeless ardour for the English actress Harriet Smithson. It begins with innocent daydreams but leads to opium-fuelled visions of murder, execution and a witches’ Sabbath! Louis Langrée will draw out every nuance of this remarkable score. In 2010 Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin won the coveted Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. His performance of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto – another love-inspired work from 1830 with one of the most exquisite slow movements ever written – is hugely anticipated.

Sunday 15 December, 3pm Christmas Family ConcertJamie Phillips conductor | Alasdair Malloy presenter

Friday 20 December, 7.30pm The Hallé’s Christmas CrackerRoderick Dunk conductor | Lance Ellington vocalist Winner of the Hallé Corporate Choir Competition

Saturday 21 December, 3pm Sunday 22 December, 3pm Sunday 22 December, 7.30pm Monday 23 December, 7.30pm Hallé Carol ConcertsStephen Bell conductor | Hallé Choirs

Saturday 21 December 7.30pmHallé Youth Orchestra concertJamie Phillips conductor

Saturday 28 December, 7.30pm An Evening with James BondStephen Bell conductor Mary Carewe and Matthew Ford vocalists

Sunday 29 December, 7.30pm Queen: A Rock and Symphonic SpectacularEvery 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.

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

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Saturday 4 January, 3pm Christmas: New Year in ViennaFavourite arias, waltzes and polkas from the Strauss family, Lehár and others to celebrate the New Year.

Wyn Davies conductor | Rafael Rojas tenor

Thursday 9 January, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesWagner Overture: Tannhäuser 15' R. Strauss Lied including Op.51, No.1: Das Thal

and Op.51, No.2: Der Einsame 26'

Sibelius Symphony No.1 42'

Nikolaj Znaider conductor Alexander Vinogradov bass

Nikolaj Znaider opens a scintillating programme – the first concert in the much anticipated ‘Strauss’s Voice’ series – with Wagner’s stirring overture to Tannhäuser. Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov is fast becoming a major vocal star. His richly sonorous bass voice is the ideal medium for Strauss’s most evocative orchestral songs, the orchestrations of which are fascinatingly responsive to the poetic texts they set. ‘Das Thal’ (The Valley) is an affectionate celebration of nature, while ‘Der Einsame’ (The Lonesome One) explores the darkest reaches of the human soul. The influence of Tchaikovsky can be clearly discerned in Sibelius’s First Symphony and particularly in the heart-on-sleeve lyricism of its glorious finale.

Sunday 12 January, 7.30pm Wednesday 15 January, 2.15pm Thursday 16 January, 7.30pm Opus One ConcertsTchaikovsky Capriccio Italien 17' Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 34' Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances 35'

Nikolaj Znaider conductor | Simone Lamsma violin

Nikolaj Znaider takes the baton in Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. In it the composer’s rich musical imagination was stimulated by the different phases of man’s life: ‘Noon’, ‘Evening’ and ‘Midnight’. The result is simply stunning. Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma is rapidly establishing herself as one of the most sought-after soloists on the circuit. On her first visit to the Hallé she plays Tchaikovsky’s concerto, a work with a wealth of wonderful melodies as well as finely-crafted virtuoso writing. The same composer’s Capriccio Italien was inspired by a holiday in the Italian capital. In the spirit of ‘when in Rome’ he made four Italian folk songs the basis of this glistening orchestral work.

Thursday 23 January, 7.30pm Thursday Series with the BBC PhilharmonicR. Strauss Festival Prelude 12'R. Strauss Lied: Op.44, No.1: Notturno 16' R. Strauss Lied: Op.44, No.2: Nächtlicher Gang 6' R. Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie 50'

Juanjo Mena conductor Roderick Williams baritone

Manchester’s celebration of Richard Strauss continues in grand style with an exhilarating concert in which the Hallé and BBC Philharmonic join forces. Strauss’s Festival Prelude is a striking orchestral gesture that also features the mighty Bridgewater Hall organ. Acclaimed baritone Roderick Williams then makes the first of two appearances this season with Strauss’s Opus 44 songs. ‘Notturno’ is an expressionistic portrayal of the macabre figure of Fiddling Death that musically looks forward to Strauss’s great operas Elektra and Salome. ‘Nächtlicher Gang’ (Night March) takes us into the realm of nightmares, its ingenious orchestration is one of howling horns, rattling castanets and a skeletal xylophone. In the second half Juanjo Mena and the Hallé/BBC team make a glorious Alpine ascent. As their intrepid journey unfolds they encounter a waterfall, a storm and much else, all vividly rendered in Strauss’s astonishing score.

Saturday 25 January, 7.30pm Pops: Warm Music for WinterMusic to warm you on a winter’s night, including Chabrier’s España, Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain.

Stephen Bell conductor | Viv McLean piano

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Wednesday 5 February, 2.15pm Thursday 6 February, 7.30pm Sunday 9 February, 7.30pm Opus One ConcertsWagner Siegfried Idyll 18' R. Strauss Four Last Songs 24' Brahms Symphony No.1 47'

Markus Stenz conductor Anne Schwanewilms soprano

One of the world’s leading lyric sopranos Anne Schwanewilms joins Markus Stenz and the Hallé for Richard Strauss’s deeply-moving Four Last Songs. These glorious settings of poems by Joseph von Eichendorff and Hermann Hesse evoke Spring, September, going to sleep and a peaceful acceptance of our ultimate fate. Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll was composed as a birthday gift to his wife Cosima. In this most tender of works he musically foresaw the future life of their newly-born son Siegfried. The imposing shadow of Beethoven loomed large for Brahms during his drawn-out efforts to produce a First Symphony. We should be grateful for his persistence for it is a work of rugged beauty, graceful lyricism and eventually, triumphant assertion.

Sunday 9 February, 3pmHallé and Hallé Youth OrchestraBerlioz Symphonie fantastique

Jamie Phillips conductor

The Hallé are joined by the Hallé Youth Orchestra for an open rehearsal and performance of one of the landmarks of the orchestral repertoire.

Thursday 13 February, 7.30pm Thursday Series THE ABRAHAM MOSS MEMORIAL CONCERT

Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia 23'

Ryan Wigglesworth Violin Concerto worldpremiere 20' Berlioz Overture: Le Roi Lear 16' Debussy La Mer (Three Symphonic Sketches) 23'

Ryan Wigglesworth conductor Barnabas Kelemen violin

Ryan Wigglesworth makes his Hallé concert debut with the Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Britten’s great opera Peter Grimes. In these evocative works, the North Sea is as important (and unfathomable) a character as Grimes himself. Further down the coast of Britain, Debussy had put the finishing touches on his great triptych of seascapes La Mer, musical canvases suggesting the sea at different times of the day and in varying weather conditions. In between these briny masterpieces is an exciting opportunity to hear the world premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth’s revised Violin Concerto, unveiled by Barnabas Kelemen. Berlioz’s Le Roi Lear Overture was inspired by Shakespeare’s great tale of betrayal, self-discovery and redemption and even features Lear’s paternal address to his daughters and his furious ravings on ‘the blasted heath’.

Friday 14 February, 7.30pm Pops: Valentine’s Day ConcertAn evening filled with romantic classics

Stephen Bell conductor Natasha Marsh soprano | James Edwards tenor

Thursday 27 February, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesRavel Mother Goose (complete ballet music) 25'

R. Strauss Orchestral Songs 24' Beethoven Symphony No.7 38'

Sir Mark Elder conductor | Steve Davislim tenor

Once upon a time … This evening brings a rare opportunity to hear Ravel’s beguiling ballet score Mother Goose in its glorious entirety. Each movement takes its inspiration from a French fairy tale but this full-length version adds to the fantastical mix some equally charming orchestral interludes. Continuing ‘Strauss’s Voice’, Sir Mark is joined by Steve Davislim – who made his Hallé debut at the 2009 BBC Proms – for a selection of the composer’s wonderful orchestral songs, works of quite breath-taking beauty. The dancing resumes with Beethoven’s great ‘apotheosis of the dance’ (as Wagner aptly dubbed it). Despite the solemnity of its slow movement much of the composer’s Seventh Symphony can barely contain its high-spirited energy. A superb way to end the night!

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Wednesday 5 March, 2.15pm Thursday 6 March, 7.30pm Sunday 9 March, 7.30pm Opus One ConcertsBeethoven Overture: Leonore No.3 14' Mozart Piano Concerto No.21, ‘Elvira Madigan’ 29' Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by

Thomas Tallis 15'

Sibelius Symphony No.7 21'

Andrew Manze conductor Francesco Piemontesi piano

In a relatively short period Andrew Manze has established himself as one of the finest conductors of his generation. His welcome return to the Hallé begins with one of the four overtures Beethoven composed for his only opera Fidelio. The Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi then enters for Mozart’s lovely Concerto No.21, a work that even by its composer’s standards is a wonderfully lyrical and moving creation. Vaughan Williams’s music is particularly important for Andrew Manze and this includes his gloriously ethereal Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. The programme concludes with the epic sweep of Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony.

Sunday 9 March, 3pmHallé Youth Ensembles concertPerformances by the Hallé Youth Orchestra, Youth Choir, Training Choir and Children’s Choir

Thursday 20 March, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesMacCunn Overture: The Land of the Mountain

and the Flood 9'

Dowland/Purcell Suite of English music 12'

Britten Lachrymae 15' Mendelssohn Symphony No.3, ‘Scottish’ 40'

Andrew Manze conductor | Timothy Pooley viola

Among much else Andrew Manze is a distinguished interpreter of early music. To complement Britten’s string arrangement of Purcell’s majestic Chacony, Manze has made two further adaptations of works by Dowland and Purcell to form an attractive suite of early English music. Dowland was the inspiration for Britten’s Lachrymae, a series of shadowy musical reflections for viola and strings with one of the most moving endings ever written. Framing this glorious English music are two conspicuously Caledonian works. Hamish MacCunn’s The Land of the Mountain and the Flood is an evocative musical counterpart to the popular Scottish landscape paintings of its time. Finally Manze renders Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish Symphony’ as fresh and limpid as a highland stream.

Saturday 22 March, 7.30pm Pops: Russian SpectacularRussian classics including Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 and the 1812 Overture.

Stephen Bell conductor | Alexandra Dariescu piano

Saturday 29 March, 7.30pm CollectionElgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings 15' Delius Brigg Fair 16' Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony 63'

Sir Mark Elder conductor Katherine Broderick soprano Roderick Williams baritone Hallé Choir

Sir Mark is a masterly interpreter of English repertoire and in this concert he, the Hallé and the Hallé Choir are joined by two of Britain’s best vocal talents in Vaughan Williams’s magnificent Sea Symphony. This grand symphonic setting of poems by Walt Whitman graphically evokes the sea itself while treating it as a metaphor of man’s voyage into eternity. Delius’s Brigg Fair is a set of variations on a folk song about a country lad ‘for love inclined’ and features on the Hallé’s acclaimed CD, English Rhapsody. The concert opens with Elgar’s richly melodic Introduction and Allegro, a heartfelt tribute to the ‘sweet borderland’ of Herefordshire where the composer was living at the time.

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Wednesday 2 April, 2.15pm Thursday 3 April, 7.30pm Sunday 6 April, 7.30pm Opus One ConcertsBerlioz Overture: Le Carnaval romain 8' Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 35' Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, ‘Pathétique’ 44'

Jamie Phillips conductor | John Lill piano

Hallé Assistant Conductor Jamie Phillips makes his Opus One debut with Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, one of the great swansongs in musical history. From dark beginnings, full of foreboding, it proceeds via an uneasy waltz and a far-from-triumphal march to a closure of near-unbearable poignancy. It is an experience not to be missed. Before this, John Lill – an old friend of the Hallé and a pianist with a profound understanding of the music of Beethoven – returns for that composer’s impressive C minor Concerto. The concerts open with Berlioz’s irrepressible Le Carnaval romain, one of the most brilliant concert overtures ever written.

Thursday 10 April, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesBartók The Miraculous Mandarin 32' John Casken Oboe Concerto worldpremiere 20' Weill The Seven Deadly Sins 39'

Sir Mark Elder conductor | Stéphane Rancourt oboe

A thrilling work of musical theatre, Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, the composer’s last major collaboration with Bertolt Brecht, is a great modern parable about the evils of greed and capitalism. Singers and a dancer take us from one American city to another, and from one sin to the next, envying, lusting and covetting with splendid impunity. The split personality of the ‘sinner’, Anna, is played by a dancer (her soul) and a singer (her rational side). Her mother is played by the bass, the baritone is her father and the two tenors are her brothers. By the time Anna has succeeded in sending enough money to build the family home, the dancer in her has been destroyed. Bartók’s hard-edged The Miraculous Mandarin portrays the seamy side of human nature. Strongly influenced by Stravinsky’s great The Rite of Spring, it is a sordid story of seduction and murder with more than a hint of the supernatural. Among all the wantonness, the Hallé’s exceptional (and invariably virtuous) Stéphane Rancourt gives the world premiere of another major new Hallé commission, John Casken’s Oboe Concerto.

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Saturday 3 May, 7.30pm Pops: Spies and SpooksIncluding music from The Avengers, The Ipcress File, Mission Impossible, Scandal and The Third Man.

Carl Davis conductor

Thursday 8 May, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesEnescu Romanian Rhapsody No.1 13'Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 30' Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 48'

Cristian Mandeal conductor | Sofya Gulyak piano

In 2009 Sofya Gulyak became the first female winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition. A Hallé favourite, she returns for Prokofiev’s pert and percussive Third Piano Concerto, a work of virtuosity and satire that also has moments of tender, Rachmaninov-like lyricism. Cristian Mandeal has a special affinity with the music of his Romanian compatriot George Enescu. The composer’s Romanian Rhapsody No.1 is an exuberant orchestral showpiece that joyfully conveys the irrepressible spirit of Balkan folk music. Rachmaninov’s gloriously romantic Second Symphony has a melodic opulence unsurpassed in twentieth-century music. Its triumphant finale is the perfect way to send us home.

Wednesday 14 May, 2.15pm Thursday 15 May, 7.30pm Sunday 18 May, 7.30pm Opus One ConcertsBernstein Overture: Wonderful Town 4' Copland Rodeo: Dance Episodes 18' Ginastera Harp Concerto 23' Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances 23'

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Sir Mark Elder conductor | Marie Leenhardt harp

The melodies of Wonderful Town, with which Sir Mark and the Hallé wowed theatre audiences last year, provide a curtain-raiser to this programme of quite irresistible music from the Americas. Copland’s Rodeo is musical Americana at its glorious best. The Hallé’s own Marie Leenhardt then performs Argentine composer Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, a work strongly influenced by Latin American folk with fascinatingly original textures. When Bernstein and Sondheim located Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the violent world of New York gang culture they conceived a ground-breaking form of musical drama. The streetwise Symphonic Dances from West Side Story simply strut, sneer and bristle with attitude! Finally to Paris for Gershwin’s vibrant evocation of the French capital, complete with cafés, crowds and taxi horns!

Thursday 22 May, 7.30pm Thursday SeriesBrahms Nänie 14' Mahler Symphony No.9 80'

Sir Mark Elder conductor | Hallé Choir

The Thursday Series comes to an inspiring end with two great works of valediction. Brahms’s rarely-heard Nänie is a poignant setting of an elegy by Schiller that places great technical demands on its vocal forces. It ends with an homage to art, the role of which Schiller believed was to ensure immortality. Though composed during a period of major crisis for Mahler, his Ninth Symphony is not all despair and desolation. The work manifests an ardent love of nature and of life in all its variety; an equally passionate impulse to heroically confront anguish; and unashamed pride in the composer’s still undimmed creative powers. Its magnificent concluding Adagio – some of the most moving music ever written – closes in a serene mood of resignation and redemption.

Saturday 31 May, 7.30pm Pops: West End MusicalsStephen Bell conductor

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‘ The arrival of the latest release on the Hallé’s own label always brings with it a feeling of anticipation – a promise of superb performances, and some unfamiliar music among the well known.’ The Daily Telegraph

Many of the pieces to be performed in this season have been released on the Hallé’s own label. Visit www.halle.co.uk/products to view the catalogue.

These titles and all other releases are available from 0161 237 7008, www.halle.co.uk, www.amazon.co.uk, iTunes and all good retailers.

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Save money with a Hallé Fixed Subscription

We know from your letters and emails that many people think about subscribing to their favourite series of Hallé concerts, but for a variety of reasons, decide against it. Consider some of the benefits that come with a Fixed Subscription:

• 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 can subscribe and renew online from Monday 20 May 2013

Many of the Hallé’s concerts in the 2013–14 season will feature on ‘Radio 3 Live in Concert’. 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

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INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES A B C D E F

Thursday Series and Collection £38 £32 £27 £22 £17 £11

Opus One concerts (including matinees) £36 £31 £26 £21 £16 £10

Pops concerts £39 £33 £26 £17 – –

Christmas and New Year concerts £40 £34 £26 £17 – –

Family concert Adults £18, Children £10, Family Ticket (any four people) £47

Youth Ensembles concerts £10, £7.50 concessions, £3 for under 5s/those in full-time education

Sunday 24 November 2013, 3pm All tickets £15

SUBSCRIPTION TICKET PRICES (PRICES ARE PER PERSON)

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THURSDAY SERIES (12 CONCERTS) £319.20 £268.80 £226.80 £184.80 £142.80 £92.40

Disabled person’s subscription £228 £192 £162 £132 £102 £66

THURSDAY SERIES PLUS COLLECTION (15 CONCERTS) £399 £336 £283.50 £231 £178.50 £115.50

Disabled person’s subscription £285 £240 £202.50 £165 £127.50 £82.50

OPUS ONE CONCERTS (9 CONCERTS)

Individuals and groups of up to 9 people £275.40 £237.15 £198.90 £160.65 £122.40 £76.50

Groups of 10 to 49 people £243 £209.25 £175.50 £141.75 £108 £67.50

Groups of 50+ people £226.80 £195.30 £163.80 £132.30 £100.80 £63

Disabled person’s subscription £162 £139.50 £117 £94.50 £72 £45

POPS SERIES (8 CONCERTS) £249.60 £211.20 £166.40 £108.80 – –

Disabled person’s subscription £156 £132 £104 £68 – –

Booking information • Box Office 0844 907 9000 • www.halle.co.uk

SEATING PLAN FOR THURSDAY SERIES, COLLECTION AND OPUS ONE CONCERTS

SEATING PLAN FOR POPS, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CONCERTS

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ARE YOU 26 OR UNDER?The Hallé and PwC have teamed up to offer an exciting opportunity to anyone aged 26 or under.

A limited number of seats in the stalls, usually priced at £26 or £27, will be available at half price for nearly all Hallé concerts throughout the season. To take advantage of this offer, ask the Box Office about PwC Under 26 tickets, or check to see if it is available when you book online.

Don’t forget that there are only a limited number of seats available, and everyone using a PwC Under 26 ticket will be asked to provide proof of age when the tickets are collected.

£3 STUDENT TICKETSFor just £3 students and those studying in full-time education can hear the Hallé perform extraordinary music in the fantastic surroundings of The Bridgewater Hall. *

£3 tickets are available in the stalls for the Hallé’s Thursday Series, Collection and Opus One matinees. 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 will be asked to show appropriate identification.

STUDENTS, CLAIMANTS, UNDER 26s AND OVER 60s Anyone under 26, students, and claimants can purchase tickets at 10% off on production of appropriate identification anywhere in the auditorium. From two Mondays prior to the performance, Over 60s may purchase any remaining tickets and get a 20% discount.

HALLÉ DAY TICKETSA limited number of tickets will be available for each concert on the day, priced at £10. They can be booked in person, by phone or online. (Day tickets are not available for Family/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 Booking Department directly on 0161 907 9010.

Groups of 10–29 save 10% Groups of 30–49 save 15% Groups of 50+ save 25%

DISABLED PATRONS Concessions are available to disabled patrons who are members of The Bridgewater Hall’s Access Scheme. See ‘The Bridgewater Hall’ section of this brochure for full details or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

You may only use one discount per ticket. All tickets and discounts are subject to availability.

Booking information • Box Office 0844 907 9000 • www.halle.co.uk

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WHEN TO BOOK Public booking opens on Monday 20 May 2013.

HOW TO BOOK Online at www.halle.co.uk

By telephone 0844 907 9000

In person at the Box Office, The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS.

By post Request a booking form from the Box Office or download from www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk and return via FREEPOST to: Box Office, The Bridgewater Hall, FREEPOST MR10191, Manchester M2 9DW.

Mastercard, Visa, Maestro and Delta are all welcome.

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 flexible subscription.

BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS (as at May 2013) Monday to Saturday 10am–6pm (8pm on concert nights) Sunday (concert nights only) 12pm–8pm. Closed on non-concert Sundays.

FLEXIBLE SUBSCRIPTIONSReceive discounts on the full ticket price when you book for five or more concerts from The Bridgewater Hall’s 2013–2014 classical seasons – all Hallé concerts are included except Family and Youth Ensemble performances.Choose 5 or more concerts and save 15%Choose 16 or more concerts and save 25%

TOO MUCH TO PAY IN ONE GO?You can pay for your tickets by direct debit in five monthly instalments from 1 September 2013 when you spend £200 or more. Completed Direct Debit mandates must be received by Friday 26 July 2013. (Please note the Box Office cannot accept direct debits on online bookings.)

CHOIR SEATSChoir seats are available for most concerts where the Choir is not performing. Contact the Box Office for full details. Please note that we do not recommend the Choir seats for concerts involving singers.

TICKET EXCHANGE If you are unable to attend a concert, we will credit your Box Office 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.

ACCESS AND DISABLED PARKING The Bridgewater Hall is fully accessible and welcomes disabled patrons. Information is available in large print.

Concessions are available to disabled patrons who are members of The Bridgewater Hall’s Access Scheme, which is free to join. By letting us know your access requirements we will, where possible, seat you appropriately.

To join the scheme, please request a form from the Box Office on 0844 907 9000 or print off a copy from www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk. Complete, sign and return the form to the Box Office address. You may make a provisional booking in the meantime, which will be confirmed on receipt of your form. To make a provisional booking and for full details about disabled parking and access information, please contact the Box Office on 0844 907 9000 or email box@bridgewater-hall.co.uk with your ticketing and access requirements. Please note provisional bookings cannot be made online.

Booking information • Box Office 0844 907 9000 • www.halle.co.uk

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The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

OPENING TIMES The Bridgewater Hall is open from 11am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday, from 5pm on concert nights, and from 12 noon for weekend matinee concerts. Closing times vary and depend on the duration of concerts.

GETTING TO THE BRIDGEWATER HALLMetrolink tram passengers should alight at St Peter’s Square or Manchester Central.

The nearest railway stations are Deansgate and Oxford Road.

The nearest bus stops for major routes into the city centre are St Peter’s Square/Portland Street or Deansgate.

Coaches can drop off and pick up outside the main entrance on Lower Mosley Street.

The nearest car parks are Park Avenue, NCP Manchester Central, NCP Great Northern, Q Park First Street and NCP Oxford Street.

TRAVEL DISCOUNTS Metrolink tickets can be purchased online or through the Box Office at the discounted rate of £4 for adults and £1.50 for children, valid for all day off peak travel across the network.

A limited number of guaranteed spaces are available to Bridgewater Hall concert patrons at Park Avenue car park (see map) for £6. Spaces must be booked with the Box Office or online at least a week before the concert and are valid from 5.30pm on the date indicated. 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.

For full details check www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk or contact the Box Office on 0844 907 9000.

NCP Manchester Central Car Park offers an evening rate for £5 (valid from 6pm to 11.59pm). Tickets do not need to be validated at The Bridgewater Hall for this offer. No further discounts apply.

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THE STALLS CAFÉ BAR AND THE CHARLES HALLÉ RESTAURANT The Stalls Café Bar is open Monday to Friday from 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.

The Charles Hallé Restaurant is open from 5.30pm on concert nights and tables must be reserved through the Box Office. Enjoy the best value for money, quality cuisine in Manchester, with a fixed-price menu du jour: two courses are £21.95 and three courses £27.50, inclusive of coffee and petits fours.

Reserve tables through the Box Office on 0844 907 9000 or online at www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk. Please note a £5 per person deposit is required; this is non-refundable in the event of cancellation with less than three days’ notice.

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.

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