Following the Ravel we hear Takemitsu?s Three Film Scores for String Orchestra which features his music from Jose Torres (1959), Black Rain (1989) and Face of Another (1966). The programme concludes with Poulenc?s rhythmic and satirical Sin...
Preceding this is Lili Boulanger?s ominous setting of Psalm 130, widely believed to be a reaction to the outbreak of World War One. Delyana Lazarova, winner of the inaugural Siemens Hall? International Conductor?s Competition, directs the m...
Experience the Academy Award® winning blockbuster on the big screen, with Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer's epic score performed live-to-picture by the Halle, conducted by Ben Palmer. After more than 30 years...
Preceding the symphony, Kahchun Wong will conduct Arnold?s Four Scottish Dances, evocative of traditional Scottish folk tunes. Colin Currie, ?at the summit of percussion performance today? (Gramophone), will join the platform to play in Jam...
A festive adventure for all the family! It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Gather the family, grab your jingle bells (a bunch of keys works too) and head on down to The Bridgewater Hall for a morning of festive fun with the Halle. Pr...
A special evening lies ahead when the internationally renowned composer, musician and producer, Nitin Sawhney CBE, makes his Hall? debut. Having previously worked with orchestras across the world including Metropole Orkest, Britten Sinfonia...
Join Stephen Bell and star vocalist Sumudu, along with the Hall? Ancoats Community Choir and the winners of the Hall? Corporate Choir Competition, for a festive celebration of all your favourite Christmas movies. From Frozen to The Nightmar...
Our traditional and much-loved Christmas celebration for orchestra, choirs and audience including the Hallelujah Chorus, O Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, music from Tchaikovsky?s The Nutcracker, Once in Royal David?s City and In Dulci ...
Conductor Eduardo Strausser and the Hall? are joined by enchanting soprano Alexandra Lowe for a whirl around the ballrooms of Vienna in this traditional New Year concert. Featuring the lively overture to Die Fledermaus, the playful rhythms ...
After Christopher Cerrone?s The Insects Became Magnetic ? a piece first prompted by the noise of computer speaker feedback and the idea that something beautiful could come from an otherwise uncomfortable sound ? Roderick Cox is joined by th...
Witness the return of awesome symphonic game music to The Bridgewater Hall. The epic universes of The Witcher 3, World of Warcraft, Ori, The Elder Scrolls, Assassin?s Creed, Guild Wars 2, BioShock and many others will unfold before your eye...
Ad?s? Inferno Suite, extracted from his celebrated score for The Dante Project, is a wrathful work, exploring Dante?s nine circles of Hell through eight incandescent sections. Contrastingly, Richard Strauss?s Death and Transfiguration is mo...
Beguiling melodies and evocative masterpieces are central to this concert, with works from musical giants. From Sibelius?s rousing, patriotic tone poem Finlandia to Alfv?n?s celebratory Swedish Rhapsody, there is much more in between. Exper...
Glass?s efforts paid off, and the work was an instant success. Chamber piece it may be, but it is no less rich and varied in its rhythms and textures, using members of all instrument families to create a shimmering, anthemic sound....
The LIFE Symphony was created by Frans Lanting in collaboration with Philip Glass to celebrate the splendour of life on Earth through music and images. With Lanting?s stunning photography projected on?the big screen and Glass?s hallmark evo...
He will be joined by Roberto Ruisi, Leader of the Hall? and sought-after soloist in his own right, for The Lark Ascending. The piece was considered revolutionary in the years following its composition thanks to its rhythmic flow and musical...
Rich, dramatic and emotionally intense, Rachmaninov?s Third Symphony is considered one of his finest creations. A roller-coaster of passion, with moments of darkness and introspection particularly in the brooding first movement and the haun...
Following Ifukube?s Japanese Suite for Orchestra, an imaginative arrangement of the composer?s earliest work, Piano Suite, we welcome Mariam Batsashvili. Mariam first gained international recognition at the 2014 Franz Liszt Piano Competitio...
Artist-in-Residence Thomas Ad?s ?most recent major chamber work Alchymia is the centrepiece of a concert for clarinet and string quartet, featuring Sergio Castell? L?pez and Roberto Ruisi. Written in 2021 and ?woven from threads leading out...
Beethoven?s thundering Fifth Symphony closes the programme. Also known as ?The Fate Symphony ? ?that instantly-recognisable opening motif was characterised by the composer himself as fate literally knocking at the door ? it is one of the mo...
The ?New World ?Symphony was one of the triumphs of Dvor?k?s musical career, and has been adored by audiences ever since. Aptly it accompanied Neil Armstrong on his first trip to the moon, and in a rather more down-to-earth context, the sym...
She now brings her forward-thinking blends of style and genre to this unique performance with the full forces of the Hall?. Anticipate a night of thrilling House, anthemic celebration and unapologetic joy....
Hear the Halle Choir and a huge chorus of singers for this very special performance of Mozart's Requiem. Following a full day of rehearsals with the Halle's exceptional Choral Director, Matthew Hamilton, the massed singers, alongside the Ha...
Experience the thrill of singing alongside one of the world's most renowned choirs and orchestras in a full day of inspiring choral music. Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is required! You will have the joy of singing one o...