The Bridgewater Hall What's On Guide - Winter 22-23

The Bridgewater Hall WINTER

The Bridgewater Hall WINTER 22|23

Welcome

We are delighted to bring you our Winter What’s On guide as we enter our busiest, most exciting period. Within this guide, we have a wide selection of fantastic events sure to entertain you as the winter nights draw in.

Where to start with such an extensive and eclectic programme? Let’s begin with an interview from West End leading lady Kerry Ellis, who stars in our annual Christmas showstopper Christmas Spectacular. Offering her insights on performing at the Hall and all things Christmas.

Outside of Christmas, there’s still plenty to offer. With our International Concert Series well underway, why not sample performances from Belgian National Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov or The Sixteen?

Our Winter season wouldn’t be complete without a fantastic selection of Christmas shows and this year is no exception. Taking you through December and beyond, experience everything from children’s shows, Christmas carol singalongs, to festive films accompanied by a live orchestra – there’s something for everyone.

We are also happy to announce our New Year's Eve gala Back To The 70’s. Join The Bridgewater Hall ‘Love Unlimited Orchestra’ and featured artists, as we take you back to the decade of disco. With dining options now on sale, don’t miss this magical night of nostalgia.

We look forward to welcoming you this winter season and look forward to showing you what The Bridgewater Hall has in store for 2023.

Andrew Bolt

Chief Executive Officer

The Bridgewater Hall

Box Office: 0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

Festive

Food & Drink

Enjoy our delicious seasonal food and drink throughout the festive period, including of course mince pies and mulled wine.

Make your Christmas night out extra special with pre-concert dining in the Charles Hallé Restaurant – book online along with your tickets, or via the Box Office on 0161 907 9000.

Booking Fees

Please note all prices featured in this brochure include a booking fee of either £2.50 or £3.50.

Cover Artists

From the top: Emma Bunton, The Muppet Christmas Carol Live In Concert and Love Actually – In Concert.

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Elphaba in Wicked, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Grizabella in Cats – multi awardwinning actor, singer and leading lady of West End musicals, Kerry Ellis has played them all. Hers is a voice that has thrilled audiences across the world, and on successive dates at The Bridgewater Hall. Now, as part of our Winter programme, Ellis is appearing in the ultimate festive party: the annual Christmas Spectacular Glittering, atmospheric and irrepressibly fun, the evening is a true feast of music, song and dance in the countdown to Christmas.

In preparation, we spoke to Ellis about her upcoming performance: here, she gives us a sneak peak behind the scenes, shares what it’s like to record a Christmas song with Brian May and tells us what she really thinks of Brussels sprouts… Read on to find out more.

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What is it that makes Christmas concerts so special?

I love Christmas. A big part of it is the music: these concerts are just so magical, they get you in the mood with all your favourite Christmas hits, songs that you love to hear and I love to sing.

You’ve performed at The Bridgewater Hall many times over the years. Do you have any favourite memories of appearing here?

I love The Bridgewater Hall. I always know it’s Christmas when we kick off our concert here. The audiences are so wonderful and it’s just such an elegant way to start the festive season, singing these beautiful songs in the beautiful Bridgewater Hall auditorium.

Can you describe what it’s like to look out at a full auditorium from the Hall’s stage?

It’s always incredible to look out at a full auditorium and The Bridgewater Hall does not disappoint, but more importantly it’s all about seeing smiley faces, knowing that it’s Christmas and that we are sharing an evening of live music together. It’s very special.

Is there a song that you’re most looking forward to performing at the Christmas Spectacular? If so, why?

Each year we try to shake up the programme so there’s something new, but I do really enjoy singing ‘Oh Holy Night’. You can hear a pin drop and the reaction is just wonderful.

What’s the atmosphere like behind scenes at the Hall before a performance?

The atmosphere is always wonderful because we’re all coming together and it’s usually our last performance before we all go home to our families for Christmas. It’s a very special time and I really look forward to it every year.

We’d love to know your warm-up ritual – and if there’s anything you do differently before a festive show?

It’s quite a big programme at Christmas and we sing a lot of material. We usually have to run most of it in the soundcheck with the orchestra, so warm-up is usually the soundcheck itself. There’s always such a good atmosphere and a good mood amongst everybody – we do have a giggle.

And how do you celebrate afterwards?

After the show, I’m rather boring really and tend to go back to the hotel room or home, depending on what venue is next. It's that journey towards Christmas Day, and making sure we can get to all the shows across the UK.

The concert takes place on 19 December, the Monday before Christmas. What would your perfect Christmas Day be like?

Well this year is very exciting because my family and I are flying to the Maldives on Christmas Day. It’s a holiday that’s been put off for nearly three years now, so we are so excited. I like to change it up and spend Christmas a little differently each year.

What was recording One Beautiful Christmas Day with Brian May like?

I am so proud of this song! Having collaborated with several new writers from Manchester, we took the song to Brian May to see if he would feature on it. He loved it so much that he got involved and we developed it together. It’s lovely to have your own Christmas song out there and I hope people play it, sing along and enjoy it again this year.

Finally – do you like Brussels sprouts? We can keep a secret, promise…

I love Brussels sprouts! I’m a veggie anyway and sprouts roasted with nuts and garlic are just the best thing ever. Why do we only eat them at Christmas?

Edited by Polly Checkland Harding Christmas Spectacular

With Kerry Ellis

Monday 19 December 7.30pm

Tickets from £25, see page 15 for more information.

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November

Jonathan Scott organ Organ Masterpieces

Tuesday 1 November 1.10pm

Walton Crown Imperial –A Coronation March Handel Allegro from ‘The Cuckoo & the Nightingale’ HWV 295 Bach Toccata & Fugue in D Minor BWV 565

Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre Op.40

Albinoni Adagio in G Minor Boëllmann Suite Gothique

Hear The Bridgewater Hall’s Marcussen Concert Organ in all its glory, as Jonathan Scott performs a programme of masterpieces, including Albinoni’s famous Adagio and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Tickets £12.50

Concession £11 | Student £8.50

The Hallé

Scheherazade

Kerem Hasan conductor Amy Yule flute

Wednesday 2 November 2.15pm

Thursday 3 November 7.30pm

Sunday 6 November 4.00pm

Holmès Andromède, Symphonic Poem

Mozart Flute Concerto No.1 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

British conductor Kerem Hasan will make his first appearance with the Hallé. And the Hallé’s Amy Yule makes her concerto debut playing Mozart’s elegant First Flute Concerto, charting a dramatic symphonic poem, Andromède, by FrenchIrish composer Augusta Holmès. Described by Rimsky-Korsakov as a ‘narrative of fairy-tale wonders’, Scheherazade conjures the spirit of the Arabian 1,001 Nights, couched in iridescent instrumental colours, with a solo violin representing the heroine herself.

The Vera Clegg Memorial Concert (3 November)

Tickets £15.50 to £46

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society RNCM Opera Gala

Thursday 3 November 1.10pm

Showcasing four exceptional postgraduate students from the Royal Northern College of Music, this programme comprises arias and ensemble pieces from the operatic repertoire. The Royal Northern College of Music is recognised as one of the world’s most forwardthinking conservatoires and the inspirational training provided by the School of Vocal Studies and Opera is world-renowned. Noted for its vocal talent and outstanding opera productions, the College expects a professional level of stage presence, communication and repertoire and we can keenly anticipate a fun, varied concert full of operatic favourites.

Sponsored by The Orchard Trust

Tickets £12.50

Concession £11 | Student £7.50

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Anastacia - Sold Out I’m Outta Lockdown Tour

Friday 4 November Doors 7.00pm

The voice behind iconic hits including multi-platinum I’m Outta Love and Left Outside Alone, Anastacia is one of the most recognisable voices of our time. The tour is Anastacia’s first since 2018, in support of her seventh studio album Evolution, which became her sixth album to reach the UK Top 10. In October 2021, Anastacia took part in and won The Masked Singer Australia. To date, Anastacia has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Catch her at The Bridgewater Hall this November!

Tickets £33.50 to £63.50

Please contact the Box Office to be added to the waiting list – email supervisors@bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call on 0161 907 9000

International Concert Series

Belgian National Orchestra

Roberto González-Monjas conductor

Paul Lewis piano

Monday 7 November 7.30pm

Respighi Preludio, corale e fuga

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 (‘Organ’)

Paul Lewis and the BNO tackle a legendary piano concerto, before a titanic symphony showcases The Bridgewater Hall’s amazing acoustics. Searingly romantic and fiendishly difficult, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is among the best-loved works in the canon. Consummate pianist Paul Lewis sets off the fireworks, joined by Roberto González-Monjas and the BNO. From Otto Respighi’s noble Preludio, corale e fuga, we move onto Belle Époque Paris for Saint-Saëns’ irresistible Organ Symphony.

Tickets £25 to £44 Student tickets £5.50, subject to availability Concessions – Senior citizens, students, under 26s and claimants – 10% discount on full ticket prices (For bookings made more than one month before the date of the concert)

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An Evening with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein In Conversation

Tuesday 8 November 8.00pm Reschedule from 25 February 2022

In the mid-70s, Blondie emerged onto the New York music scene, instantly becoming an era defining and internationally iconic band. Now, frontwoman Debbie Harry and the band’s co-founder, guitarist and songwriter Chris Stein, will be in conversation with multidisciplinary artist and director (and long-time Blondie collaborator) Rob Roth, discussing five decades of Blondie, their lives as artists and creative partners. Exploring Chris and Debbie’s critically acclaimed books, every night is unique as the conversation covers their career and groundbreaking music, adventures in 1970s New York, work and play with artists from The Ramones to H.R. Giger and David Cronenberg, plus touring, acting, photography and beyond.

Tickets £28.50 to £58.50

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Raymond Gubbay presents The Music of Lord of the Rings and Beyond

Toby Purser conductor Manchester Concert Orchestra

Coro Spezzato choir

Friday 11 November 7.30pm

Experience epic and inspirational music from Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Game of Thrones and beyond, as the worlds of TV, film and fantasy collide. Brought to life by a full symphony orchestra and stunning choir, this unmissable concert features the greatest movie music of all time. Featuring music from Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Witcher, Game of Thrones, Dragonheart, The Chronicles of Narnia, How to Train Your Dragon, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars and Avatar

Tickets £28.50 to £48.50

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BBC Philharmonic

Elena Schwarz conductor

Anastasia Kobekina cello

Daniel Pioro violin

Saturday 12 November 7.30pm

Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements

Brahms Double Concerto

Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’

We are delighted to welcome two vibrant young artists, violinist Daniel Pioro and cellist Anastasia Kobekina, as soloists in Brahms’ tender Double Concerto. Conductor

Elena Schwarz ends the evening with Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, an evocative portrait of the countryside around Vienna.

Tickets £12.50 to £26.50

Disabled patrons – 50% discount

Seniors & Claimants – 20% discount

Under 26s & Students – Stalls seats £5.50

An Evening with Wayne Rooney

Sunday 13 November 7.30pm

The all-time record goal scorer for Manchester and England will take to the stage and talk extensively about his football career and life in the spotlight. Expect a wealth of amusing anecdotes and insights into playing under Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes and others. Never shy on giving us his opinion, he will share his thoughts on the current Manchester United and England teams, and the forthcoming World Cup in Qatar.

Tickets £53 to £153.50 | VIP £403.50

Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society

Scott Brothers Duo

Tuesday 15 November 1.10pm

Ippolitov-Ivanov Procession of the Sardar

Debussy Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)

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Yon Finale from Concerto Gregoriano

Tom Scott Unknown Destination

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Jonathan & Tom Scott perform an unmissable set of duos for piano and organ. Their programme includes original works for piano and organ, as well as the duos own virtuosic arrangements of well-loved classical works.

Tickets £12.50

Concession £11 | Student £7.50

International Concert

Sixteen

Choral Pilgrimage 2022: An Old Belief

Harry Christophers conductor

Tuesday 15 November 7.30pm

Parry Songs of Farewell medieval carols Deo gracias, Anglia; Saint Thomas honour we; O blessed Lord; Benedicite Deo Cecilia McDowall An Unexpected Shore Campion Never, weather-beaten sail; Author of light; Tune thy music to thy heart Howells Take him, earth, for cherishing

The Sixteen, Bridgewater Hall Associate Artists, return to Manchester with the latest installment of their inspirational Choral Pilgrimage. Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell are some of the finest choral works ever written – reflections on peace and unity written during the First World War. Conductor Harry Christophers pairs them with music from far and wide, from ancient patriotic carols and 17th-century songs, to Howells’ gorgeous motet honouring John F Kennedy and a new work by Cecilia McDowall, inspired by the Pilgrim Fathers.

Tickets £19 to £39 Student tickets £5.50, subject to availability Concessions – Senior citizens, students, under 26s and claimants – 10% discount on full ticket prices (For bookings made more than one month before the date of the concert)

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Woman to Woman

Featuring Beverley Craven, Judie Tzuke, Rumer & Julia Fordham

Thursday 17 November 7.45pm

Following the success of their previous tour, Beverley Craven, Judie Tzuke and Julia Fordham reunite, and invite Rumer to join them. Woman to Woman sees a unique collaboration between four of the UK’s most celebrated female singer-songwriters, performing their classic hit singles alongside their sensational band. This unforgettable experience will be a chance to hear beloved songs including: Promise Me, Happy Ever After, Welcome To The Cruise, Slow, Holding On, (Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways, Aretha and the haunting Stay With Me Till Dawn, alongside many other favourites.

£Tickets £30.00 to £48.50

VIP £128.50

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Sixties Gold

Wednesday 16 November 7.30pm

Head back to the 'Swinging Sixties' with the one and only Sixties Gold. Join all your favourite sixties artists including: The Tremoloes featuring Chesney Hawkes, Herman’s Hermits, Marmalade, Spencer James of The Searchers, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap One Gerry’s Pacemakers, as they make a welcome return to The Bridgewater Hall. Join us this November for a celebration of the decade that shook the world!

Tickets £38.50 to £43

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Raymond Gubbay presents Disco Classical

Support from De-Tronic

Friday 18 November 7.00pm

Disco lovers are in for a magical experience, with hit after hit from the greatest era in music history! Disco Classical brings you the ultimate collection of definitive disco anthems, including sensational hits from: Chic, Sister Sledge, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, Sylvester, Prince, Candi Staton, Gloria Gaynor, Cheryl Lyn, Luther Vandross and many more. This exceptional evening is brought to life by a full orchestra, live band, sensational singers, leading DJ’s and choreographed dancers. If you are looking to relive this sensational era or experience it live for the first time, this show is simply unmissable.

Tickets £25.50 to £45.50

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The Hallé – Winter Classics

Stephen Bell conductor

Saturday 19 November 7.30pm

Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé: Troika; Winter Bonfire

Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela

Delius Sleigh Ride

Offenbach Battle of the Snowflakes ballet

Korngold Der Schneeman Serenade

Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture

Anne Dudley Northern Lights

Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter

Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus: Melankolia

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

Crisp winters and snowy landscapes have inspired some of the best-loved music in the world. Tonight we offer sleigh bells and snowflakes alongside The Nutcracker and Vivaldi’s Winter from The Four Seasons

Pre-concert performance at 6.30pm

Concert sponsored by Circular 1 Health

Tickets £17.50 to £46.50

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

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Woman to Woman

The Hallé Death and Transfiguration

Clemens Schuldt conductor

Mariam Batsashvili piano

Thursday 24 November 7.30pm

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality R. Strauss Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)

German conductor Clemens Schuldt makes his Bridgewater Hall debut. Also making her debut at the Hall, Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili will perform Mozart’s melodious Piano Concerto No.20, absent from Hallé concerts for over two decades. Next on the programme, is the music of Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, which has won plaudits for its individuality. ‘Nature provides me with my greatest inspiration,’ she explains, as heard in Aeriality where she imagines ‘the state of gliding through the air with nothing or little to hold on to.’ Bookending the performance will be youthful masterpieces by Benjamin Britten and Richard Strauss, arising from the end of life’s journey and the mystery of what lies beyond.

Thursday Series sponsor: Siemens

Tickets £15.50 to £46

Discounts — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only) Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

The Rat Pack at Christmas

Stephen Triffitt Frank Sinatra

Mark Adams Dean Martin George Daniel Long Sammy Davis Jr

The Golddiggers

The Manhattan Swing Orchestra

Saturday 26 November 7.30pm

Back by popular demand and following sell-out performances across the globe, The Definitive Rat Pack brings you an evening of festive classics, including White Christmas, Baby It’s Cold Outside, The Christmas Song and Let It Snow, plus all-time favourites including Mack the Knife, That’s Amore, Mr Bojangles and New York, New York. What better way to get into the festive spirit!

Tickets £33 to £36

Raymond Gubbay presents Classical Spectacular

Anthony Inglis conductor

Viv McLean piano

Jung Soo Yun tenor

James Cleverton baritone

Manchester Concert Orchestra

Sunday 27 November 3.00pm

The UK’s most popular classical show returns to The Bridgewater Hall! A show unlike any other, see the best in classical music, accompanied by a magnificent display of lights and lasers.

Featuring Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King, Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria

Rusticana, Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No.3 ‘Organ’ (final movement), Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Holst’s Jupiter, Bizet’s Duet from the Pearl Fishers and Nessun Dorma and Land Of Hope & Glory, this is a dazzling spectacle not to be missed!

Maxim Vengerov

Bellowhead - Sold Out

Support Sam Sweeney

Monday 28 November Doors 7.00pm

During lockdown, Bellowhead reconnected to remotely record New York Girls – At Home. This led to a one-off performance streamed to mark the anniversary of Hedonism. Thousands of fans watched the concert, reconfirming Bellowhead’s longevity as one of the biggest and most popular UK folk acts.

Tickets £28.50 to £43

International Concert Series

Maxim Vengerov in concert with Romanian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Sergey Smbatyan conductor

Tuesday 29 November 7.30pm

Sibelius Karelia Suite

Alexey Shor Symphonic Prelude & Seascapes for Violin and Orchestra

Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 in D major Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite

Commencing the evening with the sweeping grandeur of the Karelia Suite by Sibelius, internationally renowned violinist Maxim Vengerov then joins celebrated Armenian conductor Sergey Symbatyan and the RNPO to perform two great concertos. First of all, Alexey Shor’s beautifully evocative Symphonic Prelude and Seascapes for Violin and Orchestra, followed by Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto – radiant one minute, savage the next this work captures the urgency of the times of the First World War. This glorious programme finishes with Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Swan Lake Suite. A concert not to be missed!

Tickets £25 to £44

Student tickets £5.50, subject to availability Concessions – Senior citizens, students, under 26s and claimants – 10% discount on full ticket prices (For bookings made more than one month before the date of the concert)

The Hallé

The Sleeping Beauty

Sir Mark Elder conductor

Wednesday 30 November 2.15pm

Thursday 1 December 7.30pm

Sunday 4 December 4.00pm

Wagner Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Barber Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: extracts

Theatricality is at the heart of this concert, beginning with the Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde. This performance highlights one of Sir Mark’s many legacies as the Hallé’s Music Director: his acclaimed performances and recordings of Wagner’s operas. Next is Barber’s ballet Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, composed as a showcase for American modern dancer Martha Graham. Sir Mark will conduct this arresting score with the orchestra for the first time. Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty closes the concert on a high and for this performance, Sir Mark has made a personal selection including the iconic Act 1 Waltz and Rose Adagio.

Thursday Series sponsor: Siemens

Tickets £15.50 to £46

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student

Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only) Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society

Victoria String Quartet

Thursday 1 December 1.10pm

Britten Three Divertimenti for String Quartet

Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115

The Victoria String Quartet bring a wealth of chamber music experience, they are a quartet of friends and long-standing colleagues, who share a passion for chamber music-making and communicating this to audiences. The Quartet are joined by clarinettist James Gilbert for this performance of the Brahms' Clarinet Quintet.

The Paul Berry Concert

Tickets £12.50

Concession £11 | Student £7.50

Alijaz & Janette A Christmas to Remember

Friday 2 December 7.30pm

Shake your tinsel & polish your baubles, this is the Christmas show that everyone has been wanting. Two of our favourite Strictly stars with dancers, singers, lavish costumes and sets with all our favourite Christmas hits. It’s the ultimate yuletide jukebox and a show full of family-filled merrymaking. See our fabulous cast create tidings and joy performing festive feasts from the Golden Age of Hollywood to Disney Christmas crackers. Celebrate with songs from Phil Spector, Mariah Carey, Michael Bublé, and a whole assortment of pop festive classics, carols and crooners. There really is something for everyone.

Tickets £28.50 to £58.50

Christmas with Il Divo

Sold out

Saturday 3 December Doors

7.00pm

The most successful classical crossover group in international music history, Il Divo return to the UK in December 2022. Having first formed in 2003, Il Divo have enjoyed great success: with over 30 million albums sold and 160 gold and platinum albums sold in 33 countries. Following the tragic passing of Il Divo’s Carlos Marin, the remaining members of the multinational group – America’s David Miller, France’s Sebastien Izambard and Switzerland’s Urs Buhler –will proceed with their tour in tribute to Marin.

Tickets £38.50 to £138.50

Il Divo Christmas Magic VIP Guest Package £238.50

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The Hallé Family Christmas Concert

My Christmas Orchestral AdventureTM –

Calling Santa’s Little Helpers!

Tim Redmond conductor

Tom Redmond presenter

Stuart Overington Hallé Training Youth Choir director

Sunday 4 December 11.00am

A Royal Albert Hall Production

Oh no, Father Christmas has lost his map on a practice run of his delivery route! Luckily the Hallé has found it, but they need your help returning it to him! We’ll be singing, dancing and best of all, a full symphony orchestra will bring this adventure to life. Will you help save Christmas?

Concert sponsored by The Edwardian Manchester Hallé Youth Training Choir supported by: PZ Cussons

Tickets Adults £27.50 | Children (16 and under) £17.50 | Family £69.50

Manchester & Districts Hospital's Choir Christmas Carol Concert

Monday 5 December 7.30pm

Tuesday 6 December 7.30pm

Join us as choirs from around Manchester, comprising medical and nursing staff, come together to sing in this special carol concert. There will be ample opportunity for audience participation, to help herald the arrival of Christmas. Under the direction of Clark Rundell and accompanied on the organ by Jonathan Scott and the Greater Manchester Police Band Fanfare Team, the choirs will be joined by Springfield School, Sale and Aspull School, Wigan (on Monday) and St Thomas RC School, Bolton and Arlies School, Stalybride (on Tuesday). As well as providing an evening of entertainment, this concert aims to raise money for CLIC Sargent Young Lives vs Cancer and we hope for your support.

Tickets £17.50 to £22.50

Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society

Manchester Chamber Choir

Christmas Concert

Tuesday 6 December 1.10pm

Having formed in 2002, Manchester Chamber Choir has become one of the UK’s most versatile and accomplished vocal ensembles. The choir has sung on BBC Radio 4’s Daily Service and Sunday Worship, and regularly works with BBC Philharmonic. It premiered James MacMillan’s Credo with the orchestra at the BBC Proms, and has broadcast live performances of Bach’s Cantatas with Nicholas Kraemer and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Juanjo Mena. This festive Christmas Concert will feature a lively programme including The Twelve Days of Christmas

Sponsored by Brown Shipley

Tickets £12.50

Concession £11 | Student £7.50

BBC Philharmonic

Leslie Suganandarajah conductor

Christa Mayer mezzo soprano

Wednesday 7 December 7.30pm

Mayer Faust Overture

Mahler

Kindertotenlieder

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’

Leslie Suganandarajah steers us through our final concert of the year in a programme that explores desire, grief and hope. We witness a pact with the Devil in Emilie Mayer’s Faust Overture before mezzo-soprano Christa Mayer joins the orchestra for a performance of Gustav Mahler’s grief-stricken Kindertotenlieder. Rife with passionate impulses and exhilaratingly dramatic twists, we end the programme with Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony – the fullest expression of a profoundly emotional man’s feelings are shared with us through his music.

Tickets £12.50 to £26.50

Disabled patrons – 50% discount

Seniors & Claimants – 20% discount

Under 26s & Students – Stalls seats £5.50

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The Hallé Isserlis plays Elgar

Daniele Rustioni conductor Steven Isserlis cello

Thursday 8 December 7.30pm

Coleridge-Taylor Solemn Prelude (Manchester premiere) Elgar Cello Concerto Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite

The pandemic prevented Daniele Rustioni’s re-engagement after his impressive first visit to the Hallé. He’s joined for this performance by the doyen of cellists, Steven Isserlis, playing Elgar’s great concerto. Autumnal in mood, it’s his threnody for a world destroyed by the Great War. Elgar engineered the commissioning of Coleridge-Taylor’s Solemn Prelude. Thought lost, the score was discovered in the British Library in 2020 which led to its revival, again in Worcester, 122 years later. The concert concludes with Sibelius’s Lemminkäinen Suite, his four ‘Legends’ evoking the adventures of a hero warrior of Finland’s national epic, the Kalevala, including his encounter with The Swan of Tuonela and dalliances with The Maidens of Saari.

Pre-concert event at 6.30pm

Thursday Series sponsor: Siemens

Tickets £15.50 to £46 Discounts — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups, student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only) Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

Collabro The Farewell Tour

Friday 9 December 7.30pm

Following eight triumphant years, Collabro, the world’s most popular musical theatre vocal group, have announced their farewell tour. Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matthew Pagan and Thomas J. Redgrave invite their fans across the country to come along and celebrate with them this winter. Collabro – The Farewell Tour will be the ultimate night for all Collabro fans, and the ideal way to say 'goodbye' to one of the world’s most beloved musical theatre vocal groups, a final celebration not to be missed.

Tickets £28.50 to £103.50

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The Hallé – Messiah

Matthew Hamilton conductor & choral director

Rowan Pierce soprano

Katie Bray mezzo-soprano

Ben Johnson tenor

Michael Mofidian bassbaritone

Hallé Choir

Saturday 10 December 6.00pm

Handel The Messiah

First performed in Dublin in 1742, Handel’s Messiah was received with unadulterated enthusiasm, yet its English premiere flopped.

Ever the astute entrepreneur and wholly confident he’d composed a masterpiece, Handel mothballed the oratorio for several years. Thereafter it flourished, becoming a cornerstone of the choral repertoire. An essential part of every Hallé Christmas, Messiah is conducted at The Bridgewater Hall by Choral Director Matthew Hamilton. Having built a national reputation, this marks Hamilton’s first Messiah debut with a choir he’s trained for seven years. Joining him on-stage is a starry line-up of up-and-coming British soloists including Rowan Pierce, who sings the vocal parts of the character Sienna Rosso in Bridgerton and Ben Johnson, the former Kathleen Ferrier Award winner.

Tickets £15.50 to £46

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

Raymond Gubbay presents A Dickensian

Christmas

Mark Edwards conductor Canzonetta choir

London Concert Brass

Sunday 11 December 3.00pm

Cullen Joy to the World Willcocks Sussex Carol Willcocks I Saw Three Ships Wood Ding Dong Merrily on High Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Gruber Silent Night

Toast the Christmas spirit with Charles Dickens and celebrate the very best of Victorian carols, classics and a selection of readings from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Plus carols for all including: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, O come, O come Emmanuel and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing This is sure to get you in the Christmas spirit!

Tickets £25 to £45

Emma Bunton & Friends

Monday 12 December

Doors 7.00pm

Emma Bunton’s Christmas Party will see her performing songs from her own back catalogue as well as some classic Spice Girls tracks and all your favourite festive hits. Emma will also be bringing along some very special guests, soon to be announced. Christmas is Emma’s favourite time of year, so what better way to celebrate?

Tickets £38.50 to £48.50

VIP £102.50

The Bootleg Beatles

Tuesday 13 December 7.30pm

From Love Me Do to Let It Be, from the Cavern to the Apple rooftop, from black and white to psychedelic technicolour, the world’s premier Beatle band returns. Make sure not to miss this whistle-stop journey through the most vibrant, revolutionary and divisive decade of all – the Swinging Sixties. With a little help from their orchestral ensemble and featuring a special set to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Please Please Me, this multi-media show is an absolute must-see for Beatle fans of all ages. It’s not the Beatles, but you simply won’t believe it.

Tickets £33 to £42

Love Actually Film with Live Orchestra

Wednesday 14 December 7.30pm

Love Actually, the star-studded rom-com and Christmas classic, returns with a full orchestra performing its soundtrack live. Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in 2003, Love Actually tells ten separate, interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson, Martin Freeman and more. A full orchestra will perform Craig Armstrong’s evocative score, with the film being projected onto a huge screen. Make the Hall’s screening of Love Actually part of your annual festive tradition!

Tickets £43 to £68.50

Raymond Gubbay presents Christmas at the Movies

Toby Purser conductor

Laura Tebbutt guest singer

Patrick Smyth guest singer

Canzonetta choir

Manchester Concert Orchestra

Thursday 15 December 7.30pm

Don’t stay Home Alone this Christmas. Join the Manchester Concert Orchestra for a magical evening of Christmas treats at this concert of timeless classics, stuffed full of great music from your favourite festive films including: The Polar Express, Elf, E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial, Home Alone, White Christmas, Love Actually, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, Gremlins, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Snowman.

Tickets £25 to £45

Swinging Christmas with the Hallé

Stephen Bell conductor | Clare Teal vocalist

Winners of the Hallé Workplace Choir

Competition

Friday 16 December 7.30pm

The Hallé welcomes back jazz legend Clare Teal for a swinging celebration full of Christmas classics including: Jingle Bells, It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Winter Wonderland, Let It Snow, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, All I Want for Christmas Is You, What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?, Everybody’s Waiting For The Man, White Christmas, Cool Yule, Santa Baby and Merry Christmas Baby.

Concert sponsored by: Brother

Tickets £17.50 to £46.50

Discounts — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups, student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only) Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

Hallé Carol Concerts

Stephen Bell conductor

Matthew Hamilton Hallé Choir director

Stuart Overington Hallé Youth Choir director

Shirley Court Hallé Children’s Choir director

Saturday 17 December 3.00pm Sunday 18 December 3.00pm & 7.30pm

Stephen Bell conducts the Hallé’s annual celebration of Christmas – a treat for all ages. There will be traditional carols for choir and audience including: Once in Royal David’s City ; Silent Night ; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Holy Night ; The Holly and the Ivy ; I Saw Three Ships; Joy to the World; Carol of the Bells; Fairytale Sleighride and O Come, All Ye Faithful. The Hallé Children’s Choir also joins the celebration, singing There Is a Santa Claus from Elf

Hallé Youth Ensembles sponsored by: PZ Cussons

Sunday concerts sponsored by: Siemens and CMS

Tickets £17.50 to £46.50

Discounts — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups, student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

Hallé Youth Orchestra

Delyana Lazarova conductor

Saturday 17 December 7.30pm

Programme includes: Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Weber Clarinet Concerto No.2

In the 20 years since its creation, the Youth Orchestra has gone from strength to strength, participating in many inspirational projects, residential courses and tours (performing familiar works as well as more challenging repertoire). Its current Music Director, Delyana Lazarova, takes to the podium for this concert which includes Tchaikovsky’s fateful Fourth Symphony.

Hallé Youth Orchestra supported by: Siemens-Hallé International Conductors Competition 2023 PZ Cussons

New Commission Sponsor: CMS

Tickets £12.50

Concessions available

Raymond Gubbay presents Christmas Spectacular John Rigby conductor Kerry Ellis guest singer Ricardo Afonso guest singer

Canzonetta choir Manchester Concert Orchestra

Monday 19 December 7.30pm

Join special guest singers Kerry Ellis and Ricardo Afonso, as well as the all-star Jingle Bell dancers, celebrating all things Christmassy. Including performances of It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Step into Christmas, Santa Tell Me, Winter Wonderland, One More Sleep, The 12 Days of Christmas, Fairytale of New York, Baby it’s Cold Outside, Merry Christmas Everyone and Let it Snow, this is the ultimate Christmas party!

Tickets £25 to £48

Raymond Gubbay presents Horrible Histories –Horrible Christmas

Tuesday 20 December 11.30am & 2.30pm

Horrible Histories proudly presents the terrific tale of Christmas! When Christmas comes under threat from a jolly man dressed in red, it’s up to one young boy to save the day – but can he save Christmas? From Victorian villains to Medieval monks, Puritan parties to Tudor treats, join us on a hair-raising adventure through the history of Christmas, in the company of Charles Dickens, Oliver Cromwell, King Henry VIII and St Nicholas, as they all join forces to save the festive season! It’s a celebration of Christmas in the most wonderful, funny and moving way you’ll ever see!

Tickets £20 to £33.50

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Live In Concert

Wednesday 21 December 3.00pm & 7.00pm

Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol will be presented live in concert this winter at The Bridgewater Hall, featuring its musical score performed live alongside the film. The Muppet Christmas Carol sees The Muppets perform the classic Charles Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Gonzo, as Dickens, narrates the story with the help of Rizzo the Rat. The film also features Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit, Gonzo as the narrator Charles Dickens, Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig and Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim. Discover the joy of this classic Christmas tale accompanied by a beautiful musical score!

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The Hallé The Snowman

With Dinosaurumpus and Mr Bear’s Christmas Delyana Lazarova conductor Tom Redmond presenter Thursday 22 December 4.00pm Friday 23 December 11.00am & 1.30pm

Bring the whole family to the Hallé’s screening of Raymond Briggs’s classic animated film, The Snowman – a quintessential part of Christmas. The film is accompanied by the Hallé, bringing Howard Blake’s magical score to life. In the first half of the concert, ‘Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!’ with Tom Redmond and the Hallé in Dinosaurumpus – an animated, interactive orchestral adventure and enjoy Lorna Gibson’s heart-warming Mr Bear’s Christmas

Concerts sponsored by: PZ Cussons

Tickets Adults £27.50

Children

Family

£17.50

Raymond Gubbay presents Christmas Carol Singalong

Jonathan Cohen conductor Louise Dearman guest singer Manchester Chorale choir Manchester Concert Orchestra

Saturday 24 December 3.00pm

Sing your way into Christmas as Jonathan Cohen leads you through the very best Christmas songs and seasonal classics in one irresistibly family- friendly extravaganza. Including iconic Christmas hits such as: Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, Merry Christmas Everyone, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, plus carols for all including: Away in a Manger, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Once In Royal David’s City and The Twelve Days of Christmas, this Christmas extravaganza promises to get you in the festive spirit.

Tickets £25 to £45

Raymond Gubbay presents Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Hilary Davan Wetton conductor

Manchester Concert Orchestra

Monday 26 December 3.00pm

Celebrate Boxing Day in style! Come and experience a stellar selection of classics including: Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Rossini’s Galop from William Tell Overture, Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz, Bizet’s The Pearl Fisher’s Duet, Ravel’s Bolero, Rossini’s Largo Al Factotum, Bizet’s Danse Boheme, Elgar’s Nimrod, Goodwin’s Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Puccini’s Nessun Dorma and Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance No.1.

Tickets £25 to £45

Raymond Gubbay presents The Music of Zimmer Vs Williams

Lee Reynolds conductor

Manchester Concert Orchestra

Tuesday 27 December 7.30pm

Don’t miss The Music of Zimmer Vs Williams - an epic concert celebrating the best epic scores from two of the greatest film composers of all time. The show will include music from: Gladiator, Superman, Man of Steel, Harry Potter, Inception, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight Rises, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hook, Jaws, E.T., The Terminal, The Witches of Eastwick and many more…

Tickets £28.50 to £48.50

Raymond Gubbay presents Glenn Miller Orchestra

Wednesday 28 December 3.00pm

The UK’s most renowned big band is excited to returns. Swinging you back in time, with Glenn Miller’s personal arrangements of wartime chart toppers! Directed by legendary band leader Ray McVay, don’t miss hit songs including: In the Mood, Little Brown Jug, Moonlight Serenade, American Patrol and The Dam Busters March Plus, a tribute to The Rat Pack including all the favourites. Special guests include: The Uptown Hall Gang, vocalists Mark Porter, Catherine Sykes and Ray Wordsworth.

Tickets £23 to £36.50

The Hallé – Motown

Alfonso Casado Trigo conductor

Gloria Onitri and Ako Mitchell vocalists

Thursday 29 December 7.30pm

The Motown label, born in Detroit, heralded an exciting era in popular music. This phenomenal music afforded international status and stardom to artists such as Diana Ross and The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the Four Tops amongst others.

Prepare yourself for a magnificent evening of nostalgic dance floor classics, including: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.; Ain’t No Mountain High Enough; Dancing in the Street; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Reach Out I’ll Be There; My Girl; My Guy; Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours; Stop In the Name of Love and more …

Presented by West End International

Tickets £17.50 to £46.50

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student

Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

The Hallé – The Music of Star Wars

Stephen Bell conductor

Tom Redmond presenter

Matthew Hamilton Hallé Choir choral director

Friday 30 December 7.30pm

Feel the full force of the Hallé, as John Williams’ iconic music from Star Wars is brought to life. Filled with instantly recognisable cinematic themes, this concert packs more punch than an Imperial blaster. Dress to impress and relive the rise and fall of the Empire in one action-packed evening. We advise you to come in Star Wars disguise –Imperial Stormtroopers will be patrolling the area! May the Force be with you.

Concert sponsored by: Siemens

Tickets £17.50 to £46.50

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student

Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

New Year's Eve

at The Bridgewater Hall

Back to the 70s

An Evening of 70s Inspired Hits

Toby Cruse conductor

The Bridgewater Hall Love Unlimited Orchestra

Saturday 31 December 8.00pm

Programme to include: Love Unlimited Orchestra Love’s Theme Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Chaka Khan I’m Every Woman

The Emotions Best of My Love Barry White You’re the First You’re the Last My Everything

This New Year’s Eve we will host a gala performance featuring the very best and most iconic 70s inspired grooves, from the decade that provided the soundtrack to dance floors all over the world. Join The Bridgewater Hall Love Unlimited Orchestra and featured artists, as they take the R&B soul train to a boogie wonderland, disco inferno and beyond! End the year in style and move on up into 2023!

Informal entertainment in the foyer to be announced.

Tickets for the concert £38.50 to £58.50

New Year's Dining Options

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Charles Hallé Restaurant – canapés & bubbles on arrival, followed by a three course meal, and tea/coffee £45 per person

Platters – charcuterie, fish or vegetarian options £70 per platter for two to share, including a bottle of house wine

Book dining online along with your tickets, or via the Box Office on 0161 907 9000.

Raymond Gubbay presents The Nutcracker

Varna International Ballet & Orchestra

Daniela Dimova artistic director

Peter Tuleshkov music director & chief conductor

Monday 2 January 2.00pm

Monday 2 January 5.30pm

Tuesday 3 January 7.30pm

The most famous fantasy ballet for all the family begins as night falls on Christmas Eve. As snowflakes fall outside, the warm glow of the open fire sends flickering shadows across the boughs of the Christmas tree and all the presents beneath. When midnight strikes, we are swept away to a fairytale world where nothing is quite as it seems, toy dolls spring to life, the Mouse-king and his mouse-army battle with the Nutcracker Prince and we travel through the Land of Snow, to an enchanted place where the magic really begins.

Tickets £34.80 to £50.80

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The Hallé – Viennese New Year

Stephen Bell conductor

Rebecca Bottone soprano

Saturday 7 January 3.00pm

J. Strauss Die Fledermaus: Overture; Dorfschwalben aus Österreich; Radetzky March

J. Strauss II Adele’s Laughing Song; Pizzicato Polka; Persischer Marsch; Cuckoo Polka; Emperor Waltz

Lehár Gold and Silver Waltz; Love Live Forever

(Paganini); The Merry Widow: Vilja; The Land of Smiles Overture; On My Lips (Giuditta)

R. Strauss Rosenkavalier Waltzes

Sullivan Di Ballo Overture

Heuberger Im Chambre Séparée

New Year would not be New Year without the Hallé’s traditional concert of Viennese waltzes, polkas, marches and operettas.

Tickets £15.50 to £46

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

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Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society

Klezmer-ish

Monday 9 January 1.10pm

Meet Klezmer-ish, four incredibly outward-looking classically trained musicians who met whilst playing with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. From rip-roaring klezmer and dynamic tango to their selfpenned gypsy jazz, Klezmer-ish bring a trademark twist to whatever genre takes their fancy. Drawing inspiration from the music of bygone travellers, Klezmer-ish take their audience on a seamless musical journey, always on the move.

Tickets £12.50

Concession £11 | Student £7.50

The Hallé

Sir Mark Elder conductor Nicola Benedetti violin

Thursday 12 January 7.30pm

Respighi Fountains of Rome

Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.2

Brahms Symphony No.2

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Heilung

Tuesday 17 January Doors 6.30pm

Don’t miss the critically acclaimed Heilung! Heilung means ‘healing’ in the German language and this also describes the core of the band’s sound. The listener is supposed to be left at ease and in a relaxed state, after a magical musical journey that is at times turbulent. A show like no other, start the New Year right with this eclectic performance!

Tickets £47 to £52

Each ticket sold will also include a £1 donation to the bands chosen charity Trees For Cities

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Nicola Benedetti joins forces with Sir Mark to explore the lesser-known Second Violin Concerto of Szymanowski.

It’s infused with Polish folk music from the Tatra mountains, which Szymanowski said was ‘the discovery of one’s own jewels’ when he encountered it. Meanwhile Respighi's ‘exquisite’ evocations of Roman fountains at different times of the day, makes for the perfect companion piece. Sir Mark continues his explorations of Brahms’s symphonies while following in the composer’s footsteps, performing his Second Symphony with a smaller string section, emulating the composer’s quest for transparency of sound.

Pre-concert event at 6.30pm

Thursday Series sponsor: Siemens

Tickets £15.50 to £46 Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

Nicola Benedetti

One Night of Elvis

Friday 20 January 7.30pm

Lee Memphis King, Europe’s most successful Elvis Presley tribute artist, recreates the essence of the King with consummate ease and a combination of stunningly accurate vocals and incredible passion in every performance. In this latest production of ‘One Night of Elvis', Lee Memphis King portrays Elvis Presley at his peak celebrating the iconic ‘Vegas Years’ from 1969–77. Resplendent in the most authentic costumes from Elvis’s performance and an orchestra backing this incredible performer prepare to be taken back in time to see Elvis in the way it was.

Tickets £30 to £37.50 Book Tickets

The Hallé Game On!

Andy Brick conductor Stuart Overington Hallé Youth Choir director

Saturday 21 January 7.30pm

Join us for a thrilling Hallé first, as we explore the extraordinary world of video games and the exciting music which has become synonymous with them. The full force of the Hallé will perform music from some of the most popular game franchises in the world, as brand new HD clips of the games are shown on the big screen! Be among the first in the country to experience the excitement and drama of this wonderful symphonic music, as the epic universes of Assassin’s Creed, Guild Wars 2, The Witcher 3, Civilization, World of Warcraft, Ori and the Blind Forest, BioShock, League of Legends and many others, unfold before your eyes.

Tickets £17.50 to £46.50

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only) Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

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The Hallé

Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony

Alpesh Chauhan OBE conductor

Elisabeth Brauß piano

Wednesday 25 January 2.15pm

Thursday 26 January 7.30pm

Sunday 29 January 4.00pm

Grieg Piano Concerto

Shostakovich Symphony No.10

A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Alpesh Chauhan has built an outstanding reputation as Music Director of the Birmingham Opera Company. He has a keen affinity with Shostakovich, receiving rave reviews for his performances, which augurs well for his Hallé debut - conducting the Tenth Symphony. Believed by many to be Shostakovich’s finest, it includes a savage portrayal of Stalin and an uplifting finale pervaded by his musical monogram, with the initials of his name blazing out. In the first half, former recipient of the Terence Judd-Hallé Award, Elisabeth Brauß plays Grieg’s evergreen Piano Concerto, a work that enchanted Tchaikovsky who enthused, ‘What charm, what inimitable and rich musical imagery’.

Tickets £15.50 to £46

Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £12.50 Day tickets (on sale on day of the concert only)

Our Pass – 25 free pairs available for every concert

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Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society

Elisabeth Brauß piano

Thursday 26 January 1.10pm

Bach/Marcello Oboe concerto No.3, transcription for piano BWV 974

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Variations sérieuses Op.54

Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

2021 Terence Judd–Hallé Award winner Elisabeth Brauß presents a stunning solo progamme in her debut recital with the Manchester Mid-days Concert Society, held in partnership with the Hallé. As a performer, Elisabeth possesses a maturity and sophistication well beyond her years: 'It is rare to encounter this degree of instrumental mastery wed to musical depth and sensitivity in one so young,' Gramophone magazine, 2017.

Tickets £12.50

Concession £11 | Student £7.50

BBC Philharmonic

Ben Gernon conductor

Alban Gerhardt cello

Saturday 28 January 7.30pm

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Hallé Youth Orchestra Side by Side

Delyana Lazarova conductor

Sunday 29 January 7.30pm

Mussorgsky orch. Shostakovich Prelude to Act I, Khovantshina (Dawn on the Moscow River)

Anna Clyne DANCE

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

Conductor Ben Gernon joins the BBC Philharmonic to bring us into the new year as we begin the second half of our 2022-23 season. The concert opens with an atmospheric picture of dawn over Moscow in Shostakovich’s orchestration of the Prelude to Act I of Mussorgsky’s opera Khovantshina. Alban Gerhardt deftly weaves his way through Anna Clyne’s masterful DANCE, a five-movement folkish foray into the timelessly lyrical lines of Persian poet Rumi. Brimming with both complexity and personality, Clyne’s concerto whets our appetite for Rachmaninov’s full-blooded Second Symphony – here lush melody and symphonic depth flow from one of Russia’s most Romantic souls.

Tickets £12.50 to £26.50

Disabled patrons – 50% discount

Seniors & Claimants – 20% discount

Under 26s & Students – Stalls seats £5.50

Holst The Planets

Holst brilliantly portrayed the astrological characters of each of the planets in his ever-popular work, from the terrifying battlefield of Mars, to the solace of Venus and the jollity of Jupiter. Delyana Lazarova, winner of the inaugural Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition and Hallé Youth Orchestra Music Director, takes to the podium to introduce and direct the combined forces of the Hallé and Hallé Youth Orchestra. A truly memorable evening for both performers and audience alike.

Hallé Youth Orchestra supported by: Siemens-Hallé International Conductors Competition 2023

PZ Cussons

New Commission Sponsor: CMS

Tickets £12.50

Concessions available

Alban Gerhardt

Booking Information

Booking Online

Visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk where you have the option to select your own seat or choose the best available. You can also add dining and parking vouchers to your order. If you select your own seat, you can see at a glance which seats are available.

Booking By Phone

0161 907 9000

Booking In Person

Box Office, The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS

Booking By Post

To the Box Office at the address above

Box Office Opening Hours

Monday to Friday 10.00am—5.00pm

Saturday & Sunday (concert nights only) 2.00—5.00pm Counter service until 8.00pm on concert nights

As at September 2022. Please phone the Box Office or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk to check for changes in opening times.

Forms of Payment Accepted

Payment can be made by cash, cheque, Mastercard, Visa or debit card. If paying by cheque, please make your cheque payable to ‘The Bridgewater Hall’.

Booking Fees

Prices shown in this brochure include booking fees. A booking fee of £2.50 or £3.50 per ticket applies to telephone and online transactions. No fee applies to tickets bought in person or purchased as part of a fixed or flexible subscription.

For details of ticket exchange, group discounts, concessionary and standby tickets, please visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office

Flexible Booking

Save 15% on the full ticket price when you book 5 or more concerts featuring

Parking Discounts

A limited number of prepay discounted spaces are available to patrons attending evening concerts at Q-Park First Street car park (see map) at a rate of £8.10. Spaces must be booked at the time of purchasing your concert tickets, no less than 24 hours before the event. Parking is limited to a maximum stay of 8 hours at the discounted rate.

Q-Park, Anne Horniman St, Manchester M15 4FN

Accessibility

The Bridgewater Hall is fully accessible for disabled patrons. For full information on facilities please visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0161 907 9000.

Hotel Accommodation

Innside by Melia Manchester is an ideal choice. The hotel is located two minutes’ walk from The Bridgewater Hall – see map on opposite page. Innside offers 208 spacious, modern guest rooms, with comfortable kingsize or twin beds, and fantastic cityscape views. Innside by Melia

1 First Street Manchester M15 4RP Tel: 0161 200 2500 Email: innside.manchester@melia.com

Getting Here

in the centre of

by

The nearest car parks are Q-Park First Street, NCP

alight at St Peter’s Square or Deansgate-Castlefield.

tram passengers

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

rail stations are Deansgate and Oxford Road.

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

Manchester Central, NCP Great Northern or NCP Oxford Street. You can book Q-Park parking when you buy your concert tickets. If travelling by car, please allow plenty of time for your journey.

The Bridgewater Hall

Lower Mosley Street

Manchester M2 3WS