Event listing: The Hallé - Elgar, Casken, Ravel and Vaughan Williams | Bridgewater Hall | Thu 7 Apr 2016 at 19:30

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Bridgewater Hall Manchester, North-West, M2 3WS, United Kingdom

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Programme

Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Pavane pour une infante défunte
Casken, John (b. 1949)	Apollinaire's Bird for Oboe and Orchestra
Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)	Une Voix dans le Desert - recitation with orchestra, Op.77
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	Symphony no. 4 in F minor

Performers

Sir Mark Elder	Conductor
Stephane Rancourt	Oboe
The Hallé
Joshua Ellicott	Tenor
Jennifer France	Soprano

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Birdsong from the trenches: Casken's Apollinaire's Bird

Peter Connors, 7th April

A superb concert from the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder included John Casken's 2014 oboe concerto Apollinaire's Bird, a rare piece by Elgar and Vaughan Williams' powerful Fourth Symphony.

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