Performer: Ladies of the Hallé Youth Choir

The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder start their Dvořák festival with a concert demonstrating the glories of his lesser known music including Francesco Piemontesi starring in the Piano Concerto.

Mozart and Mendelssohn are surely two of the most popular composers for both the seasoned elitist and the irregular classical listener; tonight’s offering of time-tested favourites wrapped in the summer breeze of familiarity, coupled with the rare and exciting prospect of hearing Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, was likely to be a draw – and it w