An original and moving remembrance concert from the Hallé

Von Rohan Shotton, 09 November 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, am 6 November 2014

Butterworth, A Shropshire Lad, rhapsody for string orchestra

Elgar, The Spirit of England for soprano/tenor chorus and orchestra, Op.80

Bax, In memoriam Patrick Pearse

Sibelius, Symphonie Nr. 5 in Es-Dur, Op.82

Sir Mark Elder, Musikalische Leitung

Rachel Nicholls, Sopran

The Hallé

The Hallé Choir

Spieluhren und Saxophon, Gedichte und Gänse: The Hallé aus Manchester

Michael Klier, 14th January

Jonathan Bloxham dirigiert einen trostvollen Musikgenuss, der die Nachteile eines gestreamten Konzerts über lange Strecken vergessen ließ.

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Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

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Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Viktoria Mullova is a superb soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, while an orchestra full of soloists play Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Kahchun Wong presiding.

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Nico Muhly’s vision of the end of the world comes to Sheffield

Phil Parker, 15th March

Doom – both personal and cosmic – and its aftermath are the focus of Alpesh Chauhan’s Hallé concert at Sheffield’s City Hall.

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Avant-garde echoes meet minimalist soundscapes in Hallé concert

Pwyll ap Sion, 26th February

Jonny Greenwood’s genre-defying music is given a powerful performance by violinist Daniel Pioro and members of The Hallé Orchestra under Hugh Tieppo-Brunt.

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Celestial journeys with Kahchun Wong and the Hallé

Rohan Shotton, 19th February

Kahchun Wong returns to The Hallé for Holst and Unsuk Chin, with a postscript from Colin Matthews

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.