Performer: RNCM Chamber Choir

Ludovic Morlot conducts Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette with The Hallé.

Few things could unite such a large group of people as the Hallé’s Meistersinger did tonight. Some 515 performers, drawn from three orchestras and five choirs, gathered to present highlights from the first two acts of Wagner’s opera and the third act in full.

In a singularly ambitious undertaking, the virtuoso percussionist and conductor leads a three-day festival in Manchester exploring nearly five decades of Steve Reich’s music.