Prom 57: The Hallé's heavenly Parsifal

By Andrew H. King, 27 August 2013

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 25 August 2013

Wagner, Parsifal (concert performance, sung in German)

Lars Cleveman, Parsifal

Katarina Dalayman, Kundry

Sir John Tomlinson, Gurnemanz

Detlef Roth, Amfortas

Tom Fox, Klingsor

Reinhard Hagen, Titurel

Robert Murray, First knight of the Grail

Andrew Greenan, Second knight of the Grail

Sarah Castle, First squire

Madeleine Shaw, Second squire

Andrew Rees, Third squire

Joshua Ellicott, Fourth squire

Elizabeth Cragg, First Flowermaiden / First Group

Sarah-Jane Brandon, First Flowermaiden / First Group

Anita Watson, First Flowermaiden / First Group

Trinity Boys Choir

The Hallé Youth Choir

The Hallé

Sir Mark Elder, Conductor

A rousing Resurrection Symphony from the Hallé at the Proms

Patrick Maxwell, 2nd August

Kahchun Wong achieved a gigantic and ambitious landscape of Mahler's Second Symphony at the BBC Proms, even if sometimes lacking in clarity

****1

An overwhelming Resurrection from The Hallé and Kahchun Wong

Rohan Shotton, 16th January

In Bridgewater Hall, Kahchun Wong conducts the second Mahler symphony of his Hallé tenure.

*****

End of a remarkable era: Sir Mark Elder's final Hallé concert

Rohan Shotton, 31st May

Sir Mark Elder conducts the final Manchester concerts of his 24 year Music Directorship of the Hallé, crowned with a memorable Mahler 5.

*****

Premier League Vaughan Williams from The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder

Rohan Shotton, 30th April

Memorable performances of Vaughan Williams' darkest and brightest symphonies at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

*****

A musical journey spanning three centuries with The Hallé

Aaron Davies, 15th March

An enjoyable and vivid performance representing music spanning three centuries of history

****1

In the blood: Elder conducts Gerontius

Richard Ely, 12th March

The Hallé's Elgar Festival concludes with the work the composer wished to be remembered by.

****1

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Andrew H. King

Following training as a singer and conductor, Andrew is now completing a doctoral thesis on the life and songs of Sir Granville Bantock. Interests include English and American music, with an emphasis on opera, choral music and song. Andrew has been published in MUSO, Early Music, and by BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Proms.