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Autumn/Winter Season 2021 Concerts at the Bridgewater Hall Music Director Sir Mark Elder Ch Cbe a Warm Welcome to the Hallé’S New Season! ≥ AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2021 CONCERTS AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER CH CBE A WARM WELCOME TO THE HALLÉ’S NEW SEASON! We are all thrilled to be able to welcome everyone back to The Bridgewater Hall once more for a full, if shortened, Hallé autumn season. As we glimpse normality again, we can, together, look forward to some magnificent music-making. We will announce our spring concerts in October, but until then there are treasures to be discovered and wonderful stories to be told. Many of you will look forward to hearing some of the repertoire’s great masterpieces, heard perhaps afresh after so long an absence. We particularly look forward to performing these works for people new to our concerts, curious and keen to experience something special. 2 THE HALLÉ’S AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2021 AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL My opening trio of programmes includes Sibelius’s ever-popular Second Symphony, Elgar’s First – given its world premiere by the Hallé in 1908 – and Brahms’s glorious Third, tranquil and poignant, then dramatic and peaceful once more. Delyana Lazarova, our already acclaimed Assistant Conductor, will perform Dvoˇrák’s ‘New World’ Symphony and Gemma New will conduct Copland’s euphoric Third, with its finale inspired by the composer’s own Fanfare for the Common Man. You can look forward to Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition, in Ravel’s famous arrangement, Nicola Benedetti playing Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto, Boris Giltburg performing Rachmaninov’s Fourth Piano Concerto, Natalya Romaniw singing Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs and Elisabeth Brauß playing Grieg’s wonderfully Romantic Piano Concerto. We always want to offer you some wonderful surprises to sit alongside these great works. Our short season offers an inspirational selection: Lera Auerbach’s fateful and evocative Icarus; Florence Price’s ground-breaking Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (and what a story that is); Dorothy Howell’s Keats- inspired Lamia and Thea Musgrave’s homage to Sibelius, Song of the Enchanter. There is a stirring and entertaining programme of Hallé Pops concerts, including a celebration of the music of Elton John and Nashville country classics. Please don’t miss our new series of chamber music concerts at Hallé St Peter’s, details of which you will find throughout this brochure. You can also look forward to celebrating Christmas, perhaps with more joy and gusto than ever. New or familiar, whatever your personal favourites are, we are delighted to share this wonderful music with you, and cannot wait to see you all again. Sir Mark Elder THE HALLÉ’S AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2021 AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL 3 THE HALLÉ’S AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2021 YOUR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING The safety and well-being of our audiences and players is the Hallé and The Bridgewater Hall’s first concern. We will keep you fully informed of any changes or recommendations that come into effect over the next few months. We are strongly advising everyone to continue to wear masks where possible. The Hall will continue its thorough cleaning regime between performances, and we expect hand sanitizer to continue to be widely available. We urge you to consult www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/your-visit which has full and regularly updated details. In this brochure you can find all of our concerts in The Bridgewater Hall. We have also programmed a series of chamber music events in the more intimate surroundings of Hallé St Peter’s, allowing you to get closer to the music. See page 27 for ticket prices and booking information for these chamber concerts. Our concerts include many pieces that form part of the new ‘Model Music’ Curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3. Pieces that are included in the curriculum are marked with this graphic followed by the relevant school year. Find out more about Hallé Connect, our education programme and our Set Works concerts on page 22. Join us before many of our concerts for additional events which range from discussions focusing on an aspect of the evening’s programme to performances by local students. These events are free to concert ticket holders. Some of our concerts will be filmed for future digital release. Details will be available at www.halle.co.uk at a later date. If you enjoyed our past digital concerts or want to experience them for the first time, we have released some extracts taken from the 20/21 digital season which are now available to view on Apple Music. To find out more visit www.halle.co.uk/stream-on-apple-music-classical-live All artists, programmes and prices are correct at the time of going to press, but may change in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Keep up to date at www.halle.co.uk 4 THE HALLÉ’S AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2021 AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM SUNDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, 4PM WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER, 2.15PM SIBELIUS’S SYMPHONY NO.2 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 15' Ravel Piano Concerto in G major 23' Thea Musgrave Song of the Enchanter 6' Sibelius Symphony No.2 43' Sir Mark Elder CONDUCTOR • Benjamin Grosvenor PIANO Many of our concerts this season help tell the stories of composers and the music you will hear. Opening the season, Sir Mark offers the first of our ‘Stories behind the music’ concerts. What Vaughan Williams learnt from Ravel about orchestration was put to superb effect in the string sonorities of the Tallis Fantasia, his spiritual, moving first masterpiece. Benjamin Grosvenor deepens his ongoing relationship with the Hallé with Ravel’s G major concerto, which has, Sir Mark feels, ‘something of the circus never far away in the music’; it’s laced with solos that players relish and is blessed by a song-like slow movement of breath-taking beauty. Conceived in Italy, Mediterranean warmth unlocked Sibelius’s creativity in his majestic Second Symphony. Infused with late-Romantic melodies, it was the Hallé, under Richter, who gave the British premiere. It is prefaced by Thea Musgrave’s short Sibelian homage, which, replete with glowing orchestral textures and subtle quotes from the Master, is inspired by a story from the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic. At these concerts we celebrate the Halle’s family of corporate supporters who so generously continued their support throughout the last 18 months. ≥ ST PETER’S CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES SATURDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, 1PM AT HALLÉ ST PETER’S SCHUMANN’S PIANO QUARTET Mozart Adagio and Fugue K546 7' Sofia Gubaidulina Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H 7' Schumann Fugue No.6 from 6 Fugues on the Name of B.A.C.H. 7' Schumann Piano Quartet 28' Benjamin Grosvenor PIANO Eva Þórarinsdóttir VIOLIN • Rosemary Attree VIOLIN Martin Schäfer VIOLA • Nicholas Trygstad CELLO The art of counterpoint – the way composers combine simultaneous melodic lines – is celebrated in works from different eras, each paying homage to J. S. Bach. Sofia Gubaidulina’s quartet provides an taster to her powerful Offertorium, itself growing out of a Bach quotation, which the Hallé plays on 30 September. Alongside his performances of Ravel with the Hallé, Benjamin Grosvenor joins a trio of the players for Schumann’s glorious Piano Quartet, its slow movement theme one of the sublime inspirations of early Romanticism. See page 27 for ticket prices and booking information. THE HALLÉ’S AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2021 AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL 5 THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM Digital broadcast will be available – details to be announced ELGAR’S SYMPHONY NO.1 Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I 8' Sofia Gubaidulina Offertorium 40' Elgar Symphony No.1 50' Sir Mark Elder CONDUCTOR • Baiba Skride VIOLIN Establishing the mood of the concert’s first half, Wagner’s first act prelude to Lohengrin, evokes the descent of the Holy Grail from Heaven in a rapt and gradual crescendo. Its spirituality links perfectly with Offertorium, chosen to celebrate the 90th birthday of Sofia Gubaidulina, one of the greatest Russian composers of the post-Shostakovich generation. For Sir Mark it is an ‘exciting, dramatic and powerful work’, derived from the theme of J. S. Bach’s Musical Offering. Making her Hallé debut, the Latvian violinist, Baiba Skride, has performed the work with leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic and Boston Symphony. To conclude, Elgar’s First Symphony which is deeply associated with the Hallé since its premiere in 1908 conducted by Hans Richter, to whom Elgar dedicated it with the inscription ‘true artist and true friend’. 6.30PM IN THE AUDITORIUM THURSDAY SERIES SPONSORED BY David Butcher, Hallé Chief Executive, introduces the Hallé autumn season, with Head of Artistic Planning, Anna Hirst and Hallé musicians. SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER, 7.30PM RUSSIAN EXTRAVAGANZA Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet 21' Rachmaninov Vocalise 6' Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol 16' Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise 5' Arya Tsytlianok New Work WORLD PREMIERE • HALLÉ COMMISSION * Glazunov The Seasons: Autumn 11' Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture 17' Y6 Stephen Bell CONDUCTOR Russia’s extraordinary musical legacy is almost impossible to match. The grandeur and drama of these wonderful Russian melodies will stir you, taking all the prizes for sheer excitement. Stephen Bell will lead you through this magnificent selection of Russia’s greatest hits including Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture – music that will, quite literally, go off with a bang! * Hallé New Commissions programme sponsored by CMS LLP CONCERT SPONSORED BY 6.30PM IN THE AUDITORIUM Students from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) perform a selection of Russian repertoire. 6 THE HALLÉ’S AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON 2021 AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER, 7PM BRAHMS’S SYMPHONY NO.3 Haydn Symphony No.64, ‘Tempora mutantur’ 21' Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms 21' Brahms Symphony No.3 33' Sir Mark Elder CONDUCTOR • Hallé Choir MATTHEW HAMILTON CHORAL DIRECTOR To celebrate its first concert appearance since February 2020, the Hallé Choir takes pride of place in Stravinsky’s striking Symphony of Psalms.
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