SUMMER CONCERTS 2019

SATURDAY 22ND JUNE 2019, 7.30pm

Clare Teal Sings… The Great American Songbook

The Bridgewater Hall,

Approximate finishing time 9.30pm

It Might As Well Be Spring - Rodgers and Hammerstein Always True To You - Porter Hello, Young Lovers - Rodgers Mambo Italiano - Merrill Johnny One Note - Rodgers and Hart It’s Magic - Cahn and Styne Embraceable You - Gershwin Over The Rainbow - Arlen Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin Mr Paganini - Coslow It Don’t Mean A Thing - Ellington Girl Crazy: Overture - Gershwin Walking the Dog - Gershwin On A Clear Day - Lerner Three Preludes - Gershwin

Conductor - Stephen Bell

Featuring - Clare Teal, vocalist

We are delighted to welcome back one of the country’s finest jazz vocal talents and renowned interpreter of these great American songs. Clare and her Trio Jason Rebello, Simon Little and Ben Reynolds bring their unique style to some of the world’s best-loved melodies. Stephen Bell leads the orchestra, who star alongside Clare, as well as getting their own chance to shine. https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/clare-teal-sings-summer2019/

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SUNDAY 30TH JUNE 2019, 3pm

It’s Carnival Time

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Approximate finishing time 5pm

Entry of the Gladiators - Fucík Carnivale - arr. Malloy Carnival of the Animals: extracts - Saint-Saëns Carmen: March of the Toreadors - Bizet Come Follow the Band - Cy Colman The Greatest Showman: Suite - Benj Pasek and Justin Paul arr. Sean O’Loughlin Alphabicycle Order - Colin Matthews

Conductor - Stephen Bell

Featuring - Actors from the Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre

Choir - Hallé Children’s Choir

Come follow the band, wonder at the entry of the gladiators and get set for a fun-filled afternoon of carnival music! Ringmaster Stephen Bell (surely one of the Greatest Showmen) will march you past an array of Saint-Saens’s famous animals. We also have the chance to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Hallé Children’s Choir with Alphabicycle Order. https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/its-carnival-time-summer2019/

SATURDAY 6TH JULY 2019, 7.30 pm

Musicals Rock

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Approximate finishing time 9:30pm

Mamma Mia! - Overture; Medley Flashdance - What a Feeling Fame - Fame Thriller – Live on Stage - Man in the Mirror The Bodyguard - I Will Always Love You - Beauty School Dropout Jersey Boys - My Eyes Adored You Wicked - Defying Gravity - One Song Glory Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - I Will Survive; Go West Rock of Ages - Final Countdown; Overture Tommy - Pinball Wizard Chess - One Night in Bangkok - I Don’t Know How to Love Him; Gethsemane We Will Rock You - Somebody to Love School of Rock - Where Did the Rock Go?

Conductor - Alfonso Casado Trigo

Featuring – , vocalist Rachael Wooding, vocalist Daniel Boys, vocalist Jon Boydon, vocalist

Join a stellar cast of soloists and the impressive might of the Hallé (along with full rhythm section) for an evening of unforgettable rock anthems, pop legends and magical musical superhits! https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/musicals-rock-summer2019/

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FRIDAY 12TH JULY 2019, 6pm

Thank Halle it’s Friday!

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Approximate finishing time 8pm

Beethoven - Ode To Joy from Symphony No.9, ‘Choral’ Verdi - Dies Irae from Requiem Haydn - The Heavens Are Telling from The Creation Trad. arr. Mack Wilberg - Shenandoah Bernstein - Somewhere from Holst - Jupiter from The Planets John Williams - Superman

Conductor - Jonathon Heyward and Matthew Hamilton

Featuring - Tom Redmond, presenter

Choir - Hallé Choral Academy

Become part of the Hallé and sing with a whole community of singers, accompanied by the world renowned orchestra. In the final Thank Hallé it’s Friday funded by Creative Europe, we join together to celebrate uplifting classics of all shapes and sizes including the epic Dies Irae from Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s unifying Ode to Joy. If singing with 600+ voices is not for you, then relax and listen with the audience and experience the celebratory atmosphere that is ‘Thank Hallé it’s Friday!’ https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/thank-halle-its-friday-summer2019/

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SATURDAY 13TH JULY 2019, 7.30pm

The Music of James Bond

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Approximate finishing time 9.30pm

James Bond Theme You Only Live Twice GoldenEye Live and Let Die From Russia with Love Quantum of Solace: Another Way to Die The World Is Not Enough Goldfinger A View to a Kill Thunderball Skyfall For Your Eyes Only The Spy Who Loved Me: Nobody Does It Better Moonraker The Living Daylights On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: We Have All the Time in the World Spectre: Writing’s on the Wall Licence to Kill Diamonds Are Forever Casino Royale: You Know My Name

Conductor - Stephen Bell

Featuring - Alison Jiear, vocalist Matthew Ford, vocalist

The name is Bond … James Bond. Two Hallé favourites Alison Jiear and Matthew Ford return to celebrate the songs and music synonymous with the great man himself. These themes, at the heart of these wonderful movies, set the excitement, the glamour and the dashing romance that is … Bond. https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/the-music-of-james-bond-summer2019/ ------

SATURDAY 27TH JULY 2019, 7.30pm

The Last Night of the Halle Proms

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Approximate finishing time 9.30pm

Dvorák - Carnival Overture Dvorák - Rusalka: Song to the Moon Puccini - La bohème: Musetta’s aria Bizet - Carmen: extracts Puccini - Tosca: Vissi d’arte Borodin - Polovtsian Dances Karl Jenkins - Palladio Trad. - Suo Gân Novello - We’ll Gather Lilacs Richard Bissill - That’s Entertainment Rodgers and Hart - With a Song in My Heart Wood - Fantasia on British Sea Songs Arne - Rule, Britannia! Parry - Jerusalem Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1

Conductor - Stephen Bell

Choir:

Hallé Choral Academy Ancoats Community Choir Hallé Staff Choir

There can only be one grand finale to the Hallé’s summer concerts. Join Stephen Bell, soprano Camilla Roberts and one of the country’s finest orchestras for all your Last Night of the Hallé Proms favourites, including Rule, Britannia!, Jerusalem and Elgar’s glorious first Pomp and Circumstance March. The first half revels in a selection of grand opera arias and soaring, heart-warming melodies. An evening not to be missed. https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/the-last-night-of-the-halle-proms-summer2019/