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We start with a celebration of those Eurovision supertroopers ABBA featuring an internationally acclaimed line-up of singers performing all the Swedish sensations greatest hits. E.T. himself phones home from The Bridgewater Hall in a screening of the iconic movie with the full forces of the Hallé performing the score live.
Musicals Rock will have The Bridgewater Hall’s legendary foundation springs tested to their limits and, for a truly different experience, why not try Game On!, a UK and Hallé first, bringing together all the greatest music used to extraordinary effect in some legendary video Celebratinggames.an astonishing 65 years topping the charts, we offer our tribute to the remarkable Bee Gees. The orchestra really gets its chance to shine with Winter Classics, A Night at the Opera and a sensational evening rejoicing in The Glories of Rome!
Don’t forget our festive fantasia of Christmas delights, including The Snowman, Carol Concerts, Motown, the music of Star Wars and a grand Viennese spectacular. A mouth-watering array of great nights out for everyone!
Welcome to a magnificent season of Hallé Pops concerts that is truly out of this world!
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This is a night guaranteed to get your toes tapping and the urge to sing along will be irresistible – give in to temptation and give yourselves the night of your life!
SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER, 7.30pm
Hit after hit, from Waterloo to Voyage, ABBA have shown themselves, to be the Kings and Queens of Pop. Every song is a floor filler, with successive generations singing and dancing along to these catchy pop anthems. Hallé Pops maestro Stephen Bell shares the stage with the orchestra and a fantastic line up of guest vocalists to bring all these stunning arrangements to life.
All of their greatest hits including: Waterloo; Mamma Mia; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Take A Chance On Me; Money, Money, Money; Voulez-Vous; The Winner Takes It All; Super Trouper; The Name Of The Game; Does Your Mother Know; Angeleyes; Dancing Queen; as well as tracks from the new album, Voyage and many more!
Stephen Bell conductor Annie Skates, Emma Kershaw, Lance Ellington and David Combes vocalists
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Director Steven Spielberg’s heart warming masterpiece is one of the brightest stars in motion picture history. Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination, E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world, complete with John Williams’ Academy Award®-winning score performed live by the Hallé in sync to the film projected on a huge HD screen!
Relive the magic of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial on the big screen accompanied by a magnificent, live performance from the Hallé conducted by Ben Palmer, in the movie’s 40th anniversary year.
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER, 7pm
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERT
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Tickets (including fees) from £28.50 to £46.50
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé: Troika Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela Delius Sleigh Ride Offenbach Ballet of the Snowflakes Korngold The Snowman: Serenade Prokofiev Winter Bonfire Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture Anne Dudley Northern Lights Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus: Melancholy Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
WINTER CLASSICS
SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm
Stephen Bell conductor
6.30pm in the auditorium - free to concert ticket holders A performance by the Royal Northern College of Music Songsters.
Crisp winters and snowy landscapes have inspired some of the best-loved and most evocative music in the world. Tonight we offer sleigh bells, snowflakes and the Northern Lights alongside The Nutcracker and Vivaldi’s dramatic Winter from The Four Seasons.
Tickets (including fees) from £17.50 to £46.50
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FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER, 7.30pm SWINGING CHRISTMAS Including: Jingle Bells; It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Winter Wonderland; Let It Snow; Snowbound; The Christmas Song; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; All I Want for Christmas Is You; What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?; The Man With the Bag; White Christmas; Cool Yule; Santa Baby and Merry Christmas Baby Stephen Bell conductor • Clare Teal vocalist Winners of the Hallé Workplace Choir Competition Tickets (including fees) from £17.50 to £46.50 CONCERT SPONSORED BY SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER, 3pm SUNDAY 18 DECEMBER, 3pm and 7.30pm HALLÉ CAROL CONCERTS Including: Once in Royal David’s City; Silent Night; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Holy Night; The Holly and the Ivy; I Saw Three Ships; Joy to the World; Carol of the Bells; Fairytale Sleighride; O Come, All Ye Faithful and the Hallé Children’s Choir singing There Is a Santa Claus from Elf. Stephen Bell conductor • Hallé Choir choral director matthew hamilton Hallé Youth Choir director stuart overington • Hallé Children’s Choir director shirley court Tickets (including fees) from £17.50 to £46.50CONCERTS SPONSORED BY THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER, 4pm FRIDAY 23 DECEMBER, 11am and 1.30pm THE SCREENINGSNOWMANWITHLIVEORCHESTRA with DINOSAURUMPUS and MR BEAR’S CHRISTMAS Delyana Lazarova conductor • Tom Redmond presenter Tickets (including fees) Adults £27.50 Children (16 and under) £17.50 • Family £69.50 CONCERTS SPONSORED BY
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MOTOWN by west end international. Including: Respect; Ain’t No Mountain High Enough; Dancing in the Street; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Reach Out I’ll Be There; My Girl; My Guy; Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours); Stop! In the Name of Love and more ...
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THE OF STAR WARS the full force of the Hallé as we bring you John Williams’s iconic music from Star Wars to the stage of The Bridgewater Hall. Filled with some of the most recognisable cinematic themes, this concert packs more punch than an Imperial blaster. Dress to impress and relive the rise and fall of the Empire in one action-packed evening. We advise you to come in Star Wars disguise – Imperial Stormtroopers will be patrolling the area! May the Force be with you.
Tickets (including fees) from £17.50 to £46.50
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Stephen Bell Bottone Year would not be New Year without the Hallé’s traditional concert of Viennese waltzes, polkas, marches and operettas. This year’s glittering selection will be performed under the baton of conductor Stephen Bell with guest soprano Rebecca Bottone. (including fees) from £15.50 to £46
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Rodgers and Hammerstein South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Verdi La forza del destino: Overture
Verdi La traviata: Sempre libera; Lunge da lei and Prelude to Act 1 Puccini La bohème: Che gelida manina; Sì, mi chiamano Mimì and O soave fanciulla Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale
Lerner and Loewe My Fair Lady: On the Street Where You Live and I Could Have Danced All Night
Lauren Fagan soprano • Zwakele Tshabalala tenor
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SUNDAY 7.30pm
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March
Lehár Giuditta: Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß Lehár The Merry Widow: Lippen schweigen Eduardo Strausser conductor
Tonight we offer you a treasure trove of operatic gems, bringing together some of the greatest arias, songs and operatic music in the repertoire. Our concert unites classical greats, Viennese light opera and the inspirational musicals of Lerner and Loewe and Rodgers and Hammerstein. This will be an evening of glorious, soaring melodies. 6.30pm in the auditorium - free to concert ticket holders Performances by young singers from Chetham’s School of Music (including fees) from to £46.50
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Berlioz Le Carnaval romain Verdi Rigoletto: La donna è mobile Hans Zimmer Gladiator: suite di Capua O sole mio Rota The Godfather: Love Theme Puccini Chrysanthemums Rózsa Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers Mendelssohn ‘Italian’ Symphony: Saltarello Morricone Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme Brodszky Be My Love Auric Roman Holiday: main title Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo Puccini Turandot: Nessun dorma Respighi Pines of Rome
SATURDAY 18 MARCH, 7.30pm
THE GLORIES OF ROME
Italy! A byword for passion and style, epic scenery and tumultuous history, great food and grand opera. Composers for film, the opera house and the concert hall have all found a rich source of inspiration in Italy’s scenic locations and vivid stories. This concert celebrates all things Italian in glorious orchestral technicolour as Stephen Bell conducts the Hallé in a performance with something for everyone, whether it’s Hans Zimmer’s spectacular score to Gladiator or Berlioz’s riotous Roman Carnival overture. British tenor Christopher Turner sings the songs and arias, including, of course, the one immortalised by Luciano Pavarotti at Italia ’90, Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’. Capping it all, there’s a sensational finale in Ottorino Respighi’s symphonic poem, Pines of Rome, ending with a Roman army marching into the capital, its heavy tread heralded by a blaze of trumpets.
Tickets (including fees) from £17.50 to £46.50
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Alfonso Casado Trigo conductor Alice Fearn and David Thaxton vocalists
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SATURDAY 15 APRIL, 7.30pm
Including music and songs from: Jesus Christ Superstar; Rock of Ages; Dear Evan Hansen; Frozen; Come From Away; The Rocky Horror Show; Mamma Mia!; Fame; Flashdance; The Bodyguard; Wicked; Rent; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; We Will Rock You; Tommy and more ...!
Tickets (including fees) from £17.50 to £46.50
Everyone has their favourite musicals, and this concert, covering nearly fifty years of ultimate theatre, includes a rocking selection of these world-class shows. Conductor Alfonso Casado Trigo returns with his hand-picked collection of all-time greats, which also features the talents of two internationally renowned vocalists and magnificent orchestrations showcasing the Hallé at its best. We will rock you in this tune-packed, stirring event filled with musicals that have broken box office records on both sides of the Atlantic. This is one not to be missed!
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SATURDAY 13 MAY, 7.30pm
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Including: Massachusetts; I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You; Words; Run To Me; To Love Somebody; How Can You Mend a Broken Heart; Night Fever; How Deep Is Your Love; You Should Be Dancing; Nights On Broadway; Stayin’ Alive; Grease; Guilty; Woman in Love; Islands in the Stream; If I Can’t Have You; More Than a Woman and Heartbreaker.
The Hallé presents a celebration on the 65th anniversary of the formation of the Bee Gees and their musical legacy, which has seen record sales of over 220 million, setting them among the best-selling artists of all time. Following on from the acclaimed celebration of Elton John with the Hallé last year, conductor Richard Balcombe and our star soloists guide us through the Bee Gees highly successful career: from the early period in the 1960s and ’70s, through to their career defining multi-award winning soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever in 1977, their burgeoning reputation as writers and producers for other leading artists in the ’80s to their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. You should, most definitely, be dancing.
Richard Balcombe conductor Graham Bickley, Patrick Smyth, Stuart Matthew Price and Abbie Osmon vocalists
Tickets (including fees) from £17.50 to £46.50
THE BEE GEES A CELEBRATION OF 65 YEARS
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20 ≥ 2022–23 CONCERT SEASON THANK YOU It is due to the generosity of our sponsors, patrons and every loyal supporter that we are able to perform the concerts in this brochure. Arts Council England, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the City of Manchester have all been steadfast in their support and have our sincerest thanks. The Hallé Concerts Society is a Registered Charity Number 223882 www.halle.co.uk
