Live Music Monday: Halle Orchestra concert dates May - June 2021
Halle Orchestra concert dates May - June 2021
As we look ahead to the reopening of concert halls, theatres and live music venues on May 17th, Scala Radio celebrates the live music experience with some special programmes.
We've dedicated Bank Holiday Monday to live recordings and performances of some of our favourite orchestras and artists from up and down the UK. Hear Live Music Monday in association with Help Musicians UK from 10am on Monday 3 May.
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And to look forward to the return of live performances in the UK, we've also drawn up a list of some of the first concerts UK orchestras are playing. On this page, find out more about concerts staged by the Hallé.
Elgar's Enigma Variations
Thursday 3 June, 2.15pm & 7pm The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Available online from Thursday 10 June
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Hallé
Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture
Stravinsky Petrushka (1947)
Elgar Enigma Variations
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
Thursday 17 June 2.15pm & 7pm The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Available online from Thursday 24 June
Tabita Berglund conductor
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Osvaldo Golijov Last Round
Beethoven Symphony No.7
The Best of the West End
Saturday 26 June, 2.15pm & 7pm The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Stephen Bell conductor | Scott Davies and Jacqui Scott vocalists | Hallé
That’s Entertainment (arr. Richard Bissill)
Les Misérables I Dreamed a Dream; Empty Chairs
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Guys and Dolls Luck be a Lady
9 to 5: The Musical 9 to 5
Mary Poppins Overture
We Will Rock You Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Dear Evan Hansen Waving Through a Window
Chess I Know Him So Well; Anthem
Beauty and the Beast Be Our Guest
La Cage aux Folles I Am What I Am
Evita Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
Annie Get Your Gun Overture
The Phantom of the Opera The Music of the Night; All I Ask of You
The Producers Overture
Schumann's Spring Symphony
Thursday 1 July, 2.15pm & 7pm
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tomáš Hanus conductor | Eldbjørg Hemsing violin | Hallé
Farrenc Overture No.1 in E minor
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Schumann Symphony No.1 ‘Spring’
Porgy & Bess - Celebrating a Classic Album
Saturday 17 July, 2.15pm & 7pm
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Stephen Bell conductor | Nicola Emmanuelle vocalist | Enrico Tomasso trumpet/vocalist | Ryan Quigley trumpet | Nichol Thompson trombone | Calum Gourlay jazz bass | Guy Rickarby drums | James Pearson piano | Hallé
Gershwin (transcribed by Ryan Quigley) Strike Up the Band
Gershwin (transcribed by Ryan Quigley) Porgy and Bess (1958)
The Tsar, The Rock and The Firebird
Thursday 22 July, 2.15pm & 7pm
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Available online from Thursday 29 July
Sir Mark Elder conductor | Hallé
Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite
Rachmaninov The Rock
Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1945)