The Hallé returns to Bridgewater Hall for summer season

Lucy Thraves
Friday, May 7, 2021

The orchestra has announced a summer season with six live concerts running from 3 June to 22 July.

Each programme will be performed twice at 2.15pm and 7pm. Three of concerts (3 & 17 June, 22 July) will also be available for online broadcast. 

The Hallé’s music director, Sir Mark Elder, will conduct the opening and closing programmes. Associate Pops conductor Stephen Bell will conduct two concerts and the orchestra welcomes back Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund and the director of Welsh National Opera, Tomáš Hanus.  

The season features Elgar's Enigma Variations, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, Beethoven’s Seventh and Schumann’s First Symphonies, Stravinsky’s The Firebird and Petrushka and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, played by Eldbjørg Hemsing. 

Full details of programmes and how to book can be found at: www.halle.co.uk/summer-2021