The Bridgewater Hall AUTUMN 2022
New Year's Eve at The Bridgewater Hall On Saturday 31 December we will host a gala performance featuring some of the best and most iconic 70s inspired grooves, from the decade that provided the soundtrack to dance floors all over the world. Join The Bridgewater Hall Love Unlimited Orchestra and featured artists, as they take the R&B soul train to a boogie wonderland, disco inferno and beyond! End the year in style and move on up into 2023! Book Tickets
Welcome As I write this forward, I can hear the melodic notes of Summer Evening (Fredrick Delius) playing languidly in the background. The sun is shining, the birds sing and children play in the park across the way. However, I must inevitably move on to the beautiful melancholy of change as heralded in Autumn from the composer’s North Country Sketches.... welcome to our What's On – Autumn brochure! We have been delighted with the response to our What's On – Summer brochure, as we introduced an extended format of articles to accompany our programme of events. In the following pages, you will find new articles associated with our recently launched International Concert Series. Please help yourself to a dedicated brochure if you haven’t already – these are available in the venue foyers and online, or why not join our mailing list? The autumn season is packed with wonderful performances; featuring artists and ensembles from around the world – there’s something for everyone. We hope to see you soon at The Bridgewater Hall, as we celebrate the start of autumn in all its beauty. Please be sure to bookmark our website (see url below) as we regularly update our events pages. Andrew Bolt Chief Executive Officer The Bridgewater Hall Booking Fees Please note all prices featured in this brochure include a booking fee of either £2.50 or £3.50.
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Whilst cherishing his achievements, Sir Bryn is always refining his craft. “In the classical world, it’s important to constantly add to your repertoire – I can’t just sing the hits every night. It is all about performance, diction and singing in tune; those rudiments are still the essentials.”
According to Sir Bryn, “The set is already locked down in my mind. We’re mixing it up a little on this tour: some concerts will be piano, harp, voice and others will be with an orchestra (Sinfonia Cymru) and conductor Gareth Jones. We know each other well and we have some great orchestrations, so I’m ready to go. I’m certainly going to put in uplifting Ivor Novello songs and some of my favourite operatic arias. We’ll have a young guest singer too, so that I can do some duets. Welsh folk songs will also feature. Some of these songs are melancholic but also filled with such hope – pieces like Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night) implores us all to share the light together.” His 30-year anniversary has quickly crept up on Sir Bryn. “It’s incredible really, three decades at the Royal Opera House. My record label Deutsche Grammophon told me that next year is their 125th anniversary and, again, my 30th with them. They are going to bring out some of my albums on vinyl, which I’m very excited about because as a student I had such a collection, and I bought myself a turntable for Christmas.”
'Scratch a Welshman and he’ll sing for you!' laughs Sir Bryn Terfel.
“The name of the tour is a little nod towards Max Boyce’s Hymns and Arias, but these concerts represent my life. I started by performing the songs my parents sang whilst cradling me as a baby. These songs are special in Wales; they are a part of the household.”
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An Interview with bass-baritone Bryn Terfel
'It’s a dream come true to put together a set like this.'
Returning to live performance has been an incredible experience for Sir Bryn and audiences alike. “We want everyone to be safe, but to come and enjoy the music. I’ve just done a sold out run of Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House and to see that theatre full again, well, it was something that maybe before we took for granted. To be back performing now is a totally different feeling, the enjoyment now is tenfold and that zeal is going to stay with me…”
Curating the setlist for his Bridgewater Hall performance has been a labour of love. Sir Bryn is aware his platform enables him to keep certain repertoire under the spotlight. “This fortunate position in which I find myself in: to be able to have people orchestrate Welsh folk songs for me personally, that means that anyone else can then go on to use them too.”
The much-loved bass-baritone is returning to The Bridgewater Hall this October on his Songs and Arias Tour.
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Sir Bryn has brought his own stamp to bear on the classics, performing alongside many greats on the way. “One of the first duets I did was with Tom Jones. I did Green Green Grass Of Home – a song I’ve sung forever in my car! I performed his opera Ca Ira with Roger Waters of Pink Floyd and sang Roxanne at Sting’s 60th birthday!”
Learning and performing songs he learned at his mother’s knee was the start of an incredible musical journey. “Even after five years in the Guildhall, I wasn’t sure if I was good enough, until I won the last competition there – the Gold Medal. That was the pivotal point that led me to go ahead with this career and not go back to being a farmer with the sheep and cows!”
On Friday 14 October, Sir Bryn Terfel will share the music that has kept him at the pinnacle of opera and concert singing for three decades. As he concludes, “Come along! I will try to entertain you as much as possible. I’m so looking forward to it – it’s what I do.”
Sir Bryn’s musical pursuits have led to amazing highlights. He was the second recipient of the Queen’s Medal For Music and was also knighted for his services to music. “It was astounding for me to think wow, I’ve done enough in my career to be given such an honour”. After that Gold Medal win, his performance at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (coming second to baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky) opened the floodgates. “From that moment I was off, constantly learning repertoire, trying to be that good colleague whenever I was in one of the world’s great concert halls. I’ve climbed lots of personal Everests. Singing at the Royal Opera House is always very special, as is the Metropolitan in New York and the Scala in Milan; these are tremendous places to even think, who else has sung on that stage? It’s kind of daunting. I never take anything for granted – that is why I am always delighted to be asked back to any concert hall…!"
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The Hall’s flagship classical music series brings two remarkable ensembles back to Manchester for the chance to hear history in an entirely different way.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), which opens the series, has appeared with the world’s greatest classical names throughout its 90-year history. The ensemble had performed with the 16 year-old Yehudi Menuhin, playing the Elgar Violin Concerto within its first 12 months. This rich performance history (which also includes numerous world premieres, such as Shostakovich’s Symphony No.7 in 1942, Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No.5 in 1943, and Tippett’s A Child of Our Time in 1944) offers a rich repository to draw on for each new concert. Despite the LPO’s early success, the orchestra nearly didn’t survive its first decade, going into liquidation just seven years after being formed. Taken over by its players, it went on to take part in the first concert at the newly opened Royal Festival Hall and to record all of the world’s national anthems for the London 2012 Olympics.
Two ensembles are appearing at the Hall after two years of Covid-19 cancellations, in the first full International Concert Series season since 2019-20; each with a unique relationship to the past. Experience the music of Handel played on instruments that existed at the time of composition and enjoy a performance from an ensemble that was founded two years before the death of Elgar. Drawing upon an illustrious history and the thrill of creating something new, using historic techniques, these two ensembles are set to give truly special performances.
Ancient wood, strings made from sheep gut, centuries-old construction – have you ever wondered how a double bass made 300 years ago might sound compared to a modern instrument? Or what influence having once been conducted by Elgar might have on an ensemble performing the composer’s Enigma Variations today?
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Now highly acclaimed, the LPO joins orchestras from Belgium, Malta, Armenia and Iceland on the International Concert Series 22-23 programme, returning to the Hall for the first time in over four years. Aptly the LPO has a long-standing international outlook, one that saw it become the first British orchestra to appear in Soviet Russia and to tour Australia, Hong Kong, the Philippines and India. Over time the LPO has remained culturally resonant, recording blockbuster film scores from Lawrence of Arabia, to The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Thor: The Dark World. Conducted by a cyberman in a promotional performance for Dr Who, the orchestra took the opportunity to reach new audiences during the pandemic by developing its LPOnline content, achieving over three million views worldwide for videos of performances, interviews and interactive family activities.
This will be the LPO’s first Manchester concert under the direction of Edward Gardner, the organisation’s first British Principal Conductor since the late 1960s. The event marks a welcome return to the city for Gardner, who was formerly Assistant Conductor of the Hallé under Mark Elder. The evening opens with Tchaikovsky’s passionately romantic Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture, before Benjamin Grosvenor takes to the stage as the soloist in Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No.1. The youngest British musician ever to be signed to the Decca Classics record label, Grosvenor performed at the First Night of the 2011 BBC Proms aged just 19. Elgar’s Enigma Variations follow – the composer’s 14 portraits of family and friends, including a piece inspired by the antics of the Hereford Cathedral organist’s dog. It’s a programme curated specifically for The Bridgewater Hall, presented by one of the country’s foremost pianists and a conductor ambitious to make his mark. International Concert Series 22-23: Two extraordinary ensembles return to The Bridgewater Hall
Both drawing on history in a different way, the LPO and OAE present two unmissable concerts for the long-awaited return of the International Concert Series.
Long-established and critically acclaimed, the LPO is one of four resident orchestras at the Southbank Centre, alongside another ensemble returning to Manchester after a long hiatus. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) offers an extraordinary opportunity to hear classical music as it would have sounded when it was first performed. By playing on instruments dating back to the time the music was written, the ensemble gets as close as possible to the effect the composer intended. Audiences today are accustomed to hearing classical music played with modern instruments and techniques; instead, the use of strings made from sheep gut (instead of metal) and wind instruments without valves (unlike their modern counterparts), results in a listening experience that's different from any other orchestra. The OAE's desire to create something new by drawing on the past is even represented by the ensemble’s name, which refers to the notable upsurge of scientific, philosophical and cultural enquiry in the 17th and 18th centuries, commonly referred to as the Age of Enlightenment. Marked by a quest for freedom of ideas and expression, the era finds its echo in the OAE’s collective decision to dispense with a music director and to give some performances without a conductor.
Handel’s repertoire, which forms the centrepiece of the OAE’s performance for the International Concert Series, falls under this category. Part of the orchestra’s Songs of Travel season, the concert features an inventive survey of the composer’s music from some of its foremost experts – from much-loved arias to a Concerto Grosso in which the music passes between the full orchestra and a small group of soloists. Director Steven Devine (owner of an astonishing number of harpsichords) is joined by acclaimed tenor Ian Bostridge (nominated for 15 Grammys) with the programme rounded out by lesser-heard pieces from Handel’s predecessor, Georg Muffat. Informed by hours of research to understand the programme’s performance history, Handel might recognise the music as it was played in his day, were he to sit in the auditorium.
By Polly Checkland Harding London Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday 8 October 2022 7.30pm Tickets from £25 Student tickets £5.50 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sunday 5 February 2023 4.00pm Tickets from £19 Student tickets
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Fostering intense interaction between the players, with movements driven by gestures instead of a baton, the result is magnetic and true to pre-1750 music, before the advent of stand-alone conductors.
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The Drifters return performing all their classic hits including: Saturday Night at the Movies, You’re More Than A Number, Come on Over to My Place, Under the Boardwalk, Kissin’ In The Back Row and many more! Under the guidance of Tina Treadwell (daughter of the group’s original founders George and Faye Treadwell), The Drifters have enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in recent years. Buy your tickets now!
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Jazzette are led by Carol Jason, a bassist and vocalist specialising in traditional Jewish music and jazz standards. She’ll be joined by pianist and vocalist Andy Gleave. Jazzette replaces Kirsty McGee.
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Giants of Soul Thursday 8 September 7.30pm Featuring: Tunde Baiyewu (The Lighthouse Family), Deniece Williams, Gwen Dickey (Rose Royce), Alexander O’Neal, Jaki Graham, Janet Kay & Candace Woodson.
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Hosted by Smooth Radio’s award-winning Angie Greaves, don’t miss the ultimate night out with Giants of Soul! Featuring over three hours of non-stop hits from the most successful, iconic performers of the late 70's through to modern day (all backed by an all-star 10-piece band), this promises to be an evening you'll never forget!
Critically acclaimed composer, singer and pianist Agnes Obel will perform at the Hall this autumn. With new music forthcoming, fans will hear brand new songs, alongside a set list from Obel’s award-winning and platinum-selling albums Philharmonics, Aventine and Citizen of Glass
Performing a selection of world-renowned favourites from the world of opera, Jonathan Scott brings us a collection of lives, loves and tragedies, that make this Lunchtime at the Opera unmissable.
The Mavericks Monday 12 September Rescheduled8.00pm from 10 September The2021Mavericks make a welcome return to the Hall, touring their new Latin album En Español, a collection of songs representing a wide variety of diverse styles and cultural traditions. Promising a performance like no other, join this Miami-based, infused rock & roll band, as they perform a compelling mix of standards and Spanish-language originals in signature Mavericks style!
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Lost In Music Saturday 10 September Come7.30pmon a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco! Relive the Magical 70’s with some of the greatest songs of all time from artists: Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge and Chic. Boasting a sensational live band, talented cast and stunning vocals, this is the feel-good show of the year!
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Kim Wilde The Greatest Hits Tour Support China Crisis Wednesday 14 September Doors Rescheduled7.00pmfrom 18 September Following2020 the global success of Here Come The Aliens and the recent live album Aliens Live, Kim Wilde and her incredible band are heading to The Bridgewater Hall as part of Kim’s Greatest Hits Tour. Featuring hit singles from 1981 to 2022, this will be an unmissable event for Kim Wilde fans and fans of the 80s alike. Featuring classics such as: Kids In America, Hangin’ On, You Came and other underrated hits like A Million Miles Away and Love Is Holy – this is going to be the definitive Kim Wilde show.
Tickets £32.50 to £39.50
Tickets £34 to £42 Daniel Howell We’re All Doomed! Sunday 11 September Doors 7.00pm Daniel Howell is back, as stressed and depressingly dressed as ever, with his epic new solo stage show We’re All Doomed! When there’s so many apocalyptic scenarios threatening to destroy us, it might be tempting to give in to the gloom... However, with enough sarcasm, satire and a desire to skewer everything that’s wrong with society, Dan is determined to find some hope for humanity or at least laugh like it’s the end of the world. Prepare for a night of ‘doomers’becomehissoul-searching,self-deprecation,Danover-sharingdeepestfearsanddesiresandpartofacommunityoftosharethefinaldays.
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Friday 16 September 12.45pm Don’t miss Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat - a cinematic, melodic jazz quintet based in Leeds, led by saxophonist and composer Emma Johnson. The group won the Peter Whittingham Award to record their debut album, Worry Not, which was released to great acclaim in 2021 and described as ‘an exciting prospect indeed’ by Jazzwise. Johnson’s latest venture is working on new music as a recipient of Lancaster Jazz Festival’s Evolve Commission for 2022. Free entry, un-ticketed event in the Stalls Foyer
The Magic of Motown Friday 16 September 7.30pm Seen by over a million people, get ready for the return of the biggest Motown party of the year! Go Loco Down in Acapulco, as we take you down memory lane with all the Motown classics from artists including: Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson and many, many more. Celebrate the sound of a generation with one very special night of The Magic of Motown!
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Tickets £32 to £39.50 Ben Stokes Live! Saturday 17 September 7.30pm England’s newest skipper appears live on stage for the first time. Ben Stokes, in conversation with Josh Denzel, will lift the lid on the national side’s incredible transformation and provide insight into the highs and lows of his extraordinary life. Relive iconic moments from Ben's career on the big screen and meet famous sporting friends, as Ben is joined on stage for conversation and hilarious anecdotes. Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity to see Ben Stokes and friends live.
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Tickets £33.00 to £48.50 VIP Package £123.50 Ólafur Arnalds Sunday 18 September Doors Award-winning7.00pmartist, composer and producer Ólafur Arnalds will make his Bridgewater Hall debut, following the release of his monumental album Some Kind of Peace. Expect a spellbinding performance, bringing together new and old material. Ólafur's groundbreaking, self-playing Stratus pianos will be a spectacle to behold — creating unexpected harmonies and surprising melodic sequences that make every performance unique.
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Tickets £12.50 Concessions £11 | Student £7.50 Live at Lunchtime Ivan Campo Friday 23 September 12.45pm Ivan Campo are an acoustic, folk-pop band based in Manchester. Formed in 2004, their collection of laid-back songs tell tales inspired by life, love and literature. With many songs featuring on BBC 6 Music and even the critically acclaimed cult TV show Skins, don’t miss this local rare talent!
Wednesday 21 September 2.15pm Thursday 22 September 7.30pm Sunday 25 September 4.00pm
Ravel La Valse Dobrinka Tabakova Concerto for Cello and Strings Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’
Tim Peake Wednesday 21 September 8.00pm Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for an awe-inspiring ride with Tim Peake a European Space Agency astronaut. Tim will be your personal guide through life in space, with unprecedented access, breath-taking photographs and never-before-seen incredible footage.
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It’s a fascinating insight into what the life of an astronaut is like, from training to launch and spacewalk to re-entry. Join Tim as he reveals the secrets, science and everyday wonders of how and why humans journey into space. Sharing his passion for aviation, exploration and adventure, this is your chance to spend an evening with one of the world’s greatest living astronauts and to rediscover the wonder of the place we call home.
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Tickets £28.50 to £43.50 Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society Tom Gamble guitar Thursday 22 September 1.10pm Programme to be announced
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A dazzling upbeat performance, Ravel’s La Valse evokes ‘an imperial court ballroom'. On the podium will be Bulgarian Assistant Conductor, Delyana Lazarova winner of the inaugural Siemens-Hallé International Conductors Competition. Delyana introduces the Hallé’s Artist in Residence, her compatriot Dobrinka Tabakova, whose music has been described as sweeping up the listener with its ‘abundant power’ (The Strad). Her first composition of the season will be the vibrant Concerto for Cello and Strings, which journeys through turbulence, longing and pure radiance. Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique embraces a first movement of raw emotions, a teasing waltz, barnstorming march and tragic slow finaleregarded as his greatest symphonic achievement. by Siemens-Hallé International Conductors Competition 2023 Tickets £15.50 to £46 available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, and student rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £10 Day tickets (on sale on the day of the concert only)
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Mr American Pie will perform at The Bridgewater Hall as part of his UK tour, celebrating 50 years of his huge hit single, his much loved American Pie album and his remarkable, enduring music career. American Pie resides in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry, joining less than 500 works. American Pie was named by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) a top five song of the 20th century. In 2002, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2015, McLean’s manuscript of the lyrics to American Pie were auctioned by Christies, selling for just over $1.2 Million.
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Wagner Parsifal – Prelude to Act 1 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Elgar Symphony No.2 in E flat major Mark Wigglesworth navigates the first step of our voyage through the final symphonic works of classical music’s greats. With his last opera, Wagner left a legacy that polarised and challenged composers for decades to come. Hear his gauntlet hit the ground in the heartrending Prelude to Parsifal, before Zoë Beyers embraces Vaughan Williams’s folk-like melodies in The Lark Ascending. Closing the show, a piece Elgar described as a ‘passionate pilgrimage of the soul’ and a work of spectacular grandeur, his Second Symphony.
Tickets £43 to £58 Meet & Greet VIP Package £142 Gold VIP Package £92 BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth conductor Zoë Beyers violin Saturday 24 September 7.30pm
Friday 23 September Doors 7.00pm
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Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love Tour Plus special guests
Boyzlife is a supergroup formed by long time pals Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden, who previously appeared as respective members of the ’90s and ’00s boy bands Boyzone and Westlife. Backed by a fantastic live band, the duo will perform new songs from their upcoming original material studio album, Old School, which was released on 6 May, as well as classic hits from their back catalogues.
Live at Lunchtime So Many Beauties Collective Friday 30 September 12.45pm
BBC Young Musician 2022
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Join us for the world’s premier show in celebration of ‘The Velvet Voice’. Experience all the hits from Luther Vandross’ amazing career - culminating in over 40 million album sales and eight Grammy awards. Featuring some of the greatest dance anthems and love songs ever written and fronted by international Luther Vandross tribute Harry Cambridge and his 10 piece band, this performance is not to be missed! Hits include: Never Too Much, Here and Now, Give Me The Reason, I Really Didn’t Mean It, Stop to Love, So Amazing, The Best Things in Life Are Free, Always and Forever, Endless Love, Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now and Your Secret Love.
Rescheduled from 19 November 2021
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In celebration of Craft Recordings’ deluxe re-issue of her best-selling 2004 album, Careless Love, acclaimed jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux returns for her Careless Love Forever world tour. Performing at The Bridgewater Hall, this will be one of the first times Peyroux plays her much-loved album front-to-back.
The So Many Beauties Collective work co-creatively in health and social care settings, with older people living with dementia and their carers. Featuring a culturally diverse range of instruments, played by some of the UK’s finest performers, this dementia-friendly performance will soothe and energise in equal measure.
Join us at the Grand Final of BBC Young Musician 2022, as five supremely talented young people each perform a concerto with the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. At the end of the evening, a winner will be chosen by a distinguished panel of judges. This performance will be filmed for broadcast on BBC Four.
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Luther Vandross Celebration Friday 30 September 7.30pm
HeepUriah The Hallé — Abba Symphonica Stephen Bell conductor Annie Skates, Emma Kershaw, Lance Ellington and David Combes vocalists Saturday 1 October 7.30pm Join us to experience ABBA’s catalogue of 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, Angel Eyes, Dancing Queen, tracks from the new Voyage album and many more! Hit after hit, from Waterloo to Voyage, ABBA are one of pop’s biggest bands. Every song is a floor-filler, with successive generations singing and dancing to their 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. This is a night to channel your inner Dancing Queen and have the time of your life! Concert sponsored by Brother Tickets £17.50 to £46.50 Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £10 Day tickets (on sale on the day of the concert only) 11 OctoberUriahHeepLockdowntoRockdown Monday 3 October Doors 7.00pm Rescheduled from 3 November 2020 British rock icons Uriah Heepwill perform at the Hall as part of their 50th Anniversary tour. Uriah Heep’s longevity is a testament to the band’s musicianship, prolific song-writing and tireless efforts. From the aptly titled 1970 debut album Very ‘Eavy… Very ‘Umble, to their last magnificent studio record Living The Dream and DVD extravaganza Live at KOKO, London, Uriah Heep have always produced high quality hard rock, blended with stunning melodies and intricate harmonies. Tickets £36 to Manchester£41Mid-day Concerts Society Domonkos Csabay piano Tuesday 4 October 1.10pm Programme to be announced Tickets £12.50 Concessions £11 | Student £7.50 Book Tickets Book Tickets Book Tickets
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Edward Gardner brings the resurgent LPO for their first Manchester concert under his direction, with a star turn from one of the country’s leading pianists. Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Felix Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto – a wondrous display by a 22-yearold composer overflowing with ideas. We begin with Tchaikovsky’s dramatic symphonic poem, inspired by the greatest love story ever told. And to close, one of Britain's best-loved pieces – Elgar’s Enigma to £44 subject 26s month before concert)
Edward Gardner conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano Saturday 8 October 7.30pm Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
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The Hallé — A Hero’s Life Sir Mark Elder conductor Pavel Kolesnikov piano Thursday 6 October 7.30pm
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Smetana Má Vlast: Vlatava Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Smetana’sLife)portrayal of the river Vltava is a work Sir Mark ‘adores’, particularly for its depiction of its bubbling source, exquisitely conveyed by the Hallé’s flautists. Performed by Siberian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto also stands out; being both fiendishly virtuosic and laden with his characteristic ardent, lateromantic lyricism. Finishing the performance is Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) ‘a deeply affecting work’ and a Hallé party-piece, full of orchestral solos that players and audiences love. Tuning Up event at 6.30pm Concert sponsored by CMS Thursday Series sponsor: Siemens Tickets £15.50 to £46 Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £10 Day tickets (on sale on the day of the concert only)
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Tickets £12.50 Concessions £11 | Student £7.50 International Concert Series Bryn Terfel bass-baritone Gareth Jones conductor Sinfonia Cymru Friday 14 October 7.40pm Come and join us as the Welsh bassbaritone, Bryn Terfel performs an evening dedicated to the world of Songs and Arias. Bringing together a selection of his signature roles from opera and famous tunes from music-theatre and the music-hall, don’t miss one of the world’s most sought-after singers performing at The Bridgewater Hall! This personal playlist will include everything from Mozart and Wagner, to sublime music from Bryn’s native Wales.
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John Andrews conductor Hilary Cronin soprano Bethany Horak-Hallett mezzo-soprano
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Raymond Gubbay presents Last Night of the Autumn Proms
Celebrate the year of the Platinum Jubilee with a meticulously crafted concert of rousing classics, crowned with a spirited and climactic Great British Proms finale fit for royalty. Plus, a very special tribute to the Great British Proms themselves, Jerusalem, Nessun Dorma, Rule, Britannia!, Land of Hope and Glory Tickets £28.50 to £43.50
Sibelius Violin Concerto Farrenc Overture No.1 Mendelssohn Symphony No.4, Come‘Italian’and join us at The Bridgewater Hall as two young Finnish artists of formidable talent make their Hallé debuts. Taavi Oramo is tipped to be ‘the next young Finnish conductor to rise to international acclaim’ (Helsinki Sanomat). Whilst Tami Pohjola was the first prize winner of the 2019 International Dinu Lipatti Violin Competition. Opening each half are lyrical overtures by near contemporaries Fanny Mendelssohn and Louise Farrenc, both displaying the talents of these gifted early-Romantic composers. Sibelius’s haunting opening to his Violin Concerto calls to mind chill Scandinavian landscapes, whereas Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony is imbued with the sunshine and warmth of Italy where it began.
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Thursday’s performance sponsored by Towergate Tickets £15.50 to £46 Discounts available — OAPs, under 30s, claimants, groups and student Disabled rate 50% discount (+complimentary carer seat) £10 Day tickets (on sale on the day of the concert only)
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Erland Cooper Window onto Rackwick (world premiere) Gipps Overture ‘Chanticleer’
Beethoven Symphony No.9 in D minor, ‘Choral’ To celebrate BBC Philharmonic's centenary year, the orchestra will perform a very special concert at the Hall. In 2005, the orcheatra released recordings of Beethoven’s nine symphonies as free downloads and, within a week, Beethoven became the most downloaded artist in the UK. To celebrate Beethoven’s enduring popularity, the orchestra will perform his epic Ninth Symphony, continuing to champion rarely performed and newly written music. Hear Ruth Gipps’s Chanticleer overture and a brand-new piece by Erland Cooper, in tribute to Peter Maxwell Davies’s long and close association with the BBC Philharmonic. Here’s to the next 100 years!
Disabled patrons – 50% discount & Claimants – 20% discount
Under 26s & Students – Stalls seats £5.50
Tickets £12.50 to £26.50
VIP Meet & Greet Package £98.50 Ollikainen Book Tickets Tickets
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Chaos and the Hits Tuesday 18 October 7.30pm Rescheduled from 7 May 2021 Marc Almond is delighted to announce his first British live tour in nearly two years, Marc Almond In Concert. Marc will be singing songs from his last top 20 album, Chaos and a Dancing Star (released in March 2020), plus many favourites and top hits from his back catalogue.
Eva Ollikainen conductor Tuuli Takala soprano Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano Steve Davislim tenor Simon Shibambu bass-baritone
Saturday 15 October 7.30pm
Essential 80s SHOW CANCELLED Paul Young, T'Pau and Hue & Cry
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Wednesday 19 October Doors 7.00pm Essential 80’s brings the very best chart-topping 80’s artists to The Bridgewater Hall, for a nostalgic tour! 80’s heart-throb Paul Young shot to fame with a stream of top 10 hits such as: Wherever I Lay My Hat, Love of The Common People, Everytime You Go Away and Everything Must Change. He is also the opening soloist on the original Band Aid single, Feed The World and performed at Live Aid in 1984. Carol Decker of T’Pau, broke hearts with her powerful vocals on huge hits such as China in Your Hands and the debut single Heart and Soul. Scottish duo Hue & Cry were a force majeure with their high energy hit Labour Of Love
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Tickets £35 to £48.50
FastLove Thursday 20 October 7.30pm
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Friday 21 October Doors 7.00pm
Tony Hadley: Live with Orchestra 40th Anniversary UK Tour
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Thursday 20 October 1.10pm Programme to be announced Tickets £12.50 Concessions £11 | Student £7.50
Celebrating four decades since Tony first released music with his former band Spandau Ballet, Tony’s unmistakable voice still brims with the same passion and urgency as it first did all those years ago. Tony will perform tracks from across his career both as the voice of Spandau Ballet and as a solo artist.
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Direct from London’s West End, this is the ultimate George Michael Celebration! Playing all the hits from Wham through his glittering solo career, including: Wake Me Up, Too Funky, Father Figure, Freedom 90, Faith, Knew You Were Waiting, Careless Whisper and many more, this will be an amazing performance!
Relive the magic of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial on the big screen accompanied by a live performance from the Hallé. 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 Extra-Terrestrial follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the 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 Concertscreen!sponsored by: Siemens Tickets £28.50 to £46.50 Under 30 – 15% off all areas
Tickets £36 to £52 VIP Package £123.50 The Hallé E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial In Concert Ben Palmer conductor Saturday 22 October 7.00pm
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Raymond Gubbay presents Symphonic Universe: The Music of The Avengers and Beyond Ali Plumb presenter Lee Reynolds conductor Manchester Concert Orchestra Coro Spezzato choir Sunday 23 October 3.00pm Take a bold leap into another dimension with Symphonic Universe: The Music of The Avengers and Beyond, a new show that is out of this world. Genius Robert Ziegler has arranged epic pieces to accompany crucial scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Danny Elfman’s Batman, Hans Zimmer’s The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel, and John Williams’ iconic Star Wars. A show full of songs for superheroes, music fit for gods and the sounds of space brought to life!
Tickets £28.50 to £47.50
The Disney movie classic Hocus Pocus will be presented live in concert for the first time in the UK. The perfect Halloween treat, Hocus Pocus In Concert will feature a screening of the film with Emmy-winning composer John Debney’s musical score. Hocus Pocus tells the story of three witches who are accidentally brought back to life in Salem on Halloween night. Known as the Sanderson sisters, they attempt to steal the life essence from the town’s children so they can have eternal life. Released in 1993, the film stars Bette Midler (Winifred), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sarah), Kathy Najimy (Mary), Omri Katz (Max), Thora Birch (Dani) and Vinessa Shaw (Allison).
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Monday 24 October 7.30pm
Hocus Pocus In Concert Film With Live Orchestra
Tickets £33 to £69
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Rescheduled from 11 June 2020 South African vocal powerhouse Ladysmith Black Mambazo will play their first UK tour in many years at The Bridgewater Hall. Since they shot to global stardom on Paul Simon’s Graceland album, Mambazo have been recognised as one of the world’s great vocal groups. Their special guest is Cameroon-born guitarist and singer Muntu Valdo – an electrifying presence who combines loops with the blues.
British music legend Leo Sayer will be coming to The Bridgewater Hall, celebrating his 50th anniversary in music. With this performance, Leo and his band will bring boundless energy, exuberance and a hit packed show.
Known world-wide for his army of hits which include: Thunder In My Heart, Moonlighting, One Man Band, I Can’t Stop Loving You, More Than I Can Say, Have You Ever Been in Love, The Show Must Go On and the transatlantic number ones, When I Need You and You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, this promises to be an unforgettable evening!
Tickets £12.50 to £26.50 Disabled patrons – 50% discount Seniors & Claimants – 20% discount Under 26s & Students – Stalls seats £5.50 (no booking fee) Leo Sayer The Show Must Go On 50th Anniversary Tour
Monday 31 October 7.30pm
conductor Claire Booth soprano Hugh Cutting counter-tenor Saturday 29 October 7.30pm Robert Laidlow Silicon (world premiere) Emily Howard Elliptics (world premiere) Emily Howard Antisphere
The Hallé - Verdi’s Requiem Sir Mark Elder conductor Natalyia Romaniw soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Thomas Atkins tenor James Platt bass Hallé MatthewChoirHamilton choral director Thursday 27 October 7.30pm Verdi Messa da Requiem Verdi is in Sir Mark’s blood; he’s conducted his music more than any other composer. The Requiem was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, writer and humanist, whom Verdi admired and hoped to emulate through his music. The piece was initially controversial because of Verdi’s overt operatic approach to a sacred text, as he responded to every nuance of the words. It’s a technically demanding tour de force, but together with the superb Hallé Choir, Sir Mark has assembled a stellar line up of soloists familiar to Hallé audiences, to perform what he describes as ‘this so powerful, deeply felt work’.
Tuesday 25 October 7.30pm
As part of the RNCM’s Future Music Festival, we’re exploring the boundaries and intersections between science and art. Composers Robert Laidlow and Emily Howard join us with two world premieres that combine music, maths, artificial intelligence (AI) and spirituality.
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Laidlow’s Silicon investigates the synergies between music and AI, examining its ability to answer and develop music. Meanwhile, Howard ponders maths, love and death in the intimate Elliptics with words by Michael Symmons Roberts. Conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni will be bringing tonight’s music to life.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Support from Muntu Valdo
Concert sponsored by: PZ Cussons Thursday Series sponsor: Siemens Tickets £15.50 to £46
22 Coming Soon Jonathan Scott Organ Masterpieces Tuesday 1 November International Concert Series Belgian National Orchestra Monday 7 November The Music of Lord of the Rings and Beyond Friday 11 November International Concert Series The Sixteen Tuesday 15 November Disco Classical Friday 18 November The Bridgewater Hall’s own flagship classical music series, bringing the best international orchestras, celebrated recitalists and some of the world’s most renowned choirs to Manchester. Now on sale, please see our website for details. Box Office: 0161 907 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk9000 SixteenThe
Sunday 18 September 11.15am Monday 19 September 11.15am Organ Tour Tuesday 27 September 11.15am Friday 7 October 11.15am Thursday 13 October 11.15am Sunday 16 October 11.15am Saturday 22 October 11.15am Tuesday 25 October 11.15am Friday 28 October 11.15am Saturday 29 October 11.15am A number of tours will be BSL interpreted, please see our website for details. The Bridgewater Hall's Learning & Participation Team are back, and working hard on a range of workshops, events and activities for you to take part in. Whether you're taking your first steps using music in the classroom, or are a community group wanting a unique day out, we hope to have something for everyone. Please visit the 'Get Involved' pages of the website for more information, or drop us an email at learning@bridgewater-hall.co.uk Take a look behind the scenes at The Bridgewater Hall Book a Tour! Get Involved at The Bridgewater Hall Box Office: 0161 907 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk9000 Book Tickets
Flexible Booking Save 15% on the full ticket price when you book 5 or more concerts featuring Parking Discounts A limited number of prepay discounted spaces are available to patrons attending evening concerts at Q-Park First Street car park (see map) at a rate of £8.10. Spaces must be booked at the time of purchasing your concert tickets, no less than 24 hours before the event. Parking is limited to a maximum stay of 8 hours at the discounted Q-Park,rate. Anne Horniman St, Manchester M15 4FN Accessibility The Bridgewater Hall is fully accessible for disabled patrons. For full information on facilities please visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0161 907 9000. Hotel Accommodation Innside by Melia Manchester is an ideal choice. The hotel is located two minutes’ walk from The Bridgewater Hall – see map on opposite page. Innside offers 208 spacious, modern guest rooms, with comfortable kingsize or twin beds, and fantastic cityscape views. Innside by Melia 1 First ManchesterStreet M15 4RP Tel: 0161 200 2500 Email: innside.manchester@melia.com Booking Online Visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk where you have the option to select your own seat or choose the best available. You can also add dining and parking vouchers to your order. If you select your own seat, you can see at a glance which seats are available. Booking By Phone 0161 907 9000 Booking In Person Box Office, The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS Booking By Post To the Box Office at the address above Box Office Opening Hours Monday to Friday 10.00am—5.00pm Saturday & Sunday (concert nights only) 2.00—5.00pm Counter service until 8.00pm on concert nights As at July 2022. Please phone the Box Office or visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk to check for changes in opening times. Forms of Payment Accepted Payment can be made by cash, cheque, Mastercard, Visa or debit card. If paying by cheque, please make your cheque payable to ‘The Bridgewater Hall’. Booking Fees Prices shown in this brochure include booking fees. A booking fee of £2.50 or £3.50 per ticket applies to telephone and online transactions. No fee applies to tickets bought in person or purchased as part of a fixed or flexible subscription. For details of ticket exchange, group discounts, concessionary and standby tickets, please visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office Booking Information 20
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