Hallé Summer Season 2021 - Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony programme

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WELCOME The Hallé is back - live!

After 15 months of enforced silence, what a joy it is to welcome you back to hear and see this great orchestra live again in the glorious acoustics of The Bridgewater Hall. For me personally, having joined the wonderful Hallé family back in the dark days of September 2020, this is particularly poignant.

We’ve curated what we hope is a thrilling series of summer concerts which showcase a celebratory and exuberant range of music with a stellar cast of soloists and conductors, and of course, our inspirational Music Director Sir Mark Elder. A specially created stage extension has enabled us to offer large symphonic fayre, so a huge thank you to our partners at The Bridgewater Hall who have worked with such imagination and diligence to ensure that audiences are made to feel safe and welcome as we begin to emerge from government restrictions.

Alongside these live concerts, and following the success of our critically acclaimed Winter Digital Series, three of the performances in this Summer Series will also be filmed to the very highest standards for you and our audiences around the world to watch at home. Nothing for me beats the visceral experience of hearing live orchestral music, but we are delighted that we can continue to share our work with people who are unable to attend in person, and explore new ways of presenting the orchestra and illuminating the music.

We are so thankful to you, our audiences, for your unswerving and inspirational support throughout this pandemic. We are also grateful to our faithful sponsors, private trust and foundation supporters, Manchester City Council, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Arts Council and the government’s Cultural Recovery Fund which have enabled us to survive these unprecedented times.

On behalf of us all here at the Hallé we wish you a very enjoyable concert and look forward to sharing many more inspirational musical experiences as we forge ahead with renewed ambition, and drive our pioneering spirit forward into an ever-brightening future.

Thank you for joining us!

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THURSDAY 17 JUNE, 2.15PM AND 7PM AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER Broadcast at thehalle.vhx.tv from Thursday 24 June

BEETHOVEN’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY Wagner Siegfried Idyll Osvaldo Golijov Last Round Beethoven Symphony No.7 Tabita Berglund conductor

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RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)

SIEGFRIED IDYLL (1870)

Richard Wagner Museum at Tribschen in Lucerne Studio1521, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Wagner wrote his Siegfried Idyll shortly after the birth of his only son Siegfried – named after the hero of the opera on which he was working at the time – as a surprise birthday-cum-Christmas present for his wife Cosima. She awoke on Christmas morning 1870, the day after her 33rd birthday, to hear its opening strains performed by a small ensemble (including the Hallé’s future Music Director, Hans Richter, on trumpet) lining the staircase of their villa in Tribschen, Switzerland, overlooking Lake Lucerne: ‘As I awoke … no longer could I imagine myself to be dreaming … such music! When it died away, Richard came into my room with the children and offered me the score of the symphonic birthday poem. I was in tears, but so was everybody else.’

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THE MUSIC The music’s tender opening section is based – like most of the Idyll’s thematic material – on a theme from Act 3 of Wagner’s opera Siegfried (the third part of his Ring cycle), where it is sung by the Valkyrie heroine Brünnhilde to the words ‘Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich’ (‘Ever was I, ever am I’). Often dubbed the motif of ‘eternal womanhood’, it beautifully evokes the iconic image of mother and child. Later, a solo oboe plays a lullaby reminiscent of the old German song ‘Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf’ (‘Sleep, baby, sleep’), but in fact an original tune first noted down by Wagner in his diary on New Year’s Eve 1868, when he was clearly anticipating his son’s birth the following June.

Intermittent horn notes, followed by a series of trills, indicate that the child is now sound asleep. As woodwind, marked dolce (sweetly), introduce another theme taken from the opera Siegfried at the point where Brünnhilde hails the ‘glorious’ hero (‘O Siegfried, Herrlicher’), the mother imagines her child as a handsome young man, a descending clarinet figure suggesting her maternal pride at the thought. Later comes birdsong (Wagner heard a bird singing at the moment of Siegfried’s birth, noted it down and used it here), heroic hunting horns and a more turbulent passage suggesting Siegfried’s worldly woes and his discovery of passionate love. At the end the mother gives up dreaming of her son’s future and the music settles gently back into its opening image of eternal womanhood.

Anthony Bateman © 2011

PASSING NOTE Wagner’s original inscription on his manuscript score entitled the piece ‘Tribschen Idyll, with Fidi’s Bird-Song and Orange Sunrise, presented as a Symphonic Birthday Greeting to his Cosima by her Richard, 1870’. ‘Fidi’ was the family nickname for the 18-month-old Siegfried, while the ‘orange sunrise’ referred to an epiphany that the composer had experienced immediately after his son’s birth, as recorded in Cosima’s diary entry for the day (6 June 1869): ‘With feelings of sublime emotion he [Wagner] stared in front of him, was then surprised by an incredibly beautiful, fiery glow that started to blaze with a richness of colour never before seen, first on the orange wallpaper beside the bedroom door; it was then reflected in the blue jewel box containing my portrait, so that this, covered by glass and set in a narrow gold frame, was transfigured in celestial splendour. The sun had just risen above the Rigi and was putting forth its first rays, proclaiming a glorious, sun-drenched day. R. dissolved into tears.’

As for the ‘Bird-Song’, Cosima noted in her diary for 14 June 1869:

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‘When he [Wagner] came to me, he said he now knew which little bird it was which, as I had told him, invariably started to twitter all by itself at 3.30 in the morning at the first sign of daybreak: it was Siegfried’s bird, which had announced his arrival and now came to inquire after him.’

Because of the work’s intimately domestic nature, Wagner initially reserved it for private performances only, but he was eventually persuaded to have it published in order to help pay off his ever mountainous debts. ‘The Idyll is sent off today,’ Cosima wrote sadly in her diary for 19 November 1877; ‘the secret treasure is to become public property – may the pleasure others take in it match the sacrifice I am making!’

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OSVALDO GOLIJOV (b. 1960)

LAST ROUND (1996) 1 Last Round

Astor Piazzolla, the last great tango composer, was at the peak of his creativity when a stroke killed him in 1992 at the age of 71. He left us, in the words of the old tango, ‘without saying goodbye’, and on that day the musical face of Buenos Aires was abruptly frozen. The creation of that face had started 100 years earlier from the unlikely combination of African rhythms underlying gauchos’ couplets, sung in the style of Sicilian canzonettas over an accompanying Andalusian guitar. As the years passed, all converged towards the bandoneon, a small accordion-like instrument without keyboard that was invented in Germany in the 19th century to serve as a portable church organ but which, after finding its true home in the bordellos of Buenos Aires’s slums in the 1920s, went back to Europe to conquer Paris’s high society in the 1930s. Since then it has reigned as the essential instrument for any tango ensemble.

Piazzolla’s bandoneon was able to condense all the symbols of tango. The eroticism of legs and torsos in the dance was reduced to the intricate patterns of his virtuoso fingers (a simple C major scale on the bandoneon zigzags so much as to leave an inexperienced player’s fingers tangled). The melancholy of the singer’s voice was transposed to the breathing of the bandoneon’s continuous opening and closing.

The macho attitude of the tangueros was reflected in his pose on stage: standing upright, chest forward, right leg on a stool, the bandoneon on top of it, being by turns raised, battered, caressed.

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Astor Piazzolla photo by Carlos Ebert, São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2 Deaths of the Angel

me to finish it and write another movement to complement it. The title is borrowed from a short story about boxing by Julio Cortázar, the metaphor for an imaginary chance for Piazzolla’s spirit to fight one more time (he used to get into fistfights throughout his life). The piece is conceived as an idealised bandoneon. The first movement represents the act of a violent compression of the instrument and the second a final, seemingly endless opening sigh (it is actually a fantasy over the refrain of the song My Beloved Buenos Aires, composed by the legendary Carlos Gardel in the 1930s). But Last Round is also a sublimated tango dance. Two string quartets confront each other, separated by a double bass, with violins and violas standing up as in the traditional tango orchestras. The bows fly in the air like inverted legs in crisscrossed choreography, always attracting and repelling each other, always in danger of clashing, always avoiding it with the immutability that can only be acquired by transforming hot passion into pure pattern. © Osvaldo Golijov

OSVALDO GOLIJOV COMPOSER Osvaldo Golijov grew up in an Eastern European Jewish household in La Plata, Argentina. Born to a piano teacher mother and physician father, he was raised surrounded by classical chamber music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer music, and the nuevo tango (new tango) of Astor Piazzolla. His blending of genres and seamless integration of voices speak volumes about his approach and style, a musical language that can only be termed ‘Golijovian’.

Since the early 1990s, Golijov has enjoyed collaborations with some of the world’s leading chamber music ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet and the St Lawrence String Quartet, in addition to relationships with artists such as the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, soprano Dawn Upshaw and conductor Robert Spano. In 2000 the premiere of his La Pasión según San Marcos (St Mark Passion) took the music world by storm. The Boston Globe called it ‘the first indisputably great composition of the 21st century’.

Golijov has also received acclaim for other ground-breaking works such as his opera Ainadamar and the clarinet quintet The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, as well as music he has written for the films of Francis Ford Coppola. His most recent work is Falling Out of Time, an 80-minute-long song-cycle written for the Silkroad Ensemble.

Osvaldo Golijov served as the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall during the 2012–13 season. He is Loyola Professor of Music at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he has taught since 1991.

Biography reprinted by kind permission of Boosey & Hawkes.

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

SYMPHONY NO.7 IN A MAJOR (1811–12) 1 Poco sostenuto – Vivace 2 Allegretto 3 Presto 4 Allegro con brio

Sketches for Symphony No.7, Petter Sketchbook, 1812.

Morgan Library, New York City Daderot, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Beethoven spent the summer of 1811 composing two sets of incidental music – King Stephen and The Ruins of Athens – for the opening of a new theatre in Budapest, but immediately after this he set to work on his Seventh Symphony, some three years after finishing his Sixth. The new symphony became his main preoccupation during the winter and spring of 1811–12, and large quantities of sketches for it can be found in the so-called ‘Petter Sketchbook’. These show that the four movements were, as usual, composed in numerical order with only slight overlap between them. The autograph score of the symphony is dated 13 April 1812, which probably indicates when Beethoven started writing it out rather than the date of completion, but it was finished not long afterwards, for a copy of the complete work was presented to his friend Archduke Rudolph before the end of June that year. Beethoven was away from Vienna from then until November, however, and no performances of the symphony took place until the following year.

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The first performance consisted of a trial run that took place at Archduke Rudolph’s palace in Vienna, apparently on 21 April 1813, but the public premiere had to wait until nearly the end of the year. On this occasion, 8 December, Beethoven conducted a large orchestra in the University Hall at a charity concert for the war-wounded, and the concert was so successful that it was repeated only four days later. For some reason Beethoven decided not to publish the symphony immediately, but it eventually appeared as Opus 92 in November 1816. The published edition was dedicated to Count Moritz Fries, a banker whose generous support of musicians could be held up as a model for other bankers, and whose firm had been of much assistance in Beethoven’s recent transactions with British publishers.

THE MUSIC The slow introduction to the symphony is the longest in any Beethoven symphony and almost as long in duration as the entire ‘Storm’ in his ‘Pastoral’ Symphony (No.6).

Although in A major, it wanders into the remote keys of C and F, foreshadowing prominent use of these keys later in the work. The following Vivace is, as usual, in sonata form, but its insistent galloping rhythms give it a very distinctive character, full of boundless energy. Reinforcing this character is some very distinctive horn writing.

For technical reasons, works in A major in Beethoven’s day give opportunities for unusually high horn writing, and Beethoven cunningly exploits them. These high notes are reserved for climactic moments in both this movement and the finale, but they are all the more dramatic for their rarity. In the middle two movements, however, the horns play at a lower pitch because they are using a different crook (a segment of tubing that allowed natural horns to alter the key).

For the theme of the Allegretto second movement Beethoven dug out an idea in A minor, originally conceived in 1806 for the slow movement of his third ‘Razumovsky’ quartet but laid aside at that time. Again, there are very insistent rhythms in the opening theme. When this theme is repeated, Beethoven superimposes a more lyrical countermelody, and both themes are then developed in increasingly loud variations.

A contrasting middle section in the major key projects a new theme. A wonderful modulation then takes the music back through C major to A minor for a reprise of the themes from the opening part of the movement.

The third movement is a terrifically fast scherzo, headed simply Presto, with bars whizzing past at the rate of more than two a second according to the metronome mark that Beethoven added in 1817. It is in F major, one of the keys foreshadowed in the introduction to the first movement, but it quickly lurches into A major before returning to F. A contrasting slower section in D major follows and is heard twice complete between three performances of the main Presto section. The slower section ≥ SUMMER SEASON 2021 | 11

actually returns a third time at the end of the movement, but is abruptly cut off almost as soon as it begins.

The Allegro con brio finale is once again in sonata form and its mood echoes that of the first movement, with further use of insistently repeated rhythms. Towards the end, the music builds up to a tremendous climax – marked fff (ie. extremely loud), a marking rarely used by Beethoven – and the high horns can again be heard leading the way towards a thrilling conclusion.

Beethoven portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Barry Cooper © 2012

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PASSING NOTE ‘That the poor deaf master could no longer hear the piano [quiet] passages in his music became obvious to all. It was particularly evident, however, in the second section of the symphony’s first Allegro. At one point two pauses rapidly follow one another, the second of which is marked pianissimo [very quiet]. Beethoven had probably overlooked these, because he started to beat time again before the orchestra had even begun this second pause. He was, without knowing it, already 10 to 12 bars ahead of the orchestra as it now began its pianissimo – and, given his peculiar way of indicating quiet passages, he had crouched down so low that he had almost vanished beneath the podium. With the following crescendo he once more reappeared, raising himself ever higher, before finally leaping up into the air at the point where he believed that the forte [loud section] should begin. When no such entry followed, he looked about him in shock, stared at the orchestra in surprise that they were still playing pianissimo, and only found his place again when the long-awaited forte finally burst out so loud that even he could hear it. Fortunately this comic scene did not occur during the public performance, otherwise the audience would certainly have laughed.’

Louis Spohr, recalling the Seventh Symphony’s final rehearsal in his Autobiography (1861)

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SATURDAY 26 JUNE, 2.15PM AND 7PM AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL

THE BEST OF THE WEST END With music and songs from: Les Misérables; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Guys and Dolls; 9 to 5: The Musical; Mary Poppins; We Will Rock You; Dear Evan Hansen; Chess; Beauty and the Beast; La Cage aux Folles; Evita; Annie Get Your Gun; The Phantom of the Opera and The Producers Stephen Bell conductor Scott Davies and Jacqui Scott vocalists

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Saturday 26 June at Hallé St Peter’s Goddess Gaia at 11:15 and 13:30 Suitable for children aged 7 and over, each performance lasts approximately 40 minutes. A live performance of Tony Mitton and Steve Pickett’s ‘Goddess Gaia’, for flute, harp, cello and narrator with complete animation. Goddess Gaia explores the beauty and fragility of the natural world and takes us on a thought-provoking journey around the globe, warning us of the dangers of human greed on the environment.

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TABITA BERGLUND CONDUCTOR

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Recently appointed as Principal Guest Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (effective from the 2021/22 season), following her debut engagement with them in 2020, Tabita Berglund was the 2018–20 star of the Talent Norway programme and is a past recipient of the Gstaad Conducting Academy’s Neeme Järvi Prize (2018).

Engagements in 2019/20 included five concerts with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, four concerts with the Hallé, a full-length production of The Nutcracker with the Arctic Philharmonic and a return to the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. The latter two appearances were as part of Opptakt, a launch programme that nurtures young conducting talent in Norway and under which Tabita Berglund first performed with the Orchestra of the Norwegian National Opera (together with pianist Leif Ove Andsnes) in 2019.

The 2020/21 season builds on the success of 2019/20 and features many important engagements, including Nordic debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony and Kristiansand Symphony orchestras. Tabita Berglund also appears for the first time with the Dresden Philharmonie, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, among others. As well as reappearing with the Hallé today, 2021 also sees her return to the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

The ever-changing world of nature that surrounds her hometown in the Norwegian mountains is an inspiring influence on Tabita Berglund, and this, together with other artistic and musical issues, plays an important role in her programming. The inherent connection between the art of leadership and the role of a conductor is also something to which she attaches particular importance: ‘The goal is to become a conductor whom I would have wanted to play under myself.’

Tabita Berglund graduated in 2019 from the Orchestral Conducting Masters course at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where she studied under Professor Ole Kristian Ruud. She originally trained as a cellist and studied to Master’s degree level under Truls Mørk, performing regularly with the Oslo and Bergen Philharmonic orchestras, as well as the Trondheim Soloists, before conducting became her main focus in 2015. She has previously participated in masterclasses with Bernard Haitink, Jorma Panula and Jaap van Zweden, as well as a BBC Philharmonic workshop in September 2018.

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≥ MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER FIRST VIOLINS

VIOLAS

FLUTES

HORNS

Peter Liang Sarah Ewins

Timothy Pooley †

Amy Yule

Laurence Rogers †

ASSOCIATE LEADER

Tiberiu Buta Zoe Colman Steven Proctor Alison Hunt † Helen Bridges † Nicola Clark † Victor Hayes † John Gralak † Michelle Marsh Anna O’Brien SECOND VIOLINS

Philippa Heys Paulette Bayley Rosemary Attree Caroline Abbott † Christine Davey † Elizabeth Bosworth John Purton Eva Petrarca Diego Gabete Yu-Mien Sun Natalie Purton

SECTION LEADER

Julian Mottram † Martin Schäfer Piero Gasparini † Robert Criswell † Gemma Dunne † Chris Emerson † Sue Baker CELLOS

Nicholas Trygstad SECTION LEADER

Simon Turner Dale Culliford † David Petri † Jane Hallett Clare Rowe Jonathan Pether DOUBLE BASSES

Daniel Storer Yi Xin Han † Beatrice Schirmer † Rachel Meerloo Natasha Armstrong

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SECTION LEADER

SECTION LEADER

Sarah Bennett

Matthew Head

OBOES

TRUMPETS

Stéphane Rancourt

Kenneth Brown † Tom Osborne

SECTION LEADER

Virginia Shaw † TIMPANI CLARINETS

John Abendstern

Sergio Castelló López SECTION LEADER

James Muirhead † BASSOONS

Elena Comelli Simon Davies

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The Hallé, numbered amongst the world’s top symphonic ensembles, continues to seek ways to enhance and refresh what it undertakes, with aspirations to provide leadership through performance standards, education, understanding and training.

2020 saw the Hallé embarking on its very first digital season, featuring nine critically acclaimed concerts that were shared with audiences around the world. During its 162-year history, the organisation has weathered many storms – from two world wars to financial crises, volcanic ash clouds and now a global pandemic – and not being allowed to work and make music with immediate effect in March 2020 was truly devastating for its passionate players and staff. To be able to return to the specially extended stage of The Bridgewater Hall to perform concerts to live socially distanced audiences feels like a true renaissance.

Founded by Sir Charles Hallé in Manchester, the Hallé gave its first concert in the city’s Free Trade Hall on 30 January 1858. Following the death of Sir Charles, the orchestra continued to develop under the guidance of such distinguished figures as Dr Hans Richter, Sir Hamilton Harty, Sir John Barbirolli and Sir Mark Elder.

The Hallé has received many awards, notably from the Royal Philharmonic Society and the South Bank Awards, for its work in the concert hall and celebrated collaborations with other orchestras and Manchester organisations. The Hallé has a distinguished history of acclaimed performances, in Manchester and around Britain, as well as televised concerts, frequent radio broadcasts and international tours. Since launching its own recording label in 2003, a number of the Hallé’s recordings have won prestigious awards including five Gramophone Awards, two Diapasons d’Or and a BBC Music Magazine Award.

Over a quarter of a million people heard the Hallé live in the year up to April 2020 and more than 65,000 of those were inspired by the Hallé’s pioneering education programme. Working across the whole community – from schools to universities, care homes to prisons – to bring music in its broadest terms to those who may not attend the concert hall, the programme releases creativity and raises aspirations through very accessible and practical projects. Winter 2020 saw the launch of Goddess Gaia, a digital resource for schools featuring a twenty-minute animation and soundtrack based on a story by Tony Mitton.

The Hallé is a Registered Charity No. 223882

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THE HALLÉ WORKPLACE CHOIRS The Hallé’s award-winning Workplace Choir programme has delivered virtual sessions and projects for organisations across the region and the UK throughout the pandemic.

Founded over ten years ago, the programme has provided numerous benefits to organisations across the region, supporting mental and physical health, fostering a strong sense of community from the activity of singing itself as well as joining together with colleagues to create something unique away from a typical working environment.

During this last year, the Hallé has run these choirs virtually and found that the online version has created many of the same benefits as meeting in person, whilst allowing colleagues to remain in contact and have shared experiences that help individuals feel more connected.

The Hallé commissioned local composer Oliver Lambert to create a song for the workplace choirs to rehearse and record. ‘A New Comer’ uses text from Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a poem about Spring and new life. Lambert wrote this song specifically for the virtual workplace choirs, building musical moments that would lend themselves to both audio and visual aspects of the recorded performance; using layering of voices to emphasise a round that is also reflected visually through a moving carousel of singers’ faces.

Choirs from six organisations took part in the project with singers from BDO LLP, BAE Systems, Siemens, Sellafield, the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Bolton NHS Trust.

For more information on the Hallé Workplace Choir programme please visit www.halle.co.uk/halle-workplace-choir-competition or contact susanna.caudwell@halle.co.uk 20 | ≥ SUMMER SEASON 2021

≥ FOR YOUTH 2021

The Hallé’s FREE online concert for Primary Schools is available now on YouTube.

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≥ CHAIR ENDOWMENTS The Chair Endowment programme is an opportunity for you to be associated with one of our players and link your name with a position in the Orchestra. Your gift will help us to ensure the Hallé continues to develop artistically, attracting and retaining musicians of the highest quality.

The key to a successful orchestra is the quality of the individual players. At the Hallé we are fortunate to have some of the country’s most gifted musicians whose talent and commitment help keep the Hallé among the finest orchestras in the world.

Find out more at www.halle.co.uk/chair-endowments

MUSIC DIRECTOR, SIR MARK ELDER CH CBE

FIRST VIOLINS SARAH EWINS

SECOND VIOLINS PRINCIPAL

Mr Martin McMillan OBE and Mrs Pat McMillan

Elaine and Neville Blond Charitable Trust

Patrick and Tricia McDermott

CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DAVID BUTCHER

TIBERIU BUTA

Karen Farquhar

Hamish and Sophie Forsyth LEADER

Penny Moore GUEST LEADER, PAUL BARRITT

in memory of Geoffrey Robinson ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR, DELYANA LAZAROVA

PZ Cussons, Sir Mark and Lady Elder, The Garrick Charitable Trust, Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition CHORAL DIRECTOR, MATTHEW HAMILTON

Dr Anne R Fuller

PAULETTE BAYLEY ROSEMARY ATTREE

John Geddes

in memory of the late Marie and Jack Levy

PETER LIANG

CAROLINE ABBOTT

Jennifer MacPherson

Peter and Mary Jones

ALISON HUNT

JULIA HANSON

Mrs Vivienne Blackburn for Michael

Lou Page

HELEN BRIDGES

in loving memory of Michael Hall

ZOE COLMAN

Professor Chris Klingenberg POSITION VACANT

JOHN PURTON HANNAH SMITH

Patrick and Tricia McDermott

In loving memory of Kaye Tazaki, from his family and the Hallé

In memory of Alison WilkieDavies

Sincere thanks also to all those who have made general donations to the Chair Endowment programme during the recent months.

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VIOLAS TIMOTHY POOLEY

FLUTE AMY YULE

TRUMPETS GARETH SMALL

Dr Susan M Brown

Mr Peter Heath

Shared Trust

JULIAN MOTTRAM

In loving memory of John Pickstone MARTIN SCHÄFER

David and Beryl Emery PIERO GASPARINI

Mrs Jane Fairclough GEMMA DUNNE

KENNETH BROWN PICCOLO JOANNE BODDINGTON

in memory of Ronald Marlowe OBOE STÉPHANE RANCOURT

The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund

In memory of Diz Shirley, and happy days at Chipping Campden

VIRGINIA SHAW

CHRIS EMERSON

COR ANGLAIS TOM DAVEY

Bolton Opus Group CELLOS NICHOLAS TRYGSTAD

Martin and Sandra Stone SIMON TURNER

In memory of Mrs G E Whitehead DAVID PETRI

K and S Coen

Alison Wilkinson

In loving memory of Douglas Crawford CLARINET SERGIO CASTELLÓ-LÓPEZ

The Hallé Choir

CLARE ROWE

Nina Harris JONATHAN PETHER

Charlotte Westwood POSITION VACANT

In loving memory of Dorothy Hall DOUBLE BASSES POSITION VACANT

Edmundson Electrical Ltd YI XIN HAN

Shared Trust BASSOONS POSITION VACANT

Penny Moore TROMBONE KATY JONES

Sylvia Kendal in memory of Ivor Rowe TIMPANI JOHN ABENDSTERN

In memory of Alan and Vivian Glass PERCUSSION DAVID HEXT

Rosemary Whitesman RICCARDO LORENZO PARMIGIANI ERIKA ÖHMAN

Mrs R Russell in loving memory of her husband, Jim Russell RBA; Michael Eagles

In memory of Miss Amy Alexandra Morris

HALLÉ YOUTH ORCHESTRA BASSOONS

ELENA COMELLI

PERCUSSION

Anonymous

I and E Brett Karen Brown

HORNS

in memory of Arthur Bevan and Enid Roper LAWRENCE ROGERS

in memory of C K Andrews

In memory of Stella and Harold Millington

RICHARD BOURN

BEATRICE SCHIRMER

ANDREW MAHER

Joyce Kennedy in loving memory of Michael

Mr CR and Mrs E Anslow MATTHEW HEAD

NATASHA ARMSTRONG

In loving memory of Nora Dawson

John and Pat Garside

TOM OSBORNE

Michael Eagles BASS CLARINET JAMES MUIRHEAD

JANE HALLETT

Professor Sir Netar Mallick

Shared Trust

Shared Trust

Mr C R and Mrs E Anslow

CELLOS

The Holland-Frickes Mr John Summers WIND AND STRINGS

The English-Speaking Union, Mid Cheshire Branch Anonymous HALLÉ YOUTH CHOIR SOPRANOS AND ALTOS

Mr and Mrs Smith HALLÉ CHOIR

Jane Hampson ALTOS

Chris Hughes

RACHEL MEERLOO

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≥ ST PETER’S ANCOATS, MANCHESTER

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Situated at the heart of the resurgent area of Ancoats, Hallé St Peter’s provides a home for the Hallé’s rehearsals and recordings, its choirs and Youth Orchestra, as well as a space for education workshops and small performances.

Originally opened by the Hallé’s Patron HRH The Countess of Wessex in 2013, the facility is concentrated around a restored, Grade II listed, former church. A threestorey extension, The Oglesby Centre, was opened in November 2019 and includes a number of new practice rooms and performance spaces.

The Hallé Kitchen space is now home to Café Cotton at Hallé St Peter’s. This independent café, restaurant and bar is open to the general public seven days a week offering great coffee, delicious homemade food and cakes. Follow Hallé St Peter’s (@ hallestpeters) for our latest opening times and information.

EVENTS AT HALLÉ ST PETER’S Hallé St Peter’s is a versatile venue suitable for a wide variety of events. The elegant interior provides a beautiful backdrop for weddings, parties, corporate events, meetings, conferences, receptions and more. Hallé at St Michael’s, our nearby sister venue, also provides stylish space for events.

Enquiries are welcome for weddings, conferences and events. E-mail venues@halle.co.uk.

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≥ PATRON PROGRAMME By joining the Hallé Patron programme you can become part of a family of supporters who are helping to shape the future of the Hallé.

Patrons have access to unique opportunities to experience many different facets of the Hallé alongside musicians, performers and fellow supporters in recognition of their regular support.

Find out more at www.halle.co.uk/become-a-patron

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE John and Margaret Allen Dr Anne R Fuller Pat Kendall-Taylor Professor Chris Klingenberg Patrick and Tricia McDermott David and Mary McKeith Dr and Mrs Ian McKinlay OBE Penny Moore, for Terry, who loved the Hallé Dr Sambrook Christine and David Walmsley In memory of Lynne In memory of Alfred and Brenda Burley

MAESTOSO Brian and Valerie Bailey Dr Susan M Brown Mr David A Budgett Mr and Mrs J. Davnall Valerie and Peter Dicken Mrs Juliet Gibbs Andrew Hay and Nicola Kitching Mark Kenrick Jennifer MacPherson John Nickson and Simon Rew Martin and Sandra Stone John and Pat Turner Judi Winterson and David Hoyle

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CRESCENDO Mr C. R. and Mrs E. Anslow Mr Jon and Dr Carol Ashley Mr Edward Astle Carole and David Baume Mr John Biggins Audrey and Richard Binch David and Maggie Blackburn Mrs Vivienne Blackburn Clair Boyes Dr Christopher Brookes J. R. Bushell (Bolton) Ltd Laura and Peter Carstensen Dr and Mrs Michael and Diana Cavanagh Lawrence David Cody and in memory of Mr and Mrs L. J. Cody Mr Julian Craddock Philip Crookall Mr A Fowell Mr and Mrs J. Fox Mr Richard Garnett Chris and Karen Halicki Miss Lynne Hamilton Dr Andrew Hardman David Haworth Mr John Hopwood and Dr Julia Morrison

Chris Hughes, to mark 42 years with the Hallé Choir Mr Kenneth Kay Mr Michael Leach Mr Colin Lomax David and Jane Murphy Sir Charles Nightingale Mrs Kathy Noble Mr John D Owens Mr D Pritchard Mr Martin Rayner AC and CJ Riddington T. G. Roberts Mrs Jackie Roberts Mr and Mrs R. J. W. Rogers Judith and Patrick Rutter Sheila Rydz and in memory of Simeon Rydz John and Susan Schultz Mr P D Senn Mr David Shipley Mrs Marian Smith and in memory of Colin Smith OBE Mrs E. G. Tonge Joy White Professor and Mrs Philip Wiles David and Veronica Yates In memory of Brenda Owens

INTERMEZZO

SCHERZO

Dr D Yvonne Aplin Joan Ball Tony Bates Professor Tony Berry Mr K A Bevan Mrs Margaret Bradshaw Mrs P Cate Monica and Mick Clark Pamela Craig Sarah Crouch Mr Anthony Doust Mr Micheal Dowling Chris Dumigan Dr George A Eccleston Rev’d and Mrs J F Ellis Mrs A Fitzpatrick Charlie Fleischmann Ann Flowerday Jeremy and Gillian French Mrs Ruth Gooddie Mr and Mrs R Green Mr John Hannah Mrs Bessie Harper Callum Harvey Mr and Mrs D Hawkes Peter and Audrey Hewer Mr Simon Hutchence Mrs Wendy Jeffs Professor Nicholas and Dr Mary Jones Mr J G Knox Mr and Mrs B H Lawrence Mr and Mrs R W Lee Mel Littler Mr Alan Lowe Mr T Marsden John and Mary McPeake Stephen and Jacqueline Miley Mrs Alison Milford Gordon and Jess Minton Miss Maire Morton Mr and Mrs J P Platt Malcolm and Morag Ranson Mr Michael Redhead Canon C Roberts Joan and Graham Rogers Dr T and P E Schur Phil Thornley Mr John Turner Mrs M Warrener Mr J C White Professor Richard Whitley Mr John Wildman Jack and Elizabeth Wimpenny Joan Wood In loving memory of Helen Brave In memory of Albert Mesriee

Gill and Barrie Adams Mr Peter Adamson Mr Timothy R Ades Dr Katherine M Adler Mr Roger Ainsworth Vin Allerton Dr P J Alvey Mr Barry J Ball Dr Peter Barberis Mr Michael Barley Mrs J E Baxendale Mr Paul K Berry Mr Steve Best Mr D J Bird Mr Stuart Bishop Dr Howard Booth Ms Annie Bracken Arnold and Brenda Bradshaw Philip Broughton Mr Dean Brown Karen Brown Miss S R Brown Peter Burgess Barbara and Anthony Butcher Miss Christine Bywater Miss Christine S Catherall Mrs B Y Chubb Mrs Kathleen Cleary Mrs Gina Collison Mr David Cooke Mr H C Cowen Mrs Frances Critchley Mr John Critchley TD Mrs J D Darwent Dr D Dawson Mr and Mrs B A DeSousa Mrs Joyce Dewhurst Mrs Marie Dixon Ann and Donald Docker Mr Paul Durham Mrs D Dyer Mr E Alan Eaves Miss E Evans David Farrow Dr Larissa Fast Miss Charlotte Fitzgerald Mr George Fletcher Mr Alan Freeman Dr Tim Gartside Mrs Elaine M Gavin Mr Adrian Gerrard Mrs J Gill Mrs Mary Glynn Mr Christopher Grafham Mr and Mrs S R Lancelyn Green Mrs Caroline Greenwood Mr John D Gregory

Dr R Gregory Mr J B Haddow Dr I M Hall Paul and Amanda Hamblyn Mr C W Hampson Mrs Thora Harnden Brian and Bridget Harris Mr Simon Harrison Mrs J M Hartley Mrs Dorothy Heaton Mr Cliff Heckle Donald and Carolyn Henderson Mrs G Hewitt Miss Pauline Hickey Mr and Mrs J M Hill Peter and Charlotte Hill Mr J M Hindshaw Mrs Dorothy Holt Mrs Janet Holwill Dr W Hoyle Mr H Hughes and Mrs F Hughes David Humphries Mrs Glynys Hunter Dr Steven Hurst Joyce Hytner Mr Howard Johnson Mrs Jean Johnson Alma Jones, and in memory of Frank David and Fae Jones Christine and Michael Jones Mr Trefor Jones Miss Brunhilde Kay Mr and Mrs Rex Keen Lynne and Martin Kemp Ian Leonard Jennifer and Paul Lingwood Mr Harry Lipson Mrs Dorothea Livesey Virginia and Peter Lloyd Mr and Mrs M and A Losse Mr Kevin Lyons Mr F P S and Mrs D A B Marriott Dr and Mrs P J Marriott Mr P Marsh and Ms H M Bennett Mrs C Mason Dr Michael Mattison Mrs E McCrone Mrs Angela McMenemy Mrs Bernice Meagher Dr David Miers Mr David Milner Mr Jeff Milner Dr Brian Molyneaux Mr Peter Moorhouse Ms Kathleen Morris

Miss Jean Motler Mr P K Murphy Mr David Odling Professor Damian O’Doherty William and Janet Ollier Mr John Peaker Dr John Pearson Reverend David Peters David and Elizabeth Pioli Mr Victor Potapczuk Professor James Powell OBE Dr R E Price Mrs Jean Proud Mr D Radley Mr Peter Ramsden Mrs Beryl Ratcliffe Angus and Jenny Reynolds Mr Paul Reynolds David and Elly Roberts Mrs A Rose David and Maggie Rowlands Mrs Susan Rowlands Professor Michael G Rusbridge Mrs J Ryner Martin and Gail Sanderson Mr and Mrs John and Jackie Say Mrs Jan Schofield Mr James A Scott Mr Simon Shelbourn Mr C and Mrs T Shepherd Mr Michael Shiels Charles and Helen Smith Mr and Mrs C Smith Mr Roger Smith Mr Alan Spier Mr and Mrs R T Stafford Mr Frank Stoner and Mrs Margaret Dudley-Stoner Mrs Carla Suter Mrs Norma Swan Mrs M E Thompson Mr John Thomson Mrs Jean Tracy Mrs Jackie Tucker Tom Uprichard Mrs Barbara Upton Mr Peter and the late Mrs Diana van der Feltz Derek Vernon Jeffery and Judith Wainwright Mr Brian Walker Mr R B Walsh F T Walters Mrs Anne Ward Mr George Watson John and Christine Weller

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Mrs Lynn Wharton Mr Peter R White J Christopher Whitehead Mr A Whittaker Mr Thomas Williams Mr C F Winter Barry Wood Hilary and the late Noel Woodhead Mrs Ann Woolliscroft Dr J M Worth D and M Wright Dr David Yorke A music lover In memory of my parents In memory of Margaret Brailsford In memory of O Calvert In memory of Mr Tom Chadwick In memory of Liz Glynn In memory of D S Goodes In memory of Dr D B Jones In memory of Mrs M McDonald In memory of Patsy Pringle In memory of Dr Barbara Smith In memory of John Wallace Tonge

ALLEGRO Mr A C Abbas Mrs Brenda Ackroyd Mr Chris Adams and Professor Rosemary Lucas Mr Paul Adkins Mr Paul Ager Mr Richard Alliss Mohammed Amin Voxra Andersen Mr G Aspey Mrs Barbara Aspin Mrs Barbara Austin Ms Elaine Bagley Mrs P Barlow John Barnard Mr C Barton Dr A J Basey Mr and Mrs Melvyn Bathgate Mr and Mrs S Beckett John Begg Ms Rowena BeightonDykes Mrs Lois Beldon Mr P Beresford Mr I C Berridge Mr G N Berry Mr R Berryman Ms Rosemary Betterton

Mr David Bimson Mr A Birch Mrs A Birch Mrs Christine Bird Michael S Birkett Mr Robin Bissell Mrs Diane Blackburn Marilyn Booth Mrs Marjorie Boothby MBE Mr John M J Bowden Mr Alan Brant Mr Roger Brentnall John Bridgman Mrs Susan Briggs Mr David Britnor Mr and Mrs Andrew Brochwicz-Lewinski Ms Patricia Brock Mrs Gwyneth Brown Miss V Brown Mr Ian Brownlee Mr A Budworth Mrs Sarah Bunting Mr and Mrs P Burns Dr Kathy Burton Mrs Pauline Bushnell Peter Callon Mr Gerard Cambridge Ms Shirley Campbell Mr Geoffrey Carter Mrs Pamela Carter Mr J K Chadwick Mr William Chadwick Austin Chambers Mrs J Chambers Ms K Chapple Mrs Margaret L Chatfield Mr Eric Chilton VKF Ciaputa Mrs Betty Clee Mrs Anne Clegg Mrs C Connor Mr Michael Connor Mrs Olive Cook Mr D Cooper Mr Geoffrey D Copage James Coppock Mrs Joyce Cotgrave Mrs Barbara Cotterill Mr Richard and Mrs Karen Cowley Mr David Cresswell Mrs Margaret R Croker Mr and Mrs J B and Sylvia Crummett Dr C S Cundy Hilary and Adrian Curtis Mr Alan Dagger Mr Gerard Dale Jennifer Dale Mrs Jackie Dalingwater

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Ms Maria Davies Mr G J Davison Mr Alan Dean Anne and John Dempsey Mrs Wendy Dewey Mr and Mrs I Disley Professor Alexander Donnachie Mrs M Downing Helen Drew Miss Margaret Dunn Ms Louise Durose Dr S Dymock Mr Barry Eastwood Mrs Stella Eberlein R Ellershaw Mr M Ellis Mr and Mrs K Else Mr Peter English Mrs J M Evans Mrs Christine Everett Ms Julie M Fallon Ms N E Farrell Mr Steven Farrell Mrs Margaret Faulkner Mrs Cynthia Fenton Steven Fidler Mr Howard Fisher Mrs P Fitzgerald Raymond and Eileen Flint Mr R Foster Ms Wendy Foulger Mrs Augusta Fox Mr Charles R Fox Mr J W Fox Miriam and Michael Fox David and Sylvia Francis Mr R F Fry David and Joyce Fuller Miss A M Furphy Mrs E Galloway Peter Gannon John Gardner Eileen Goodwin in memory of Jack Mrs F B Grant Mr T Greene Andy Greenwell Ms Joy Greenwood Pamela Greenwood Mr Stephen Gregory Mr J C B Gregson Mr A L Griffith Mrs Audrey Griffiths John Groarke Mr J F Austin Hall James Hallows Mrs Eveline Hamilton Mrs Sheila Hardy Mrs Helen Harrington Dr W David Harrison Mrs Judith Harrop

Mr David Hartley Peter and Susan Haslehurst Tony Hayter Mrs Susan Heard Mr R Heaton Mrs P A Hemstock Dr Kenneth Henderson Mr John Herod Mr Thomas A Heyes Mr and Mrs G D Heyward Dr Pamela Hobson Mr Alex Hodgeon Mr Paul Holder Mr Derek Hollingsworth Dr Michael J Holloway Mr and Mrs M Holmes Mr R Holmes Miss Jeanne Holt Mr Brian Hooley Mrs Ann Hooper Mrs M Horan Mr John David Howard Mrs C M Hughes Mr J G B Hunter Mrs Jacqueline Hurdle John Hytner Miss Susan Ingham Mrs Helen Margaret Ireland Dr Melanie Isherwood Mr Paul Jabore Bridget Jackson Mrs J A Jackson Mrs I J Jackson Mr John Jackson Mr M D Jackson Mrs Pauline Jackson Mrs Emma Jacobs Miss Hilary Jarvis Dr K Jeffery Mrs Christine Jenkinson Mr Mark Johnson Mr R Johnson Mrs A Johnstone Mrs A Jones Mrs J M Jones Mr Fred Jones Shirley Jones Mr D J Kay Mrs Angela Kendrick Mr Andrew Kennaugh Jack Kirby Miss B Knight Dr W F Knox Mr Rainer Kolbeck Mrs Pat Kundi Dr Louis Kushnick Mr and Mrs Vivian Labaton Mrs Lillian Langshaw Dr Hugh Laverty Mrs Alison Lawrence

Mr and Mrs E Layland David and Pam Leaver Charles Ledigo Mr R Lee Mr Graham J Lees Mrs S Leete Mr Howard Leigh Mrs S Lewis Mrs Susan G Lewis Mrs A Leyland Mr John Liles Mrs Anne Livesey Pam and Gordon Lorimer Mrs Barbara Lowe Mr C A Lowe Dr Marion E Mackay Mr David MacKley Mrs Sarah C Maddock Mrs Barbara Maitra Mr D F Mardon Mrs B Marples Dr and Mrs Martin Mr Michael Martindale Mrs Dianne Massey Mr M D Masters Mrs Wendy Maunders Mrs Anne McCormack Mr J McCrory Mr J McGough Mrs T R McGough Mr Brian McGrath Mrs Sylvia McKellar Mrs Hinda Meggit Mr John Meriton Miss Audrey Messenger Dr John P Miller Mr Roger Miller Mr Robert Millington Mr Andrew C Mitchell Mr Tim Mitchell Miss G Mobb Anthony and Linda Mooney Mrs Gillian Moorhouse Mrs Jennifer Moorhouse Dr Richard Morgan Mr S J Morley Dr M G Mortimer Mr and Mrs Muir Mr A Murray Mr V Murray Dr Granville Neath Mr and Mrs A Newton Mr Peter Newton Mr Edward Nicholls Mr and Mrs Jonathan Noble Mr Thomas Nuhse Mrs L O’Connor Mr Stephen O’Hagan Mr Stephen Oliver-Watts Mr Martin Olley Mrs M Owen

Mr Michael Owen Mrs Christine Owens Graham and Dorothy Palmer Mr and Mrs K Parker Mr R K Parker Mrs Rosemary Parsons Mrs Ann Patterson Mrs M Pattinson Mr Alan Pearson Mrs Pauline Pedlar Mr J D Perry Mary Pexton R and E Philburn Dr Max Pilotti Mr John Piper Mr M Pittam Mr J Platt Mrs Lynne Powell Mr Lee Price Mrs Frances Prince Mrs Jean Pugh Mrs Jennifer Rae Mrs Sheila Ramsay Mr Stuart Ramsden Mr and Mrs Alan K Rawson Mr Paul Raynor Dr Redford Mrs M Redmond Miss Karen Redmore Mrs Susan Renshaw Mrs A Richardson Mrs S Rigby Mrs Christina Roberts Elizabeth and Hugh Roberts Mrs Winifred Robertson Mrs Doreen Robinson Mrs Kathleen Robson Mr Mark Robson Mr Colin Rogers Valerie and Howard Rogerson Mr Philip Roper Mrs J A Round Mr J Roundell Mr Raymond Rouse Miss P Rowland Mr C Rudd Miss S M Salmon Mr Peter Sampson Mr J B Sangster Mr Gerald Francis Schultz Mrs Margaret Scott Mr Robert Scott Mrs Carol Selby Alison Sellars Mr Andrew Senior Mr Maurice Setton Mr Christopher Sharp Mr David J Shearing

Mr S W Shone Mrs Eileen Short Mr P Sidwell Mr Chris Simon Mrs J K Slack Dr A J and Mrs J M Smith Mrs Anne Smith Mr Lionel Smith Dr J Spangler Mr M Spoors Mrs Joyce Stafford Mrs C M Stead Mrs P Steed Mrs Jane Stephens Mr Paddy Stephenson Mr J R Stuart Mrs Sally Sturt Mrs C Summerfield J B and J W Sutcliffe Miss Sykes-Howden Dr D P M Symmons Mr J P Syner Mr T Tarpey Mr J Taylor Mrs J Taylor Mrs Lesley Taylor Mr M Taylor Rosemary and Roger Taylor Mr D F Thickbroom Jim and Stella Thomas Michael Thomas Mrs S K Thomas Miss Marie Thompson Mr Philip Thompson Mr Terence P Thornton Mrs J Tims Mr D Allan Townsend Mr and Mrs P Trickett Mr and Mrs Brian Tuffery Mrs J Turner Mrs Barbara Twiney Mr W W Wagstaff Mr Angus Walker Mr P R Walker Mrs Sylvia Walker Mr W A Walker Mr John Ward Dr Stephen Ward Mrs and Mr Susan and Michael Warrington Mr and Mrs J M Watson Mr and Mrs Bill Webb Miss Judith Weller Mrs Pamela Wells Mr Robert Wensley Mr Werbel Mrs A G Whaley Mr P N Whitaker Mrs H Whitehead Eric Whittaker Mrs Petronella Whittle

Mrs L Wilkinson Professor Arthur Williams Mr and Mrs A J Williams Mrs Margaret Williams Mrs H J Williamson Mr A Willows Mrs Margaret Wilson Mr Stephen Wilson Mrs Kathleen Winterbottom Ms Janet Wolff Mr and Mrs Chris Wolstenholme Mrs Margot Wood Mr and Mrs S Wood Dr Zoe and Roderick Woodhead Mr Terry Woodhouse Mr T Woolfenden Miss A F W Woolley Mr Norton Wragg Dr M Wren Anna Wright Mrs Helen Wright Mr Keith Wright Mr Angus Yeaman A Music Lover In memory of Roger Bogg In memory of Margaret Cooke In memory of Mr and Mrs G W Dawson In memory of my gifted grandfather, Peter Hunt esq.

In memory of Mr G E Huggins In memory of Bill and Florrie Mathews In Memory of Derek Michael Melluish OBE In memory of Dr Nathan and Mrs Shlosberg In memory of Ian Michael (Mick) Othick

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MANY THANKS TO ...

HOLDERS OF THE HALLE SILVER MEDAL FOR PHILANTHROPY Stewart Grimshaw Michael and Jean Oglesby Terry and Penny Moore Arthur Reynolds Jurgen Maier

2058 FOUNDATION PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS Manchester Airport Mr Martin McMillan obe and Mrs Pat McMillan The Oglesby Charitable Trust Fred Nash and Carole Nash obe Tiger Developments CIM Investment Management Ltd DLA Piper LLP Rothschild MAJOR BENEFACTORS Peter Heath David and Mary McKeith Brother (UK) Ltd PZ Cussons plc Nigel Warr David Wertheim and Family Kirby Laing Foundation Kobler Trust Martin and Jacqueline West The 2058 Foundation is a restricted fund of the Hallé Concerts Society established in the Hallé’s 150th Anniversary year to support specific artistic and education projects.

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SUPPORTERS OF THE OGLESBY CENTRE AT HALLÉ ST PETER’S The Oglesby Charitable Trust The Monument Trust The Dunard Fund The Foyle Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Granada Foundation The Kirby Laing Foundation Victoria Wood Foundation The Wolfson Foundation and all those who supported The Oglesby Challenge and those who wish to remain anonymous

AMERICAN PATRONS Carol E. Domina Caroline Firestone Rita Z. Mehos Christa Percopa Arthur Reynolds Annette Vass

LONDON PATRONS Joyce Hytner John Nickson and Simon Rew

THE HALLÉ WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING TRUSTS FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT The Monument Trust The Oglesby Charitable Trust Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The Foyle Foundation Granada Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation The Kirby Laing Foundation The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Victoria Wood Foundation The Wolfson Foundation The Zochonis Charitable Trust Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust The Band Trust Boshier Hinton Foundation Church Burgesses Educational Foundation The Derek Hill Foundation D’oyly Carte Charitable Trust Fidelio Charitable Trust The Gladys Jones Charitable Trust The Grand Trust Cio The Harding Trust John Horniman’s Children’s Trust The Irving Memorial Trust Land and Co Foundation The Leche Trust Mclay Dementia Trust Peter Cunningham Memorial Fund Cecil Pilkington Charitable Trust The Pilkington General Charity The Rix_Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation RUSI (The Royal United Services Institute) Sir George Martin Trust Sale Mayoral Fund The Sobell Foundation Thriplow Charitable Trust

HALLÉ FAMILY OF BENEFACTORS Mrs A. Alford Mr C. K. Andrews Mr and Mrs Black In Memory of Rabbi Felix Carlebach from his family, friends and supporters Pamela Cate Mr Peter Copping Miss Rebecca Louise Finch Mrs Vivian Glass Mr Harry Johnson Mr A. and the late Mrs A. Johnson Kenneth Kay Mr C. H. Pooley Brian and Glenna Robson Bernadette Rudman Mr and Mrs R. P. Shepherd JP DL Lynne and Bob Spencer Mr and Mrs Brian Tetlow

and others who wish to remain anonymous

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≥ SEASON SPONSORS Diamond Partner

Major Sponsor

Major Sponsors

With thanks to Manchester Airports Group for 30 years of support.

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NEW YORK

Many thanks to our family of Workplace Choirs

AJ Bell plc • BAE Systems • BASF plc • BDO llp Great Manchester Chamber of Commerce • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust • The Oasis Centre • PwC llp RSM • Sellafield Ltd • Siemens plc • Veterinary Defence Society Ltd

HALLÉ BUSINESS CLUB PLATINUM

GOLD

Brother Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce PZ Cussons plc Rothschild & Co

CBRE Ltd./The Towers Business Park SILVER

Beaverbrooks Bruntwood Cazenove Capital

C&0 Wines Tony and Daniela Coxon Elcometer Ltd Esprit Group Ltd Gary Halman Mills and Reeve LLP Web Applications UK ≥ SUMMER SEASON 2021 | 33

≥ CONCERTS SOCIETY PATRON HRH The Countess of Wessex gcvo VICE PRESIDENTS A. Martin McMillan obe Edward Pysden BOARD ELECTED DIRECTORS David McKeith [CHAIRMAN] Sharon Amesu Alex Connock Darren Drabble Tim Edge Juergen Maier cbe Linda Merrick John Phillips cbe Merryl Webster Aileen Wiswell mbe NOMINATED DIRECTORS GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY

Eamonn Boylan Councillor Janet Emsley MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL

Councillor Azra Ali CHIEF EXECUTIVE David Butcher FINANCE DIRECTOR Ruth Harkin ORCHESTRAL NOMINEE Caroline Abbott MUSIC DIRECTOR Sir Mark Elder ch cbe PERMANENT GUEST LEADER Paul Barritt ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR, POPS Stephen Bell ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Delyana Lazarova

CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE David Butcher * Alison Lever Isabelle Orford

HALLÉ CONNECT EDUCATION Steve Pickett * Joanna Brockbank

FINANCE Ruth Harkin * Matthew Wyatt Lourdes Román

HALLÉ CONNECT ENSEMBLES Naomi Benn * Jo Pink Isabelle Orford Verity Riley

VENUES Martin Glynn * Tyrone Holt Everett Parry † Edward Cittanova David Roberts ARTISTIC PLANNING Anna Hirst * Louise Hamilton Andrea Stafford Sue Voysey CONCERTS DEPARTMENT Stuart Kempster * † Hayley Parkes Lois Boa

CHORAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK Anna Stutfield SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDRAISING Kath Russell * Eleanor Roberts Susanna Caudwell Amy Adebola Charlie Widdicombe Lucy Miller

ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT Chris Lewis Jenny Espin

COMMUNICATIONS Andy Ryans * † Peter Naish † Liz Barras Harriet Hall Anna Shinkfield

LIBRARY Louise Brimicombe Alice McIlwraith

DIGITAL Bill Lam * Riley Bramley-Dymond

STAGE MANAGEMENT Dan Gobey Lawrie Bebb

ARCHIVE Eleanor Roberts Stuart Robinson † † 20 years service * HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

GENERAL ENQUIRIES info@halle.co.uk www.halle.co.uk

CHORAL DIRECTOR Matthew Hamilton YOUTH CHOIRS DIRECTOR Stuart Overington CHILDREN’S CHOIR DIRECTOR Shirley Court COMPOSER EMERITUS Colin Matthews ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Henning Kraggerud

The Hallé Concerts Society is a Registered Charity No.223882

Thank you for your support.

The Hallé, now more than ever, relies on the generosity of all our supporters.

To see how you can help, visit

www.halle.co.uk/support-us Thank you.

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