Hallé Summer Season 2021 - Schumann’s Spring 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.

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THURSDAY 1 JULY, 2.15PM AND 7PM AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER

SCHUMANN’S SPRING SYMPHONY Farrenc Overture No.1 in E minor Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Schumann Symphony No.1, ‘Spring’ Tomáš Hanus conductor Alina Ibragimova violin The Hallé is grateful to Alina Ibragimova for replacing the advertised soloists at very short notice.

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LOUISE FARRENC (1804–1875)

OVERTURE NO.1 IN E MINOR, OP.23 (1834) During her lifetime Louise Farrenc was recognised as an outstanding concert pianist, a gifted composer, inspirational teacher and distinguished scholar. She was professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire for 30 years, the only woman in the 19th century to hold such a position: knowing her worth, she successfully petitioned for equal pay with her male colleagues.

Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris in 1804, into a family of notable artists, she began piano lessons aged six (her teachers included Moscheles and Hummel) and by her mid-teens was a professional pianist. At 15 she began studying composition and orchestration privately with Anton Reicha, but her studies were interrupted two years later by her marriage to Aristide Farrenc, a flautist ten years her senior, whose career embraced performance, music publishing and scholarship. Their relationship was one of mutual support for their respective musical endeavours. After the birth of their only child in 1826, Farrenc resumed her studies with Reicha.

Farrenc tended to concentrate on one compositional genre at a time, hence between 1825 and 1839 she focused on solo piano works that were published by her husband.

These included the substantial Variations on a Russian Air (Air russe varié), which Schumann praised as being ‘so sure in outline, so logical in development, that one must fall under their charm’. These years also witnessed Farrenc flexing her orchestral muscles with two overtures.

In 1842 Farrenc was appointed professor of piano at the Conservatoire; her teaching was recognised for its excellence, particularly for the number of her pupils, including her daughter Victorine, who had professional careers. Three years later, her 30 Études in all the major and minor keys were adopted as a required work for all Conservatoire piano students.

During the 1840s Farrenc’s reputation as a composer was sealed through frequent performances of her two piano quintets; her three symphonies also belong to this decade. At the premiere performances of the First Symphony in Paris and Brussels in 1845, Victorine shared the limelight with her mother, playing Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ concerto. From the mid-1840s onwards Farrenc composed most of her other chamber works, including piano trios, violin sonatas, a Nonet for string quartet and wind quintet, and a Sextet for piano and wind. The Nonet’s triumphant premiere in 1850 was the zenith of Farrenc’s compositional career and in 1861 her contribution to chamber music was recognised when the Académie des Beaux-Arts declared her the first winner of its Prix Chartier, which she won again in 1869.

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LOUISE FARRENC Anonymous artist, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

In 1859, however, tragedy struck when Victorine died prematurely; thereafter, Farrenc’s main focus was on scholarship, working with her husband on Le trésor des pianistes, an ambitious anthology of over 300 years of harpsichord and piano music. It ran to 23 volumes, only eight of which were completed by Aristide’s death in 1865. Farrenc continued as solo editor, finishing the enormous task in 1874, the year before she died.

THE MUSIC There is something boldly assertive in the way Farrenc announces her symphonic ambitions with her Overture No. 1: scoring assuredly for the instrumental forces of a large, early-Romantic orchestra, she demonstrates with flair and imagination both her 6 | ≥ SUMMER SEASON 2021

melodic and harmonic gifts and her contrapuntal skills within a sonata-form structure that places her in the lineage of the Classical masters, in particular Beethoven.

A short Haydnesque Adagio introduction has an imposing initial rhythmic figure that recalls the French Baroque. The Allegro agitato fast music is then set in motion by the first violins with an urgent, rather Beethovenian theme, pregnant with drama. By contrast the second subject, introduced by the clarinet, is lyrical and suave, more Romantic in nuance, and is deftly combined with the main theme. Also significant is a downward idea, heard initially on bass trombone and lower strings. How ripe these ideas are for development is apparent in the middle section, as Farrenc exploits their contrapuntal potential with élan.

In the subsequent recapitulation subtle changes are apparent: for instance, the second theme is given to the flute, glowing now in the major key.

Farrenc’s Overture No.1 was premiered in Paris in 1835 and repeated there in 1840, but was probably not performed again until revived in 2000 by the University of Bremen Orchestra conducted by Susanne Gläß.

Andrew Burn © 2021

PASSING NOTE ‘Aristide Farrenc was able to sense his young wife’s talent for composing, to encourage her and virtually force her, one might say, to make available to the public works that her modesty, of a degree rarely encountered, impelled her to keep unpublished.’

The French music critic Marie Bobillier (writing under the masculine pseudonym Michel Brenet) in the journal L’Art

‘The artist whose loss we lament, assuredly the most remarkable of all the women who have dedicated themselves to the composition of music, has passed away … Yet if, in her role as a professor, Madame Farrenc has left a legacy that will not pass away so quickly, it’s even more certain that as a composer she will live on in the history of music.

Her works bear witness to a power and richness of imagination, as well as to a level of skill, such as no woman before her has ever possessed to the same degree. She tackled, without fear, the most challenging of genres and always succeeded. … If the wider public remains ignorant of her name, it is up to artists to render homage to her in the manner most useful for preserving her memory, namely by giving us a chance to hear from time to time the works of this distinctive spirit – works in which young composers can learn, just as they can from the great classical masters, how one can marry charm to correctness of form and gracefulness to technical command.’

From Farrenc’s obituary tribute in the Revue et Gazette musicale, 1875

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)

VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR, OP.64 (1844) 1 Allegro molto appassionato – 2 Andante – 3 Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

‘I would very much like to write you a violin concerto for next winter; one in E minor sticks in my mind, and its opening gives me no peace.’ The recipient of this letter, which Felix Mendelssohn wrote in 1838, was the violinist Ferdinand David. Though not a virtuoso in the mould of his pupil Joseph Joachim or in the dazzling tradition of the ‘devilish’ Paganini, David was one of the most respected violinists of his generation. A close friend of Mendelssohn, with whom he often played chamber music, he led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s hometown for many years. David’s gracious reply to the composer included the promise, ‘I will practise it so well that the angels in heaven will rejoice.’

It took six years for Mendelssohn’s inspiration finally to find concrete form. He completed the concerto at his family’s tranquil country retreat, near Frankfurt, in the summer of 1844. The work, which flows without a break, was first performed by its dedicatee, under the baton of the Danish composer Niels Gade, a protégé of the composer.

Mendelssohn was the instigator of a quiet revolution in concerto form. Until now it had been traditional for a concerto to open with a weighty passage for the full orchestra (though on a few occasions Mozart and Beethoven had brought in the soloist for several bars at the outset) but Mendelssohn struck a new note. His innovation was to cast the solo instrument in the leading role right from the opening bar, dispensing with the orchestral introduction altogether. He pioneered this technique in his two piano concertos but it was not until the E minor Violin Concerto that it was coupled with such attractive and memorable material. Once described as ‘the most perfect violin concerto ever written’, this work reveals a typically Classical structure complemented by a Romantic depth of expression.

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THE MUSIC The scene is set by the solo violin, whose melody soars high above its simple accompaniment. The main contrasting theme is languorous and expansive.

Mendelssohn places the violin’s cadenza immediately before the return to the first idea, rather than near the end of the movement, as was more usual.

A bassoon note held over from the final chord of the opening Allegro movement provides a link to the distinctive sequence of chords that opens the central Andante.

Lyrical and vocal, this movement is clearly from the same mould as the composer’s piano pieces Songs Without Words.

Mendelssohn is arguably at his best in his scherzos (the most famous being the one from his incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and this quicksilver finale, introduced by a brief and delightful transitional melody, is high-spirited and humorous throughout. Delicate fanfares, rapid flourishes for the soloist, glittering passagework, jaunty march rhythms and a broad singing line, along with a cadenza (once again written out by the composer rather than being left to the soloist to improvise), are all brought into play in a dazzling tour de force.

Ian Stephens © 2009

PASSING NOTE ‘Today I must ask you a favour. I have sent the score of the violin concerto to Breitkopf & Hartel and I have lately made several alterations in it with pencil, which can be copied into the parts. I have changed a number of things in the solo part, too, and I hope they are improvements. But I would particularly like to have your opinion about all this before I give up the music irrevocably to the printer. First of all, do you agree with the alteration in the cadenza and its being lengthened in this way? I like it far better, but is the part now written correctly and smoothly? The arpeggios have to begin immediately in tempo and continue four-four till the entrance of the tutti; is this too exhausting for the player? Also the diminuendo to the pp should be quite feasible now. How about the two measures on sheet 15? [There then follow several more paragraphs of similarly detailed queries, before the composer concludes:] “Thank God that the fellow is through with his concerto!” you will say. Excuse my bothering you, but what can I do?’

Mendelssohn, writing to the Violin Concerto’s dedicatee, Ferdinand David, in December 1844, just three months before the work’s premiere

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ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)

SYMPHONY NO.1 IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP.38 ‘SPRING’ (1841) 1 Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace 2 Larghetto – 3 Scherzo (with 2 Trios): Molto vivace – Molto più vivace 4 Allegro animato e grazioso When Schumann wrote his First Symphony, he was an experienced composer in some respects and a beginner in others. In his mid-twenties and during the tormented years of his engagement to Clara Wieck he had written some of the most passionate and most original piano music that the 19th century was to produce – works such as Carnaval, Kreisleriana and the C major Fantasy. His happiness in the early months of his marriage to Clara in 1840 had inspired as many as 140 songs, including the Heine and Eichendorff cycles, Frauenliebe und -Leben and Dichterliebe. On the other hand, despite his own inclinations and much encouragement from Clara (‘Your imagination and your spirit are too great for the weak piano,’ she had told him in 1839), he had composed nothing for orchestra since his disappointment with a Symphony in G minor that he had written and then discarded in his student days.

What moved him to begin work on his first mature symphony was, among other things, his discovery of the manuscript of Schubert’s ‘Great’ C major Symphony in Vienna in 1838 and the revelatory experience of its first performance under Mendelssohn’s direction in the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1839: ‘I was in seventh heaven,’ he wrote to Clara, ‘and wished only that you should be my wife and that I also could write such symphonies.’ She became his wife in the following year and, after his song frenzy in 1840, the Symphony No.1 was started in January 1841. It was completed within a month and its first performance, also under Mendelssohn’s direction in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, was at a concert given in March on behalf of the orchestra’s pension fund. The symphony was well received, according to Schumann, ‘with an amount of enthusiasm such as I don’t think has been accorded to any modern symphony since Beethoven’.

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The immediate inspiration for Schumann’s First Symphony was a poem by his friend Adolf Böttger ending with the line ‘Im Thale blüht der Frühling auf!’ (In the valleys spring bursts forth!). The first movement – originally entitled ‘The Beginning of Spring’, although Schumann later withdrew all the movement titles – opens with a fanfare for trumpets and horns based on the rhythm of Böttger’s last line. The equivalent of the horn theme at the beginning of Schubert’s C major Symphony, it is the source of much of the melodic material of the quick movement that springs out of the stirrings of new life in the slow introduction. Although there is a contrasting second theme, quietly introduced by woodwind as the initial exuberance dies down, the Allegro motto vivace is dominated by its first theme, which is nothing other than an agitated version of the opening fanfare.

Before the end of the first movement, in a quiet episode in the middle of its animated closing stages, the strings introduce an expressive new melody that, though welcome for its lyrical freshness, seems out of place at this point. In fact, it turns out to be an anticipation of the lovely main theme of the second-movement Larghetto, where it is introduced by violins in the opening bars.

Schumann’s original title, ‘Evening’, is an apt description of a movement that, except briefly in the middle section, remains undisturbed in its idyllic tranquillity. Again, towards the end of the movement a new theme makes an unexpected entry – this time on the three trombones, in lugubrious anticipation of the rumbustious main theme of the Scherzo, which follows without a break.

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ROBERT SCHUMANN lithograph by Josef Kriehuber, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

THE MUSIC

contemporaries would have expected it. The busy second Trio, which follows a repeat of the first Scherzo section, was an inspired afterthought that, while owing something to Beethoven, was an innovation in its day. So too was the poetically open-ended conclusion to the movement.

The theme rising forcefully through the orchestra at the beginning of the last movement (originally entitled ‘Spring at its Height’) does not occupy as much of the composer’s attention as the delicate dancing material that follows. It lends its rhythm to a cheerful march tune and, in the middle of the movement, associates itself with a reminder of the opening fanfare of the work on trombones. Having sealed the unity of the symphony in this way, Schumann reminds us of its natural setting with woodland horn calls and a bird-like flute cadenza, before finally drawing together the main events of the finale.

Rupert Avis © 2011

PASSING NOTE ‘Try to inspire the orchestra with some of the spring longing that I felt when I wrote the symphony. At the start, I should like the trumpets to sound as if from on high, like a wake-up call. Then, as the introduction develops, there could be a suggestion of the whole world growing green, even perhaps of a butterfly taking wing, and the ensuing Allegro should encompass the gradual gathering-together of all the elements of spring.’

Schumann, writing to his friend Wilhelm Taubert, who was due to conduct the ‘Spring’ Symphony

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SATURDAY 17 JULY, 2.15PM AND 7PM AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL

PORGY AND BESS CELEBRATING A CLASSIC ALBUM Gershwin (arranged by Ryan Quigley) Strike Up the Band 3’ Gershwin (arranged by Russell Garcia, transcribed and adapted by Ryan Quigley)

Porgy and Bess (1958) 60’ Stephen Bell conductor Nicola Emmanuelle vocalist • Enrico Tomasso trumpet/vocalist with

Ryan Quigley trumpet • Nichol Thompson trombone • Calum Gourlay jazz bass Guy Rickarby drums • James Pearson piano

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TOMÁŠ HANUS CONDUCTOR

Born and trained in Brno in the Czech Republic, Tomáš Hanus was Music Director of the Janáček Opera House at the National Theatre in Brno from 2007 to 2009 and has been Music Director of Welsh National Opera since 2016. Previous seasons with WNO have included productions of Carmen, The Cunning Little Vixen, Die Fledermaus and Khovanshchina. Last season he conducted David Pountney’s WNO production of

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Janáček’s From the House of the Dead at the Janáček Festival in his hometown of Brno and was presented with a Janáček Medal in recognition of his outstanding work promoting the composer’s music. This season he will conduct orchestral concerts with the WNO orchestra in Cardiff.

Outside of Wales, the current season includes a return visit to the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, as well as performances of Eugene Onegin and Rusalka at the Vienna State Opera, where he made his debut with Rusalka in 2017 and has returned every season since, including for Hänsel und Gretel in 2019/20.

Next season, as well as reviving Eugene Onegin in Vienna, he will make his debut at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva with a new production of Jen ůfa. He has returned regularly to the Bavarian State Opera since making his debut there with Jen ůfa in 2009 and has conducted new productions of Rusalka in 2010, Hänsel und Gretel in 2012, The Makropulos Affair (using his own critical edition of the Bärenreiter score) in 2014 and The Bartered Bride in 2017, returning each year thereafter for revival performances of these titles.

Having assisted the late Jiří Bělohlávek on a new production of Katya Kabanová at the Finnish National Opera in 2003, he was invited to conduct its revival there in 2005. Since making his debut at the National Theatre in Prague with The Devil’s Wall in 2001, he has worked there regularly, most recently conducting performances of The Makropulos Affair. He made his debut at the Paris Opéra in 2007 with The Makropulos Affair, returning there in 2018/19 for Iolanta. He has recently conducted new productions and revival performances at the Danish National Opera and Teatro Real in Madrid.

As a symphonic conductor, Tomáš Hanus has conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bremen Philharmonic, MDRSinfonieorchester Leipzig, Stuttgart Opera Orchestra, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Ensemble Intercontemporain (at the Prague Spring Festival), Camerata Salzburg (on tour in the UK), Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Teatro Real Symphony Orchestra and Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in New York.

Tomáš Hanus has made several recordings with both the Prague Philharmonia and the State Philharmonic Orchestra Brno, and also records for Czech Radio. More recently, he has recorded Viktor Ullmann’s symphonies with the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

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ALINA IBRAGIMOVA VIOLIN

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Alina Ibragimova has established a reputation for versatility, performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period instruments. Highlights of the 2021/22 season will include return visits to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestra; debuts with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and St Petersburg Philharmonic; and appearances at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and London’s Wigmore Hall.

Recent seasons have seen Alina Ibragimova perform with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Swedish Radio Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; collaborating with conductors Vladimir Jurowski, Sir John Elliot Gardner, Jakob Hrůša, Robin Ticciati, Daniel Harding, Edward Gardner and Bernard Hauitink.

In recital, Alina Ibragimova has appeared at the Southbank Centre, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, Vienna’s Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, Pierre Boulez Saal and the Royal Albert Hall, where she performed Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin as part of the BBC Proms. Her longstanding partnership with pianist Cédric Tiberghien has seen the duo tour extensively worldwide and win acclaim for their traversals of sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven, both live and on record. Alina Ibragimova is also a founding member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet – one of the most sought-after period ensembles.

Alina Ibragimova’s discography on Hyperion Records ranges from Bach Concertos with Arcangelo through to Prokofiev Sonatas with Steven Osborne. Her 2020 album of Shostakovich Violin Concertos with Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academy Symphony Orchestra of Russia received a Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’, Diapason d’Or and was one of The Times’ Discs of the Year. Her 2021 recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices topped the classical album charts on its release.

Born in Russia in 1985, Alina Ibragimova studied at the Moscow Gnesin School before moving to the UK, where she attended the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music. Her teachers have included Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan Nikolitch and Christian Tetzlaff. Her many awards include the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award 2010, Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2008, Classical BRIT and Young Performer of the Year Award 2009. An alumnus of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme (2005-07), she was made an MBE in the 2016 New Year Honours List. Alina Ibragimova performs on a c.1775 Anselmo Bellosio violin, kindly provided by Georg von Opel.

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≥ MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER FIRST VIOLINS

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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.

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

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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

In memory of Stella and Harold Millington BEATRICE SCHIRMER

Joyce Kennedy in loving memory of Michael NATASHA ARMSTRONG

John and Pat Garside RACHEL MEERLOO

In loving memory of Hilmary Quarmby, a lifelong lover of music and friend of the Hallé

TOM OSBORNE

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

Michael Eagles BASS CLARINET JAMES MUIRHEAD

Shared Trust

JANE HALLETT

Professor Sir Netar Mallick

Shared Trust

BASSOONS POSITION VACANT

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

Karen Brown

CONTRABASSOON SIMON DAVIES In memory of Alan Fraser HORNS

in memory of Arthur Bevan and Enid Roper LAWRENCE ROGERS

in memory of C K Andrews RICHARD BOURN

Mr C R and Mrs E Anslow CELLOS

The Holland-Frickes Mr John Summers WIND AND STRINGS

Anonymous HALLÉ YOUTH CHOIR SOPRANOS AND ALTOS

Mr and Mrs Smith HALLÉ CHOIR

Jane Hampson ALTOS

Chris Hughes

Shared Trust ANDREW MAHER

Mr CR and Mrs E Anslow MATTHEW HEAD

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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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