Performance on 3 - Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert

Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from Manchester's Bridgwater Hall celebrating 150 years since the first of Mr Charles Halle's Grand Orchestral Concerts. The programme includes a work that Halle himself played on that auspicious occasion - Weber's Konzertstuck for piano and orchestra - as well as works by Lambert, Elgar and Ades that the orchestra premiered. Joining the orchestra are two great singers: Dmitry Hvorostovsky, who performs operatic arias, and Dame Janet Baker, who introduces the concert. John Tomlinson (bass-baritone) Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano) Polina Leschenko (piano) Halle Choir Halle Youth Choir Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) James Burton (conductor) Matthews: A Quick Start Berlioz: Overture (Le Corsaire), Op 21 Verdi: Ella giammai m'amo! (Don Carlos) Ades: These Premises Are Alarmed Debussy: Fetes Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region Lambert: The Rio Grande (conducted by James Burton) Weber: Konzertstuck in F minor for piano and orchestra Wagner: Was duftet doch der Flieder (Der Meistersinger) Gounod: Serenade (Vous qui faites l'endormie) Elgar: In the South, Op 50 (Alassio).