The Hallé – Spring with Sir Mark Elder

The Hallé – Spring with Sir Mark Elder\nThursday 7 May 2026 7.30pm\n\nBook Tickets\nThe Bridgewater Hall\n\nTickets £18.00 to £51.00\n\n(All ticket prices include £3.25 booking fee)\n\nConcessions and discounts available.\n\nTo book wheelchair seats or other access requirements please email supervisors@bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0161 907 9000\n\nEvent Timings\nAuditorium Doors: TBC\nConcert Start: TBC\nInterval: TBC\nConcert Finish: TBC\n\nTimings will be updated closer to the concert date. Please check the website on the afternoon of the performance for up-to-date information. All timings are approximate and are subject to change.\n\nThe Hallé – Spring with Sir Mark Elder\n\nBook Tickets\n\nSir Mark Elder conductor\nKostas Smoriginas baritone\nHallé Choir Matthew Hamilton, choral director\n\nGlinka Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture\nRachmaninov Spring\nStravinsky Song of the Nightingale\nTchaikovsky Symphony No.2\n\nSir Mark Elder returns to Manchester and is reunited with the Hallé and Hallé Choir in this fantastic programme of Russian music.\n\nHe opens the concert with Glinka’s dazzling, high-energy overture that captures the magical, adventurous spirit of his opera Ruslan and Ludmilla which is followed by Stravinsky’s Song of the Nightingale – an effective musical illustration of both real and mechanical birdsong.\n\nBased on the poem by Nikolay Nekrasov, Rachmaninov’s Spring, which quite opposed to its joyful title follows a husband who, previously inflicted with murderous thoughts towards his unfaithful wife during the winter, is released from his frustration with the return of spring. After the interval, Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony, often dubbed ‘Little Russian’ thanks to its effective use of Ukrainian folksongs, provides a joyful end to the evening.\n\nConcert sponsor: Siemens\n\nUpgrade Your Experience\n

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