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WINTER SEASON
MOVIE CLASSICS
MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER CH CBE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
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WELCOME
Having joined the wonderful Hallé family last
September, I am delighted, in spite of these
extraordinary times, that the orchestra has
been able to perform together once again.
As we find ourselves in another period of
lockdown, I want to reassure everyone that
the best interests of the musicians and staff
at the Hallé are at the centre of everything
we do.
With concert halls currently closed and live
audiences sadly excluded, we are thrilled,
in association with our partners at The
Bridgewater Hall and our own Hallé St Peter’s,
to be able to bring you a Winter Season of
nine unique concerts. These specially curated
performances have been filmed and recorded to the very highest quality for you to
watch at home at your leisure.
Although for me nothing beats the live experience, this exciting new filmed format
enables us to adventure into new ways of presenting the orchestra and enhancing the
music. The diverse array of repertoire on offer will be complemented by introductions,
interviews and insights from our family of Hallé conductors and special guest artists.
The Hallé exists to play for you, our audiences, and the support of so many of you
during this pandemic has been an inspiration and literally kept us going. We are
deeply grateful.
On behalf of us all here at the Hallé, thank you for your continued support and we
hope that you enjoy this illuminating and life-enhancing series of events.
David Butcher
Hallé Chief Executive
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MOVIE CLASSICS BROADCAST FROM THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER VERDI The Force of Destiny: Overture DVOŘÁK Rusalka: Song to the Moon TCHAIKOVSKY The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz HANDEL Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba PONCHIELLI La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours MOZART Clarinet Concerto: slow movement J. STRAUSS II On the Beautiful Blue Danube: Waltz PURCELL Dido and Aeneas: Dido’s Lament ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March VERDI La traviata: Sempre libera OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-can Stephen Bell conductor • Petroc Trelawny presenter Sergio Castelló-López clarinet • Nardus Williams soprano SPONSORED BY It is due to the generosity of our sponsors, patrons and every loyal supporter who has been so understanding over the past 11 months that we are able to perform this concert. Arts Council England, the Greater Manchester Authorities and the City of Manchester have all been steadfast in their support and have our sincerest thanks. The Hallé is deeply grateful to our partners in The Bridgewater Hall, without whose collaboration these streamed concerts would not be possible.
A MESSAGE FROM THE SPONSOR Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services to the world. Together with farmers, customers, governments and communities, we help people thrive by applying our insights and over 155 years of experience. We have 155,000 employees in 70 countries who are committed to feeding the world in a responsible way, reducing environmental impact and improving the communities where we live and work. Cargill’s plant in Manchester is a production facility at the hub of the UK food and beverage industries. The plant and offices located in Manchester are part of Cargill’s starches and sweeteners business which produces sweeteners and wheat proteins for food customers. These include customers in the confectionery, brewing, beverage, dairy and bakery sectors. In addition to the food sector, the Manchester plant also serves the needs of the farming and aquaculture sectors with animal feed products and vital wheat gluten. Cargill also produces premium potable and industrial alcohol serving the spirit, food, pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetics industries. As a major employer in Manchester and the North West, Cargill contributes to the overall economic wellbeing of the region and this is complemented by the work we do and our commitment outside of the workplace, within the local community. For a number of years Cargill has funded and supported community-based projects that have made a difference in a real and tangible way. Our employees’ fundraising and ongoing work with local charities demonstrates this commitment. Cargill is delighted to work in conjunction with the Hallé and help young children in the area gain access to such world-renowned experience and education through the Inspire programme. 4 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
MOVIE CLASSICS
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
THE FORCE OF DESTINY: OVERTURE
JEAN DE FLORETTE / MANON DES SOURCES
The Force of Destiny (‘La Forza del Destino’) is one of Verdi’s grandest operas, a tale
of love, war and vengeance spanning from country to country, from monastery to
battlefield and from tragedy to comedy. It was first performed at St Petersburg’s
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Giovanni Boldini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Court Theatre in 1862, though Verdi subsequently revised it, adding this substantial overture. The plot tells how the hero, Don Alviro, accidentally kills the father of his beloved, Leonora, and how destiny pursues him in the form of her brother, Don Carlo. At one point the two men actually become friends, but when Don Alviro’s true identity is revealed, revenge is inevitable. The opera’s overture opens with a series of arresting brass chords representing the irresistible power of destiny (and also good to silence the noisy operatic audiences of Verdi’s day!). The restless theme which follows is the work’s principal Fate motif and, although a succession of other themes from the opera are subsequently introduced, its presence remains throughout: the force of destiny will not be denied. The work provided a suitably fatalistic musical backdrop to director Claude Berri’s film Jean de Florette (1986) and its sequel Manon des Sources (also in 1986). Both are screen renditions of Marcel Pagnol’s exquisite novel, L’eau des Collines (‘The Water from the Hills’). ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) RUSALKA: SONG TO THE MOON DRIVING MISS DAISY / DEPARTURE SUNG BY NARDUS WILLIAMS Rusalka, which was first performed in Prague in 1901, is the one Dvořák opera with a regular place in the present-day repertoire. It owes its lasting success, in no small way, to the ‘Song to the Moon’ in which Rusalka, a water nymph who has the misfortune to fall in love with a human – the Prince who comes to bathe in her lake – appeals to the moon to tell him of her love for him. A ravishing, magically orchestrated aria of great melodic beauty, it is inspired in its use of the soprano voice in every way. The aria’s exquisite strains are heard in the 1989 comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy. The movie concerns an elderly widow who befriends her chauffeur after the death of her husband. So too in Departure (2015), in which an English mother and her teenage son spend a week in the South of France breaking up a summer home that has become one of the casualties of the boy’s parents’ crumbling marriage. 6 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY: WALTZ
SLEEPING BEAUTY / A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Tchaikovsky simply loved the theatre and particularly identified with the glamour and
opulence of the ballet, as well as the graceful femininity of the ballerina. He wrote
only three ballets, although much of his music is permeated by the spirit of dance, and
those three scores did nothing less than change the course of dance theatre history.
The Sleeping Beauty (1890) is the second of Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores and, like the
other two, is simply a treasure trove of great melodies. This lovely waltz comes from
Act I during the preparations for Princess Aurora’s birthday party. Young peasants
bring in garlands of flowers and dance to this beautifully rocking music. It might be
Johann Strauss II who is known as ‘The Waltz King’, but Tchaikovsky could turn out
this dance form with equal skill and aplomb.
Of course, there are various film versions of this balletic masterpiece, including a
luscious take by Walt Disney in 1959. But this exquisite waltz also more recently
graced Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). The film concerns the
relationship between a highly advanced robotic boy and his single mother who has
abandoned him, but the boy possesses human emotions. The choice of this music was
therefore inspired.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
SOLOMON:
‘THE ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
In Act III of Handel’s oratorio Solomon (1749), the titular monarch receives the exotic
Queen of Sheba, shows off his opulent palace and provides her with lavish musical
entertainment. Her arrival is announced by this sparkling orchestral interlude. Handel
actually borrowed its vivacious tune from a now forgotten opera by Giovanni Porta,
though such ‘borrowing’ (some might say plagiarism) was fairly commonplace at the
time. No matter, with its chortling oboes and nimble string writing, it is typical of
Handel at his irresistible best.
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Made in just six weeks and at a cost of under £3 million, Four Weddings and Funeral (1994) became the highest grossing British film at the time. It follows the fortunes of Charles (Hugh Grant) and his circle of friends at a series of social occasions where they each find romance. Richard Rodney Bennett provided the original score, though Handel’s gem also made a lively cameo. AMILCARE PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) LA GIOCONDA: DANCE OF THE HOURS FANTASIA The Italian composer Ponchielli was something of a one-hit wonder with his Grande opera, La Gioconda (1876), although today he is remembered largely for just one part of that work, the charming Dance of the Hours. It was wonderfully choreographed in the 1941 Walt Disney musical cartoon Fantasia when it was danced by a surprisingly nimble and elegant Hyacinth, the hippo wearing the most ill-fitting tutu imaginable. She certainly enjoys herself though, despite the unwonted attentions of the local crocodiles! WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) CLARINET CONCERTO: SLOW MOVEMENT OUT OF AFRICA PERFORMED BY SERGIO CASTELLÓ LÓPEZ Mozart composed his Clarinet Concerto (1791) for his masonic colleague, the clarinettist Anton Stadler. Although Mozart nicknamed Stadler ‘old redcurrant face’, he hugely respected him, tailoring the concerto so as to exploit Stadler’s celebrated singing tone and love of the instrument’s rich lower register. This lovely work has featured in several films, including The King’s Speech (2010), 27 Dresses (2008) and Out of Africa (1985) when it provides the musical backdrop to a moving retrospective montage (whatever Donald Trump might have said, the triple-Oscar-winning Meryl Streep can act!). 8 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
J. STRAUSS II (1825-1899)
ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE: WALTZ
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
On the Beautiful Blue Danube was originally a choral waltz composed for a Carnival-
time concert given by the Vienna Men’s Choral Association on 15 February 1867.
Contrary to myth, the work was an immediate success and the Viennese newspaper
Die Presse commented two days after its premiere: ‘The lovely waltz, with its catchy
rhythms, ought soon to belong among the most popular of the prolific dance-
composer.’ The critic, of course, was spot on. Its text, however, was specific to
Carnival time so in 1890, Franz von Gernerth provided new words including the line
‘Donau so blau ...’ (‘Danube so blue’).
Nevertheless, today this most famous of waltzes is invariably heard as a purely
orchestral piece. After its shimmering opening Johann Strauss unveils a succession
of quite exquisite waltz themes. It was a quite brilliant choice for Stanley Kubrick’s
1968 sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. In one scene of this most musical of
films, it accompanies the elegant ‘dancing’ movements of a space craft at the docking
station. It’s an inspired re-use of music from a very, very different age.
HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)
DIDO AND AENEAS: DIDO’S LAMENT
ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND: THE STORY OF HENRY PURCELL /
MR TURNER / THE MAN WHO CRIED
SUNG BY NARDUS WILLIAMS
The English composer Purcell, one of the greatest musical talents of the seventeenth
century, wrote his first work at the tender age of just nine. One of his greatest
masterpieces is his opera Dido and Aeneas, premiered in the 1680s. In this aria, Dido
laments the death of his lover Aeneas – it is Purcell at his most inspired and inspiring.
‘Dido’s Lament’ features poignantly in the Tony Palmer-directed biopic of the
composer, England My England: The Story of Henry Purcell (2011), but more recently
it has been heard in films including Mike Leigh’s biopic Mr Turner (2014) and Sally
Potter’s The Man Who Cried (2000).
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SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)
ENIGMA VARIATIONS: NIMROD
DUNKIRK
One evening in October 1898 Elgar sat down at his piano to improvise. ‘That’s a good
tune’ commented his wife, ‘what is it?’. ‘Nothing yet’, replied Elgar, ‘but something
might be made of it’. He then carried on improvising, imagining what his various
friends would do with the tune. What resulted was an affectionate series of musical
pictures in which, taking the original ‘enigma’ theme as their starting point, Elgar
portrayed his friends and loved ones in a gallery of melodious and richly orchestrated
canvases.
EDWARD ELGAR
Herbert Lambert (1881–1936), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
10 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21‘Nimrod’ is the very soul of the Enigma Variations. It is a portrait of Elgar’s dear
friend, champion and publisher A. J. Jaeger (‘Jaeger’ being the German word for
‘hunter’ and Nimrod being the ‘mighty hunter’ from the Book of Genesis). This noble
and highly affectionate passage opens with echoes of Beethoven’s ‘Pathétique’ Sonata
and is, again to quote the composer, ‘the record of a long summer evening talk, when
my friend discoursed eloquently on the slow movements of Beethoven’.
With no hint of irony and to great emotional effect, Elgar’s music was adapted for use
in Christopher Nolan’s 2017 film portraying the Allied evacuation of mainland Europe
from the French coastal town of Dunkirk in late May and early June 1940. It was the
perfect choice, the music combining as it does senses of heroism, great camaraderie
and deep poignancy.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM:
WEDDING MARCH
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM / WAYNE’S WORLD 2 / WHAT’S
YOUR NUMBER? / BACHELORETTE / WHAT IF? / ENTOURAGE
Mendelssohn first came under the spell of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
when he was an impressionable seventeen-year-old. So struck was he by the bard’s
beguiling fantasy that he composed an overture inspired by the play, a remarkable
distillation of Shakespeare’s work glistening with elfin charm, delicacy and humour.
Nearly two decades later Mendelssohn was able to recapture the spirit of his youthful
overture when he came to write incidental music for a production of A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (1843). Mendelssohn retained the overture and added to it another
thirteen numbers, including his famed ‘Wedding March’.
A rousing fanfare announces the arrival of the bride and Mendelssohn’s march gets
underway. In between three renditions of the march proper are two contrasting
sections: the first is a muscular affair while the second is altogether more elegant.
Trumpets, trombones and cymbals add to the sense of elation occasioned by the
marriage of Shakespeare’s Theseus and Hippolyta.
Over the years, Mendelssohn’s music has featured in many films, most of them
comedies or romantic comedies, including Wayne’s World 2 (1993), What’s Your
Number? (2011), Bachelorette (2012), What If? (2013) and Entourage (2015). There
have also been various cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare’s touching romantic
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 11comedy. Most recent was Michael Hoffman’s 1999 version. Its cast features Kevin Kline as the wonderfully named Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, Stanley Tucci as the mischievous Puck and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale and Dominic West as the four lovers. GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901) LA TRAVIATA: SEMPRE LIBERA THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT / PRETTY WOMAN SUNG BY NARDUS WILLIAMS La traviata (‘The Fallen Woman’) (1853) tells of the tragic romance of Violetta and Alfredo. Trapped within the constraints of society’s expectations, their happiness and love for each other is torn asunder and Violetta’s self-sacrifice leads to her paying the ultimate price, the loss of her true love. Verdi’s iconic score matches the highs and lows of this dramatic storyline. At the beginning of the opera, Violetta hosts a party where she meets, and is wooed by, Alfredo. Once she is alone however, she laughs at the idea of true love, vowing to live her life for pleasure, singing ‘Sempre libera’ (‘Always free’). The aria appears in the hugely successful romantic comedy, Pretty Woman (1990) which features Julia Roberts, as the down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward, and Richard Gere as Edward Lewis, a wealthy businessman. During the film, Edward takes Vivian to the opera for the first time – they see La traviata. At the end of the performance, an older lady asks Vivian if she liked the opera. Vivian says: ‘It was so good, I almost peed my pants!’ to which Edward quickly replies: ‘She said she liked it better than Pirates of Penzane.’! The aria also features, very memorably, in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). This Australia comedy follows two drag queens and a transgender woman as they journey across the Australia Outback in a tour bus named ‘Priscilla’. Felicia, one of the drag queens played by Guy Pearce, sings the aria from the top of the tour bus in full drag. 12 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
JACQUES OFFENBACH (1819-1880)
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: CAN-CAN
PETER’S FRIENDS / MOULIN ROUGE!
Orpheus in the Underworld (1858) is commonly regarded as the first full-scale operetta
(or light opera) ever written, but it was only when various critics sharpened their quills
that the piece really took off. One scribe described it as ‘a coarse and grotesque parody,
full of vulgar and indecent scenes that give off an unhealthy odour’; another called it ‘a
profanation of holy and glorious antiquity.’ This being Paris, everyone wanted to know
what the fuss was about and Offenbach’s burlesque became a massive hit as a result.
Its racy, high-kicking Can-Can (in the form of John Hudson’s song ‘Orpheus in the
Underground’) appears at the beginning and end of Kenneth Branagh’s comedy Peter’s
Friend’s (1992) and in the Montmartre-based Moulin Rouge! (2001). It simply had to
be included in the latter film!
Programme notes by Anthony Bateman © 2021 • La traviata programme note by Zoe Thompson © 2021
DETAIL OF POSTER FOR PARIS REVIVAL, 1878
Jules Chéret (1836-1932),
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 13HALLÉ INSPIRE SUPPORTED BY CARGILL Cargill Plc, sponsors of this concert, are long term supporters of the Hallé’s groundbreaking Education programme, Hallé Inspire. ‘I felt very proud of myself on the day performing with the Hallé because parents, teachers, adults and children were watching us perform - a very memorable, unforgettable scene.’ (Year 6 pupil) Hallé Inspire is a long-term partnership programme with primary schools that aims to raise aspirations and expectations in communities across Greater Manchester that do not generally engage with organisations like the Hallé. Children taking part in the programme are identified because of the daily challenges they face including, social and economic disadvantages, low engagement, low motivation, minimal aspiration and poor behaviour. By using music as a creative intervention tool Hallé Inspire promotes positive attitudes to learning, listening and team work and helps develop life skills and motivation, deepening the children’s learning and understanding in a range of curriculum areas. Feedback from teachers is that the participants gain confidence and communication skills but also learn to take on the responsibilities of a team player, listening and considering others. The impact on their behaviour across the school day has, in most cases, noticeably improved as a result of this work and as a consequence attainment and aspiration levels improve too. Cargill has a long standing relationship supporting the Hallé’s educational programme, and currently supports the Inspire programme. It is committed to the communities where its employees live and work, investing in, engaging with and respecting cultures 14 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
while promoting sustainable and responsible economic development to improve living
standards and promote thriving communities.
Cargill businesses and facilities and their employees also give through more than 350
employee-led Cargill Cares Councils worldwide. The councils provide support for local
charitable and civic organisations and programs such as food relief agencies, school
and youth programmes, and local environmental projects. Our employees around the
world give their time and talent to volunteer activities that have a local impact.
Annually Cargill commits 2% of its pre-tax global earnings to support communities
and in fiscal year 2020 Cargill provided $115 million in total philanthropic
contributions across 56 countries to advance programmes that make a difference.
‘Inspire is uplifting, well organised and a great way to learn about a topic using
music and helps children improve their mood, health and well-being. There
should be more of this.’ Parent
Prior to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, the Inspire programme involved
two Halle musicians working with selected classes or groups of children each term to
deliver creative music workshops based on a specific curriculum area/theme, chosen by
the participating school. To encourage families to engage positively in their children’s
learning, parents and carers were invited to school to watch the children perform their
music compositions at the end of each term. The children also showcased aspects
of other curriculum learning linking to the chosen theme. During these performance
opportunities children developed self-confidence and the ability to work as part of a
team. Children were also invited to attend a Hallé for Youth concert at The Bridgewater
Hall to hear and see ‘their’ musicians working with the whole orchestra.
‘Our school, although within close proximity of the historical centre of
Manchester, is in a challenging urban context where many children and their
families would not normally engage with the Hallé. For the school to have
such high quality experts coming to work within our community and creating
aspirations for the children, has been a wonderful opportunity. The contribution
from the Hallé musicians to the wider curriculum of the school has been
extremely enriching as has our visit to The Bridgewater Hall to watch the
orchestra in action.’ Assistant Headteacher at participating school
‘The Hallé project was the best thing ever. The concert (culmination of children’s
work) was amazing - Seeing all the children being able to work together so well.’
Parent
‘I have enjoyed learning to use instruments and how to play music with the Hallé.
We got to make our own ideas to create music and when the Hallé played it was
amazing!’ Year 6 pupil
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 15Through the project, Hallé musicians work with around 300 primary school children annually with a programme that spans the whole academic year. In the last few years the students have covered subjects such as Peterloo, Mayans, Rainforest, Anglo- Saxons, Portraits and Landscape art, bones and skeletons, Industrial Manchester, Invaders and Settlers, Evacuees and creating a soundtrack for a short animation. ‘The project is great for the children’s concentration as they had to concentrate to keep the correct pace and rhythm. It was lovely to see the children so engaged in the performance. The children were so proud in what they achieved. Many children volunteered to present and take part who wouldn’t usually.’ Teacher at participating school Cargill has also provided each Hallé Inspire school with a cooking workshop, delivered by Kiddy Cook, which have encouraged children to learn about healthier food and make informed choices whilst having lots of fun. ‘We are very proud to support the Inspire programme and of our long-standing relationship with the Hallé. Of all the charitable programmes that Cargill supports, this one is unique in using music to engage with young people. We have learnt from the feedback of both teachers and pupils, that it has a positive impact and contributes to improving their approach to learning, their confidence and communication skills. It also gives them the opportunity to learn, and play, musical instruments that they may never have encountered at school. A key highlight for the children is the opportunity to visit the stunning Bridgewater Hall and listen to a concert.’ Sally Easterbrook, Cargill Cares Committee Member 16 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
An exciting new resource for schools from the Hallé
Words by Tony Mitton • Music by Steve Pickett
Goddess Gaia, a brand new 20-minute animated cantata from the Hallé, explores the beauty
and fragility of the natural world and takes us on a thought-provoking journey around the
globe, warning us about the danger of human greed on the environment
A complete classroom resource for teachers, including three videos with opportunities for
children to participate through singing and classroom percussion; audio files, creative music
project, written teacher information and a comprehensive curriculum pack with suggestions
and activities for a wide range of cross-curricular learning, including science, geography, art,
citizenship, literacy, maths, DT and dance.
Aimed at KS2 but all resources can be adapted to suit the needs of individual classes.
www.halle.co.uk/gaia
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RECORDED 10 DECEMBER 2020 IN THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER
PRODUCTION BY
Maestro Broadcasting Limited
AUDIO PRODUCER AND SOUND BALANCER
Stephen Portnoi
ASSISTANT ENGINEER
Graham Jacob
HALLÉ DIGITAL
OB UNIT MANAGER RIGGING SUPERVISOR LIGHTING DIRECTOR
MANAGER
Martin Sexton Norman Bendon Bill Lam Martyn Rourke
VISION GUARANTEE RIGGERS HALLÉ VT PRODUCER CAMERA SUPERVISOR
Jack Sowerby Matt Tyler Riley Bramley- Chris Goor
Chris Sharples Dymond
SOUND GUARANTEE CAMERA OPERATORS
HALLÉ GFX DESIGNER
Will Underwood Andy Hetherington
Peter Naish
Liz Hillman
SOUND ASSISTANT Andy Parr
Sarah Ambrose John Oldroyd
Simon
VT GUARANTEE Harmsworth
Charles Howell
VIDEO EDITOR
Andy Barker
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Gemma Dixon
DIRECTOR
Jonathan Haswell
18 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21Recruiting now
The Hallé is now welcoming applications for the 2021–22
season of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, Youth Choir,
Youth Training Choir and Children’s Choir!
All details at
www.halle.co.uk/youth-ensembles-recruitment
Application deadline: Monday 7 June 2021
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ANCOATS, MANCHESTER
© Daniel Hopkinson
20 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21Situated 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.
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 three-storey
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 for takeaway. 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. Call us on 0161 806 0260.
© Daniel Hopkinson
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 21STEPHEN BELL CONDUCTOR Described as ‘one of the most gifted younger British conductors’ (International Record Review), Stephen Bell is in demand with a wide variety of international orchestras. His diverse repertoire, versatility and aptitude for communication with audiences of all genres and ages have led to exciting conducting projects with an eclectic range of artists. 22 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
Past highlights have included conducting the Queen’s Jubilee Concert at Chatsworth
House, a tribute concert for Stanley Black at the Royal Festival Hall, a gala event
for Prince Charles at Windsor Castle, the memorial concert for Alistair Cooke at
Westminster Abbey, the award-winning Pitch Perfect for BBC TV’s Children in Need
at Wembley with the BBC Singers, the televised Music Nation concert from the Clyde
Auditorium in Glasgow, and pop legends Texas with the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra at Barrowland, Glasgow.
Stephen’s discography includes critically acclaimed CDs on the ASV, Naxos and
Dutton labels, including two with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a disc devoted
to the music of Gordon Jacob and three world premiere recordings with violist Roger
Chase and the BBC Concert Orchestra. 2016 saw three new releases, including A
Christmas Celebration with the Hallé on its own label and a collaboration with award-
winning vocalist Clare Teal on MUD Records. He frequently appears on Classic FM as
well as on BBC radio and television.
From 2005 to 2010, Stephen was invited to conduct the annual televised BBC
Proms in the Park with the BBC Philharmonic, and since 2011, he has appeared every
year on the live TV broadcasts of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s Last Night
of the Proms celebrations. He made his Royal Albert Hall Proms debut with the hugely
successful Doctor Who Prom in 2008, returning in 2012 for a Family Matinee
Prom with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and again in 2014 for two televised
CBeebies Proms with the BBC Philharmonic. The Folk Prom in the 2018 season
marked his first Prom with the BBC Concert Orchestra, returning in the 2019 season.
In 2009, he was appointed Artistic Director of the City of Oxford Orchestra and, in
2013, he was delighted to take up the post of Associate Conductor of the Hallé Pops
in 2013. He studied at the Royal College of Music under the renowned conductor,
Norman Del Mar.
In March 2020, the arts scene in the UK came to a screeching halt. Stephen’s final
live concert before the world went mad was in Manchester with the Hallé. As the
father of three primary school aged children, lockdown forced Stephen to become a
reluctant school teacher, dealing with online learning platforms, ensuring the children
stayed fit and healthy, with the help of PE with Joe, and cooking. It has been a torrid
year, with just one day of work between March and September. Stephen took a
conscious decision not to learn any new music during the first period of lockdown,
finding it hard to learn a piece without knowing when a return to performance
would be possible. Since September, Stephen has spent time working on the Halle’s
wonderful Christmas concert and this fantastic Movie Classics programme. He was
absolutely thrilled that is was possible to record these two concerts - a Herculean
team effort.
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 23PETROC TRELAWNY PRESENTER Petroc Trelawny, one of the best-known voices on BBC Radio Three, presents the daily Breakfast programme. Last summer saw his twenty-first consecutive season introducing the BBC Proms, for both radio and television. In 2015 he hosted the first- ever BBC Proms Australia, a week of concerts and recitals in Melbourne, broadcast live on ABC Radio, and he has twice hosted the BBC Proms Dubai at the new Dubai Opera House. 24 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
As well as presenting concerts with the Hallé, other hosting roles have included
presenting the live BBC broadcast of the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day
Concert and, in June 2019, he presented the BBC ‘Cardiff Singer of the World’
competition for the eleventh time. From Edinburgh, he has presented the international
telecast of Eurovision Young Musicians to more than two dozen countries and, live
from Gothenburg, he has hosted Eurovision Choir, a competition that celebrates
different traditions, languages and the joy of singing.
Petroc has introduced televised profiles of numerous figures from the Arts including
Dame Fanny Waterman, Julian Bream and Yehudi Menuhin. He has presented
performances by the Royal Ballet, shown in cinemas around the world, and in
September 2018 he anchored note-by-note coverage of the Leeds International Piano
Competition for Medici.tv.
A proud Cornishman, Petroc’s early career includes broadcasting in Hong Kong for the
British Forces Broadcasting Service, being part of the launch team for Classic FM and
London News Radio, presenting breakfast on BBC Radio Manchester and working as
a presenter for RTÉ in Ireland. He is President of the Lennox Berkeley Society, Luton
Music and the Three Spires Singers. In addition to this, he is a trustee of BZAM – a
charity supporting the work of the Zimbabwe Academy of Music in Bulawayo. As
well as concerts and opera, Petroc loves travel, food and wine, cinema, books and the
theatre.
During the pandemic, Petroc has felt lucky that much of his life’s regular pattern has
continued as normal. Although there has been no travel and much less real contact
with friends and family, his Radio 3 Breakfast show has continued every morning
and not from his kitchen table but from Broadcasting house – sometimes feeling as
though he and the studio engineer were the only people in the building! Being ‘on-air’,
offering people comfort and solace in classical music and an escape from the grim
reality all around has been an immense privilege. Petroc feels that it has been so
good to have been able to collaborate with the Hallé again, to be part of its brilliant
programme returning musicians to performance, when so many have been silenced,
and their lives and livelihoods have been put on hold.
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 25NARDUS WILLIAMS SOPRANO British soprano Nardus Williams, described by Opera Today as a ‘superbly controlled, sensuous soprano’, is an English National Opera Harewood Artist. She was also a member of the Houston Opera Studio during the 2018/19 season and is a former Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne. 26 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
Nardus’s 2020/21 season has so far included the roles of Mimi/La bohème, part
of English National Opera’s Drive & Live series, and Ciboulette/In the Market for
Love, socially-distanced performances for Glyndebourne Tour. Looking ahead to the
summer, she has been cast as Countess/Le Nozze di Figaro, as part of Opera Holland
Park’s 2021 season, as well as the role of Belinda in a new opera entitled Dido’s Ghost,
a co-commission with the Dunedin Consort, Mahogany Opera and the Barbican.
Highlights from recent seasons have included: Micaëla/Carmen (English National
Opera); Mimi/La bohème and Donna Anna/Don Giovanni (Houston Grand Opera);
Armida/Rinaldo (cover) and Adina/L’elisir d’amore (cover) (Glyndebourne Festival
Opera); Governess/The Turn of the Screw (cover) (Garsington Opera); the role of
Martha in a new commission Wake by Giorgio Battistelli, directed by Graham Vick
(Birmingham Opera Company); and Countess/Le Nozze di Figaro (cover) (English
National Opera). Further roles have included: Maggie/Marjana in the world premiere
of Lewis Murphy’s Belongings (Glyndebourne Festival Opera); Donna Elvira/Don
Giovanni (Opera Holland Park); and Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Royal
College of Music). Nardus Williams was also invited to perform with Welsh National
Opera and Nevill Holt Opera. Concert highlights have included recitals at Wigmore
Hall and St John’s Smith Square as well as Handel’s Messiah at King’s Place.
Nardus Williams trained at the International Opera School at the Royal College of
Music, where she was the sole recipient of the prestigious Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship.
In the 2016 Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards, she was awarded First Prize and the
Audience Prize.
When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020, Nardus Williams found herself with
no work and cancelled concerts. Having spent the past eight years studying, in the UK
and America, her career was taking flight, keeping her very busy. With an optimistic
outlook on life, she enjoyed being at home, spending time on hobbies such as running,
learning how to cook (properly) and riding her bike. As the restrictions lifted, new
opportunities came her way: she was excited to be looking at music again and it felt
amazing to have work. As the restrictions have been reinstated, she continues to think
positively, returning to baking sourdough bread and reading to keep herself busy.
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 27SERGIO CASTELLÓ-LÓPEZ CLARINET 28 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21
Sergio Castelló López was born in Xàtiva, Spain, in 1994. He began learning the clarinet
at the age of five and went on to study with Michel Arrignon and Enrique Pérez at
the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid.
While Sergio was a student he was awarded several first prizes at music competitions
and also played with youth orchestras including the European Union Youth Orchestra
and Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.
In 2015 Sergio left college to become Principal Clarinet at l’Opéra de Limoges,
in France, before taking up his current post as Principal Clarinet with the Hallé the
following year. In addition to his Principal Clarinet role, Sergio has also taken the solo
roles in concertos and recorded Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie on the Hallé own label.
Sergio also enjoys performing as a guest with orchestras around the world, including
the Orquesta Nacional de España, London Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Royal
Northern Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
When the pandemic hit the UK in March 2020 and concerts all over the world stopped
with little to no warning, Sergio took the opportunity to rest. Working with the Hallé
doesn’t often leave time for playing sonatas, chamber music, concertos and other
forgotten gems, just for fun and to challenge himself. Doing bits of DIY and jobs around
the house also helped to keep him distracted. Although the lockdown restrictions eased
over the summer months, Sergio chose to stay in the UK rather than visit family in
Spain, whom he now hasn’t seen for over a year. Previously they spoke once or twice a
week but, a positive that has come out of the situation is that, they now speak almost
daily.
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 29≥
MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR MARK ELDER
FIRST VIOLINS VIOLAS OBOES TRUMPETS
Paul Barritt Timothy Pooley † Stéphane Rancourt Gareth Small †
PERMANENT GUEST SECTION LEADER SECTION LEADER SECTION LEADER
LEADER Julian Mottram † Virginia Shaw † Kenneth Brown †
Sarah Ewins Martin Schäfer Tom Osborne
COR ANGLAIS
ASSOCIATE LEADER Piero Gasparini † Andy Dallimore
Thomas Davey †
Zoe Colman Robert Criswell †
TENOR TROMBONES
Peter Liang Gemma Dunne † CLARINETS
Katy Jones
Steven Proctor Chris Emerson † Sergio Castelló
SECTION LEADER
Alison Hunt † Cameron Campbell López
Roz Davies †
Helen Bridges † SECTION LEADER
CELLOS
Nicola Clark † Rosa Campos- BASS TROMBONE
Nicholas Trygstad
Victor Hayes † Fernandez Kyle MacCorquodale
SECTION LEADER
John Gralak † Dan Bayley
Simon Turner
Michelle Marsh TUBA
Dale Culliford † Ewan Easton mbe
Katie Jackson BASS CLARINET
David Petri † James Muirhead †
SECOND VIOLINS Jane Hallett TIMPANI
Paulette Bayley Clare Rowe BASSOONS John Abendstern
Rosemary Attree Jonathan Pether Ursula Leveaux
PERCUSSION
Caroline Abbott † Simon Davies
DOUBLE BASSES David Hext †
Grania Royce †
Beatrice Schirmer † CONTRABASSOON SECTION LEADER
Christine Davey †
Yi Xin Han † Simon Davies Riccardo Lorenzo
Elizabeth Bosworth
Rachel Meerloo Parmigiani †
John Purton HORNS
Natasha Armstrong Erika Öhman
Eva Petrarca Julian Plummer †
Michael Harper
Diego Gabete FLUTES Matthew Head
Yu-Mien Sun Amy Yule Andrew Maher HARP
Sian Goodwin SECTION LEADER Richard Bourn † Marie Leenhardt †
Sarah Bennett Jon Harris
PICCOLO
Rob Looman
† = 20 YEARS SERVICE
30 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21The 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. 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 stages
of The Bridgewater Hall and Hallé St Peter’s to once again make music for loyal and
supportive audiences felt 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
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 31≥ 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, FIRST VIOLINS SECOND VIOLINS
SIR MARK ELDER CH CBE SARAH EWINS PRINCIPAL
Mr Martin McMillan OBE and Elaine and Neville Blond Patrick and Tricia McDermott
Mrs Pat McMillan Charitable Trust
PAULETTE BAYLEY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, TIBERIU BUTA Karen Farquhar
DAVID BUTCHER Dr Anne R Fuller
ROSEMARY ATTREE
Hamish and Sophie Forsyth
ZOE COLMAN in memory of the late Marie and
LEADER John Geddes Jack Levy
Penny Moore
PETER LIANG CAROLINE ABBOTT
GUEST LEADER, PAUL BARRITT Jennifer MacPherson Peter and Mary Jones
in memory of Geoffrey Robinson
ALISON HUNT JULIA HANSON
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR, Mrs Vivienne Blackburn for Lou Page
DELYANA LAZAROVA Michael
PZ Cussons, Sir Mark and Lady JOHN PURTON
Elder, The Garrick Charitable HELEN BRIDGES in loving memory of Michael Hall
Trust Professor Chris Klingenberg
HANNAH SMITH
CHORAL DIRECTOR, POSITION VACANT Patrick and Tricia McDermott
MATTHEW HAMILTON In loving memory of Kaye Tazaki,
In memory of Alison Wilkie- from his family and the Hallé
Davies
32 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21VIOLAS FLUTE TRUMPETS
TIMOTHY POOLEY AMY YULE GARETH SMALL
Dr Susan M Brown Mr Peter Heath Shared Trust
JULIAN MOTTRAM KENNETH BROWN
In loving memory of John PICCOLO Shared Trust
Pickstone JOANNE BODDINGTON
in memory of Ronald Marlowe TOM OSBORNE
MARTIN SCHÄFER Penny Moore
David and Beryl Emery
OBOE
PIERO GASPARINI STÉPHANE RANCOURT TROMBONE
Mrs Jane Fairclough The Duchy of Lancaster KATY JONES
Benevolent Fund Sylvia Kendal in memory of
CHRIS EMERSON Ivor Rowe
Bolton Opus Group VIRGINIA SHAW
Alison Wilkinson
TIMPANI
CELLOS JOHN ABENDSTERN
COR ANGLAIS
NICHOLAS TRYGSTAD In memory of Alan and
TOM DAVEY
Martin and Sandra Stone Vivian Glass
In loving memory of Douglas
SIMON TURNER Crawford
In memory of PERCUSSION
Mrs G E Whitehead CLARINET DAVID HEXT
SERGIO CASTELLÓ-LÓPEZ Rosemary Whitesman
DAVID PETRI
K and S Coen The Hallé Choir RICCARDO LORENZO PARMIGIANI
Michael Eagles
JANE HALLETT
BASS CLARINET
Professor Sir Netar Mallick ERIKA ÖHMAN
JAMES MUIRHEAD
Mrs R Russell in loving memory
CLARE ROWE Shared Trust
of her husband, Jim Russell RBA;
Nina Harris
Michael Eagles
JONATHAN PETHER BASSOONS
Charlotte Westwood POSITION VACANT
In memory of Miss Amy HALLÉ YOUTH ORCHESTRA
POSITION VACANT BASSOONS
Alexandra Morris
In loving memory of Dorothy Hall Mr C R and Mrs E Anslow
ELENA COMELLI PERCUSSION
Anonymous I and E Brett
DOUBLE BASSES
Karen Brown
POSITION VACANT
CELLOS
Edmundson Electrical Ltd HORNS
The Holland-Frickes
in memory of Arthur Bevan
YI XIN HAN Mr John Summers
and Enid Roper WIND AND STRINGS
In memory of Stella and
Harold Millington LAWRENCE ROGERS The English-Speaking Union,
in memory of C K Andrews Mid Cheshire Branch
BEATRICE SCHIRMER Anonymous
Joyce Kennedy in loving memory RICHARD BOURN
of Michael Shared Trust HALLÉ YOUTH CHOIR
SOPRANOS AND ALTOS
NATASHA ARMSTRONG ANDREW MAHER Mr and Mrs Smith
John and Pat Garside Mr CR and Mrs E Anslow
HALLÉ CHOIR
RACHEL MEERLOO MATTHEW HEAD Jane Hampson
In loving memory of Hilmary In loving memory of ALTOS
Quarmby, a lifelong lover of Nora Dawson Chris Hughes
music and friend of the Hallé
Sincere thanks also to all those who have made general donations to the Chair
Endowment programme during the recent months.
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 33≥ 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 MAESTOSO CRESCENDO Choir
CIRCLE Brian and Valerie Bailey Mr C. R. and Mrs E. Mr Kenneth Kay
John and Margaret Dr Susan M Brown Anslow Mr Michael Leach
Mr Jon and Dr Carol Mr Colin Lomax
Allen Mr David A Budgett
Ashley David and Jane Murphy
Dr Anne R Fuller Mr and Mrs J. Davnall Mr Edward Astle Sir Charles Nightingale
Pat Kendall-Taylor Valerie and Peter Carole and David Baume Mrs Kathy Noble
Professor Chris Dicken Mr John Biggins Mr John D Owens
Klingenberg Mrs Juliet Gibbs Audrey and Richard Binch Mr D Pritchard
Patrick and Tricia Andrew Hay and Nicola David and Maggie Mr Martin Rayner
McDermott Kitching Blackburn AC and CJ Riddington
Mrs Vivienne Blackburn T. G. Roberts
David and Mary Mark Kenrick
Clair Boyes Mrs Jackie Roberts
McKeith Jennifer MacPherson Dr Christopher Brookes Mr and Mrs R. J. W.
Dr and Mrs Ian John Nickson and J. R. Bushell (Bolton) Ltd Rogers
McKinlay OBE Simon Rew Laura and Peter Judith and Patrick Rutter
Penny Moore, for Terry, Martin and Sandra Carstensen Sheila Rydz and in memory
who loved the Hallé Stone Dr and Mrs Michael and of Simeon Rydz
Dr Sambrook John and Pat Turner Diana Cavanagh John and Susan Schultz
Lawrence David Cody and Mr P D Senn
Christine and David Judi Winterson and
in memory of Mr and Mr David Shipley
Walmsley David Hoyle Mrs L. J. Cody Mrs Marian Smith and in
In memory of Lynne Mr Julian Craddock memory of Colin Smith
In memory of Alfred Philip Crookall OBE
and Brenda Burley Mr A Fowell Mrs E. G. Tonge
Mr and Mrs J. Fox Joy White
Mr Richard Garnett Professor and Mrs Philip
Chris and Karen Halicki Wiles
Miss Lynne Hamilton David and Veronica Yates
Dr Andrew Hardman In memory of Brenda
David Haworth Owens
Mr John Hopwood and Dr
Julia Morrison
Chris Hughes, to mark
42 years with the Hallé
34 | ≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21INTERMEZZO SCHERZO Dr R Gregory Miss Jean Motler
Dr D Yvonne Aplin Gill and Barrie Adams Mr J B Haddow Mr P K Murphy
Joan Ball Mr Peter Adamson Dr I M Hall Mr David Odling
Tony Bates Mr Timothy R Ades Paul and Amanda Hamblyn Professor Damian
Professor Tony Berry Dr Katherine M Adler Mr C W Hampson O’Doherty
Mr K A Bevan Mr Roger Ainsworth Mrs Thora Harnden William and Janet Ollier
Mrs Margaret Bradshaw Vin Allerton Brian and Bridget Harris Mr John Peaker
Mrs P Cate Dr P J Alvey Mr Simon Harrison Dr John Pearson
Monica and Mick Clark Mr Barry J Ball Mrs J M Hartley Reverend David Peters
Pamela Craig Dr Peter Barberis Mrs Dorothy Heaton David and Elizabeth Pioli
Sarah Crouch Mr Michael Barley Mr Cliff Heckle Mr Victor Potapczuk
Mr Anthony Doust Mrs J E Baxendale Donald and Carolyn Professor James Powell
Mr Micheal Dowling Mr Paul K Berry Henderson OBE
Chris Dumigan Mr Steve Best Mrs G Hewitt Dr R E Price
Dr George A Eccleston Mr D J Bird Miss Pauline Hickey Mrs Jean Proud
Rev’d and Mrs J F Ellis Mr Stuart Bishop Mr and Mrs J M Hill Mr D Radley
Mrs A Fitzpatrick Dr Howard Booth Peter and Charlotte Hill Mr Peter Ramsden
Charlie Fleischmann Ms Annie Bracken Mr J M Hindshaw Mrs Beryl Ratcliffe
Ann Flowerday Arnold and Brenda Mrs Dorothy Holt Angus and Jenny Reynolds
Jeremy and Gillian French Bradshaw Mrs Janet Holwill Mr Paul Reynolds
Mrs Ruth Gooddie Philip Broughton Dr W Hoyle David and Elly Roberts
Mr and Mrs R Green Mr Dean Brown Mr H Hughes and Mrs F Mrs A Rose
Mr John Hannah Karen Brown Hughes David and Maggie
Mrs Bessie Harper Miss S R Brown David Humphries Rowlands
Callum Harvey Peter Burgess Mrs Glynys Hunter Mrs Susan Rowlands
Mr and Mrs D Hawkes Barbara and Anthony Dr Steven Hurst Professor Michael G
Peter and Audrey Hewer Butcher Joyce Hytner Rusbridge
Mr Simon Hutchence Miss Christine Bywater Mr Howard Johnson Mrs J Ryner
Mrs Wendy Jeffs Miss Christine S Catherall Mrs Jean Johnson Martin and Gail Sanderson
Professor Nicholas and Dr Mrs B Y Chubb Alma Jones, and in Mr and Mrs John and
Mary Jones Mrs Kathleen Cleary memory of Frank Jackie Say
Mr J G Knox Mrs Gina Collison David and Fae Jones Mrs Jan Schofield
Mr and Mrs B H Lawrence Mr David Cooke Christine and Michael Mr James A Scott
Mr and Mrs R W Lee Mr H C Cowen Jones Mr Simon Shelbourn
Mel Littler Mrs Frances Critchley Mr Trefor Jones Mr C and Mrs T Shepherd
Mr Alan Lowe Mr John Critchley Miss Brunhilde Kay Mr Michael Shiels
Mr T Marsden TD Mr and Mrs Rex Keen Charles and Helen Smith
John and Mary McPeake Mrs J D Darwent Lynne and Martin Kemp Mr and Mrs C Smith
Stephen and Jacqueline Dr D Dawson Ian Leonard Mr Roger Smith
Miley Mr and Mrs B A DeSousa Jennifer and Paul Mr Alan Spier
Mrs Alison Milford Mrs Joyce Dewhurst Lingwood Mr and Mrs R T Stafford
Gordon and Jess Minton Mrs Marie Dixon Mr Harry Lipson Mr Frank Stoner and Mrs
Miss Maire Morton Ann and Donald Docker Mrs Dorothea Livesey Margaret Dudley-Stoner
Mr and Mrs J P Platt Mr Paul Durham Virginia and Peter Lloyd Mrs Carla Suter
Malcolm and Morag Ranson Mrs D Dyer Mr and Mrs M and A Losse Mrs Norma Swan
Mr Michael Redhead Mr E Alan Eaves Mr Kevin Lyons Mrs M E Thompson
Canon C Roberts Miss E Evans Mr F P S and Mrs D A B Mr John Thomson
Joan and Graham Rogers David Farrow Marriott Mrs Jean Tracy
Dr T and P E Schur Dr Larissa Fast Dr and Mrs P J Marriott Mrs Jackie Tucker
Phil Thornley Miss Charlotte Fitzgerald Mr P Marsh and Ms H M Tom Uprichard
Mr John Turner Mr George Fletcher Bennett Mrs Barbara Upton
Mrs M Warrener Mr Alan Freeman Mrs C Mason Mr Peter and the late Mrs
Mr J C White Dr Tim Gartside Dr Michael Mattison Diana van der Feltz
Professor Richard Whitley Mrs Elaine M Gavin Mrs E McCrone Derek Vernon
Mr John Wildman Mr Adrian Gerrard Mrs Angela McMenemy Jeffery and Judith
Jack and Elizabeth Mrs J Gill Mrs Bernice Meagher Wainwright
Wimpenny Mrs Mary Glynn Dr David Miers Mr Brian Walker
Joan Wood Mr Christopher Grafham Mr David Milner Mr R B Walsh
In loving memory of Helen Mr and Mrs S R Lancelyn Mr Jeff Milner F T Walters
Brave Green Dr Brian Molyneaux Mrs Anne Ward
In memory of Albert Mrs Caroline Greenwood Mr Peter Moorhouse Mr George Watson
Mesriee Mr John D Gregory Ms Kathleen Morris John and Christine Weller
≥ WINTER SEASON 2020/21 | 35Mrs Lynn Wharton Mr David Bimson Ms Maria Davies Peter and Susan
Mr Peter R White Mr A Birch Mr G J Davison Haslehurst
J Christopher Whitehead Mrs A Birch Mr Alan Dean Tony Hayter
Mr A Whittaker Mrs Christine Bird Anne and John Dempsey Mrs Susan Heard
Mr Thomas Williams Michael S Birkett Mrs Wendy Dewey Mr R Heaton
Mr C F Winter Mr Robin Bissell Mr and Mrs I Disley Mrs P A Hemstock
Barry Wood Mrs Diane Blackburn Professor Alexander Dr Kenneth Henderson
Hilary and the late Noel Marilyn Booth Donnachie Mr John Herod
Woodhead Mrs Marjorie Boothby Mrs M Downing Mr Thomas A Heyes
Mrs Ann Woolliscroft MBE Helen Drew Mr and Mrs G D Heyward
Dr J M Worth Mr John M J Bowden Miss Margaret Dunn Dr Pamela Hobson
D and M Wright Mr Alan Brant Ms Louise Durose Mr Alex Hodgeon
Dr David Yorke Mr Roger Brentnall Dr S Dymock Mr Paul Holder
A music lover John Bridgman Mr Barry Eastwood Mr Derek Hollingsworth
In memory of my parents Mrs Susan Briggs Mrs Stella Eberlein Dr Michael J Holloway
In memory of Margaret Mr David Britnor R Ellershaw Mr and Mrs M Holmes
Brailsford Mr and Mrs Andrew Mr M Ellis Mr R Holmes
In memory of O Calvert Brochwicz-Lewinski Mr and Mrs K Else Miss Jeanne Holt
In memory of Mr Tom Ms Patricia Brock Mr Peter English Mr Brian Hooley
Chadwick Mrs Gwyneth Brown Mrs J M Evans Mrs Ann Hooper
In memory of Liz Glynn Miss V Brown Mrs Christine Everett Mrs M Horan
In memory of D S Goodes Mr Ian Brownlee Ms Julie M Fallon Mr John David Howard
In memory of Dr D B Jones Mr A Budworth Ms N E Farrell Mrs C M Hughes
In memory of Mrs M Mrs Sarah Bunting Mr Steven Farrell Mr J G B Hunter
McDonald Mr and Mrs P Burns Mrs Margaret Faulkner Mrs Jacqueline Hurdle
In memory of Patsy Pringle Dr Kathy Burton Mrs Cynthia Fenton John Hytner
In memory of Dr Barbara Mrs Pauline Bushnell Steven Fidler Miss Susan Ingham
Smith Peter Callon Mr Howard Fisher Mrs Helen Margaret
In memory of John Mr Gerard Cambridge Mrs P Fitzgerald Ireland
Wallace Tonge Ms Shirley Campbell Raymond and Eileen Flint Dr Melanie Isherwood
Mr Geoffrey Carter Mr R Foster Mr Paul Jabore
ALLEGRO Mrs Pamela Carter Ms Wendy Foulger Bridget Jackson
Mr A C Abbas Mr J K Chadwick Mrs Augusta Fox Mrs J A Jackson
Mrs Brenda Ackroyd Mr William Chadwick Mr Charles R Fox Mrs I J Jackson
Mr Chris Adams and Austin Chambers Mr J W Fox Mr John Jackson
Professor Rosemary Mrs J Chambers Miriam and Michael Fox Mr M D Jackson
Lucas Ms K Chapple David and Sylvia Francis Mrs Pauline Jackson
Mr Paul Adkins Mrs Margaret L Chatfield Mr R F Fry Mrs Emma Jacobs
Mr Paul Ager Mr Eric Chilton David and Joyce Fuller Miss Hilary Jarvis
Mr Richard Alliss VKF Ciaputa Miss A M Furphy Dr K Jeffery
Mohammed Amin Mrs Betty Clee Mrs E Galloway Mrs Christine Jenkinson
Voxra Andersen Mrs Anne Clegg Peter Gannon Mr Mark Johnson
Mr G Aspey Mrs C Connor John Gardner Mr R Johnson
Mrs Barbara Aspin Mr Michael Connor Eileen Goodwin in memory Mrs A Johnstone
Mrs Barbara Austin Mrs Olive Cook of Jack Mrs A Jones
Ms Elaine Bagley Mr D Cooper Mrs F B Grant Mrs J M Jones
Mrs P Barlow Mr Geoffrey D Copage Mr T Greene Mr Fred Jones
John Barnard James Coppock Ms Joy Greenwood Shirley Jones
Mr C Barton Mrs Joyce Cotgrave Pamela Greenwood Mr D J Kay
Dr A J Basey Mrs Barbara Cotterill Mr Stephen Gregory Mrs Angela Kendrick
Mr and Mrs Melvyn Mr Richard and Mrs Karen Mr J C B Gregson Mr Andrew Kennaugh
Bathgate Cowley Mr A L Griffith Jack Kirby
Mr and Mrs S Beckett Mr David Cresswell Mrs Audrey Griffiths Miss B Knight
John Begg Mrs Margaret R Croker John Groarke Dr W F Knox
Ms Rowena Beighton- Mr and Mrs J B and Sylvia Mr J F Austin Hall Mr Rainer Kolbeck
Dykes Crummett James Hallows Mrs Pat Kundi
Mrs Lois Beldon Dr C S Cundy Mrs Eveline Hamilton Dr Louis Kushnick
Mr P Beresford Hilary and Adrian Curtis Mrs Sheila Hardy Mr and Mrs Vivian Labaton
Mr I C Berridge Mr Alan Dagger Mrs Helen Harrington Mrs Lillian Langshaw
Mr G N Berry Mr Gerard Dale Dr W David Harrison Dr Hugh Laverty
Mr R Berryman Jennifer Dale Mrs Judith Harrop Mrs Alison Lawrence
Ms Rosemary Betterton Mrs Jackie Dalingwater Mr David Hartley Mr and Mrs E Layland
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