Saturday 24 February 2024

City Hall Concert Season

 This is the programme for Sheffield City Hall's "International Concert Season" this "academic" year. (Oct 2023 to Jun 2024) Laura and I have been subscribers since about 2014. You buy the whole season's tickets in advance and get 33% discount. Mum also subscribes and one of the people who works at the solicitors.

Saturday 14th October 2023, 19.30pm
The Hallé Orchestra

Anja Bihlmaier conductor

Maxim Rysanov viola

 

Beethoven Leonora Overture No.3 

Bartók Viola Concerto

Unsuk Chin subito con forza 

Beethoven Symphony No.4 


Thursday 02 November 2023, 19:30 PM
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor
Oleksii Semenenko, violin

BORIS LYATOSHYNSKY "Grazhyna", Symphonic Pictures
BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 
R STRAUSS Don Juan
LISZT Mazeppa


Friday 17 November 2023, 19:00 PM
The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor

Rimsky-Korsakov Tale of the Tsar Saltan: Suite
Ravel Mother Goose (complete ballet music)
Brahms Symphony No.4

Friday 19 January 2024, 19:00 PM
Arcangelo Ensemble
Jonathan Cohen director
Miloš Karadaglić guitar

 
Vivaldi La Notte: Allegro
Marcello Oboe Concerto: Adagio
Boccherini Fandango
J.S. Bach Chaconne
Pachelbel Canon
Vivaldi L’estro armonico No.6: mvt I: Allegro
Vivaldi Trio Sonata, RV 82: Larghetto
Vivaldi L’estro armonico No.6: mvt III: Presto
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Rameau Les Boréades: The Arts and the Hours
Couperin Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Weiss Passacaglia
Vivaldi L’estro armonico No.10: mvt I: Allegro
Vivaldi Guitar Concerto in D: Largo
Vivaldi L’estro armonico No.10: mvt III: Allegro



Friday 02 February 2024, 19:00 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Strausser conductor
Jess Gillam saxophone

Rossini La Cenerentola: Overture
Villa-Lobos Fantasia for saxophone
Rimsky-Korsakov The Golden Cockerel: Suite
John Williams Catch Me If You Can: Escapades
Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1919)

Saturday 24 February 2024, 19:00 PM
The Hallé
Maxime Pascal conductor
Tom Borrow piano

Brahms Tragic Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: excerpts


Thursday 14 March 2024, 19:00 PM
China Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Daye Lin conductor
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Jiapeng Nie cello
 
Tan Dun Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: excerpts
Chausson Poème, Op.25
Mahler Symphony No.1


Tuesday 23 April 2024, 19:00 PM
The Hallé
Daniele Rustioni conductor
Stéphane Rancourt oboe

Wagner Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1
R. Strauss Oboe Concerto
Liszt Les préludes
R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Suite


Saturday 18 May 2024, 19:00 PM
The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Sir Stephen Hough piano

Dvořák Scherzo capriccioso
Stephen Hough Piano Concerto (The World of Yesterday)
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody for Orchestra
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma”


Sunday 09 June 2024, 14:30 PM***
Manchester Camerata - Children's Concert
Daniel Pioro director/violin
Sir Michael Morpurgo presenter
Josie D’Arby narrator

Pre-Concert Talk 1.30pm
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Vivaldi Four Seasons with poetry readings by Sir Michael Morpurgo


Saturday 22 June 2024, 19:00 PM
Flanders Symphony Orchestra with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Kristiina Poska conductor
Yena Choi soprano
Kadi Jürgens mezzo
Denzil Delaere tenor
Christian Immler bass-baritone

Mozart Don Giovanni: Overture
Beethoven Symphony No.8
Mozart Requiem 


So far they have all been excellent. Jess Gillam was outstanding!
Tonight (24. 02. 2024) we have the Hallé with their Brahms. Beethoven & Prokofiev programme, something for the Boring Old Farts who hate modern stuff, maybe?

*** This one we are taking my two youngest nieces to see/her, their big brother (now 18) declined gratefully!

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