The Hallé’s Opening Night – Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Event Timings

Main Doors: 6.15pm
Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm
Auditorium Doors: 7.00pm
Concert Start: 7.30pm
Interval: 8.10pm
Concert Finish: 9.35pm

Timings 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.

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Kahchun Wong conductor
Rachel Helleur-Simcock cello

Shostakovich Festive Overture
Elgar Cello Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

Launching his second season as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Kahchun Wong is joined by Rachel Helleur-Simcock to perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Written in the aftermath of World War One, the piece, a cornerstone of the instrument’s repertoire and, famously, the composer’s last completed work, is deeply emotional – never more so than in the heart-rending Adagio third movement. Despite this, there are still moments of hope and that recognisable Elgarian nobility; altogether, it remains among the composer’s most celebrated and well-loved works. In striking contrast, we have Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and Rachmaninov’s exuberant Symphony No.2. The Festive Overture in particular, with its grandiose brass fanfare opening full of cymbal crashes, makes for a powerful start to the season.

The Hallé Concerts Society is very grateful to Rachel Helleur-Simcock for replacing Truls Mørk who has had to withdraw due to unforeseen circumstances.

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