Sir Mark Elder conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano | Roderick Williams baritone | Hallé Choir Matthew Hamilton, Choral Director | Hallé Youth Choir Stuart Overington, Director
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6 31′
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony 63′
Vaughan Williams holds a central place in the heritage of 20th-century British music. The range of his art is distinctly apparent in the juxtaposition of these two symphonies, the Sixth with its turbulent fast movements and enigmatic, bleak wasteland conclusion, and the choral First, A Sea Symphony, setting Walt Whitman’s poetry, with its surging majestic opening and searching finale which Sir Mark views as ‘a mystical journey to the stars and beyond.’ Joining the Hallé Choir are soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Song Award winner of the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, making her Hallé debut, and an always welcome guest, Roderick Williams, described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘our greatest living baritone.’
Travel & Dining
Travel & Parking
Purchase discounted parking (evening concerts only) and reduced price Metrolink tram tickets along with your concert tickets.
Eating & Drinking
Make your concert experience extra special by upgrading to A-List in the Corporate Members’ Bar (selected concerts only) or booking pre-concert dining.