| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2012 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé Perform Strauss, Holst and Elgar |
 This was a moving evening of relatively underrated, large-scale late romantic music, moving from Strauss’ youthful charm to the wistful eloquence of the mature Elgar.
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| 9-Nov-2011 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé, Elder and Gourlay perform Vaughan Williams, Dvořák and Elgar |
 In an unusual piece of programming by today’s standards, this evening’s symphony, Vaughan Williams’ fifth, was played before the interval, with the lighter works, Dvořák’s Wind Serenade and Elgar’s Cockaigne, later in the evening. Perhaps this brought freshness to the music, for there was a supple versatility in the Hallé’s symphony, darting between the heroic, pastoral and folky elements of the piece with exquisite sensitivity to each.
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| 21-Sep-2011 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Andrew Gourlay: Strauss, Sibelius and Mendelssohn |
| The opening night of the Hallé’s 2011-12 season was a thrilling tour through highly descriptive and technically challenging repertoire, and will leave Manchester concert-goers with much to look forward to.
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| 21-Jun-2011 St John's Smith Square | What a night for the horns! |
| The Salomon Orchestra launched into a blistering performance of the opening paragraph of Richard Strauss’s tone poem, Don Juan. It opened with a portrayal of a Don Juan of such indomitable vitality, that it left you reeling before it and more than happy to sink into the caresses of the seduced beauty portrayed in the first love scene, and it spoke volumes for the virtuosity of this orchestra. The oboe and the leader, Tara Persaud, delivered enchanting solos to melt the heart, and the great horn theme strode with heroic splendour over its high string tremolo.
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