| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2013 Bridgewater Hall | Dreams of Mozart and Mendelssohn with the Hallé |
 Mozart and Mendelssohn are surely two of the most popular composers for both the seasoned elitist and the irregular classical listener; tonight’s offering of time-tested favourites wrapped in the summer breeze of familiarity, coupled with the rare and exciting prospect of hearing Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, was likely to be a draw – and it was.
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| 27-Sep-2012 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé and Mark Elder: Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Holst |
 A packed hall, including several primary schools and a handful of mayors, attended for a 20th-century triptych. One suspected that most were there for Holst’s The Planets, but it was the first half’s Stravinsky and Shostakovich which were most revelatory tonight.
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