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2015/2016 Bridgewater Hall Season bbc.co.uk/philharmonic

An American Adventure

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As part of our commitment to enable more young people to experience the joy of live orchestral music, we have ongoing schemes to encourage students and families to join us at BBC Philharmonic concerts at The Bridgewater Hall.

Journey Through Music for families

Your children’s journey to discovering the orchestra starts here! Bring the whole family to a bespoke session before the concert and find out more about the music that the orchestra will perform. Ticket prices are just £7 for children and £12 for adults (including booking fees), plus you will receive free concert programmes with easy-to-read notes.

Selected concerts only - look out for the JTM logo next to concert listings and visit bbc.co.uk/philharmonic for more information. (Suitable for children aged six and upwards.)

Sonic Manchester for students

Students can get tickets for any concert in the season for just £3, on production of a valid student ID. Sonic Manchester is jointly run by the BBC Philharmonic, RNCM, The Bridgewater Hall and Manchester Camerata, and offers students a range of great discounts for concerts in the city.

For more information and to sign up to the Sonic Manchester newsletter, visit facebook.com/sonicmanchester.

All the concerts in the season will be recorded for BBC Radio 3 and many will be broadcast live. Programmes are available for 30 days after broadcast on BBC iPlayer Radio – visit bbc.co.uk/radio3.

BBC Philharmonic An American Adventure

Our ‘American Adventure’ this season celebrates the life and music of Leonard Bernstein, who died 25 years ago.

Bernstein was one of the most vibrant forces in the music of the 20th century, one of the greatest conductors and composers of his time, and a pianist whose infectious personality and brilliant musicianship influenced everyone with whom he worked.

In our opening concert on Saturday 19 September we set the tone with Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony, commissioned by Bernstein’s mentor Serge Koussevitzky and given its world premiere by Bernstein himself. Aaron Copland, another key figure in Bernstein’s life who also died in 1990, features strongly in the season, as does Benjamin Britten, whose Four Sea Interludes Bernstein conducted in his final concert, the programme of which we will perform on Friday 9 October.

Our celebration of British music runs as a thread throughout, as we explore works that connect the music of Britain and Europe to the American music of Bernstein and his peers. On Saturday 20 February we champion the work of our new Composer in Association, the brilliant young Mark Simpson, as we embark on our own British adventure with him over the coming four years.

“The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other, all of us are endowed with the powers of fantasy… visions and yearnings and hopes.”Leonard Bernstein

During the season we also mark several other significant anniversaries: the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death; Sibelius’s 150th birthday; Ginastera’s centenary; and Anthony Payne’s 80th birthday.

I look forward to seeing you there. Simon Webb, General Manager

We’re embarking on a season in which creativity and imagination are at the heart of the programmes.

I invite you to experience monumental works such as Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony and Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, masterpieces such as Brahms’s Third Symphony, Beethoven’s Seventh and Mahler’s Second, and world-class soloists including James Ehnes, Marie-Pierre Langlamet (celebrating the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera’s centenary) and Christian Tetzlaff – all watched over by the huge personality of Leonard Bernstein.

Welcome to our American Adventure! Juanjo Mena, Chief Conductor

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Season highlightsLeonard Bernstein: We feature works that he was closely associated with throughout his career in a survey led by Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena. Bernstein considered Mahler the greatest 20th-century composer and we close the season with his monumental Symphony No. 2. He performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 more than any other work and founded the Pacific Music Festival in Japan working with Yutaka Sado, who will conduct it alongside Bernstein’s First Symphony. Such connections permeate the concerts and we invite you to find your own links and inspirations throughout the season.

Great British Music is the BBC Philharmonic’s life-blood and, from John Foulds’s Three Mantras opening the season, through Mark Simpson’s brilliant Sparks and Anthony Payne’s Visions and Journeys, we continue to champion the music of Britain. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, James MacMillan, Thomas Adès, Mark-Anthony Turnage, William Walton, Benjamin Britten and the late John McCabe all feature. And we have five new commissions from Manchester-trained composers in our Shakespeare-themed concert in April 2016.

Serge Koussevitzky had a formative influence on Leonard Bernstein and we also celebrate his influence on the development of orchestral music in the 20th century through his commissions. In this season Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony, Britten’s Peter Grimes, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, his arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Concert Music for Brass and Strings, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Bernstein’s Serenade were all commissioned by Koussevitzky, as were works by featured composers Bartók, Copland, Schuman and Walton.

Significant anniversaries are marked throughout the season: Sibelius’s 150th with John Storgårds on Saturday 7 November; Ginastera’s centenary with Juanjo Mena on Saturday 16 April; Anthony Payne’s forthcoming 80th birthday on Friday 18 March with Yan Pascal Tortelier; and Shakespeare’s death on Saturday 23 April, on the 400th anniversary day itself. Celebrating these anniversaries is all about looking to the future, with music by living composers being performed throughout the year in the context of music by the great masters of the past.

Leonard Bernstein

Serge Koussevitzky

William Shakespeare

Mark Simpson

FouldsThree Mantras 27’

MessiaenTurangalîla Symphony 77’

Concert 1 – Saturday 19 September, 7.30pm

Juanjo Mena ConductorValérie Hartmann-Claverie Ondes MartenotSteven Osborne PianoLadies of the London Symphony Chorus

Preview, 6.30pm: The BBC Philharmonic’s General Manager, Simon Webb, talks about the 2015/2016 concert season and the themes it explores.

Imagine an explosion of love on a cosmic scale. Now add a huge orchestra, a world-class pianist and a vintage electronic instrument straight out of science fiction… and you’re still not even half way to imagining Messiaen’s mind-boggling Turangalîla Symphony. You just have to hear it for yourself, as Juanjo Mena, pianist Steven Osborne and the full BBC Philharmonic turn the volume up to 11, and introduce the astonishing Three Mantras by Manchester composer John Foulds.


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BrittenFour Sea Interludes (from ‘Peter Grimes’) 14’

BernsteinSerenade for Strings, Harp, Percussion and Solo Violin 31’

BeethovenSymphony No. 7 36’

SibeliusKarelia Suite 15’

Magnus LindbergViolin Concerto 27’

SibeliusThe Swan of Tuonela 9’

SibeliusSymphony No. 5 30’

Concert 2 – Friday 9 October, 7.30pm

Concert 3 – Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm

Juanjo Mena ConductorTasmin Little Violin

Preview, 6.30pm: Students and invited guests join host Michael Symmons Roberts to debate Leonard Bernstein’s influence and his place in 20th-century music.

In the week of the 25th anniversary of his death, we celebrate Leonard Bernstein with a concert drawing on repertoire from his final performance. Some say that Bernstein was one of the finest composers of the 20th century. Others think he’s too enjoyable for that! But there’s only one man who could have written a violin concerto based on an ancient Greek drinking party. Tasmin Little raises a glass to his Serenade tonight, as Juanjo Mena conducts Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and then unleashes the BBC Philharmonic on some of the most life-enhancing music ever created: Beethoven’s intoxicating Seventh Symphony.

John Storgårds ConductorChristian Tetzlaff Violin

Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details.

“Today I saw sixteen swans. God, what beauty!” That transcendent vision inspired Sibelius to compose his Fifth Symphony. It’s a magnificent finish to this Sibelius 150th anniversary concert, especially when conducted by John Storgårds – described by critics as “one of the great Sibelians of our day”. Storgårds looks both to the past, with Sibelius’s Swan of Tuonela and Karelia Suite, and the future, with the stunning, Sibelius-inspired Violin Concerto by Magnus Lindberg, played by the incomparable Christian Tetzlaff.

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BernsteinSymphony No. 1, ‘Jeremiah’ 25’

MozartPiano Concerto No. 17, K453 28’

SchumannSymphony No. 2 37’

Concert 4 – Friday 13 November, 7.30pm

Yutaka Sado ConductorRebecca Evans SopranoRonald Brautigam Piano

When Leonard Bernstein conducted his ‘Jeremiah’ Symphony for the first time in 1944, it got the whole of the USA talking. It’s just as powerful today, and Yutaka Sado, a graduate of Bernstein’s Pacific Music Festival, feels passionately about it. Meanwhile, Schumann’s Second Symphony is all about romance: full of darkness, light and secret messages to his beloved Clara. In between, Ronald Brautigam shares one of Mozart’s most deliciously playful concertos – a piece so catchy that even Mozart’s pet starling started singing the tune!

McCabeJoybox 6’

StravinskyOde 10’

Mark-Anthony TurnageErskine - Concerto for Drum set and Orchestra 30’

StravinskyScherzo à la Russe 4’

StravinskyCircus Polka 4’

IvesThe Unanswered Question 6’

AntheilSymphony No. 5, ‘Joyous’ 24’

Concert 5 – Friday 20 November, 7.30pm

John Storgårds ConductorPeter Erskine Drum set


Shove a coin in the slot and a whole cascade of prizes comes tumbling out. The late John McCabe got the idea for Joybox from a Japanese amusement arcade, and he wrote it specially for the BBC Philharmonic. Tonight, it unlocks the jackpot: miniatures by Stravinsky and Ives, George Antheil’s outrageous post-war symphony, and Mark-Anthony Turnage’s swinging new concerto for the great jazz drummer Peter Erskine, played by the legend himself. Oh, and a dancing elephant. Roll up, roll up!


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DvořákOverture ‘Carnival’ 10’

BrittenViolin Concerto 31’

Thomas AdèsAmerica – A Prophecy 15’

BrahmsSymphony No. 3 35’

Concert 6 – Friday 4 December, 7.30pm

Juanjo Mena ConductorJames Ehnes ViolinSusan Bickley Mezzo-soprano

Preview, 6.30pm: Students and invited guests discuss the expression of personal identity in music, in a debate hosted by Michael Symmons Roberts.

An Englishman in New York, Benjamin Britten wrote his Violin Concerto on the eve of the Second World War. Six decades on, Thomas Adès saw a more sombre vision of America. Soloists James Ehnes and Susan Bickley share both power and insight in these two dark masterpieces – then, with three mighty chords, Juanjo Mena clears the air. Brahms’s Third Symphony is as bracing as a summer storm but there’s tenderness too, before the clouds part for one of the loveliest sunsets in all music.


IvesVariations on ‘America’ 8’

Philip GlassMad Rush 9’

CoplandOrgan Symphony 24’

CoplandBilly the Kid – suite 22’

KorngoldThe Adventures of Robin Hood – symphonic suite 21’

Concert 7 – Saturday 16 January, 7.30pm

John Wilson ConductorJonathan Scott Organ


Life, liberty… and great tunes. John Wilson joins forces with Mancunian organist Jonathan Scott to celebrate American heroes who did it their own way: from Copland’s Billy the Kid to Philip Glass welcoming the Dalai Lama. Charles Ives blows a raspberry at a patriotic song (you’ll recognise the tune!) while, in Hollywood, Erich Wolfgang Korngold turns Robin Hood into the definitive action hero. So saddle up for a real adventure: big names, big personalities and guaranteed entertainment. It’s the American way!

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HindemithConcert Music for Strings and Brass 17’

Ravel Piano Concerto in G major 21’

Mahler Symphony No. 4 56’

Concert 8 – Friday 29 January, 7.30pm

Jesús López-Cobos ConductorJean-Efflam Bavouzet PianoRuby Hughes Soprano

A jingling of sleighbells opens Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, flutes call like skylarks… and we’re on our way to heaven. It’s an enchanting way to end an evening that features Ravel’s brilliant little piano concerto with the phenomenal Jean-Efflam Bavouzet joining guest conductor Jesús López-Cobos to reprise his award-winning partnership with the BBC Philharmonic. The evening opens with another high-voltage Koussevitzky commission: Hindemith’s Concert Music, a real show-stopper from the Art Deco era.

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BartókPiano Concerto No. 3 23’

ShostakovichSymphony No. 7, ‘Leningrad’ 73’

Concert 9 – Saturday 13 February, 7.30pm

Juanjo Mena ConductorDejan Lazić Piano

Preview, 6.30pm: Students and invited guests join host Michael Symmons Roberts to debate the politics of Bernstein, Shostakovich and Bartók and how this influenced their music.

Composed in a city under siege, smuggled through enemy lines and blasted at the Nazi forces through loudspeakers, Shostakovich’s Seventh isn’t just a blockbuster symphony, it practically changed the course of history. Juanjo Mena conducts a specially-reinforced BBC Philharmonic in one of the highlights of our season. A product of the Hungarian composer’s wartime American exile, Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto, meanwhile, is both peppery and deeply poetic. And, with the inimitable Dejan Lazić as soloist, it’ll launch the ‘Leningrad’ in a burst of sheer energy.


Mark SimpsonSparks 5’

James MacMillanViola Concerto 31’

GershwinRhapsody in Blue 16’

StravinskyThe Firebird - suite (1945 version) 29’

Concert 10 – Saturday 20 February, 7.30pm

Nicholas Collon ConductorLawrence Power ViolaJonathan Scott Piano

Preview, 6.30pm: Recently appointed as the BBC Philharmonic’s Composer in Association at the age of just 26, Mark Simpson talks about his future plans with the orchestra.

One spark is all it takes, and the imagination ignites. Tonight, we’ve a whole shower of Sparks from our new Composer in Association, Mark Simpson. And what follows is a positive starburst of musical colour, whether it’s James MacMillan’s wild, fantastic Viola Concerto or the smouldering clarinet opening of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The evening closes with Stravinsky’s The Firebird, a tale of green-clawed demons, beautiful princesses and a magical bird of flame. The dynamic young British conductor Nicholas Collon will really set things ablaze.

SmetanaMá Vlast – ‘Vltava’ 13’

BartókViolin Concerto No. 2 36’

DvořákSymphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ 41’

Concert 11 – Sunday 28 February, 7.30pm

Juanjo Mena ConductorAugustin Hadelich Violin

Don’t mention the Hovis ad, because with its great tunes, grand emotions and sweeping drama, Dvořák’s Symphony from the New World was a popular classic long before TVs even existed! Juanjo Mena will bring out all the nostalgia and joy in Dvořák’s much-loved melodies. First, though, take a musical boat-trip down the River Vltava, and hear the remarkable Augustin Hadelich summon the fire and ice of Bartók’s red-blooded Second Violin Concerto.


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Yutaka SadoConcert 4

AntheilConcert 5

IvesConcert 5 & 7

GershwinConcert 10

GinasteraConcert 15

StravinskyConcerts 5, 10 & 15

KorngoldConcerts 7 & 13

BernsteinConcerts 2, 4, 15, & 17

DvořákConcerts 6 & 11

BrittenConcerts 2, 6 & 17

BartókConcerts 9 & 11

CoplandConcerts 7, 12 & 13

Concerts1 - Saturday 19 September p32 - Friday 9 October p53 - Saturday 7 November p54 - Friday 13 November p65 - Friday 20 November p66 - Friday 4 December p97 - Saturday 16 January p98 - Friday 29 January p109 - Saturday 13 February p1010 - Saturday 20 February p1111 - Sunday 28 February p1112 - Saturday 5 March p1413 - Saturday 12 March p1414 - Friday 18 March p1515 - Saturday 16 April p1616 - Saturday 23 April p1617 - Friday 29 April p1818 - Saturday 14 May p19

BarberConcerts 2, 11

William SchumanConcert 12

Ravel/MussorgskyConcerts 8 & 12

WaltonConcert 14 Sibelius & Lindberg

Concert 3

Mark-Anthony Turnage Concert 5

James MacMillan & Mark Simpson Concert 10

Sir Peter Maxwell DaviesConcert 13

MessiaenConcert 1

MahlerConcerts 8 & 18

SchumannConcert 4

MozartConcert 4

ShostakovichConcerts 9 & 17

ShakespeareConcert 15 & 16

The Bernstein Connections

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William SchumanAmerican Festival Overture 10’

BarberPiano Concerto 26’

CoplandQuiet City 10’

Mussorgsky, arr. RavelPictures at an Exhibition 32’

Concert 12 – Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm

Juanjo Mena ConductorGarrick Ohlsson Piano


“Wee-Awk-Eee!” On the streets of 1930s New York, that’s what the kids yelled when there was about to be some serious fun. William Schuman’s American Festival Overture opens a concert crammed with action: Garrick Ohlsson wrangles Barber’s Piano Concerto before Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic leap the Atlantic to Imperial Russia and the evil gnomes, flying witches and dancing chickens of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Commissioned by Koussevitzky, Ravel’s hugely popular orchestral version simply lights up the sky.

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Sir Peter Maxwell DaviesA Reel for Seven Fishermen 30’

CoplandClarinet Concerto (original version) 17’

KorngoldSinfonietta 45’

Concert 13 – Saturday 12 March, 7.30pm

John Storgårds ConductorJulian Bliss Clarinet

Preview, 6.30pm: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in conversation.

If you enjoy Mahler and Strauss, you’ll simply fall in love with the music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He wrote his Sinfonietta when he was just 16 years old, and it’s 45 minutes of epic drama, shimmering colour and irresistible waltz tunes. For John Storgårds it is a real passion: it’s certainly a powerful contrast to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s windswept Orkney seascape and Copland’s jazzy Concerto, played by one of Britain’s best-loved young clarinettists.

Anthony PayneVisions and Journeys 23’

WaltonCello Concerto 27’

Roussel Suite in F major 20’

BizetCarmen – orchestral extracts 21’

Concert 14 – Friday 18 March, 7.30pm

Yan Pascal Tortelier ConductorLeonard Elschenbroich Cello

Preview, 6.30pm: A discussion about the BBC’s Ten Pieces programme, which aims to inspire a generation of children to get creative with classical music.

From a Mediterranean garden, Walton imagined a cello concerto that blossoms with song; Albert Roussel unleashes the raw energy locked within the elegance of the French Baroque; Anthony Payne, the last of the British Romantics, sails to the Scilly Isles; and Bizet conjures up the sunlight of Spain, in the world’s favourite opera. Sexy melodies and ravishing colours: Yan Pascal Tortelier will be in his element, joined by rising star Leonard Elschenbroich and reunited with the BBC Philharmonic.


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Robert Wild, First Violin

BernsteinSymphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’ 22’

GinasteraHarp Concerto 17’

BernsteinChichester Psalms 16’

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms 22’

Concert 15 – Saturday 16 April, 7.30pm

Juanjo Mena ConductorMarie-Pierre Langlamet HarpCBSO Youth ChorusHallé Youth Choir


Sacred music for an English cathedral or a story of gang warfare on the streets of New York? Whichever, Leonard Bernstein never held back. His Shakespeare-inspired Chichester Psalms buzz with energy and joy, while his West Side Story dances kick their way from the gutter to the stars. These two thrillingly physical masterpieces introduce Stravinsky’s haunting Symphony of Psalms (commissioned by Koussevikzky) and the magical Harp Concerto by Alberto Ginastera, played tonight by the harpist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

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BBC Commissions:Chiu-Yu Chou 8’Tom Coult 8’Nina Whiteman 8’Aaron Parker 8’Daniel Kidane 8’

ProkofievRomeo and Juliet – excerpts 40’

Andrew Gourlay Conductor

Preview, 6.30pm: Michael Symmons Roberts hosts a debate on the place of music in the work of Shakespeare.

“How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night, Like softest music to attending ears!” Prokofiev retold Romeo and Juliet in music that’s as sharp as a rapier and as tender as a kiss. And, on the day that marks both the exact 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and the traditional date of his birth, we could hardly celebrate the bard with anything else. But there’s more: five young Manchester composers have each written music inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets, and we’ve invited one of our brightest young conductors to give the world premieres.

Part of Echoes of a Mountain Song, a series of events celebrating the music and poetry of northern landscapes. More details at bridgewater-hall.co.uk.


Concert 16 – Saturday 23 April, 7.30pm

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BernsteinCandidate – overture 5’

BrittenPiano Concerto 33’

ShostakovichSymphony No. 5 44’

Concert 17 – Friday 29 April, 7.30pm

John Storgårds ConductorKathryn Stott Piano


Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony was wickedly dubbed “a Soviet artist’s response to just criticism”, but every note tells a much darker story. From the tempestuous opening to the final blazing chords, this is music that demands to be heard. Expect a roof-raising finish to a concert that begins with Bernstein’s zinger of an overture, and features the sparkling, supercharged Piano Concerto by Benjamin Britten. It’s like a blast of spring air; Lancashire’s own Kathryn Stott will throw the windows wide open.


MahlerSymphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ 80’

Concert 18 – Saturday 14 May, 7.30pm

Vassily Sinaisky ConductorOlena Tokar SopranoJennifer Johnston Mezzo-sopranoCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony starts with a funeral march and goes beyond the end of the world, finishing with the promise of rebirth. In between come tender memories, distant trumpets and a breath-taking musical panorama of the Day of Judgement itself. And, if that sounds like a spectacular way to end our season, just wait until you hear it live with Vassily Sinaisky, a super-sized BBC Philharmonic and the CBSO chorus committing body and soul to some of the most heart-lifting music that Mahler ever composed.


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Kevin Flynn, First Violin Midori Sugiyama, Assistant Leader

Jennifer Hutchinson, Flute and Piccolo

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The BBC Philharmonic Family Concert Saturday 11 June 2016, 3pm

The BBC Philharmonic Family Concert returns for 2016 with another fun-filled family afternoon of music inspired by the first two years of the BBC Ten Pieces programme for schools.

Hosted by a well-known presenter from BBC Children’s TV, the concert will feature many of your orchestral favourites including popular classics, music from films and a selection from the Ten Pieces. Before and after the concert there will be lots of family friendly activities in the foyer of The Bridgewater Hall, including magic shows and arts and crafts.

The concert will last for approximately one hour and 15 minutes and is aimed at children aged six and above, but all ages are welcome!

Please note that further details will be released closer to the date of the concert – sign up to the BBC Philharmonic newsletter, Quay Notes, at bbc.co.uk/philharmonic to find out first.

Tickets: Adults £15 Children £10 Babes in arms £2* (no allocated seat) Family Ticket £37 for a group of four** (any combination of children and/or adults) (All prices include £2 booking fee)

*A limited number of babes in arms tickets are available on this concert for children under two years. Please visit/call The Bridgewater Hall Box Office on 0161 907 9000 for further details.

**Please note that unfortunately it is currently not possible to book the family ticket online.


Learning & Outreach Work


The BBC Philharmonic’s Learning & Outreach team works with over 15,000 people each year in various educational and community settings. This includes schools, colleges, universities, care homes, special needs centres and some more unusual places like council offices, supermarkets, factories, fire stations, and even canal cruises around Salford Quays.

“The performance by the workshop group was riveting- you could have heard a pin drop as all the pupils and audience were spellbound. An amazing opportunity that stretched the children and was entirely exhilarating.”Primary School Teacher BBC Philharmonic Ten Pieces workshop

“We are a home educating family and love music but have no real background in it. The whole event far exceeded my expectations – and theirs! They had never seen an orchestra before… just seeing their faces was amazing!”Home Schooling Tutor/Parent

‘Meet the Phil’ session

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Taking music to people wherever they are.

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‘The Firebird’Created by 60 pupils from Year 3 in Ballifield Primary School, Sheffield, as part of a BBC Philharmonic Ten Pieces workshop. Design by Helen Musselwhite.

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Ticket prices

Concessions

Ticket bandsSeating Area A £38Seating Area B £32 Seating Area C £26Seating Area D £21Seating Area E £16 Seating Area F £12(Includes £2 booking fee)

BBC Philharmonic Family Concert Ticket prices are applicable in any area of the Hall:Adults £15Children £10Babes in arms £2 (no allocated seat)(Includes £2 booking fee)

Concessionary Tickets A 10% discount is available in advance to all under-26-year-olds and claimants.

Disabled Patrons A 50% discount is available in advance to all disabled patrons. Please contact the Box Office on 0161 907 9000 to book and let us know your access requirements at the time of your booking. We will, where possible, seat you and a personal assistant appropriately.

Senior Citizens From two Mondays prior to the concert, senior citizens may purchase any remaining tickets at a 20% discount.

Children’s Tickets A 50% discount is available for children aged 16 and under at all concerts. Excludes Journey Through Music and Family concerts.

Students (Sonic Manchester) See page 1 for details.

Families (Journey Through Music) See page 1 for details.

Group Discounts Generous discounts are available, depending on the size of your group:

Groups of 10–29 save 10%Groups of 30–49 save 15%Groups of 50+ save 25%

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How to bookTelephone: 0161 907 9000Online: bridgewater-hall.co.ukIn person: The Bridgewater Hall Box OfficeBy post: Request a booking form from the Box

Office and return to:The Bridgewater Hall Box Office, FREEPOST RTLJ-GRKG-GGYS, Manchester, M2 3WS

Direct Debit is interest-free on Fixed and Flexible Series ticket orders of £250 or more. Please fill in the mandate form on the Bridgewater Hall booking form and the cost of your tickets will be automatically charged to your bank account in five monthly instalments commencing on or around Tuesday 1 September 2015. Please note, the mandate form must be returned by Friday 24 July 2015. Details of Fixed and Flexible Series are on page 24.

The Bridgewater Hall Box Office Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3WS

Opening Hours 10am – 6pm Monday to Saturday (8pm concert nights)12pm – 8pm Sunday (concert nights only)

The Bridgewater Hall Booking Fees All prices listed include the £2 per ticket booking fee for telephone and online transactions. No fees apply for tickets bought in person and paid for by cash or cheque or purchased as part of a Fixed of Flexible subscription. Tickets bought in person using a debit card or credit card are subject to a 2% booking fee.

Ticket Exchange If you are unable to attend a BBC Philharmonic concert, the Box Office will credit your account with the cost of the tickets, provided they are physically returned at least three working days before the concert date. This credit amount (minus a return fee of £2.20 per ticket) can then be used to purchase full-price tickets for another concert of your choice.

Tickets also available from Quaytickets:Telephone: 0161 876 2199 Online: quaytickets.comIn Person: The Lowry – Quaytickets Box Office,

Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZAll bookings are subject to a £2 per ticket booking fee.

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Ticket subscriptions

Eating and drinking at The Bridgewater HallWhy not make the most of your evening by enjoying a relaxing drink or a pre-concert meal?

The Charles Hallé Restaurant Dining from 5.30pm with a fixed-price menu du jour at £21.95 for two courses and £27.50 for three courses.

The Stalls Café Bar Dining from 5.30pm with main courses typically costing £10.95.

Reservations are required* – contact the Box Office at bridgewater-hall.co.uk or on 0161 907 9000

*£5-per-person deposit required.


BBC Philharmonic Flexible Packages Our Flexible Packages allow you to pick a number of BBC Philharmonic concerts listed in this brochure at a discounted rate. These packages can also be bought online.

Choose 3+ BBC Philharmonic concerts and receive a 10% discount and free concert programme vouchers.

Choose 5+ BBC Philharmonic concerts and receive a 15% discount and free concert programme vouchers.

BBC Philharmonic Fixed Package If you book for all of the BBC Philharmonic’s 18 Bridgewater Hall concerts, you will receive a 30% discount on all tickets and free concert programme vouchers. This package is also available to purchase online.

Flexible Series Our Flexible Series allows you to pick and choose the concerts you wish to attend from any of the BBC Philharmonic performances at The Bridgewater Hall listed within this brochure, or any of the concerts listed in The Bridgewater Hall’s International Series, Manchester Camerata and Hallé’s season brochures at a generous discount. These flexible packages can be bought online. Booking forms also available on request.

Choose 5–15 concerts and save 15% on tickets. Choose 16+ concerts and save 25% on tickets.

Choir and Gallery Seats Choir and Gallery seats are only available for certain concerts.

Family Concert Please note that the Family Concert on Saturday 11 June 2016 cannot be included as part of any ticket subscription packages.

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Getting to The Bridgewater HallThe Bridgewater Hall is in the centre of Manchester, easily accessible by public transport and by road. The venue’s address is:

The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3WS.

Parking at The Bridgewater Hall: A limited number of guaranteed spaces are available to Bridgewater Hall concert patrons at Park Avenue car park for £6. Spaces must be booked with the Box Office or online at least a week before the concert and are valid from 5.30pm on the date indicated. Patrons can also validate their NCP parking ticket at the Hall for Manchester Central Car Park (formerly G-Mex), Great Northern Phase 1 & 2 and Oxford Street for a discounted rate.

Disabled Parking: There are a limited number of complimentary disabled parking spaces for blue badge holders at NCP Manchester Central (formerly G-Mex), allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Spaces are free of charge but a ticket must be booked through the Box Office with your concert tickets. Please park in one of the designated disabled parking bays and display your blue badge. This arrangement is for evening concerts only and is not available to those attending daytime or private events at the Hall.

A wheelchair drop-off point is located on Lower Mosley Street outside the Hall. We must stress, however, that this is not a parking space, even for blue badge holders. Double yellow lines at the rear of The Bridgewater Hall on Great Bridgewater Street allow parking for blue badge holders except during the hours of 6am–8am and 4pm–6pm.

Bus: The nearest bus stops for major routes into the city centre are St Peter’s Square, Portland Street and Deansgate.

Rail: The nearest rail stations are Deansgate and Oxford Road.

Metrolink: From July 2015, please use the new fully-accessible Deansgate-Castlefield stop for The Bridgewater Hall. St Peter’s Square stop will be closed for 14 months as part of on-going Metrolink works.

Coach: Coaches can drop-off and pick-up outside the main entrance on Lower Mosley Street.

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Season at a glance

2015 Saturday 19 September Foulds & Messiaen

Friday 9 OctoberBritten, Bernstein & Beethoven

Saturday 7 NovemberSibelius & Magnus Lindberg

Friday 13 NovemberBernstein, Mozart & Schumann

Friday 20 NovemberMcCabe, Stravinsky, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Ives & Antheil

Friday 4 DecemberDvořák, Britten, Thomas Adès & Brahms

2016 Saturday 16 JanuaryIves, Philip Glass, Copland & Korngold

Friday 29 JanuaryHindemith, Ravel & Mahler

Saturday 13 FebruaryBartók & Shostakovich

Saturday 20 FebruaryMark Simpson, James MacMillan, Gershwin & Stravinsky

Sunday 28 FebruarySmetana, Bartók & Dvořák

Saturday 5 MarchWilliam Schuman, Barber, Copland & Mussorgsky arr. Ravel

Saturday 12 MarchSir Peter Maxwell Davies, Copland & Korngold

Friday 18 MarchAnthony Payne, Walton, Roussel & Bizet

Saturday 16 AprilBernstein, Ginastera & Stravinsky

Saturday 23 AprilChiu-Yu Chou, Tom Coult, Nina Whiteman, Aaron Parker, Daniel Kidane & Prokofiev

Friday 29 AprilBernstein, Britten & Shostakovich

Saturday 14 MayMahler

Documents

An American Adventure - Rhinegold...Stravinsky Ode 10’ Mark-Anthony Turnage Erskine - Concerto for Drum set and Orchestra 30’ Stravinsky Scherzo à la Russe 4’ Stravinsky Circus