The Hallé Orchestra performs Steve Reich's 'Proverb' and Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade', conducted by Tess Jackson.
The Hallé are at The Bridgewater Hall on Thursday 5 November, with Tess Jackson conducting. It's a double bill that pairs a world premiere with a big orchestral favourite: Steve Reich's Proverb and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
Proverb is the new one, and it's a world premiere. The piece was originally for voices, but Anna Clyne â described as the most performed living female composer â has arranged it for orchestra, swapping the singing for woodwind, electric organs and muted brass. It's a 15-minute work, and the arrangement was made to mark Reich's 90th birthday. The title comes from Wittgenstein's idea of how small a thought it takes to fill a whole life, so it's a short piece that carries a fair bit of weight behind it.
After that, the evening moves to Scheherazade, a 42-minute work inspired by The Thousand and One Nights. The story is the one you probably know: Scheherazade tells a new tale every night to delay her execution, one story after another, and the music follows that same thread. It's a long, sweeping piece that takes up the bulk of the night, and it's a good contrast to the shorter, newer work that opens the programme.
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There's a bit more to the evening than the main stage, too. After the concert, students from Chetham's School of Music will be performing in the stalls foyer, so you can stick around and hear them after the Hallé have finished. The whole night is sponsored by CMS. It starts at 6.00pm, and tickets are between £15 and £20, with concessions and discounts available.
