The Hallé plays a programme of waltzes, polkas and overtures by the Strauss family for its Viennese New Year Gala.
The Hallé are playing Victoria Hall in Hanley on Friday 8 January, their Viennese New Year Gala. It's a programme of waltzes, polkas and overtures built around the music of Johann, Josef and Eduard Strauss, and it runs for two hours and 35 minutes, including an interval.
Among the pieces they'll be playing are Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube and Suppé's Light Cavalry Overture. The whole evening is a sequence of shorter works rather than the long-form concertos and symphonies that usually make up their season, so it's a different kind of night from their other dates.
The Hallé are the only orchestra on the bill, and the programme is a mix of waltzes, polkas and overtures. The Strauss family — Johann, Josef and Eduard — provide the core of the set, with Suppé's Light Cavalry Overture as one of the standouts. It's a varied sequence of shorter pieces rather than a single long work, so the mood shifts throughout the evening.
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Victoria Hall is on Bagnall Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3AD. The concert is on Friday 8 January, and it runs for two hours and 35 minutes, with an interval in the middle.
