### Event Description: Family Concert: Marvellous Musical Myths and Legends - The Hallé

**Date and Time:**  
Sunday, 29th September 2024, 3:00 PM

**Venue:**  
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

**Event Overview:**  
Join the Hallé for an enchanting family concert titled "Marvellous Musical Myths and Legends." This interactive event is designed to captivate audiences of all ages with a delightful blend of music and storytelling. 

**Programme Highlights:**  
- **John Williams:** Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
- **John Powell:** How to Train Your Dragon
- **Sibelius:** Lemminkäinen's Return
- **Mason Bates:** Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: A Bao A Qu
- **Copland:** Billy the Kid
- **Stravinsky:** The Firebird
- **Alan Silvestri:** The Avengers: Main Theme

**Special Features:**  
- **Presenter:** Tom Redmond
- **Conductor:** Euan Shields, Hallé Assistant Conductor and Hallé Youth Orchestra Music Director

**Pre-Concert Activities:**  
Arrive from 1:30 PM to enjoy free family activities in the foyer, including word searches, puzzles, and colouring, all inspired by the concert's theme.

**Ticket Information:**  
- **Family Ticket:** £49 (including fees)
- **Adults:** £23 (including fees)
- **Children (17 and under):** £13 (including fees)
- Concessions and discounts are available.

**Event Description:**  
Explore wonderful stories of myths and legends through music in a fun and interactive concert for the whole family. Listen in awe to "The Firebird," cast spells with Harry Potter, saddle up with Billy the Kid, save the day with The Avengers, and ride dragons to Berk—all in an afternoon’s work for the heroic Hallé.

**Booking Information:**  
Tickets are available for purchase now. Don't miss this magical musical journey!

**Contact and Additional Information:**  
For more details and to book your tickets, visit the Hallé's official website.

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Family Concert: Marvellous Musical Myths and Legends

The Bridgewater Hall

Join presenter and broadcaster Tom Redmond, conductor Euan Shields and the Hallé for a fun-filled interactive family-friendly concert full of fantastic creatures and characters.

Listen in awe to The Firebird, cast spells with Harry Potter, saddle up with Billy the Kid, save the day with The Avengers and ride our dragons to Berk – all in an afternoon’s work for the heroic Hallé.

The Hallé - Marvellous Musical Myths And Legends

Not many people know that Santa has a special team of highly trained bats that guide him and his reindeers through the night sky on Christmas Eve. Can you help Pippa the new, nervous bat, pass the test in front of Santa and make it onto the Special Bat Service?

Join Lucy Tuck (Pippa the Bat), the Hallé and the Hallé Youth Training Choir for a show packed with festive classics, singing, bat-flying, waltzing and even some cartwheels in this family adventure, guaranteed to get you in the Christmas spirit!

The Hallé Christmas Family Concert - The Adventures Of Pippa The Christmas Bat

### Hallé Christmas Family Concert

**Date and Time:** Sunday, 1st December 2024, 11:30 AM  
**Venue:** The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

**Event Description:**
Join us for a magical festive adventure at the Hallé Christmas Family Concert, a delightful event designed for the entire family. This enchanting concert will feature a heartwarming story about Pippa, a new and nervous bat, who must pass a special test in front of Santa to join the Special Bat Service. 

**Performers:**
- **Lucy Tuck** as Pippa the Bat
- **Euan Shields**, Hallé Assistant Conductor and Hallé Youth Orchestra Music Director
- **Jon James**, Producer
- **Hallé Youth Training Choir**

**Highlights:**
- Festive classics
- Singing and bat-flying
- Waltzing and cartwheels
- A captivating storyline that will get everyone in the Christmas spirit

**Ticket Information:**
- **Adult Full Price:** £28
- **Child (17 and under):** £18
- **Family Ticket (4 people, minimum 1 child):** £70
- Concessions and discounts available

**Booking:**
Tickets are available for purchase now. Don't miss out on this festive family event that promises to be a memorable experience for all ages.

**Venue Information:**
The Bridgewater Hall is Manchester’s premier international concert venue, designed to provide the best possible space for music. 

Come and celebrate the holiday season with the Hallé and create lasting memories with your loved ones!

Hallé Christmas Family Concert

Euan Shields, winner of the 2023 Siemens-Hallé International Conductors Competition and Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, enters his second year in post. This concert will showcase the flourishing relationship between him and these outstanding young instrumentalists. Supported by professional musicians, the Youth Orchestra offers members the chance to experience the buzz of contributing to a large ensemble.

Hallé Youth Orchestra

Euan Shields, winner of the 2023 Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition and Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, enters his second year in post. This concert will showcase the flourishing relationship between him and these outstanding young instrumentalists. Supported by professional musicians, the Youth Orchestra offers members the chance to experience the buzz of contributing to a large ensemble.

Sibelius’s First Symphony announced the arrival of one of the all-time great symphonists. A tantalising opportunity to hear a youthful interpretation of this Romantically-influenced work, deeply affecting and imbued with melodic freshness.

The Hallé Youth Orchestra

Two generations of Hallé musicians join forces to perform a dramatic duo of pieces, each offering a contrasting view of the afterlife.

Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, Euan Shields will guide the combined forces of talent and experience as members of the two orchestras sit side-by-side in what will be a moving and memorable performance, for both audience and musicians.

Side-By-Side - The Hallé And Hallé Youth Orchestra

Adés’ Inferno Suite, extracted from his celebrated score for The Dante Project, is a wrathful work, exploring Dante’s nine circles of Hell through eight incandescent sections. Contrastingly, Richard Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration is more contemplative than contemptuous; it represents the final reminiscent thoughts of a dying artist, before being granted transfiguration ‘from the infinite reaches of heaven’.

Side-By-Side: The Hallé and Hallé Youth Orchestra

The Hallé Rush Hour series continues with a contrasting pair of pieces, conducted by Euan Shields.

Takemitsu’s A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden is a contemplative, peaceful work, evoking the solitude of a stroll through one’s garden. Arising from a dream, Takemitsu described it as a ‘shifting panorama of scenes in which the main motif representing the so-called “Flock” descends into the harmonious tone-field called the “Pentagonal Garden”.’

Euan Shields

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Family Concert: Marvellous Musical Myths and Legends · The Hallé

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Conductor in Death and Transfiguration by Strauss

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Conductor in Billy the Kid by Copland

The Hallé

Conductor in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Williams

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Conductor in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by Williams

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Conductor in How to Train Your Dragon by Powell

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Conductor in Symphony No. 1 by Mahler

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Conductor in The Firebird by Stravinsky

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Conductor in Lemminkäinen's Return by Sibelius

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Conductor in Lemminkäinen’s Return by Sibelius

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Conductor in Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: A Bao A Qu by Bates

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Conductor in The Avengers: Main Theme by Silvestri

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Conductor in Inferno Suite by Adès

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