Hallé Choir Explained

Hallé Choir
Origin:Manchester, England
Founding:1858 (years ago)
Founder:Sir Charles Hallé
Music Director:Sir Mark Elder
Choirmaster:Matthew Hamilton
Genre:Classical
Associated Groups:The Hallé
Concert Hall:Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

The Hallé Choir is a large symphonic chorus of around 170 singers based in Manchester, England. It was founded as Manchester Choral Society[1] alongside the Hallé Orchestra in 1858 by Sir Charles Hallé.[2] The choir gives around ten concerts a year with The Hallé at The Bridgewater Hall and other venues across the UK. Appearing with international conductors and soloists in concert and recordings, the choir performs a repertoire of major choral and operatic works ranging from mainstream pieces to more esoteric pieces and commissions.[3]

Recent Hallé Choir Directors have included James Burton, Frances Cooke and Madeleine Venner.[4] The current Hallé Choir Director is Matthew Hamilton.[5]

Conductors

Notable recordings

Since the launch of the Hallé record label in 2003[9] the choir has appeared on a number of recordings including Holst's Hymn of Jesus (Hallé, 2013),[10] Delius' Sea Drift (Hallé, 2013), Matthews' Aftertones (Hallé, 2014),[11] Vaughan-Williams' A Sea Symphony (Hallé, 2015)[12] and Elgar's Spirit of England (Hallé, 2017).[13] The Hallé have also won a number of awards for recordings featuring the Hallé Choir:

Award Winning Hallé Choir Recordings!Year of Recording!Composer!Work!Orchestra!Conductor!Label!Awards
2009ElgarThe Dream of GerontiusHalléMark ElderHalléGramophone Award Best Choral Recording[14]
2010WagnerGötterdämmerungHalléMark ElderHalléGramophone Award Best Opera Recording[15]
2011ElgarThe KingdomHalléMark ElderHalléGramophone Award Best Choral Recording[16]
2013ElgarThe ApostlesHalléMark ElderHalléGramophone Award Best Choral Recording[17] BBC Music Magazine Choral Award

BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year[18]

References

  1. Book: Beale, Robert. Charles Hallé: A Musical Life. Ashgate. 2007. 978-0-7546-6137-5.
  2. Book: Kennedy, Michael. The Halle, 1858-1983. 1982. Manchester University Press. 978-0-7190-0921-1. 1. publ.. 96.
  3. Web site: About us. 29 January 2012. Hallé Choir. 18 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130718051606/http://www.halle.co.uk/halle-choir-about-us.aspx. dead.
  4. Web site: Hallé Choir Director. 29 January 2012. Hallé Choir. 11 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120211154640/http://www.halle.co.uk/halle-choir-associate-choral-director.aspx. dead.
  5. Web site: Hallé Orchestra - Matthew Hamilton.
  6. Web site: about. matthew hamilton. en-US. 2019-07-14.
  7. Web site: Founding Conductor SGCO. en-US. 2019-07-14.
  8. Web site: James Burton (Counter-tenor, Choral Conductor) - Short Biography. www.bach-cantatas.com. 2019-07-14.
  9. Web site: Labels. Chandos Records. 2019-07-14.
  10. Web site: The Hymn of Jesus; Sea Drift & Cynara Album. Hallé Orchestra. en-US. 2019-07-14.
  11. Web site: Colin Matthews No Man's Land Album. Hallé Orchestra. en-US. 2019-07-14.
  12. Web site: Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony Album. Hallé Orchestra. en-US. 2019-07-14.
  13. Web site: For the Fallen Album. Hallé Orchestra. en-US. 2019-07-14.
  14. Web site: Choral. 2009-10-06. www.gramophone.co.uk. en. 2019-07-14.
  15. Web site: Opera. 2010-09-01. www.gramophone.co.uk. en. 2019-07-14.
  16. Web site: Choral. 2011-08-12. www.gramophone.co.uk. en. 2019-07-14.
  17. Web site: Choral. 2013-08-27. www.gramophone.co.uk. en. 2019-07-14.
  18. Web site: The Winners 2013 Classical-Music.com. www.classical-music.com. 2019-07-14.

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