The Hallé Orchestra

Top Songs

1		Spitfire Fugue [1942 Recording]
2		Spitfire Prelude [1942 Recording]
3		A Sea Symphony: IV. The Explorers (Grave e molto adagio - Andante con moto)
4		Symphony No. 9 in D Major: IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend
5		Symphony No. 9 in D Major: II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb

Albums

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Sep 2015 • 4 songs
Mahler: Symphony No.9
Mar 2015 • 4 songs

About

Biography

The Hallé Orchestra is one of Britain's oldest symphonic ensembles. The group has been led by several conductors who have achieved international renown and has presented the world premieres of significant works from Elgar's Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55, in 1908 to Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 7 ("Sinfonia Antartica") in 1953 to Thomas Adès' These Premises Are Alarmed in 1996. The Hallé Orchestra is named for its founder, Charles Hallé, a German who was tasked with creating a temporary orchestra for an art exhibit in Manchester and decided to keep the group t...