Christmas Concerts

Join the Hallé for a cracker of a Christmas season with concerts to suit all ages!

The Christmas season begins with our annual performance of Messiah followed by our much-loved Christmas Family Concert presented by the lovable Tom Redmond. Families can also enjoy the magic of Raymond Briggs’ classic film, The Snowman, accompanied by Howard Blake’s spectacular score. Hear all your favourite Christmas songs performed by top vocalists in Hallé Christmas Cracker and bring the whole family to our traditional Carol Concerts with the Hallé choirs in full voice and on top form. After Christmas, enjoy a marvellous night of movie music with A Night At the Oscars and get back to the world of boy bands and girl power with Best of the ‘90s featuring five fantastic singers. The season ends in style as we celebrate the start of 2024 with Viennese New Year. We look forward to welcoming you to another spectacular season of Hallé Christmas Concerts in Manchester’s stunning Bridgewater Hall.

Concerts

Hallé Christmas Family Concert

Messiah

Hallé Christmas Cracker

• Saunders Journey to Lapland
  
• Pola/Wyle Most Wonderful Time of the Year
  
• Lowry/Green Mary Did You Know
  
• Silvestri Polar Express Suite
  
• Batt/Rice Winter's Tale
  
• Bernard Walking in a Winter Wonderland
  
• Clarkson Underneath the Tree
  
• Taylor/Brookes The Man with the Bag
  
• George Michael Last Christmas
  
• Springer/Javits Santa Baby
  
• Pierpoint/Goodwin Jingle Bells
  
• Geldof/Ure Do They Know It's Christmas?
  
• Carey/Afanasieff All I Want for Christmas
  
• Martin/Blaine Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  
• Heatlie Merry Christmas Everyone
  
• Torme The Christmas Song
  
• Anderson Bugler's Holiday
  
• Helms Jingle Bell Rock
  
• Overington When We Sing
  
• Silvestri/Ballad Believe
  
• Williams Somewhere in my Memory
  
• Berlin White Christmas
  
• Loesser What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
  
• Andersson/Ulvaeus Happy New Year
  

Hallé Carol Concerts (Sold out)

Programme includes The First Nowell, Carol of the Bells, Star Carol, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Away in a Manger, The Holly and The Ivy, O Come All Ye Faithful, the Hallé Children’s Choir performing We Need a Little Christmas and more.

The Snowman

• Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers
  
• Jessel Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
• Gaspard’s Christmas
  
• The Snowman - Cert U
  

A Night at the Oscars

• West Side Story Overture
  
• Frozen Let It Go
  
• Emma End Titles
  
• The Joker Bathroom Scene
  
• E.T. Adventures on Earth
  
• Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast
  
• Ben Hur Parade of the Charioteers
  
• Lion King Circle of Life
  
• Star Wars Main Title
  
• Slumdog Millionaire Mausam and Escape
  
• Titanic My Heart Will Go On
  
• Breakfast at Tiffany's Moon River
  
• Lawrence of Arabia Main Theme
  
• Greatest Showman A Million Dreams
  
• Schindler's List Main Theme
  
• Out of Africa Main Theme
  
• No Time to Die No Time to Die
  
• The Incredibles Main Title
  

Best of the ’90s

• Robbie Williams Let Me Entertain You
  
• Shania Twain Man, I Feel Like A Woman
  
• Wet, Wet, Wet Love is All Around
  
• Wilson Philips Hold On
  
• 90s Boy Band Medley
  
• No Doubt Don't Speak
  
• Santana Smooth
  
• Ronan Keating When You Say Nothing At All
  
• Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
  
• Cher Believe
  
• Take That A Million Love Songs
  
• Spice Girls Spice Up Your Life
  
• Queen The Show Must Go On
  
• Aerosmith I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
  
• Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You
  
• George Michael Medley
  
• Meatloaf I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
  
• Lou Bega Mambo No.5 (a Little Bit of. )
  
• Madonna Vogue
  
• Ricky Martin Livin’ la Vida Loca
  
• Steps Tragedy