Come and Play – The Olympic Concert

School tickets are £7 per head (students and teachers)

Audience tickets are £8.50 each (U10s free)

We advise to arrive 45 minutes prior to the concert start time.

Running time approximately 70 minutes.

John Williams  Olympic Fanfare and Theme

Johann Strauss II  Thunder and Lightning Polka

Lili Boulanger  D’un matin de printemps

Gioacchino Rossini Overture: Galop from William Tell

The Come and Play concerts present a variety of music which enables collaboration between the world-class musicians of the Hallé and young instrumentalists at the start of their musical journey. Arrangements and original material by Hallé Education Director, Steve Pickett, for the professional players and young people to share are presented alongside orchestral blockbusters ranging from film scores to famous classics. The children, therefore, experience the power of a symphony orchestra at first hand, as well as being a part of it.

In any one concert as many as 1,200 children play and a further 1,000 sing with the Hallé and annually the orchestra performs with approximately 20,000 young musicians every year. Come and Play concerts are run in collaboration with local music services.

Come and Play with the Hallé is generously supported by The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust, Siemens, Manchester Airport, CMS LLP, The Zochonis Charitable Trust, The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation, Cecil Pilkington Charitable Trust, The Rainbow Dickinson Trust, The Irving Memorial Trust, Schroder Charity Trust and The Harding Trust.