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Foden's set for Magna Carta celebration

Foden's will join forces with the Halle Orchestra in July to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta.

Bridgewater Hall
 

Foden's Band will join forces with the world renowned Halle Orchestra on Wednesday 1st July to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta.

Duncan's new commission

The concert at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall (pictured above) will see the two ensemble's combine to perform Andrew Duncan's new commission 'A Tale of Two Empires: Cottonopolis'.

Michael Fowles will conduct Foden's at the high profile event in Manchester with their programme also including Eric Ball's 'Resurgam' and Howard Snell's arrangement of the 'Pines of Rome'.

The Hallé conducted by Stephen Bell will feature amongst their items Arnold's 'Peterloo Overture', Walton’s 'Henry V Suite' and 'The History of the English Speaking Peoples'.

Thrilled

Mark Wilkinson, Foden's Band Manager told 4BR: "We are delighted that the Hallé has invited the band to be their guests at this high profile concert.

The Hallé is one of the world's leading Orchestras and we hope that our appearance will raise the profile of brass bands as well as introducing our idiom to a new and wider audience".

The Halle Orchestra & Foden's will join forces to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta by performing a new work by Andrew Duncan 4BR

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased from the following link or by calling the Box Office as detailed below:

http://www.halle.co.uk/concerts-tickets.aspx… or call The Bridgewater Hall box office on 0161 907 9000.

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