The Hallé’s archive is a wonderful resource for aspects of our musical history. There are concert programmes covering our performances in Manchester and beyond from 1858, photographs, correspondence, sound recordings and press-cuttings to name a few.
Diligently working ‘behind the scenes’ to make more of this material available to our website audience, we have launched the Hallé Repertoire Database. This immense resource, covering more than 140 years of our musical history has over 40,000 entries thanks in large part to dedicated volunteers. Stroll through our performing history to find concert information on venue, conductor, soloist, composer and work. If you have ever wondered where the Hallé ‘first played’ a piece, or which soloist first interpreted a favourite concerto, how many times Sir Edward Elgar conducted his own works here, or even if we performed on your birthday, then soon you’ll be able to find out!
Archive: Hallé Archives
Reference: BOX
Title: Files from Chief Executive & Concerts' Departments
Level: Collection
Extent: approx. 215 boxes
Creator: Halle Concert Society
Dates: 20th century
Scope and content: Box listed only and in numerical order. Gaps in the sequence have been catalogued as part of HS. Boxes numbered to 101 originated from General Manager's office. 102 on from Concerts Department in several accessions.
Archive: Hallé Archives
Reference: HA
Title: Hallé Archive Collections
Level: Collection
Extent: 7 collections
Creator: Halle Concert Society
Dates: 19th century-present
Scope and content: This management group has been created to accommodate those artificial collections that exist within the archive. The major collections are the photographic archive and the printed programmes. In both cases the majority of each collection originates with the Hallé Concerts Society, but over time each collection has been added to and much of the original provenance has been lost. Particularly in the case of the photographs, they are infinitely easier to access if grouped together and so this has been done. Notes of original locations and depositors are given as appropriate. The third collection contains material donated to the Library.
Archive: Hallé Archives
Reference: HC
Title: Archives of the Hallé Choir
Level: Collection
Extent: 4 items
Creator: Hallé Choir
Dates: 20 Sep 1892-20 May 1987
Scope and content:
Archive: Hallé Archives
Reference: HS
Title: Archives of the Hallé Concerts' Society
Level: Collection
Extent: 7 series
Creator: Halle Concert Society
Dates: 1899-date
Scope and content:
Archive: Hallé Archives
Reference: HW
Title: Gustav Behrens notebooks
Level: Collection
Extent: 5 items
Creator: Gustav Behrens
Dates: 25 June 1898-21 September 1922
Scope and content: 5 notebooks created by Gustav Behrens, member of the Hallé Concerts Society Board.
Archive: Hallé Archives
Reference: PC
Title: Personal Collections
Level: Collection
Extent: 46 series
Creator: Halle Concert Society
Dates: 1857-2008
Scope and content: Various personal collections of administrators, musicians etc. that have worked for the Hallé Orchestra or the Hallé Concert Society or strongly affiliated to it.
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