Synopsis

A celebratory prom marking the Halle Orchestra’s 150th anniversary, conducted by Mark Elder, featured several notable moments earlier this week. The evening began with George Butterworth’s rhapsody *A Shropshire Lad*, prefaced by readings from the poetry of A.E. Housman. Next, Janine Jansen, a young violinist from the Netherlands, performed Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. The program concluded with Richard Strauss’s orchestral masterpiece, *Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche*. The eve