Hallé Orchestra

…conductor, founder of the famed Hallé Orchestra.

…in the 1850s, where the Halle Orchestra was established on a professional basis and its concerts opened to anyone who could pay admission, unlike earlier, purely subscription-based music organizations. In the same decade, Owens College, the forerunner of the University of Manchester, was founded. The development of these institutions marked…

The Hallé concerts reached their centenary in 1958, and the orchestra continues to maintain its international reputation.

…achieving international influence, while the Hallé Orchestra was its equal in the world of music. Owens College (now known as Victoria University of Manchester) became the nucleus of the first and largest of the great English civic universities, while the academic success of the Manchester Grammar School made it something…

…included conductorships (1943–70) with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, Eng., where he gained international recognition as a conductor. A decade of deteriorating health did not prevent him from continuing guest conducting, recording, and worldwide touring with major orchestras. He was principal conductor for the Houston Symphony Orchestra (1961–67) and was…

…he became conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester; under his direction this orchestra acquired its high reputation. Richter gave the first performances of many of Brahms’s works, and of Elgar’s Enigma Variations, Dream of Gerontius, and First Symphony. He last conducted at Bayreuth in 1912.