The histologic Hallé Orchestra by Samah

On Thursday 12th of November Class 9 had the unmissable chance to see the Hallé Orchestra live at Bridgewater hall at Manchester !
We took a 30 minute coach to get there ,every one was ecstatic to hear them perform there greatest pieces.
We all knew 2 players of the orchestra because earlier that day we had a chance to work with them with lots of different instruments .
My favourite instrument personally is the Bassoon. When we finally arrived it was crowded completely. We were separated into 3 groups to sit in different rows.
The crowd quietened and the lights beamed onto the Orchestra. Nicholas Collon ( the conducter) walked onto the stage and every one clapped .

The first piece a was called Till Eulinspiegal’s merry pranks
Strauss begins musical story with peaceful music . It sounds like the words once upon a time . Then we hear a French horn playing a carefree tune that represents Tills trickery. After this there was a clarinet playing and that represented Tills laughter.

Next was Camille Saint cello concert
He was a great French composer . Remarkably, he wrote his first piece of music when he was just three years old and performed his first concert at just ten. In this piece the solo instrument is a cello.

Bridgewater hall visit to see the Amazing Hallé orchestra perform

On Thursday 12 November class 9 when to Bridgewater hall in Manchester when we arrived we all got out of the coach the building was very very big. We waited for it to start why we was in our seats finally it started I was so exited the first piece was called Till Eulenspiegels Marry Pranks I loved the first piece that was my favourite because it went loud and also quite. The Halle orchestra was great we seen Helen are music teacher.the last piece was called Symphony by Beethoven I also enjoyed the the last piece I enjoyed all of them. Class 9 enjoyed the performance by Halle orchestra. We got back at school at 10pm and we waited for are parents to collect us from school.

Jessica

Wonderful Workshop in Class 9 with the harmonic hallé orchestra!

It was Thursday 12th of November, Mrs Latham announced we’d be having an early breaktime.
She told us that two members of a famous orchestra, the Hallé orchestra, Helen and Maya their names were, they were to come in and do a two hour workshop with our class only! Everyone was ecstatic, but that wasn’t even the best part! The best part was… Tonight at 3:15 we would go home, have our tea, and return to school at 5:45 to then get on a coach at 6… To go to Bridgewater hall in Manchester to watch Hallé orchestra play live and we wouldn’t get back until………… 10:00 pm!
So we had our early break and returned to our class at 10:00 to have our little workshop with Helen and Maya.
We found out Helen plays the Bassoon and Maya, the Cello.
Maya played the cello for us, she’d created a little piece by herself called motorbike crash, she did a distant motorbike rev imitation. Then she rapidly slid the bow across the strings creating a screechy crashing noise, then to finish she played an ambulance siren on the cello.
Whilst listening to Helen, I thought of a poem;
For us, Helen played the bassoon and she played a very funky tune it was really nice to listen to when I heard the music I wanted to move!
The workshop finished at 12:00 O’clock and I’d REALLY enjoyed it!

Ebony