In the presence of H.R.H. The Princess Royal
Clifford Curzon plays Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat with the Halle Orchestra
(Leader, Laurance Turner)
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli
The National Anthem
Weber Freischutz Overture
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2
Elgar Symphony No 1
The occasion is described by Alec Robertson.
'Mr. Halle's Band' formed for the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857, gave the opening concert of their first season in the newly built Free Trade Hall on January 30, 1858. Tonight, at the invitation of the Halle Concerts Society, in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Corporation of Manchester, in a new Free Trade Hall built seven years ago on the same site, the orchestra with their famous conductor and a distinguished soloist celebrate this century of achievement.

(The Halle Orchestra Orchestra is televised by permission of Associated Rediffusion Ltd.)
C.B. Rees writes on page 2