As The Hallé’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Kahchun Wong leads The Hallé Orchestra for four concerts, joined by cellist Jan Vogler. The concerts on 10 February at Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, 11 February at Middlesbrough Town Hall and concluding with two concerts at Bridgewater Hall Manchester on 12 and 15 February. The programme for each concert includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3. In Nottingham, the programme also features Sibelius’s Andante Festivo and Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No.1. In Middlesbrough, Shostakovich is replaced by Elgar’s Cello Concerto, while the final two concerts in Manchester feature works by Unsuk Chin, Shostakovich, and Beethoven.

Wong then continues for another concert on 19 February at Bridgewater Hall, joined by The Hallé Choir and The Hallé Children’s Choir. This programme features Chin’s Le Chant des Enfants des Etoiles, Holst’s The Planets and Colin Matthews’ Pluto. This concert is recorded by BBC Radio 3 for deferred broadcast.