Salford lecturer orchestrates and conducts Elbow Hallé gig
A Salford University music lecturer is the brainchild behind Bury band Elbow’s collaboration with Manchester’s Hallé orchestra – and he will be conducting the sell-out performance live at the Bridgewater Hall on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July.Joe Duddell has arranged the music, run the rehearsals and even written two new pieces for the award-winning band to perform alongside the 80-piece symphony orchestra, as part of the Manchester International Festival.
Since August last year, Joe has worked with frontman Guy Garvey and the other members of Elbow, to create the gig, which will include well-known hits -all in conjunction with the Hallé orchestra and their 50-strong youth choir.
He said: “It’s been a real privilege to work with such a successful band, and a long-established symphony orchestra. Mixing Elbow’s distinctive music with the Hallé’s orchestral sound was an interesting challenge, and I hope the audience will be really impressed with what they hear."
Joe is a graduate of Salford University and has recently returned as Reader and Programme Leader in BA Music at the University’s School of Music, Media & Performance. He has a background in both indie-pop and classical music, having previously drummed with 90’s band Pullover, and has had three commissions for the BBC Proms.
The gig – which sold out in just three hours - will be the biggest and most high-profile performance he has arranged and conducted to date.
With final rehearsals underway, Joe is staying tight-lipped about the exact content of the performance. He said: “I’m not allowed to give anything away, but I’m confident that serious pop and classical music fans will all take something different from the evening. I’m really looking forward to it.”
The Elbow gig will be broadcast live on a big screen in Manchester’s Castlefield on Thursday 9 July.
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Guy Garvey and Joe Duddell
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