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| | The Hallé Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The Hallé, Britain's longest established professional symphony orchestra, was founded in Manchester by the pianist and conductor Charles Hallé, and gave its first concert in Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1858. |
 | | The Hallé remains one of Britain's best-regarded ensembles and has, since 1996, performed in its new Manchester home, The Bridgewater Hall, where it presents around eighty concerts a year, as well as giving over fifty more around the country and across the world. |
 | | The Hallé Choir, founded in 1858 by Sir Charles Hallé, is currently moving into an exciting new era, performing an extensive and varied repertoire with the Hallé Orchestra and Mark Elder in Manchester, throughout Britain and abroad. |
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