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This is a blog that examines aspects of the history of Manchester’s famous Hallé Choir. Within it I am planning to offer a number of perspectives on the Hallé Choir, a choir I am proud to have been a member of since 2009. I’m not going to write a formal linear history of the choir, but will rather look at different aspects of the choir over the years, its relationships with particular composers and works, with its conductors and choirmasters, and with significant external events such as the two great world wars of the 20th century. I hope you’ll find it as interesting to read as I hope I will writing it!

I am Chris Green and have been a member of the bass section of the Hallé Choir since 2009. Following a career in IT I took early retirement in 2012 and began studying for a PhD, which I was awarded in 2020. My thesis on the links between history and fiction has been published in book form by Sidestone Press under the title ‘Stories of the Past: Viewing History through Fiction’.