Martin Harris Centre

STUDENT SHOWCASE

13:00 3 March 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT A recital featuring the talents of undergraduate and postgraduate star performers from The University of Manchester. FREE

RNCM Wind Band Philip Grange Cloud Atlas

19:30 4 March 2011
Philip Grange's large-scale work for symphonic wind band entitled Cloud Atlas will be performed by the Royal Northern College of Music’s Wind Band. Cloud Atlas which was premiered at…

MANTIS COMES OF AGE: 15th EDITION OF THE MANTIS FESTIVAL: PART ONE

16:00 5 March 2011
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) biannually presents concerts of music and sound, featuring compositions and performances enhanced by the use of new technology and digital media.…

MANTIS COMES OF AGE: 15th EDITION OF THE MANTIS FESTIVAL: PART ONE

18:00 5 March 2011
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) biannually presents concerts of music and sound, featuring compositions and performances enhanced by the use of new technology and digital media.…

MANTIS COMES OF AGE: 15th EDITION OF THE MANTIS FESTIVAL: PART ONE

19:30 5 March 2011
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) biannually presents concerts of music and sound, featuring compositions and performances enhanced by the use of new technology and digital media.…

VAGANZA - The University of Manchester’s New Music Ensemble RNCM New Ensemble

19:30 8 March 2011
This concert forms part of the Judith Weir Festival Judith Weir Musicians Wrestle Everywhere Aaron Parker new work Judith Weir The Consolations…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert With Oliver Triendl (piano)

13:00 10 March 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT Enesco Concertstück Richard Whalley Ad infinitum Milhaud La creation du monde A luxuriantly romantic viola/piano duo,…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Doctors and Philosophers of Composition

14:30 10 March 2011
Workshops quartets by the University’s PhD students.

Opera Scenes

13:00 11 March 2011
Come in from the winds of March and see famous scenes from operas performed by talented students. FREE

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Oliver Triendl (piano)

19:30 11 March 2011
Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 50 No. 2 Schumann String Quartet in F, Op. 41, No. 2 Enescu Piano Quintet, Op. 29 From the heart of Haydn’s classical mastery,…

University of Manchester String Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra

19:30 12 March 2011
Manchester University Music Society Yoshimatsu Threnody to Toki for Piano and String Orchestra Grieg Holberg Suite Op. 40 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola Schubert…

Trio Atem Gavin Osborn – flute, Nina Whiteman – voice, Alice Purton – cello

13:00 17 March 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT Manuella Blackburn Triple Retort (world première) Edward Caine Poem in Silence Kaija Saariaho Mirrors Martin Iddon pneuma.pistis (world…

VAGANZA invites CHIMERA: The Next Generation New Music Ensembles from University of Manchester and York

18 March 2011
The culmination of an exciting collaboration between Universities of Manchester and York, including music especially written for two ensembles, and a vibrant new work by PhD composer…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra ‘Picture Postcards 2: Europe’

19:30 19 March 2011
Sibelius Finlandia Ellerby Paris Sketches Saint-Saëns Orient et Occident, Op. 25 Gorb Dances from Crete Hindemith Symphony in B-flat Conductors: Jack Adler-McKean, Ralph Corrigan,…

Richard Whalley Piano Recital: Child’s Play

13:00 24 March 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT Robert Schumann Kinderscenen Helmut Lachenmann Ein Kinderspiel Schumann’s fantastical images of childhood scenes contrast vividly with…

BBC RADIO 3 Hungarian Chamber Music Series: CHROMA

19:30 25 March 2011
BBC RADIO 3 Hungarian Chamber Music Series: CHROMA Liszt La lugubre gondola for violin & piano Bartok Contrasts Dohnanyi Sextet in C, Op.37 This event will be recorded for BBC Radio 3

Winds at One

13:00 25 March 2011
Blow away the winter chill and welcome in spring with a warming concert of wind music. FREE

Ad Solem – University of Manchester Chamber Choir

19:30 26 March 2011
William Byrd Haec Dies Ne Irascaris Domine Civitas Sancti Tui Thomas Tallis O Nata Lux Loquebantur Variis Linguis William Byrd Laudibus…

Songs Old and New Marcus Farnsworth: Baritone Elizabeth Burgess: Piano

13:00 31 March 2011
Purcell arr. Britten Songs (various) Grange To the Borders of Sleep Barber Three Songs Op. 10 Folksongs arr. Britten (various) Manchester graduate Marcus…

GAMELAN DEGUNG: The University of Manchester’s music students with special guest Bhupinder Singh Chaggar

13:00 1 April 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT Gamelan Degung is a small gamelan orchestra unique to Sunda, the mountainous region of West Java, Indonesia. The performers are second year music…

PSAPPHA The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence

19:30 1 April 2011
Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood Mark-Anthony Turnage Grazioso (European première) Kenneth Hesketh Dei Destini Incrociati Bruno Mantovani …

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 2 April 2011
The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Copland Motets Copland Symphony No. 3 Adams' Harmonium Dip your toe across the pond as The University of Manchester's…

University of Manchester Big Band

19:30 5 April 2011
The Universities greatest Big Band performs some of the genre’s most exciting music. Director Patrick Hurley brings together the brightest young jazz musicians from across the University.

BBC RADIO 3 Hungarian Chamber Music Series: Susan Bullock (soprano) with Malcolm Martineau (piano)

13:00 7 April 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT BBC RADIO 3 Hungarian Chamber Music Series: Susan Bullock (soprano) with Malcolm Martineau (piano) The fourth and last of a series of performances…

The University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra

13:00 8 April 2011
The Neapolitan Baroque The University of Manchester's very own period-instrument ensemble takes us back to the splendour of early eighteenth-century Naples with a performance of…

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