Martin Harris Centre

Poetry Book Society Benefit Reading

18:30 4 November 2011
This reading in is an opportunity to show support for the PBS who have lost their ACE grant and appreciate the strength of Northern poetry. The reading also draws attention to…

University of Manchester Music Society Classical Works

13:00 4 November 2011
Join us for the second of our free Lunchtime Concert series, with a selection of classical works and student commissions for small chamber ensembles. FREE

University of Manchester String Orchestra and Brass Ensembles

15:00 5 November 2011
Brass Ensembles: Bliss Antiphonal Fanfare for 3 Brass Choirs Britten Russian Funeral Music Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite Schuller Symphony for Brass Walton Spitfire…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

15:00 6 November 2011
Conductors: Tim Crooks & Sinead Hayes Stockport Youth Orchestra returns to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall for the first concert of its 2011-12 season, featuring soloist William…

DRAMA INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION - Me And My Shadow

19:00 10 November 2011
Written by Michael Garsin Alex wakes to find he has an extraordinary ability: he can see and hear the personified form of people’s inner personalities – their shadows. Follow his…

Quatour Danel Seminar: ‘Viennese worlds’

14:30 10 November 2011
Schubert and Webern are divided by a century of history but united by hidden threads of psychology and culture. The Quatuor Danel explains. FREE

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:00 10 November 2011
Haydn Quartet in F, Op. 50 No. 5 Shostakovich Quartet No. 9 in E flat, Op. 117 Two masters at the height of their powers: the wisdom and wit of Haydn meet the enigma and excitement of Shostakovich. FREE

DRAMA INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION - Me And My Shadow

19:00 11 November 2011
Written by Michael Garsin Alex wakes to find he has an extraordinary ability: he can see and hear the personified form of people’s inner personalities – their shadows. Follow his…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 11 November 2011
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 Webern Five Movements, Op. 5 Webern Six Bagatelles, Op. 9 Schubert Quartet in D minor, D.810, ‘Death and the Maiden’ Savour the…

University of Manchester Music Society Remembrance Day

13:00 11 November 2011
The Music Society marks Remembrance Day with this special lunchtime concert. FREE

University of Manchester Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensembles

19:30 12 November 2011
Mozart Wind Serenade in Bb - K.361 - Gran Partita Schwertsik Instant Music Weber Die Freischütz Overture Beethoven Symphony No.5 Conductors: Theo Vinden | Leo Geyer | Tom Jarvis |…

Ebb Trio

13:00 17 November 2011
The Ebb Trio feature international artists performing works for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano, including the première of a song-cycle by Kevin Malone based on texts by Anthony Burgess,…

University of Manchester Music Soceity Opera Scenes

13:00 18 November 2011
In the fourth of our free Lunchtime Concert series, Opera Scenes returns as famous scenes and arias are performed by talented students. FREE

LITERATURE LIVE: Lavinia Greenlaw, John Glenday and Ali Smith

18:30 21 November 2011
Lavinia Greenlaw lives in London, where she was born. She has published three books of poems, most recently MINSK, which was shortlisted for the Forward, T.S. Eliot and Whitbread poetry…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 23 November 2011
It’s time for the Drama Society’s Autumn Showcase! Every year we put on a fantastic performance in the John Thaw Studio Theatre, so if you want a good night’s entertainment and to…

Sakhioba Folk Ensemble

13:00 24 November 2011
Stravinsky famously referred to Georgian folk polyphony as “a wonderful treasure that can give for performance more than all the attainments of new music”. Joining us all the way from…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 24 November 2011
It’s time for the Drama Society’s Autumn Showcase! Every year we put on a fantastic performance in the John Thaw Studio Theatre, so if you want a good night’s entertainment and to…

The Ukrainians are Coming, the Ukrainians are Coming!

13:00 25 November 2011
VAGANZA - The University of Manchester’s New Music Ensemble Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Vaganza is honoured to invite four composers spanning two generations from Ukraine to attend…

The Ukrainians are Coming, the Ukrainians are Coming! Part 2

19:30 25 November 2011
VAGANZA - The University of Manchester’s New Music Ensemble Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Vaganza presents a musical evening which spans two nations, generations and cultures. Both…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 25 November 2011
It’s time for the Drama Society’s Autumn Showcase! Every year we put on a fantastic performance in the John Thaw Studio Theatre, so if you want a good night’s entertainment and to…

MUWO (Manchester University Wind Orchestra)

19:30 26 November 2011
MUWO (Manchester University Wind Orchestra) Sparke The Land of the Long White Cloud Whitacre Lux Aurumque Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Horovitz Bacchus on Blue Ridge Binney Emerald Breeze…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 4 December 2011
The Manchester University Chorus begins the 2011-12 season with a performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor accompanied by the University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra. Following the…

“Colm Tóibín in Conversation” with Eamon Duffy

18:30 5 December 2011
Acclaimed novelist and journalist Colm Tóibín, newly appointed as Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing, hosts a series of high-profile…

Ad Solem (University of Manchester Chamber Choir)

19:30 6 December 2011
Poulenc Mass in G Mouton Nesciens Mater Duruflé Notre Père Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël Villette Hymne à la Vièrge Poulenc Un Soir de…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:00 8 December 2011
Weinberg Sonata No. 2 for solo viola, Op. 123 (UK première) Schubert Quartet in A minor, D.804, ‘Rosamunde’ Late-period explorations: another incomparable Schubert masterpiece,…

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