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University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance

19:00 - 21:00 6 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student talent, the drama society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance

19:00 - 21:00 7 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student talent, the drama society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Joby Burgess Percussion Pioneers

13:10 - 14:00 7 November 2013
Joby Burgess presents two of the most iconic and groundbreaking works for solo percussion - Stockhasuen’s Zyklus and Xenakis’ Psappha. ‘… a prominent figure in the alt-classical…

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - Cosmo Singers

13:10 - 14:00 8 November 2013
Following their first successful lunchtime concert in 2012, 60-strong mixed choir Cosmo Singers perform a variety of stunning choral works, including Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer.

University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance

19:00 - 21:00 8 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student talent, the drama society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production…

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) -Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensembles

19:30 - 21:30 9 November 2013
Mendelssohn Overture for Winds, Op.24 Woolfenden Suite Française Roxburgh Time’s Harvest Mozart Overtures to Der Schauspieldirektor and Idomeneo Haydn Symphony No.100, ‘Military’…

QUATUOR DANEL Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 14 November 2013
Franck Quartet in D César Franck’s monumental Quartet from the penultimate year of his life has no finer exponents in the world than the Quatuor Danel. Followed by: Quatuor Danel…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Listening in

14:30 - 15:30 14 November 2013
Issues of performance practice in Beethoven’s piano and string music, with Professor Barry Cooper and Finnish pianist Paavali Jumpannen.

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - Vocal Showcase

13:00 - 14:00 15 November 2013
Manchester University Barbershop Chorus Manchester University Ladies’ Barbershop ‘AcaBellas’ ‘Chorus Antiquus’ ‘Tagline’ The singers of Manchester University Music Society…

QUATUOR DANEL Evening Concert with Paavali Jumppanen

19:30 - 21:30 15 November 2013
Haydn, Quartet in C, Op. 9 No. 1; Ravel Quartet in F; Franck, Piano Quintet in F minor. Star Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen joins the Quatuor Danel in the sweeping sensuality…

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - String and Brass Ensembles

19:30 - 21:30 16 November 2013
Holst St Paul’s Suite New Student Commission Britten Simple Symphony Koetsier Symphony for Brass Patrick Friel Starmaker Ceremonial Dobson Torsion MUMS String Orchestra performs…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 17 November 2013
Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for the opening concert of its 57th season, conducted by Tim Crooks and Chris Orton. Featuring works by Bruch, Holst and Britten.

LITERATURE LIVE: Louis de Bernieres

18:30 - 20:30 18 November 2013
Louis de Bernières, who lives in Norfolk, published his first novel in 1990 and was selected by Granta magazine as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Since then…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 21:00 20 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student produced work, the society provide an insight into the creative efforts of one of the University's biggest societies. As a prelude to Manchester's…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 21:00 21 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student produced work, the society provide an insight into the creative efforts of one of the University's biggest societies. As a prelude to Manchester's…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - John Turner 70th Birthday Concert

13:10 - 14:00 21 November 2013
Music by Bernstein, Ives, Cowell, Rorem, Jeff Harrington (première of For Solomon Eagle), Kevin Malone (The Radio Song) and Richard Whalley (new work). Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano)…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 21:00 22 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student produced work, the society provide an insight into the creative efforts of one of the University's biggest societies. As a prelude to Manchester's…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:30 23 November 2013
Hanson Chorale & Alleluia Alarcon Concertango (Soloists: Harry Smith, Hamish Brown) Camphouse Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night Bernstein Suite from West Side Story Adam Swayne…

Public History Event: Professor Michael Wood “in Conversation” with: Professor Dame Jinty Nelson

18:30 25 November 2013
Historian and broadcaster Michael Wood is the University's newly appointed Professor in Public History. He will teach undergraduateand postgraduate students at the University, lead…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Featured Artist: Richard Casey (Piano)

13:10 - 14:00 28 November 2013
Peter Maxwell Davies Piano Sonata (1981) Beethoven Sonata in A flat Op. 110 The second of Richard Casey’s “ Beethoven and…” recitals this year features the rarely performed…

Manchester University Commissioning Ensemble (MUCE)

13:10 - 14:00 29 November 2013
MUCE is a new, student-run initiative dedicated to showcasing the compositional talent that students, staff and University alumni have to offer. Composers are offered a unique opportunity…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 30 November 2013
Dvo?ák Stabat Mater The University of Manchester Chorus opens its 2013/14 season with a performance of Dvo?ák's Stabat Mater. We are incredibly excited to welcome our newly appointed…

Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with: A.L. Kennedy

18:30 - 20:30 1 December 2013
Join us for carols, mince pies and mulled wine in this Festive Literature Event. A.L. Kennedy is one of the most distinguished and acclaimed writers of her generation. She is the…

Ad Solem The University of Manchester Chamber Choir - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 8th NOVEMBER

19:30 2 December 2013
Copland In The Beginning Stravinsky The Dove Descending Bednall Behold, O God Hailstork The Song Of Deborah Tallis Lamentations Bednall The Souls Of The Righteous Gibbons…

QUATUOR DANEL Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 5 December 2013
Casken Choses en moi; Reeves Fireworks Physonect Siphonophore (String Quartet No.1); Haydn Quartet in E flat, Op. 33 No. 2 (The Joke). John Casken – the University’s composer emeritus…

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