Martin Harris Centre

Chamber Ensembles

13:10 - 14:00 15 February 2014
Manchester University Music Society’s Chamber Festival Weekend continues with five premieres of works by undergraduate composers based here at the University of Manchester. These works…

MUMS Chamber Orchestra and Ensembles

19:30 - 21:30 15 February 2014
Messiaen Oiseaux Exotiques (Soloist: Daniel Chappell) Leo Geyer Sideshows (Soloist: Rachel Maby) Beethoven Symphony No.1 Manchester University Music Society close their Chamber…

University of Manchester Drama Society’s Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)

19:00 - 21:00 19 February 2014
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2013, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang…

Two-piano concert with Michelle Assay and David Fanning

13:10 - 14:00 20 February 2014
Rachmaninoff Suite No. 1, Op. 5 Shostakovich Suite Op. 6 Rachmaninoff’s first Suite is one of the most beautiful and exciting works in the two-piano repertoire. On the threshold…

University of Manchester Drama Society’s Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)

19:00 - 21:00 20 February 2014
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2013, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang…

University of Manchester Drama Society’s Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)

19:30 - 21:30 21 February 2014
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2013, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang…

Literature Live: Vona Groarke and Jamie McKendrick

18:30 - 20:30 24 February 2014
Vona Groarke: Award-winning poet, Vona Groarke, (who teaches at the Centre for New Writing), launches her sixth poetry collection, X, a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. From…

RNCM Monday Recital Series

13:15 - 14:00 24 February 2014
Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro assai from Violin Sonata in G major Op 30 No 3 Ernest Bloch Nigun (Improvisation) Corey Wickens violin Charles Barsaga piano Richard Wagner…

Away From Home

19:30 - 21:30 26 February 2014
Kyle's comfortable with his life as an escort until he's hired by a premiership footballer, forcing him to question his values, relationships and the whole direction his life's taking.…

QUATUOR DANEL Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 14:00 27 February 2014
Beethoven Quartet in B flat, Op. 130, with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 The summit of ambition and mastery in the string quartet, in the hands of peerless interpreters. Followed by:…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: The Hot Seat

14:30 - 15:30 27 February 2014
Selected star students are put into the hot seat with the Quatuor Danel in quartet and quintet movements.

QUATUOR DANEL Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 28 February 2014
Rachmaninoff Quartet 1 Haydn Quartet in B flat, Op. 71, No. 2 Shostakovich Piano Quintet Op. 57 (with Richard Whalley) You didn’t know Rachmaninoff had composed string quartets?…

VADA LGBTQ Community Theatre presents: Love Notes

19:30 - 21:30 28 February 2014
Love Notes is a collection of new short plays and sketches inspired by the 2014 LGBT History Month theme: music. Written by the talented team that created our last show Journeys which…

MANTIS Spring 2014 Festival: 10 year anniversary season

18:00 - 19:30 1 March 2014
6.00pm and 8.00pm, Saturday 1 March 2014 6.00pm and 8.00pm, Sunday 2 March 2014 Various venues across MHC MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) celebrates its first 10 years…

MANTIS Spring 2014 Festival: 10 year anniversary season

20:00 - 21:30 1 March 2014
6.00pm and 8.00pm, Saturday 1 March 2014 6.00pm and 8.00pm, Sunday 2 March 2014 Various venues across MHC MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) celebrates its first 10 years…

MANTIS Spring 2014 Festival: 10 year anniversary season

18:00 - 19:30 2 March 2014
6.00pm and 8.00pm, Saturday 1 March 2014 6.00pm and 8.00pm, Sunday 2 March 2014 Various venues across MHC MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) celebrates its first 10 years with…

MANTIS Spring 2014 Festival: 10 year anniversary season

20:00 - 21:30 2 March 2014
6.00pm and 8.00pm, Saturday 1 March 2014 6.00pm and 8.00pm, Sunday 2 March 2014 Various venues across MHC MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) celebrates its first 10 years…

RNCM Monday Recital Series

13:15 - 14:00 3 March 2014
Nikolai Kapustin Concert Etude Op 40 No 8 Maurice Ravel Une barque sur l'océan from Miroirs Rachel Fok piano Giovanni Bottesini Grand Duo Concertante…

Fieri Consort

13:10 - 14:00 6 March 2014
The Fieri Consort explore inspirational sacred music by Renaissance composers Josquin des Prez and Jacobus Clemens. Fieri is fast becoming known for its fresh and vibrantly communicative…

The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence

19:30 - 21:30 7 March 2014
Psappha is Manchester’s pre-eminent new music ensemble specialising in the performance of music by living composers. www.psappha.com Mr Mahler, meet jazz. Camden Reeves Random…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 8 March 2014
Webern Im Sommerwind Wagner Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 (Soloist: Tom Hicks) MUMS Symphony Orchestra return to perform some of the most…

Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with Mark Billingham and Val McDermid

18:30 - 20:30 10 March 2014
Professor of Creative Writing Jeanette Winterson will be joined in conversation by crime novelists Mark Billingham and Val McDermid. Mark Billingham was born and brought up in Birmingham.…

RNCM Monday Recital Series

13:15 - 14:00 10 March 2014
Leigh Howard Stevens Rhythmic Caprice for marimba Compagnie Kahlua Ceci n’est pas une balle Delia Stevens percussion Chick Corea (arr Jackson) Children's Songs…

QUATUOR DANEL Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 13 March 2014
Haydn Seven Last Words, Op. 51 Haydn’s meditative orchestral work commissioned by Cádiz Cathedral, also known in a choral version, here in the composer’s beautiful transcription…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Masters of Composition

14:30 - 15:30 13 March 2014
A workshop of new string quartets by Masters students in composition at the University.

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