Performances

Alan Gillis and Tom Pickard

18:00 - 20:00 17 October 2014
Alan Gillis is from Belfast, and teaches at The University of Edinburgh. Previously shortlisted for the TS Eliot and the Irish Times/Poetry Now Prizes, Maria Johnston describes his…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Piano Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 17 October 2014
A handful of the finest piano players in the Manchester University Music Society come together to perform a selection of the finest piano music ever written, spanning a history from…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 17 October 2014
Borodin Quartet No. 2 in D Enescu Quartet No. 2 in G Shostakovich Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 Three glorious string quartets from Eastern Europe, from the tunefulness…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 18 October 2014
Mahler Symphony No. 4 Brahms Academic Festival Overture Bruckner Three Pieces for Orchestra MUMS Symphony Orchestra returns with an exciting programme. Brahms’ dazzling Academic…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Bach to the Future

13:10 - 14:00 23 October 2014
Fenella Humphreys (violin) Gordon Crosse New Work (2014) J.S. Bach Partita no. 3 in E major BWV 1006 Piers Hellawell New Work (2014) Cyril Scott Bumble-Bees Violinist Fenella…

House of Orphans and International Anthony Burgess Foundation present .... One Hand Clapping

19:00 - 21:00 30 October 2014
Written by Anthony Burgess Adapted for the stage and directed by Lucia Cox Janet doesn’t want their lives to change that much – she’s quite happy working at the supermarket, cooking…

House of Orphans and International Anthony Burgess Foundation present .... One Hand Clapping

19:00 - 21:00 31 October 2014
Written by Anthony Burgess Adapted for the stage and directed by Lucia Cox Janet doesn’t want their lives to change that much – she’s quite happy working at the supermarket, cooking…

The Curious Incident of the Gurkha Knife

13:30 - 15:30 1 November 2014
A mini drama of an epic story. Based on a true story of a Gurkha knife on display in a shop in Deansgate, Manchester in 1915 we journey to Holland, South Africa, Nepal and India celebrating…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Piano Recital by Eliza McCarthy

13:10 - 14:00 6 November 2014
Jonathan Harvey Tombeau de Messiaen George Crumb Processional Tansy Davies Loopholes and Lynchpins Luciano Berio 6 Encores Joe Cutler Buckley’s Hot Licks Eliza McCarthy, winner…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Opera Scenes and Wind Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 7 November 2014
Students from the Manchester University Music Society perform a selection of chamber works including Stravinsky's rarely performed 'Octet for Wind Instruments' and extracts from the…

MUMS Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

19:30 - 21:30 8 November 2014
Barber Mutations on Bach Rob Corrin New Work Mozart Serenade in E-flat, K375 Barber Violin Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’ Katie MacDonald plays Barber’s beautifully…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 13 November 2014
Tsung-Shien Yang Sonata for Violin and Piano Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11 Roslavets String Quartet No. 3 A sonata by Taiwan’s leading…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Cosmo Singers

13:10 - 14:00 14 November 2014
The Cosmo Singers conducted by Justin Doyle return to the Manchester University Music Society Concert Series to begin what will be their most ambitious season to date, continuing the…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 14 November 2014
Mosolov Quartet No. 1 Tsung-Shien Yang String Quartet (2012) Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22 A quartet by a controversial Soviet modernist (composer…

MUMS String and Brass Ensembles

19:30 - 21:30 15 November 2014
Elgar Serenade for Strings Ireland Downland Suite Vaughan-Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Callum Harrison New Work Emma Wilde New Work Dan Price Tranquil Seas…

Wonderstruck

15 - 16 November 2014
Sat 15 & Sun 16 Nov, performances begin at 11am and 1.30pm It’s not what you know, it’s what you do. Come and hear the sound of a hundred voices as choirs and performers from across…

Purgatory - University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 21:00 19 November 2014
written and directed by Rob Paterson As John stands in his office, about to die at the hands of an angry ex-colleague, he has the strange feeling that he’s done all this before. As…

Purgatory - University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 21:00 20 November 2014
written and directed by Rob Paterson As John stands in his office, about to die at the hands of an angry ex-colleague, he has the strange feeling that he’s done all this before. As…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Harry Cameron-Penny (clarinet) and Alissa Firsova (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 20 November 2014
Programme to include: music by Debussy, A. Firsova and Brahms Clarinetist Harry Cameron-Penny made his Purcell Room and Southbank Centre solo debut as a Park Lane Group Artist to…

Purgatory - University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 21:00 21 November 2014
written and directed by Rob Paterson As John stands in his office, about to die at the hands of an angry ex-colleague, he has the strange feeling that he’s done all this before. As…

VAGANZA - Landscapes, Ceremonies and Meditations: Music from Taiwan, Japan and Korea.

13:10 - 14:00 21 November 2014
Vaganza celebrates the unforgettable flavours of music from East Asia to celebrate Tawian’s leading contemporary composer Tsung-Hsien Yang’s visit to Manchester. programme includes:…

VAGANZA - Landscapes, Ceremonies and Meditations: Music from Taiwan, Japan and Korea.

19:30 - 21:30 21 November 2014
Vaganza celebrates the unforgettable flavours of music from East Asia to celebrate Tawian’s leading contemporary composer Tsung-Hsien Yang’s visit to Manchester. programme includes:…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:30 22 November 2014
Ticheli Sundance Holst Suite in F McNeff Flute Concerto Sibelius Finlandia Malone Buffalo Milhaud Suite Française MUWO open their concert season with an exciting programme of…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Richard Boothby (viola da gamba)

13:10 - 14:00 27 November 2014
Nicholas Hotman Suite in D minor Sieur de Machy Suite in G major Dubuisson Suite in A minor Jean de Sante-Colombe Suite in D minor Philippe Hersant Le Chemin de Jérusalem…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Chamber Works

13:10 - 14:00 28 November 2014
Come enjoy two of the finest chamber works ever written, Mozart’s Oboe Quartet in F and Rachmaninoff’s Trio élégiaque No. 1 performed by Manchester University Music Society’s resident…

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