(ALC) Music

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Manchester University Baroque Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 12 December 2014
Students from the Manchester University Baroque Orchestra give a historically informed performance on the university’s reproduction instruments. This concert offers a unique and exciting…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 12 December 2014
Shostakovich Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101 Janá?ek Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Shostakovich Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92 A triptych of 20th-century masterworks:…

Fri 23-Sun 25 January 2015 .... Quatuor Danel Open House

23 - 25 January 2015
The University of Manchester and its internationally-renowned resident string quartet, Quatuor Danel, invite you to join in another fantastic musicmaking opportunity. Everyone is…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 23 January 2015
Onslow Quartet No. 28 Schumann Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3 Shostakovich Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68 A rare chance to hear one of the 34 quartets…

MUMS Opera: Acis and Galatea

19:30 - 22:00 29 January 2015
Manchester University Music Society start the New Year with two nights of Handel’s charming opera Acis and Galatea, telling the story of the half-divine Galatea, whose love for the…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series : Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

13:10 - 14:15 29 January 2015
Composed while a prisoner of war, Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is one of the most moving testaments ever written to the freedom and resilience of the human imagination. Through…

MUMS Opera: Acis and Galatea

19:30 - 22:00 31 January 2015
Manchester University Music Society start the New Year with two nights of Handel’s charming opera Acis and Galatea, telling the story of the half-divine Galatea, whose love for the…

MUMS Brass Band and Wind Ensembles

19:30 - 22:00 7 February 2015
MUMS Wind Ensembles showcase three new works, written by students Sophie Sully, Emma Wilde and James Keirle, followed by a dazzling performance from The University of Manchester Brass Band, a concert not to be missed!

Music Research Seminar: ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

16:15 - 18:00 12 February 2015
Speaker: Luca della Libera (Rome) ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Elizabeth Jordan: Clarinet works of John Adams and Steve Reich

13:10 - 14:00 12 February 2015
John Adams Gnarly Buttons Steve Reich New York Counterpoint John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons for clarinet and chamber ensemble, including banjo and keyboard samplers, uses American…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Psappha

13:10 19 February 2015
Krzysztof Penderecki String Trio Anton Webern String Trio Joshua Brown New work (world première) Benedict Holland violin Heather Wallington viola …

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 22:00 21 February 2015
Sibelius Tapiola Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Nielson Symphony No. 5 MUMS Symphony Orchestra Perform a set of powerful and emotive orchestral works…

Music Research Seminar: 'It is not the houses. It is the spaces in between the houses.'

16:15 - 18:00 26 February 2015
Speaker: Christopher Fox (Brunel) 'It is not the houses. It is the spaces in between the houses.' (James Fenton, 'A German Requiem') Some reflections on spaces for music and the spaces within music.

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Performing String Quartets (2)

14:30 - 15:00 26 February 2015
The Quatuor Danel and Professor David Fanning discuss issues in the performance of 20th-century string quartets

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 Hindemith Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 Two Quatuor Danel 20th-century specialities: proof that Shostakovich could be concise…

Manchester Universities String Society

13:10 - 14:00 27 February 2015
Manchester Universities String Society brings together some of the finest string players in Manchester to perform exciting works from the string orchestra repertoire on the back of their first semester success.

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert - PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONCERT TAKES PLACE AT MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE NEW MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL THEATRE

19:30 - 21:30 27 February 2015
Mendelssohn Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 Weinberg Quartet No. 16, Op. 130 Schubert Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’ Death and…

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