Music concert

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Alexander Melnikov (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 2 October 2015
Mozart Adagio and Fugue K546 Beethoven Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 Weinberg Piano Qunitet, Op. 18 The Quatuor Danel's Friday series begins with…

MUMS Welcome Concert

17:00 - 19:00 4 October 2015
Programme to include: Berlioz Damnation of Faust Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra (with soloist Sebastian Marshall) Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - 'Duality' Robert Buckland (Saxophones) and Peter Lawson (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 8 October 2015
Robert Buckland and Peter Lawson celebrate 25 years performing together with the release of their highly acclaimed new CD: DUALITY, featuring music by Tim Garland, Barbara Thompson,…

Sunspots

19:30 - 20:30 9 October 2015
Sunspots is a poetic, musical, and visual journey from the birth of the Sun, through its long and eventful life, towards its ultimate death. Is the Sun a god, a man, a woman, or simply…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert- The Yiddish Folksong Project

13:10 - 14:00 15 October 2015
Soprano Juliana Yaffé, violinist Adam Summerhayes and pianist John Yaffé perform classical arrangements of Eastern European folksongs in the Yiddish language, restored from copies that…

NEW MUSIC- MANTIS Festival

18:00 - 19:30 17 October 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. In collaboration with Festival partner Metanast (Manchester), local and guest composers (featuring…

NEW MUSIC- MANTIS Festival

20:00 - 21:30 17 October 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. In collaboration with Festival partner Metanast (Manchester), local and guest composers (featuring…

NEW MUSIC -MANTIS Festival

14:00 - 15:30 18 October 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. In collaboration with Festival partner Metanast (Manchester), local and guest composers (featuring…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

13:10 - 14:00 22 October 2015
Recognised as one of Britain’s leading chamber music groups, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet is a dynamic and innovative ensemble known for its extraordinary precision in performance,…

Bird to Beast

20:00 - 22:00 23 October 2015
Armed with infectious songs full of love and wonder, Manchester based musical duo Bird to Beast are psych-folk duo spinning magic from the sounds of yesteryear to create something fresh…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert - First Year Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 23 October 2015
A great chance to sample the high standards of musical performance from Manchester University Music Society’s new crop of musicians, as students entertain with a selection of solo works.

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 24 October 2015
Korngold Violin Concerto (with Soloist Itamar Rashkovsky) Dvorak In Nature’s Realm Sibelius Symphony No. 5 MUMS Symphony Orchestra returns for its second concert, with Dvorak…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Rachel Brown

13:10 - 14:00 29 October 2015
One the world’s leading Baroque flautists and an authority on the history of her instrument(s), University of Manchester and RNCM alumna Rachel Brown presents a programme of iconic masterpieces on historical flutes.

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Solem Quartet

13:10 - 14:00 12 November 2015
Webern Langsamer Satz Beethoven Quartet in E flat, Op. 74, 'Harp'? University alumni and winners of the 2014 Royal Overseas League Competition, the Solem Quartet present one…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert- Piano Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 13 November 2015
An opportunity to hear some of Manchester University Music Society’s finest pianists performing in a concert containing a variety of works for solo piano.

MUMS Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

19:30 - 21:30 14 November 2015
McCabe Canyons Mozart Oboe Concerto (with Soloist Lizzy Humphries) Weber Peter Schmoll Overture Beethoven Symphony No. 7 MUMS Chamber Orchestra returns for an evening of inspiring…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 19 November 2015
Haydn Quartet in C, Op. 54, No. 2 Bartók Quartet No. 6 Haydn's Op. 54 quartets were composed for Johan Tost, violinist in the Esterházy court orchestra, and…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert - Manchester University Baroque Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 20 November 2015
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 20 November 2015
Beethoven Quartet in F, Op. 18, No. 1 Rihm Quartet No. 1 (1970) Mozart Quartet in C, K456 'Dissonance' Beethoven's effervescent quartet…

MUMS String Orchestra and Brass Band

19:30 - 21:30 21 November 2015
Finzi Prelude & Romance Grieg Melodies Holst Brook Green Suite MUMS String Orchestra and Brass Band showcase classic pieces of the repertoire including Finzi’s elegant…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert- Thomas Hicks (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 26 November 2015
Debussy Two Preludes (Book 1) Wuorinen Etude Liszt Sonata in B minor The University’s starriest pianist graduate of recent years presents one of the virtuoso monuments of the…

VAGANZA - Theatre Reimagined, Part 2

19:30 - 21:30 27 November 2015
Vaganza presents the UK première of Charlotte Bray's That Crazed Smile inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream, a classic work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle and premières by Music's student…

VAGANZA- Theatre Reimagined, Part 1

13:10 - 14:00 27 November 2015
A day of new music inspired by the theatre – both real and imagined – and its dramatic personae, Vaganza features memorable and challenging works by the Music Department's student composers…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:30 28 November 2015
Programme to include: Hess Stephenson’s Rocket Sparke Malvern Suite Barry Out of Africa Grundman Concertante for Alto Sax (with Soloist Isobel Williams) Join MUWO for an evening…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Tim Langston (tenor), Jonathan Fisher (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 3 December 2015
One of the University’s finest vocal graduates of recent years, tenor (also composer and director) Tim Langston presents a programme of songs by Bridge, Britten, Beethoven, Strauss and Quilter.

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