Music concert

MUMS Welcome Concert

17:00 - 19:00 2 October 2016
Join us for an evening of enchanting music as MUMS welcomes the First Year Chorus as they make their Manchester debut! The Symphony Orchestra will perform Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite…

Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 6 October 2016
Two quartets composed under fraught circumstances: Hanns Eisler’s tragic two-movement Quartet immediately reflects the tensions of pre-war fascism, while Beethoven’s masterful ‘Harp’…

Quatuor Danel

19:30 - 21:30 7 October 2016
Two third quartets, each 40 minutes long, but from different worlds: Camden Reeves’s virtuosic exploration of time and chaos, juxtaposed with Tchaikovsky’s sorrowful memorial for his…

Ensemble l'imaginaire

13:10 - 14:00 13 October 2016
Richard Barrett Portrait Concert A young ensemble based in France, committed to presenting audiences with strong musical experiences through their collaborations with composers. This…

The University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra

15:30 - 16:30 16 October 2016
Students from the Manchester University Baroque Orchestra give a historically informed performance of late-seventeenth-century English instrumental music, by Locke, Purcell and the…

Darragh Morgan (violin) Mary Dullea (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 20 October 2016
Leading new music soloists Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea perform Tom Coult’s Limp and Camden Reeves’s Gorgon’s Head which they recently broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Schumann’s Sonata…

MUMS Showcase Concert

13:10 - 14:00 21 October 2016
A rare opportunity to witness a variety of performers in Manchester’s Music society playing a variety of repertoire, demonstrating the breadth of taste within the department. There will be something for everyone!

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:15 22 October 2016
MUMS Symphony Orchestra returns for its second concert since September with a programme including Ligeti’s Atmospheres as well as Mahler’s Symphony No.1, also known as The Titan Symphony.…

MANTIS Festival

18:00 - 19:30 29 October 2016
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring special guest artist Junya Oikawa (Japan). Local and guest composers will present their…

MANTIS Festival

14:00 - 15:30 30 October 2016
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring special guest artist Junya Oikawa (Japan). Local and guest composers will present their…

Romanticism and Beyond

13:10 - 14:00 11 November 2016
An exciting new concert from Manchester’s Music society, focussing on the Romantic and 20th Century ‘Modern’ period. Come see performers tackle the most passionate and exhilarating…

MUMS Chamber Orchestra

19:30 - 21:15 12 November 2016
MUMS Chamber Orchestra returns for an evening of inspiring music, with soloists Libby Sherwood and Sarah Keirle performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante K364, along with Mozart’s Symphony…

Shakespeare Miscellany: ‘Music oft hath such a charm…’

13:10 - 14:00 17 November 2016
In the year that marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, pianist and scholar Michelle Assay presents a programme of music for voice, chorus and instruments, from diverse…

An Autumn Celebration! Music from Alla Petrichei and The Melia Duo

18:00 - 21:30 18 November 2016
We are very excited to welcome some of most well-received 'Rush House Series' performers back to St Peter's for a very special evening concert this autumn. There will be a vegetarian…

Sines and Squares Festival 2016

18:00 - 19:00 19 November 2016
A unique festival of concerts, presentations and other events celebrating and discussing the recent huge resurgence of interest in analogue and modular synthesizers. On 18-20 November,…

Sines and Squares Festival 2016

19:30 - 20:30 19 November 2016
A unique festival of concerts, presentations and other events celebrating and discussing the recent huge resurgence of interest in analogue and modular synthesizers. On 18-20 November,…

Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 24 November 2016
Two highly compressed quartets in a key ideally suited to dark, oppressive moods: Shostakovich’s cryptic seven-movement Eleventh precedes the most concentrated of Beethoven’s middle-period…

Quatuor Danel with Richard Whalley (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 25 November 2016
Philip Grange’s searing elegy for the victims of the Battle of the Somme (which ended on 18 November 1916) is framed by the sunniest of all string quartets and a lively yet autumnal…

The University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 25 November 2016
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B flat major, RV 548 Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto for Recorder in D Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9 A rare…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:15 26 November 2016
Gold award winning MUWO (National Concert Band Festival 2015) return to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall to perform a range of works from Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances to Arutiunian’s…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

15:00 - 17:00 27 November 2016
Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for the first concert in their new season, conducted by Tim Crooks and Christopher Orton. To book please visit http://ow.ly/AvXQ302QAxT or telephone…

Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)

19:30 - 21:15 1 December 2016
Manchester University Big Band returns with an exciting and energetic set, drawing on the rich history of big band repertoire from 1920s swing to experimental European jazz. Whether…

New Sounds from Manchester

13:10 - 14:00 2 December 2016
New Sounds from Manchester launches this year with new music by emerging composers and artist’s drawn from The University of Manchester’s Music department. Featuring Philip Grange’s…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 3 December 2016
The University of Manchester Chorus presents Verdi’s magnificent Messa De Requiem, which was first performed in 1874. The piece was composed in response to the death of Italian writer…

Christmas Carols by Salford Royal Choir

14:00 - 15:00 4 December 2016
In the beautiful and atmospheric surroundings of the Library’s grand Historic Reading Room, enjoy a medley of Christmas Carols by Salford Royal Choir. Take a break from Christmas…

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