Music concert

Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 9 March 2017
Though numbered third, Beethoven’s D major quartet was in fact the first he had composed. Its arch-shaped opening bars in turn form the basis for the tribute by Japanese composer Karen…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Sarah Leonard (soprano)

19:30 - 21:30 10 March 2017
Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Sarah Leonard (soprano) Three innovatory quartet masterpieces: Debussy’s 1893 Quartet brushes the cobwebs off this apparently most traditional of…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 11 March 2017
Programme to include: Britten Russian Funeral Holst Hammersmith Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges Tippett Little Music for Strings Britten Cello Symphony MUMS Symphony Orchestra…

Trio Atem: Labyrinths and Mazes

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2017
For their 10th anniversary concert, Trio Atem return with a programme of new works by: Nina Whiteman- House of Mazes, Gavin Osborn - as curve beyond points to see, Rob Corrin - Hardy's…

Ad Solem

19:30 - 21:00 17 March 2017
MUMS’ elite chamber choir returns to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall to present 'Sacred and Profane'. This concert features a mixture of sacred and secular pieces and will include…

Ensemble Extravaganza

13:10 - 14:00 17 March 2017
From duos to quartets this concert focuses on the diverse and exciting range of student ensembles within the music department. Come and see our performers tackle some of the most gripping…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra and String Orchestra (MUWO and MUSO)

19:30 - 21:00 18 March 2017
MUWO and MUSO return to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall to perform a range of works from Arensky’s Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky to Ellerby’s Clarinet Concerto, featuring soloist…

The Michael Kahan Kapelye

13:10 - 14:00 23 March 2017
The latest generation of musicians in the Music department's student klezmer ensemble - The Michael Kahan Kapelye - perform their own arrangements of a diverse programme of pieces originating…

Storm in a Teacup: Tempestuous Music by Baroque Composers

13:10 - 14:00 24 March 2017
A tempestuous programme of music depicting stormy weather, by Matthew Locke and Jean-Philippe Rameau, contrasted with Georg Philipp Telemann’s rather calmer ‘Water’ Overture – also…

The University of Manchester Chorus, Symphony Orchestra and The Cosmo Singers

19:30 - 21:00 25 March 2017
The University of Manchester Chorus presents Dvorák’s magnificent Mass in D major under the hand of their wonderful, new conductor Robert Guy. The Cosmo Singers present Duruflé’s beautiful…

Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)

19:30 - 21:00 30 March 2017
The Manchester University Big Band is an ensemble that plays an eclectic mix of modern jazz to a consistently high standard. They perform three times a year, including a vocal showcase…

Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 30 March 2017
The most adventurous of Beethoven’s early quartets is famous for its finale introduction, entitled ‘La Malinconia’; what better pairing, then, than Guillaume Lekeu’s 1887 quartet movement…

New Sounds from Manchester

13:10 - 14:00 31 March 2017
New Sounds from Manchester was set up this year, performing new music by emerging composers and artists drawn from The University of Manchester’s Music Department. Featuring Professor…

Quatuor Danel with David Fanning (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 31 March 2017
The first of Beethoven’s three mid-period quartets for the Russian ambassador in Vienna, with a Russian folk-theme ingeniously worked into the finale; and the mightiest of Russian piano…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Prima Wind Quintet

15:00 - 15:45 2 April 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

"Wandering.." Ian Buckle, piano

13:10 - 14:00 27 April 2017
Ian Buckle's programme explores the notion of Wandering: Debussy's Estampes and Scelsi's Un Adieu are presented alongside English Impressionism from Roger Quilter's In a Gondola and…

Vonnegut Collective

13:10 - 14:00 28 April 2017
This year MUMS is privileged to have the Vonnegut Collective perform works from various postgraduate composition students from The University of Manchester. The Vonnegut Collective…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Alla Petrichei

15:00 - 15:45 30 April 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

Robin Ireland (viola) and Krysia Osostowicz (violin)

13:10 - 14:00 4 May 2017
Robin Ireland and Krysia Osostowicz perform two of the best loved Duos for violin and viola, and a selection of Bartok's wonderful Duos for two violins. Robin Ireland is the former…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Manchester University String Society

15:00 - 15:45 7 May 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from around Manchester perform in the New Arrivals…

Gamelan Degung with special guest Soufian Saihi

13:10 - 14:00 11 May 2017
Second-year music students from The University of Manchester's 'Ensemble Performance' module take to the stage to demonstrate their newly acquired expertise in Sundanese Gamelan Degung…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Aurea String Quartet

15:00 - 15:45 28 May 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. Performances are held at 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons in the New Arrivals exhibition gallery,…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Zerbina Duo

15:00 - 15:45 4 June 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

ESTIVAL 2017

6 - 9 June 2017
Join Manchester University Music Society in their unique equivalent to the 'Proms'! MUMS celebrate the end of the academic year by packing nine concerts into four days in an unmissable…

Manchester University Music Society Music & Drama Mashup Showcase – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 6 June 2017
This year the Mashup is back, bigger and better than ever before! With music and drama students coming together to create musical scenes and pantomime dreams, June 6th's evening concert…

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