Music concert

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…

Manchester University Music Society Concerto Concert – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 7 June 2017
Programme to include: Higdon Percussion Concerto Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor This evening showcases the striking contrast between the much-loved, romantic Violin Concerto…

Summer Proms Extravaganza Relaxed Performance

11:00 - 12:00 7 June 2017
Join us for a spectacular summer proms concert for everyone to enjoy. From classical favourites to a selection of well-known contemporary songs, come along, sing-along and enjoy! …

Ad Solem and Cosmo Singers Lunchtime Concert – Estival 2017

13:10 - 14:00 8 June 2017
Summer is Icumen in! Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers come together in concert to bring you choral works by Finzi, Ireland, Delius, Ligeti, Barber, MacMillan and more!

Manchester University Wind Orchestra and Manchester University Brass Band – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 8 June 2017
Programme to Include: Bernstein, arr. Duthoit West Side Story Selection John & Zimmer, arr. Custer The Lion King Tchaikovsky, arr. Godfrey 1812 Overture Simon Dobson Torsion…

Manchester University Music Society Grade-1-athon – Estival 2017

13:10 - 14:00 9 June 2017
Beloved tunes, 50 students, all grade 1 standard - how much better can one concert be? Join us for the ever-popular Manchester University Music Society Grade1athon orchestra, in which…

Manchester University Music Society Symphony Orchestra – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 9 June 2017
Manchester University Music Society Symphony Orchestra returns with an exhilarating programme from Middle Eastern folk tales. Featuring Nielsen’s inventive Aladdin Suite and Rimsky-Korsakov’s…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Carnelian Saxophone Quartet

15:00 - 15:45 18 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…

Tabley House Presents The Alteri Chamber Choir

19:00 27 June 2017
The Alteri Chamber Choir return to Tabley once more with a delightful programme for an enchanting summer’s evening. The theme of their concert is ‘Flowers’ and they have selected…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Tula Flutes

15:00 - 15:45 2 July 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…

Highbrow/Lowbrow: From Chopin to Fado to Songs of Jewish Thieves and Prostitutes

19:00 - 21:00 13 July 2017
Chopin, fado and songs of the Jewish underworld: music of migrants, vagabonds, prostitutes and criminals will shape this evening summer concert. It will be a musical exploration of…

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