Performances

Manchester University Music Society Public Lunchtime Concert - Jazz Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 20 October 2017
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up. The first public lunchtime concert of…

Nigella Lawson in conversation with Jeanette Winterson- Part of Manchester Literature Festival SOLD OUT

19:00 - 20:30 20 October 2017
PLEASE NOTE: This event is Sold Out 'Our lives are formed by memories, and the focus of mine is the food I’ve cooked and the people I’ve cooked for, the people who have sat at my table,…

Manchester University Music Society Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:15 21 October 2017
Symphony Orchestra returns with a performance of Shostakovich’s 10th symphony, under the baton of Mark Heron. There is also a pre-concert talk by David Fanning, whilst Stravinsky’s…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Guitar and Voice Duo

15:00 - 15:45 22 October 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,…

Gordon Crosse 80th Birthday Celebratory Concert

14:00 - 15:30 22 October 2017
A concert in celebration of composer Gordon Crosse, which will include new tribute pieces from Robin Holloway, John Joubert, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Elis Pehkonen, Rob Keeley and Peter…

Shami Chakrabarti – Of Women - Part of Manchester Literature Festival

15:00 - 16:30 22 October 2017
Britain’s leading human rights campaigner takes aim on the oldest and most pervasive injustice of all: gender inequality. Shami Chakrabarti was the Director of Liberty from 2003 to…

Part of Manchester Science Festival- Kyle D Evans - Born to Sum

19:30 - 21:00 23 October 2017
Join the maths muso and guitar-slinging geek himself, as he takes you on a comedic romp through pop music. Pointing out the maths ideas hiding in your favourite tunes, he’ll point out…

Il Bacio - A La Polonaise (Telemann’s love affair with Polish music)

13:10 - 14:00 26 October 2017
Il Bacio (the kiss) ... just as the name suggests Il Bacio aims to seduce its audience with a new and enticing approach to baroque music. Drawing on some of the finest players of their…

MANTIS Festival

18:00 - 19:30 28 October 2017
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring guest artist Jonty Harrison presenting a full concert of his work, as well as new works…

MANTIS Festival

20:00 - 21:30 28 October 2017
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring guest artist Jonty Harrison presenting a full concert of his work, as well as new works…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Harps: Shimeng Sun and Aaron Ma

15:00 - 15:45 29 October 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,…

MANTIS Festival

14:00 - 15:30 29 October 2017
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring guest artist Jonty Harrison presenting a full concert of his work, as well as new works…

Be / / Longing

31 October - 4 November 2017
To showcase the research of The University of Manchester’s Migration Lab and the University’s Global Inequalities Research Beacon, our researchers have teamed up with the acclaimed…

Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Jeanette Winterson - Currently Sold Out

19:30 - 21:00 31 October 2017
PLEASE NOTE: This event is Sold Out Fiercely intelligent, radical, sometimes despairing but always, ultimately, hopeful – in her coruscating essays and award-winning books, the voice…

Music in the Museum

10:00 - 16:00 3 November 2017
Experience the museum accompanied by a South Asian sound track. Live performance will animate our spaces. Free, all ages, no need to book, just drop in

The University of Manchester Chorus Martin’s Mass and More

18:00 - 20:00 4 November 2017
The University of Manchester’s Cosmo Singers kick off their 2017/18 programme in Holy Name Church. Programme to include Palestrina, Thomas Tallis, Jonathan Harvey and Frank Martin’s…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Bell Brass Quintet

15:00 - 15:45 5 November 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,…

Schumann’s Dichterliebe: Timothy Langston (tenor) Somi Kim (Piano)

13:10 - 14:00 9 November 2017
University of Manchester alumnus Timothy Langston, tenor and Somi Kim, piano will be presenting Schumann’s fantastic song cycle Dichterliebe alongside lesser known songs by Lennox Berkeley,…

Manchester University Music Society Brass and Percussion Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 10 November 2017
An insightful snapshot of the vibrant and energetic performances that the society’s brass and percussion players have to offer. Having won unibrass twice over the past three years,…

Music in the Museum

10:00 - 17:00 10 November 2017
Experience the museum accompanied by a South Asian sound track. Live performance will animate our spaces. Free, all ages, no need to book, just drop in

Manchester University Music Society Chamber Orchestra

19:30 - 21:15 11 November 2017
Chamber Orchestra returns for an exciting evening of music. Professor Barry Cooper gives a pre-concert talk on Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, before it is performed. This concert also features…

MANTIS - Part of the New Music North West Festival 2017

17:00 - 18:00 13 November 2017
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a concert of new electroacoustic works by composers based in Manchester. Experience new sound worlds, music and technologies combined together…

University of Manchester Drama Society: 'Holes' by Tom Basden

19:00 - 20:30 15 November 2017
Three conference organisers and a teenage girl are the sole survivors of a fatal plane crash on a remote tropical island. Stranded, the four survivors wait. Surely someone will find…

Ad Solem - Part of the New Music North West Festival

18:00 - 19:00 16 November 2017
The University of Manchester’s chamber choir Ad Solem start their 2017/18 programme in the New Music North West Festival, featuring compositions by Dufay, Turnage and Reeves. Price…

Ebonit Saxophone Quartet - Part of the New Music North West Festival 2017

13:10 - 14:00 16 November 2017
Richard Whalley, Kevin Malone and the Ebonit Saxophone Quartet explore the possibilities of their instruments and create new tools of expression. Together, they've forged unheard colours…

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