Performances

Manchester University Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 10 March 2018
Progamme to Include : Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality Sibelius Violin Concerto Bax Tintagel Sibelius Tapiola Following on from their hugely successful performance of Shostakovich’s…

Literature Live: Patrisse Khan-Cullors in conversation about #BlackLivesMatter

19:00 - 20:30 13 March 2018
We are delighted to welcome Patrisse Khan-Cullors to Manchester to discuss her illuminating memoir, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. She will be in conversation…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Piano Recital by Tom Hicks

13:10 - 14:00 15 March 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B flat Major, Op. 84 Janácek In the Mists University of Manchester…

Manchester University Music Society - New Sounds from Manchester

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2018
A second concert of 2018 showcasing compositions from some of the many talented students studying at the University of Manchester. This concert will be the premiere for most of the…

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

19:30 - 21:00 17 March 2018
Programme to Include Emily Howard Prayer Eseld Pierce A Name Perpetual Libby Larsen grand rondo Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Faure Pelleas and Melisande Suite Mozart Ballet…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

15:30 - 17:00 18 March 2018
Ay Caray! Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for a programme of Latin-American music, featuring Tango, Bossa Nova, Danzón, Habanera, Malambo and more. Distinguished SYO alumni join as guest…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - The Michael Kahan Kapelye: Klezmer Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 22 March 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. The Music Department’s student klezmer ensemble – The Michael Kahan Kapelye – share their year of…

‘Ich bin ein Hamburger’: Music from Baroque Hamburg

13:10 - 14:00 23 March 2018
As one of the most vibrant cultural centres of the Baroque period, Hamburg was a hotbed of musical talent throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. From Handel’s first opera, Almira,…

Raisa Kabir: Build me a loom off your back and your stomach

18:30 - 21:00 12 April 2018
'Build me a loom off your back and your stomach' is a performance of durational dance, distance and diaspora. The artist Raisa Kabir weaves and dances, carrying the lengths of cloth-making…

SOLD OUT - Susie Orbach in conversation with Jeanette Winterson “In Therapy”

19:30 - 21:00 16 April 2018
Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. She is the founder of the Women's Therapy Centre of London, a former Guardian columnist and visiting professor…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - House of Light

13:10 - 14:00 19 April 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. Singing House of Light are: Helen Chadwick, Victoria Couper and Barbara Gellhorn Helen Chadwick…

Manchester University Music Society - Cosmo Singers and Ad Solem

19:30 - 21:00 20 April 2018
The University’s two leading chamber choirs tackle choral works old and new, which include Herbert Howells’ celestial Requiem, which remained unperformed for almost fifty years after…

Manchester University Music Society - World Music

13:10 - 14:00 20 April 2018
Expect music-making originating from anywhere around the globe in this world music concert! Students will have the opportunity a chance to perform music in exotic styles, as soloists…

Manchester University Music Society - Brass Band

19:30 - 21:00 21 April 2018
Recently returning from a tour of Edinburgh and competing at Unibrass, Brass Band will showcase a mixture of traditional repertoire and more modern compositions. Having won Unibrass…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Lovenotes

13:10 - 14:00 26 April 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. The Lovenotes are a close harmony, a capella group performing a mix of genres, from jazz and swing…

Literature Live: Jesmyn Ward

19:00 - 21:00 27 April 2018
Manchester Literature Festival are thrilled to present a rare UK event with acclaimed American author Jesmyn Ward. Based in Mississippi, Jesmyn is the author of the memoir Men We Reaped…

Manchester University Big Band

19:30 - 21:00 27 April 2018
With an eclectic set of fresh contemporary charts, Manchester University Big Band showcase new sounds from the States by Bob Mintzer and Darcy James Argue, whilst working with UK prog-rock/fusion…

Sunday Concerts: Septentrion Duo

15:00 - 16:00 29 April 2018
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,…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 29 April 2018
Soloists: Katie Bray David Butt Philip Marcus Farnsworth Elgar The Dream of Gerontius The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra are delighted to present Elgar’s…

The White Review

19:00 - 20:30 30 April 2018
The White Review’s editors Željka Maroševic and Francesca Wade introduce an evening of readings from recent contributors to the literary magazine described by Deborah Levy as ‘nothing…

Quatuor Danel Seminar

14:30 - 16:00 3 May 2018
The Quatuor Danel workshops new compositions by postgraduate students of the University.

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 3 May 2018
Miniatures by the youngest generation and by the father of the Quatuor Danel’s cellist Yovan Markovitch act as preludes to the heady aromas of Romanian folk-music in Enescu’s penultimate…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with David Fanning (piano)

19:30 - 21:00 4 May 2018
Two iconic chamber works by Shostakovich frame Gubaidulina’s heartwrenching homage to Bach’s Art of Fugue and the ephemeral fantasy of Britten’s last major work. Shostakovich Quartet…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Gamelan

13:10 - 14:00 10 May 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. Second-year Music students on the Ensemble Performance module demonstrate their newly acquired expertise…

Sunday Concerts: Rossini Project

15:00 - 16:00 13 May 2018
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,…

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