Performances

Sunday Concerts: Yanan Xu and Phoebe Kam

15:00 - 16:00 18 November 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 South Gallery, overlooking…

Poets in the Cities: Rita Ann Higgins, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

19:00 - 21:00 19 November 2018
Rita Ann Higgins has published eleven books of poetry, including Tongulish (2016), Ireland Is Changing Mother (2011) and Throw in the Vowels: New & Selected Poems (2005), all from Bloodaxe,…

16th Annual Rylands Poetry Reading with Marilyn Hacker

18:00 - 19:30 22 November 2018
Marilyn Hacker is the author of thirteen books of poems, including A Stranger’s Mirror (Norton, 2015), Names (Norton, 2010), and Essays on Departure (Carcanet, 2006), the…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts: Rosalind Dobson (Soprano) and Michelle Assay (Piano) perform the songs of Shostakovich and Weinberg

13:10 - 14:00 22 November 2018
Songs from the height of the USSR by Weinberg, and one of his main influences, Shostakovich. Shostakovich Satires, Op. 109 Weinberg Old Letters after J. Tuwim Op. 77 Price: FREE

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:00 24 November 2018
Programme to Include: Kevin Malone Godzilla Manchester University Wind Orchestra returns with an action-packed night of fantastic music, featuring Rohan Iyer on solo Tuba! Experience…

MACFEST 2018 Finale: Musical Extravaganza

14:00 - 16:30 25 November 2018
As MACFEST 2018 comes to a close, join us for a musical extravaganza and performance with artists from different Muslim countries. Artists: Gulcin Bulut, Masoud Ghasemi & Farshid Mahyari,…

Literature Live: Joe Dunthorne and Luke Kennard

19:30 - 20:30 26 November 2018
Joe Dunthorne’s first novel, Submarine, was translated into sixteen languages and adapted for film by Richard Ayoade. His second, Wild Abandon, won the 2012 Encore Award. The Adulterants,…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts: Kevin Malone 60th Birthday Concert

13:10 - 14:00 29 November 2018
Kevin Malone celebrates his 60th birthday and 19 years at The University of Manchester’s Music Department throughout the concert season, with this concert featuring one of his earliest…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 2 December 2018
After a sterling succession of concerts, The University of Manchester Chorus returns with Brahms’s A German Requiem, accompanied by The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra and…

Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)

19:30 - 21:00 6 December 2018
The Manchester University Big Band take the stage for their first concert this year, pushing the ensembles capabilities and featuring soloists from all areas of the band. Expect new…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts: Quatuor Danel with Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 6 December 2018
This Lunchtime Concert includes the performance of a piece by the university’s Professor emeritus, John Casken, derived from his opera-in-progress Sylvie and the Songman, precedes the…

Baroque Orchestra The Majesty of Versailles: Court and Theatre Music from Baroque France

13:10 - 14:00 7 December 2018
The University’s period-instrument Baroque ensemble undertakes an exploration of the rich and varied repertory of late seventeenth-century France including special music for Christmas…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:00 7 December 2018
Schubert’s profound masterpiece, with its variations on his song ‘Death and the Maiden’ at its core, is preceded by the Variations on a Russian Folk Song, co-authored by ten composers…

World War One Centenary Performance: 'Between the Lines'

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2018
This outdoor, site-responsive performance in the University’s Old Quadrangle explores the impact of World War I on the University community. The performance is one of a number of…

Manchester University String Orchestra & University of Manchester Brass Band (MUSO)

19:30 - 21:00 8 December 2018
MUSO will contrast pieces of core string repertoire by British Composer’s Gerald Finzi and Benjamin Britten, then Brass Band will present an exciting range of music that will showcase…

Festive songs at The John Rylands Library

12:00 - 12:45 9 December 2018
Please note this event is now sold out, there is a waiting list in place. Bringing joy and Christmas cheer to Library this year. We welcome Quarternotes, a local community choir who…

Sunday Concerts: Bossa Nova Quartet

15:00 - 16:00 9 December 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 South Gallery, overlooking…

The Caroline Chisholm Reading: Ross Raisin

18:30 - 20:00 10 December 2018
This event honours the memory of writer Caroline Chisholm (MA Creative Writing, 2013), who was a valued member of the CNW community. Ross Raisin is the author of three novels: A…

Manchester University Music Society: Festive Concert

19:30 - 21:00 13 December 2018
Ad Solem take on a broad range of festive repertoire, extending from Bach to Anderson, to end the musical year on a jubilant festive note. The first part of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts: Flickering Presences - New Works for Flute and Video

13:10 - 14:00 13 December 2018
Gavin Osborn (flute) Flickering presences: a concert of specially commissioned extraordinary pieces for flute and video, with the projected image also forming the score for the flautist…

Festive Sing Along Relaxed Performance

13:10 - 14:00 14 December 2018
Get yourself in the festive spirit with a free and extremely relaxed event full of carols and festive participation, with an informal atmosphere unlike a traditional concert. Manchester…

Join the Christmas festivities at this year's carol concert

13:00 - 14:00 20 December 2018
A festive way to wrap up the year, join the St Peter’s House team as we lead the annual carol concert in the beautiful surroundings of Whitworth Hall. This year’s collection will…

An Evening of Sufi Music & Culture with Ali Sethi

19:00 - 23:00 15 January 2019
Tickets on sale now via bit.ly/alisethimcr Join us for a spectacular evening of Sufi music and culture with Pakistani superstar Ali Sethi, featuring his mentor Harvard Professor Ali…

Sunday Concerts: RNCM A Cappella

15:00 - 16:00 20 January 2019
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…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (part of the Weinberg Cycle)

13:10 - 14:00 24 January 2019
Weinberg was a young virtuoso pianist, self-taught as a composer, when he composed his first expressive and energetic first string quartet in 1937. Its serenade-like successor followed…

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