Martin Harris Centre, The John Rylands Library

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…

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 16 December 2018
Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general public. You’re welcome to bring…

Little Women Workshop

14:00 - 16:00 17 December 2018
Make your own iconic puppet in this creative family workshop. Once you have made your puppet take a picture of it in our mini theatre and share it with us on social media! Free. Family…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 18 December 2018
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you. Join us as we take a look behind the scenes at The John Rylands Library. Free, booking required.

Peacock Feathers and Pearls; Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:30 20 December 2018
Learn more about Annie Horniman and Manchester’s first repertory theatre. Watch our experts print you a copy of an original programme from the time. Free. No need to book, just turn up.

Toddler Tales

11:00 - 11:45 3 January 2019
Find a cosy corner, pull up a cushion and listen to fun stories. Join in playtime, creating a story world of your own. Free, no need to book, just drop in. Family friendly, children 5 yrs and under.

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 8 January 2019
This event is now SOLD OUT. Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you. Join us as we take a look behind the scenes at The…

Exploring Lost Property

11:00 - 16:00 17 January 2019
Are you a serial loser of keys? Always leave your umbrella on the train? Perhaps you’ve never forgotten a sentimental item you once lost? Researcher Dr Helen Holmes from the University…

Peacock Feathers and Pearls; Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:30 17 January 2019
Learn more about Annie Horniman and Manchester’s first repertory theatre. Watch our experts print you a copy of an original programme from the time. Free. No need to book, just turn up.

An introduction to the Women Who Shaped Manchester

10:30 - 11:00 19 January 2019
This event is now SOLD OUT. Hear the stories of some of the women who shaped a changing Manchester in the early 1900s. Our curator will tell you all about the inspiring legacies they…

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 20 January 2019
Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general public. You’re welcome to bring…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 22 January 2019
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you. Join us as we take a look behind the scenes at The John Rylands Library. Free, booking required.

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert - Weinberg Cycle

19:30 - 21:00 24 January 2019
Settled in Moscow from September 1943, Weinberg embarked on an extraordinary series of chamber-music masterpieces, gradually finding his voice in his increasingly ambitious third, fourth…

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…

Weinberg Conference

10:00 24 - 16:30 27 January 2019
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic rediscovery of the music of Mieczys?aw Weinberg (1919–1996), the Polish-born composer the Polish-born composer who twice escaped from Nazi invasions…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert - Weinberg Cycle

19:30 - 21:00 25 January 2019
Following a gap between 1946 and 1957, Weinberg resumed his quartet cycle with a more restrained lyrical voice, heard at its most touchingly individual in the Eighth Quartet. The surrounding…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (part of the Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 14:00 25 January 2019
The six-movement Sixth Quartet marks the summit of Weinberg’s first flowering as a chamber-music composer. Appearing in 1946, it was blacklisted two years later in the Anti-formalist…

Quatuor Danel Teatime Concert (part of the Weinberg cycle)

16:30 - 17:30 25 January 2019
Weinberg Old Letters, Eight Romances to words by Julian Tuwim, Op. 77 Shostakovich ‘Music’ from Seven Romances to Words by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 Weinberg ‘Dedication’, from…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert - Weinberg Cycle

19:30 - 21:00 26 January 2019
Three quartets composed in quick succession between 1977 and 1979 inaugurate the third phase of Weinberg’s quartet output, in which continued experimentation takes him through the quizzical…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (part of the Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 14:00 26 January 2019
Between 1965 and 1970 Weinberg approached a second apex of his string quartet output, working through the increasingly adventurous tenth and eleventh and culminating in the notably…

Quatuor Danel Teatime Concert (part of the Weinberg cycle)

16:30 - 17:30 26 January 2019
Weinberg Sonata for Double Bass Solo, Op. 108 Weinberg Sonata No. 6 for Piano, Op. 73 Two of Weinberg’s most striking solo sonatas, featuring the Hallé Orchestra’s star principal…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (part of the Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 14:00 27 January 2019
A quartet dedicated to the memory of Weinberg’s sister, who perished at the hands of the Nazis, followed by a farewell to the genre that leads towards the light. And to finish, the…

LITERATURE LIVE: Michael Hofmann and Igor Klikovac

18:30 - 21:00 28 January 2019
Michael Hofmann was born in Germany, grew up in England, and teaches at the University of Florida. Ingenious and brilliantly entertaining, One Lark, One Horse (2018), his fifth collection,…

The Birth of Medical Midwifery: Collection Encounter

14:00 - 15:00 31 January 2019
Delve into our amazing 17th to 19th Century Midwifery archive; be amazed at the detailed drawings and accounts from the time. Free, no need to book. Suitable for children 12 yrs and above.

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: David Francis (harpsichord)

13:10 - 14:00 31 January 2019
L. Couperin Prelude à l’imitation de Mr. Froberger Rameau Suite in D minor F Couperin 18th Ordre Balbastre La Suzanne The improvisatory prelude exemplified by Louis Couperin…

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