(ALC) Music

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Between East and West

13:00 24 - 15:30 27 January 2019
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic rediscovery of the music of Mieczys?aw Weinberg (1919–1996), the Polish-born composer who twice escaped from Nazi invasions and finally settled…

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…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Rob Hall and Chick Lyall (followed by a workshop)

13:10 - 14:00 14 February 2019
Rob Hall (saxes, clarinets, wind synth) Chick Lyall (piano, electronics) In a partnership spanning over a decade and five CDs, the improvisational synergy between composers Rob Hall…

MUMS Lunchtime Concerts: New Sounds

13:10 - 14:00 15 February 2019
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up. In this free public lunchtime concert,…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Nicholas Ashton, piano: Wasserklavier

13:10 - 14:00 21 February 2019
This programme explores the theme of water: The dark surface of a Venetian canal; grey clouds, distant thunder; snow-fall; footstep imprints on a frozen surface; rainfall; a glimpse…

MUMS Opera Project

19:00 - 21:00 22 February 2019
MUMS present a night of opera! Witness the World Stage Premier of Judith Weir’s ‘Armida’, a modern tale of love and war, alongside a chance to see Ravel’s magical, entrancing and enthralling…

MUMS Opera Project

19:00 - 21:00 23 February 2019
MUMS present a night of opera! Witness the World Stage Premier of Judith Weir’s ‘Armida’, a modern tale of love and war, alongside a chance to see Ravel’s magical, entrancing and enthralling…

Nigerian Gospel Singing Workshop with Evanthia Patsiaoura

14:30 - 16:00 28 February 2019
Led by Evanthia Patsiaoura, this workshop explores the rich music repertoires and performance aesthetics of contemporary Nigerian gospel culture. Join us in singing in different languages…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Daniel Hyunwoo Evans (Piano)

13:10 - 14:00 28 February 2019
Daniel Hyunwoo Evans will perform a solo recital in the WCLC series 2018-2019. Bristol-born to mixed Welsh and Korean parentage, Daniel has performed solo recitals and concertos throughout…

Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers

19:00 - 21:00 2 March 2019
The University of Manchester Chamber Choirs: Ad Solem and The Cosmo singers have an exciting year ahead. With concerts in venues across the UK such as York Minster, Manchester St Ann’s…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

18:00 - 19:30 2 March 2019
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of exciting new electroacoustic music, featuring the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion system for a truly unique and immersive…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

14:00 - 15:00 3 March 2019
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of exciting new electroacoustic music, featuring the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion system for a truly unique and immersive…

Northern Harmony Singing Workshop

14:30 - 16:00 7 March 2019
Join us for this lucky dip into Northern Harmony’s treasure trove of traditional songs from South Africa, Corsica, Georgia and elsewhere. An exploration and celebration of diverse singing…

MUMS Lunchtime Concerts: Musica Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 8 March 2019
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up. Musica Festival culminates their week…

The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 9 March 2019
The symphonic repertoire of the early-twentieth century is characterized by explicit depictions of the individual within the world surrounding it, evident in both Nielsen’s Helios Overture…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Trio Atem

13:10 - 14:00 14 March 2019
Pia Palme HER VERY NOISE, HER GUISE (2017) Matthew Sergeant The Velvet Rage (2017) Nina Whiteman Everything near becomes distant (2019; premiere) Trio Atem embarks on an adventure…

MUMS lunchtime Concerts: World Music

13:10 - 14:00 15 March 2019
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up. This world music showcase features a…

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

19:30 - 21:00 16 March 2019
MUWO and MUSO are back! Get your wands at the ready with John Williams. Be part of the Magic of Harry Potter and brace yourselves for a starlit journey through Orion with Julie Giroux.…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Shakespeare Miscellany II: 'Music oft hath such a charm...'

13:10 - 14:00 21 March 2019
Three years after the first Shakespeare Miscellany, pianist and scholar Michelle Assay, together with students and alumni of the University of Manchester, presents a programme of music…

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