(ALC) Music

Danels evening concert

19:30 - 21:30 10 February 2023
Kevin Malone, The Housatonic Near Sandy Hook (Premiere of String Quartet Version) Kris Defoort, String Quartet No.1 (2004) Felix Mendelssohn, Octet in E-Flat Major, Op.20 A…

MUMS Opera: Mrs President by Victoria Bond

19:00 - 21:00 17 February 2023
Join MUMS Opera for their performance of Victoria Bond’s Mrs. President, an opera detailing the life of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States…

MUMS Opera: Mrs President by Victoria Bond

19:00 - 21:00 18 February 2023
Join MUMS Opera for their performance of Victoria Bond’s Mrs. President, an opera detailing the life of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States…

WCLC - with Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 23 February 2023
Rebecca Clarke, Lullaby and Grotesque, for Viola and Cello Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus, for Viola and Piano Fanny Mendelssohn, String Quartet in E-Flat Major Two duos by British-American…

WCLC – Chineke Chamber Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 2 March 2023
The Chineke! Foundation was created by Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE in 2015 to provide outstanding career opportunities to established and up-and-coming Black and ethnically diverse classical…

MANTIS Spring Festival

18:00 - 19:30 4 March 2023
Please note the change of programme: The March MANTIS Festival features guest artist Mark Pilkington. Dr Mark Iain Pilkington is a composer and performer of electroacoustic music. His…

MANTIS Spring Festival

20:00 - 21:30 4 March 2023
Please note the change of programme: The March MANTIS Festival features guest artist Mark Pilkington. Dr Mark Iain Pilkington is a composer and performer of electroacoustic music. His…

MANTIS Spring Festival

14:00 - 15:30 5 March 2023
Please note the change of programme: The March MANTIS Festival features guest artist Mark Pilkington. Dr Mark Iain Pilkington is a composer and performer of electroacoustic music. His…

UPDATED LOCATION: WCLC - Danels

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2023
As a result of ongoing structural problems adjacent to the Martin Harris Centre, tomorrow's Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert with the Quatuor Danel and Richard Whalley will now take…

VENUE UPDATE: Danels Evening concert with David Fanning and Michelle Assay

19:30 - 21:30 17 March 2023
Due to ongoing structural issues adjacent to the Martin Harris Centre the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall is closed. This concert will now go ahead with a change of venue. The concert…

University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 20:30 18 March 2023
An opportunity to hear Bernstein’s iconic Chichester Psalms in the exciting original scoring for full orchestra, together with a selection of choral and orchestral works, including…

WCLC: Stephen Altoft

13:10 - 14:00 23 March 2023
'The Microtonal Trumpet'- 19 tones per octave instead of 12 A fascinating programme of works for 19- division trumpet and electronics by Richard Whalley, Donald Bousted, Stephen Altoft,…

Mykaell Riley and Linda Brogan In Conversation with David Olusoga

18:00 - 19:00 4 May 2023
Join us at The Whitworth for this public talk, chaired by David Olusoga, Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. The talk provides a space to reflect on the historical…

Music and Sonic Art: Seeing Sound, Hearing Sight (MuSA 2023)

28 October 2023
We are delighted to announce the twelfth international conference on Music and Sonic Art: Seeing Sound, Hearing Sight (MuSA 2023), an interdisciplinary event supported by the Royal…

Faithful to the Salt: Mayalee Dancing Girl vs. the East India Company

16:30 - 18:00 29 February 2024
In 1818, the East India Company signed a treaty with the princely states of Jaipur and Jodhpur, offering British political and military protection in exchange for heavy cash tribute.…

WCLC: The Quatuor Danel with Richard Whalley (piano) - Bruckner 200 years Special

13:10 - 13:55 26 September 2024
Part of the Bruckner 200 years celebration, Richard Whalley joins the strings for a piano quartet by disciple of Bruckner, Gustav Mahler. Succeeded by Beethoven’s quartet in C minor,…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert: Bruckner 200 years Special

19:30 - 21:30 27 September 2024
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) Six Scherzi for String Quartet, WAB 209 (1862) Theme and variations in E-flat major, WAB 210 (1862) String Quartet in C minor, WAB 111 (1862) Rondo in…

Welcome Concert: Manchester University Music Society and Chorus

13:10 - 14:00 30 September 2024
Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) host this special performance to welcome a new cohort of students to Manchester. In partnership with Chorus and Symphony, the concert signals…

WCLC: The Lucky Dog Picturehouse – silent movie screening with live musical accompaniment

13:10 - 13:55 3 October 2024
Experience silent comedies from over 100 years ago with era-authentic scores, performed live by the musicians of The Lucky Dog Picturehouse. Presented by Music, Drama & Film departments.…

Lunchtime concert: Manchester University Music Society’s Piano Showcase

13:10 - 13:55 4 October 2024
Manchester University Music Society’s Piano Showcase is the first weekly lunchtime concert of the academic year! Come along to see your friends and peers play piano music by Bach, Liszt, Faure, and more!

WCLC: A Curious Mind: Ensemble Augelletti (New Generation Baroque Ensemble)

13:10 - 13:55 10 October 2024
Ensemble Augelletti tell the unique story of 18th-century Yorkshireman Edward Finch and perform music by Purcell, Handel and Corelli which Finch played with his friends. The Thursday…

WCLC: Tom Ollendorff, Will Vinson, David Ingamells and Viktor Nyberg (Jazz Quartet)

13:10 - 13:55 17 October 2024
Guitarist Tom Ollendorff embarks on a European tour with this Quartet this October featuring the highly regarded saxophonist, Will Vinson. The tour is celebrating the release of Tom's…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert

19:00 - 21:00 19 October 2024
MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert with Nielsen's 4th Symphony, the premiere of Adnan Marafi's Al Hud-hud and Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No.1

WCLC: Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 13:55 24 October 2024
Quatuor Danel perform the Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 13 Rosamunde (1824) Followed at 2.30pm by Inside Chamber Music with Anne Hyland: a public masterclass hosted by Senior…

MANTIS 20th Anniversary Festival

26 - 27 October 2024
MANTIS Festival – 20 year anniversary celebration, 26–27 October 2024. MANTIS welcomes back many of its 100+ postgraduate student alumni to perform their electroacoustic music and mark…

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