Music concert

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

19:30 - 20:45 22 March 2024
Weinberg Improvisation and Romance Weinberg Quartet No. 7 in C, Op. 59 Weinberg Quartet No. 8 in C, Op. 66 Weinberg Quartet No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 80 The Danels were the…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 13:55 22 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 27 Weinberg Quartet No. 6 in E minor, Op. 35 The five-movement Fifth Quartet and the six-movement Sixth are products of the extraordinary flowering…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 14:45 23 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 10 in A minor, Op. 85 Weinberg Quartet No. 11 in F, Op. 89 Weinberg Quartet No. 12, Op. 103 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

19:30 - 21:00 23 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 13, Op. 118 Weinberg Quartet No. 14, Op. 122 Weinberg Quartet No. 15, Op. 124 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of Mieczys?aw Weinberg,…

Friends of the Whitworth Sunday Concerts

15:00 24 March 2024
Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in our South Gallery, overlooking Whitworth Park. Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 14:00 24 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 16 in A flat minor, Op. 130 Weinberg Quartet No. 17 in D, Op. 146 Weinberg’s quartet cycle comes to a conclusion with two highly contrasted works: No. 16 is…

MUMS Public Lunchtime Concert: Quartet for the End of Time

13:10 - 14:00 8 April 2024
‘In the days when the seventh angel is ready to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God will be completed’ (Revelation 10:7) Composed in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War…

MUMS Session Orchestra Concert

19:00 - 20:10 18 April 2024
MUMS Session Orchestra presents an evening of classical hits! Featuring medleys from The Lion King and La La Land, as well as popular classics by Gershwin and Shostakovich Instagram:…

WCLC: Songs of Sustainability

13:10 - 13:55 18 April 2024
A concert of songs concerned with the environment and sustainability, born from a collaboration between poet John McAuliffe and composer Richard Whalley. The Thursday lunchtime concerts…

Just One Cornetto: Late Baroque Music from Northern Europe

13:10 - 13:55 19 April 2024
Experience voices and instruments from 18th-century northern Europe, including Bach, Telemann and Johann Daniel Berlin with the university’s Baroque orchestra, including the rarely heard cornetto.

WCLC: Aria Vocal Trio Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 13:55 25 April 2024
Mariya Angelova Vocal Trio from Bulgaria presents songs from their debut album with traditional Bulgarian songs. Singers Mariya Angelova, Asya Pincheva and Vanya Dimitrova perform acapella…

WCLC: Trio Atem presents Atem x Atem

13:10 - 13:55 2 May 2024
Trio Atem return to Manchester with Atem x Atem: a programme of new pieces composed by the Trio themselves. Includes the premiere of the final work in Nina Whiteman's Cybird Trilogy…

(Re)discovering the music of Mozart and Luiz Costa (Artur Pereira - piano)

13:10 - 13:55 9 May 2024
Due to unforeseen circumstances, there has been a change of programme for the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert on Thursday 9 May. We regret that Antonia Sotgiu will no longer be performing,…

Gamelan Music from West Java

13:10 - 13:55 10 May 2024
Experience the vibrant gamelan music from West Java, Indonesia. Our concert features instruments performing a variety of classical and contemporary pieces.

Friends of the Whitworth Sunday Concerts

15:00 12 May 2024
Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in our South Gallery, overlooking Whitworth Park. Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts…

Estival Ensembles Concert

14:00 - 16:00 12 June 2024
Starring String Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Brass Band, MUMS Ensembles end a great year of music-making with a great concert!

Estival Orchestra Concert

18:00 - 19:10 12 June 2024
MUMS celebrate a great year of music-making and the end of exams with a diverse concert. Alongside Bizet’s Carmen Suites, the orchestra play a student composition and accompany songs…

Estival Grade One-athon

15:00 - 16:00 14 June 2024
UoM students learn a completely new instrument and fundraise for the Olympias Music Foundation. The performance is chaotic fun and also consists of a solo competition on the new instrument.…

Friends of the Whitworth Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 15:45 23 June 2024
Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in our South Gallery, overlooking Whitworth Park. Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts…

The National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain: 20th Anniversary Concert, Guest Conductor Lynda Nicholson, Guest Soloist Daniel Marsh (Tenor Horn).

14:00 - 16:00 2 August 2024
This special concert celebrates 20 years of the National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain. Leading the band will be Guest Conductor Lynda Nicholson, herself an alumna of NYBBGB…

The Whitworth

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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