Performances

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13:10 - 13:50 29 October 2026
Renowned harpsichordist Yonit Kosovske, viola da gamba virtuoso Lucia Capellaro and boundary-exploring pianist Xenia Pestova Bennett join forces in music for contemporary and historical…

MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 1)

18:00 - 19:00 31 October 2026
Join us this Fall for the MANTIS Festival, featuring electroacoustic works and a programme by special guest composer and guitarist Marc Estibeiro, whose innovative work explores the…

MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 2)

19:30 - 21:00 31 October 2026
Join us this fall for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester

MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 3)

14:00 - 15:30 1 November 2026
Join us this Fall for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester.

'The Covenant’ World Premiere - part of?Ghost of the AI Empire, an immersive science-fiction opera trilogy

19:00 - 21:00 6 November 2026
Set in 2100 A.D., amid AI arms race between UK’s Commonwealth AI and Japan’s Shogun AI, The Covenant follows disgraced British CEO Jacob Dreadmore. Exiled after breaking environmental…

WCLC: A recital for Philip Grange’s seventieth birthday

13:10 - 13:50 12 November 2026
A recital of songs for bass voice composed by students and colleagues of Philip Grange, including the premiere of songs by Philip himself. Songs are performed by his son, Simon Grange,…

Care Responders Study Performance

17:00 18 November 2026
Experience the Care Responders Study through an original performance by Made by Mortals. This thought-provoking event reflects the experiences, challenges, and successes for crisis…

WCLC: Leon Bosch & Rebeca Omordia - The South African Double Bass

13:10 - 13:50 19 November 2026
Leon Bosch conducts chamber and symphonic ensembles around the world and is one of the few double bass players to direct concertos from the instrument. Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebeca…

WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Sir John Tomlinson (bass voice), Pete Furniss (clarinet) and Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 13:50 19 November 2026
Rebecca Clarke – Two Movements for String Quartet Joshua Brown – 'The Wanderer' for bass, clarinet, piano, and string quartet World renowned bass Sir John Tomlinson will sing Joshua…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert – Philip Grange 70 years

19:30 20 November 2026
Quatuor Danel mark the 70th birthday of Philip Grange. Philip Grange Elegy for solo cello Philip Grange Soliloquy for solo viola Philip Grange The Centre Cannot Hold for two violins…

University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert

19:30 - 21:30 27 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant concert of contemporary and twentieth-century masterpieces, including Britten's Four Sea Interludes,…

University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert

15:00 - 17:00 28 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant concert of contemporary and twentieth-century masterpieces, including Britten's Four Sea Interludes,…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Simon Grange (bass voice) – Philip Grange 70 years

19:30 11 December 2026
Simon Grange and Quatuor Danel reunite to perform Philip Grange’s De Profundis. Inspired by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this work casts the bass as a journalist reporting from the…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert at Stoller Hall – America 250 Years

19:30 3 February 2027
Quatuor Danel celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary of Independence. The programme includes a piece by Amy Beach, which incorporates three traditional Alaskan Inuit melodies. Beach…

Quatuor Danel Beat the Rush Hour concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

18:00 16 April 2027
The Quatuor Danel join with Richard Whalley for two iconic Sonatas named Kreutzer. The link between these two works comes through Tolstoy, who wrote a novel named after Beethoven's…

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