Martin Harris Centre

WCLC: Silent Movie and Live Music Accompaniment with Frame ensemble

13:10 2 October 2025
Enjoy a silent movie with live accompaniment from Frame Ensemble – a group who creates music on the spur of the moment, as they watch the film with the audience. Their soundtrack is…

Guest lecture: Place-making and the role of culture in Manchester

17:30 - 20:00 8 October 2025
Creative Manchester and the Manchester Urban Institute are delighted to welcome Luthfur Rahman OBE, former Executive Leader for Culture and Leisure and Manchester City Council Deputy…

WCLC: The Quatuor Danel: In Memoriam, Gubaidulina (1931-2025)

13:10 - 14:00 9 October 2025
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 Gubaidulina Reflections on the theme B-A-C-H Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 The Danels pay tribute to Soviet avant-garde composer Sofia Gubaidulina.…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 10 October 2025
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5, Marc Danel, violin and Richard Whalley, piano Jim Aitchison Piano Quintet No. 1 with Richard Whalley, piano Shostakovich String Quartet Quartet No.…

WCLC: Manchester Camerata featuring Eleonore Sian Cockerham

13:10 16 October 2025
A whisper of Japan, a luminous glimpse into India, and a delicate sound spun from the words of a symbolist poet — this ethereal concert grows from a trio of miniature masterpieces from…

The Poems of Seamus Heaney (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:30 20 October 2025
Don’t miss this special evening celebrating the life and work of Seamus Heaney, as five acclaimed poets gather to mark the publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney. The definitive…

WCLC: Spartimu (Music from Corsica)

13:10 23 October 2025
Spartimu are a renowned Corsican group, dedicated to teaching and performing ‘cantu in paghjella’ – the UNESCO listed distinctive, highly ornamented and improvisational traditional…

WCLC: Giannis Koutis & Reza Mirjalali (Ottoman classical music)

13:10 30 October 2025
We welcome two virtuoso performers from Cyprus and Iran to the Martin Harris Centre. A oud player and teacher, giving workshops and concerts around the world, while also researching…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 12 November 2025
Saint-Saëns String Quartet No. 1 Fauré String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Ravel String Quartet in F major The Quatuor pay homage to the French tradition of string quartet writing.…

WCLC: The Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 13 November 2025
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello, with Gilles Millet and Yovan Markovitch Aulis Sallinen String Quartet No. 3 Gilles and Yovan perform Ravel’s duet for violin and cello. The…

WCLC: Guitarrísimo: Isabel Martínez

13:10 20 November 2025
“Six Strings, Six Centuries” by Isabel Martínez invites audiences to explore the Spanish guitar’s rich legacy, from early Renaissance music to key works of the 20th and 21st centuries.…

WCLC: Nishla Smith

13:10 27 November 2025
Nishla Smith is a jazz singer songwriter driven by a desire to tell stories. Her unique musical sensibility, along with this preoccupation with narrative, is recurrent throughout her…

WCLC: The Quatuor Danel - Shostakovich Special

13:10 - 14:00 4 December 2025
Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 The Quatuor Danel mark the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. Followed at 2.30pm by…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Pete Furniss (clarinet), Richard Whalley (piano) and Chetham's School of Music Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich Special

19:30 5 December 2025
Ustvolskaya Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Marc Danel with Pete Furniss and Richard Whalley Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 Barshai Chamber Symphony (arrangement of String…

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