What's on: Free events
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A Winter Concert
19:00 - 20:30 22 November 2025
University of Manchester Chamber Choirs present a Winter Concert featuring music by Martin, McDowall, Stanford and more...
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WCLC: Nishla Smith
13:10 - 13:50 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 diverse array of musical projects. Smith’s recent performances have seen her collaborate with a range of classical and jazz organisations in the UK, including Opera...
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Quatuor Danel: WCLC Lunchtime concert - Shostakovich Special
13:10 - 13:50 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 public seminar – Composition Workshop The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported...
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WCLC: Ensemble Augelletti – Jewels that Brightly Burn
13:10 - 13:50 11 December 2025
Describing Bach’s students as ‘jewels that brightly burn’, Telemann championed Bach’s skill in arranging music to inspire a new generation of musicians as they performed ‘under the orange tree’ in Leipzig. This programme tells the story of Bach’s students as they became ‘jewels’ and includes arrangements of his joyous instrumental...
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Baroque Orchestra: Concerto Transalpino
13:10 - 13:50 12 December 2025
A selection of concerti grossi produced on the other side of the Alps from the genre’s Italian birthplace, focusing on Northern Europe. This event is free.
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WCLC: James Clapperton (Piano) - Where the Wild Things Are - Music that makes the Impossible Possible
13:10 - 13:50 18 December 2025
Grammy Award winner James Clapperton takes us through a journey of some of his wildest repertoire. The concert closes with Xenakis Evryali, a portrait of the mythical Gorgons of ancient Greece. Exquisite works by Philip Grange and Camden Reeves are complimented by the music of Salvatore Sciarrino and Aldo Clementi. Clapperton performs his work...
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MUMS: Public Lunchtime Concert – Festive Sing-along (RELAXED PERFORMANCE)
13:10 - 13:55 19 December 2025
This relaxed festive performance is open to all and will feature some much-loved Christmas classics performed by the choir, musicians and audience! What’s different? You can: · move about the concert hall, and go in and out. · make noise, dance and join in the songs. · meet the performers. · use our quiet room. · use our buggy parking...
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Quatuor Danel lunchtime concert with Cheng Yu (pipa).
13:10 - 13:50 19 February 2026
Presented by the UoM Music Department and The Confucius Institute Phil Grange – Soliloquy for Solo Viola Traditional – Solo Pipa with Cheng Yu Joshua Brown – Pipa Quintet (World Premiere for Pipa and String Quartet with Cheng Yu, Pipa) Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel public seminar - Composition Workshop The Thursday lunchtime concerts...
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Quatuor Danel lunchtime concert with Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano) and Richard Whalley (piano)
13:10 - 13:50 26 March 2026
Richard Whalley – Assynt to Letterewe for open instrumentation Dusapin – String Quartet No. 4 Camden Reeves – String Quartet No. 6 with singer Gweneth Ann Rand (World Premiere) Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel public seminar - Composition Workshop The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series,...
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WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Noémi Gyori (flute)
13:10 - 13:50 7 May 2026
Mozart – Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285 Amy Beach – Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, Op. 80 No public seminar to follow Thursday 7 May concert The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging programme to suit...
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