What's on: Free events
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WCLC: Duo Folclore (violins)
13:10 - 13:50 8 October 2026
Presented by the Department of Music and the Cervantes Institute Duo Folclore Folk–classical violin duo Alice Barron and Fuensanta Zambrana Ruiz explore a rich palette of traditional music, folk-inspired classical duets and improvisation. In collaboration with Instituto Cervantes Manchester, they present a programme of Spanish and Latin American...
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WCLC: Tom Hicks
13:10 - 13:50 15 October 2026
Guernsey-born pianist Tom Hicks, hailed for his magnificent pianism and engaging personality, is a Yamaha Artist with an international profile. He has performed as a recitalist across Europe and the United States. As a concerto soloist, he has appeared on more than 60 occasions, including complete cycles of the Rachmaninoff and Brahms Piano Concertos....
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WCLC: Bringing Silent Cinema to Life
13:10 - 13:50 22 October 2026
Using clips from three groundbreaking silent films, renowned composer, writer and broadcaster Neil Brand demonstrates the art of improvised piano accompaniment to picture for today’s audiences, discussing, in the course of the performance, how music influences our response to film. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll...
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WCLC: BAILE/home
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 instruments, drawing listeners into sounds both old and new, humorous and serious, reflective and progressive. “Bennett created some highly unusual sonorities…...
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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 intersection of acoustic instruments and electronics
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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
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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.
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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, and pianist Richard Whalley. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust....
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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 Omordia is an exciting virtuoso with a wide-ranging career as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter...
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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 Brown’s The Wanderer in a new version for the Quatuor Danel with Pete Furniss and Richard Whalley. 'The Wanderer' was first performed March 2026 by the Halle...
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