What's on: Free events
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Lunchtime concert
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 full quartet is united in performance of Sallinen’s set of variations on the traditional fiddle tune – Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March. Followed at 2.30pm...
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WCLC: Guitarrísimo: Isabel Martínez. Presented by the department of Music & The Cervantes Institute
13:10 - 14:00 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. Each piece reveals the instrument’s expressive power and stylistic evolution—a unique opportunity to experience its timeless beauty across six centuries. The...
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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 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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Lunchtime concert - 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 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 - 14:00 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 - 14:00 12 December 2025
In Concerto Transalpino, Manchester University Baroque Orchestra presents a selection of concerti grossi produced on the other side of the Alps from the genre’s Italian birthplace, looking at Northen Europe and England. 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 - 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! Please contact us at the Martin Harris Centre Reception if you are planning to attend with a group of 10 or more, so we can reserve seating. Please do try to make us aware of any accessibility requirements,...
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Lunchtime concert with Cheng Yu (pipa).
13:10 - 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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Lunchtime concert with Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano) and Richard Whalley (piano)
13:10 - 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, which...
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