What's on: Music
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A Jubilee Overture - 75 years of Philip Sparke
15:00 - 17:00 27 September 2026
The Martin Harris Centre welcomes The KNDS Fairey Band. Featuring the music of acclaimed composer Philip Sparke and the composers who inspired him, to celebrate his 75th year. Including ‘A Road Less Travelled By’ — the set work for the 2026 National Brass Band Championships
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WCLC: Quatuor Danel lunchtime concert with Adam McKenzie (bassoon)
13:10 - 13:50 1 October 2026
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Opus 18 No. 2 Roxanna Panufnik – Cantator & Amanda for Bassoon and String Quartet (2011) Adam McKenzie joins the Quatuor Danel for their long awaited first concert of the 2026-27 season. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel public seminar - Barry Cooper’s reconstruction of the original slow...
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Quatuor Danel Evening concert – Shostakovich 120 years
19:30 - 2 October 2026
Quatuor Danel mark the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich’s birth. Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Opus 18 No. 4 Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in Bb major, Opus 18 No. 6 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Opus 73
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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 This talented violin duo will play a lively programme of traditional folk music as well as arrangements from their own British and Spanish origins. 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: 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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MUMS Symphony Orchestra
14:30 - 16:30 24 October 2026
The MUMS Symphony Orchestra, one of our premier ensembles will perform a variety of Repertoire including pieces by Britten and Rachmaninoff. One of the winners of our Concerto Competition will be performing in this concert, so it isn’t to be missed.
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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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