What's on: Music
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WCLC: Mbaporenda (La Esperanza) By Rafael Montero (World Première)
13:10 - 13:50 12 March 2026
Replacing the advertised premiere of Ramon Gorigoitia’s Ñandereko due to illness This project of the ensemble 'El Parnaso Hyspano' is generously supported by the 'Esperanza Trust for Anthropological Research'. Mbaporenda is a musical stage work based on historical events that have shaped the destiny of the Ava Guarani, Chorote, and Wichi cultures...
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Student Composer Showcase Concert
13:10 - 14:00 13 March 2026
A collaboration between the Department of Music, the University of Manchester Music Society and the Contemporary and Experimental Arts Society brings you a concert of outstanding recent student compositions.
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University of Manchester Chamber Choirs | Springtime Concert
19:30 - 21:00 15 March 2026
University of Manchester Chamber Choirs present a Springtime Concert featuring music by Howells, Esenvalds, Holst and more… This event will not be happening at The Martin Harris Centre, it will be taking place at Christ Church, West Didsbury, M20 2ZD.
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WCLC: Victor Lim & Ben Powell
13:10 - 13:50 19 March 2026
A tour de force programme of some of the most exciting two piano music of the last hundred years, from Igor Stravinsky to Errolyn Wallen, performed by two virtuoso members of the University of Manchester’s instrumental teaching staff. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported...
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Manchester University Baroque Orchestra: Baroque in Bloom!
13:10 - 14:00 20 March 2026
Step into the glittering world of the French court at Versailles with this joyful programme capturing the grace, colour and vitality of spring, featuring Jean-Féry Rebel’s Les Caractères de la Danse alongside the sumptuous instrumental music of Lully’s popular ballets.
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‘Towards the Stars’, presented by The University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra.
19:30 - 21:45 21 March 2026
Join us during galaxy season for a night of celestial celebration to lead the Spring starry nights: from Tchaikovsky to Lili Boulanger, Sibelius to Ešenvalds. This event will be taking place at Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
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Stockport Youth Orchestra - 70th Birthday Concert
15:30 - 17:00 22 March 2026
A celebration concert marking 70 years of Stockport Youth Orchestra, featuring current and former players including Manchester Alumni Lorna Day (mezzo-soprano), Clara Rundell and Tim Crooks (conductors).
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Klezmer: The Michael Kahan Kapelye
13:10 - 13:50 23 March 2026
A concert in celebration of the life and work of Andrea Winn, who sparked the inspired partnership of Manchester Museum’s Culture Mondays and the Martin Harris Centre. The fifteenth generation of the university’s resident klezmer ensemble returns to perform a vibrant programme of modern and traditional arrangements of music originating in Eastern...
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Quatuor Danel lunchtime concert with Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano), Pete Furniss (clarinet) and Richard Whalley (piano)
13:10 - 13:50 26 March 2026
Award winning soprano, Gweneth Ann Rand joins the Danels for a World Première by Camden Reeves. Richard Whalley returns to perform his open instrumentation composition, Assynt to Letterewe, with Pete Furniss (clarinet) and our resident string quartet. Richard Whalley - Assynt to Letterewe for open instrumentation Dusapin - String Quartet No....
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Putting It Together by Stephen Sondheim (Evening Show)
19:00 - 21:00 27 March 2026
The University of Manchester Musical Theatre Society presents Putting It Together, a musical revue celebrating Stephen Sondheim. Featuring iconic songs from Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Follies and more, this fully staged concert delivers wit, drama and emotion and showcases many talented performers. This amateur production is presented by arrangement...
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