What's on: Music
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MANTIS Festival (Concert 3)
14:00 - 15:30 2 November 2025
Join us again for another performance by the NOVARS postgraduate community, featuring more fascinating electroacoustic works enhanced by the MANTIS sound diffusion system.
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Evening concert - Wednesday performance
19:30 - 21:30 12 November 2025
Saint-Saëns String Quartet No. 1 Fauré String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Ravel String Quartet in F major The Quatuor pay homage to the French tradition of string quartet writing. Venue: Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Price: £16.50 / £11.50 / £3.75 ________________________________________________________ “Visit The Quatuor Danel website...
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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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UoM Chorus & Symphony Concert
19:30 - 21:30 29 November 2025
The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra present Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. Follow the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment through a night of drama, magic, and music.
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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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Evening Concert with Pete Furniss (clarinet), Richard Whalley (piano)
19:30 - 5 December 2025
Joined by String Students from Chetham's School of Music Ustvolskaya Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Marc Danel with Pete Furniss and Richard Whalley Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 Barshai Chamber Symphony (arrangement of String Quartet No. 8) Op. 110a (1960) for string orchestra, arranged by Rudolf Barshai Marc Danel joins Dr Richard...
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MUMS Festive Ensembles Extravaganza
19:00 - 21:30 10 December 2025
This festive showcase will feature a wealth of MUMS Ensembles! From MUWO, MUSO and Brass Band to Choirs and Big Band. There will be a MUSO and Big Band crossover to look forward to!
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MUMS Festive Symphony Orchestra Concert
18:30 - 20:30 11 December 2025
The MUMS Symphony Orchestra open this concert with Copland’s Rodeo before they are joined by pianist and concerto competition winner, MarekBakota, who will perform Rachmaninoff’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 4. The orchestra then take us to the world of Khachaturian and his Spartacus SuiteNo. 2. Cost: £11.50 / £7.50 / £3.75 MUMS Festive...
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