What's on: Music
-
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...
Read more
-
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.
Read more
-
‘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.
Read more
-
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).
Read more
-
Klezmer: The Michael Kahan Kapelye
13:10 - 13:50 23 March 2026
A wedding without a klezmer is worse than a funeral without tears’. 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 European Yiddish cultures. Free – No booking required.
Read more
-
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....
Read more
-
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...
Read more
-
Putting It Together by Stephen Sondheim (Evening Show)
19:00 - 21:00 28 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...
Read more
-
Putting It Together by Stephen Sondheim (Matinee)
14:30 - 16:30 28 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...
Read more
-
The Kalina Ensemble at Manchester Museum Culture Monday
13:10 - 14:00 30 March 2026
The Kalina Balalaika Ensemble, part of the Manchester Balalaika Society and one of the UK’s only balalaika groups, blends performances of both Eastern European folk music and worldwide contemporary music to evoke moods ranging from exuberant to melancholic. Free entry – No booking required.
Read more