What's on: Music
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Festive Ensembles Concert
18:30 - 20:30 16 December 2026
Our MUMS ensembles return for their annual festive celebrations to exhibit some of the wonderful music making they have been doing this year. You can expect a range of well-known crowd pleasers, as well as more obscure picks. The concert includes our String and Wind orchestras, Brass Band and Big Band. You won’t want to miss it.
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WCLC: PG Prize Winners’ concert with Twee Dang and Xian Wu
13:10 - 13:50 17 December 2026
This concert is generously supported by Robert Edward Jones Legacy Fund. Vietnamese pianist Twee Dang is an internationally active performer whose musical language reflects a rich dialogue between cultures. Xian Wu is a Chinese pianist based in Manchester, currently undertaking a PhD in Music. Both have recently completed the Master’s in Music...
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Quatuor Danel Evening Concert at Stoller Hall – America 250 Years
19:30 - 3 February 2027
Quatuor Danel celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary of Independence. The programme includes a piece by Amy Beach, which incorporates three traditional Alaskan Inuit melodies. Beach – Quartet for Strings (In One Movement), Opus 89 Cage – String Quartet in four parts Dvo?ák – String Quartet No. 12 in F Major ‘American’, Opus 96
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Lunchtime concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
13:10 - 13:50 4 February 2027
Dvo?ák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Opus 81 Richard Whalley and the Danels play Dvo?ák’s 2nd Piano Quintet Opus 81 No public seminar to follow Thursday 4 February concert The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging...
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Lunchtime concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
13:10 - 13:50 15 April 2027
Kagel Aus dem Nachlass (excerpts) for viola, cello and double bass Gubaidulina Meditation on the Bach Chorale Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit BWV 668 for harpsichord, string quartet and double bass Dvo?ák Allegro con fuoco from the String Quintet in G Major, Opus 77 The Danels welcome Odile Simon and Andrew Frampton to join them...
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Quatuor Danel Beat the Rush Hour concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
18:00 - 16 April 2027
The Quatuor Danel join with Richard Whalley for two iconic Sonatas named Kreutzer. The link between these two works comes through Tolstoy, who wrote a novel named after Beethoven's penultimate Violin Sonata; Janá?ek was then in turn inspired by Tolstoy's novel for his String Quartet No. 1 Beethoven – Violon Sonata No. 9 Kreutzer Sonata Janá?ek...
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