Archive

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   Marcus Farnsworth & Libby Burgess

   Generously supported by The Haworth Charitable Trust Part of the Manchester Song Festival 2022 We are thrilled to present Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s new song cycle, Everything Grows Extravagantly. The cycle is a...

   28th February 2022 • Read more

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   RNCM Songsters

   Generously supported by The Haworth Charitable Trust Part of the Manchester Song Festival 2022 The Manchester Song Festival is back, with a full day of live performances from some of the...

   28th February 2022 • Read more

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   RNCM Songsters

   Generously supported by The Haworth Charitable Trust Part of the Manchester Song Festival 2022 The Manchester Song Festival is back, with a full day of live performances from some of the...

   28th February 2022 • Read more

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   Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? – The Marian Consort

   The Marian Consort explores powerful, heartfelt music from Renaissance England alongside songs of plea and protest from the folk tradition. William Byrd was a devout Catholic who, like his friend...

   17th February 2022 • Read more

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   Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? – The Marian Consort

   The Marian Consort explores powerful, heartfelt music from Renaissance England alongside songs of plea and protest from the folk tradition. William Byrd was a devout Catholic who, like his friend...

   17th February 2022 • Read more

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   Stephen James Smith

   ‘Passionate, witty, just plain great; this man’s voice hops right off the page’ – Roddy Doyle Stephen James Smith is a Dublin poet and playwright central to the rise of...

   27th January 2022 • Read more

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   Stephen James Smith

   ‘Passionate, witty, just plain great; this man’s voice hops right off the page’ – Roddy Doyle Stephen James Smith is a Dublin poet and playwright central to the rise of...

   27th January 2022 • Read more

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   Music for 18 Musicians + Space Afrika (Live) with Manchester Camerata

   Steve Reich’s 1976 Music for 18 Musicians is ethereal, hypnotic and breathtakingly thrilling to watch live. The lush, warm resonance of its crisscrossing harmonies is in stark contrast to the...

   19th January 2022 • Read more

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   Music for 18 Musicians + Space Afrika (Live) with Manchester Camerata

   Steve Reich’s 1976 Music for 18 Musicians is ethereal, hypnotic and breathtakingly thrilling to watch live. The lush, warm resonance of its crisscrossing harmonies is in stark contrast to the...

   19th January 2022 • Read more

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    Mozart: Made in Manchester

    Part of our Sounds of Nature programme ★★★★★’Energetic Mozart up there with the very best… soloist, conductor and orchestra conjure up a magical soundworld’ – BBC Music Magazine This year features two...

    19th January 2022 • Read more