Quiet… Introspective… An intimate evening of relaxed music with Blair Coron. Immerse yourself as we relish in the more subdued side of music for one night. It is a space to listen. Expect fairy lights, darkness, and music to make you sit in awe, cry or sleep. Blair Coron is a musician and composer residing […]
We are delighted to welcome the award-winning pianist Stéphane Ginsburgh to the Burgess Foundation for a special concert performance. Anthony Burgess composed his 24 Preludes and Fugues (subtitled ‘The Bad-Tempered Electronic Keyboard’) in 1985, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach. This ingenious and inventive piece, with its brief romantic […]
Electronic musician Scanner heads up an evening of special musical performances inspired by the rarely-heard cassette archive of the author Anthony Burgess. This event previews a forthcoming double-LP of rare archival material and exclusive remixes, curated by artist Alan Dunn in collaboration with Guy-Marc Hinant. The event features The Reverend Max Ripple, Foreign Investment, David […]
Five years ago, Lambert appeared for the first time. Well, better to say he was heard from. The person behind the Sardinian bull mask remains unrecognised to this day. There are many rumours about who and what could be hidden behind this mask. And that’s a good thing. Lambert’s playing is internationally known and in […]
Solo Collective – Sebastian Reynolds, Anne Müller, Alex Stolze PinDrop and Hey! Manchester presents Solo Collective’s evening of collaborative performances from German classical/experimental musicians and composers Anne Müller (cello) and Alex Stolze (violin), with British pianist and producer Sebastian Reynolds. The evening will feature solo, duo and trio performances in a variety of combinations of […]
Can music evoke the household chaos of the morning school run? What about the uncomfortable feeling of walking home alone at midnight? Snapshot presents 10 moments in music, ready to evoke a time and a place straight from your seat. Thomas Adès’ brilliant The Four Quarters grounds this project, with four new commissions from Aaron […]
As part of Manchester Jazz Festival’s Celebrating Europe series, this concert will be a UK debut for Sanem Kalfa & George Dumitriu from The Netherlands via their native Turkey and Romania. Winner of the Montreux Jazz Competition, Sanem sings original compositions and arrangements in Turkish, Portuguese, Italian and English. New duo Shahbaz Hussain & Helen […]
Join us at the Anthony Burgess Foundation for a concert of Burgess’s Chamber Music, performed by No Dice Collective. This concert will feature the world premiere of a recently discovered chamber work from early in Burgess’s life. Dating from 1951, ‘Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano in D Minor’ reveals Burgess’s early musical inspirations and […]