hispid: RAVE is a concert about dance music featuring works by living composers that will include acoustic and electronic sounds. “hispid” is a new music ensemble that loves freedom and variety. It specialises in putting on concerts of open score music, which is music written for an unspecified ensemble (no specification of what instruments must […]
Manchester-based cellist Joseph Dawson and fine instrument shop Tim Toft Violins present a delightful evening of chamber works in the intimate venue of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. From Mozart to Kodály to Ribaupierre, Joseph and his friends will perform works both well known and delightfully obscure. Performers: Arthur Geoghegan – Violin Anna Tulchinskaya – […]
Karen Hall: Delusions and Grandeur Come for the music, stay for the existential crisis. “As irreverent as it is poignant” (Australian Arts Review), this classical cello recital plays out like a piece of performance art run by a masterly jester blurring artistry, humanity, and insanity. Featuring Suite Number One in G Major by JS Bach […]
Karen Hall: Delusions and Grandeur Come for the music, stay for the existential crisis. “As irreverent as it is poignant” (Australian Arts Review), this classical cello recital plays out like a piece of performance art run by a masterly jester blurring artistry, humanity, and insanity. Featuring Suite Number One in G Major by JS Bach […]
Karen Hall: Delusions and Grandeur Come for the music, stay for the existential crisis. “As irreverent as it is poignant” (Australian Arts Review), this classical cello recital plays out like a piece of performance art run by a masterly jester blurring artistry, humanity, and insanity. Featuring Suite Number One in G Major by JS Bach […]
Join the Kettner Society for an extraordinary evening showcasing the remarkable talents of Manchester-based musicians Katherine “Katmuss” Browning (bass clarinet) and Tyler Hay, “The People’s Pianist,” in a unique double-header programme—combining famous classical masterpieces with lesser-known discoveries. Journey back to 19th-century France, the central theme of tonight’s programme… In a period when women were largely […]
Fenwold Opera presents ‘The Wandering Scholar’; a comic opera in one act, with cast and orchestra from the Royal Northern College of Music. The performers comprise four singers and a conducted chamber orchestra: Connor Huss conductor Edward Wenborn baritone, director Clementine Thompson soprano George Elson bass, musical director Aaron Peters tenor+ Fenwold Opera director George […]
Join performers from the Royal Northern College of Music for the unforgettable experience of Harawi, Messiaen’s last song cycle. Its enchanting harmonies re-imagine the myth of two fated lovers, Tristan and Iseult. The texts of the cycle are highly surrealist, generally composed of isolated symbols. Messiaen himself wrote the libretto following Wagner’s music dramas and […]
A performance of Bryn Harrison’s epic solo piano piece Vessels by Berlin-based pianist Joseph Houston. Lasting 75 minutes, this deeply hypnotic work takes the listener on an inward journey of stunning beauty. www.josephhouston.co.uk” About the composer: Bryn Harrisonis a composer and Professor in Composition at the University of Huddersfield from where he obtained a doctorate […]
“Sound Sculptures: A Dynamic Fusion of Installation and Live Performance” Composer Simon Knighton, PRiSM and the House of Bedlam present “Sound Sculptures: A Concert Merging Installation and Live Performance” at The International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester on 11th June 2025 at 8pm. Designed to push the boundaries of concert music, this performance will merge […]