IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS | JANUARY-JULY 2013
WELCOME Welcome to the spring/summer 2013 season at the Martin Harris Centre.
The Centre offers a vibrant and exciting programme of events across many art forms including music, drama, literature and comedy.
During the autumn of 2013 we celebrate the Centre’s 10th birthday! We have certainly come a long way since we first opened our doors in 2003. Our success is largely down to our committed academic colleagues, talented students and performers and of course the events team who make everything ‘happen’ in the background.
IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS | JANUARY-JULY 2013
Contents
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Welcome
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Introducing The Martin Harris Centre
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Eating and Dining
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Literature
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Manchester University Music Society (MUMS)
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Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series
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Quatuor Danel
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New Music
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Drama
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We Welcome
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How to find us
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Access
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Box Office Information
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For events listings in full please refer to the handy pull out guide on page 29. Café Arts, based within the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. You can now pre-order your interval drinks at Café Arts before the performance starts and they will be ready and waiting for you at the interval.
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Mark Woolstencroft
Over the last 10 years we have been privileged to welcome both amateur and professional performers, some well known, and others who have gone on to be stars of the future. Today, our audiences continue to enjoy the delights of many gifted musicians and actors, prize-winning authors and poets, and we look forward to many more years of inspirational performances. Our resident string quartet, the Quatuor Danel opens the 2013 season (24 January) with a mixture of classical favourites. We are thrilled to welcome back critically acclaimed performance poet John Hegley (9 February). His last visit to the Centre was in October 2011 and was a complete sell-out, so book early! Heiner Goebbels comes to Manchester (23-25 March) for a major festival of his music featuring ensembles from The University of Manchester and RNCM and also the Manchester Camerata. Following two sell-out public events in 2012, Jeanette Winterson, will be “in Conversation” for two un-missable events with Abi Morgan (11 February) and with Kamila Shamsie (22 April). The Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series continues with a wide-ranging programme of Thursday lunchtime concerts. The concerts are free and there’s no need to book, so you can just turn up on the day. The University of Manchester Drama Society are back (20-22 February) with their first performance of the Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTAs) Drama Festival. The opening production which will be shown in the John Thaw Studio Theatre is Paper Shield. These are just a few events from this season’s diverse programme. We hope you will be able to join us for these and other exciting events at the Martin Harris Centre. For details of the entire programme, please refer to the handy tear-out events guide at the back of this brochure. To keep up to date with the latest news and special offers at The Martin Harris Centre: Visit our website www.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre
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We look forward to welcoming you to the Martin Harris Centre during the 2013 season and celebrating our 10th anniversary year. We are putting together the autumn programme, including some celebratory events so please keep in touch.
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Mark Woolstencroft Martin Harris Centre Manager
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INTRODUCING THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is a performance space situated at the heart of The University of Manchester.
The foyer makes an immediately striking impact: its use of light, open space and bold areas of colour blend with Alice Kettle’s dynamic textile artwork, Red and Blue Movement in Three, which was commissioned in 2004.
Eating and Dining Café Arts based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. The café is open from 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday and is also open for weekend and evening events at the Centre. The café has undergone a refurbishment over the summer, so be sure to visit soon to see the modernised facilities. You can now also order interval drinks prior to the start of each event. For further information please contact Box Office on 0161 275 8951. We have teamed up with our partners Chancellors at Christie’s Bistro to expand your catering options at The Martin Harris Centre. Why not take advantage of the special Pre-concert dining offers or enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by a team of talented chefs? You can also treat yourself to afternoon tea following one of the lunchtime concerts.
In March 2011, The Martin Harris Centre was delighted to receive a newly commissioned textile wall hanging also by Alice Kettle – The Birth of Motives in the Clouds. These pieces of artwork were commissioned by The Oglesby Charitable Trust. Alice Kettle
350-seat Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
150-seat John Thaw Studio Theatre
The Centre hosts many musicians, performers and prize-winning authors. It provides an excellent space for contemporary and classic theatre, music and comedy events, and hosts a reading series that has in the past featured such literary luminaries as Martin Amis, Will Self, John Banville and Clive James. We also present new and exciting artists who go on to become household names as well as established artists performing to sell-out audiences all over the world. So please come along, and discover why The Martin Harris Centre is attracting attention as an important arts venue throughout the North West.
background: Alice Kettle Red and Blue Movement in Three
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INTRODUCTION
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LITERATURE These unique events, organised by The University’s Centre for New Writing, bring the best known contemporary writers to Manchester to discuss and read from their work. Everyone is welcome, and tickets include discounts at the Blackwell bookstall and a complimentary drink at our Literature Live wine receptions.
Centre for New Writing LITERATURE LIVE: Michael Hofmann and Rachel Seiffert
Jeanette Winterson is newly appointed as Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing. Jeanette succeeds Martin Amis and Colm Tóibín in this post and hosts a series of high-profile public events. Originally from Manchester, Jeanette Winterson is author of novels including the international bestseller Oranges are Not the Only Fruit and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She was made an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours list.
Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with Abi Morgan Jeanette Winterson discusses with Abi Morgan her varied work on TV and film. Abi Morgan is a British playwright and screenwriter known for her works for television, such as Sex Traffic and The Hour, and the films Brick Lane, The Iron Lady, and Shame.
Venue Cornerhouse Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 11 February 2013 Abi Morgan
Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with Kamila Shamsie
Venue University Place Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 22 April 2013
© Pankaj Mishra
Kamila Shamsie has written 5 novels, including Burnt Shadows which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and has been translated into over 20 languages. A trustee of English PEN, she grew up in Karachi and now lives in London.
Price £12 / £10
Price £10 / £5
Michael Hofmann One of the most influential UK poets of the 1980s and 1990s, Michael Hofmann’s poetry collections include Nights in the Iron Hotel (1984), Acrimony (1986), Approximately Nowhere (1999) and Selected Poems (2008), all published by Faber and Faber. Behind the Lines: Pieces on Writing and Pictures was published in 2001. Michael Hofmann is considered to be the foremost translator Michael Hofmann of German literature into English. His prizes include the IMPAC Award, the Cholmondley Award, the Weidenfeld Translation Prize, and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize. Amongst the authors he has translated into English are Bertolt Brecht, Joesph Roth, his father Gert Hofmann, Patrick Suskind, Nobel Prize winner – Herta Mueller, Franz Kafka, Durs Grunbein and, most recently, poet Günter Eich. He is the editor of the Faber Book of Twentieth Century German Poems (2005) and of Twentieth Century German Poetry: an Anthology (Farrar Strauss and Giroux, 2006). He now teaches at the University of Florida at Gainseville.
Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 18 February 2013 Price £6 / £4
Rachel Seiffert Rachel Seiffert is the author of The Dark Room (2001) which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and won an LA Times Award for First Fiction. Her second novel Afterwards (2007) was long-listed for the Orange Prize, and she has also published an acclaimed collection of short stories, Field Study (2004). In 2003, she was named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, and in 2011 received the Rachel Seiffert EM Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Rachel has taught creative writing at Goldsmiths College, Glasgow University, and the Humbolt University Berlin, amongst others. She lives in London with her family. © PKerstin Ehmer
Introducing Jeanette Winterson
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre
LITERATURE LIVE: Full details for this event will be announced soon. Please check the website for more information or call box office on 0161 275 8951.
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 11 March 2013 Price £6 / £4
Kamila Shamsie
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LITERATURE
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY (MUMS) www.mumusicsociety.co.uk
University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra Maurice Ravel Claude Debussy Sergei Prokofiev Dmitri Shostakovich
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
La Valse Ibéria Piano Concerto No.1 Symphony No.9
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 16 February 2013 Price £10 / £6 / £3
Anybody can join the Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) and typically, around 500 people (mainly students) sign-up each year. The main priority of the society is to provide its members with a large variety of performing opportunities to suit their standard, commitment and tastes.
In the first half of the 20th century, a huge variety of styles were adopted when writing for the orchestra. Fine works by Ravel, Debussy and Shostakovich will be performed alongside Prokofiev’s shining first piano concerto with soloist Phoebe Garratt.
This is possible through its established programme of concerts throughout the year, several ensembles and social events, which allow like-minded musicians to meet in a friendly community.
University of Manchester String Orchestra and Brass Band
MUMS Chamber Music Festival
Two days celebrating the magic of Chamber Music, with a fantastic chance to see some of the society’s best musicians working together.
Day One Chamber Orchestra Claude Debussy Edmund Finnis Benjamin Britten Andrew Garbett Arnold Schoenberg
Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un faune Frame/Refrain Sinfonietta Op.1 New work for Saxophone, Electronics and Chamber Ensemble Chamber Symphony No.1
The Music Society presents an evening of fantastic chamber works alongside a newly composed saxophone concerto by postgraduate, Andrew Garbett, performed by Dominik Billam.
John Blow Henry Purcell
After the success of producing its first opera (Handel’s Semele) last year, MUMS presents a varied evening consisting of two operas. Purcell’s highly moving Dido and Aeneas will be preceded by John Blow’s Venus and Adonis.
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY
Ad Solem, the Music Society’s elite chamber choir, will perform a selection of enthralling works from a variety of different musical periods. Please join us for a wonderful evening of choral music.
Time & Date 7pm, Saturday 2 February 2013 Price £10 / £6 / £3
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 9 March 2013
Gregson’s massive An Age of Kings, for Brass Band, singers and harp will be an epic conclusion to this concert, whilst the first half will include two more serene works by Gorecki and Elgar along with a new composition by Rachel Graff.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 1 February 2013
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Phoebe Garratt
New Work For String Orchestra Three Pieces in the Old Style Sospiri In Pitch Black Unholy Sonnets An Age Of Kings
Ad Solem University of Manchester Chamber Choir
Dominik Billam
Venus and Adonis Dido and Aeneas
Rachel Graff Henryk Gorecki Edward Elgar Lucy Pankhurst Philip Wilby Edward Gregson
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Price £10 / £6 / £3
Day Two Operas
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Evening Concerts
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 15 March 2013 Ad Solem
Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) Vaughan Willams David Bedford Richard Wagner Benjamin Britten Percy Grainger
Price £10 / £6 / £3
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Toccoata Marziale Susato Variations Trausinfonie, Huldigunsmarsch Courtley Dances Lincolnshire Posy
MUWO returns for its second concert of the year by presenting works which celebrate both Wagner’s bicentenary and Britten’s centenary. Sam Mitchell will perform on the piano for Bedford’s Susato Variations and MUWO will conclude with Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy.
Price £10 / £6 / £3
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 16 March 2013 MUWO
Price £10 / £6 / £3
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY (MUMS)
Lunchtime Concerts Come and enjoy a Friday lunchtime concert performed by The Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up.
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Solo and Chamber Works The students of Manchester University Music Society show off their talent, performing a varied program of both solo and ensemble works.
Evening Concerts Manchester University Big Band
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
The University of Manchester’s astounding Big Band present an evening of musical entertainment. Led by Dominik Billam, the band will perform a selection of brilliant tunes which are sure to both excite and inspire.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Tuesday 19 March 2013 Big Band
The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Antonin Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor William Walton Belshazzer’s Feast The University of Manchester Chorus conclude a wonderful concert season with Walton’s Belshazzer’s Feast which will follow Dvorák’s epic cello concerto in B minor, performed by soloist, Steph Tress. Please join us for what promises to be an inspiring evening of music.
Price £10 / £6 / £3 Venue The Whitworth Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 27 April 2013 Price £12 / £9 / £3
The University of Manchester’s answer to the ‘PROMS’ Join the Music Society in the final week of term for our annual music festival! A carnival of sights and sounds, there is no better way to celebrate the end of exams. The Estival Hub, opposite the Cosmo Rodewald concert hall, is a brilliantly decorated place to relax in between concerts, whilst enjoying informal impromptu performances too! With nine concerts in three days, it’s an action-packed three days of music making with daily lunchtime, beat-the-rush-hour and evening performances, which is guaranteed to thrill. Highlights of this year’s Estival include the Grade-1-Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Josh Asquith playing Weber’s Bassoon Concerto. Ultimately the climax of the festival is the Symphony Orchestra concert where University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra will perform two newly commissioned works as well as Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY
Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 18 January 2013 Price FREE
Electroacoustic All undergraduates study electroacoustic composition for at least half a year and so this concert celebrates undergraduate works created just next door in the electroacoustic studios.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 22 February 2013 NOVARS electroacoustic studios
Vocal Showcase
Price FREE Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Featuring the She-Choir, Barbershop Chorus, Ladies Barbershop and perhaps even more vocal ensembles this will be a thoroughly entertaining concert.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 22 March 2013 Barbershop Chorus
ESTIVAL 4-6 June 2013
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Manchester University Baroque Orchestra Following the success of their period performance of Handel’s Messiah last year, the University Baroque Orchestra return to give a historically informed performance – a unique opportunity to learn from the collaboration between performers and musicologists.
Price FREE Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 19 April 2013 Price FREE
Opera Scenes MUMS presents scenes from old and new operas which show off many brilliant solo voices and actors.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 3 May 2013 Price FREE
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WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES 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 programme to suit all tastes and are an ideal opportunity to enjoy great music performed by outstanding musicians. There’s no need to book – the concerts are free and you can just turn up on the day.
Quatuor Danel Tishchenko Shostakovich
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 24 January 2013
One of Shostakovich’s most symphonic and physically exciting string quartets, paired with the first quartet by Boris Tishchenko, who went on to become his favourite pupil and to continue his legacy as composer and teacher after his death. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar Selected star students are put into the hot seat with the Quatuor Danel in quartet and quintet movements.
Price FREE
Professor Hsing-Chwen Hsin
Hsing-Chwen Hsin Granados Tzyy-Sheng Lee Chopin
Los Requiebros and The Maiden and the Nightingale, from Goyescas South • Muse IIx Là ci darem Variations, Op.2
Quatuor Danel
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Acclaimed by the Daily Telegraph as a pianist of “amazing power and panache”, Clare Hammond returns to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall with rare pieces for left hand by Saxton and Brahms, and Dutilleux’s magnificent Piano Sonata.
Professor Hsing-Chwen Hsin is one of the most well reputed pianists of her Price generation from Asia. Hsing-Chwen Hsin is the winner of the prestigious Chappell Gold Medal from the Royal College of Music in London, and a winner FREE at the International Mozart Bicentenary Piano Competition of Asia. She has performed solo recitals and concertos in England, Holland, United States, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 31 January 2013 Price FREE
Kaija Saariaho Larry Goves Scott Wilson Nina Whiteman
Oi Kuu new work (world première) Dirges, Ostinati, and Love Songs (world première) DNA** (world première)
Trio Atem present music ranging from the sensuous to the extreme in a concert exploring the sonic potential of the unusual flute/mezzo-soprano/cello combination.
Clare Hammond
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 14 February 2013 Trio Atem
Quatuor Danel Shostakovich Camden Reeves Shostakovich
Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 Scordatura Squid II (world première) Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
A new work for solo violin by the University’s Camden Reeves, sandwiched by two of the shortest Shostakovich quartets – his deceptively simple first and his cryptically enigmatic and disturbing eleventh.
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 7 February 2013
Trio Atem Northern Arcs #1
Clare Hammond (piano)
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Price FREE
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 21 February 2013 Quatuor Danel
Price FREE
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar A workshop of new string quartets by Masters students in composition at the University.
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WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES Fidelio Trio
Fidelio Trio
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
www.fideliotrio.com Piers Hellawell Etruscan Games Johannes Maria Staud Für Bálint András Varga Pascal Dusapin Trio Rombach With performances from The Wigmore Hall to Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, the ...virtuosic Fidelio Trio... (Sunday Times) perform extremely diverse music internationally and features Irish musicians Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) and Scottish cellist Robin Michael. They have recorded CDs for NMC, Naxos, Delphian, Col Legno and most recently Michael Nyman’s Piano Trios for MNR and have premièred over 100 new piano trios.
Il Bacio
Fairest Isle
Ann Allen – Baroque Oboe and Recorder Liam Byrne – Viola de Gamba Anna Dennis – Soprano Tom Foster – Harpsichord A choice selection of ayres, arias, suites and sonatas by the esteem’d composers Henry Purcell and George Frederick Handel in honour of Fair Britannia. Performed by the chamber ensemble Il Bacio who aim to seduce their audience with a new and enticing approach to baroque music.
Charles Blandy, tenor, and Rodney Lister, piano
Rodney Lister and Charles Blandy
Student Showcase A recital featuring the talents of undergraduate and postgraduate star performers from The University of Manchester.
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 18 April 2013 Price FREE
Three fine chamber works by Mieczysław Weinberg – his knotty two-violin sonata, the exhilarating sixth piano sonata, and the last of his six violin and piano sonatas. The Danels’ violin virtuosi are joined by Weinberg specialist Michelle Assay.
Quatuor Danel
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar The Quatuor Danel workshops quartets by the University’s PhD students.
Gamelan Degung
Price FREE
University of Manchester music students, with guests, offer a dynamic programme of music for Gamelan Degung, to culminate the course in association with the Hallé.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
The University of Manchester’s music students with guests
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 25 April 2013 Gamelan Degung
The concert will include traditional and contemporary Sundanese repertoire, together with original compositions by members of the group. Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Helen Tonge (violin) and Richard Whalley (piano)
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 14 March 2013
John Casken Camden Reeves Tom Coult Beethoven
Price FREE Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 21 March 2013 Price FREE
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Weinberg Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 69 Weinberg Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 73 Weinberg Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 6, Op. 136bis With Michelle Assay – Piano
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 7 March 2013
Il Bacio
A Program of American Songs Two masterly and eloquent musicians from Boston USA present fascinating song cycles by two American composers: Five Settings of European Poets (197879) by Arthur Berger (1912-2002) and Ordinary Heartbreaks and Other Poems of Michael Blumenthal (1992) by Rodney Lister (1951-).
Price FREE
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
www.ilbacio.info Purcell
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 28 February 2013
Quatuor Danel
Price FREE
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Shadowed Pieces Gorgon’s Head (world première) Limp Sonata in A minor, Op. 23.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 2 May 2013 Price FREE
Youthful Beethovenian vigour complements three contrasting, yet highly personal works by contemporary composers with Manchester connections, including a brand new piece by Camden Reeves.
Richard Whalley and Helen Tonge
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QUATUOR DANEL The University of Manchester’s internationally renowned resident string quartet.
The starry qualities of the Quatuor Danel, now in its eighth season at the University of Manchester, are this time devoted to a mixture of classical favourites (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Delius) and explorations of contemporary (Xenakis, Rihm, Tanaka, McCabe, Stevens, Grange) and Soviet (Shostakovich, Weinberg, Tishchenko) repertoires, all in brilliantly idiomatic performances. Where else would you find such a colourful mixture, or such a revelatory traversal of the string quartet from its birth to the present day? The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust.
Lunchtime Concert Tishchenko Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92
One of Shostakovich’s most symphonic and physically exciting string quartets, paired with the first quartet by Boris Tishchenko, who went on to become his favourite pupil and to continue his legacy as composer and teacher after his death. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar Selected star students are put into the hot seat with the Quatuor Danel in quartet and quintet movements.
Evening Concert Debussy Debussy Tchaikovsky
Piano Trio in G Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22
With Richard Whalley – Piano Hear the teenage Debussy’s piano trio (only reconstructed in the 1980s) together with his still comparatively early yet masterly string quartet, and Tchaikovsky at his most chromatic and contrapuntal.
Open House For your diary: a fantastic opportunity to receive coaching and attend workshops given by Marc Danel, Gilles Millet, Vlad Bogdanas and Guy Danel, the four members of Quatuor Danel. The Quatuor Danel offers an intensive three days of coaching for amateurs (Friday and Saturday) and students (Saturday and Sunday), including master classes and demonstrations. Further details available on: www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/danels
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QUATUOR DANEL
Lunchtime Concert Shostakovich Camden Reeves Shostakovich
Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 Scordatura Squid II (world première) Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
A new work for solo violin by the University’s Camden Reeves, sandwiched by two of the shortest Shostakovich quartets – his deceptively simple first and his cryptically enigmatic and disturbing eleventh. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar A workshop of new string quartets by Masters students in composition at the University.
Evening Concert Haydn Philip Grange Dvorák Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 24 January 2013 Price FREE
Philip Grange’s stirring memorialisation of war, premiered by the Quatuor Danel at Manchester Grammar School last season, in between two of the most popular works in the string quartet repertoire, Haydn’s ‘Emperor’ whose slow movement became the Austrian national anthem, and Dvorák’s irresistibly tuneful ‘American’.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 25 January 2013 Price £13.50 / £8 / £3 Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date ALL DAY 25-27 January 2013 Price £60 / £30 (single day) / £20 students
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 21 February 2013 Price FREE
Venue Manchester Grammar School Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 22 February 2013 Price £10 / £4
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONCERT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Lunchtime Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quartet in C, Op. 76 No. 3 ‘Emperor’ Ghosts of Great Violence Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 69 Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 73 Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 6, Op. 136bis
With Michelle Assay – Piano Three fine chamber works by Mieczysław Weinberg – his knotty two-violin sonata, the exhilarating sixth piano sonata, and the last of his six violin and piano sonatas. The Danels’ violin virtuosi are joined by Weinberg specialist Michelle Assay.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 18 April 2013 Price FREE
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar The Quatuor Danel workshops quartets by the University’s PhD students.
Evening Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quartet No. 8, Op. 66 Quartet No. 16, Op. 130 Piano Trio, Op. 24
With David Fanning – Piano The Quatuor Danel concludes its season with two of the highlights of the Weinberg quartet cycle, the gentle eighth and the subtle and exploratory sixteenth. The university’s Professor David Fanning, Weinberg’s biographer, joins the ensemble for the magnificent Piano Trio.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 19 April 2013 Price £13.50 / £8 / £3
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NEW MUSIC MANTIS Spring Festival 2013
Venue The John Thaw Studio Theatre
MANTIS presents a weekend of new electroacoustic music featuring works by composers based at the NOVARS Research Centre (University of Manchester) as well as a concert of works by Ricardo Climent, Jose Manuel Lopez and Martin Whesley Smith for Timbila (percussion instrument of Mozambique), electronics and other percussion with guest performer Miquel Bernat.
Times & Dates 6pm, Saturday 2 March 2013 8pm, Saturday 2 March 2013 2pm, Sunday 3 March 2013
Special rates for Spring Festival Concerts
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Students
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£12
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£18
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Miquel Bernat
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Contemporary Ensemble in Residence www.psappha.com Priaulx Rainier Klas Torstensson Elisabeth Lutyens Chai-Ying Lin Josh Brown
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 15 February 2013
The Bee Oracles* Pocket Size Violin Concerto (UK première)** Islands Op.80*** New work (world première) New work (world première)
Psappha Ensemble Conducted by Mark Heron */*** James Oxley tenor ** Benedict Holland violin *** Gillian Keith soprano *** Richard Suart narrator
Price £10 / £5 / £3
Elisabeth Lutyens
A witty mini-concerto for violin prefaces lyrical interior landscapes by two outstanding (women) composers who defied convention: Priaulx Rainier’s ranging song for tenor with fizzing instruments and Elisabeth Lutyens’s journey through islands. Student pieces complete the programme.
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NEW MUSIC
L’enfant sauvage (world première)* Soldier’s Tale (concert performance)** New work (world première) New work (world première)
Psappha Ensemble unconducted * Dov Goldberg clarinet ** Jonathan Best narrator Gordon Crosse, in his L’enfant sauvage (The Wild Child), lets the clarinet rip in portraying the human as an untamed animal. Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale tells of a bargain with the devil, in earthy music relating to Bach and ragtime. Student pieces complete the programme.
Vaganza Presents a Showcase of Student Compositions The University of Manchester’s New Music Ensemble
Peter Maxwell Davies once said of an equivalent Vaganza concert: ‘The most interesting thing apart from the quality of the playing and the quality of the music is that there’s no one style here.’ So come and join us for this celebration of the excellence and diversity of our composers’ music.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 8 March 2013 Price £10 / £5 / £3 © Andrew Price
© Andrew Price
Contemporary Ensemble in Residence www.psappha.com Gordon Crosse Stravinsky Sayyid Shafiee Tom Jarvis
Price £7.50 / £5 / £3 (per single concert)
Jonathan Best
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 15 March 2013 Price FREE
MHC Box Office tel: 0161 275 8951
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NEW MUSIC
THE MUSIC OF HEINER GOEBBELS Saturday 23 – Monday 25 March BLACK ON WHITE: THE MUSIC OF HEINER GOEBBELS
RNCM New Ensemble and Vaganza
One of the most original thinkers in the world of music, Heiner Goebbels comes to Manchester for a major festival of his music featuring Manchester Camerata and ensembles from The University of Manchester and RNCM.
7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
For Goebbels, concert is theatre and music is drama: be prepared for a new kind of engagement from this radical thinker. Full details can be found on the website.
Manchester Camerata: City Life 7.30pm, RNCM Theatre Heiner Goebbels Emily Howard Heiner Goebbels
Sampler Suite from Surrogate Cities New work (world première) Black on White (film version)
Venue Royal Northern College of Music Date Saturday 23 March 2013
Music to include: Heiner Goebbels Writings II (from Black on White) Caroline Haines New work (world première) Heiner Goebbels La Jalousie Heiner Goebbels Toccata for Teapot and Piccolo Heiner Goebbels Red Run Mark Heron, Yoon Jee Kim, Leo Geye conductors Andrea Tweedale soprano
Lunchtime Concert
6.45pm, RNCM Theatre
FREE
Pre-concert performance: Manchester Camerata Youth Forum members perform new works inspired by their urban environment.
Open Forum with Heiner Goebbels
Heiner Goebbels Heiner Goebbels
Berlin Q-Damm Out of
FREE
Drama Lecture with Heiner Goebbels 3.15pm, Casken Lecture Theatre FREE
Afternoon Concert 5.15pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Music to include: Heiner Goebbels
Bagatelle
Date Monday 25 March 2013
New work (world première) Herakles 2
5.15pm, RNCM Studio Theatre
FREE
2pm, John Thaw Studio Theatre
Venue Royal Northern College of Music
1.15pm, RNCM Concert Hall
Price £15 / £10
Lunchtime Concert
Date Sunday 24 March 2013
Price £7.50 / £5 / £3
Music to include: David Curington Heiner Goebbels
Clark Rundell conductor
Venue Martin Harris Centre
Venue Martin Harris Centre Date Sunday 24 March 2013
Heiner Goebbels talks to Clark Rundell about his life and music, interspersed with performances of extracts from Black on White, including Letter Brass and Brass 5/4. FREE
Vaganza and RNCM New Ensemble 7.30pm, RNCM Concert Hall Music to include: Heiner Goebbels Aaron Parker Heiner Goebbels
Industry and Idleness New work (world première) Surrogates; In the Country of the Last Things; The Horation – Three Songs (from Surrogate Cities)
Mark Heron, Yoon Jee Kim, Jack Sheen conductors Tanya Small mezzo-soprano Sarah Parkin narrator Price £7.50 (concessions available)
FREE
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NEW MUSIC
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DRAMA
WE WELCOME
The Martin Harris Centre continues to offer the best, young, creative talent a ‘powerful voice in Manchester’. The John Thaw Studio Theatre is a valuable performance space where students make their own independent experiments in theatre – as performers, writers, directors and technicians. Many alumni have acknowledged what an important part these performances played in their creative and intellectual development during their time at university.
The Martin Harris Centre welcomes professional and amateur productions, both international and closer to home, to the heart of Manchester.
We host powerful and dynamic productions in our vibrant and exciting performance spaces and reach out to wider audiences with performances in some of the most important venues in the City.
University of Manchester Drama Society’s Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2012, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang as we see the best student talent the city has to offer.
Time & Date 8pm, Saturday 9 February 2013 Price £8 (no concessions)
The opening production of the MIFTAs Drama Festival which will be Paper Shield. Venue The John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Dates 7pm, Wednesday 20 February 2013 7pm, Thursday 21 February 2013 7pm, Friday 22 February 2013 Price £5.50 / £4.50 / £4 Drama Society Members
Written and directed by Piers Black-Hawkins A young journalist finds himself thrown in the deep end when covering the story of a high-profile child kidnapping. As ambition leads to obsession, he spirals out of control and surfaces amidst one of the nation’s darkest scandals. **No latecomers permitted** **This performance contains some strong language** Tickets: £5.50 / £4.50 / £4 Drama Society Members Tickets are available from the Manchester University Students Union. Please call box office 0161 275 4278
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DRAMA
John Hegley
John Hegley English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter
Critically acclaimed performance poet John Hegley returns to enchant us with his interactive poetic genius and silliness. John Hegley is widely known as one of the country’s most innovative comic poets with several best-selling volumes of poetry to his name. His shows are a regular sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival, and he is noted for his exploration of such diverse topics as dog hair, potatoes and handkerchiefs. “You’re absolutely guaranteed a good time” Fringe Review 2010 “This is something special, a true joy to watch” Chortle “Typically brilliant” The Guardian
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WE WELCOME Venue The John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Dates 8pm, Monday 4 March 2013 8pm, Monday 18 March 2013 8pm, Monday 22 April 2013 Price £8 / £5
The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guests
Iain Stirling
Enjoy three side-splitting comedy evenings hosted by The Comedy Network, one of the leading names in live comedy, booking and representing the hottest names on the comedy circuit. Your MC for each evening will be Iain Stirling, who will be joined by a great line up of contemporary comedians. Iain Stirling is a stand-up comedian and the current face of CBBC. He burst onto the comedy scene whilst studying for a Law degree at Edinburgh University, being placed second in both the Paramount Funniest Student final (2009), and the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year final (2009). Just one week after graduating, Iain found himself on a train down to London to begin presenting on CBBC and just two years later he received a BAFTA nomination for ‘Best Children’s Presenter’ Iain has played at some of the most established gigs in the country, including the Stand (Edinburgh and Glasgow), the Comedy Store (London and Manchester), The Glee and The Brighton Komedia, and was dubbed one of Scotland’s “hottest newcomers” (The Scotsman), after his performance at Glasgow Old Fruit Market to over 750 people. He has supported Russell Kane and Rhod Gilbert on tour and last year appeared in The Comedy Zone, the most prestigious new act showcase at the Edinburgh Festival. He has also performed on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3). ‘One of the best joke writers on the circuit’ GQ ‘Exceptional talent’ Herald ‘Enjoyable, clever and - most importantly - funny stand-up’ Fest An age restriction of 14+ applies to this performance
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WE WELCOME
CIDRAL Annual Lecture Series: Public Intellectuals Music and Public Engagement in Manchester roundtable
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 5pm, Friday 22 March 2013
A discussion between Manchester’s musical ensembles and educators on how music shapes the public life of the city.
Price FREE
This roundtable discusses music and the city. It examines Manchester-based case studies and their different means of public engagement, from archives and alternative concert venues to digital media. Participants include the Manchester Camerata, the Hallé, One Education and Brighter Sound.
Black Box Theatre Company presents
Venue The John Thaw Studio Theatre
Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by Ian Moore
Time & Dates 7pm, Monday 25 March 2013 (evening performance plus post show discussion)
Black Box returns to the John Thaw Theatre, following their sell-out Of Mice and Men in 2012, with an abridged Shakespeare classic OTHELLO Believing Othello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Othello. Iago convinces the jealous Othello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution.
7pm, Tuesday 26 March 2013 1pm, Wednesday 27 March 2013 (matinee performance plus post show discussion)
A production that depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, “...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon”. Othello is part of the National Curriculum 2012-13. The production is scheduled to tie-in with both GCSE and A level study. Black Box, Liverpool’s award-winning theatre company was founded by Artistic Director Ian Moore in 1994 with an excellent track record for adapting and performing classic literature – Of Mice and Men (2012) An Inspector Calls (2011) Hamlet (2010) and James and the Giant Peach (2009)
7pm, Wednesday 27 March 2013 Price £8 / £6 / £5
10% discount for Schools/Groups and one adult supervisor goes free for every ten students
MHC Box Office tel: 0161 275 8951
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Access
Box Office Information
There are a range of facilities within the Martin Harris Centre for disabled patrons. The Martin Harris Centre is fully accessible.
Booking tickets Tickets for our events can be purchased directly from the Martin Harris Centre box office, or from Quaytickets. Please note that tickets bought from the Centre’s sales agent Quaytickets will be subject to a booking fee and also a non-refundable postage fee. The booking fee charged by Quaytickets is 10% of the face value of the ticket (minimum £1.25 per ticket).
It has a ramp at the Coupland Street entrance and there are level floor entrances to both performance spaces. Both entrances to the building have autoopening doors. There are wheelchair spaces in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall and in the John Thaw Studio Theatre. Wheelchair access is available to our performance spaces at The Martin Harris Centre. Low-level counters are available at the box office. Disabled toilet facilities are available on the ground floor. A manually operated wheelchair is available by prior arrangement. Patrons requiring wheelchair access are asked to inform the box office at the time of booking. There are parking spaces available for blue badge holders in the multi-story car park. If parking is required closer to the building, this can be arranged in advance. Please contact the box office.
How to find us
Getting here
The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The University of Manchester Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL
The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is situated behind the Manchester Museum, which is located on Oxford Road. It is approximately 1 mile south of the city centre.
Box office:
There are 2 entrances to the building, one on Bridgeford Street, the other on Coupland Street. Please note that there is pedestrian access only to both of these streets.
Tel: 0161 275 8951 Email for enquiries: boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk Box office opening times: 2.00pm-4.00pm Monday to Friday
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The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall and the John Thaw Studio Theatre can both be found within the Martin Harris Centre. Sat Nav: Please do not rely on your satellite navigation system to find the Martin Harris Centre, as our postcode covers the entire University of Manchester campus. As an alternative, we would advise patrons to use Google maps. Find us on Google: http://maps.google.com/maps and search for Martin Harris Centre. By Bus: Direct routes to Oxford Road run regularly from Piccadilly Gardens in Central Manchester. Routes and timetable enquiries 0161 242 6040. Metro: Metrolink services run between Altrincham and Bury through Manchester city centre. The South Manchester line which recently opened, runs from Trafford Bar to Chorlton. Timetable enquiries 0161 205 2000. By Train: Oxford Road station is a ten minute walk away. Train enquiries 08457 48 49 50. Car Parking: Car parking is available in the multistorey car park off Booth Street West, opposite the Royal Northern College of Music. Parking costs £2.00 from 4pm to midnight weekdays, £2.00 all day on Saturday and Sunday and is payable upon exiting the car park. Please note that there is no vehicle access to the Martin Harris Centre from either Bridgeford Street or Coupland Street.
The John Thaw Studio Theatre is fitted with an induction loop. (Hearing aids should be switched to the ‘T’ position). The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall has recently been fitted with an infra-red induction loop. Receivers for this new facility are available from The Martin Harris Centre Box Office. Please advise Box Office of your requirements at the time of booking. General Access Information: Please call the box office on 0161 275 8951 for further information on access. • There is a drop off point outside the venue. • There is seating in the main foyer. • The Martin Harris Centre has baby changing facilities.
• Tickets can be ordered in advance from the box office in person, by telephone or by post, and can be paid for by cheque or debit/credit card. Please make cheques payable to ‘The University of Manchester’. • The box office will only hold unpaid for tickets for up to 4 working days from the time of booking. Unpaid tickets cannot be reserved on the 4 days preceding a performance or event. By post Include your name, address, phone number, performance details and tickets required, plus a cheque made payable to ‘The University of Manchester’ and post to: The Martin Harris Centre Box Office The University of Manchester Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL In person The box office opening times are listed below and our team will be happy to help. Box Office opening times 2.00pm-4.00pm Monday to Friday opens 1 hour before an event is due to start and closes 15 minutes after the start of the event. By phone The Martin Harris Centre Box Office 0161 275 8951 (during box office opening times) Quaytickets 0843 208 0500 (9.30am-8pm Mon-Sat and 10am-8pm Sun) Please have your debit / credit card ready. Visa, Mastercard and Maestro cards accepted. Online www.quaytickets.com Email For enquiries email boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk (tickets may not be ordered by email) Ticket Prices All ticket prices are stated under each event as Full Price and the available Concessions. Concessions are only available for certain performances, please enquire at the time of booking. We regret that we cannot exchange or refund tickets. Concessions The Martin Harris Centre offers concessions, subject to availability and on presentation of the relevant I.D. to: • Under 18s • Students in full-time education • Senior citizens (Over 60s) • Unwaged • A free ticket is available to any essential companion accompanying a disabled patron. Please contact Box Office. • For certain events a group discount of 10% is available to groups of 10 or more. Please contact Box Office for more information. Concession prices are shown where they apply. The prices do not refer to differently priced seat sections.
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IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS | JANUARY-JULY 2013
Eating and drinking
Terms and Conditions
Café Arts based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. The café is open from 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday and is also open for weekend and evening events. For further information please contact Box Office on 0161 275 8951.
Tickets are sold subject to the right of the Management to change performers and/ or programme content due to unforeseen circumstances. All content of this document is correct at the time of going to press, however, we reserve the right to make such changes without notice if necessary.
Chancellors at Christie’s Bistro is situated on the 1st floor of the Christies Building in what was the original Library. Patrons can enjoy a 2 or 3 course lunch or something less formal in the lounge area, where sandwiches and bowl food is available. Hot and chilled beverages including wine are also available. Afternoon tea in the form of delicious cakes and pastries is served up to 5pm each day. To book call 0161 275 7702
Comments We would welcome your feedback on issues or topics which you may want to contact us about. If there is something you would like to comment on regarding the Martin Harris Centre, our events programme or service, please contact Mark Woolstencroft, Centre Manager, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.
Corporate hire
Credit card payments may be taken over the telephone. University policy dictates that we cannot accept credit card details by email or post. We regret that we can not exchange or refund tickets. All ticket exchanges are at the discretion of the Front of House Manager. Please examine your tickets at the time of purchase to ensure that all details are correct. Concessionary prices are available on production of the appropriate identification, for under 18’s, students in full time education, senior citizens and unwaged. Please note that latecomers cannot be admitted until a suitable break in the programme and Management reserves the right to request that latecomers await entry until instructed otherwise by the Front of House Manager. Under exceptional circumstances, the Management reserves the right to refuse admission. Latecomers who are not admitted are in no way entitled to a refund. The unauthorised use of cameras, video or any other form of recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Please ensure that mobile phones are switched off or operate on silent.
The state-of-the-art facilities at The Martin Harris Centre are available for private hire. We would be delighted to discuss your requirements in more detail and to show you around the venue. Should you wish to make an enquiry please contact Alex Shaw tel: 0161 306 1669
Adopt-a-Seat If you enjoy our concerts why not Adopt-a-Seat? You can adopt your favourite seat in your name, or seats named for family and friends, to celebrate a birthday or anniversary, to commemorate a graduation or other milestone, or as a way of remembering a departed loved one. Some seats have already been adopted in this way, others to acknowledge favourite composers. The choice is yours. Adopting a seat is a very personal way to share in the development of this wonderful cultural arts venue. The money raised goes towards providing the best facilities possible for our musicians and provides a visible and lasting legacy for future generations of students. If you would like more information about seat sponsorship please email us at: adoptaseat@manchester.ac.uk or write to us: Adopt-a-seat, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
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EATING AND DRINKING, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Event
Venue
Page
Literature 11 February
6.30pm
Jeanette Winterson "in Conversation" with Abi Morgan
CH
6
18 February
6.30pm
Literature Live: Michael Hofmann and Rachel Seiffert
JTST
7
11 March
6.30pm
Literature Live
JTST
7
22 April
6.30pm
Jeanette Winterson "in Conversation" with Kamila Shamsie
UP
6
18 January
1.10pm
MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Solo and Chamber Works
Cosmo
11
24 January
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
Cosmo
12
24 January
2.30pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
12
25 - 27 January
Various
Quatuor Danel Open House
Various
16
25 January
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel Evening concert with Richard Whalley
Cosmo
16
31 January
1.10pm
WCLC: Clare Hammond (piano)
Cosmo
12
1 February
7.30pm
MUMS Chamber Music Festival Day One
Cosmo
8
2 February
7pm
MUMS Chamber Music Festival Day Two
Cosmo
8
7 February
1.10pm
WCLC: Hsing-Chwen Hsin
Cosmo
13
14 February
1.10pm
WCLC: Trio Atem
Cosmo
13
15 February
7.30pm
Psappha
Cosmo
18
16 February
7.30pm
MUMS: The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra
Cosmo
9
21 February
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
Cosmo
13
21 February
2.30pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
13
22 February
1.10pm
MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Electroacoustic
Cosmo
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22 February
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel Evening concert
MGS
17
28 February
1.10pm
WCLC: Fidelio Trio
Cosmo
14
2 March
6pm, 8pm
MANTIS Spring Festival 2013
JTST
19
3 March
2pm
MANTIS Spring Festival 2013
JTST
19
7 March
1.10pm
WCLC: Il Bacio
Cosmo
14
8 March
7.30pm
Psappha
Cosmo
19
9 March
7.30pm
MUMS: University of Manchester String Orchestra and Brass Band
Cosmo
9
14 March
1.10pm
WCLC: A Program of American Songs
Cosmo
14
15 March
1.10pm
VAGANZA Lunchtime concert
Cosmo
19
15 March
7.30pm
MUMS: Ad solem
Cosmo
9
16 March
7.30pm
MUMS: MUWO
Cosmo
9
19 March
7.30pm
MUMS: Manchester University Big Band
Cosmo
10
21 March
1.10pm
WCLC: Student Showcase
Cosmo
14
22 March
1.10pm
MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Vocal Showcase
Cosmo
11
23 - 25 March
various
Heiner Goebbels Festival
various
20
18 April
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Michelle Assay
Cosmo
15
18 April
2.30pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
15
19 April
1.10pm
MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Manchester University Baroque Orchestra
Cosmo
11
19 April
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel Evening concert with David Fanning
Cosmo
17
25 April
1.10pm
WCLC: Gamelan Degung
Cosmo
15
27 April
7.30pm
MUMS: The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
TWH
10
2 May
1.10pm
WCLC: Helen Tonge (violin) and Richard Whalley (piano)
Cosmo
15
3 May
1.10pm
MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Opera Scenes
Cosmo
11
4 - 6 June
various
MUMS: ESTIVAL 2013
various
10
7.00pm
UMDS Festival show: Paper Shield
JTST
22
Music
Drama 20 - 22 February
We Welcome 9 February
8pm
John Hegley
Cosmo
23
4 March
8pm
The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guests
JTST
24
18 March
8pm
The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guests
JTST
24
22 March
5pm
CIDRAL Annual Lecture Series: Public Intellectuals
Cosmo
25
25 March
7pm
Othello evening performance plus post show discussion
JTST
25
26 March
7pm
Othello evening performance
JTST
25
27 March
1pm
Othello matinee performance plus post show discussion
JTST
25
27 March
7pm
Othello evening performance
JTST
25
22 April
8pm
The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guests
JTST
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Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall The John Thaw Studio Theatre Manchester University Music Society Cornerhouse
TWH WCLC MGS UP
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The Whitworth Hall Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts Manchester Grammar School University Place
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