IN PERFORMANCE
AUTUMN-WINTER 2018
IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS AUTUMN-WINTER 2018
CONTENTS
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WELCOME
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INTRODUCING THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE
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FOOD AND DRINK
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LITERATURE
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MUSIC
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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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ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC
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DRAMA
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WE WELCOME
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BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
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ACCESS
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HOW TO FIND US
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WELCOME Welcome to the autumn 2018 season at the Martin Harris Centre.
Mark Woolstencroft
It is my great pleasure to share with you our exciting programme of events for autumn. We have a fantastic line up of events planned, with something to suit all tastes. We welcome back some familiar friends and also University alumni, and we are equally as excited to welcome some new and emerging talent. It is a year since Manchester joined UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature. We will be celebrating with a packed programme of ‘Literature Live’ events which form part of the iconic Manchester Literature Festival 2018. The Centre will welcome acclaimed writers such as Jackie Kay, Jim Crace, Nick Laird and Sasha Dugdale. The University’s resident string quartet, the Quatuor Danel will treat audiences to a hugely adventurous 2018-19 chamber music season. Their fourteenth season at the Martin Harris Centre offers a feast for lovers of Schubert, Weinberg and contemporary music. The programme also includes the complete set of Weinberg’s string quartets spread over seven special concerts in January 2019, marking the beginning of the composer’s centenary year. Make time on Thursday lunchtimes to join us for a Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert. These varied concerts take place at 1.10pm during term time and are free. There is no need to book, you can just turn up on the day and enjoy the music! We are thrilled to host Summit, the new play by renowned theatre-maker Andy Smith. Exploring equality and inviting action, it is performed in a blend of languages, including fully integrated BSL. Summit is accessible for both D/deaf and hearing audiences. These are just a few of the highlights. For details of the entire programme, please refer to the useful tear-out events guide at the back of this brochure. You can also visit our website for the full programme and up-to-date event information: www.manchester.ac.uk/mhc You can purchase tickets for any of our events, either online (via Quaytickets), in person or by calling the Martin Harris Centre Box Office (during opening times 12.30-2.30pm). We hope you can join us this autumn, and we look forward to welcoming you to the Centre. 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 at the heart of The University of Manchester.
350-seat Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
100-seat John Thaw Studio Theatre
The Creative Campus The Centre is situated at the very heart of the University’s campus. Since it opened in 2003, the Centre has contributed to the cultural life of students, staff, alumni and the wider community. It hosts new and emerging artists, as well as more established, internationally renowned figures. The Centre offers a varied programme of arts events, many of which are free, in order to educate, stimulate and engage audiences, as well as provide memorable and inspirational experiences. Events are open to the public and include concerts, theatre productions, literature and spoken word events, seminars and lectures. It incorporates two major performance spaces: the 350-seat Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall and the John Thaw Studio Theatre, which can accommodate approximately 100 people.
Accessibility The Martin Harris Centre is open to all, and strives to be inclusive. In 2015, the Centre embarked on a journey to become a more dementia-friendly and accessible arts venue. Over the past few years, adaptations have been made to the venue, the programme and to facilities, in order to encourage participation. Relaxed Performances are now programmed each season. These concerts are designed to be less formal than other events and intended to be welcoming to people who may not feel comfortable visiting an arts venue. Small changes, such as leaving the lights on during a concert, and allowing audience members to move around or leave during a performance make the environment more welcoming. The events are open to everyone, including people living with dementia, a learning disability, or visitors on the autistic spectrum. Friends, family members and carers are also welcome.
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INTRODUCTION
Food and Drink The Centre has a number of shops, cafés and restaurants close by, delivering value for money, excellent service and great food and drink. Here are just a few options available to you within 5 minutes of the Martin Harris Centre: Café Arts Based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, Café Arts serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. Opening times: 8.30am - 3.30pm (Monday to Friday) and is also open for weekend and evening concerts at the Centre. You can pre-order interval drinks prior to the start of each event. Christie’s Bistro, Oxford Road Christie’s Bistro is based within the Old Christie Library, in one of the University’s most iconic buildings. It offers a range of light snacks and light bites throughout the day, coupled with a wide range of beverages. Opening times: 9am - 5pm (Monday to Friday) Tel: 0161 275 7702 Email: Christies.Bistro@manchester.ac.uk
Café Arts
The Café at the Museum, Manchester Museum The Café at the Museum is a child friendly restaurant offering fresh sandwiches, soups and home-baked cakes. Opening times: 8am - 5pm (Monday to Friday), 9am - 5pm (Saturday to Sunday) Tel: 0161 275 6256 Email: hello@thecafeatthemuseum.co.uk For further information please contact the Martin Harris Centre Box Office on 0161 275 8951.
Artwork on display The Centre is fortunate to display a collection of stunning textile wall hangings by contemporary textile/fibre artist, Alice Kettle. These striking pieces of artwork; Red and Blue Movement in Three and The Birth of Motives in the Clouds, are unique in their grouping and were commissioned by The Oglesby Charitable Trust.
Alice Kettle
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LITERATURE LIVE
image: Deborah da Silva
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These unique literature 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.
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 7.30pm, Monday 8 October 2018 Price £7 / £5
Maura Dooley
Finuala Dowling
LITERATURE LIVE: Maura Dooley and Finuala Dowling Join us for an evening of witty, compassionate and thought-provoking poetry. South African poet Finuala Dowling, well regarded as an inventive sketcher of the domestic sublime, performs work from her new Bloodaxe collection Pretend You Don’t Know Me, a compilation of the best of her four previous prize-winning collections alongside new work. Finuala’s poems are funny and poignant, exploring themes of parenthood, love, loss and her mother’s dementia. She is joined by Maura Dooley whose Poetry Book Society recommended books include Kissing a Bone and The Silvering. Maura’s poetry is remarkable for embracing both lyricism and political consciousness, for its fusion of head and heart. This event is in partnership with the Manchester Literature Festival Book on 0843 208 0500 or manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Tuesday 9 October 2018 Price £10 / £8
Alan Taylor
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Muriel Spark
Jackie Kay
Louise Welsh
A Celebration of Muriel Spark: with Jackie Kay, Alan Taylor and Louise Welsh Muriel Spark chronicled human interaction with a scalpel and razor-sharp insight. Her writing examines the aspects of our lives we try to hide, the affect stories have on the way we live and the impact of religion, following her own conversion to Catholicism. To celebrate the centenary of Muriel’s birth, three writers discuss what made her one of Scotland’s greatest novelists and short story writers. They will also treat us to readings of some of their favourite Spark extracts. Alan Taylor was Muriel’s friend and is the author of the biography Appointment in Arezzo. Poet and novelist Jackie Kay has written the introduction to The Finishing School and novelist Louise Welsh has written the introduction to Aiding and Abetting. This event is in partnership with the Manchester Literature Festival Book on 0843 208 0500 or manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
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LITERATURE LIVE image: TatianaZima
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 7.30pm, Monday 15 October 2018 Price ÂŁ7 / ÂŁ5
Nick Laird
Sasha Dugdale
Literature Live: Nick Laird and Sasha Dugdale Poet and novelist Nick Laird has won the Betty Trask Prize, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has recently published a poetry collection, Feel Free (Faber, 2018) and a fourth novel, Modern Gods (Fourth Estate, 2017). Writer-in-Residence at New York University, his BBC poem-documentary about the Troubles, The Life After, will be broadcast later this year. Sasha Dugdale is an award-winning poet, playwright and editor. She has published four collections of poetry, most recently Joy (Carcanet, 2017), the title poem of which won the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in 2016. She is also a noted translator of contemporary Russian women poets. This event is in partnership with the Manchester Literature Festival Book on 0843 208 0500 or manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
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Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 7.30pm, Monday 5 November 2018 Price £8 / £6
Jenni Fagan
Jim Crace
LITERATURE LIVE: Jenni Fagan and Jim Crace Jenni Fagan is a novelist, poet and screenwriter. Listed as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists after her debut novel, The Panopticon, her second, The Sunlight Pilgrims, won her Scottish Author of the Year. She has been in lists for the IMPAC, Sunday Times Short Story Prize, BBC Short Story Award, Desmond Elliott, and the James Tait Black Award, amongst others. Fagan’s work is currently in development for film, theatre and virtual reality. Her new poetry collection There’s a Witch In The Word Machine is due out in Autumn 2018, and she is currently working on a new novel and a memoir. Jim Crace is the prize-winning author of several books, including Continent (winner of the 1986 Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize), Quarantine (winner of the 1998 Whitbread Novel of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize) and Being Dead (winner of the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award). His 2013 novel, Harvest, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His twelfth book, The Melody (2018), was described in the Financial Times as confirming the author ‘as one of the UK’s most accomplished novelists’. This event is in partnership with the Manchester Literature Festival Book on 0843 208 0500 or manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
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LITERATURE LIVE image: Alison Harris
Venue The John Rylands Library, Deansgate Time & Date 6pm, Thursday 22 November 2018 Price FREE
Marilyn Hacker
The John Rylands Library
16th Annual Rylands Poetry Reading with Marilyn Hacker Marilyn Hacker is the author of thirteen books of poems, including A Stranger’s Mirror (Norton, 2015), Names (Norton, 2010), and Essays on Departure (Carcanet, 2006), the essay collection, Unauthorized Voices (Michigan, 2010). Her translations of French, Francophone and Arabic poets appear regularly in PN Review and journals around the world. Her awards include the National Book Award, the 2009 American PEN Award for Poetry in translation, the 2010 PEN Voelcker Award and the Argana International Poetry Prize from the Beit as-Sh’ir/ House of Poetry in Morocco in 2011. She lives in Paris. “Hacker is a major poet…exciting and true.” George Szirtes, Guardian This is a FREE event – but booking is essential as places are limited. To reserve your place please contact The John Rylands Library on 0161 306 0555 or email jrl.visitors@manchester.ac.uk image: Tom Medwell
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 7.30pm, Monday 26 November 2018 Price £7 / £5
Joe Dunthorne
Luke Kennard
LITERATURE LIVE: Joe Dunthorne and Luke Kennard Joe Dunthorne’s first novel, Submarine, was translated into sixteen languages and adapted for film by Richard Ayoade. His second, Wild Abandon, won the 2012 Encore Award. The Adulterants, published earlier this year, was hailed by The Guardian as ‘brilliantly knowing’, and by the New Statesman as ‘a wickedly funny millennial Bildungsroman’. Joe teaches on the MA in Prose Fiction at UEA. Luke Kennard’s fifth and latest poetry collection, Cain, was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize in 2017. His first novel, The Transition, was published by 4th Estate in 2017 and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. He lectures at the University of Birmingham. Joe Dunthorne’s The Adulterants and Luke Kennard’s The Transition are both biting satires following the logical absurdities of life in the city for Generation Rent. Please note this event is suitable for age 16+ as it will contain discussions of sexual content and drug abuse. This event is in partnership with the Manchester Literature Festival Book on 0843 208 0500 or manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
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Venue International Anthony Burgess Foundation Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 10 December 2018 Price £7 / £5
Ross Raisin
Caroline Chisholm
The Caroline Chisholm Reading: Ross Raisin This event honours the memory of writer Caroline Chisholm (MA Creative Writing, 2013), who was a valued member of the CNW community. Ross Raisin is the author of three novels: A Natural (2017), Waterline (2011) and God’s Own Country (2008). In 2013 he was named as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. He has been the recipient of several awards, including The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and a Betty Trask Award, and been shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Guardian First Book Award. His 2018 publication on the practice of fiction writing was titled, Read This if you Want to be a Great Writer. Ross teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths University.
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MUSIC Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 3.30pm, Sunday 14 October 2018 Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3
Baroque Orchestra: The Majesty of Versailles: Court and Theatre Music from Baroque France
Peter Holman MBE
As the culmination of a two-day intensive workshop on historically informed performance, guided by Peter Holman MBE, co-founder of The Parley of Instruments, together with Baroque strings specialist Judy Tarling, members of The University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra treat us to an exploration of the rich and varied repertory of late seventeenth-century France, exploring the music of Lully, Charpentier Couperin and Lalande.
Birthday Concert Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 29 November 2018 Price FREE (For more information please see page 21)
Kevin Malone 60th Birthday
Kevin Malone
This year we celebrate the 60th birthday of Kevin Malone, one of the six fulltime professional composers on the staff of the Music Department here at The University of Manchester. Born in New York, Kevin holds degrees in Analysis and Composition from the New England Conservatory (Boston), the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Goldsmiths, University of London. Equally at home with choirs and orchestras, electronics and multimedia, for twenty years Kevin has been exploring what is it to be an artist surrounded by crazy social issues. To mark this very special year, his music – both humorous and serious – can be heard throughout the University’s concert season. Join us on a journey that ranges from fresh-off-the-press vignettes about Facebook and a mocksoundtrack from a low-budget monster flick to an hour-long cantata about creation myths. See why The Independent describes his music as ‘witty, with a rare ability to communicate quite complicated processes with clarity’ – and be prepared for a surprise or two along the way. Refreshments will be provided.
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MUSIC
Robert Guy
Robert Guy We are delighted to welcome Robert Guy as the new Conductor and Artistic Director of Manchester University Music Society (MUMS). This follows a triumphant year as conductor of The University of Manchester Chorus, a role in which Robert will also continue. A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music and The University of Manchester, Robert quickly established himself as one of the most exciting conductors of his generation. As a regular guest conductor to the Manchester Camerata, he has worked with Tine Thing Helseth, recorded for Sony Playstation and conducted a new commission by Philip Venables for Manchester International Festival. He is part of the creative partnership between Welsh National Opera, North Wales International Music Festival and the award-winning NEW Sinfonia, for which he is Artistic Director. Career highlights to date include being appointed Conductor-in-Residence at the Inspire Arts Festival in South Korea and conducting the Astana Opera Orchestra in Kazakhstan. Highlights for the coming season include making his debut at the Mozarteum Orchesterhaus in Salzburg, conducting the Honor Chamber String Orchestra.
Animikii Theatre
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY (MUMS) www.mumusicsociety.co.uk Completely student-led and open to all, Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) provides its members with a huge variety of performance opportunities all year round. As a welcoming and friendly community, the society is able to deliver an established programme of high-calibre concerts, whilst maintaining a fresh and exciting environment in which musicians can meet, collaborate, socialise and perform.
Evening Concerts
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 5pm, Sunday 30 September 2018 Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3
Welcome Concert
Welcome Concert
Programme to include: Poulenc Gloria Farrenc Overture in E minor Ibert Flute Concerto Join us for the first Music Society concert of the academic year, featuring three contrasting French works. We introduce our newest music students in Poulenc’s eclectic Gloria, followed by Louise Farrenc’s (1834) overture, transitioning classical and romantic idioms. Ibert’s flute concerto exhibits florid virtuosity, alongside Arturo Màrquez’s most popular work.
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 20 October 2018 Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3
Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Programme to include: Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead Will Frampton Special Commission Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Böcklin’s 1884 painting ‘The Isle of the Dead’ inspired Rachmaninoff’s extraordinary work, featuring one of the most sinister openings in any orchestral repertoire. Postgraduate composer, Will Frampton, explores a similarly dark sound-world, whilst Tchaikovsky’s 5th symphony brightens the second half. Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday (pre concert talk at 6.45pm) 10 November 2018 Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3
Chamber Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra
Programme to include: Mozart Adagio and Fuge Rautavarra Piano Concerto No. 1 The year 1788 saw Mozart push the boundaries of contemporary composition to unseen heights of contrapuntal mastery and genius, emulated in his Adagio and Fugue and final symphony. Rautavarra’s Piano Concerto in-between is in turn meditative and eerily reflective.
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY (MUMS) www.mumusicsociety.co.uk
Evening Concerts Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Programme to include: Kevin Malone Godzilla
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 24 November 2018
Manchester University Wind Orchestra returns with an action-packed night of fantastic music, featuring Rohan Iyer on solo Tuba! Experience film magic with Jurassic Park, and there may be more than one dinosaur on the horizon with Kevin Malone’s Godzilla.
Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3
Wind Orchestra
Venue The Whitworth Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Sunday 2 December 2018 Price £16 / £12 / £5 (early bird £15 / £11 / £4 up to and including 31 October 2018)
The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
After a sterling succession of concerts, The University of Manchester Chorus returns with Brahms’s A German Requiem, accompanied by The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Robert Guy. They will be joined by wonderful soloists and Manchester alumni Charlotte Trespass and Timothy Edlin.
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Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
The Manchester University Big Band take the stage for their first concert this year, pushing the ensembles capabilities and featuring soloists from all areas of the band. Expect new sounds, rhythms and grooves from this tight-knit group, focussing on the contemporary in big band repertoire.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Thursday 6 December 2018 Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3
Big Band
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 8 December 2018 Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3 String Orchestra
Brass Band
Manchester University String Orchestra and University of Manchester Brass Band MUSO will contrast pieces of core string repertoire by British Composer’s Gerald Finzi and Benjamin Britten, then Brass Band will present an exciting range of music that will showcase their versatile nature. University of Manchester Brass Band are working hard to compete at the Unibrass competition in February 2019. Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Thursday 13 December 2018 Price £10.50 / £6.50 / £3
Festive Concert
Ad Solem
Ad Solem take on a broad range of festive repertoire, extending from Bach to Anderson, to end the musical year on a jubilant festive note. The first part of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is joined by Finzi’s Dies Natalis, whilst pieces from Malone, Onac, Tchaikovsky and Anderson close a truly festive concert.
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY (MUMS) www.mumusicsociety.co.uk Lunchtime Concerts Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1,10pm, Friday 19 October 2018 Price FREE
Ensemble Sounds in the Twentieth Century
Ensemble Sounds
Three works composed between 1922-34 reveal the varied nature of early twentieth-century chamber music, using imaginative forces to evoke new timbres and characters. Contrastingly, Gloria Coates treats that most familiar of ensembles, the string quartet, in a more contemporary idiom.
Vocal Showcase
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
MUMS presents a highly engaging concert celebrating the vocal talent within the society. With a wide range of voices and styles, this promises to be an exciting varied Lunchtime Concert, comprising of works from Caroline Shaw and other fantastic composers.
Time & Date 1,10pm, Friday 9 November 2018 Price FREE
Vocal Showcase
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New Sounds from Manchester
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
In this free Public Lunchtime Concert, you have the opportunity to hear some of Manchester University Music Society’s newest and best student compositions. Comprising of varying forces and styles, this concert has something for everyone.
Time & Date 1,10pm, Friday 16 November 2018 New Sounds
Price FREE Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1,10pm, Friday 7 December 2018 Price FREE
Baroque Orchestra: The Majesty of Versailles: Court and Theatre Music from Baroque France
The Palace of Versailles
The University’s period-instrument Baroque ensemble undertakes an exploration of the rich and varied repertory of late seventeenth-century France including special music for Christmas by Lalande, Corrette and Charpentier, coupled with classic favourites by Lully, Charpentier, and Rameau.
Festive Sing Along Relaxed Performance
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Get yourself in the festive spirit with a free and extremely relaxed event full of carols and festive participation, with an informal atmosphere unlike a traditional concert. Manchester University Music Society host this special concert, open to everybody in a relaxed setting.
Time & Date 1,10pm - 2pm Friday 14 December 2018
Festival Sing Along, December 2017
Price FREE
The event is intended specifically to be sensitive to and accepting of audience members who may benefit from a more relaxed environment, including (but not limited to) those with autistic spectrum conditions, anyone with a learning disability or a sensory and communication disorder. This performance is for anyone. Parents are welcome to bring small children, families should feel welcome to bring members living with dementia, and we encourage anyone who wishes to discuss their requirements further to contact us. Audience members will have the chance to meet the performers and try some musical instruments themselves. Group bookings: please contact the Martin Harris Centre box office on 0161 275 8951 or email boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk If you are not attending in a group then you do not need to book, but please note that seating will be first-come, first-served.
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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.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 27 September 2018 Price FREE
Oriental Breeze
Oriental Breeze
Quatuor Danel with Michelle Assay (piano) Lutosławski Myaskovsky
Bucolics (1953). Versions for piano solo and viola and cello Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86 (1949)
In the last years of Stalin’s regime, composers in Russia and the eastern bloc were exhorted to compose music ‘for the people’. In Poland Lutosławski responded with a folklike series of piano pieces, which he later arranged for viola and cello, while in Russia the ailing Myaskovsky, once dubbed ‘the conscience of Soviet music’, composed his lyrical farewell to the quartet genre.
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Manchester-based Chinese music ensemble, Oriental Breeze, consists of members from the local Chinese community and is one of the largest of its kind in the UK. Enjoy the charm of traditional Chinese music with many of the most popular Chinese pieces, such as Jasmine, Beijing melody and many more classics.
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 4 October 2018 Price FREE
Quatuor Danel
Followed at 2.30pm by Michelle Assay Quatuor Danel Seminar Dr Anne Hyland and the Danels explore the unique expressive world of Schubert’s late quartets.
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 11 October 2018 Price FREE
Jonathan Aasgaard plays Weinberg Weinberg Britten Weinberg
Jonathan Aasgaard
5 preludes op 100 Suite no 1 op 72 Sonata no 1 op 72
Weinberg loved the cello – it was clearly a vehicle with which he could express his innermost feelings and thoughts. Jonathan Aasgaard, a longstanding fan of his music, is delighted to present a selection of his music for solo cello.
The Art of Touching the Keyboard Judith Weir John Adams Helmut Lachenmann Toru Takemitsu Richard Whalley
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
The Art of Touching the Keyboard China Gates Guero Les Yeux Clos II Kinderszenen (UK première)
Touch and movement (encapsulated by Judith Weir’s apt title) characterise this programme of short late twentieth century classics, plus the UK première of Richard Whalley’s recent Kinderszenen.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 18 October 2018 Price FREE
Richard Whalley
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 25 October 2018 Price FREE
Ensemble DENOTE
Ensemble DENOTE
Beethoven Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in E flat, Op.38 Beethoven only rarely rearranged his works for different instrumental combinations. Acclaimed period-instrument chamber group, Ensemble DENOTE, explores his reimagining of the Septet, Op.20 as a Trio, Op.38.
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Photo of Weinberg provided by Tommy Persson. © Olga Rakhalskaya
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 8 November 2018 Price FREE
Mieczysław Weinberg
Citizen of Nowhere: Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) A Sung Life This performance, from Jewish vocal music specialist Mark Glanville and the renowned Israeli pianist Marc Verter, journeys through the extraordinary vocal output of a major twentieth-century Jewish composer, in settings of important Yiddish, Russian and Polish poetry.
Quatuor Danel
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Shebalin Sonata for Violin and Viola in C minor, Op. 35 Shostakovich Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar The Quatuor Danel workshops Composition Etudes by Masters composers of the University.
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WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 15 November 2018 Price FREE image: MarcoBorggreve
Vissarion Shebalin was four years Shostakovich’s senior and regarded initially as his Moscow counterpart while Shostakovich dominated the Leningrad scene. Shebalin’s Sonata is a wartime piece, as is Shostakovich’s militant Second Quartet, which was composed shortly after his return from evacuation and dedicated to Shebalin.
Quatuor Danel
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 22 November 2018 Price FREE
Rosalind Dobson
Michelle Assay
Rosalind Dobson (Soprano) and Michelle Assay (Piano) perform The songs of Shostakovich and Weinberg Shostakovich Satires, Op. 109 Weinberg Old Letters after J. Tuwim Op. 77 Songs from the height of the USSR by Weinberg, and one of his main influences, Shostakovich.
Kevin Malone 60th Birthday Concert
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Kevin Malone celebrates his 60th birthday and 19 years at The University of Manchester’s Music Department throughout the concert season, with this concert featuring one of his earliest works alongside a première for this concert.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 29 November 2018 Price FREE
Be prepared for one of his quirky, postmodern experiences which have been cited as “showing wit and a rare ability to communicate complicated processes with clarity” (Independent, London).
Kevin Malone
Quatuor Danel with Richard Whalley (piano) Stolen Airs for Cello and Piano (first performance) Quartet No. 5 in F minor, Op. 33 (‘Slavonic’)
The first performance of a piece by the University’s Professor emeritus, John Casken, derived from his opera-inprogress Sylvie and the Songman, precedes the Stalin-Prize-winning Fifth Quartet of Shostakovich’s friend and colleague, Vissarion Shebalin, composed in the early years of the Great Patriotic War and in the spirit of national affirmation.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 6 December 2018
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Casken Shebalin
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Price FREE
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Quatuor Danel Seminar The Quatuor Danel workshops new compositions by postgraduate students of the University.
flickering presences – new works for flute & video Gavin Osborn (flute) flickering presences: a concert of specially commissioned extraordinary pieces for flute and video, with the projected image also forming the score for the flautist to play. This concert will include works by Nina Whiteman, Kelly Jayne Jones, Elizabeth Ditmanson, Rachel Graff and Sarah Keirle.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 13 December 2018 Price FREE
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QUATUOR DANEL The University of Manchester’s internationally renowned resident string quartet. Manchester’s most adventurous chamber music season – the Quatuor Danel’s fourteenth at The University of Manchester – offers a feast for lovers of Schubert, Weinberg and contemporary music. Featuring new works by Camden Reeves, Richard Whalley and John Casken, and all the last great Quartets of Schubert plus the sublime String Quintet, the season also marks the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg with a repeat of the Danels’ historic first-ever cycle of all 17 of his Quartets, first given here in November 2009. And there’s still room for Bacewicz Lutosławski, Myaskovsky, Shebalin, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Maconchy and – of course – Beethoven. All concerts take place in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall unless otherwise stated. Please note that there is reserved seating for all Quatuor Danel evening and afternoon concerts at the MHC. Seating for all Thursday lunchtime concerts is unreserved. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust.
Lunchtime Concert with Michelle Assay (piano) Lutosławski Bucolics (1953). Versions for piano solo and viola and cello Myaskovsky Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86 (1949)
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday
In the last years of Stalin’s regime, Michelle Assay 4 October 2018 composers in Russia and the eastern bloc were exhorted to Price compose music ‘for the people’. In Poland Lutosławski responded with a FREE folklike series of piano pieces, which he later arranged for viola and cello, while in Russia the ailing Myaskovsky, once dubbed ‘the conscience of Soviet music’, composed his lyrical farewell to the quartet genre. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar Dr Anne Hyland and the Danels explore the unique expressive world of Schubert’s late quartets.
Evening Concert with Richard Whalley (piano) Haydn/Hoffstetter Quartet in F (‘Serenade’) Op. 3 No. 5 Bacewicz Piano Quintet No. 2 (1965) Schubert Quartet in A minor D804 (‘Rosamunde’)
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday
The Danels begin their late-Schubert survey with the Richard Whalley 5 October 2018 bitter-sweet ‘Rosamunde’ named after its slow movement’s variations on incidental music to a play of that name. The Second Piano Quintet Price £14 / £9 / £3 by Poland’s Grażyna Bacewicz blends with neoclassicism with modernist adventure, and the concert opens with the genial Serenade by Romanus Hoffstetter, previously attributed to Haydn.
Lunchtime Concert Shebalin Sonata for Violin and Viola in C minor, Op. 35 Shostakovich Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date
Vissarion Shebalin was four years Shostakovich’s senior and regarded initially as 1.10pm, Thursday his Moscow counterpart while Shostakovich dominated the Leningrad scene. 15 November 2018 Shebalin’s Sonata is a wartime piece, as is Shostakovich’s militant Second Price Quartet, which was composed shortly after his return from evacuation and FREE dedicated to Shebalin. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar The Quatuor Danel workshops Composition Etudes by Masters composers of the University.
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Quatuor Danel
Evening Concert Beethoven Schubert
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 Quartet No. 15 in G, D887
Time & Date
Two monuments of the quartet repertoire: Beethoven’s seven-movement C 7.30pm, Friday sharp minor, with its colossal range of character and correspondingly power of 16 November 2018 determined integration; and Schubert’s equally mighty G major, dramatically poised between major and major and between the Classical and Romantic eras. Price £14 / £9 / £3
Lunchtime Concert with Richard Whalley (piano) Casken Shebalin
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Stolen Airs for Cello and Piano (first performance) Quartet No. 5 in F minor, Op. 33 (‘Slavonic’)
The first performance of a piece by the University’s Professor emeritus, John Casken, derived from his opera-in-progress Sylvie and the Songman, precedes the Stalin-Prize-winning Fifth Quartet of Shostakovich’s friend and colleague, Vissarion Shebalin, composed in the early years of the Great Patriotic War and in the spirit of national affirmation.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 6 December 2018 Price FREE
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar The Quatuor Danel workshops new compositions by postgraduate students of the University.
Evening Concert
Venue Cosmo Rodewald
Rimsky-Korsakov et al. Variations on a Russian Folk Song Concert Hall Beethoven Quartet No. 2 (1936) Schubert Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 (‘Death and the Maiden’) Time & Date
7.30pm, Friday
Schubert’s profound masterpiece, with its variations on his song ‘Death and the 7 December 2018 Maiden’ at its core, is preceded by the Variations on a Russian Folk Song, coPrice authored by ten composers in 1898, and the second of Elizabeth Maconchy’s £14 / £9 / £3 thirteen string quartets, a virtuoso blend of British and continental influences.
Lunchtime Concert Weinberg Weinberg
Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 2/141 Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 3/145
Part of the Weinberg Cycle 2019
Weinberg was a young virtuoso pianist, self-taught as a composer, when he composed his first expressive and energetic first string quartet in 1937. Its serenade-like successor followed two years later, following his flight from Nazi-occupied Warsaw to Minsk. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar Dr Dan Elphick introduces his reconstruction of Weinberg’s Quartet No. 1 and the rediscovered scherzo of his Quartet No. 7.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 24 January 2019 Price FREE
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QUATUOR DANEL The University of Manchester’s internationally renowned resident string quartet.
Evening Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 14 Quartet No. 4 in E flat, Op. 20 Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 27
Part of the Weinberg Cycle 2019
Settled in Moscow from September 1943, Weinberg embarked on an extraordinary series of chamber-music masterpieces, gradually finding his voice in his increasingly ambitious third, fourth and fifth string quartets (in three, four and five movements, respectively).
Lunchtime Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Aria, Op. 9 Capriccio, Op. 11 Quartet No. 6, Op. 35
Part of the Weinberg Cycle 2019
The six-movement Sixth Quartet marks the summit of Weinberg’s first flowering as a chamber-music composer. Appearing in 1946, it was blacklisted two years later in the Anti-formalist campaign, and not performed until the Danels’ sensational premiere in the Cosmo Rodewald Hall in January 2007. Here it is prefaced by two short pieces composed in Tashkent during his second wartime evacuation.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Thursday 24 January 2019 Price £14 / £9 / £3 Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1pm, Friday 25 January 2019 Price FREE
Please note start time.
Evening Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Quartet No. 7 in C, Op. 59 Quartet No. 8 in C, Op. 66 Quartet No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 80
Part of the Weinberg Cycle 2019
Following a gap between 1946 and 1957, Weinberg resumed his quartet cycle with a more restrained lyrical voice, heard at its most touchingly individual in the Eighth Quartet. The surrounding quartets are notable for their ambitious structures (No. 7) and restorative energy (No. 9).
Lunchtime Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Quartet No. 10, Op. 85 Quartet No. 11, Op. 89 Quartet No. 12, Op. 103
Part of the Weinberg Cycle 2019
Between 1965 and 1970 Weinberg approached a second apex of his string quartet output, working through the increasingly adventurous tenth and eleventh and culminating in the notably experimental twelfth, in which influences from Bartók and the Polish school provide new fuel for his mature musical language.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 25 January 2019 Price £14 / £9 / £3 Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1pm, Saturday 26 January 2019 Price £14 / £9 / £3
Please note start time.
Evening Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Quartet No. 13, Op. 118 Quartet No. 14, Op. 122 Quartet No. 15, Op. 124
Part of the Weinberg Cycle 2019
Three quartets composed in quick succession between 1977 and 1979 inaugurate the third phase of Weinberg’s quartet output, in which continued experimentation takes him through the quizzical compression of the singlemovement No. 13, through the inscrutability of the five-movement No. 14 to the extraordinarily powerful nine-movement No. 15.
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 26 January 2019 Price £14 / £9 / £3
Weinberg cycle 24-27 January 2019
Mieczysław Weinberg
Lunchtime Concert Weinberg Weinberg Weinberg
Quartet No. 16 in A flat minor, Op. 130 Quartet No. 17 in D, Op. 146 Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 18
Part of the Weinberg Cycle 2019
A quartet dedicated to the memory of Weinberg’s sister, who perished at the hands of the Nazis, followed by a farewell to the genre that leads towards the light. And to finish, the dramatic potency of the Piano Quintet, the work that helped make Weinberg’s name and which he recorded with the Borodin Quartet.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1pm, Sunday 27 January 2019 Price £14 / £9 / £3
Please note start time.
Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with David Fanning (piano) Reeves Prokofiev
Still above Ground – Elegy for Cello and Piano (first performance) Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
A new work for cello and piano by Camden Reeves, written in memory of his jazz-loving grandfather and with echoes of the style of Bill Evans, precedes Prokofiev’s pungently idiosyncratic first quartet of 1931.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 28 March 2019
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar The Quatuor Danel workshops new compositions by postgraduate students of the University.
Price FREE
Evening Concert
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Schubert Whalley Schubert
Quartettsatz in C minor, D703 Mantle Plume (first performance) Quintet in C, D956
A new work by Richard Whalley based on analogies between music and Icelandic geology and landscapes is sandwiched by two more Schubert masterpieces: the driving single-movement Quartettsatz and the sublime C major String Quintet, beloved of Desert Island Discs guests.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 29 March 2019 Price £14 / £9 / £3
Quatuor Danel Ticket Information 2018/2019
We are pleased to offer special rates to patrons subscribing to a Quatuor Danel season ticket for the 2018-2019 season. Ticket
Description
Single Ticket Pricing
Evening and Afternoon concerts Entrance to nine ticketed concerts (Seven evening evening concerts, PLUS entrance to an additional two concerts which form part of the Weinberg Cycle) Seven concerts: 24 January - 27 January 2019 Thursday and Friday lunchtime concerts
Season Ticket Including the Weinberg Cycle Weinberg Cycle only Lunchtime concerts
Price / concession
£14 / £9 / £3 £59.50 / £47 £31.50 / £25.50 FREE
For more information on the Quatuor Danel Season Ticket package, please contact a member of our Box Office team on 0161 275 8951. www.manchester.ac.uk/mhc
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ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Times & Dates 6pm and 8pm, Saturday 27 October 2018 2pm, Sunday 28 October 2018 Price £8.50 / £5.50 / £3 (per single concert)
MANTIS FESTIVAL MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring Danny Saul and Brona Martin (commissioned by Trafford’s Seed Studios and the Vonnegut Collective), Dark Matter (a collaboration between Scott Wilson, BEER and CERN) and new works by Manchester composers. Special rates
Concerts
Full
Conc
Students
1
£8.50
£5.50
£3
2
£12.80
£8.80
£4.80
3
£19.20
£13.20
£7.20
Please note: these special rates are only available through the Martin Harris Centre Box Office.
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ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC
DRAMA
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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.
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 7pm, Friday 28 September 2018 Price £7 / £5 / £3 (per single event)
Summit Written by Andy Smith Co-directed by Andy Smith and Claire Lamont Produced by Fuel “We need to use our imagination. We need to imagine that change might be possible. That change is possible, however hard or impossible it might seem.” In a blend of languages, including fully integrated BSL, three performers tell a story from three perspectives. It is the story of an international meeting. A meeting at which something happened, and in that moment everything changed. Exploring equality and inviting action, Summit is the new play by renowned theatre-maker Andy Smith (The Preston Bill). “Smith’s optimism is infectious” – Total Theatre Magazine Co-commissioned by South Street in association with University of Reading, Brighton Festival, Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, UCLan/Derelict and Lancaster Arts. Supported by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Unity Theatre, Liverpool and the Peggy Ramsey Foundation. Funded by Arts Council England. Age guidance: 14+ Summit is performed in English and BSL, and is accessible for both D/deaf and hearing audiences.
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DRAMA Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Times & Dates 7pm, Wednesday 14 November 2018 7pm, Thursday 15 November 2018 7pm, Friday 16 November 2018 Price £7 / £5 / £4 (per single event)
University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase It’s time for the Drama Society’s Autumn Showcase! Every year we put on a fantastic performance in the John Thaw Studio Theatre, so if you want a good night’s entertainment and to see some of the best rising talent in Manchester, come along! Tickets are available from the Manchester University Students’ Union info.su@manchester.ac.uk Tel: 0161 275 2930
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Venue The University of Manchester Old Quadrangle Times & Date Time TBC 7 December 2018 Price FREE Please note this is an outdoor event
World War One centenary performance This outdoor, site-responsive performance in the University’s Old Quadrangle explores the impact of World War I on the University community. The performance is one of a number of ways in which the University’s history and heritage is actively used in teaching students, and is part of the University’s World War I commemorations. The performance has been devised, and will be performed, by undergraduate Drama students drawing on the writings and memoirs of their predecessors who experienced the War. The performance takes place in the Old Quadrangle, which has changed little in the intervening one hundred years and was used to drill students who were intending to volunteer to fight. The performance will respond both to the space, and to the real stories of those who lived and died during the War. For further information about The University of Manchester’s history and heritage visit: www.manchester.ac.uk/heritage and for information on the University’s centenary commemorations, go to www.manchester.ac.uk/ww1 For further information about the performance, please visit the website: www.manchester.ac.uk/mhc
MHC Box Office tel: 0161 275 8951
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WE WELCOME 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.
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Times & Dates 1.05pm, Wednesday 26 September 2018 to Wednesday 21 November 2018 Price 8 lessons at £4 per lesson (total payable in advance: £32)
Ballroom and Latin for Beginners Due to popular demand, this Autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment. The 50 minute sessions will be delivered by Mark Rowbottom, the owner and principal of “Steppin’ Out Dance Centre”, who has more than thirty years dance experience. Over the 8 weeks you will receive expert tuition on two of the standard Ballroom and Latin dances: Rumba and Tango. You don’t need a partner or any special dance shoes. We promise to keep it simple and fun - so, come along and learn some of our very favourite dances. We’re sure they’ll soon be yours too! Please book early. Places are strictly limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis. These classes form part of the University’s wellbeing initiative.
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Times & Dates 11am, Friday 5 October 2018 1pm, Friday 5 October 2018 Price £4 (per single event)
Schools’ Poetry Performance with John Hegley ENGLISH PERFORMANCE POET, COMEDIAN, MUSICIAN AND SONGWRITER
Acclaimed poet John Hegley will be performing to pupils from local primary schools to celebrate National Poetry Day 2018. National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical. This year’s theme will be Change. Join us for a celebration of modern word wildness. How do you draw a poem? How do you poem an elephant? How do you salute a slug? Enjoy the rhyme and rhythm of a mandolin-playing poet, acclaimed as one of the greatest and most hilarious wordsmiths in the UK. You can also enjoy the nimble keyboard activities of the fascinating Clare Elstow. Suitable for ages 9-11 To book: Price: £4 per student 1 free adult ticket for every 10 paying pupils Places are strictly limited so book your school’s place now. Please call 0161 275 8950 or email schoolsevents@manchester.ac.uk Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 4.30pm, Thursday 11 October 2018 Price FREE
Box of Tricks presents
Raqqa
written by Lizzie Nunnery directed by Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder Following a month long programme of community workshops with refugee women in Liverpool, Box of Tricks presents an informal work-in-progress sharing of scenes and songs from a new play by award-winning playwright Lizzie Nunnery exploring women’s experiences of conflict. This event is part of Journeys Festival International Exploring refugee experiences through great art. Please visit the website for ticket information: www.manchester.ac.uk/mhc www.manchester.ac.uk/mhc
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Box Office Information
Access
Booking tickets Tickets for our events can be purchased directly from the Martin Harris Centre box office during opening times. Tickets purchased in this way are not subject to either a booking fee or a postage fee. • 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.
There are a range of facilities within the Martin Harris Centre for disabled patrons. The Martin Harris Centre is fully accessible.
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 Our new Box Office times are: 12.30pm-2.30pm 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 Tickets can be purchased from the Centre’s sales agent Quaytickets. Please note that tickets bought from 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). 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 • Senior citizens (Over 60s) • Claimants (eg Job Seekers Allowance or Income Support) • 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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BOX OFFICE INFORMATION AND ACCESS
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 auto-opening 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. Disabled (blue badge) visitors Disabled visitors will be allowed to access on campus parking as near as possible to the Centre. This will be free of charge and accessible via the intercom help point at the entry to campus (to the left of the entrance to Booth Street West multi-storey). Where it is not possible to accommodate this, there are plenty of dedicated disabled bays at the multi-storey car park at Booth Street West and these are also free of charge; however to obtain free exit the paper ticket (taken on entry) must be validated by the attendant before returning to your vehicle. 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 been fitted with an infra-red induction loop. Receivers for this 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. Babes in Arms: Attendance to appropriate events for children under 2 years is free. Children under 2 years must have a ticket to attend the performance, must be seated in the lap of the accompanying adult ticket holder and may not occupy a seat. The ticket may be obtained in advance or on the door. Please contact box office for further information. Check individual event listings for any age restrictions.
Terms and Conditions
Food and Drink
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.
There are a number of cafés and restaurants accessible to the Martin Harris Centre, delivering value for money, excellent service and great food and drink.
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 cannot refund tickets and ticket exchanges will only be offered at the discretion of the Front of House Manager. When processing your booking, Box Office staff will ask for your contact details. This information may be used to keep you informed of forthcoming events at the Martin Harris Centre with your agreement. Concessionary prices are available on production of the appropriate identification, for under 18’s, students in full time education, senior citizens (Over 60s) and claimants (Job Seekers Allowance or Income Support). 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 management reserves the right to provide alternative seats to those specified on the ticket at their discretion.
Café Arts Based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, Café Arts serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. Opening times: 8.30am - 3.30pm (Monday to Friday) and is also open for weekend and evening concerts at the Centre. You can pre-order interval drinks prior to the start of each event. Christie’s Bistro, Oxford Road Christie’s Bistro is based within the Old Christie Library, in one of the University’s most iconic buildings. It offers a range of light snacks and light bites throughout the day, coupled with a wide range of beverages. Opening times: 9am - 5pm (Monday to Friday) Tel: 0161 275 7702 Email: christies.bistro@manchester.ac.uk The Café at the Museum The Café at the Museum is located within the Manchester Museum. The Café at the Museum is a child friendly restaurant offering fresh sandwiches, soups and home-baked cakes. Opening times: 8am - 5pm (Monday to Friday), 9am - 5pm (Saturday to Sunday) Tel: 0161 275 6256 Email: hello@thecafeatthemuseum.co.uk
Some events may be filmed or photographed for promotional purposes. Please check with the event organiser or the duty manager at the event if this would present a problem to you as the customer.
For further information please contact Box Office on 0161 275 8951
The unauthorised use of cameras, video or any other form of recording equipment is strictly prohibited.
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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Corporate hire 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 email Alex.Shaw@manchester.ac.uk
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.
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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. 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. 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: www.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. Metrolink: For up-to-date information and timetables please visit the website: www.metrolink.co.uk 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 D (Booth Street West). During current construction work on campus, the car park is accessible from Higher Cambridge Street. 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. Please refer to the terms and conditions for the Booth Street West car park. *Please note that if you stay after midnight then the £10 overnight charge will apply (except on Saturdays)
Box office: Tel: 0161 275 8951 Email for enquiries: boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk Box office opening times: 12.30pm-2.30pm Monday to Friday
Website For the latest information on concerts, events and productions at the Martin Harris Centre please visit: www.manchester.ac.uk/mhc You can also download our latest brochure.
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IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS AUTUMN-WINTER 2018 Date
Time
Event
Venue page
Literature 8 October
7.30pm
Literature Live: Maura Dooley and Finuala Dowling (Part of Manchester Literature Festival)
9 October
7.30pm
A Celebration of Muriel Spark: with Jackie Kay, Alan Taylor and Louise Welsh (Part of Manchester Literature Festival)
15 October
7.30pm
Literature Live: Nick Laird and Sasha Dugdale (Part of Manchester Literature Festival)
5 November
7.30pm
22 November
6pm
JTST
6
Cosmo
7
JTST
8
Literature Live: Jenni Fagan and Jim Crace (Part of Manchester Literature Festival)
JTST
9
16th Annual Rylands Poetry Reading with Marilyn Hacker
JRUL
10
JTST
10
IABF
11
WCLC: Oriental Breeze
Cosmo
20
MUMS: Welcome concert
Cosmo
14
26 November
7.30pm
Literature Live: Joe Dunthorne and Luke Kennard (Part of Manchester Literature Festival)
10 December
6.30pm
The Caroline Chisholm Reading with Ross Raisin
Music 27 September
1.10pm
30 September
5pm
4 October
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Michelle Assay (piano)
Cosmo
20
4 October
2.30pm
Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
20
5 October
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel evening concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
Cosmo
24
11 October
1.10pm
WCLC: Jonathan Aasgaard plays Weinberg
Cosmo
21
14 October
3.30pm
Baroque Orchestra: The Majesty of Versailles: Court and Theatre Music from Baroque France
Cosmo
12
18 October
1.10pm
WCLC: The Art of Touching the Keyboard
Cosmo
21
19 October
1.10pm
MUMS Ensemble Sounds in the Twentieth Century
Cosmo
18
20 October
7.30pm
MUMS: Symphony Orchestra
Cosmo
15
25 October
1.10pm
WCLC: Ensemble DENOTE
Cosmo
21
27-28 October
various
MANTIS Festival
JTST
28
8 November
1.10pm
WCLC: Citizen of Nowhere: Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) A Sung Life
Cosmo
22
9 November
1.10pm
MUMS: Vocal Showcase
Cosmo
18
10 November
7.30pm
MUMS: Chamber Orchestra (pre concert talk at 6.45pm)
Cosmo
15
15 November
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
Cosmo
22
15 November
2.30pm
Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
22
16 November
1.10pm
MUMS: New Sounds from Manchester
Cosmo
19
16 November
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel evening concert
Cosmo
25
22 November
1.10pm
WCLC: Rosalind Dobson (Soprano) and Michelle Assay (Piano) perform The songs of Shostakovich and Weinberg
Cosmo
23
24 November
7.30pm
MUMS: Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)
Cosmo
16
29 November
1.10pm
WCLC: Kevin Malone 60th Birthday Concert
Cosmo
23
2 December
7.30pm
MUMS: The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
TWH
16
6 December
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
Cosmo
23
6 December
2.30pm
Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
23
6 December
7.30pm
MUMS: Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)
Cosmo
17
7 December
1.10pm
MUMS: Baroque Orchestra: The Majesty of Versailles: Court and Theatre Music from Baroque France
Cosmo
19
7 December
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel evening concert
Cosmo
25
8 December
7.30pm
MUMS: Manchester University String Orchestra and Brass Band
Cosmo
17
13 December
1.10pm
WCLC: flickering presences – new works for flute & video
Cosmo
23
13 December
7.30pm
MUMS: Festive Concert
Cosmo
17
14 December
1.10pm
MUMS: Festive Sing-along (Relaxed Performance)
Cosmo
19
Drama 28 September
7pm
Summit
JTST
29
14-16 November
7pm
UMDS Autumn Showcase
JTST
30
7 December
TBC
World War One centenary performance
Quad
31
JTST
32
Cosmo
33
JTST
33
We Welcome 26 September
1.05pm
Ballroom for Beginners (8 week class from Wed 26 Sept – Wed 21 Nov)
5 October
11am, 1.30pm
National Poetry Day event with John Hegley
11 October
4.30pm
Box of Tricks presents Raqqa (part of Journeys International Festival)
Cosmo = Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall JTST = John Thaw Studio Theatre Quad = Old Quadrangle
MUMS = Manchester University Music Society WCLC = Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts TWH = The Whitworth Hall
UMDS = University of Manchester Drama Society JRUL = John Rylands University Library IABF = International Anthony Burgess Foundation
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