December 2008

Tuesday 2 December, 1.00pm, Peel Hall

The Powell Piano Trio
Judith Weir - Piano Trio
[info]

Wednesday 10 December 2008, 8pm, Greenroom

MANTIS
Sonic Immersion - live electroacoustic sound sculpture
[info]

Thursday 18th December 2008, 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

A Garland for Sir John
Birthday tributes to John Manduell from Gordon Crosse, Philip Grange, Anthony Gilbert, Edward Gregson and a work by Manduell himself
[info]

November 2008

Saturday 1st November 2008, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

MANTIS Festival
2nd and 3rd concerts in the series which ends on Sunday 2 November
[info]

Sunday 2 November 2008, from 2pm - RNCM

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Abschied (Farewell)
[info]

Wednesday 5 November 2008, 1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall

Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, soprano & Simon Lepper, piano
Messiaen - Poémes pour Mi
[info]

Wednesday 12 November 2008

1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall
Fibonacci Sequence
Messiaen - Quatour pour le fin du temps
[info]

5.45pm, St Ann's Church
Psappha
works by Steve Reich, Ailis Ni Riain, Anna Meredith and Dai Fujikura
[info]

Thursday 13th November 2008, 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

New Noise
works by Simon Holt, John Lely, Dobrinka Tabakova and Adrian Lee make up this lunchtime programme performed by oboe and percussion duo New Noise, Janey Miller and Joby Burgess
[info]

Friday 14 November 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

Joint Birthday Concert for Sir John Manduell and Adam Gorb
[info]

Wednesday 19th November 2008, 5.45pm, St Ann's Church

Psappha
works by Steve Reich, Ed Bennett and Larry Goves
[info]

Friday 21 November 2008

1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Kevin Malone - Piano Quintet (premiere)
[info]

7.30pm, RNCM
Powerplant
performing works by Matthew Fairclough, Joby Burgess, Javier Alvarez, Graham Fitkin, Steve Reich, Gabriel Prokofiev
[info]

7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Vaganza - My Fellow Americans
celebrating the 50th birthday of Kevin Malone with works by George Crumb, Christopher Rouse, Morton Feldman and Malone himself
[info]

FURTHER AFIELD:
Friday 21 November - Sunday 30 November

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Saturday 22nd November 2008, 7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Manchester University Wind Orchestra & Manchester University Wind Ensemble
works by Gorb, Gregson, Mark Camphouse, Maw, Frank Ticheli and Nigel Hess
[info]

October 2008

Thursday 9 October 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

RNCM Brand New Orchestra
performing works by RNCM composition students for orchestra
[info]

Tuesday 21 October, 1.00pm, Peel Hall

Richard Casey
works by Messiaen, Dutilleux and Philip Grange
[info]

Wednesday 22 October 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

Uri Caine with Sinfonia ViVA
André de Ridder and sinfonia ViVA perform works by Uri Caine, Julia Wolfe and Caine's own take on Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
[info]

Thursday 23 October 2008, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall

Hallé
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
[info]

Friday 24 October 2008, 7.00pm, Bridgewater Hall

BBC Philharmonic
Steve Mackey - Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
[info]

Thursday 30th October 2008, 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Psappha
Manchester's internationally acclaimed new music ensemble perform works by Steve Mackey, Karen Tanaka, Morton Feldman and David Lang
[info]

Friday 31st October 2008, 7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

MANTIS Festival
opening concert of electroacoustic music diffused using the MANTIS 40-strong loudspeaker system
[info]

September 2008

Wednesday 10 September 2008, 8pm, Greenroom

MANTIS
Sonic Immersion - live electroacoustic sound sculpture
[info]

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

Atos Piano Trio
including a work by Bright Sheng
[info]

Friday 26 September 2008, 7.00pm, Bridgewater Hall

BBC Philharmonic
Berio - Formazioni
[info]

looking ahead

Not much happening in August, but looking ahead to the autumn as we've been doing today, there's quite a lot coming up.

July 2008

Tuesday 1 July 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

RNCM Wind Orchestra
Messiaen - Et Exspecto ...
[info]

Thursday 3 July 2008, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall

RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Messiaen - Turangalila
[info]

Williams/Kilpatrick Sound Installation, Salford Museum and Art Gallery

(19 May to 17 August)
[map]
[info]

June 2008

Williams/Kilpatrick Sound Installation, Salford Museum and Art Gallery

(19 May to 17 August)
[map]
[info]

Monday 16-Wednesday 18 June 2008, RNCM

Steven Mackey
16 June
7.30pm RNCM New Ensemble [info]
17 June:
1.15pm Lunchtime Chamber Concert [info]
6.30pm Open Forum
7.30pm Psappha Concert [info]
18 June
7.30pm BBC Philharmonic [info]

Thursday 19 June 2008, RNCM

RNCM Composers' Concert
[info]

May 2008

Thursday 1 - Monday 5 May 2008, various venues

Futuresonic Festival
[info]

Friday 2 May 2008, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, 1.10pm & 7pm

Vaganza
works by student composers
[info]

Friday 9 May 2008, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, 7pm

Quatour Danel
including works by Jean-Luc Fafchamps and Luc Brewaeys
[info]

Friday 9 May 2008 - Sunday 11 May 2008, RNCM

Messiaen Portrait
[info]

Monday 19 May 2008, 5pm, Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Williams/Kilpatrick Sound Installation
live performance to launch a sound installation (19 May to 17 August)
[map]
[info]

April 2008

Tuesday 01 April, 1pm, Peel Hall, Salford

Powell Piano Trio
including a work by Michael Finnissy
[info]

Tuesday 08 April, 1pm, Peel Hall, Salford

Richard Casey
including works by Stockhausen, Bingham, Camden Reeves and Alan Edward Williams
[info]

Friday 11th April 2008, 7pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

The University of Manchester String Orchestra
including a work by Kevin Malone
[info]

Thursday 17th April 2008, 1.10pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Mieko Kanno and Richard Casey
Elliott Carter - Duo (1974)
[info]

Tuesday 22 April, 1pm, Peel Hall, Salford

Fell Clarinet Quartet
works from composers in the North West Composers' Association
[info]

Thursday 24 April 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

RNCM Brand New Orchestra
new works for symphony orchestra by RNCM composition students
[info]

Friday 25th April 2008, 7pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Quatuor Danel
electronics and the string quartet
works by Eric Lyon, Lachenmann, Gilles Gobert and Saariaho
[info]

Saturday 26th April 2008, 7pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Manchester University Wind Orchestra
works by Adam Gorb and Edward Gregson
[info]

Wednesday 30 April 2008 7.30pm, RNCM

Gould Piano Trio
including a work by James MacMillan
[info]

March 2008

Saturday 1 March 2008, 2.30pm, Whitworth Art Gallery

Poets and Players
the house of bedlam: Larry Goves (composer/electronics); Carl Raven (clarinets/saxophones); and guest Oliver Coates (cello) - perform music by Larry Goves, Simon Holt and Xenakis.
Poetry Readings by Tobias Hill, Martin Malone, Rachel Mann, Rebecca Perry and Laura Webb.
[info]

Friday 7 March 2008, 7pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Quatuor Danel
including music by Pascal Dusapin
[info]

Saturday 8 March 2008, 7pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

University of Manchester Wind Orchestra
including music by Peter Meechan, Martin Ellerby, Gregson, Fergal Carroll and Eric Whitacre
[info]

Tuesday 11 March 2008, 1.10pm & 7pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

University of Manchester New Music Ensemble
[info]

Friday 14 March 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

RNCM Symphony Orchestra with André de Ridder
including works by Messiaen and Rautavarra
[info]

February 2008

Friday 15th February 2008

7pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quatuor Danel
programme includes: Richard Whalley - Interlocking Melodies – World première
[info]

7.30pm, The Bridgewater Hall
The Sixteen
IKON 'Music for the soul and spirit' including Stravinsky, Part, Tavener and Macmillan
[info]

Monday 18 February 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

Olivier Ensemble
programme includes Catch by Thomas Ades
[info]

Thursday 21 February 2008 7.30pm, The Bridgewater Hall

Hallé
programme includes: John Adams - Slonimsky's Earbox
[info]

Friday 22 February 2008 7.30pm, The Bridgewater Hall

BBC Philharmonic
Messaien-Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
James Macmillan-The Sacrifice: Three Interludes (world premiere)
[info]

Saturday 23 February 2008 7.30pm, RNCM

Manchester Camerata
programme includes: Thea Musgrave - Points of View World Premiere

further afield
Saturday 23 February 2008, 7.30pm, The Cornerstone, Hope at Everton

Ensemble 10/10
works by Thea Musgrave, John Casken, Colin Matthews, Kenneth Hesketh, Edwin Roxburgh, Anthony Gilbert and Oliver Knussen
[info]

Sunday 24 February 2008, 8pm, RNCM

Bali to New York
music by Reich, Lou Harrison, John Cage and Charlie Barber
[info]

Tuesday 26 February 2008, 7.30pm, RNCM

New Ensemble
[info]

Wednesday 27 February 2008, 7.30pm, BBC Studio7

BBC Philharmonic
works by Kalevi Aho
[info]

January 2008

Tuesday 15 January 2008, 1pm, Peel Hall, University of Salford

The Barbirolli Quartet
programme includes music by Lutoslawski and Anna Meredith
[info]

further afield

Wednesday 16 January 2008, 7.30pm, The Cornerstone, Hope at Everton, Liverpool
Ensemble 10/10
works by Derek Bermel, Michael Torke, Kate Threlfall, Ian Gardiner and Steve Reich
[info]

Thursday 17 January 2008

RNCM, 1.15pm
RNCM Wind Orchestra
David Bedford, Adam Gorb
[info]

The Bridgewater Hall, 7.30pm
Hallé
programme includes: John McCabe - Cello Concerto
[info]

RNCM, 7.30pm
RNCM Brand New Orchestra
new works for symphony orchestra by RNCM student composers
[info]

Saturday 19 January 2008

7.30pm, The Bridgewater Hall
BBC Philharmonic
programme includes: Schoenberg - Pelleas and Melisande
[info]

7.30pm, RNCM
Manchester Camerata
programme includes: Stravinsky - Concerto in E flat Dumbarton Oaks
Schnittke - Moz-Art a la Haydn

further afield

Thursday 24th - Saturday 26th January 2008, Persistence Works, Sheffield
Philip Thomas
the piano music of Christian Wolff
[info]

Friday 25th January 2008

The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, 7pm
Quatuor Danel
including works by John Casken
[info]

RNCM, 7.45pm
Black Dyke Band
including works by Gregson, Philip Sparke, Peter Graham, George Lloyd and Derek Bourgeois
[info]

further afield

Saturday 26 January 2008, 7.30pm, St George's Hall Concert Room, Liverpool
Ensemble 10/10
James MacMillan - Busquéda
Olivier Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time
[info]