Tuesday 1 December 2009 7.30pmThe North West Composers Evening With Brass
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Thursday 3rd December 2009 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallPsappha
works by Boulez, Xenakis and Magnus Lindberg
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Fri 4 Dec 2009 7.00pm, Bridgewater HallBBC Philharmonic
Dallapiccola - Marsia (ballet)
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Tuesday 8 December 1pm, Peel Hall, University of SalfordRichard Casey, Piano
including works by Anthony Gilbert and Per Norgard
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Thursday 10 December, 7.15pm, Whitworth Art GalleryThe House of Bedlam, 8pm
The House of Bedlam perform a combination of old and new works including music with Matthew Welton’s characteristically beautiful short story Piece-in-six-sections, and a performance inspired by William S. Burroughs and Kurt Cobain’s caterwauling 1993 release The ‘Priest’ They Called Him. With Support slots from 7.15 by RNCM students.
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Saturday 7 November 2009 7.30pm, RNCMSmith String Quartet: The Complete Philip Glass String Quartets
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Thursday 12th November 2009 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallRichard Whalley - Piano
including works by Schönberg and Richard Whalley
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Monday 23 November 2009 - Friday 27 November 2009New Music North West Festival
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Saturday 28 November 2009 1.00pm, RNCMRNCM Chamber Orchestra
Lou Harrison - Suite for violin, piano and small orchestra
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Sunday 29 November 2009 6.00pm, RNCMSpotlight: Debussy, Cage and Ligeti
works for piano
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Thursday 1st October 2009 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallBlack Hair Ensemble
works by Georges Aperghis, and pieces written especially for the ensemble by Kerry Andrew, Ed Jessen and Damien Harron.
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Thursday 8 October 20091.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Juice
works by Meredith Monk, Elizabeth Lutyens and Gabriel Prokofiev and Manchester-based composer James Stephenson.
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6.30pm, RNCM
Spotlight: Commissions and Collaborations
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7.30pm, RNCM
RNCM Brand New Orchestra
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Sat 10 Oct 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater HallBBC Philharmonic
including Takemitsu - Twill by Twilight
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Thursday 22 October 2009 1.15pm, RNCMRNCM Brass Ensemble
works by Tippett and Tavener
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Saturday 24 October 2009 10.00am, RNCMMassed Wind Orchestra
Opening the RNCM's Wind Weekend, a new work by student composer Mark Francis
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Tuesday 27 October 1pm, Peel Hall, University of SalfordRichard Casey, Piano
including a work by Camden Reeves
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Thursday 29 October 7.30pm, Islington Mill, James Street, SalfordAdelphi Contemporary Music Group
works by Cage, Hobbs, Rzewski, Martland and Feldman
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Friday 30th October - Sunday 1 November, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallMANTIS
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a weekend of electroacoustic concerts
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Manchester International Festival2-16 July 2009highlights include:
Prima Donna, a new opera by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, 10, 12, 14, 17 & 19 July, Palace Theatre
It Felt Like A Kiss, a promenade theatrical piece by Punchdrunk, Adam Curtis, Damon Albarn, Thu 2 July - Sun 19 July, Hardman Square
Friday 17 July 2009 & Saturday 25 July 2009The Lighthouse
Psappha
Peter Maxwell Davies. A chamber opera in one act with prologue.
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Friday 19 June 2009 6.30pm Bridgewater Hall
Electric (Train) Counterpoint
One of the highlights of the RNCM’s Art of Sound:Sound of Art event at the Whitworth Art Gallery last year, this playful, kinetic installation brings together the music of Steve Reich and a model train set.
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7.30pm Bridgewater Hall
RNCM Symphony Orchestra with Mark Shanahan
programme includes Honneger - Pacific 231
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Monday 22 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCMRNCM Composers’ Concert
works by student composers
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Tuesday 23 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCMRolf Hind Piano Recital
works by Judith Weir, Joe Cutler, Simon Holt, Claudia Molitor and Chris Dench and others
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Wednesday 24 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCMMasterclass with Rolf Hind
Rolf Hind works with RNCM composers and pianists who have collaborated to create six new works for piano, specially commissioned for this masterclass.
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Thursday 25 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCMFor You
Music Theatre Wales
Michael Berkeley and Ian McEwan's Opera
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Thursday 7th May 2009, 7pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall BBC Philharmonic Chamber Concert Series
including a new work by student composer Steven Calver
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Thursday 14 May - Saturday 16 May 2009Futuresonic Festival
[various venues]
Highlights include: 16 May 2009, 7.30pm, RNCM
Philip Glass - Etudes and other works for solo piano, performed by the composer himself
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Fri 22 May 2009, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall Håkan Hardenberger & Colin Currie
works by Louis Andriessen, Toru Takemitsu and Per Nørgård
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Wednesday 15 April 2009 1.10pm, Bridgewater HallJohn McCabe, piano
programme includes works by McCabe and Emily Howard
Thursday 23rd April 2009 1:10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallQuatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
programme includes Camden Reeves - String Quartet (first performance)
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Friday 24th April 20095.00pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Psappha - Beat the Rush Hour Concert
works by Jae Hong Lee, Joy Chou and Steven Calver, and Kevin Malone
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7.30pm, RNCM
RNCM Brand New Orchestra
works by RNCM student composers
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Tuesday 28th April 2009 1.10pm & 7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Vaganza
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7.30pm, RNCM
RNCM Wind Orchestra, RNCM Brass Ensemble & RNCM Brass Band
works by James MacMillan
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Wednesday 29 April 20091.15pm, Lord Rhodes Room, RNCM
works by MacMillan and Michael Cutting
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6pm, Bridgewater Hall
Preview Concert
works by MacMillan
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7pm, Bridgewater Hall
BBC Philharmonic
works by James MacMillan and Peter Maxwell Davies
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8pm, Greenroom
MANTIS In Motion
Improvisation, Laptops and Live Electronics from: Rodrigo Constanzo, Sannyasin, Mark Pilkington and Bling This Story
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Monday 2 March 2009 7.30pm, LRR, RNCM
RNCM Composers' Concert
Chamber music by student composers, including works by Leah Fogo, Emma-Ruth Richards, Steven Jackson, Charlie Usher, Maxim Bendall, Mark Francis, David Futers, Ewart Hodge and Daniel Kidane
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Saturday 7th-8th March 2009, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallMantis Festival
a weekend of electroacoustic concerts featuring the MANTIS 40-loudspeaker diffusion system
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Sunday 15 March 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater HallMalmö Symphony Orchestra
programme includes Rolf Martinsson - Orchestral Songs (UK première)
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Wednesday 18 March 2009 1.10pm, Bridgewater HallNika Shirocorad, piano
programme includes: Rzewski - Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues; George Crumb - Cancer, Pisces, Capricorn & Gemini (from Makrokosmos)
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Thursday 19 March 7.30pm, Islington Mill (TBC)Adelphi Contemporary Music Group
works by Pärt, Bryars, Martland and Reich
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Friday 20th March 2009 1.10pm & 7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Deserts and Canyons: John McCabe at 70
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Tuesday 24 March 1pm, Peel HallRichard Casey, Piano
works by Camden Reeves, Messiaen, Piers Hellawell, and Roberto Sierra
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Friday 27 March 2009 7.30pm, RNCMRNCM Symphony Orchestra
including: Berg - Violin Concerto; Webern - Passacaglia Op 1
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Monday 2 February 2009 7.30pm, RNCMPacifica Quartet
programme includes Elliott Carter - String Quartet No 5
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Tuesday 3 February 1pm, Peel HallRichard Casey, Piano
works by Messiaen, Stockhausen, and Claude Vivier
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Thursday 5th February 2009 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallA Breath Between Two Worlds: Gavin Osborn (flute and bass flute)
works by Toshio Hosokawa, Gavin Osborn, Salvatore Sciarrino, Nina Whiteman, Toru Takemitsu, Tristan Murail
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Wednesday 11 February 2009 1.10pm, Bridgewater HallMETA4, string quartet
including Kuusisto - Play III
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Thursday 12 February 2009 1.15pm, RNCM
RNCM Chamber Ensemble
Toru Takemitsu - Rain Coming
Witold Lutoslawski - Chain I
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7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Hallé
programme includes: Knussen - Violin Concerto; Colin Matthews - Fanfare and Flourish
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Tuesday 24 February 1pm, Peel HallPeter Lawson, Piano
includes works by Boulanger and Messiaen
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Tuesday 24 February 2009 - Thursday 26 February 2009, RNCMDetlev Glanert Festival
Friday 27 February 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater HallManchester Camerata & Joanna MacGregor
programme includes MacMillan - Piano Concerto No.2
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Saturday 28th February 2009 7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallThe University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra
programme includes works by Camden Reeves and Magnus Lindberg
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Wednesday 7 January 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater HallNational Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
programme includes Berio - Sinfonia
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Thursday 15 January 2009 7.30pm, RNCMRNCM Brand New Orchestra
Works for orchestra by student composers
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Thursday 22 January 2009 1.15pm, RNCMRNCM Wind Orchestra
Two pieces by the RNCM's Head of Composition, Adam Gorb
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Saturday 24 January 2009 7.00pm, Bridgewater HallBBC Philharmonic
programme includes Harrison Birtwistle - Night’s Black Bird
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Thursday 29 January 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater HallHallé
includes Colin Matthews - Alphabicycle Order
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