December 2012

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5 December 2012, 8pm, RNCM
ddmmyy
http://ddmmyy-series.tumblr.com/post/36349355728/051212

12 December 2012, 7.30pm, International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Distractfold
http://www.distractfold.org.uk/?project=df-7-12-12-12-international-anthony-burgess-foundation

November 2012

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Friday 2 November 2012, RNCM
Pandora’s Box - Pabst’s 1929 classic with a new score by Jóhann Jóhannsson and Hildur Guðnadóttir + Philip Jeck - Turntables
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on-mainmenu-47/explore-whats-on-mainmenu-95/icalrepeat.detail/2012/11/02/1423/413/pandoras-box-pabsts-1929-classic-with-a-new-score-by-johann-johannsson-and-hildur-guenadottir.html

Wednesday 7 November 2012, 7.30pm, RNCM
Music Theatre Wales double-bill
In The Locked Room - Huw Watkins
Ghost Patrol - Stuart MacRae
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on-mainmenu-47/explore-whats-on-mainmenu-95/icalrepeat.detail/2012/11/07/1436/413/music-theatre-wales-double-bill-in-collaboration-with-scottish-opera-.html

Friday 9 November 2012, 7.30pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quatuor Danel
incl. Wolfgang Rihm - quartet no. 9
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1270

Thursday 22 November, 1.10pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Psappha
incl. Peter Maxwell Davies - Sonatina for Violin and Cimbalom
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1279

Friday 23 November 2012
Intricate Worlds: The Music of Michael Finnissy

1.10pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
VAGANZA Lunchtime Concert
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1260
5pm
VAGANZA Beat the Rush Hour Concert
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1261
7.30pm
VAGANZA Evening Concert
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1262

Friday 30 November 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
BBC Philharmonic
incl. George Benjamin - Ringed by the Flat Horizon
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/19196.aspx

October 2012

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Monday 8 October 2012
new release from slip discs, Crystals are Always Forming [SLP002] - Oliver Coates & Leo Abrahams
http://www.slipdiscs.co.uk/

Thursday 11 October 2012, 1.10pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
MANTIS

Thursday 18 - Friday 19 October 2012, RNCM
MUSIC SPACE REFLECTION: THE MUSIC OF SIMON BAINBRIDGE
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=fevents.listevents&festival_id=115&Itemid=95

Friday 19 October 2012, 7.30pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Psappha
incl. Peter Maxwell Davies: Missa super l’homme armé
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1252

26-27 October 2012
MANTIS Autumn Festival
http://mantis-novars.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/mantis-concerts-fall-2012.html

September 2012

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Thursday 20 September, 8.30pm, MediaCityUK, University of Salford
Stefan and Lotte in Paradise - Alan Williams and Marcos Lucas
Psappha
http://www.arts.salford.ac.uk/cms/news/music

Thursday 27 September 2012, 1.10pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quatuor Danel 
incl. Karen Tanaka - Metal Strings
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1263

Friday 28 September 2012, 7.30pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quatuor Danel
incl. Xenakis - Tetras
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1266

in other news:
slip discs prep their new release, Crystals are Always Forming [SLP002] - Oliver Coates & Leo Abrahams. 8 October. http://www.slipdiscs.co.uk/

Ian Vine preps his latest release, held/always/immer/gehalten - on download, limited edition vinyl, and cd [dl - 10 September; vinyl, cd - 15 October] http://ianvine.bandcamp.com/album/held-always-immer-gehalten

August 2012

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August is traditionally a month where we either post nothing, or a post that says 'there's not much happening'.
there's just one concert that we know of on the 20th as part of Manchester Pride.

while we look forward to the start of the 2012-2013 season, here's a few things to have a look at:

slip discs: record label/events
http://slipdiscs.tumblr.com/ & listen to their releases here: http://slipdiscs.bandcamp.com/

gaussian: live events
http://gaussianmusic.tumblr.com/
adding content to their site throughout the summer; articles, videos, etc related to the first concert, gaussian¹ on 23 July this year

Monday 20 August 2012, 1pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Aquinas Piano Trio
incl. Marc Yeats: worship of the oak
http://www.manchesterpride.com/whatson/pridefringe/music/chambermusic












details correct at time of going to press

July 2012

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Monday 9 July 2012, 7.30pm, the Bay Horse
Later... with Sounds Of The Engine House
Ensemble Thing, Kyran Matthews, Borealis Saxophone Quartet, Aine Lambert

http://www.facebook.com/events/337699566308366/
http://www.soundsoftheenginehouse.com/
£3 entry

Sunday 15 July 2012, 12.30pm, Whitworth Art Gallery
Sounds of the Engine House present...
Points of Light
The debut release by the SLP slip discs label. Innovative contemporary ensemble from Manchester
Ruth Hopkins
Soprano performing recent works by Joanna Lee and Veleka Algar
Rosanna Moore
Prize-winning Harp soloist with a keen interest in combining new music and drama

http://www.soundsoftheenginehouse.com/
free

Monday 23 July 2012, 8pm, Nexus Art Café
gaussian
* callum dewar, guitar
º emma lloyd, violin
† tom bayman, violoncello
∆ rachal gilmore, mezzo

bryn harrison - MCE *
matthew sergeant - bet maryam (premiere) *
aaron cassidy - The Crutch of Memory º
liza lim - Invisibility †
ian vine - [2520] individual works for violin (premiere) º
matthew sergeant - bet merkorios (premiere) †
claudia molitor - selections from voicebox ∆
peter ablinger - violine und rauschen (“veronica”) º

http://www.facebook.com/events/193640047429868/
http://gaussianmusic.tumblr.com/gaussian1
free

June 2012

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Friday 1 June
12.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Chinook Clarinet Quartet

8pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Laurence Crane: 20th Century Music; Andrew Renton Becomes an International Art Critic; Three Pieces for James Clapperton; Sparling; Riis
+ pieces by David Futers, Michael Perrett, and Laurence Tompkins

Saturday 9 June 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Noriko Ogawa
incl. Kanno: Particles of the Piano: Light; Water; Rainbow (world première of full cycle)

Sunday 10 June 2012, 7.30pm, RNCM
Absolution Saxophone Quartet
incl. Gavin Bryars Alaric I or II, Jacob Ter Veldhuis Postnuclear Winterscenario No 10; Luis Tinoco Short Cuts; Peter van Onna Gravity of D; Ian Wilson So Softly; Tristan Keuris Music for Saxophones
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on-mainmenu-47/explore-whats-on-mainmenu-95/icalrepeat.detail/2012/06/10/1240/413/absolution-saxophone-quartet-rncm-international-artist-diploma-chamber-music-recital.html

13-14 June 2012, RNCM
NY MUSIK DANSK: NEW MUSIC FROM DENMARK PER NØRGÅRD AND HANS ABRAHAMSEN
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=fevents.listevents&festival_id=108&Itemid=95

Friday 15 June 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Taipei Chinese Orchestra with Evelyn Glennie
incl. Tan Dun, Jiping Zhao, Yiu-Kwong Chung
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/18780.aspx

Wednesday 27 June 2012, doors 8pm, KRAAK gallery
Mark Fell, Larry Goves, Points of Light, SLP
slip discs: http://slipdiscs.tumblr.com/post/24535513608/
tickets: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?375600

Friday 29 June 2012, 8pm, KRAAK gallery
Burdocks
Christian Wolf, extracts from Burdocks
Michael Perrett, new work
Ian Vine, held ianvine.bandcamp.com/track/held
Michael Perrett: clarinet/bass clarinet; Eoin Roe: keyboard; Tom Bayman: cello; Tom Rose: laptop; Aaron Parker: misc; Ian Vine: electric guitar

May 2012

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Thursday 3 May 2012, 7.30pm, RNCM
RNCM Brand New Orchestra
new works by student composers [free]

Saturday 5 May 2012, 8pm, Nexus Art Café
Distractfold Ensemble
http://www.distractfold.org.uk/?project=df-3-2

Thursday 10 May 2012, 1.15pm, RNCM
RNCM Percussion Ensemble
works by five British composers
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on-mainmenu-47/explore-whats-on-mainmenu-95/icalrepeat.detail/2012/05/10/1327/413/rncm-percussion-ensemble.html

Friday 11 May 2012
6.30pm, Carole Nash Recital Room, RNCM
The Calendar Project
Simon Parkin is writing a piece for every day of the year

7.30pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quatuor Danel
incl. John Casken: Inevitable Rifts (UK première)
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1052

Saturday 12 May 2012
12.30pm & 4.30pm, RNCM
Junior RNCM New Music Day
works by Junior RNCM composition students

7.30pm RNCM
ddmmyy
works by Larry Goves, David Futers, Andrew Reynolds, Tom Rose, Laurence Tompkins
http://ddmmyy-series.tumblr.com/

Fri 18 May 2012, 7.30pm, RNCM Theatre
Matthew Herbert: One Pig
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on-mainmenu-47/explore-whats-on-mainmenu-95/icalrepeat.detail/2012/05/18/1152/413/matthew-herbert-one-pig.html

April 2012

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Wednesday 4 April 2012, 7.30pm, Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Camerata
incl. works by Arvo Pärt, John Tavener
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/17141.aspx

Thursday 19 April 2012, 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Simon Turner, cello
incl. works by György Kurtág
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1157

Saturday 21 April 
4pm, Barbirolli Room, Bridgewater Hall
Clare Hammond, piano: Reflections on Debussy
incl. works by Oliver Knussen, David Matthews, Robin Walker, James Francis Brown, Alan Mills & Peter Fribbins
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/18724.aspx
7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
BBC Philharmonic
incl. Takemitsu: riverrun
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16848.aspx

26 - 29 April 2012, various venues
Salford Sonic Fusion Festival 2012
incl. Berio, John Cage Centenery
http://www.arts.salford.ac.uk/cms/news/music

Thursday 26 April 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Hallé
incl. Dutilleux: Tout un monde lontain – Concerto for cello and orchestra
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16762.aspx

Saturday 28 April 2012, 11am, Bridgewater Hall
Innocence & Experience - Reflections on Debussy
Noriko Ogawa, piano; Natalie Clein, cello; Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Emily Beynon, flute; Nobuko Imai, viola; Godelieve Schrama, harp
incl. works by Takemitsu
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16949.aspx

March 2012

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Thursday 1 March 2012
7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Hallé
incl. Berio: Rendering
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16759.aspx

7.30pm IABF
Akoka Quartet
incl. Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

Saturday 3 March 2012, The Spread Eagle, Chorlton, M21 9LD
Sounds Of The Engine House
performances from three ensembles alternated with DJ sets from SLP (slip disc records)
Noise Upstairs / Aurora Percussion Duo / Tom Bayman, cello
https://www.facebook.com/events/355840164436426/

3-4 March 2012
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
MANTIS Spring Festival
http://mantisfestival.com/

5-10 March 2012 
various venues
New Music North West Festival 2012
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=fevents.listevents&festival_id=101&Itemid=95

Tuesday 13 March 2012

1pm, The Church of St. Philip with St. Stephen, Salford
The Barbirolli Quartet
incl. Stephen Davismoon: ‘So Long’ - in memoriam Dave Sanjek

1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall
Richard Uttley, piano
incl. Thomas Adès - Three Mazurkas, Op.27
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/17560.aspx

Tuesday 20 March 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
incl. Lutoslawski - Partita (for ASM)
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16834.aspx


Thursday 22 March 2012, 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Gavin Osborn, flute & electronics
works by Saariaho, Ferneyhough, Haruka Hirayama, Manuella Blackburn, & Gavin Osborn
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1155

February 2012

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Friday 3 February 2012 
RNCM Concert Hall, 7.30pm
RNCM Symphony Orchestra - incl. Aaron Parker

Bridgewater Hall
6.30pm Trio Atem - work by Michael Mayhew
7.30pm BBC Philharmonic
incl. works by Goehr, Cerha, HK Gruber http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16843.aspx
9.15pm Trio Atem - works by Mic Spencer, Tom Coult, Nina Whiteman

Tuesday 7 February 2012
1pm The Church of St. Philip with St. Stephen, Salford
Richard Casey, piano
incl. works by Ed Hughes, Joe Duddell, Alan Williams
http://www.arts.salford.ac.uk/cms/news/music

1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall
The Lawson Trio
incl. Cheryl Frances-Hoad

Thursday 9 February 2012, 7.30pm, RNCM Concert Hall
Piano: Eoin Roe
Voice: Kaede Fujimoto
Conductor: Carlos Del Cueto
works by Laurence Crane, Darren Bloom, Michael Perrett, Eoin Roe, Tom Rose, Laurence Tompkins
http://090212.tumblr.com/

Friday 24 February 2012, 7.30pm, The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Psappha
works by Peter Maxwell Davies, Anthony Payne, Sally Beamish, Yvonne Eccles
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1136

January 2012

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Saturday 7 January 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
The Tallis Scholars: Music for Forty Voices
incl. works by Gabriel Jackson, Robin Walker
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16869.aspx

Saturday 14 January 2012, 2pm, Carole Nash Recital Room, RNCM
incl. works for string quartet by Fabrice Fitch and Laurence Tompkins

Thursday 19 January 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Hallé
incl. Messiaen: L’ascension: four symphonic meditations
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16757.aspx

Friday 20 January 2012, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
BBC Philharmonic
incl. Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream for two pianos and orchestra
http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/16842.aspx

Monday 23 January 2012, 7pm, IABF
ACM Ensemble
works by György Kurtág, Peter Eötvös, György Ligeti, László Vidovszky, Vitalija Glovackytė
www.acm-ensemble.co.uk http://www.anthonyburgess.org/visiting-us/whats-on/

Tuesday 24 January 2012, 1pm, The Church of St. Philip with St. Stephen, Salford
Danny Driver, piano
incl. Ligeti: Selection of Piano Studies from Book I & II
http://www.arts.salford.ac.uk/cms/news/music

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 7.30pm, RNCM
RNCM Brand New Orchestra
works by RNCM composition students

Friday 27 January 2012, 7.30pm The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Psappha
works by Steve Reich, Gordon McPherson, Sean Friar and Andrew Garbett
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?eventid=1121

RNCM Festival of Brass 2012
27-29 January 2012
http://www.rncm.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=fevents.listevents&festival_id=94&Itemid=95

Tuesday 31 January 2012, 1pm, The Church of St. Philip with St. Stephen, Salford
Benjamin Powell, piano
incl. works by Elliott Carter, Nina Whiteman
http://www.arts.salford.ac.uk/cms/news/music