The North West Composers Evening With Brass [info]
Thursday 3rd December 2009 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Psappha works by Boulez, Xenakis and Magnus Lindberg [info]
Fri 4 Dec 2009 7.00pm, Bridgewater Hall
BBC Philharmonic Dallapiccola - Marsia (ballet) [info]
Tuesday 8 December 1pm, Peel Hall, University of Salford
Richard Casey, Piano including works by Anthony Gilbert and Per Norgard [info]
Thursday 10 December, 7.15pm, Whitworth Art Gallery
The 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. [info]
Thursday 1st October 2009 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Black Hair Ensemble works by Georges Aperghis, and pieces written especially for the ensemble by Kerry Andrew, Ed Jessen and Damien Harron. [info]
Thursday 8 October 2009
1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Juice works by Meredith Monk, Elizabeth Lutyens and Gabriel Prokofiev and Manchester-based composer James Stephenson. [info]
6.30pm, RNCM Spotlight: Commissions and Collaborations [info]
highlights 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 2009
The Lighthouse Psappha Peter Maxwell Davies. A chamber opera in one act with prologue. [info]
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. [FREE] [info]
7.30pm Bridgewater Hall RNCM Symphony Orchestra with Mark Shanahan programme includes Honneger - Pacific 231 [info]
Monday 22 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCM
RNCM Composers’ Concert works by student composers [info]
Tuesday 23 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCM
Rolf Hind Piano Recital works by Judith Weir, Joe Cutler, Simon Holt, Claudia Molitor and Chris Dench and others [info]
Wednesday 24 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCM
Masterclass 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. [info]
Thursday 25 June 2009 7.30pm, RNCM
For You Music Theatre Wales Michael Berkeley and Ian McEwan's Opera [info]
Thursday 7th May 2009, 7pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
BBC Philharmonic Chamber Concert Series including a new work by student composer Steven Calver [info]
Thursday 14 May - Saturday 16 May 2009
Futuresonic 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 [info]
Fri 22 May 2009, 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Håkan Hardenberger & Colin Currie works by Louis Andriessen, Toru Takemitsu and Per Nørgård [info]
5.00pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Psappha - Beat the Rush Hour Concert works by Jae Hong Lee, Joy Chou and Steven Calver, and Kevin Malone [FREE] [info]
7.30pm, RNCM RNCM Brand New Orchestra works by RNCM student composers [FREE] [info]
Tuesday 28th April 2009
1.10pm & 7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Vaganza [info][info]
7.30pm, RNCM RNCM Wind Orchestra, RNCM Brass Ensemble & RNCM Brass Band works by James MacMillan [info]
Wednesday 29 April 2009
1.15pm, Lord Rhodes Room, RNCM works by MacMillan and Michael Cutting [FREE] [info]
6pm, Bridgewater Hall Preview Concert works by MacMillan [FREE] [info]
7pm, Bridgewater Hall BBC Philharmonic works by James MacMillan and Peter Maxwell Davies [info]
8pm, Greenroom MANTIS In Motion Improvisation, Laptops and Live Electronics from: Rodrigo Constanzo, Sannyasin, Mark Pilkington and Bling This Story [info] [FREE]
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 [FREE]
Saturday 7th-8th March 2009, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Mantis Festival a weekend of electroacoustic concerts featuring the MANTIS 40-loudspeaker diffusion system [info]
Sunday 15 March 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall
Malmö Symphony Orchestra programme includes Rolf Martinsson - Orchestral Songs (UK première) [info]
Pacifica Quartet programme includes Elliott Carter - String Quartet No 5 [info]
Tuesday 3 February 1pm, Peel Hall
Richard Casey, Piano works by Messiaen, Stockhausen, and Claude Vivier [info]
Thursday 5th February 2009 1.10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
A Breath Between Two Worlds: Gavin Osborn (flute and bass flute) works by Toshio Hosokawa, Gavin Osborn, Salvatore Sciarrino, Nina Whiteman, Toru Takemitsu, Tristan Murail [FREE] [info]
Wednesday 11 February 2009 1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall
META4, string quartet including Kuusisto - Play III [info]
