Following the sold-out debut event earlier this year, the orchestral Northern Soul and Motown music event is back and is stomping its way to theatres later this year, including Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. The innovative Manchester Camerata and renowned composer Joe Duddell will perform the very best of Northern Soul and Motown in Out on the…
Manchester Camerata will conclude their series at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with Mozart’s unfinished Requiem. They begin the concert with Arvo Pärt’s Da Pacem Domine performed by a quartet, followed by the Linz Symphony and Mozart Requiem. The concert features a stellar cast of soloists including Ailish Tynan, Anna Harvey, Nicholas Mulroy and Peter Harvey and…
Manchester Camerata are bringing the popular UpClose series to Home Manchester with special performances by Sven Helbig and Aziz Ibrahim. The series will see events by exceptional performers and ensembles in new intimate spaces. Award-winning producer of the titans of popular music, including Pet Shop Boys and Snoop Dogg, Sven Helbig (pictured above) will present…
Manchester Camerata have announced that Stephen Dauncey will be their Chair ahead of their 2017/2018 Season. Stephen Dauncey joins Manchester Camerata as part of their vision to redefine what the orchestra can do. Stephen has a wealth of experience in the strategic and operational aspects of business that, as Chair, will help increase fundraising revenue,…
Wednesday 13 May: Royal Northern College of Music – RNCM Jazz Collective: Jazz at the Movies. The RNCM Jazz Collective presents an evening of popular and instantly recognisable film tunes from the 1930s onwards, featuring the likes of James Bond, The Pink Panther, Rocky and more. Tickets £10. 7.30pm. Thursday 14 May: Manchester Cathedral – Chethams. Join Chetham’s School of Music…
Monday 13 April: Royal Northern College of Music – David Sanborn Band. David Sanborn performs one of his first shows outside London in many years, with electric fusion jazz and his soulful saxophone skills in support of his latest album Time And The River. Tickets £20. 7.30pm. Tuesday 14 April: Bridgewater Hall – A…
Manchester International Festival, the world’s first festival of original, new work and special events, has announced its programme for 2015. The event, which runs from Thursday 2nd July to Sunday 19th July has been taking place biennially since being launched in 2007 as an artist-led commissioning festival, presenting new works from across the visual arts, performing…
Sunday 1st March: Royal Exchange Theatre – Manchester Camerata: Challenging the Senses. An immersive concert featuring Crumb’s Black Angels, Dowland’s Go Crystal Tears, Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 8 in C minor and Haydn’s Quartet No 63 ‘Sunrise’. Blackfinds will be handed out to enhance the senses (don’t worry though, they are optional) as well as cocktail…
Sunday 15th February: The Whitworth – Manchester Camerata. The Whitworth’s reopening celebrations close with the premiere of Whitworth Letters, composed by Laura Bowler, Manchester Camerata’s Composer-in-Residence 2013-2014. The programme also includes Peter Maxwell Davies’ Fanfare for Lowry and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ String Quartet No 2 in A Minor. Free. 5pm-6pm. Monday 16th February: Royal…
Sunday 8th February: Royal Northern College of Music – Day of Percussion. The RNCM’s Day of Percussion 2015 takes place featuring workshops, concerts and specialist consultations. World renowned artists including leading vibraphonist Anthony Kerr, world music specialist Pete Lockett, acclaimed drummer Troy Miller and LSO Principal Percussionist Neil Percy and LPO Timpanist Simon Carrington take part. More…
