martin harris centre events programme spring/summer 2013

IN PERFORMANCEEVENTS | JANUARY-JULY 2013

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During the autumn of 2013 we celebrate the Centre’s 10th birthday! We have certainly come a long way since we first opened our doors in 2003. Our success is largely down to our committed academic colleagues, talented students and performers and of course the events team who make everything ‘happen’ in the background.

Over the last 10 years we have been privileged to welcome both amateur and professional performers, some well known, and others who have gone on to be stars of the future. Today, our audiences continue to enjoy the delights of many gifted musicians and actors, prize-winning authors and poets, and we look forward to many more years of inspirational performances.

Our resident string quartet, the Quatuor Danel opens the 2013 season (24 January) with a mixture of classical favourites.

We are thrilled to welcome back critically acclaimed performance poet John Hegley (9 February). His last visit to the Centre was in October 2011 and was a complete sell-out, so book early!

Heiner Goebbels comes to Manchester (23-25 March) for a major festival of his music featuring ensembles from The University of Manchester and RNCM and also the Manchester Camerata.

Following two sell-out public events in 2012, Jeanette Winterson, will be “in Conversation” for two un-missable events with Abi Morgan (11 February) and with Kamila Shamsie (22 April).

The Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series continues with a wide-ranging programme of Thursday lunchtime concerts. The concerts are free and there’s no need to book, so you can just turn up on the day.

The University of Manchester Drama Society are back (20-22 February) with their first performance of the Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTAs) Drama Festival. The opening production which will be shown in the John Thaw Studio Theatre is Paper Shield.

These are just a few events from this season’s diverse programme. We hope you will be able to join us for these and other exciting events at the Martin Harris Centre. For details of the entire programme, please refer to the handy tear-out events guide at the back of this brochure.

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We look forward to welcoming you to the Martin Harris Centre during the 2013 season and celebrating our 10th anniversary year. We are putting together the autumn programme, including some celebratory events so please keep in touch.

Mark WoolstencroftMartin Harris Centre Manager

WELCOMEWelcome to the spring/summer 2013 season at the Martin Harris Centre.The Centre offers a vibrant and exciting programme of events across many art forms including music, drama, literature and comedy.

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For events listings in full please refer to the handy pull out guide on page 29.

Café Arts, based within the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments.

You can now pre-order your interval drinks at Café Arts before the performance starts and they will be ready and waiting for you at the interval.

IN PERFORMANCEEVENTS | JANUARY-JULY 2013

Contents page

Welcome 3

Introducing The Martin Harris Centre 4

Eating and Dining 5

Literature 6

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) 8

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series 12

Quatuor Danel 16

New Music 18

Drama 22

We Welcome 23

How to find us 26

Access 27

Box Office Information 27

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The Centre hosts many musicians, performers and prize-winning authors. It provides an excellent space for contemporary and classic theatre, music and comedy events, and hosts a reading series that has in the past featured such literary luminaries as Martin Amis, Will Self, John Banville and Clive James. We also present new and exciting artists who go on to become household names as well as established artists performing to sell-out audiences all over the world.

So please come along, and discover why The Martin Harris Centre is attracting attention as an important arts venue throughout the North West.

INTRODUCING THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE

150-seat John Thaw Studio Theatre350-seat Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is a performance space situated at the heart of The University of Manchester.

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Eating and Dining Café Arts based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. The café is open from 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday and is also open for weekend and evening events at the Centre. The café has undergone a refurbishment over the summer, so be sure to visit soon to see the modernised facilities.

You can now also order interval drinks prior to the start of each event.For further information please contact Box Office on 0161 275 8951.

We have teamed up with our partners Chancellors at Christie’s Bistro to expand your catering options at The Martin Harris Centre. Why not take advantage of the special Pre-concert dining offers or enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by a team of talented chefs? You can also treat yourself to afternoon tea following one of the lunchtime concerts.

The foyer makes an immediately striking impact: its use of light, open space and bold areas of colour blend with Alice Kettle’s dynamic textile artwork, Red and Blue Movement in Three, which was commissioned in 2004.

In March 2011, The Martin Harris Centre was delighted to receive a newly commissioned textile wall hanging also by Alice Kettle – The Birth of Motives in the Clouds.

These pieces of artwork were commissioned by The Oglesby Charitable Trust.

Alice Kettle

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LITERATURE LIVE: Michael Hofmann and Rachel SeiffertMichael HofmannOne of the most influential UK poets of the 1980s and 1990s, Michael Hofmann’s poetry collections include Nights in the Iron Hotel (1984), Acrimony (1986), Approximately Nowhere (1999) and Selected Poems (2008), all published by Faber and Faber. Behind the Lines: Pieces on Writing and Pictures was published in 2001. Michael Hofmann is considered to be the foremost translator of German literature into English. His prizes include the IMPAC Award, the Cholmondley Award, the Weidenfeld Translation Prize, and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize. Amongst the authors he has translated into English are Bertolt Brecht, Joesph Roth, his father Gert Hofmann, Patrick Suskind, Nobel Prize winner – Herta Mueller, Franz Kafka, Durs Grunbein and, most recently, poet Günter Eich.He is the editor of the Faber Book of Twentieth Century German Poems (2005) and of Twentieth Century German Poetry: an Anthology (Farrar Strauss and Giroux, 2006). He now teaches at the University of Florida at Gainseville.

Rachel SeiffertRachel Seiffert is the author of The Dark Room (2001) which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and won an LA Times Award for First Fiction. Her second novel Afterwards (2007) was long-listed for the Orange Prize, and she has also published an acclaimed collection of short stories, Field Study (2004). In 2003, she was named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, and in 2011 received the EM Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Rachel has taught creative writing at Goldsmiths College, Glasgow University, and the Humbolt University Berlin, amongst others. She lives in London with her family.

VenueJohn Thaw Studio Theatre

Time & Date6.30pm, Monday 18 February 2013

Price£6 / £4

LITERATURE LIVE: Full details for this event will be announced soon. Please check the website for more information or call box office on 0161 275 8951.

VenueJohn Thaw Studio Theatre

Time & Date6.30pm, Monday 11 March 2013

Price£6 / £4

Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with Abi Morgan Jeanette Winterson discusses with Abi Morgan her varied work on TV and film. Abi Morgan is a British playwright and screenwriter known for her works for television, such as Sex Traffic and The Hour, and the films Brick Lane, The Iron Lady, and Shame.

VenueCornerhouse

Time & Date6.30pm, Monday 11 February 2013

Price£12 / £10

Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with Kamila Shamsie Kamila Shamsie has written 5 novels, including Burnt Shadows which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and has been translated into over 20 languages. A trustee of English PEN, she grew up in Karachi and now lives in London.

VenueUniversity Place

Time & Date6.30pm, Monday 22 April 2013

Price£10 / £5

IntroducingJeanette WintersonJeanette Winterson is newly appointed as Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing.

Jeanette succeeds Martin Amis and Colm Tóibín in this post and hosts a series of high-profile public events.

Originally from Manchester, Jeanette Winterson is author of novels including the international bestseller Oranges are Not the Only Fruit and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She was made an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours list.

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These unique events, organised by The University’s Centre for New Writing, bring the best known contemporary writers to Manchester to discuss and read from their work. Everyone is welcome, and tickets include discounts at the Blackwell bookstall and a complimentary drink at our Literature Live wine receptions.

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Evening Concerts

University of Manchester Symphony OrchestraMaurice Ravel La ValseClaude Debussy IbériaSergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No.9

In the first half of the 20th century, a huge variety of styles were adopted when writing for the orchestra. Fine works by Ravel, Debussy and Shostakovich will be performed alongside Prokofiev’s shining first piano concerto with soloist Phoebe Garratt.

VenueCosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Time & Date7.30pm, Saturday 16 February 2013

Price£10 / £6 / £3

University of Manchester String Orchestra and Brass Band Rachel Graff New Work For String OrchestraHenryk Gorecki Three Pieces in the Old StyleEdward Elgar SospiriLucy Pankhurst In Pitch BlackPhilip Wilby Unholy SonnetsEdward Gregson An Age Of Kings

Gregson’s massive An Age of Kings, for Brass Band, singers and harp will be an epic conclusion to this concert, whilst the first half will include two more serene works by Gorecki and Elgar along with a new composition by Rachel Graff.


Time & Date7.30pm, Saturday 9 March 2013

Price£10 / £6 / £3

Ad Solem University of Manchester Chamber ChoirAd Solem, the Music Society’s elite chamber choir, will perform a selection of enthralling works from a variety of different musical periods. Please join us for a wonderful evening of choral music.


Time & Date7.30pm, Friday 15 March 2013

Price£10 / £6 / £3

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)Vaughan Willams Toccoata Marziale David Bedford Susato VariationsRichard Wagner Trausinfonie, HuldigunsmarschBenjamin Britten Courtley DancesPercy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy

MUWO returns for its second concert of the year by presenting works which celebrate both Wagner’s bicentenary and Britten’s centenary. Sam Mitchell will perform on the piano for Bedford’s Susato Variations and MUWO will conclude with Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy.


Time & Date7.30pm, Saturday 16 March 2013

Price£10 / £6 / £3

Anybody can join the Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) and typically, around 500 people (mainly students) sign-up each year. The main priority of the society is to provide its members with a large variety of performing opportunities to suit their standard, commitment and tastes.

This is possible through its established programme of concerts throughout the year, several ensembles and social events, which allow like-minded musicians to meet in a friendly community.

Day One Chamber OrchestraClaude Debussy Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un fauneEdmund Finnis Frame/RefrainBenjamin Britten Sinfonietta Op.1Andrew Garbett New work for Saxophone, Electronics and Chamber EnsembleArnold Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No.1

The Music Society presents an evening of fantastic chamber works alongside a newly composed saxophone concerto by postgraduate, Andrew Garbett, performed by Dominik Billam.


Time & Date7.30pm, Friday 1 February 2013

Price£10 / £6 / £3

Day Two OperasJohn Blow Venus and AdonisHenry Purcell Dido and Aeneas

After the success of producing its first opera (Handel’s Semele) last year, MUMS presents a varied evening consisting of two operas. Purcell’s highly moving Dido and Aeneas will be preceded by John Blow’s Venus and Adonis.


Time & Date7pm, Saturday 2 February 2013

Price£10 / £6 / £3

MUMS Chamber Music FestivalTwo days celebrating the magic of Chamber Music, with a fantastic chance to see some of the society’s best musicians working together.

Dominik Billam

Phoebe Garratt

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Lunchtime Concerts

Solo and Chamber WorksThe students of Manchester University Music Society show off their talent, performing a varied program of both solo and ensemble works.


Time & Date1.10pm, Friday 18 January 2013

PriceFREE

ElectroacousticAll undergraduates study electroacoustic composition for at least half a year and so this concert celebrates undergraduate works created just next door in the electroacoustic studios.



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Vocal ShowcaseFeaturing the She-Choir, Barbershop Chorus, Ladies Barbershop and perhaps even more vocal ensembles this will be a thoroughly entertaining concert.



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Manchester University Baroque Orchestra Following the success of their period performance of Handel’s Messiah last year, the University Baroque Orchestra return to give a historically informed performance – a unique opportunity to learn from the collaboration between performers and musicologists.


Time & Date1.10pm, Friday 19 April 2013

PriceFREE

Opera ScenesMUMS presents scenes from old and new operas which show off many brilliant solo voices and actors.


Time & Date1.10pm, Friday 3 May 2013

PriceFREE

Come and enjoy a Friday lunchtime concert performed by The Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up.

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ESTIVAL 4-6 June 2013The University of Manchester’s answer to the ‘PROMS’

Join the Music Society in the final week of term for our annual music festival! A carnival of sights and sounds, there is no better way to celebrate the end of exams. The Estival Hub, opposite the Cosmo Rodewald concert hall, is a brilliantly decorated place to relax in between concerts, whilst enjoying informal impromptu performances too!

With nine concerts in three days, it’s an action-packed three days of music making with daily lunchtime, beat-the-rush-hour and evening performances, which is guaranteed to thrill.

Highlights of this year’s Estival include the Grade-1-Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Josh Asquith playing Weber’s Bassoon Concerto.

Ultimately the climax of the festival is the Symphony Orchestra concert where University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra will perform two newly commissioned works as well as Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.

Barbershop Chorus

Manchester University Big BandThe University of Manchester’s astounding Big Band present an evening of musical entertainment. Led by Dominik Billam, the band will perform a selection of brilliant tunes which are sure to both excite and inspire.


Time & Date7.30pm, Tuesday 19 March 2013

Price£10 / £6 / £3

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony OrchestraAntonin Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minorWilliam Walton Belshazzer’s Feast

The University of Manchester Chorus conclude a wonderful concert season with Walton’s Belshazzer’s Feast which will follow Dvorák’s epic cello concerto in B minor, performed by soloist, Steph Tress. Please join us for what promises to be an inspiring evening of music.

VenueThe Whitworth Hall

Time & Date7.30pm, Saturday 27 April 2013

Price£12 / £9 / £3

Evening Concerts

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The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging programme to suit all tastes and are an ideal opportunity to enjoy great music performed by outstanding musicians.

There’s no need to book – the concerts are free and you can just turn up on the day.

Quatuor Danel Tishchenko String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8Shostakovich Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92

One of Shostakovich’s most symphonic and physically exciting string quartets, paired with the first quartet by Boris Tishchenko, who went on to become his favourite pupil and to continue his legacy as composer and teacher after his death.

Followed at 2.30pm byQuatuor Danel SeminarSelected star students are put into the hot seat with the Quatuor Danel in quartet and quintet movements.


Time & Date1.10pm, Thursday 24 January 2013

PriceFREE

Clare Hammond (piano) Acclaimed by the Daily Telegraph as a pianist of “amazing power and panache”, Clare Hammond returns to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall with rare pieces for left hand by Saxton and Brahms, and Dutilleux’s magnificent Piano Sonata.



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Hsing-Chwen HsinGranados Los Requiebros and The Maiden and the Nightingale, from GoyescasTzyy-Sheng Lee South • Muse IIxChopin Là ci darem Variations, Op.2

Professor Hsing-Chwen Hsin is one of the most well reputed pianists of her generation from Asia. Hsing-Chwen Hsin is the winner of the prestigious Chappell Gold Medal from the Royal College of Music in London, and a winner at the International Mozart Bicentenary Piano Competition of Asia. She has performed solo recitals and concertos in England, Holland, United States, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.


Time & Date1.10pm, Thursday 7 February 2013

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Trio Atem Northern Arcs #1Kaija Saariaho Oi KuuLarry Goves new work (world première)Scott Wilson Dirges, Ostinati, and Love Songs (world première)Nina Whiteman DNA** (world première)

Trio Atem present music ranging from the sensuous to the extreme in a concert exploring the sonic potential of the unusual flute/mezzo-soprano/cello combination.



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Quatuor Danel Shostakovich Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49Camden Reeves Scordatura Squid II (world première)Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122

A new work for solo violin by the University’s Camden Reeves, sandwiched by two of the shortest Shostakovich quartets – his deceptively simple first and his cryptically enigmatic and disturbing eleventh.

Followed at 2.30pm byQuatuor Danel SeminarA workshop of new string quartets by Masters students in composition at the University.



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Quatuor Danel Weinberg Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 69Weinberg Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 73Weinberg Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 6, Op. 136bis With Michelle Assay – Piano

Three fine chamber works by Mieczysław Weinberg – his knotty two-violin sonata, the exhilarating sixth piano sonata, and the last of his six violin and piano sonatas. The Danels’ violin virtuosi are joined by Weinberg specialist Michelle Assay.

Followed at 2.30pm byQuatuor Danel SeminarThe Quatuor Danel workshops quartets by the University’s PhD students.


Time & Date1.10pm, Thursday 18 April 2013

PriceFREE

Gamelan DegungThe University of Manchester’s music students with guests

University of Manchester music students, with guests, offer a dynamic programme of music for Gamelan Degung, to culminate the course in association with the Hallé.

The concert will include traditional and contemporary Sundanese repertoire, together with original compositions by members of the group.



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Helen Tonge (violin) and Richard Whalley (piano)John Casken Shadowed PiecesCamden Reeves Gorgon’s Head (world première)Tom Coult LimpBeethoven Sonata in A minor, Op. 23.

Youthful Beethovenian vigour complements three contrasting, yet highly personal works by contemporary composers with Manchester connections, including a brand new piece by Camden Reeves.


Time & Date1.10pm, Thursday 2 May 2013

PriceFREE

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Piers Hellawell Etruscan GamesJohannes Maria Staud Für Bálint András VargaPascal Dusapin Trio Rombach

With performances from The Wigmore Hall to Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, the ...virtuosic Fidelio Trio... (Sunday Times) perform extremely diverse music internationally and features Irish musicians Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) and Scottish cellist Robin Michael. They have recorded CDs for NMC, Naxos, Delphian, Col Legno and most recently Michael Nyman’s Piano Trios for MNR and have premièred over 100 new piano trios.



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Purcell Fairest Isle

Ann Allen – Baroque Oboe and RecorderLiam Byrne – Viola de GambaAnna Dennis – SopranoTom Foster – Harpsichord

A choice selection of ayres, arias, suites and sonatas by the esteem’d composers Henry Purcell and George Frederick Handel in honour of Fair Britannia. Performed by the chamber ensemble Il Bacio who aim to seduce their audience with a new and enticing approach to baroque music.


Time & Date1.10pm, Thursday 7 March 2013

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A Program of American SongsCharles Blandy, tenor, and Rodney Lister, piano

Two masterly and eloquent musicians from Boston USA present fascinating song cycles by two American composers: Five Settings of European Poets (1978-79) by Arthur Berger (1912-2002) and Ordinary Heartbreaks and Other Poems of Michael Blumenthal (1992) by Rodney Lister (1951-).



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Student ShowcaseA recital featuring the talents of undergraduate and postgraduate star performers from The University of Manchester.



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Quatuor Danel

Gamelan Degung

Richard Whalley and Helen Tonge

Rodney Lister and Charles Blandy

Il Bacio

Fidelio Trio

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QUATUOR DANEL

The starry qualities of the Quatuor Danel, now in its eighth season at the University of Manchester, are this time devoted to a mixture of classical favourites (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Delius) and explorations of contemporary (Xenakis, Rihm, Tanaka, McCabe, Stevens, Grange) and Soviet (Shostakovich, Weinberg, Tishchenko) repertoires, all in brilliantly idiomatic performances. Where else would you find such a colourful mixture, or such a revelatory traversal of the string quartet from its birth to the present day?

The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust.

Lunchtime ConcertTishchenko String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8Shostakovich Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92

One of Shostakovich’s most symphonic and physically exciting string quartets, paired with the first quartet by Boris Tishchenko, who went on to become his favourite pupil and to continue his legacy as composer and teacher after his death.

Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel SeminarSelected star students are put into the hot seat with the Quatuor Danel in quartet and quintet movements.



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Evening ConcertDebussy Piano Trio in GDebussy Quartet in G minor Op. 10Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22

With Richard Whalley – Piano

Hear the teenage Debussy’s piano trio (only reconstructed in the 1980s) together with his still comparatively early yet masterly string quartet, and Tchaikovsky at his most chromatic and contrapuntal.


Time & Date7.30pm, Friday 25 January 2013

Price£13.50 / £8 / £3

Open HouseFor your diary: a fantastic opportunity to receive coaching and attend workshops given by Marc Danel, Gilles Millet, Vlad Bogdanas and Guy Danel, the four members of Quatuor Danel.

The Quatuor Danel offers an intensive three days of coaching for amateurs (Friday and Saturday) and students (Saturday and Sunday), including master classes and demonstrations.

Further details available on: www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/danels


Time & DateALL DAY 25-27 January 2013

Price£60 / £30 (single day) / £20 students

Lunchtime ConcertShostakovich Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49Camden Reeves Scordatura Squid II (world première)Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122

A new work for solo violin by the University’s Camden Reeves, sandwiched by two of the shortest Shostakovich quartets – his deceptively simple first and his cryptically enigmatic and disturbing eleventh.

Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel SeminarA workshop of new string quartets by Masters students in composition at the University.



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Evening ConcertHaydn Quartet in C, Op. 76 No. 3 ‘Emperor’Philip Grange Ghosts of Great ViolenceDvorák Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’

Philip Grange’s stirring memorialisation of war, premiered by the Quatuor Danel at Manchester Grammar School last season, in between two of the most popular works in the string quartet repertoire, Haydn’s ‘Emperor’ whose slow movement became the Austrian national anthem, and Dvorák’s irresistibly tuneful ‘American’.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONCERT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL

VenueManchester Grammar School


Price£10 / £4

Lunchtime ConcertWeinberg Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 69Weinberg Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 73Weinberg Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 6, Op. 136bis

With Michelle Assay – Piano

Three fine chamber works by Mieczysław Weinberg – his knotty two-violin sonata, the exhilarating sixth piano sonata, and the last of his six violin and piano sonatas. The Danels’ violin virtuosi are joined by Weinberg specialist Michelle Assay.

Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel SeminarThe Quatuor Danel workshops quartets by the University’s PhD students.



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Evening ConcertWeinberg Quartet No. 8, Op. 66Weinberg Quartet No. 16, Op. 130Weinberg Piano Trio, Op. 24

With David Fanning – Piano

The Quatuor Danel concludes its season with two of the highlights of the Weinberg quartet cycle, the gentle eighth and the subtle and exploratory sixteenth. The university’s Professor David Fanning, Weinberg’s biographer, joins the ensemble for the magnificent Piano Trio.


Time & Date7.30pm, Friday 19 April 2013

Price£13.50 / £8 / £3

The University of Manchester’s internationally renowned resident string quartet.

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MANTIS Spring Festival 2013 MANTIS presents a weekend of new electroacoustic music featuring works by composers based at the NOVARS Research Centre (University of Manchester) as well as a concert of works by Ricardo Climent, Jose Manuel Lopez and Martin Whesley Smith for Timbila (percussion instrument of Mozambique), electronics and other percussion with guest performer Miquel Bernat.

VenueThe John Thaw Studio Theatre

Times & Dates6pm, Saturday 2 March 2013

8pm, Saturday 2 March 2013

2pm, Sunday 3 March 2013

Price£7.50 / £5 / £3 (per single concert)

Contemporary Ensemble in Residencewww.psappha.com

Gordon Crosse L’enfant sauvage (world première)*Stravinsky Soldier’s Tale (concert performance)**Sayyid Shafiee New work (world première)Tom Jarvis New work (world première)

Psappha Ensemble unconducted* Dov Goldberg clarinet** Jonathan Best narrator

Gordon Crosse, in his L’enfant sauvage (The Wild Child), lets the clarinet rip in portraying the human as an untamed animal. Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale tells of a bargain with the devil, in earthy music relating to Bach and ragtime. Student pieces complete the programme.



Price£10 / £5 / £3

Vaganza Presents a Showcase of Student CompositionsThe University of Manchester’s New Music Ensemble

Peter Maxwell Davies once said of an equivalent Vaganza concert: ‘The most interesting thing apart from the quality of the playing and the quality of the music is that there’s no one style here.’ So come and join us for this celebration of the excellence and diversity of our composers’ music.



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Priaulx Rainier The Bee Oracles*Klas Torstensson Pocket Size Violin Concerto (UK première)**Elisabeth Lutyens Islands Op.80***Chai-Ying Lin New work (world première)Josh Brown New work (world première)

Psappha EnsembleConducted by Mark Heron

*/*** James Oxley tenor** Benedict Holland violin *** Gillian Keith soprano*** Richard Suart narrator

A witty mini-concerto for violin prefaces lyrical interior landscapes by two outstanding (women) composers who defied convention: Priaulx Rainier’s ranging song for tenor with fizzing instruments and Elisabeth Lutyens’s journey through islands. Student pieces complete the programme.



Price£10 / £5 / £3

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Saturday 23 – Monday 25 MarchBLACK ON WHITE: THE MUSIC OF HEINER GOEBBELS

One of the most original thinkers in the world of music, Heiner Goebbels comes to Manchester for a major festival of his music featuring Manchester Camerata and ensembles from The University of Manchester and RNCM.

For Goebbels, concert is theatre and music is drama: be prepared for a new kind of engagement from this radical thinker. Full details can be found on the website.

Manchester Camerata: City Life7.30pm, RNCM Theatre

Heiner Goebbels Sampler Suite from Surrogate CitiesEmily Howard New work (world première)Heiner Goebbels Black on White (film version)

Clark Rundell conductor

Price £15 / £10

6.45pm, RNCM Theatre

Pre-concert performance: Manchester Camerata Youth Forum members perform new works inspired by their urban environment.

FREE

VenueRoyal Northern College of Music

DateSaturday 23 March 2013

Lunchtime Concert2pm, John Thaw Studio Theatre

Heiner Goebbels Berlin Q-Damm Heiner Goebbels Out of

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Drama Lecture with Heiner Goebbels3.15pm, Casken Lecture Theatre

FREE

Afternoon Concert5.15pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Music to include:Heiner Goebbels Bagatelle

FREE

VenueMartin Harris Centre

DateSunday 24 March 2013

RNCM New Ensemble and Vaganza7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Music to include:Heiner Goebbels Writings II (from Black on White)Caroline Haines New work (world première)Heiner Goebbels La JalousieHeiner Goebbels Toccata for Teapot and PiccoloHeiner Goebbels Red RunMark Heron, Yoon Jee Kim, Leo Geye conductorsAndrea Tweedale soprano

Price £7.50 / £5 / £3

VenueMartin Harris Centre

DateSunday 24 March 2013

Lunchtime Concert1.15pm, RNCM Concert Hall

Music to include:David Curington New work (world première)Heiner Goebbels Herakles 2

FREE

Open Forum with Heiner Goebbels5.15pm, RNCM Studio Theatre

Heiner Goebbels talks to Clark Rundell about his life and music, interspersed with performances of extracts from Black on White, including Letter Brass and Brass 5/4. FREE

Vaganza and RNCM New Ensemble7.30pm, RNCM Concert Hall

Music to include:Heiner Goebbels Industry and IdlenessAaron Parker New work (world première)Heiner Goebbels Surrogates; In the Country of the Last Things; The Horation – Three Songs (from Surrogate Cities)

Mark Heron, Yoon Jee Kim, Jack Sheen conductorsTanya Small mezzo-sopranoSarah Parkin narrator

Price £7.50 (concessions available)

VenueRoyal Northern College of Music

DateMonday 25 March 2013

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DRAMAThe Martin Harris Centre continues to offer the best, young, creative talent a ‘powerful voice in Manchester’. The John Thaw Studio Theatre is a valuable performance space where students make their own independent experiments in theatre – as performers, writers, directors and technicians. Many alumni have acknowledged what an important part these performances played in their creative and intellectual development during their time at university.

WE WELCOMEThe Martin Harris Centre welcomes professional and amateur productions, both international and closer to home, to the heart of Manchester.We host powerful and dynamic productions in our vibrant and exciting performance spaces and reach out to wider audiences with performances in some of the most important venues in the City.

University of Manchester Drama Society’sManchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2012, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang as we see the best student talent the city has to offer.

The opening production of the MIFTAs Drama Festival which will be Paper Shield.

Written and directed by Piers Black-Hawkins

A young journalist finds himself thrown in the deep end when covering the story of a high-profile child kidnapping. As ambition leads to obsession, he spirals out of control and surfaces amidst one of the nation’s darkest scandals.

**No latecomers permitted** **This performance contains some strong language**

Tickets: £5.50 / £4.50 / £4 Drama Society Members

Tickets are available from the Manchester University Students Union. Please call box office 0161 275 4278


Time & Dates7pm, Wednesday 20 February 2013

7pm, Thursday 21 February 2013

7pm, Friday 22 February 2013

Price£5.50 / £4.50 / £4 Drama Society Members

John HegleyEnglish performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter

Critically acclaimed performance poet John Hegley returns to enchant us with his interactive poetic genius and silliness.

John Hegley is widely known as one of the country’s most innovative comic poets with several best-selling volumes of poetry to his name. His shows are a regular sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival, and he is noted for his exploration of such diverse topics as dog hair, potatoes and handkerchiefs.

“You’re absolutely guaranteed a good time” Fringe Review 2010“This is something special, a true joy to watch” Chortle“Typically brilliant” The Guardian


Time & Date8pm, Saturday 9 February 2013

Price£8 (no concessions)

John Hegley

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CIDRAL Annual Lecture Series: Public Intellectuals Music and Public Engagement in Manchester roundtableA discussion between Manchester’s musical ensembles and educators on how music shapes the public life of the city.

This roundtable discusses music and the city. It examines Manchester-based case studies and their different means of public engagement, from archives and alternative concert venues to digital media. Participants include the Manchester Camerata, the Hallé, One Education and Brighter Sound.


Time & Date5pm, Friday 22 March 2013

PriceFREE

Black Box Theatre Company presentsOthello by William ShakespeareDirected by Ian Moore

Black Box returns to the John Thaw Theatre, following their sell-out Of Mice and Men in 2012, with an abridged Shakespeare classic OTHELLO

Believing Othello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Othello. Iago convinces the jealous Othello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution.

A production that depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, “...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon”.

Othello is part of the National Curriculum 2012-13. The production is scheduled to tie-in with both GCSE and A level study.

Black Box, Liverpool’s award-winning theatre company was founded by Artistic Director Ian Moore in 1994 with an excellent track record for adapting and performing classic literature – Of Mice and Men (2012) An Inspector Calls (2011) Hamlet (2010) and James and the Giant Peach (2009)

10% discount for Schools/Groups and one adult supervisor goes free for every ten students


Time & Dates7pm, Monday 25 March 2013 (evening performance plus post show discussion)

7pm, Tuesday 26 March 2013

1pm, Wednesday 27 March 2013 (matinee performance plus post show discussion)

7pm, Wednesday 27 March 2013

Price£8 / £6 / £5

WE WELCOME

The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guestsEnjoy three side-splitting comedy evenings hosted by The Comedy Network, one of the leading names in live comedy, booking and representing the hottest names on the comedy circuit. Your MC for each evening will be Iain Stirling, who will be joined by a great line up of contemporary comedians.

Iain Stirling is a stand-up comedian and the current face of CBBC. He burst onto the comedy scene whilst studying for a Law degree at Edinburgh University, being placed second in both the Paramount Funniest Student final (2009), and the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year final (2009). Just one week after graduating, Iain found himself on a train down to London to begin presenting on CBBC and just two years later he received a BAFTA nomination for ‘Best Children’s Presenter’

Iain has played at some of the most established gigs in the country, including the Stand (Edinburgh and Glasgow), the Comedy Store (London and Manchester), The Glee and The Brighton Komedia, and was dubbed one of Scotland’s “hottest newcomers” (The Scotsman), after his performance at Glasgow Old Fruit Market to over 750 people. He has supported Russell Kane and Rhod Gilbert on tour and last year appeared in The Comedy Zone, the most prestigious new act showcase at the Edinburgh Festival. He has also performed on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3).

‘One of the best joke writers on the circuit’ GQ‘Exceptional talent’ Herald‘Enjoyable, clever and - most importantly - funny stand-up’ Fest

An age restriction of 14+ applies to this performance


Time & Dates8pm, Monday 4 March 2013

8pm, Monday 18 March 2013

8pm, Monday 22 April 2013

Price£8 / £5

Iain Stirling

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How to find usThe Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The University of ManchesterBridgeford Street, off Oxford RoadManchester, M13 9PL

Box office:

Tel: 0161 275 8951 Email for enquiries: [email protected] office opening times: 2.00pm-4.00pm Monday to Friday

WebsiteFor the latest information on concerts, events and productions at the Martin Harris Centre please visit: www.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre

You can also download our latest brochure. Please note this is an Adobe acrobat file, and to view the file you will need a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat (downloadable from Acrobat).

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Getting hereThe Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is situated behind the Manchester Museum, which is located on Oxford Road. It is approximately 1 mile south of the city centre.

There are 2 entrances to the building, one on Bridgeford Street, the other on Coupland Street. Please note that there is pedestrian access only to both of these streets.

The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall and the John Thaw Studio Theatre can both be found within the Martin Harris Centre.

Sat Nav:Please do not rely on your satellite navigation system to find the Martin Harris Centre, as our postcode covers the entire University of Manchester campus. As an alternative, we would advise patrons to use Google maps.

Find us on Google:http://maps.google.com/maps and search for Martin Harris Centre.

By Bus: Direct routes to Oxford Road run regularly from Piccadilly Gardens in Central Manchester. Routes and timetable enquiries 0161 242 6040.

Metro: Metrolink services run between Altrincham and Bury through Manchester city centre. The South Manchester line which recently opened, runs from Trafford Bar to Chorlton. Timetable enquiries 0161 205 2000.

By Train: Oxford Road station is a ten minute walk away. Train enquiries 08457 48 49 50.

Car Parking: Car parking is available in the multi-storey car park off Booth Street West, opposite the Royal Northern College of Music. Parking costs £2.00 from 4pm to midnight weekdays, £2.00 all day on Saturday and Sunday and is payable upon exiting the car park. Please note that there is no vehicle access to the Martin Harris Centre from either Bridgeford Street or Coupland Street.

AccessThere are a range of facilities within the Martin Harris Centre for disabled patrons. The Martin Harris Centre is fully accessible.

It has a ramp at the Coupland Street entrance and there are level floor entrances to both performance spaces. Both entrances to the building have auto-opening doors. There are wheelchair spaces in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall and in the John Thaw Studio Theatre.

Wheelchair access is available to our performance spaces at The Martin Harris Centre. Low-level counters are available at the

box office. Disabled toilet facilities are available on the ground floor. A manually operated wheelchair is available by prior arrangement.Patrons requiring wheelchair access are asked to inform the box office at the time of booking.

There are parking spaces available for blue badge holders in the multi-story car park. If parking is required closer to the building, this can be arranged in advance. Please contact the box office.

The John Thaw Studio Theatre is fitted with an induction loop. (Hearing aids should be switched to the ‘T’ position).

The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall has recently been fitted with an infra-red induction loop. Receivers for this new facility are available from The Martin Harris Centre Box Office. Please advise

Box Office of your requirements at the time of booking.

General Access Information: Please call the box office on 0161 275 8951 for further information on access.• There is a drop off point outside the venue. • There is seating in the main foyer.• The Martin Harris Centre has baby changing facilities.

Box Office InformationBooking ticketsTickets for our events can be purchased directly from the Martin Harris Centre box office, or from Quaytickets. Please note that tickets bought from the Centre’s sales agent Quaytickets will be subject to a booking fee and also a non-refundable postage fee. The booking fee charged by Quaytickets is 10% of the face value of the ticket (minimum £1.25 per ticket).

• Tickets can be ordered in advance from the box office in person, by telephone or by post, and can be paid for by cheque or debit/credit card. Please make cheques payable to ‘The University of Manchester’.

• The box office will only hold unpaid for tickets for up to 4 working days from the time of booking. Unpaid tickets cannot be reserved on the 4 days preceding a performance or event.

By post Include your name, address, phone number, performance details and tickets required, plus a cheque made payable to ‘The University of Manchester’ and post to:

The Martin Harris Centre Box OfficeThe University of ManchesterBridgeford Street, off Oxford RoadManchester, M13 9PL

In personThe box office opening times are listed below and our team will be happy to help.

Box Office opening times2.00pm-4.00pm Monday to Friday opens 1 hour before an event is due to start and closes 15 minutes after the start of the event.

By phoneThe Martin Harris Centre Box Office 0161 275 8951 (during box office opening times)

Quaytickets 0843 208 0500 (9.30am-8pm Mon-Sat and 10am-8pm Sun) Please have your debit / credit card ready. Visa, Mastercard and Maestro cards accepted.

Onlinewww.quaytickets.com

EmailFor enquiries email [email protected](tickets may not be ordered by email)

Ticket PricesAll ticket prices are stated under each event as Full Price and the available Concessions. Concessions are only available for certain performances, please enquire at the time of booking. We regret that we cannot exchange or refund tickets.

ConcessionsThe Martin Harris Centre offers concessions, subject to availability and on presentation of the relevant I.D. to:

• Under 18s

• Students in full-time education

• Senior citizens (Over 60s)

• Unwaged

• A free ticket is available to any essential companion accompanying a disabled patron. Please contact Box Office.

• For certain events a group discount of 10% is available to groups of 10 or more. Please contact Box Office for more information.

Concession prices are shown where they apply. The prices do not refer to differently priced seat sections.

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Eating and drinkingCafé Arts based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments.

The café is open from 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday and is also open for weekend and evening events.For further information please contact Box Office on 0161 275 8951.

Chancellors at Christie’s Bistro is situated on the 1st floor of the Christies

Building in what was the original Library. Patrons can enjoy a 2 or 3 course lunch or something less formal in the lounge area, where sandwiches and bowl food is available. Hot and chilled beverages including wine are also available. Afternoon tea in the form of delicious cakes and pastries is served up to 5pm each day.To book call 0161 275 7702

CommentsWe would welcome your feedback on issues or topics which you may want to contact us about. If there is something you would like to comment on regarding the Martin Harris Centre, our events programme or service, please contact Mark Woolstencroft, Centre Manager, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.

Corporate hireThe state-of-the-art facilities at The Martin Harris Centre are available for private hire. We would be delighted to discuss your requirements in more detail and to show you around the venue.Should you wish to make an enquiry please contact Alex Shaw tel: 0161 306 1669

Adopt-a-SeatIf you enjoy our concerts why not Adopt-a-Seat? You can adopt your favourite seat in your name, or seats named for family and friends, to celebrate a birthday or anniversary, to commemorate a graduation or other milestone, or as a way of remembering a departed loved one. Some seats have already been adopted in this way, others to acknowledge favourite composers. The choice is yours. Adopting a seat is a very personal way to share in the development of this wonderful cultural arts venue. The money raised goes towards providing the best facilities possible for our musicians and provides a visible and lasting legacy for future generations of students. If you would like more information about seat sponsorship please email us at: [email protected] or write to us: Adopt-a-seat, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

Terms and ConditionsTickets are sold subject to the right of the Management to change performers and/or programme content due to unforeseen circumstances. All content of this document is correct at the time of going to press, however, we reserve the right to make such changes without notice if necessary.

Credit card payments may be taken over the telephone. University policy dictates that we cannot accept credit card details by email or post.

We regret that we can not exchange or refund tickets. All ticket exchanges are at the discretion of the Front of House Manager. Please examine your tickets at the time of purchase to ensure that all details are correct.

Concessionary prices are available on production of the appropriate identification, for under 18’s, students in full time education, senior citizens and unwaged.

Please note that latecomers cannot be admitted until a suitable break in the programme and Management reserves the right to request that latecomers await entry until instructed otherwise by the Front of House Manager. Under exceptional circumstances, the Management reserves the right to refuse admission. Latecomers who are not admitted are in no way entitled to a refund.

The unauthorised use of cameras, video or any other form of recording equipment is strictly prohibited.

Please ensure that mobile phones are switched off or operate on silent.

IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS | JANUARY-JULY 2013

TWH = The Whitworth HallWCLC = Walter Carroll Lunchtime ConcertsMGS = Manchester Grammar SchoolUP = University Place

Cosmo = Cosmo Rodewald Concert HallJTST = The John Thaw Studio TheatreMUMS = Manchester University Music SocietyCH = Cornerhouse

Date Time Event Venue Page

Literature11 February 6.30pm Jeanette Winterson "in Conversation" with Abi Morgan CH 6

18 February 6.30pm Literature Live: Michael Hofmann and Rachel Seiffert JTST 7

11 March 6.30pm Literature Live JTST 7

22 April 6.30pm Jeanette Winterson "in Conversation" with Kamila Shamsie UP 6

Music18 January 1.10pm MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Solo and Chamber Works Cosmo 11

24 January 1.10pm WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert Cosmo 12

24 January 2.30pm WCLC: Quatuor Danel Seminar Cosmo 12

25 - 27 January Various Quatuor Danel Open House Various 16

25 January 7.30pm Quatuor Danel Evening concert with Richard Whalley Cosmo 16

31 January 1.10pm WCLC: Clare Hammond (piano) Cosmo 12

1 February 7.30pm MUMS Chamber Music Festival Day One Cosmo 8

2 February 7pm MUMS Chamber Music Festival Day Two Cosmo 8

7 February 1.10pm WCLC: Hsing-Chwen Hsin Cosmo 13

14 February 1.10pm WCLC: Trio Atem Cosmo 13

15 February 7.30pm Psappha Cosmo 18

16 February 7.30pm MUMS: The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra Cosmo 9

21 February 1.10pm WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert Cosmo 13

21 February 2.30pm WCLC: Quatuor Danel Seminar Cosmo 13

22 February 1.10pm MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Electroacoustic Cosmo 22

22 February 7.30pm Quatuor Danel Evening concert MGS 17

28 February 1.10pm WCLC: Fidelio Trio Cosmo 14

2 March 6pm, 8pm MANTIS Spring Festival 2013 JTST 19

3 March 2pm MANTIS Spring Festival 2013 JTST 19

7 March 1.10pm WCLC: Il Bacio Cosmo 14

8 March 7.30pm Psappha Cosmo 19

9 March 7.30pm MUMS: University of Manchester String Orchestra and Brass Band Cosmo 9

14 March 1.10pm WCLC: A Program of American Songs Cosmo 14

15 March 1.10pm VAGANZA Lunchtime concert Cosmo 19

15 March 7.30pm MUMS: Ad solem Cosmo 9

16 March 7.30pm MUMS: MUWO Cosmo 9

19 March 7.30pm MUMS: Manchester University Big Band Cosmo 10

21 March 1.10pm WCLC: Student Showcase Cosmo 14

22 March 1.10pm MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Vocal Showcase Cosmo 11

23 - 25 March various Heiner Goebbels Festival various 20

18 April 1.10pm WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Michelle Assay Cosmo 15

18 April 2.30pm WCLC: Quatuor Danel Seminar Cosmo 15

19 April 1.10pm MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Manchester University Baroque Orchestra Cosmo 11

19 April 7.30pm Quatuor Danel Evening concert with David Fanning Cosmo 17

25 April 1.10pm WCLC: Gamelan Degung Cosmo 15

27 April 7.30pm MUMS: The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra TWH 10

2 May 1.10pm WCLC: Helen Tonge (violin) and Richard Whalley (piano) Cosmo 15

3 May 1.10pm MUMS: Lunchtime Concert – Opera Scenes Cosmo 11

4 - 6 June various MUMS: ESTIVAL 2013 various 10

Drama20 - 22 February 7.00pm UMDS Festival show: Paper Shield JTST 22

We Welcome9 February 8pm John Hegley Cosmo 23

4 March 8pm The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guests JTST 24

18 March 8pm The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guests JTST 24

22 March 5pm CIDRAL Annual Lecture Series: Public Intellectuals Cosmo 25

25 March 7pm Othello evening performance plus post show discussion JTST 25

26 March 7pm Othello evening performance JTST 25

27 March 1pm Othello matinee performance plus post show discussion JTST 25

27 March 7pm Othello evening performance JTST 25

22 April 8pm The Comedy Network presents: Iain Stirling and special guests JTST 24

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