March 2009

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 Hall

Mantis Festival
a weekend of electroacoustic concerts featuring the MANTIS 40-loudspeaker diffusion system
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Sunday 15 March 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall

Malmö Symphony Orchestra
programme includes Rolf Martinsson - Orchestral Songs (UK première)
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Wednesday 18 March 2009 1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall

Nika 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 Hall

Richard Casey, Piano
works by Camden Reeves, Messiaen, Piers Hellawell, and Roberto Sierra
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Friday 27 March 2009 7.30pm, RNCM

RNCM Symphony Orchestra
including: Berg - Violin Concerto; Webern - Passacaglia Op 1
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April 2009

Wednesday 15 April 2009 1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall

John McCabe, piano
programme includes works by McCabe and Emily Howard

Thursday 23rd April 2009 1:10pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
programme includes Camden Reeves - String Quartet (first performance)
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Friday 24th April 2009

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
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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 2009

1.15pm, 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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February 2009

Monday 2 February 2009 7.30pm, RNCM

Pacifica Quartet
programme includes Elliott Carter - String Quartet No 5
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Tuesday 3 February 1pm, Peel Hall

Richard Casey, Piano
works by Messiaen, Stockhausen, and Claude Vivier
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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
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Wednesday 11 February 2009 1.10pm, Bridgewater Hall

META4, 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 Hall

Peter Lawson, Piano
includes works by Boulanger and Messiaen
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Tuesday 24 February 2009 - Thursday 26 February 2009, RNCM

Detlev Glanert Festival

Friday 27 February 2009 7.30pm, Bridgewater Hall

Manchester Camerata & Joanna MacGregor
programme includes MacMillan - Piano Concerto No.2
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Saturday 28th February 2009 7.30pm, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall

The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra
programme includes works by Camden Reeves and Magnus Lindberg
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