Manchester Pride events at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
15 Aug 2012
Chamber Music Lunchtime Concerts (20, 22 and 24 August) * LGBT: Unilkely Bedfellows (20 Aug) * Chamber Music Evening Concerts (21 and 23 August).
Monday 20 August 2012 (1pm)
Manchester Pride: Chamber Music Lunchtime Concert
Venue: The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Admission Price: FREE
Now in its fifth year, Manchester Pride’s series of chamber music recitals celebrates LGBT composers and features internationally renowned performers as well as young, local talent.
This lunchtime concert features Aquinas Piano Trio performing:
- Ireland – Phantasie Trio in A minor
- Yeats – Piano Trio ‘Worship the oak’
- Saint-Saens – Piano Trio No.1 in F
A Manchester Pride Fringe commission, funded by Arts Council England.
Monday 20 August – Thursday 23 August 2012 (7.30pm)
Pride presents LGBT: Unlikely Bedfellows
Venue: The John Thaw Studio Theatre, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Admission Price: £10
Directed by Jonathan Best.
A quartet of new monologues by four of the UK’s leading writers – Neil Bartlett, Stella Duffy, Rob Ellis and Jackie Kay.
A Manchester Pride Fringe commission, funded by Arts Council England.
Contains strong language and sexual references. Only recommended for ages 16+.
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Manchester Pride: Chamber Music Evening Concert (BBC Radio 3 recording for future broadcast)
Venue: The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Time: 19:30
Admission Price: £5
Now in its fifth year, Manchester Pride’s series of chamber music recitals celebrates LGBT composers and features internationally renowned performers as well as young, local talent.
This evening concert features Roderick Williams (baritone) with Susie Allan (piano) performing:
- Ireland – Three Hardy Settings
- Ireland – The Land of Lost Content
- Ireland – Spring will not wait
- Ian Venables – The Pine Boughs Past Music
- Michael Berkeley – Two Housman Settings
- Somervell – A Shropshire Lad
A Manchester Pride Fringe commission, funded by Arts Council England.
Wednesday 22 August 2012 (1pm)
Manchester Pride: Chamber Music Lunchtime Concert
Venue: The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Admission Price: FREE
Now in its fifth year, Manchester Pride’s series of chamber music recitals celebrates LGBT composers and features internationally renowned performers as well as young, local talent.
This lunchtime concert features Daniel Browell (piano) performing:
- Philip Venables – Preludes
- Schubert – Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat, D.960
A Manchester Pride Fringe commission, funded by Arts Council England.
Thursday 23 August 2012 (7.30pm)
Manchester Pride: Chamber Music Evening Concert (BBC Radio 3 recording for future broadcast)
Venue: The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Admission Price: £5
Now in its fifth year, Manchester Pride’s series of chamber music recitals celebrates LGBT composers and features internationally renowned performers as well as young, local talent.
This evening concert features The Heath Quartet performing:
- Britten – Three Divertimenti
- Copland – Two Pieces for String Quartet
- Tippett – String Quartet No.4
- Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No.3
A Manchester Pride Fringe commission, funded by Arts Council England.
Friday 24 August 2012 (1pm)
Manchester Pride: Chamber Music Lunchtime Concert
Venue: The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Admission Price: FREE
Now in its fifth year, Manchester Pride’s series of chamber music recitals celebrates LGBT composers and features internationally renowned performers as well as young, local talent.
This lunchtime concert features CN Lester (mezzo) with Toby Carr (guitar) performing:
- Britten – Songs from the Chinese
- Philip Lawton – Five Lullabies
- Maxwell Davies – Farewell to Stromness
- Britten – Nocturnal after John Dowland
- Britten – Folksong Arrangements
A Manchester Pride Fringe commission, funded by Arts Council England.