Friday 18 July Bridgewater Hall. The Love Music Trust takes over the Bridgewater Hall with two concerts. The first at 10.30am will feature pupils from 70 different schools in the culmination of ‘Singing Playgrounds’, a year long project to engage primary school pupils in singing. A further concert will then take place at 7.00pm featuring…
Sheffield’s finest performing at Gorilla. Sheffield’s finest – Slow Club – will be performing at Manchester’s Gorilla on 12th July as part of their UK tour in support of their third album Complete Surrender which is set for release on 14th July. The Sheffield duo formed in 2005 and are made up of Charles Watson…
Performing at The Ritz 10th July. The Brian Jonestown Massacre certainly has a colourful history. Founded in San Francisco in the late 1980s, they have since been through no less than 40 different band members – that averages out at roughly three band members changing every two years. And that’s not all that’s changed over…
Mesmeric show set for Albert Hall. The transcedent psych pop masters, Tame Impala, are set to bring their mind-blowing, yes beautifully simplistic material to the Albert Hall on 12th July. Made up of Kevin Parker (vocals, guitar and kazoo – yes, kazoo!), Jay Watson (synth, guitar and drums), Dominic Simper (bass, guitar and synth), Cam…
Tuesday 8 July MediaCityUK. The BBC Philharmonic presents an evening of Schubert with Symphony No 6 in C major; Einsamkeit; and Symphony No 5 in B flat major. The orchestra will be conducted by Juanjo Mena and will feature Lucy Hall (soprano). 7.25pm. Free but tickets required. Friday 11 July Bridgewater Hall. The Aomori Quartet presents ‘A Little Bite…
Bubblegum pop meets experimental hardcore. Pop princess meets hardcore band member in a restaurant, forms band. Sounds like a Disney movie, but it isn’t. Meet Sleigh Bells. Singer Alexis Krauss had a background in theatre and television, was a member of a teen pop group (RubyBlue) from the age of 12 to 16, went to…
Performing Debussy, Szymanowski and Ravel at the Bridgewater Hall. Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra enjoys an excellent international reputation as one of the finest young orchestras in the world. And deservedly so. The orchestra is formed of students from Chetham’s School of Music and such is its quality, that it regularly performs at major UK venues such…
Northern Ballet School set for Dancehouse Show. Manchester’s Northern Ballet School is set to take to the stage again for A Showcase of Dance running from Thursday 10th July until Saturday 12th July. Northern Ballet School was launched in 1977 under the direction of Patricia McDonald, a former partner in the long established Muriel Tweedy…
Monday 30 June Royal Northern College of Music. The winners of the various RNCM Chamber Music prizes throughout the year compete for the Christopher Rowland RNCM Chamber Ensemble of the Year Award. 7.30pm. Tickets £9. Tuesday 1 July Manchester Cathedral. Chetham’s Sinfonia and Ensembles perform. The concert will feature student ensembles including the Wind Band and Saxophone…
Coming to the Lowry and ‘Sexing up the Dossier’. Manchester born David Gray is heading home. Well almost – he’s heading to Salford’s Lowry for a 3rd July gig, following the release of his latest album, Mutineers, on 30th June. Mutineers is Gray’s tenth studio album, the first for four years and the tour represents…
