CLASSICAL CONCERTS & OPERA IN MANCHESTER
CLASSICAL CONCERTS & OPERA IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Classical Concerts & Opera in Manchester
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta - Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral
Sat 11 May - Sat 22 Jun 2024
Manchester Collective, Ruth Gibson & Sansara
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 10 May 2024
The mighty Manchester Collective returns for a typically adventurous night of new music - including a quartet of new pieces from four of today's freshest and most original composers. Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel is a towering work of Am...Chetham's School of Music Students
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 10 May 2024
Once again, The Bridgewater Hall welcomes talented young musicians from Chetham's School of Music, the specialist music school with its home in the heart of Manchester. This performance features a range of small school ensembles from the sc...The Piccadilly Sinfonietta - Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
Few things are more magical than hearing the world's most breath-taking classical music being performed live by a brilliant orchestra in beautiful surroundings, by the flicker of candlelight. This experience comes to life when the city's...Warren Mailley-Smith - Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
The perfect option for first-time classical concert goers, spectacular British concert panist Warren Mailley-Smith performs a selection of sensational works for solo piano, including Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. ...Warren Mailley-Smith - Rhapsody in Blue by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
Join the exceptional British concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, for an atmospheric candlelit performance of Gershwin's epic Rhapsody in Blue and other works within this spectacular setting. This is a great choice for first-time classica...May Sunday Coffee Concert
Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills
Sunday 12 May 2024
Welcome to the 11th season of Coffee Concerts, with members of the Hall?, at Spring Bank Arts. We?re delighted to welcome back many familiar faces, and some new players with a series of three concerts of music ranging from Mozart through to...Kathryn Stott, Pavel Fischer & Petr Prause
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Monday 13 May 2024
After announcing her intention to retire from giving professional concerts in December 2024, world-renowned Manchester pianist Kathryn Stott joins forces with two Manchester-based Czech musicians, violinist Pavel Fischer and cellist Petr Pr...The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 13 May - Sunday 7 July 2024
Take a look behind the scenes at The Bridgewater Hall, and learn more about Manchester's iconic international concert venue. The entertaining and knowledgeable tour guides will lead you through the building's history, its acoustics and arch...BBC Concert Orchestra - Northern Soul Orchestrated
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Following the sold-out night at the Royal Albert Hall's BBC Proms, the BBC Concert Orchestra take their dedicated to northern soul, curated by Wigan's Stuart Maconie and Manchester's Joe Duddell, on the road. A celebration of raw, rare Amer...Sale Gilbert and Sullivan Society - The Gondoliers
Z-arts, Manchester
Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 May 2024
The award-winning Sale Gilbert and Sullivan Society returns with a wonderful production of The Gondoliers. A tale of Two Gondoliers who discover that one of them is a Prince, stowed away at birth and kept in hiding. But a case of mistaken i...Candlelight - A Tribute to Imagine Dragons
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Discover the music of Imagine Dragons performed by a string orchestra under the gentle glow of candlelight at this awe-inspiring location. ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Queen and ABBA
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Discover the music of Queen and ABBA performed by a string orchestra at this awe-inspiring location. ...Manchester Camerata - Mozart, Made in Manchester
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Manchester Camerata are back with another edition of their hugely successful Mozart, Made in Manchester series. Achieving 5-Star reviews from The Telegraph and BBC Music Magazine, this is Mozart, at his very best, performed with the undenia...NOMAD
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
NOMAD are a prize-winning, shape-shifting Manchester-based ensemble, crafting music that moves your heart, moves your feet and moves you around the world. Though co-founded in 2021 by three classically trained musicians - Ailsa Burns, Iona ...Eimear Noone & The Heritage Orchestra - Video Games in Concert
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 18 May 2024
Leading Irish conductor Eimear Noone is joined by the pioneers of non-classical collaboration, The Heritage Orchestra, to perform her critically acclaimed Video Games in Concert show, featuring music from The Last of Us, World of Warcraft,...
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 18 May 2024
Award-winning pianist and composer, Nikki Iles, takes her 20-piece Jazz Orchestra on a national tour, marking a new chapter in a long and distinguished career in British jazz. She gathers commissions from over the years, new orchestrations ...Benyounes Piano Trio
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 May 2024
The Benyounes Piano Trio are a newly-formed ensemble made up of some of the most versatile and experienced chamber musicians around. Violinist Zahra Benyounes is the well known leader of the quartet that bears her name, Jeremy Young is a c...Hallé’ - Chamber Series at Hallé St Peter’s
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 22 May 2024
The Halle's lunchtime Chamber Series at Halle St Peter's provides a unique opportunity to hear players and guest artists perform in more intimate surroundings. ...Hallé’ - Chamber Series at Hallé St Peter’s
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Wednesday 22 May 2024
The Halle's lunchtime Chamber Series at Halle St Peter's provides a unique opportunity to hear players and guest artists perform in more intimate surroundings. ...The Bridgewater Hall Building Tour with BSL
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 23 May - Tuesday 9 July 2024
Take a look behind the scenes at The Bridgewater Hall, and learn more about Manchester's iconic international concert venue. The entertaining and knowledgeable tour guides will lead you through the building's history, its acoustics and arch...Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Chloë Hanslip & Jan Hasenöhrl
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 24 May 2024
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the glorious music of its homeland - joined by great British violinist Chloe Hanslip. "God grant that this Czech music will move the world!" wrote Antonin Dvorak while composing his Seventh S...Ex-Easter Island Head
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Friday 24 May 2024
Described by The Guardian as "free flowing genius", Liverpool quartet Ex-Easter Island Head compose and perform music for solid-body electric guitar, percussion and other instruments using mechanical preparations and extended techniques ...The Untold Orchestra - A Celebration of Frank Ocean
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Friday 24 May 2024
Take time to explore Frank Ocean's two pivotal albums, "Blonde" and "Channel Orange", performed by a 12-piece orchestra. From "Channel Orange" classics 'Lost' and 'Thinking Bout You' to Blonde's seminal 'Pink + White' and 'Nights', Manches...Hallé - Tony Bennett: the Music and Songs of a Legend
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 25 May 2024
From his recording debut in the 1950s to his collaboration with Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett's seventy-year career has been characterised by class, style and an ear for a great song. In this spectacular programme, conductor Richard Balcombe, the...The Orchestra Lords of the Sound - The Music of Hans Zimmer
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 25 May 2024
The renowned Ukrainian symphony orchestra Lords of The Sound presents the musical program "The Music of Hans Zimmer," featuring the most iconic compositions by the musical genius of our time, Hans Zimmer! "The Music of Hans Zimmer" is an e...John Surman
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 25 May 2024
British composer, saxophonist and clarinettist John Surman will be 80 in 2024, and in the lead up to this milestone, he will continue his musical adventures with a new band and CD called Words Unspoken. Words Unspoken is a development of hi...Simple Music Ensemble World - Spirited Away
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 25 May 2024
The musicians of the chamber music community Simple Music Ensemble World will feature the music by Joe Hisaishi in their own unique arrangements. These melodies will take listeners into the magical world of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki,...Richard Haslam - Afternoon Tea Concert
Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills
Sunday 26 May 2024
Join us for an engaging afternoon recital of classical and Spanish guitar music! The programme begins with the music of Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu whose beautifully distinct compositions reflect the dramatic contrast of the natura...Mystery Ensemble - Interstellar: A Tribute to Hans Zimmer
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Following their performances of music from the films of Hayao Miyazaki and The Lord of The Rings franchise, Mystery Ensemble returns to Manchester with a new cinematic programme. They'll be bringing to life the soundtrack of the renowned, C...
Barry Adamson
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Musician, composer, writer, photographer, director. The list of creative jobs that Mancunian Barry Adamson has occupied in his career is long. Whether as a member of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Magazine, Buzzcocks, and Visage, as a guest m...Claire Rousay
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Thursday 30 May 2024
A singular artist, known for challenging conventions in non-melodic and ambient music forms, San Antonio experimental musician Claire Rousay masterfully incorporates textural found sounds, sumptuous drones and candid field recordings into m...Hallé - Finale: Sir Mark Elder Conducts Mahler 5
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 31 May - Saturday 1 June 2024
For Sir Mark's finale as Halle Music Director, a musical coup! A new choral work specially composed by Sir James MacMillan, one of the UK's highest profile composers on the world stage. 'What I wanted', says Sir Mark, 'was a work that would...London Concertante - A Night at the Opera
Christ Church, Manchester
Friday 31 May 2024
London Concertante present a sensational evening at the opera with an array of the finest opera arias and overtures, including works from Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, and Mozart - some of the best from Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Tosca, The Bar...Candlelight - Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 31 May 2024
A string quartet perform Vivaldi's The Complete Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter under the gentle glow of candlelight in this stunning setting. ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 31 May 2024
Discover the music of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran performed by a string quartet at this awe-inspiring location under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...Julieth Lozano & Ricardo Gosalbo - An Introduction to Zarzuela
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 31 May 2024
The Instituto Cervantes Manchester, in collaboration with The Iberian and Latin American Music Society, is pleased to present a concert dedicated to Zarzuela, a unique lyrical genre with its roots in 17th Century Spain. On this occasion, we...Alfie Boe
The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 2 June 2024
Alfie's homage to rock, Open Arms - The Symphonic Songbook sees the tenor rework versions of rock's finest tracks such as Bon Jovi's 'Livin' On A Prayer', Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters', Bryan Adams' 'Summer of '69, & many more, into si...Randy Edelman
The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Sunday 2 June 2024
Celebrate The Uptown, Uptempo Composer Randy Edelman for "80 Minutes Around the World". In a shimmering kaleidoscope of familiar songs, film composer Randy Edelman celebrates a mosaic of his experiences and his illustrious journey that colo...Yale Schola Cantorum & Julliard415 - Bach's Mass in B Minor
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Sunday 2 June 2024
The Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach is considered an all-embracing musical masterpiece created by Bach at the pinnacle of his remarkable career. Beginning with the awe-inspiring Kyrie and ending with the jubilant Dona nobis pa...Disney in Concert - The Sound of Magic
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Following on from its UK debut at the London Coliseum last year, Disney In Concert: The Sound of Magic - a celebration of over 100 years of Disney experienced through its music - returns to tour the UK in 2024. This newly imagined concert t...Opera della Luna - Sweeney Todd: The Victorian Melodrama
The Lowry, Salford
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 June 2024
The story of Sweeney Todd first appeared on the stage in 1847, in a melodrama at the Britannia Theatre in the east end of London. The String of Pearls, as it was originally called, was based on a popular "penny dreadful" serialised story. C...RNCM Opera Scenes
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 6 - Thursday 20 June 2024
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...Paterson Joseph - Sancho & Me
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 7 June 2024
Performed by Paterson Joseph (Wonka, Timeless) and accompanying musicians led by Ben Park, and based on Joseph's novel The Secret Diaries of Ignatius Sancho. Charles Ignatius Sancho was born on a slave ship on the Atlantic in 1729, yet he b...London Concertante - Bond by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 7 June 2024
Get ready for a showdown and indulge in the ultimate luxury for any James Bond fan as live orchestra London Concertante announces their thrilling new classical music concert 'Bond by Candlelight: Music from James Bond Movies.' Join the...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Muse
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 7 June 2024
Discover the music of Muse performed by a string quarter under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Rihanna
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 7 June 2024
Discover the music of Rihanna performed by a string quartet in this awe-inspiring location under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...The Untold Orchestra - The History of Drake
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Friday 7 June 2024
Manchester's 12-piece Untold Orchestra explore the discography of one of the all-time-greats, Drake. Since his "So Far Gone" mixtape exploded just 12 years ago, he has accelerated into the multi-award winning, globe conquering artist we k...A Family Adventure in Opera
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 8 June 2024
Dive into an exciting journey through the world of opera with a free event that blends music, storytelling and fun for the whole family! An interactive concert and workshop, designed for families with children aged 7 and older, promises to ...Manchester Camerata - Storytime with Sir Michael Morpurgo & Josie d'Arby
