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Black Milk, a highlight of Psappha’s 2020-21 season, features a world premiere by Mark-Anthony Turnage plus works by exciting young composers.

Psappha explores the full range of the lesser-spotted cimbalom with a varied programme that features several world premieres.

Spotlighting an instrument that usually remains in the concert hall shadows, Psappha invites sitar virtuoso Jasdeep Singh Degun to join them at Hallé St Peter’s.

Psappha’s ‘Got Rhythm’ features three arresting works for scaled-back ensembles, including Harrison Birtwistle’s typically uncompromising ‘The Axe Manual’.

‘New Traditions’ will see Psappha showcase contemporary music for stripped-back ensembles, including works by Luciano Berio and Helmut Lachenmann.

Psappha’s 2020–21 season explores the sharpest and smartest sounds in contemporary classical music, presented in concert and streamed online for free.

Joining Psappha, world-class accordionist Miloš Milivojević guides us through a variety of music written for this unexpectedly versatile instrument.

Manchester Camerata presents a new series of films which fuse music with spoken word to paint intimate portraits of real people from the local community.

Kicking off Psappha’s 2020-21 series will be String Theories, a socially distanced contemporary classical concert featuring Alfred Schnittke’s String Trio.

Just as live gigs were starting to feel like relics of the rose-tinted past, The Orielles have announced two socially distanced shows in Leeds.

Performing live for the first time since March, Manchester Collective will treat Leeds Town Hall to an intimate show designed to comfort and inspire.