Get It Done welcome you to their first Mansion night, a festival exhibition with a brand new idea. Mixing together a host of exciting art, installations, performance, and some of Manchester’s best music, they’re taking Antwerp Mansion back to its artistic roots and providing a treat for all the senses.
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At this ‘American Utopia’ concert, David Byrne will draw on solo material as well as his days with Talking Heads. Don’t miss the chance to catch the legendary artist at Manchester Arena in November!
From £33.50
In the nineteen years since Pavement called it a day, Stephen Malkmus has continued to forge a singular path. His most recent album, ‘Sparkle Hard’, feels surprisingly rooted in the modern day, and is among his best.
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Parcels are one of the most downright fun bands around at the moment. Fusing funk, disco and pop, they sound like an amalgamation of The Beach Boys and Chic. With a debut album just around the corner, now is the time to indulge in the hip swinging joy of one of their live shows.
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Jazz titan Shabaka Hutchings brings his group Sons of Kemet to Manchester’s Band on the Wall this October, in support their Mercury Prize-nominated new album ‘Your Queen is a Reptile’.
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Signed to Manchester’s Gondwana records, Portico Quartet make deeply entrancing music that combines jazz, electronic and ambient styles. Catch them at Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds on the 12 October. From £15.75
Sir Mark Elder brings the 2018–19 Opus One Series to a triumphant close with Berlioz’ best-known work, ‘Symphonie fantastique’. Also in the programme is the brilliantly virtuosic overture to Smetana’s ‘The Bartered Bride’, as well as Dvorák’s beautiful ‘Violin Concerto’.
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The Hallé is joined by conductor Jamie Phillips for Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony, John Casken’s ‘Madonna of Silence’, and the centrepiece of the evening, Prokofiev’s ‘Fifth Symphony’.
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Part opera, part oratorio, Berlioz’ ‘The Damnation of Faust’ is an epic retelling of the Faust story. Celebrated for its orchestral brilliance, this tempestuous work will be performed by the Hallé for the first time in seventy years.
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This concert features three highly contrasting masterpieces: ‘The Rite of Spring’ by Igor Stravinsky, ‘Verklärte Nacht’ by Arnold Schoenberg, and ‘Parade’ by Erik Satie, each of which represents a significant landmark in our cultural history.
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At the top of a packed season, we’re taking a closer look at six Hallé concerts that lean toward the more contemporary, adventurous end of things.
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‘The Glagolitic Mass’ by Leoš Janáček is one of the twentieth century’s finest choral works. Conducted by Edward Gardner and played alongside ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’ by Richard Strauss’, this will be a wonderful concert.
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