EXPERIENCE UNFORGETTABLE LIVE MUSIC & EVENTS Autumn/Winter 2021
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WELCOME BACK We’re excited to be able to welcome you through our doors again to experience live music, including our biggest ever Christmas programme in December and BBC Radio 3 Manchester Week in January. Our incredible programme has all sorts to choose from, with plenty of opportunities to come back and revisit old favourites or immerse yourself in something new with family and friends. Events include classical and chamber music, folk, jazz, stand-up comedy and our expanding family programme, ensuring live music experiences are available to all our audiences including little ones and their families. For weary Christmas shoppers in need of a little interlude of calm and peace, pop into our free lunchtime concerts to see emerging musical talent performing at 1.30pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during term time. Our Atrium Bar is open again too, with more product ranges for you to try from local suppliers who share our sustainable values. And throughout the festive season there’ll be mulled wine and mince pies available to enjoy. We’re working hard to make sure all of our audiences can experience live music together again safely and you can read all our additional safety measures on the next page. There’s so much to enjoy this season that we can’t fit it all into this guide, but we hope you can enjoy reading this snapshot and are inspired to head over to our website where full details of all the events are kept up to date. We hope to see you very soon!
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SAM SWEENEY BAND Wednesday 1 December 2021 Sam and his new band are putting something into English music that has never been there before. This album has the swagger and groove of traditional English music with the huge sound, flare, energy and festival spirit of bands coming out of the Celtic and Scandinavian music scenes.
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BRITAIN’S GOT KINGS!
Monday 10 January 2022
Saturday 20 November 2021 QAWWALI LIVE FEAT CHAND ALI KHAN Sunday 14 November 2021
MARCUS FARNSWORTH WITH MARTIN ROSCOE
The first chamber concert of 2022 promises to be a good one, with baritone Marcus Farnsworth performing alongside pianist Martin Roscoe. Marcus and Martin will perform Schubert’s Winterreise (Winter Journey), a cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano based on poems by Wilhelm Müller.
Join The Stoller Hall Outreach Ensemble and Students from Chetham’s School of Music in this musical gallop through the 15th Century, part of the Chetham’s 600th Anniversary celebrations. Suitable for children and the young at heart!
MANCHESTER CAMERATA WITH PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA Friday 3 December 2021
AN EVENING WITH SETH LAKEMAN Wednesday 17 November 2021 CHETHAM’S BIG BAND
OMAR SOSA & SECKOU KEITA: SUBA
Saturday 20 November 2021
Sunday 21 November 2021
LUNCHTIME CONCERTS From Monday 9 November Take a lunch break and enjoy free weekday afternoon recitals by some of the UK’s most exciting young musicians!
Recorded during lockdown and released in October 2021, Omar and Seckou’s second album SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of kindness and real change in a postpandemic world, a visceral reiteration of humanity’s perennial prayer for peace and unity. Joining Omar and Seckou in the studio and for live performances is the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja is one of the most exciting violinists on the planet right now with 5-star reviews from The Times and The Guardian, and The Times describing her as a ‘one-woman firework display’. Recently wowing The Proms with her fearless debut performance, Patricia is known for ruthlessly pushing classical music forward with emotion and energy, and we are incredibly excited to bring her to the North-West for the first time.
CHRIS AUGUSTINE Monday 31 January 2022
SITKOVETSKY TRIO Monday 22 November 2021
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH CHLOË HANSLIP Sunday 5 December 2021
Christmas at The Stoller Hall
GOTHIC VOICES Friday 3 December 2021 Rounding off the 600th anniversary of Chetham’s, Gothic Voices will bring their medieval sounds to the magnificent Baronial Hall at Chetham’s, one of Manchester’s oldest buildings. The juxtaposition of old and new is also now a staple of the ensemble’s programmes and Gothic Voices enjoy exploring contemporary music, particularly pieces with medieval associations.
Sunday 28 November 2021
The Northern Chamber Orchestra’s Artist in Association, Chloë Hanslip, plays the Shostakovich violin sonata, composed in 1968 for David Oistrakh on his 60th birthday. Arranged for violin, strings and percussion by violinist Mikhail Zinman, it provides a typically powerful emotional journey.
SALFORD CHORAL SOCIETY
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Saturday 11 December 2021
Sunday 12 December 2021
It’s time to start your Christmas celebrations in traditional fashion with Salford Choral Society and Handel’s much-loved masterpiece, the Messiah. Soloists Fiona Finsbury (soprano), Emily Cobley (mezzo), Chris Why (tenor) and David Cane (bass) are joined by orchestra Baroque in the North, under the direction of Conductor Tom Newall.
Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, we’d love you to come!
TEZ ILYAS: THE VICKED TOUR
CHET’S-MAS
ARTISAN MARKETS
Friday 10 December 2021
Sunday 12 December 2021
Enjoy a festive performance from the incredible young musicians from Chetham’s School of Music. As the school term draws to a close the students will really help get you in the Christmas spirit. The festive concert will bring together vocalists and brass musicians, who will be joined on stage by a special guest!
Our popular Artisan Markets are back! We’ve rounded up some of the region’s best independent creatives, designers, producers, musicians & artists for a day of independent Christmas shopping. All work is handmade and no two items are quite the same. It promises to be the perfect Christmas shopping experience.
This classic fairy tale now gets the Lyngo treatment so expect lots of surprises and beautiful images as Patrick Lynch (from Cbeebies) tells the gripping story of Jack who sells his cow for 5 magic beans and finds himself in the land above the clouds. It’s a show for the over 3’s (and their giants) with something for everyone!
BBC RADIO 3 MANCHESTER WEEK Tuesday 25 – Friday 28 January 2022 We’re delighted that BBC Radio 3 will broadcast four live concerts from The Stoller Hall as part of the 2022 Manchester Week. Performances will feature BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, including period ensemble the Consone Quartet, tenor Alessandro Fisher, and the incredible Mithras Trio, all performing at The Stoller Hall for the first time.
THE FURROW COLLECTIVE: WE KNOW BY THE MOON Monday 13 December 2021 As the bleak winter nights draw in, The Furrow Collective have chosen a special festive programme to celebrate the dark time of year. Come in, friends, from the howling wind and bitter frost, draw a little closer to the roaring fire and prepare to be bewitched by eerie story-songs and seasonal carols that revel in the strange and wonderful traditions of these isles.
THE APEX SINGERS: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Sunday 12 December 2021 The Apex Singers are a Manchester based eight-part acapella vocal ensemble who create innovative vocal music through their unique arrangements and sound world. The show will include festive favourites from their EP Snowed In, as well as a host of other seasonal arrangements and songs from their awardwinning album Hiraeth.
SYD LAWRENCE ORCHESTRA: SINATRA AND SANTA Saturday 18 December 2021 A festive Big Band spectacular, celebrating the unique voices of Glenn Miller and the Rat Pack – with a liberal sprinkling of Christmas cheer.
SEE IT SAFELY AT THE STOLLER HALL We cannot wait to welcome you to The Stoller Hall to experience live music again and would like to reassure audiences and visitors alike that your health and wellbeing is our upmost priority. We’ve made some changes around our building, including adopting the See it Safely mark and wanted to let you know a few important details before your visit: • Please help us to keep everyone safe by wearing a face covering when indoors, unless you are exempt. • Please continue to wash your hands regularly and use the sanitising stations provided. • We recommend you do what you can to help reduce risk; get vaccinated, get tested, register if you’re immune. • Please be kind to each other and our staff during your visit. It’s been a tough time for the music industry but we’re back and cannot wait for you to join us.
Ticket & Booking Information Please visit stollerhall.com, email boxoffice@stollerhall.com or call 0333 130 0967 to book tickets. All ticket prices include booking fees, full terms and conditions are available at stollerhall.com/your-visit/booking-tickets Our welcoming Atrium Bar offers an informal space to enjoy a drink before evening performances and during the interval.
‘It’s great to hear live music, a real piano in a really decent venue, and some of my favourite musicians as well’ - John Quinn, audience member
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LIVE MUSIC | CONFERENCES | EVENTS Our recording, rehearsal and event spaces in the heart of Manchester City Centre are available for private hire for a wide range of uses – from meetings and conferences through to recordings and rehearsals, we have spaces to suit. • Ideal acoustics for rehearsals and recordings to suit all budgets, shapes and sizes. • Space for up to 400 delegates (theatre style) with pianos, technical equipment and in-house crew to make it a superb, flexible space for formal conferences, dining, music courses, exams and concerts. • Top-of-the-range conference facilities including HD cameras, projector and projection screens, HD TVs, AV equipment and other web conferencing facilities for your hybrid online events. Please get in touch via: events@stollerhall.com / 0161 838 7259
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