Spring 2014 at the RNCM
Liz Rowley
PR and Media Relations Officer
Royal Northern College of Music
124 Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9RD
January 2014 is a significant month for the RNCM. For the first time in its 40 year history the
Concert Hall – much-loved by audiences across the North West – closes its doors for a
major £3 million refurbishment. The project, which includes everything from a new balcony
and seating, to flooring, lighting and technical equipment, will take approximately nine
months to complete and will furnish Manchester with a fantastic state-of-the-art venue fit for
the 21st century. But in spite of this prominent development, Spring at the RNCM continues
as normal, with an array of concerts and events taking place at other venues within the
College and in the city centre.
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For three days in January (Friday 10 to Sunday 12), Manchester Cathedral, St Ann’s Church
and Chetham’s School of Music host the 2014 RNCM Chamber Music Festival: The Art of
Bach, and a little later in the month the annual RNCM Festival of Brass moves to The
Bridgewater Hall for a day featuring some of the finest bands and soloists in the world
(Sunday 26 January). The Royal Exchange Theatre also opens its doors to the College this
season, hosting April’s RNCM Day of Song: the Voice of Europe at the end of the 19th
century (Sunday 27).
As always, jazz remains a prominent feature of RNCM programming, and 2014 welcomes
return visits by Penguin Cafe (Friday 21 February), a cappella group Naturally 7 (Friday 28
February), and ECM artists the Tord Gustavsen Ensemble (Saturday 15 March). The
season also brings a performance by the RNCM Big Band and globe-trotting saxophonist
Tim Garland, who team up to present a night of big band arrangements by Chick Corea and
Tim himself (Saturday 22 March).
Contemporary music this season is represented through Icebreaker, who return with their
take on Kraftwerk’s back catalogue, complete with an original film backdrop by visual artists
Sophie Clements and Toby Cornish (Thursday 6 February); Landscapes of the Mind, a
celebratory weekend dedicated to the music of John McCabe in recognition of his 75th
birthday (Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February); and a fantastic festival collaboration with
FutureEverything recognised as one of the most exciting live programmes to come to the
RNCM (Saturday 29 March to Tuesday 1 April). And folk fans can also whet their appetite
throughout March with music from Salsa Celtica (Friday 7), Spiers & Boden (Thursday 20),
and the Melrose Quartet (Friday 28).
RNCM students offer a feast of classical music in its various forms this Spring. In January,
Manchester Cathedral welcomes the RNCM Chamber Orchestra (Thursday 30); in
February, the RNCM Chamber Choir presents a concert at the Holy Name Church
(Wednesday 26); and in March, to mark the centenary of the beginning of the First World
War, the RNCM Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Chamber Choir perform a new edition
of Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time at The Bridgewater Hall (Wednesday 26).
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Finally, March also brings a Gluck double-bill by RNCM Opera, with performances of The
Drunkard Cured (L’ivrogne corrige) and Orfeo ed Euridice in the intimate surroundings of
the RNCM Studio Theatre (dates between Sunday 16 – Thursday 27), and for one night
only, a concert performance of Orfeo ed Euridice at Manchester Cathedral (Friday 28).
For more information or to request interviews and images, please contact Liz Rowley,
PR and Media Relations Officer, at liz.rowley@rncm.ac.uk or 0161 907 5369.
Liz Rowley
PR and Media Relations Officer
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Royal Northern College of Music
124 Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9RD
T: 0161 907 5369
E: liz.rowley@rncm.ac.uk
W: www.rncm.ac.uk
Twitter: RNCMvoice
Facebook: RNCMLive
For up-to-date press releases visit www.rncm.ac.uk/press
For up-to-date news visit www.rncm.ac.uk/news
To access these links please view Headers and Footers.