Manchester Camerata presents mindfulness in turmoil at Kings Place

Rosie Middleton in Eight Songs for a Mad King

Rebecca Hardwick

John Andrews conducts Manchester Camerata at Kings Place

Von Chris Garlick, 07 Juni 2026

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“exploring – directly and indirectly – the twists and turns of the mind”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kings Place: Hall One, London, am 6 Juni 2026

Wallen, By Gis and by Saint Charity

Weir, Blue-Green Hill

Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op.16

Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King

Ruth Knight, Regie

Rosie Middleton, Mezzosopran

Rebecca Hardwick, Sopran

Manchester Camerata

John Andrews, Musikalische Leitung

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Michael Klier, 17th July

Drei Uraufführungen stehen im Mittelpunkt des Programms beim Manchester International Festival.

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Energetic Mozart and Beethoven from Manchester Camerata

Leighton Jones, 23rd May

Continuing with their ‘Made in Manchester’ series of Mozart concertos in Stoller Hall, Manchester Camerata turn to the horn concertos with soloist Martin Owen.

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Bavouzet’s Manchester Mozart cycle reaches its epic peak

Leighton Jones, 20th September

All good things must come to end, but Manchester Camerata's Mozart piano concerto cycle did so in exceptional style in Stoller Hall.

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Aakash Odedra’s Songs of the Bulbul premieres in Edinburgh

Kathy Elgin, 9th August

Based around the Sufi myth of the bulbul, a bird said to sing more sweetly as it approaches death, Odedra's new work brings together North Indian Kathak dance, Sufi myth and Islamic poetry.

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OperaUpClose's Flying Dutchman becomes chillingly contemporary

Nick Boston, 7th July

OperaUpClose's vision of a dystopian England through Wagner's Flying Dutchman, distilled for chamber forces, receives strong performances from the cast and Manchester Camerata players.

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Manchester Camerata and Jess Gillam on superb form in Buxton

Peter Connors, 19th July

Two fascinating and hugely entertaining recent pieces started a superb concert by the strings of the Manchester Camerata, joined by Jess Gillam in Glazunov's Saxophone Concerto and the Brodsky Quartet in Elgar's Introduction and Allegro. Tchaikovsky crowned the concert.

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Chris Garlick

Chris Garlick is the co-founder of Signal Gallery in Hoxton. His first degree was in music, training as a classical composer. Chris has written about art frequently in Art of England magazine, Artist and Illustrator for online blogs.