Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 1 March 2025, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. Appearing this month: Zaffar Kunial, Hannah Copley, Rachel Davies & Hilary Robinson with music from Chuva. The event is free and everyone is welcome (no need to book tickets). Performers […]
Quotations and variations, youthful energy and bright melodies: Shostakovich and Schubert lead our February Concert! Join us on 21st February for Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1, with acclaimed soloist Nalni Chen and conductor Benjamin Draper, and Schubert Symphony No. 5. Our programme also includes works by Charles Ives, a brand new Florence Price arrangement, and […]
The dark side of sugar: a historical journey A talk by Dr Neil Buttery, Food Historian and Evolutionary Biologist Discover the complex history of sugar – from its ancient origins to its modern-day impact on global health and society. Dr Neil Buttery explores how this seemingly simple ingredient has shaped our world in profound and […]
Come and celebrate the holiday season with a magical evening of classical music performed by the talented musicians of Northerly Winds. Join Northerly Winds at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a night filled with beautiful melodies and festive cheer, featuring chamber music from all round the globe, including from artists such as Valarie Coleman, […]
Ed Williams (harpsichord) and Anouck Genthon (violin) are very pleased to present Decompositions at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation! Decompositions is a series of improvised, collaborative process-pieces in which pieces of early music are taken apart, expanded and explored by the duo in real time. Combining early music techniques such as ornamentation and canons with […]
Katherine Bucknell joins us at the Burgess Foundation in Manchester to talk about her illuminating new biography of Christopher Isherwood, whose writings about Berlin in the 1930s made him famous. Born in Stockport in 1904, and best known for the Berlin novels which inspired the musical Cabaret, Isherwood was one of the most prominent writers […]
Hong Kong neo-chamber ensemble Sea Island & Ferry embarks on its first UK tour, “Where Words Fail”, on 18-23 August, performing four shows in Manchester, Edinburgh and London. Sea Island & Ferry highlights the “language-free” aspect of its music and in this tour, takes its title from a quote by Hans Christian Anderson: ‘‘Where music […]
Explore the life and work of Anthony Burgess in this special gathering at the author’s archive in Manchester. Burgess was a prolific novelist, composer, journalist and playwright. He grew up above a pub in Manchester, then travelled the world as a solider and teacher before publishing his first novel at the age of 39. He […]
Explore the life and work of Anthony Burgess in this special gathering at the author’s archive in Manchester. Burgess was a prolific novelist, composer, journalist and playwright. He grew up above a pub in Manchester, then travelled the world as a solider and teacher before publishing his first novel at the age of 39. He […]
Explore the life and work of Anthony Burgess in this special gathering at the author’s archive in Manchester. Burgess was a prolific novelist, composer, journalist and playwright. He grew up above a pub in Manchester, then travelled the world as a teacher before publishing his first novel at the age of 39. He was also […]