What's On

Programme

John Playford arr Rakhi Singh Wollam Green from The English Dancing Master
Kevin Volans First Expedition from Quartet No 2
Felix Mendelssohn Adagio from String Quartet No 2
Andrzej Panufnik Allegretto from Suite Polska
Felix Mendelssohn Intermezzo from String Quartet No 2
Andrzej Panufnik Adagio sostenuto from Quartet No 3
Felix Mendelssohn Adagio non lento from String Quartet No 2
György Ligeti Excerpt from Quartet No 1
Andrzej Panufnik Andante from Suite Polska
Andrzej Panufnik Prestissimo possible from Quartet No 3
Felix Mendelssohn Presto from String Quartet No 2
Emily Hall So Far

Performers

Rakhi Singh director
Students from the RNCM

Guest Principals:
Donald Grant violin
Ruth Gibson viola
Peggy Nolan cello

About

What secrets lie in the forest? This programme, curated by Rakhi Singh and performed by RNCM students with Manchester Collective, follows a breadcrumb trail into the woods.

Tread lightly! Something mysterious lurks in the shadows of Panufnik’s music, whilst danger is never too far away in Ligeti’s dynamic Métamorphoses Nocturnes. It’s not all gloom, though. Mischievous sprites come out to play in the free-spirited, folk-inflected Huntering, Gathering, and Wallom Green. And at the heart of our journey together is the fairy tale romance of Mendelsohn’s String Quartet No 2; full of passion and drama, it was penned by the composer as a lovestruck teen. There’s anxiety and tragedy, humour and reconciliation.

Hidden Realms is a showcase for the RNCM x Manchester Collective Studio in 2025/26. Led by co-artistic director and violinist Rakhi Singh, the Studio gives five outstanding postgraduate string players first-hand experience of radical music-making and provides real-world experience of the alternative pathways available to musicians outside of traditional orchestral roles.

Photo credit: Gaelle Beri

Tickets

Full Price £18
Students / Under 26s £12

Promoted by RNCM.

This event will end at approximately 8.45pm.

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