2009 festival programme
To find out how to buy tickets for all concerts, please visit the Venues and ticket information page.
Pre-fest events
Saturday 18th July: Real Book North West at Festival Pavilion
Starts: 1:00pm Price: £5 from 0844 815 4960 or www.mif.co.uk
Presented as part of Manchester International Festival, this band of top-flight players performs pieces from Real Book North West, the ground-breaking anthology of work by north west jazz composers launched in 2007 by NWJazzworks and astute music. The music is astonishingly varied and the playing energetic and expressive – catch them on this, the culminating date of their UK tour.
Lineup:
Andy Schofield – saxophones
Uli Elbracht – guitar
Les Chisnall – piano
Steve Berry – double bass
Dave Walsh – drums
Band website: www.nwjazzworks.org
Tuesday 21st July: Mask: Open Rehearsal at Contact
Starts: 4:00pm Price: Free
For those interested in the developmental stages of how one of the mjf originals series is devised for the festival, we’re inviting you to drop by and be a ‘fly on the wall’ in Olivia Moore's 'Mask', to witness some of the artistic process. Although this event will not be a full or continuous performance, please be seated by 4pm to minimise disturbance during the rehearsal. There will be a chance to raise questions with the artists during the session.
Performances of Mask will be given on Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th at 7.30pm.
Lineup:
Olivia Moore – violin, voice
Stuart McCallum – guitar
Pete Turner - double bass
Adam Warne - Egyptian tabla, riq, percussion
John Ball - santoor, tabla
Antti Saario, Philip Reeder - live sampling and 'acousmatics'
Mark C Minard – moving images
Wednesday 22nd July: Film Screening: Let’s Get Lost (15) at Cornerhouse
Starts: 6:05pm Price: £7/£5
Dir Bruce Weber, US 1988, 119 mins
Chet Baker, Carol Baker
Photographer Bruce Weber’s 1988 documentary uses footage of recording sessions, interviews and live performances to provide a fascinating portrait of singer and trumpeter Chet Baker – “the James Dean of Jazz”.
Band website: www.cornerhouse.org
Wednesday 22nd July: Ten: Open Rehearsal at greenroom
Starts: 8:00pm Price: Free
Once again, we’re opening up a rehearsal of one of this year’s newly commissioned works to give you an insight into the creative process. The artists will be rehearsing extracts from the work and there will be opportunities to raise questions during the evening. Please arrive quietly to minimise disturbance for the musicians.
A performance of Ten will be given on Sunday 26th.
Lineup:
Matt Owens Quintet with Souza Winds
Matt Owens – double bass
Neil Yates – trumpet, flugelhorn
John Ellis – piano
Rick Weedon – drums
Sophie Hastings – percussion
Anima Hussain – flute
Anna Barton – oboe, cor anglais
Lucy Rugman – clarinet, bass clarinet
Lucy Keyes – bassoon
Jonathan Harris – French horn
