Society meetings, usually held at Friends’ Meeting House Manchester.
Wagner and Revolution John Payne, a Wagner enthusiast for many years and currently the Chair of our Society, says: 'The talk I’m giving is not an academic study, though it does make use of a number of different studies and I will quickly allude to them at the end of the talk. Rather it is… Continue reading Wagner and Revolution
Götterdämmerung - The Beginning of the End of the Ring A talk on the prologue to Act 1 of the music-drama Ian MacLennan Monday 14th December 19.00 Ian’s musical education started with an aural test in Primary 3 in Aberdeen (at the age of 7) which was carried out by Robert Hunter, who… Continue reading Götterdämmerung – The Beginning of the End of the Ring
Report of Sir Mark Elder's Talk to the Society. Review of lecture given by Sir Mark Elder to the Wagner Society Manchester, 15th November, 2020. Manchester was the first industrialised city in the world. In addition to its renown for the development of engineering and technology, it has a long tradition of excellence and… Continue reading Report of Sir Mark Elder’s Talk
