Season 2019/20
Our events include talks, study days and the occasional social gathering.
We are always pleased to see new faces as well as former and current members of course! There is no need to let us know if you are coming – just show up – there will always be someone to greet you and help you settle into what, hopefully, will be an enjoyable and stimulating evening.
Please feel free to contact our Secretary if you have any queries.
The Friends’ Meeting House
6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS Venue info
This is our regular venue at which we hold our talks. Evening sessions start at 6.30pm and finish at 8.30pm with a short break in between. The topics are extremely varied and range from examination of musical and cultural influences on Wagner, to exploration of the vocal, orchestral and technical challenges involved in performances of his works.
9th September 2019
Derek Blyth – Alberich: Antagonist or Protagonist?
14th October 2019
David Code – Debussy and Wagner
11th November 2019
6.00p.m. start time this evening
Michael Fuller – Women and Redemption in Wagner:the case of Senta
9th December 2019
Michael Downes – Elgar’s Oratorios as Wagnerian Music Drama
13th January 2020
Michael Fand – Opus Metaphysicum:an empty phrase
Owing to a family bereavement, Michael Fand is unable to be with us so this event is cancelled
10th February 2020
Roger Allen – Art is what matters here? Richard Wagner and Wilhelm Furtwangler
9th March 2020
Peter Franklin – Wagner and Cinematic Techniques
This Lecture has been postponed until next season and will be replaced with an in-house
discussion on ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’
Study Days
The Anthony Burgess Centre
Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY Venue info
28th March 2020
Barry Millington and Keith Warner-
Approaches to Staging Wagner from a Critical and Practitioner Perspective
16th May 2020
Derek Blyth
Parsifal – legend, myth, consecration, final score