Venue: The Lowry, Manchester
Songs of the Bulbul
Aakash Odedra
Rushil Ranjan
Abi Sampa
Sarthak Kalyani
Janan Sathiendran
Manchester Camerata
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
National Youth Voices
Rushil Ranjan Khwa-ish
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/rushil-ranjan-national-youth-choir-khwaa-ish
Venue: St Mary's Church, Battersea, Battersea Church Road London SW11 3NA
Hailed as "innovative and spellbinding," Monday’s Child presents an evening of bold, evocative, and thought-provoking contemporary music. ECHOES brings together an exciting programme of works by renowned composers, featuring a world premiere by Ellen Drewe. Monday’s Child is a contemporary music collective dedicated to pushing boundaries and bringing new music to audiences across the UK. With a commitment to championing diverse voices, they have collaborated with leading composers and performed at prestigious venues.
Ellen Drewe Punch & Judy (World Premiere)
Daniel Kessner Genera
Gwyn Pritchard Chamber Concerto
Chris Cerrone New Addresses
Laura Shipsey Beacons
Steven Mackey Indigenous Instruments
Venue: RNCM Theatre
Zakiya Leeming composer
Sam Redway Wells director, dramaturg
Melvin Tay conductor
Rosie Middleton Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Ruth Harley Sarah Chiswell / Multi-role
Ankur Dang Princess Caroline / Multi-role
Esther Shea Greek Inoculator / Multi-role
Yu Chinen Variola / Multi-role
Oscar Bowen-Hill Dr Charles Maitland / Multi-role
Memory shapes the past, defines the present, and guides the future.
In 18th century Britain, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu defied medical convention by championing inoculation, a practice she had witnessed in Turkey. Facing resistance from the Royal Society, she trusted the expertise of inoculators across Asia and Africa, paving the way for evidence-based, preventative medicine. Her advocacy laid the groundwork for Edward Jenner who would refine these ideas 40 years later, leading to the first vaccine.
Through Lady Mary’s story, Dangerous Matter explores memory in its many forms: historical, personal, and biological. Who do we remember for shaping the world and transforming global health? How does memory define identity and legacy? And how does the body itself remember, protecting us through generations?
Blending science and history, Dangerous Matter is a powerful reflection on the role of memory in medicine and human progress.
https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/dangerous-matter-a-new-opera-on-medicine-memory-and-innovation/
Venue: Birmingham Symphony Hall
Orchestral Qawwali Project
Birmingham Voices
CBSO Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
https://cbso.co.uk/events/cbso-and-orchestral-qawwali-project
Venue: The Barbican Hall
Orchestral Qawwali Project
Birmingham Voices
CBSO Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/cbsoabi-sampa-the-orchestral-qawwali-project
Venue: Penrith Methodist Church
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
Venue: Penrith Methodist Church
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
Venue: Penrith Methodist Church
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
Venue: Kendal Parish Church
Westmorland Orchestra
Leora Cohen Violin*
Melvin Tay Conductor
Weber Der Freischütz Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto*
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Venue: All Souls Church, Blackman Lane, Leeds
Leeds Haydn Players
Melvin Tay conductor
Finn Anderson-Hendra cello*
Mozart Magic Flute, Overture
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major*
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Venue: St Michael and All Angels Bramhall Parish Church
Cheshire Sinfonia
Melvin Tay conductor
Mozart Symphony No.29 in A major K.201
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Schubert Symphony No.5 in Bb major D.485
Venue: West Park United Reformed Church, Leeds
Leeds Haydn Players
Melvin Tay conductor
Elizabeth Peirson soloist*
Rameau Les Indes Galantes
Puccini Quando m’en vo, from La bohème*
Puccini O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicci*
Mascagni Intermezzo, from Cavalleria rusticana
Cilea Io son l’umile ancella, from Adriana Lecouvreur*
Dvořak Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon), from Rusalka*
Handel Pifa, from Messiah
Mozart Symphony No. 40
Venue: Kendal Leisure Centre
Westmorland Orchestra
Malcolm ArnoldTam O’Shanter Overture, Op. 51
Maurice Ravel Ma mère l'Oye (Full Ballet)
Iain Farrington Scary Fairy Saves Christmas
Venue: Main Stage, Tanweer Festival, Mleiha
Venue: Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Programme
Rushil Ranjan माया Māyā (An Orchestral Exploration of Carnatic Music)
Performed by
Synthesizers, Piano, Guitars, Harmonium Rushil Ranjan
Veena, Vocal Abi Sampa
Indian Classical Flute and Konnakol Praveen Prathapan
Mridangam & Tabla Janan Sathiendran
Conductor Melvin Tay
Manchester Camerata
https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/manchester-camerata-m%C4%81y%C4%81
Venue: Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Programme
Rushil Ranjan माया Māyā (An Orchestral Exploration of Carnatic Music)
Performed by
Synthesizers, Piano, Guitars, Harmonium Rushil Ranjan
Veena, Vocal Abi Sampa
Indian Classical Flute & Konnakol Praveen Prathapan
Mridangam & Tabla Janan Sathiendran
Conductor Melvin Tay
Manchester Camerata
https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/rushil-rajan-abi-sempa-manchester-camerata/
Venue: Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Programme
Rushil Ranjan माया Māyā (An Orchestral Exploration of Carnatic Music)
Performed by
Synthesizers, Piano, Guitars, Harmonium Rushil Ranjan
Veena, Vocal Abi Sampa
Indian Classical Flute & Konnakol Praveen Prathapan
Mridangam & Tabla Janan Sathiendran
Conductor Melvin Tay
Manchester Camerata
https://manchestercamerata.co.uk/performances/%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%be-maya-an-orchestral-exploration-of-carnatic-music/
Venue: Stoller Hall, Manchester
Programme
Rushil Ranjan माया Māyā (An Orchestral Exploration of Carnatic Music)
Performed by
Synthesizers, Piano, Guitars, Harmonium Rushil Ranjan
Veena, Vocal Abi Sampa
Indian Classical Flute and Konnakol Praveen Prathapan
Mridangam & Tabla Janan Sathiendran
Conductor Melvin Tay
Manchester Camerata
https://manchestercamerata.co.uk/performances/songs-for-the-soul/
Venue: Brighton Dome, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UE
https://brightondome.org/whats-on/Vzs-orchestral-qawwali-project/
Venue: International Anthony Burgess Society, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY
New music collective Monday’s Child and the Treske Quartet perform works by Steve Reich, Steven Mackey, Claire Roberts and more.
Treske Quartet
Steve Reich Different Trains
Claire Roberts Elasticity (world premiere)
Monday’s Child
Sungji Hong Estavrosan
Steven Mackey Indigenous Instruments
Violin Emily Trubshaw
Cello Abby Lorimier
Flutes Gavin Stewart
Clarinets Emily Wilson
Piano Mikaela Livadiotis
Conductor Melvin Tay
https://www.anthonyburgess.org/event/concert-mondays-child-treske-quartet-double-bill/
Venue: Westmorland Hall, Kendal
Lakeland Sinfonia
Melvin Tay conductor
Melinda Collins Guest Leader
Cristian de Sa Violin soloist*
Gounod Petite Symphonie for Winds CG560
Mozart Concerto in G Major K216 for Violin and Orchestra
Handel Water Music, Second Suite in D Major, HWV349
Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D Major, The London Symphony
Venue: Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6DP
Westmorland Orchestra
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Venue: Curve Theatre, Rutland Street, Leicester
https://www.curveonline.co.uk/whats-on/shows/the-orchestral-qawwali-project-an-indian-summer/
Venue: Stoller Hall, Manchester
Manchester Camerata
Recording session for Songs of the Bulbul
Premiere at Edinburgh International Festival by Aakash Odedra
https://www.eif.co.uk/events/songs-of-the-bulbul
