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This sensational double bill of young Manchester talent is coming to Stalybridge for an autumnal candlelit evening of fantastic classical music.
Two of the Royal Northern College of Music’s outstanding ensembles, Iris Duo and REEDACTED, will be hand curating a selection of music for Stalybridge, reflecting on the changing of seasons and the coming autumn and winter period.
Carefully balancing familiar and time-honoured pieces with more experimental and contemporary works, expect this classical journey to span centuries, sound and continents. The audience will be treated to a unique range of music and instrumentation, with the Iris Duo as a viola and cello duo, and REEDACTED as a reed quintet.
It will be a delightful evening, and not to be missed!
Ticket prices: £10 full price, £7 concessions.
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Iris Duo:
Sophie Combes on viola
Abigail Webb on cello
The Iris Duo are a viola and cello duo currently in their third year of undergraduate study at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). Formed in 2025, Sophie and Abigail had their debut performance in the RNCM concert hall playing works by Paul Hindemith, Piazzolla and Rebecca Clarke. As an unusual pairing of instruments, the Iris Duo are very excited to continue exploring the underrepresented works for this instrumentation. Both players are members of the Sage Quartet, formed in 2023 and their love of playing together lead to the formation of the Iris Duo. They have already received coaching from Daniel Sledzinski (Violist of Novo Quartet) and Jennifer Langridge.
Sophie and Abigail appear by kind permission of the RNCM.
REEDACTED:
Izzy Street on oboe
Shire Sexton on saxophone
Alfie Ward on clarinet
Annalise Southerton-Platt on bass clarinet
Ella Parfitt on bassoon
REEDACTED is a Manchester-based reed quintet, made up of undergraduate students at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). Founded in 2025, this unique ensemble is comprised of five reeded woodwind instruments that showcase the distinct blend that a reed quintet provides. They play a breadth of music arrangements from Strauss to Nina Simone, Tchaikovsky to Toploader, REEDACTED are keen to continue growing further as an ensemble. They’ve received coaching from a range of professional musicians and ensembles including the MAAT Saxophone Quartet, Naomi Sullivan (Laefer Quartet), Timothy Barber (BBC Philharmonic) Sergio Castelló López (Hallé). They are finalists of the 2026 RNCM Fewkes Chamber Prize and look forward to a variety of opportunities ahead of them. Above all, REEDACTED love the joy and energy of chamber music and bringing that joy into all that they do.
REEDACTED appears by kind permission of the RNCM.
If you have any questions please email events@tameside.gov.uk or call 0161 342 4144.
Dates & Times
Saturday 3 October 2026
7pm doors, 7:30pm start. The concert will finish by 9:30pm.
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