Lie Down and Listen: ‘Pathway to Love – returns to Manchester 14 & 15 November with the deeply relaxing sound healing and lying down classical concert experience like no other, offering an opportunity to experience love and shift energy through sound and music.
Sink into soft luxurious mattresses and gaze upwards towards your higher self. You'll leave feeling deeply relaxed and perhaps transformed.
When you attend a Lie Down and Listen session, you open yourself up to receiving inner peace, freedom and light.​​
Halle St Peters
40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester
14 & 15 November ​​
Friday 14 November
5pm
7.15pm
Saturday 15 November
11am
3pm
5.30pm - 7.30pm * Extended version
What to expect
Embark on a deeply immersive listening experience guided by pianist and founder if Lie Down and Listen Christina McMaster, pianist with guest musician - violinist Phillipa Mo.
As you recline on soft, supportive mattresses, you'll be invited to deeply relax and expand your perception and imagination, feeling the vibrations of Tibetan Bowl sound healing followed by a powerful sound journey of classical piano, violin and electronic soundscapes.
You’ll connect to something beyond yourself.
"Utterly Blissed Out"
The Financial Times
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"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
The Evening Standard Magazine
Meet Pianist/Founder Christina McMaster
Christina McMaster is a pianist, composer and founder of Lie Down & Listen – a truly creative spirit fascinated by deep listening and sound. She has performed at numerous festivals U.K and worldwide, featured on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3, Classic FM.
She attended the Purcell School and was selected as a young artist in residence at St John’s Smith square. She studied with Joanna MacGregor at The Royal Academy of Music and was later appointed an Associate. She has been a mentor for Geneva International Music Competition, UNESCO Day of the Girl, and given talks at Universities in the U.K and U.S, including at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Christina has collaborated with numerous visual artists, leading composers and artists - including composers Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Freya Waley-Cohen, Folk music legend Peggy Seeger and electronic artist Tom Middleton.
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“An incredibly sensitive intuitive player who brings out the mystery and beauty of these pieces”
- Sarah Walker BBC Radio 3
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"One of the most talked about concerts of our festival."
Alistair MacGowan, Artistic Director of Ludlow Piano Festival
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She was a Visiting Associate at Kings College in London, developing the ‘Sound Mind’ project with Dr Sally Marlow which evolved into Lie down & Listen. In April 2023, Christina premiered her composition ‘Inner Temple’ inspired by 12th Century Priestess Hildegard Von Bingen. In December 2024, she premiered another of her compositions - ‘Sound Journey to Mars’ - created for Artist Luke Jerram’s ‘Mars’ installation at the Painted Hall in London. Christina has a particular interest in 20th Century French Music – and spent many summers studying in Aix-en-Provence with Bernard Flavigny.
