WHAT’S ON
at the Faculty of Music Easter Term 2018 Volume 5, No. 3
CONTENTS
Endellion String Quartet 3 Cambridge University Musical Society 4 Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Series 5 Instrumental Awards for Chamber Music Scheme 6 Cambridge University Opera Society 6 Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra 7 Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies 7 Practising Performance Series 8 Faculty of Music Colloquia 9 College Concerts 10
Faculty of Music University of Cambridge 11 West Road Cambridge CB3 9DP W: www.mus.cam.ac.uk E: facultyevents@mus.cam.ac.uk
This brochure is published by the Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies, and its main purpose is to promote Faculty events. If you think your event should be included in next term’s issue, please email facultyevents@mus.cam.ac.uk with details of your event. All event information for the next issue must be submitted to the editor by Friday, 31 August 2018.
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THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET Andrew Watkinson, violin Ralph de Souza, violin Garfield Jackson, viola David Waterman, cello Wednesday, 16 May 2018 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall Haydn String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4: Sunrise Barber String Quartet, Op. 11 Brahms String Quartet No. 1, Op. 51 No. 1 Barber’s expressive quartet includes the Adagio, one of the twentieth century’s most loved pieces. Here
in its original quartet form it has the intimacy and the extreme stretching of sonority that was part of its force in its original conception. Haydn’s ‘Sunrise’ is as sun-blessed as its nickname suggests. Brahms’s intense C minor masterpiece is the first quartet he allowed to be published after destroying dozens with which he was dissatisfied. TICKETS: £27; OAPs: £25; reg. disabled: £13; students and under 16s: £6. Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. T: 01223 357851; E: tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; W: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
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Friday, 20 April 2018 8.00pm, St Columba’s Church, Cambridge
Friday, 11 May 2018 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra Anniversary Concert
Secular works by Brahms, including vocal quartets, Lieder and intermezzi for piano.
Nigel Hess Lochnager Suite Jonathan Woolgar BIRTH RITUAL (world première) Hindemith Symphony in B-flat major Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite Grainger Irish Tune and Shepherd’s Hey
Cambridge University Chamber Choir (1) Martin Ennis, director Edward Reeve, piano TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra William Barnes-McCallum, conductor TICKETS: £10; concessions: £8; students: £3. Available from ADC Ticketing. T: 01223 300085; E: boxoffice@ adctheatre.com; W: www.adcticketing.com Saturday, 12 May 2018 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge University Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky Korngold Suite from Much Ado about Nothing Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3: The Scottish Cambridge University Orchestra Jamie Phillips (2), conductor Michael Petrov (3), cello TICKETS: £20, £14, £10; concessions: £18, £12, £8; students: £5. Available from ADC Ticketing. T: 01223 300085; E: boxoffice@adctheatre.com; W: www.adcticketing.com
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
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Saturday, 16 June 2018 8.00pm, King’s College Chapel
Tuesday, 1 May 2018 1.10pm, West Road Concert Hall
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
William Cole New work (CUMS Composer in Residence 2017–18) (world première) Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
Ursula Perks (6), piano
Cambridge University Sinfonia Cambridge University Symphony Chorus Naomi Woo & Jeremy Jackman, conductors Nardus Williams (4), soprano Johnny Herford (5), bass
Tuesday, 8 May 2018 1.10pm, West Road Concert Hall
TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection
Ricochet Ensemble
TICKETS: £35, £30, £20, £12; students: £31, £26, £16, £8. Available from King’s College Visitor Centre and Box Office. T: 01223 769340; W: shop.kings. cam.ac.uk. Some £5 tickets on the door, subject to availability.
Schnittke Concerto Grosso No. 1 Stephanie Childress & Peter Grishin, violins Anna Semple, viola TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection © Kaupo Kikkas
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INSTRUMENTAL AWARDS FOR CHAMBER MUSIC SCHEME
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY OPERA SOECIETY
Fitzwilliam Concerts On Tour Mozart Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 Members of the Instrumental Awards for Chamber Music Scheme TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection
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Sunday, 29 April 2018 1.15pm, Pembroke College Old Library
Saturday, 15 June 2018 2.30pm and 7.30pm, Frankopan Hall, Jesus College
Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti Cambridge University Opera Society Eleanor Burke, director Oliver Cope, conductor To celebrate the centenary of the composer’s birth, CUOS are proud to present Bernstein’s oneact opera Trouble in Tahiti. This tragicomedy, often described as an attack on American capitalist society, combines influences of jazz and operatic music in seven thought-provoking scenes. TICKETS: £12; concessions: £10; students £5. Available from www.cuos.co.uk and https://operasoc.tessera.info
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CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR MUSICAL PERFORMANCE STUDIES
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA © Ben Kilkelly
Launched in April 2015, CMPS plays a leading international role in the field of musical performance studies. In Cambridge, the Centre supports a programme of masterclasses, workshops, Side-bySide events, and other ‘talk-and-play events’ such as lecture-recitals and open rehearsals. These shed light on the knowledge that is created and conveyed in performance, and on how musical performance takes shape over time. The Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies is directed by John Rink, working in collaboration with Margaret Faultless and Martin Ennis.
Cambridge Performance Studies Forum Thursday, 17 May 2018 8.00pm, Trinity College Chapel
Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra Copland An Outdoor Overture Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story John Chen, piano Jack Bazalgette & Henry Websdale, conductors TICKETS: £12; concessions: £8; students/children: £5; TCMS members: free. Available online from www.cuso.org.uk approximately one month before the concert. For general enquiries, E: cusoticketing@srcf.ucam.org
The events in this Forum are intended to present practice-led research on musical performance and to foster dialogue and debate between musicians, musicologists and others across a broad range of interests and backgrounds. Monday, 4 June 2018 3.30pm–5.30pm, Room B16 at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DT
Research Masterclass Professor John Rink (Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge) This event is open to current postgraduate students by application to CMPS.
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PRACTISING PERFORMANCE SERIES © Eric Redmond ©Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment
Friday, 27 April 2018 2.00pm–4.30pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music
Unlock your Performance Potential with Martin Lawrence Martin Lawrence, horn player in the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, musical coach and PhD researcher in performance anxiety, leads a workshop exploring how to unlock your performance potential. ‘the dizziness of freedom’, opens up ‘the possibility of possibility’ Kierkegaard
• What is a good performance? Is it just correct? • Can we put our real self into it? Who is our real self? • Is it who we intend to be, or who we are at this moment on stage? • How free can we be? How free dare we be? This class is perfectly timed for students taking the recital options in the Tripos but will also be of interest to everyone who performs. Whether or not we feel conventionally ‘nervous’ on stage, there is always more potential to discover in our own performances. TICKETS: Admission free; open to the public
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FACULTY OF MUSIC COLLOQUIA
The Colloquium series is the main opportunity for members of the Faculty of Music, researchers from other departments, and the general public to come together and hear papers on all aspects of music research, given by distinguished speakers from the UK and abroad. Colloquia are held on Wednesday evenings in the Recital Room at the Faculty of Music, West Road. Admission is free and all are welcome. Please arrive at 4.50pm for a 5.00pm start. Papers are followed by a discussion and a drinks reception with the speaker.
Wednesday, 25 April 2018 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music
Elaine Kelly (1) University of Edinburgh
Bennett Zon (3) Durham University
Performing diplomacy: musical encounters between the GDR and the Middle East
The impassible dream: theology, science and the evolution of music
Wednesday, 2 May 2018 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music
Wednesday, 16 May 2018 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music
Francesca Vella (2) University of Cambridge
Nanette Nielsen (4) University of Oslo
Aida, media and spatial politics, c.1871–72
Music and pragmatist philosophy: aesthetic experience in action
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COLLEGE EVENTS © Nick Rutter
Sunday, 29 April 2018 2.30pm–3.30pm, Girton College Chapel
Folies and Fantasies Sonia Lee, harpsichord Sonia Lee, prize-winning Canadian performer and scholar of historical keyboard instruments, performs fantasies from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries alongside two works based on ‘La Folia’. Repertoire to include J. S. Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, and works by Sweelinck, Storace, Scarlatti, C. P. E. Bach and Haydn. TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection Sunday, 29 April 2018 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Anstieg Symphony Orchestra de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat Walton Cello Concerto Wagner Tannhäuser Overture Laura van der Heijden, cello Julia Martínez Sánchez, mezzo-soprano Roc Fargas i Castells, conductor The Anstieg Symphony Orchestra returns to perform an ambitious, inspiring and diverse programme. As part of the performance of The Three-Cornered Hat, there will be a brief spoken introduction by Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (flamenco specialist and Research Associate at the Faculty of Music) and Inés Sevilla Llisterri (Falla specialist and Visiting Scholar. TICKETS: £15, £12, £5 available from ADC Ticketing. T: 01223 300085; E: boxoffice@ adctheatre.com; W: www.adcticketing.com
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Wednesday, 2 May 2018 7.30pm, Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Music for Troubled Times Purcell Hear My Prayer Parry Crossing the Bar Harris Bring Us O Lord God Matthew Martin Iustorum Animae James MacMillan A Child’s Prayer Tippett Spirituals from A Child of our Time Haydn Missa in Angustiis The Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge (1) The Pembroke Singers The Martlet Ensemble Anna Lapwood, director The Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, is joined by the Pembroke Singers, instrumentalists, and a wonderful line-up of soloists for a concert of Music for Troubled Times, culminating in Haydn’s Nelson Mass. TICKETS: Adults: £15; College members: £10; students: £5. Available the Porters’ Lodge, from arel2@cam.ac.uk, or on the door
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Friday, 4 May 2018 6.15pm–7.00pm, The Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
Burnaby Recital Milhaud Cinéma-fantaisie d’après Le Boeuf sur le toit Franck Violin Sonata in A major Daniel Rowland, violin Alissa Firsova, piano Daniel Rowland’s (2) recent solo performances include the Korngold Concerto with HET Symfonieorkest (Enschede), the Vivaldi/Piazzolla Eight Seasons with both the Ulster Orchestra and the Arcos Orchestra (New York) and the Philip Glass Concerto with the Joensuu Symphony Orchestra (Finland). Alissa Firsova (3) gave her Wigmore Hall and Proms debuts in 2009, and released her debut CD, Russian Émigrés, for the Vivat label in 2015. Since winning the BBC Proms Young Composer competition in 2001, Alissa Firsova received two world premieres at the Proms, both conducted by Andrew Litton. TICKETS: Admission free
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Sunday, 6 May 2018 2.30pm–3.30pm, Stanley Library, Girton College
Recital for Flute and Piano Jennifer Stinton, flute Martin Ennis, piano Jennifer Stinton, one of the leading UK flautists of her generation, returns to Girton for a recital of music with a French connection. Repertoire to include Poulenc’s Flute Sonata, as well as works by Fauré, Debussy, Chopin and Borne. TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection Friday 11 May, 2018 8.00pm, Pembroke College Old Library
Claudio Monteverdi, Fifth Book of Madrigals (Nos 1–13) The Kenderdine Ensemble Sam Barrett, director Claudio Monteverdi’s Fifth Book of Madrigals is arguably the most famous of all Italian madrigal collections. But the controversy surrounding its daring new musical style – christened the seconda
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prattica by Monteverdi – has obscured its dramatic narrative. For the book contains two interlocking stories: two pairs of seemingly doomed young lovers – one reconciled at the point of death, the other redeemed through a last-minute discovery. The Kenderdine Ensemble brings these love stories to life, with each tale performed by a different fivevoice consort.
Saturday, 12 May 2018 6.30pm–7.50pm, St John’s College Chapel
Bach Cantata Evensong Vivaldi Magnificat J. S. Bach Cantata No. 11: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Ascension Oratorio)
TICKETS: Adults: £10; students and concessions: £5. Available in advance from the Porters’ Lodge, Pembroke College or at Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/monteverdis-5th-book-ofmadrigals-nos-1-13-tickets-44109321167
Choir of St John’s College St John’s Sinfonia (led by Margaret Faultless) Andrew Nethsingha, conductor
Friday, 11 May 2018 8.00pm, Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Saturday, 12 May 2018 7.30pm, Clare Hall
Not Yet
Intimate Engagements
Piers Connor Kennedy Not Yet (poem by Stephen Romer) Monteverdi Madrigals Jeremy Thurlow Over the frost (poem by Stephen Romer) Toby Young A Triptych Anita Monserrat, soprano Nina Vinther, mezzo-soprano Hugh Cutting, counter-tenor Louis Watkins, tenor Simon Grant, baritone Piers Connor Kennedy, bass Anna Lapwood, harp Catriona Bourne, flute ‘New and old, old and new. Poetry and song. Strange and intimate.’ TICKETS: £10; senior citizens: £8; students and unwaged: £2. Available on the door from 7.30pm
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The Performer’s Voice: On Re-Creating the Score in Performance J. S. Bach Partita in A minor C. P. E. Bach Sonata in A minor Debussy Syrinx (multiple performances) Jolivet Incantation No. 5 Karg-Elert Sonata Appassionata Op. 140 Abigail Dolan (1), flute A journey through time presenting some of the pinnacles of the solo flute repertoire from Bach to the twentieth century. The programme highlights the performer’s ‘voice’ and the multitude of opportunities afforded in the performance of these masterpieces through multiple performances of Debussy’s well-beloved Syrinx. TICKETS: £15; Clare Hall members: £10; students: £5. Available from E: music@clarehall.cam.ac.uk; T: (01223) 332360 or at the Porters’ Lodge
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018 6.30pm, St John’s College Chapel
Sunday, 3 June 2018 4.00pm, Clare Hall
Evensong (men’s voices)
Fitzwilliam Quartet: Shostakovich and Schubert Series
Jeremy Thurlow The sleeping lord (first performance) TICKETS: Admission free
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 13 Jeremy Thurlow Sea-cradling Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D. 810: Death and the Maiden
Sunday, 27 May 2018 2.30pm–3.30pm, Girton College Chapel
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Organ Recital Stephen Grahl, organ The newly appointed organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, performs a programme including J. S. Bach’s Trio Sonata No. 5 and Récit de tierce en taille by Nicolas de Grigny. TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet (2) bring unique insight to Shostakovich’s visionary thirteenth quartet, having worked on it with the composer. Their performances of Schubert are also highly acclaimed. Described as ‘beautiful, astonishing and heartfelt’, Jeremy Thurlow’s Sea-cradling has been warmly received. TICKETS: £15; Clare Hall members: £10; students: £5. Available from E: music@clarehall.cam.ac.uk; T: (01223) 332360 or at the Porters’ Lodge
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© Laura Rupolo
Sunday, 17 June 2018 5.30pm, Robinson College Chapel
Steinway Concert Brahms Two Ballades, Op. 10, Nos 1 & 4 Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Jeremy Thurlow, piano Mamedmus Trio: Tom McFarlane, clarinet; Catherine Porter, cello; Michael Ng, piano 1
Saturday, 10 June 2018 8.45pm, River, Trinity College
Singing on the River
Masterpieces from Brahms’s early and late years to celebrate the beautiful Steinway in Robinson College Chapel. A beautiful foil to the autumnal Clarinet Trio and the dramatic First Ballade, the rare Fourth Ballade is one of Brahms’s most inward and haunting works.
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge (1) Stephen Layton, conductor
TICKETS: Admission Free
A delightful programme of secular music sung from punts on the River Cam.
Sunday, 17 June 2018 7.30pm, Great Hall at Clare College
TICKETS: Admission free. Please enter Trinity College via the back gate on Queen’s Road or the Great Gate on Trinity Street
CCMS Easter Term Concert
Thursday, 14 June 2018 5.30pm, Downing College Chapel
May Week Concert The Chapel Choir of Downing College Louisa Denby, Adam Begley & Chris Hamilton, directors & accompanists Music ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, to include works by Palestrina, Haydn, Brahms and Howells. TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection in aid of the Choir’s forthcoming tour of the USA and Canada
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Clare College Orchestra Dominic Martens, cello Zak Price, Oliver Cope & Toby Hession, conductors TICKETS: £15; concessions: £12; students: £5. Available from ADC Ticketing. T: 01223 300085; E: boxoffice@adctheatre.com; W: www.adcticketing.com
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Monday, 18 June – Tuesday, 19 June 2018 12.00pm–12.00pm, Pembroke College Chapel
The Complete Organ Works of J. S. Bach Performers to include Katy Silverman, Kayol Lam, Katherine Dienes-Williams, Jessica Lim, Claire Innes-Hopkins, Marion Bettsworth, Libby Burgess and Rachel Mahon. On 18–19 June, a team of female organists will perform the complete organ works of J. S. Bach. This event aims to increase the visibility of female organists engaged in excellent music-making. The event will raise money to help bring Zambian musicians to England for music workshops. TICKETS: Admission free; retiring collection Monday 18 June 2018 7.00pm–c. 8.30pm, King’s College Chapel
May Week Concert Richard Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen Wagner ‘O du mein holder Abendstern’ from Tannhäuser Wagner Selection from Wesendonck Lieder Elgar Romance Verdi Te Deum King’s College Choir King’s Voices KCMS Symphony Orchestra Stephen Whitford, Barney Wolstenholme, Zac Moxon & Julius Haswell, soloists Stephen Cleobury CBE, Joshua Ballance, Henry Websdale & Joseph Zubier, conductors
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Music of the heart from two European opera composers combines with Mahler lieder. This is followed by Elgar’s delightful romance for orchestra and bassoon. The concert concludes with Verdi’s penultimate work, which is sung by the two choirs accompanied by the orchestra. TICKETS: £20; King’s Members: £15; Students and children: £7. Tickets include strawberries and wine, which will be served after the performance. Available from King’s College Visitor Centre and Box Office. T: 01223 769340; W: shop.kings.cam.ac.uk. Sunday, 1 July 2018 1.00pm, Trinity College Chapel
Lunchtime Recital The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge (2) Stephen Layton, conductor Join the Choir for a recital of music from their forthcoming tour to Germany. TICKETS: Admission free
EVENTS LISTING APRIL 20
8.00pm
Cambridge University Chamber Choir
St Columba's Church, Cambridge
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5.00pm
Colloquium: Elaine Kelly
Recital Room, Faculty of Music
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2.00pm
Practising Performance: Unlock your Performance Potential Recital Room, Faculty of Music
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1.15pm
IAS: Fitzwilliam Concerts On Tour
Pembroke College Old Library
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2.30pm
Folies and Fantasies
Girton College Chapel
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8.00pm
Anstieg Symphony Orchestra
West Road Concert Hall
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Lunchtime Concert: Ursula Perks, piano
West Road Concert Hall
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Colloquium: Francesca Vella
Recital Room, Faculty of Music
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Music for Troubled Times
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
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Burnaby Recital
Queen's Building, Emmanuel College
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2.30pm
Recital for Flute and Piano
Stanley Library, Girton College
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1.10pm
Lunchtime Concert: Ricochet Ensemble
West Road Concert Hall
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5.00pm
Colloquium: Bennett Zon
Recital Room, Faculty of Music
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8.00pm
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra
West Road Concert Hall
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8.00pm
Claudio Monteverdi, Fifth Book of Madrigals
Pembroke College Old Library
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8.00pm
Not Yet
Little St Mary's Church
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6.00pm
Bach Cantata Evensong
St John's College Chapel
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7.30pm
Intimate Engagements: The Performer's Voice
Clare Hall
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8.00pm
Cambridge University Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky
West Road Concert Hall
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5.00pm
Colloquium: Nanette Nielsen
Recital Room, Faculty of Music
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7.30pm
Endellion String Quartet
West Road Concert Hall
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8.00pm
Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra
Trinity College Chapel
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2.30pm
Organ Recital: Stephen Grahl
Girton College Chapel
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6.30pm
Evensong
St John’s College Chapel
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4.00pm
Fitzwilliam Quartet Shostakovich and Schubert Series
Clare Hall
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CMPS: Research Masterclass with John Rink
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
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8.45pm
Singing on the River
River, Trinity College
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5.30pm
Downing College May Week Concert
Downing College Chapel
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2.30pm
CUOS: Trouble in Tahiti
Frankopan Hall, Jesus College
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7.30pm
CUOS: Trouble in Tahiti
Frankopan Hall, Jesus College
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8.00pm
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
King's College Chapel
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5.30pm
Steinway Concert
Robinson College Chapel
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7.30pm
CCMS Easter Term Concert
Great Hall at Clare College
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12.00pm The Complete Organ Works of J. S. Bach
Pembroke College Chapel
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7.00pm
King's College May Week Concert
King's College Chapel
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Lunchtime Recital: Trinity College Choir
Trinity College Chapel
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