What's On at the Faculty of Music, Easter Term 2016 by Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge

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at the Faculty of Music Easter Term 2016 Volume 3, No. 3

CONTENTS Academy of Ancient Music 3 Britten Sinfonia 4 The Endellion String Quartet 6 Cambridge University Musical Society 7 Kettle’s Yard 8 Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Series 9 Cambridge Centre for Performance Studies (CMPS) 10 Practising Performance 11 CRASSH 12 Performing Lost Songs 13 Performing Knowledge Conference 14 Faculty of Music Colloquia 15 Composers’ Workshops 16 College Events 17 Events Listings by Date 24

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This brochure is published by the Faculty of Music and its main purpose is to promote Faculty events. If you think your event should be included in next term’s brochure, please email facultyevents@music.cam.ac.uk with details of your event. All event information for next term’s brochure must be submitted to the editor, Abigail Dolan, by 22 August 2016.

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Friday, 20 May 2016 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall

Handel: Acis and Galatea in the original Cannons version

Andrew Tortise, Acis Rowan Pierce, Galatea Ashley Riches, Polyphemus Richard Egarr, director & harpsichord

With heart-rending melody, the humble shepherd Acis woos Galatea, a gracious nymph. But their happy ending is cruelly snatched away by the jealous giant, Polyphemus. Richard Egarr directs one of Handel’s most popular dramatic works, performed here in the intimate original Cannons version. TICKETS: £15, £25, £30 (£3 for AAMplify members) with a £2 discount for concessions. Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; email: tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; web: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

BRITTEN SINFONIA

Wednesday, 27 April 2016 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall

Friday, 24 June 2016 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall

Benjamin Grosvenor Directs

Ian Bostridge Directs

Bartók String Quartet No. 2 (2nd movement) Elena Langer New work (world premiere tour)* Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat, K.595 Strauss Metamorphosen

Bach (arr. Hogwood) Fugue in B minor on a Theme of Corelli, BWV 579 Corelli Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6 No. 2 Tippett Fantasia Concertante on a theme by Corelli Huw Watkins Three Welsh Songs Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings

Benjamin Grosvenor (1), piano/director Jacqueline Shave, violin/director In a long list of outstanding young composers and musicians to have worked with Britten Sinfonia, few come with a higher pedigree than pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. Still only 23 years old, he makes his Britten Sinfonia debut, directing from the keyboard Mozart’s last Piano Concerto No. 27 in a concert that also celebrates Britten Sinfonia’s charismatic leader Jacqueline Shave’s first decade with the orchestra. 6.30pm - Pre-concert Event The world premiere of three new works by 2015 Cambridge University Composers Workshop winner, Alex Tay (free to ticket holders). *This new work has been commissioned by the William Alwyn Foundation. TICKETS: £30, £25, £15; students £5. Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; email: tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; web: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

Ian Bostridge (2), tenor/director Martin Owen, horn Jacqueline Shave, violin/director Britten Sinfonia once again joins forces with acclaimed tenor Ian Bostridge in a performance which includes one of Benjamin Britten’s seminal works, Serenade for tenor, horn and strings. 6.30pm - In Conversation Martin Owen talks about the programme in this preconcert talk (free to ticket holders). TICKETS: £30, £25, £15 (£5 for students). Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; email: tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; web: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

Friday, 1 July 2016 1.00pm, West Road Concert Hall

original Handel manuscripts unearthed from the Founders Bequest to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Britten Sinfonia At Lunch Five 2015–16

Britten Sinfonia Academy, now celebrating its fifth year, is formed from young talented musicians from across the east of England, and focuses on the aspects that make Britten Sinfonia unique: performing without a conductor, working in small ensembles and exploring new music. TICKETS: £9; students £3. Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; email: tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; web: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

Philip Glass Music in Similar Motion Kenneth Hesketh Concerto Salmigondis (world premiere tour) Beethoven Symphony No. 8 Britten Sinfonia Academy (3) Members of Britten Sinfonia Our ensemble of talented young musicians perform works by Philip Glass and Beethoven, alongside a new composition by Kenneth Hesketh inspired by

THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET

The Endellion String Quartet is represented by Hazard Chase hazardchase.co.uk

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall

Wednesday, 18 May 2016 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall

Haydn Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2: Fifths Mozart Quartet in A, K. 464: Drum Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22

Haydn Quartet in G, Op. 77 No. 1: Lobkowitz Dvořák Quartet in F, Op. 96: American TBC Quintet with guest student musician

Drama and intensity abound in this late Haydn quartet. We follow it with the Mozart quartet which would seem to be the inspiration for the Beethoven we played in January – listen out for the stroke of genius towards the end of the variation movement. Tchaikovsky’s hugely rich and dark second quartet is perhaps his most satisfying chamber music work.

Dvořák’s American quartet is deservedly loved for its tunefulness, simplicity and directness. The Haydn with which we precede it is the work of a consummate genius, fully displaying the invention, good nature and beauty which make him so loved by audiences and, perhaps even more, players. After the interval we shall once again be joined by a student (or students) – the choice of piece depending on the ingredients available!

TICKETS: £27; OAP £25; registered disabled £13; students £6. Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; email: tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; web: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY

Saturday, 7 May 2016 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Saturday, 11 June 2016 7.30pm, Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden

Paul Daniel conducts Brahms

CUMS May Week Concert Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Lindberg Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 3 Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Paul Daniel (1), conductor Jack Liebeck, violin TICKETS: £20, £14, £10; concessions £18, £12, £8; students £5. Available from ADC box office. Tel: 01223 300085; web: www.adcticketing.com Thursday, 12 May 2016 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Godzilla Eats Las Vegas

Elgar’s monumental and moving oratorio The Dream of Gerontius has been chosen by Stephen Cleobury for his last concert as CUMS Chorus Principal Conductor, celebrating 30 outstanding years of music-making. TICKETS: £28, £22, £15, £10; students £24, £18, £11, £6. Available from Saffron Hall box office. Tel: 0845 548 7650; web: www.saffronhall.com Some £5 tickets may be available on the door, subject to availability. © Paul Grover

Ticheli Vesuvius Whitacre Godzilla Eats Las Vegas Hess East Coast Pictures Verdi La Traviata Overture Dvořák Czech Suite

CUMS Chorus CUMS Symphony Orchestra Stephen Cleobury (4), conductor Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy, tenor Ashley Riches, bass

Cambridge University Wind Orchestra CUMS Concert Orchestra Adam Hickox (2), Rees Webster (3), conductors TICKETS: £10; concessions £8; students £3. Available from ADC box office. Tel: 01223 300085; web: www.adcticketing.com

KETTLE’S YARD

Thursday, 12 May 2016 8.00pm, Old Divinity School, St John’s College

Thursday, 19 May 2016 8.00pm, Old Divinity School, St John’s College

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 Elspeth Brooke Swoop Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 Judith Bingham The Neglected Child Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5: Spring Huw Watkins Spring

Kurtág Flowers we are, frail flowers; Bell-fanfare for Sandor Veress; Hommage à Schubert Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 Kurtág Sarabande; Mikrorondo; …flowers also the stars… Ravel Sonatine Kurtág Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé) Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21

Krysia Osostowicz, violin Daniel Tong, piano

Alasdair Beatson, piano A Beethoven cycle with a difference: these two acclaimed artists present five new pieces for violin and piano, alongside the five Beethoven sonatas which inspired them. Arising from their close collaboration on the violin sonatas, Krysia and Daniel (1) decided to invite ten composers to write short companion pieces, one for each of Beethoven’s sonatas. These new pieces will create a dialogue between past and present, letting audiences see how living composers respond to Beethoven. Played together with their new companions, Beethoven’s sonatas will also be heard afresh, as radical and provocative as they were 200 years ago. All the composers responded enthusiastically to the challenge and, apart from being assigned a particular sonata and given a time limit of five minutes, were all free to contribute in any way they liked. TICKETS: £16; students £6. Available from University of Cambridge Online Store. Tel: 01223 748100; web: http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk

Pianist Alasdair Beatson (2) is highly regarded as a distinctive and vibrant musician. Recent and forthcoming highlights include a sixth solo Wigmore Hall Recital, performances of the complete Beethoven cello sonatas with Pieter Wispelwey, and collaborations with such artists as Adrian Brendel, Philippe Graffin, Erich Höbarth, the Nash Ensemble and the Doric String Quartet. A new CD released on Claves features Mozart and Stravinsky works for violin and piano with Swiss violinist Esther Hoppe, and joins a solo piano discography of Mendelssohn, Thuille, and four opus ones (Brahms, Berg, Grieg and Schumann). TICKETS: £16; students £6. Available from University of Cambridge Online Store. Tel: 01223 748100; web: http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES

Thursday, 26 May 2016 8.00pm, Old Divinity School, St John’s College

Fretwork J.S. Bach The Art of Fugue In 2016, Fretwork (3) will celebrate 30 years of performing music old and new, and look forward to a challenging and exciting future as the world’s leading consort of viols. Fretwork have expanded their repertory to include music from over 500 years, from the first printed consort music in Venice in 1501 to music written this year. And, in between, everything that can by played on a consort of viols – Byrd & Schubert, Purcell & Shostakovich, Gibbons & Britten, Dowland & Grieg. This great musical adventure has taken them all over the globe, from Russia to Japan to North America to Australia. Audiences have responded enthusiastically to the extraordinary sound world that Fretwork create and to the consistently high standards that they achieve. The future sees many exciting projects based on the thrilling juxtaposition of old and new; making the experience of old music new and bringing the sensibilities of past ages to bear on contemporary music. TICKETS: £16; students £6. Available from University of Cambridge Online Store. Tel: 01223 748100; web: http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk

Tuesday, 19 April 2016 1.10pm, West Road Concert Hall

New Music Ensemble Concert Alex Tay The Bleak Winter Pierre Boulez Derive 1 Oliver Knussen Ophelia Dances Adam Hickox, conductor TICKETS: admission free Tuesday, 26 April 2016 1.10pm, West Road Concert Hall Schumann Piano Quartet Nicholas Bleisch, Hannah Gardiner, Rachel Flint, Naomi Woo TICKETS: admission free Tuesday, 3 May 2016 1.10pm, West Road Concert Hall

Cambridge University Percussion Ensemble TICKETS: admission free

CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR MUSICAL PERFORMANCE STUDIES (CMPS)

CMPS/IMR Performance/Research Seminars These seminars are organised by CMPS in conjunction with the Institute of Musical Research, University of London. They are intended to present work on musical performance and to foster dialogue and debate between musicians, musicologists and others across a broad range of interests and backgrounds. Special attention is given to practice-led research and collaborative work within the field of music and with other art forms. The CMPS/IMR Performance/Research Seminars take place from 5.15 to 6.45pm at Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1.

Monday, 25 April 2016 5.15pm, Room 261, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1

Monday, 23 May 2016 5.15pm, Room 261, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1

David Gorton (1)

Catherine Tackley (3)

‘Composing a performance: activating collaboration’

‘The recorded afterlife of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue’

Royal Academy of Music

Monday, 9 May 2016 5.15pm, Room 261, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1

Chloe Alaghband-Zadeh (2) University of Cambridge

‘Creating the ‘vāh vāh moments’: strategies for engaging with expert listeners in performances of North Indian classical music’

Open University

PRACTISING PERFORMANCE Tuesday, 19 April 2016 4.00–6.00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Andrew West How to Play a Piano: becoming familiar with a new instrument Andrew West (1) performs internationally as soloist, accompanist and chamber musician. Longstanding partners include singers Mark Padmore, Hilary Summers and Roderick Williams, flautist Emily Beynon and clarinettist Emma Johnson. Recent recordings include Parry songs with Susan Gritton,

James Gilchrist and Roderick Williams; and Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin with Robert Murray. Future projects include recitals with Mark Padmore at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, Snape Maltings and the South of France; and a return visit to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in August. Andrew West read English at Clare College Cambridge before going on to study with Christopher Elton and John Streets at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is now a professor of piano. TICKETS: Students wishing to play at this event should apply to Maggie Faultless, Director of Performance. Email: mf413@cam.ac.uk Thursday, 9 June 2016 2.30–5.30pm, AAM Office, 11b King’s Parade, Cambridge CB2 1SJ

An afternoon in the life of a CEO An introduction to programming, operations, fundraising and marketing in the arts, hosted by AAM Chief Executive, Ed Hossack. TICKETS: Students wishing to attend this event should apply to Maggie Faultless, Director of Performance. Email: mf413@cam.ac.uk

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CRASSH

Wednesday, 4 May 2016 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall

Mitsuko Uchida: On Keys and Music Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida, holder of the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chamber Music 2015â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16, brings a deep insight into the music she plays through her own search for truth and beauty. Renowned for her interpretations of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven, she has also illuminated the music of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern and Boulez for a new generation of listeners.

Mitsuko Uchida returns to Cambridge for the second of her Humanitas events: an illustrated lecture exploring the continuing relevance of diatonic tonality and offering a new perspective on the oftmade comparison of Mozart and Beethoven's Piano Concerti. TICKETS: Admission free. Tickets allocated on a first come first served basis

PERFORMING LOST SONGS

A week of events forming part of a collaboration between Sequentia and Sam Barrett of the Faculty of Music exploring the reconstruction of early medieval Latin song repertories. This includes melodies for Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy as reconstructed from a rediscovered leaf of the eleventh-century ‘Cambridge Songs Manuscript’ held in the University Library.

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 2.00–4.00pm, The Old Library at Pembroke College

Open Rehearsal: Sequentia Come and watch Sequentia in rehearsal as they work with Sam Barrett to reconstruct early medieval Latin song repertories. Learn more about the process of reconstructing early song. TICKETS: This event is open to the public. To reserve a place, email performinglostsongs@gmail.com Friday, 22 April 2016 2.00–4.00pm, Pembroke College Chapel

Workshop: Performing Lost Songs A workshop for early music singers, flautists and harpists focusing upon song repertories of the early middle ages delivered by Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia, in association with Sam Barrett. The workshop will explore a range of Latin song repertories from the early Middle Ages, including Boethian song and selections from Sequentia’s new concert programme, ‘Monks Singing Pagans’. This is an exceptional opportunity to work with the leading group for reconstructing lost song repertories of the Early Middle Ages and engage with pioneering new research being undertaken at the University of Cambridge. TICKETS: If you would like to attend the workshop as an observer, email performinglostsongs@gmail. com to reserve a place.

Saturday, 23 April 2016 8.00pm, Pembroke College Chapel

Songs of Consolation from Boethius to the Carmina Burana Sequentia, directed by Benjamin Bagby (1) Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia present songs from Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy. The melodies are reconstructed from a rediscovered leaf of the eleventh-century ‘Cambridge Songs Manuscript’ housed in the University Library. This concert represents the first public outing of a collaboration between the leading group for the reconstruction of lost medieval song repertories with pioneering research conducted at Cambridge by Dr Sam Barrett. The Boethian songs and complemented in this performance by settings of texts by Horace and from the Carmina Burana in an exclusive preview of Sequentia’s newest concert programme, ‘Monks singing Pagans’. The concert is being promoted in association with the Faculty of Music, CMPS and Pembroke College. TICKETS: £20; concessions £15; students £5. Available for purchase online from http://songsofconsolation.eventbrite.co.uk

PERFORMING KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE

Monday–Tuesday, 25–26 April 2016 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Join a two-day conference exploring the types of ‘performing knowledge’ that musicians use in both scholarly and practical contexts. The conference features a range of distinguished keynote participants, including the Music Faculty’s own Margaret Faultless (violinist), Dr Satinder Gill (psychologist), and Professor John Rink (Director, Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies), plus Professor Christopher Page (1) (guitarist), Professor Tom Beghin (fortepianist), Chris Maene (instrument builder) and Professor Tina K. Ramnarine (musician and anthropologist). Two concerts are open to the general public: Belgian-Canadian fortepianist Tom Beghin (Orpheus Institute/McGill University) will perform a recital featuring Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas. Tickets are available through ADC Ticketing. Margaret Faultless (Cambridge University/RAM) will present a free, open rehearsal exploring issues of sociality for musicians performing in conductor-less orchestras. Her presentation will be followed by a performance by the Cambridge University Collegium Musicum of Haydn’s Symphony No. 8: Le Soir. To find out more, including how to book to attend the whole conference, visit www.emma.cam.ac.uk/ conferences/events/perfknow/

Monday, 25 April 2016 4.15pm (lecture-recital), 5.30pm (concert), Old Library Emmanuel College Cambridge University Collegium Musicum Margaret Faultless (2), director An open rehearsal and keynote presentation by Margaret Faultless will be followed by a 40-minute concert featuring Haydn’s Le Soir Symphony. TICKETS: Admission free Monday, 25 April 2016 8.00pm, Lecture Theatre, Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College

Tom Beghin performs late Beethoven In 1817, Thomas Broadwood sent Beethoven a gift of a new piano. Beethoven enthused that he “will regard it as an altar on which I will offer to god Apollo my most beautiful sacrifices of spirit.” The results included Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas. Tom Beghin (3) will perform Opp. 109, 110, and 111 on a unique replica of Beethoven’s Broadwood piano. Crafted by the renowned master instrument builder Chris Maene, this instrument is being brought to the UK specially for this event. TICKETS: £25; concessions £15. Available from ADC Ticketing. Tel: 01223 300085; web: www. adcticketing.com A limited number of £5 student rush tickets will be available at the door (free entry for Emmanuel College Junior Members), on presentation of a current student card.

COLLOQUIA

The Colloquium series provides an important opportunity for members of the Faculty, 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. Thursday, 21 April 2016 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Wednesday, 18 May 2016 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Alex Rehding (1)

Katharine Ellis (5)

Wednesday, 27 April 2016 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Wednesday, 25 May 2016 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Harvard University

Bristol University

Elizabeth Tolbert (2)

Tina K. Ramnarine (6)

Peabody Institute, John Hopkins University

Royal Holloway, University of London

Wednesday, 4 May 2016 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Thursday, 2 June 2016 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Michael Blake (3)

Lydia Goehr (7)

Stellenbosch University

Columbia University

Wednesday, 11 May 2016 5.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Sean Curran (4)

Trinity College, Cambridge

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COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOPS

The Faculty’s series of Composers’ Workshops is open to students in all years of the undergraduate music course as well as masters and doctoral students, indeed anyone with an interest in the creation of new music. Because space is limited, please email John Hopkins (jeh40@cam.ac.uk) if you are not a Faculty member and wish to attend. Tuesday, 3 May 2016 2.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Michael Blake Michael Blake (1) was born in 1951 in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied at the University of Witwatersrand, and at the Darmstadt and Dartington Summer Schools with Mauricio Kagel, Gyorgy Ligeti and Peter Maxwell Davies. After a time spent lecturing at Goldsmith’s College, he returned to South Africa in 1998 where he now works. His music combines twentieth-century modernist techniques with some African influences, and his workshop will explore these inter-cultural aspects. Tuesday, 10 May 2016 2.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Joe Conway Joe Conway (2) has had a busy career as a composer, conductor, and musical journalist. He began his musical studies at Trinity College London with the pianist John Bingham, followed by stints at London and Huddersfield Universities. During the 1990s Joe had many opportunities to conduct the works of twentieth-century English composers, directing

the Percy Grainger Chamber Orchestra at St John’s Smith Square and Cecil Sharp House in London, and throughout Lincolnshire. In 1998 he appeared in Sir Ken Russell’s television film In Search of the English Folksong. At around the same time there were professional performances of his Cello Concerto with Peter Dixon, of A Sad Tuned Tale played by the Northern Sinfonia under Nicholas Ward, and of Three Folk Tales by the East of England Orchestra conducted by Russell Keable. Tuesday, 17 May 2016 2.00pm, Recital Room at the Faculty of Music

Oliver Rudland Oliver Rudland (3) is an English composer, based in Cambridge, who is known for his accessible style of modern composition. He has established a position in opposition to the high modernism of the Boulez/ Stockhausen school and its many descendants, which he regards as belonging to the debris of the post-World War II world. Oliver’s opera based on William Golding’s Pincher Martin was premiered to great acclaim in 2014.

COLLEGE EVENTS Thursday, 28 April 2016 8.00pm, The Round Church, Bridge Street, Cambridge CB2 1UB

Buried Alive 14 poems by Gottfried Keller (1819–1890) with music by Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957). Performed in German (with an English translation by Martin Stock). Oskar McCarthy, baritone Dr Rob Keeley, piano Members of Gonville & Caius College Choir TICKETS: £10; concessions £8. Available in advance from web: www.buried-alive.org Friday, 29 April 2016 5.30pm, Old Labs, Newnham College

The Genesis of the Early Music Revival in Europe and the USA: Arnold Dolmetsch in Boston Thursday, 21 April 2016 8.00pm, Pembroke College Old Library

Sir Arthur Bliss Song Series Benjamin Appl, baritone Joseph Middleton, piano

In this lecture-recital, renowned early keyboard specialist Douglas Hollick will discuss Dolmetsch’s early life and work, alongside a programme of music by C.P.E. Bach, Benda and Haydn, performed on the 1909 Dolmetsch clavichord (2) that belonged to Christopher Hogwood. TICKETS: Admission free, no reservation required © Douglas Hollick

Benjamin Appl and Joseph Middleton present a programme including Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf. TICKETS: Adults £20; OAPs £15; college members & unwaged £10; students and under 18s £5. Available from web:www.pem.cam.ac.uk/the-college/ pembroke-past-and-present/music/sir-arthur-blisssong-series/tickets/; from the Porters’ Lodge; or at the entrance to the Old Library on the evening of the performance.

Dr Sam Barrett directs the Kenderdine Consort in Schütz’s sumptuous Musikalische Exequien. TICKETS: Admission free Sunday, 1 May 2016 2.30pm, Girton College Stanley Library

Royal Academy of Music Baroque Soloists J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050 J.S. Bach Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 3

Friday, 29 April 2016 6.15pm, Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College

Pictures at an Exhibition Leading Irish pianist and Cambridge graduate Michael McHale (3) returns to Emmanuel College to play Schubert’s Impromptus 2 and 3 (D. 899) and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in its original version for solo piano.

The concert will be followed by a Bach Cantata Evensong in Girton College Chapel at 5.30pm. Soloists from the Royal Academy of Music (4), join Girton College Chapel Choir in a performance of Bach’s Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196 (directed by Margaret Faultless and Gareth Wilson). TICKETS: Admission free, retiring collection © Royal Academy of Music

‘A scintillating recital... fascinating from start to stop’ Norman Lebrecht ‘Sensitive and polished pianism’ Gramophone

Camille Ravot, harpsichord Henry Tong, violin Ophelia Zhao, flute Emily Forrest, soprano Benedict Williams, continuo/tenor Nicholas Mogg, bass

This concert is supported by the Burnaby Fund of Emmanuel College. TICKETS: Admission free and unticketed Saturday, 30 April 2016 9.00pm, Pembroke College Chapel Kenderdine Consort Dr Sam Barrett, director 4

Monday, 2 May 2016 8.00pm, Pembroke College Old Library

Saturday, 7 May 2016 7.30pm, Clare Hall

Pembroke Lieder Scheme, Showcase Concert

Intimate Engagements Schubert and Beethoven: Monumental Intimacy

Current members of the Pembroke Lieder Scheme present an evening of song following the year’s course of coaching and masterclasses. TICKETS: Admission free Saturday, 7 May 2016 6.00pm, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium

Fitzwilliam String Quartet: Yehudi Menuhin Centenary Series Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130

Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 59 no. 2: Razumovsky Schubert String Quintet in C major, Op. 163, D. 956 The Doric String Quartet Bartholomew LaFollette, cello In a programme dedicated to two of the epic chamber-music works by Schubert and Beethoven, the Doric String Quartet, together with cellist Bartholomew LaFollette, reflect on the expressive and structural challenges presented in the performances of these large-scale and boundary-breaking works.

In May, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet will be presenting a program of Beethoven in their evening concert. The Quartet will perform Beethoven’s thirteenth String Quartet in B flat Opus 130, one of Beethoven’s ‘late quartets’. The performance will feature the quartet performed twice, with both endings.

TICKETS: £15; Clare Hall members £10; students £5. Available from email: music@clarehall.cam.ac.uk or available at the door

TICKETS: £10; concessions £5; Fitzwilliam students £3. Available at the door or from web: music@fitz. cam.ac.uk

An Evening of Poulenc, Duruflé and Messiaen performed by pianist Ian de Massini and singer Jennifer Bastable

Tuesday, 10 May 2016 6.00pm, Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall

Poulenc Voyage à Paris; Française; Priez pour paix; Sanglots; Les Chemins de l’Amour Duruflé Fugue sur le non d’Alain (piano solo, world premiere) Duruflé Pie Jesu from the Requiem Mass Messiaen Four movements from the song-cycle Harawi TICKETS: Admission free. Places can be reserved (optional) from http://massiniandbastable.eventbrite. co.uk

Saturday, 14 May 2016 6.30pm, St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Sunday, 22 May 2016 2.30pm, Girton College Stanley Library

Bach Cantata Evensong

Mario Alonso Herrero

J.S. Bach Cantata 34: O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe Vivaldi Magnificat J.S. Bach Largo from Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1038 J.S. Bach Overture from Orchestral Suite in D

Liszt Études d’exécution transcendante: Vision – Eroica – Wilde Jagd – Allegro agitato molto – Harmonies du soir – Chasse-neige Schubert-Liszt Auf dem Wasser zu singen Liszt Rigoletto Paraphrase de Concert

Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge Andrew Nethsingha, director St John’s Sinfonia Margaret Faultless, leader

Mario Alonso Herrero (5), professor at Madrid Conservatory and Visiting Professor at Zhejiang International Studies University, plays a programme of virtuosic piano music by Franz Liszt (1811–1886).

TICKETS: Admission free

TICKETS: Admission free, retiring collection

Saturday, 21 May 2016 6.00pm, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium

Gala Concert: Yehudi Menuhin Centenary Series Fitzwilliam College alumni and students present a gala concert to close the Yehudi Menuhin Centenary Series. The concert will feature a performance of Bach’s Double Violin Concerto, as well as instrumental and choral works.

Sunday, 29 May 2016 6.30pm, St John’s College Chapel

Nico Muhly: St John’s Service (first performance) Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge Andrew Nethsingha, director TICKETS: Admission free

TICKETS: Admission free

Saturday, 11 June 2016 7.30pm, Churchill College Chapel

J. S. Bach: B minor mass extracts and other works Churchill College Chapel Choir The St Faiths Singers Obbligato soloists from The Orchestra on the Hill Adrian Bradbury and David Chung, continuo Mark Gotham, conductor TICKETS: £10; concessions £5; students £3. Available on the door (subject to availability) Saturday, 11 June 2016 7.30pm, The Church of Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1JR

Cambridge Summer Music Festival 6

Sunday, 5 June 2016 8.45pm, River, Trinity College

Singing on the River Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (6) Stephen Layton, conductor A delightful programme of secular music sung from punts on the river Cam. TICKETS: Admission free. Please enter Trinity College via the back gate on Queen’s Road or the Great Gate on Trinity Street.

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Graham Ross, conductor Graham Ross conducts The Choir of Clare College Cambridge in Tallis’s soaring 40-part Spem in alium alongside the work that inspired its creation, Striggio’s Ecce beatam lucem. Joined by acclaimed cellist Raphael Wallfisch, the programme includes Giles Swayne’s anguished The Silent Land for 40 voices and cello, premiered in Christ Church Spitalfields by Clare College Choir almost 20 years ago. TICKETS: Available from www.cambridgesummermusic.com

Saturday, 11 June 2016 1.30pm, Lee Hall, Wolfson College Matilda Lloyd, trumpet Virginia Lloyd, accompanist Works by J.S. Bach, Jolivet and Goedicke. TICKETS: Admission free, retiring collection Sunday, 26 June 2016 7.30pm, King’s College Backs

Singing on the River The King’s Men sing from punts on the River Cam (7). TICKETS: Available from The Shop at King’s. Tel: 01223 769340; email shop@kings.cam.ac.uk; web: www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/concerts-at-kings 7

Sunday, 12 June 2016 7.30pm, Lee Hall, Wolfson College

The Mary Bevan Recital Wolfson College welcomes prize winners from this year’s CUMS Concerto Competition – pianists Naomi Woo and Julien Cohen. TICKETS: £10; concessions and students £5; free to Wolfson members and their guests. Tickets available on the door. Enquiries to music@wolfson.cam.ac.uk

Friday, 1 July 2016 7.30pm, Jesus College Chapel

Choral Classics The Choirs of Jesus College, Cambridge and Merton College, Oxford (8), join forces to present a programme of masterpieces from the choral repertoire, including music by Byrd, Gibbons, Parry and Pärt, and Thomas Tallis’s 40-part Spem in alium. In aid of the Muze Trust for Music Education in Zambia. TICKETS: £17, students £11 (sighted in nave and transept); £10, students £6 (unsighted in choir stalls). Available from ADC box office, web: www. adcticketing.com; tel: 01223 300085. Price includes interval refreshments.

Saturday, 2 July 2016 7.30pm, Clare College Chapel

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 7.30pm, King’s College Chapel

Joint Concert with The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and La Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris

Summer Choral Concert

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge join forces with the resident choir of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, to sing a programme of French sacred music. TICKETS: Available on the door

Haydn Paukenmesse Haydn Trumpet Concerto Fflur Wyn, soprano Ashley Riches, bass David Blackadder, trumpet King’s College Choir Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Stephen Cleobury, conductor TICKETS: £35, £27, £22, £15; student standby £5. Available from The Shop at King’s. Tel: 01223 769340; email shop@kings.cam.ac.uk; web: www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/concerts-at-kings

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New Music Ensemble Practising Performance: Andrew West Performing Lost Songs: Sequentia open rehearsal Endellion String Quartet Colloquium: Alex Rehding Sir Arthur Bliss Song Series Performing Lost Songs: Workshop Songs of Consolation from Boethius to the Carmina Burana CMPS/IMR Seminar: David Gorton Performing Knowledge Conference: Collegium Musicum Performing Knowledge Conference: Tom Beghin Schumann Piano Quartet Colloquium: Elizabeth Tolbert Britten Sinfonia: Benjamin Grosvenor Directs Buried Alive Arnold Dolmetsch in Boston Pictures at an Exhibition Kenderdine Consort

West Road Concert Hall West Road Concert Hall Old Library at Pembroke College West Road Concert Hall Recital Room, Faculty of Music Pembroke College Old Library Pembroke College Chapel Pembroke College Chapel Senate House, London Old Library Emmanuel College Queen's Building, Emmanuel College West Road Concert Hall Recital Room, Faculty of Music West Road Concert Hall Round Church, Bridge Street Old Labs, Newnham College Queen's Building, Emmanuel College Pembroke College Chapel

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Royal Academy of Music Baroque Soloists Pembroke Lieder Scheme: Showcase Concert Cambridge University Percussion Ensemble Composers' Workshop: Michael Blake Colloquium: Michael Blake Mitsuko Uchida: On Keys and Music Fitzwilliam String Quartet Intimate Engagements: Schubert and Beethoven CUCO: Paul Daniel Conducts Brahms CMPS/IMR Seminar: Chloe Alaghband-Zadeh Composers' Workshop: Joe Conway Ian de Massini and Jennifer Bastable Colloquium: Sean Curran CUWO: Godzilla Eats Las Vegas Kettle's Yard Chamber Music Series: violin and piano Bach Cantata Evensong Composers' Workshop: Oliver Rudland Colloquium: Katharine Ellis Endellion String Quartet Kettle's Yard Chamber Music Series: piano recital AAM: Handel Acis and Galatea Gala Concert: Yehudi Menuhin Centenary Series Mario Alonso Herrero CMPS/IMR Seminar: Catherine Tackley Colloquium: Tina K. Ramnarine Kettle's Yard Chamber Music Series: Fretwork Nico Muhly: St John's Service

Girton College Stanley Library Pembroke College Old Library West Road Concert Hall Recital Room, Faculty of Music Recital Room, Faculty of Music West Road Concert Hall Fitzwilliam College Auditorium Clare Hall West Road Concert Hall Senate House, London Recital Room, Faculty of Music Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall Recital Room, Faculty of Music West Road Concert Hall Old Divinity School, St John's Colllege St John's College Chapel Recital Room, Faculty of Music Recital Room, Faculty of Music West Road Concert Hall Old Divinity School, St John's Colllege West Road Concert Hall Fitzwilliam College Auditorium Girton College Stanley Library Senate House, London Recital Room, Faculty of Music Old Divinity School, St John's Colllege St John's College Chapel

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Colloquium: Lydia Goehr Trinity: Singing on the River Practising Performance: A Day in the Life of a CEO CUMS May Week Concert: The Dream of Gerontius Bach: B Minor Mass extracts Choir of Clare College The Mary Bevan Recital Trumpet recital Britten Sinfonia: Ian Bostridge Directs The King's Men: Singing on the River

Recital Room, Faculty of Music River, Trinity College AAM Office, 11b King's Parade, Cambridge Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden Churchill College Chapel The Church of Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Hills Road Lee Hall, Wolfson College Lee Hall, Wolfson College West Road Concert Hall King's College Backs

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Britten Sinfonia: At Lunch Five Choral Classics The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and La MaĂŽtrise Notre-Dame de Paris Summer Choral Concert

West Road Concert Hall Jesus College Chapel Clare College Chapel King's College Chapel

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