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

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at the Faculty of Music Michaelmas Term 2016 Volume 4, No. 1

CONTENTS Cambridge Centre for Performance Studies (CMPS) 4 Postgraduate Open Day 5 Practising Performance 6 Cambridge University Collegium Musicum 7 Instrumental Awards Scheme 7 Composers’ Workshops 8 Faculty of Music Colloquia 10 Cambridge University Opera Society 11 Cambridge University Musical Society 12 Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Series 14 Britten Sinfonia 15 Academy of Ancient Music 16 The Endellion String Quartet 17 Cambridge University Music Outreach 18 College Events 22 Events Listings by Date 28

Faculty of Music University of Cambridge 11 West Road Cambridge CB3 9DP W: www.mus.cam.ac.uk E: facultyevents@mus.cam.ac.uk Cover: Revolving Eye, Whipple Museum Wh.5984 © Aura Satz, with thanks to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Part of Tim Watts’ new opera Kepler’s Trial (p. 20).

This brochure is published by the Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies (CMPS) at the Faculty of Music, and its main purpose is to promote Faculty events. If you think your event should be included in the next term’s brochure, please email cmps@mus.cam.ac.uk with details of your event. All event information for the next brochure must be submitted to the editor, Dr Abigail Dolan, by 2 December 2016.

WELCOME

his is the first issue of ‘What’s On’ to be produced by the Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies. We are delighted to receive the baton from Sarah Williams, Communications Manager in the Faculty of Music, who has masterfully overseen production of the termly leaflets over the past three years.

most distinctive factor is neither the quantity nor the quality of performing activity here (although each is of the highest order): rather, what is most remarkable is the fusion of artistic and intellectual excellence and expertise that distinguishes not only the performances by and for the Cambridge community but also the compositional, research and other music-related work going on here.

We have included details of dozens of concerts, workshops, ‘talk-and-play events’ and other activities taking place in the Music Faculty, the colleges and elsewhere in Cambridge. Nevertheless, this selection only scratches the surface of a range of activity that is surely unrivalled in any university environment in the world. I am often asked what characterises the performance scene in Cambridge, and the word that first comes to mind is ‘buzz’. I think the

We hope that you will enjoy perusing these pages, and we also hope to see you at many (if not all!) of the events taking place this term.

John Rink Professor of Musical Performance Studies Director, CMPS

CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR MUSICAL PERFORMANCE STUDIES (CMPS)

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-by-Side 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. During Michaelmas Term 2016, CMPS will host public presentations, ‘Practising Performance’ events, and a ‘Meet the Composer’ session held with the Britten Sinfonia. CMPS will also run a reading group for young researchers featuring talks from visiting scholars. The Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies is directed by John Rink, working in collaboration with Margaret Faultless, Martin Ennis and Abigail Dolan.

Cambridge Performance Studies Forum

Monday, 28 November 2016 Lecture Recital Room, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DT

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.

3:00pm – 5:00pm: Research Masterclass with doctoral students in the field of practice-led research (open to current postgraduate students by application to CMPS)

Tuesday, 25 October 2016 5:00pm – 6:30pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music Lecture-recital

6:00pm – 7:00pm: Public Lecture in the Guildhall School’s Research Works Series These events are organised by CMPS in conjunction with the Institute of Musical Research and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Sunsets and Silences: The Passage of Time in Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux

The Emancipated Performer: Musical Renderings Beyond Interpretation

Matthew Schellhorn (1) St Edmund’s College

Paulo de Assis (2) Orpheus Institute; CMPS Visiting Fellow

Matthew Schellhorn explores notions of time and its passing in Messiaen’s landmark piano cycle, identifying a conception of musical form unlike that of any other composer.

Paulo de Assis argues for an emancipated, liberated and creative mode of performing musical objects from the past.

TICKETS: Admission free

TICKETS: Admission free. Booking required at www.gsmd.ac.uk

POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Faculty of Music Postgraduate Open Day Part of the University of Cambridge Postgraduate Open Day Tuesday, 29 November 2016 5:00pm – 6:30pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music Lecture-recital Experimental Performance Practices: New Possibilities for Music Performance Paulo de Assis Orpheus Institute; CMPS Visiting Fellow A close historical survey reveals that the notion of ‘musical interpretation’ was born only in the course of the 19th century, bound to a specific set of new rules, constraints and expectations. Other words and other practices were in use before its appearance, and other terms and praxes can emerge in the future. This talk will offer an overview of the terms used in the past, and propose new ones for the future. Situating the discourse in a postinterpretive horizon of possibilities, it will argue for an emancipated, liberated and creative mode of performing musical objects from the past. TICKETS: Admission free

Do you want to learn more about the postgraduate courses offered by the Faculty of Music? Come to our Postgraduate Open Day as part of the University of Cambridge Postgraduate Open Day. We will be holding the following events: 10:30am – 2:30pm: Information Stand at the Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site, including information on the MPhil in Music Studies, MMus in Choral Studies and PhD in Music. 2:00pm – 3:00pm: Talk on the MPhil in Music Studies by Director of Graduate Education, Dr Benjamin Walton. Lecture Room 1, Faculty of Music. We will also be holding an informal session for doctoral students, who should email outreach@ mus.cam.ac.uk if they will be attending the day. Registration is essential via www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk.

PRACTISING PERFORMANCE

The Faculty’s Practising Performance Series is open to students of all years on the undergraduate course, Master’s and doctoral students, and others with an interest in performance. For more information about these events please visit the Faculty website, and if you would like to participate please contact Margaret Faultless, Director of Performance at mf413@cam.ac.uk.

Monday, 24 October 2016 2:00pm – 3:00pm Lecture-recital; Cudworth Room, Faculty of Music 3:30pm – 5:30pm Workshops; Recital Room and Cudworth Room, Faculty of Music

Songs of Love, War and Melancholy Jacques-François Gallay Works for natural horn and piano Anneke Scott (1), natural horn Steven Devine (2), piano Considered the last great natural horn virtuoso, Gallay was a leading 19th-century soloist as well as principal horn of the influential Théâtre-Italien in Paris. In this lecture-recital Anneke Scott and Steven Devine discuss and perform works by Gallay and his contemporaries, supporting Gallay's belief that the horn was ‘another voice which sings’. TICKETS: Admission free Thursday, 27 October 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Orchestral Conducting Workshop Sian Edwards (3) Head of Conducting, Royal Academy of Music Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute will be the basis for discussion and active class participation. The class will be open to conductors and instrumentalists.

Sian Edwards has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras including Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Symphony and Vienna Symphony Orchestra. She has a particularly close relationship with Ensemble Modern in Germany and has made recordings with London Philharmonic Orchestra and English National Opera. TICKETS: Admission free Friday, 18 November 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Enhanced Performance Techniques Sophie Langdon (4) Professor of Violin, Royal Academy of Music EPT – Enhanced Performance Techniques – is a raft of mind and body skills evolved by Sophie Langdon. Combining the use of these skills and techniques has already helped many young artists and music students to achieve success in the area of music performance, creating a greater sense of ease and reducing daily life stress. EPT includes meditation and visualising techniques, combined with yoga stretches and breathing exercises. The overall emphasis is understanding how each person ticks, and to customise the techniques for each individual. Come along and see if it suits you! TICKETS: Admission free

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLEGIUM MUSICUM

INSTRUMENTAL AWARDS SCHEME

Thursday, 20 October 2016 8:00pm and 10:00pm, Round Church, Cambridge

John Blow Venus and Adonis Directed by Margaret Faultless (5), Edward Reeve and Olwen Foulkes CUCM presents two semi-staged performances on period instruments of John Blow's 17th-century masterpiece, Venus and Adonis. Highly original in its musical content and characterisation, and using the unique space of the Round Church, the performance will feature baroque dance, an essential addition to the legend of the lovers Venus and Adonis. TICKETS: £12, £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com Thursday, 1 December 2016 8:00pm, King’s College Chapel

J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio Cambridge University Collegium Musicum and Ensemble Pro Victoria perform the first three cantatas of J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio under the direction of Margaret Faultless and Richard Gowers. The soloists are current and former Cambridge choral scholars, including Hiroshi Amako as the Evangelist. TICKETS: £25, £10 (students/King’s members). Available from King’s College Visitor Centre; zm281@cam.ac.uk

The intercollegiate Instrumental Awards Scheme enables gifted musicians to reach a high standard of performance in chamber music. Successful students are award-holders for a year and they receive professional coaching, masterclasses, recital opportunities and a subsidy for instrumental lessons. The IAS groups perform concerts in different colleges throughout the term. For details of these concerts please visit www.mus.cam.ac.uk

Sunday, 27 November 2016 1:15pm, Fitzwilliam Museum For full programme details see www.mus.cam.ac.uk TICKETS: Admission free

COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOPS

The Faculty’s series of Composers’ Workshops is open to students in all years of the undergraduate music course, to Master’s and doctoral students, and anyone else with an interest in the creation of new music. Because space is limited, please email Richard Causton (rjc94@cam.ac.uk) if you are not a Faculty member and wish to attend.

Tuesday, 11 October 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Tuesday, 25 October 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Richard Causton and the Ligeti Quartet

Mark Simpson

Richard Causton (1), the Music Faculty’s Reader in Composition, introduces this term’s Composers’ Workshops and welcomes to the Faculty those interested in new music. He will speak briefly about his own work before introducing the inaugural holders of the Faculty’s Chamber Music Residency, the Ligeti Quartet.

One of the most original and gifted of the younger generation of British composers, Mark Simpson (3) is equally established as a clarinetist, having in 2006 become the first-ever winner of both the BBC Young Musician of the Year and the BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer of the Year competitions. Amongst his recent works is the opera Pleasure, premiered by Opera North earlier this year.

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Tuesday, 1 November 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Jane Manning: New Music for Voice

Elinor Bennett

During her long career, soprano Jane Manning (2) has redefined what composers might ask of the voice. Described in the Daily Telegraph as ‘THE voice of classical contemporary vocal music in this country’, she has premiered over 350 new works, including many by the world’s leading composers, and has written several books on related subjects.

Visiting Professor of Harp at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Elinor Bennett (4) presents a practical session for composers on writing for harp. Elinor has collaborated with many of Wales’ leading composers on new works for harp, and she brings an invaluable perspective on an instrument that can seem as mysterious as it is beguiling.

Tuesday, 8 November 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Tuesday, 22 November 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Oliver Knussen

Colin Matthews

Oliver Knussen (5) is one of the world’s most eminent and influential composers, and his music is renowned for its crystalline concision, complexity and richness. We are delighted to welcome him to the Faculty of Music to talk about his work in an interview with Reader in Composition, Richard Causton.

Colin Matthews (6) has been described as ‘… the Isambard Kingdom Brunel of contemporary music: master of great time machines, steamy with energy derived from pulse and from massive, surging harmony, and openly displaying their structural engineering, all finished with a craftsman’s care’. We are delighted to welcome him to Cambridge to talk about his work.

Tuesday, 15 November 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

PhD Composers Some of Cambridge’s finest young composers discuss their recent work from the point of view of both poetic and technical considerations. An insight into some of the most exciting creative work being produced on home turf.

Tuesday, 29 November 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Ligeti Quartet and MPhil Composers The Ligeti Quartet (7), inaugural holder of Cambridge’s new Chamber Music Residency, is one of the most exciting and dynamic ensembles working today. Dedicated exclusively to 20th- and 21stcentury music, the quartet plays with extraordinary energy and intensity. Here they showcase works especially composed for them by composers on the Cambridge MPhil programme.

FACULTY OF MUSIC COLLOQUIA

The Colloquium series is the main 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 afternoons in the Recital Room of 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, 12 October 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Wednesday, 16 November 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Professor Nicholas Marston University of Cambridge

Professor Giuseppe Gerbino (3) Columbia University

‘Nur ein Gleichnis’: Heinrich Schenker and the Path to ‘Likeness’

Metaphors of Cognition: Visual Imagination in 16thcentury Music

Wednesday, 19 October 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Monday, 21 November 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Dr Delia Casadei University of Cambridge

Wort Lecture

Wednesday, 26 October 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music Speaker to be confirmed Wednesday, 2 November 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music Dr Helen Deeming (1) Royal Holloway, University of London Wednesday, 9 November 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music Dr Bettina Varwig (2) King’s College London ‘Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut’: Early Modern Physiologies and Metaphors of the Heart

Professor George Lewis (4) Columbia University Black Liveness Matters: Karel Capek meets Blind Tom Wednesday, 23 November 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Wort Lecture Professor George Lewis Columbia University From Network Bands to Ubiquitous Computing: Rich Gold and the Social Aesthetics of Interactivity Wednesday, 30 November 2016 5:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music Dr Davinia Caddy University of Auckland Picturing the Paris Salome, May 1907

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY OPERA SOCIETY Friday, 18 November 2016 at 8:00pm Saturday, 19 November 2016 at 7:00pm and 9:00pm The Round Church, Bridge Street, Cambridge

Charpentier: The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld Cambridge University Opera Society presents a fully staged production of Charpentier’s opera from 1686. This gem of the baroque era is largely unknown; however, through its moving plot based on the myth of Orpheus, this opera explores the depths of human emotion, from utter despair to purest joy. TICKETS: £12, £10 (concessions), £5 (students). For more information, see: www.cuos.co.uk

Tuesday, 22 November 2016 8:00pm, The Queen’s Building Auditorium, Emmanuel College

Fundraising gala Favourite operatic solos and ensembles from Monteverdi to Mozart to Verdi, accompanied by Edward Reeve at the piano. Featuring the finest singing talent from recent productions and students past and present, and preceded by champagne and canapés at 7:00pm in Emmanuel College’s stunning Old Library, the Gala performance aims to secure the work of the society for the next few years. TICKETS: £35. Available at www.cuos.co.uk

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY (CUMS)

Friday, 21 October 2016 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

CUMS Season Launch Concert Mozart The Magic Flute Overture Schumann Piano Concerto Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 Peter Stark, conductor Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Julien Cohen (1), piano (CUMS Concerto Competition 2016 prize-winner) TICKETS: £20, £14, £10, £18, £12, £8 (concessions), £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com Saturday, 29 October 2016 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

CUMS Symphony Orchestra

Graham Walker (3), conductor Toby Hession, piano (CUMS Concerto Competition 2016 prize-winner) Rebecca van den Berg, soprano Augusta Hebbert, soprano Sam Oladeinde, tenor Theo Platt, bass TICKETS: £20, £14, £10, £18, £12, £8 (concessions), £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com Saturday, 19 November 2016 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Varsity Concert: Oxford and Cambridge University Wind Orchestras John Williams Harry Potter Symphonic Suite Saint-Saëns Orient et Occident Gershwin An American in Paris Jane Russell Bate A Hymn to the Beauty that Was John Williams Star Wars Saga

Elgar Cello Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Jack Bazalgette, conductor

Sian Edwards, conductor Oliver Coates (2), cello

TICKETS: £10, £5 (students). Available at www.ouwo.oums.org or on the door at the concert

TICKETS: £20, £14, £10, £18, £12, £8 (concessions), £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com

Thursday, 24 November 2016 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Sunday, 13 November 2016 7:30pm, West Road Concert Hall

East Anglia Chamber Orchestra and CUMS Symphony Chorus Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Mozart Mass in C minor

CUMS Concert Orchestra Bruckner Overture in G minor Dvořák The Noon Witch Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Toby Hession, conductor TICKETS: £10, £8 (concessions), £3 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com

Saturday, 26 November 2016 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Wednesday, 30 November 2016 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Cambridge University Wind Orchestra

Haydn Symphony No. 103 Drumroll Brahms Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Bizet Symphony in C major David Watkin, conductor TICKETS: £20, £14, £10, £18, £12, £8 (concessions), £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com Monday, 28 November 2016 8:00pm, Clare College Chapel

Jesu, meine Freude Buxtehude Cantata Jesu meine Freude, BuxWV 60 Buxtehude Cantata In dubilo jubilo, BuxWV 52 Buxtehude Cantata Das neugebor’ne Kindelein, BuxWV 13 J.S. Bach Motet Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 Tim Brown, conductor Members of Cambridge University Chamber Choir TICKETS: £12, £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com

John Williams Harry Potter Symphonic Suite David Maslanka Golden Light Rodney Bennett Concerto for Trumpet Saint-Saëns Orient et Occident Gershwin An American In Paris Jack Bazalgette and Chloe Rooke, conductors Katie Lodge (4), trumpet TICKETS: £10, £8 (concessions), £3 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com Saturday, 3 December 2016 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

A Russian Evening with CUMS Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich Festive Overture Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 John Tothill (5), conductor (CUMS Conducting Scholar) Naomi Woo (5), piano (CUMS Concerto Competition 2016 Winner) TICKETS: £20, £14, £10, £18, £12, £8 (concessions), £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES Fitting neatly into a lunch break, the Cambridge University Musical Society Lunchtime Concerts offer a chance to sit back and relax whilst listening to the best performers Cambridge University has to offer. This series strikes a balance between old favourites and new discoveries, including rarely-performed works such as an opera by Salieri and UK premieres of new music, alongside classics such as the Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1. With free admission and exciting programmes performed to a very high standard, this is an opportunity not to be missed. I hope to see you there! Alice Webster, CULC President (above) Tuesday, 11 October 2016 1:10pm, West Road Concert Hall

Tuesday, 25 October 2016 1:10pm, West Road Concert Hall

The Aether Trio

20th-century trumpet music from Honegger to Damase followed by contemporary music for saxophone by emerging composers.

Mendelssohn Trio No. 1, Op. 49 in D minor Shostakovich Poème, Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8 in C minor

Matilda Lloyd, trumpet Rowan Hawitt, saxophone

Marianne Schönle, piano Sam Alberman, violin Wallis Power, cello

TICKETS: Admission free

Tuesday, 1 November 2016 1:10pm, West Road Concert Hall

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 1:10pm, West Road Concert Hall

Richard Strauss September Brahms Horn Trio, Op. 40 in E-flat major Richard Strauss Beim Schlafengehen

The Iambe Company Gurney The Western Playland Fauré La Bonne Chanson Judith Lebiez, mezzo soprano Robbie Haylett, baritone Naomi Woo, piano, musical director TICKETS: Admission free

Moritz Grimm, horn Aditya Chander, violin Edward Reeve, piano TICKETS: Admission free Tuesday, 8 November 2016 1:10pm, West Road Concert Hall Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 in E major Stravinsky Concerto in E-flat major Dumbarton Oaks

BRITTEN SINFONIA Tuesday, 13 December 2016 1:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Britten Sinfonia At Lunch One 2016–17

Adam Hickox, conductor Members of Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra TICKETS: Admission free

Webern Four Pieces Op. 7 for violin and piano Sohrab Uduman (above, winner of OPUS2016) Dann klingt es auf... (world premiere tour) Schoenberg arr. Steuermann Verklärte Nacht TICKETS: £9, £3 (students, children & unwaged). Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

Tuesday, 15 November 2016 1:10pm, West Road Concert Hall

Ensemble Pro Victoria J. S. Bach Cantata 140 Wachet auf, BWV 140 J. S. Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 Alexander Hamilton, conductor TICKETS: Admission free Tuesday, 29 November 2016 1:10pm, West Road Concert Hall Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, Op. 43 Poulenc Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100 (1st movement) Mozart String Quartet Pip Elmer, oboe Zac Moxon, bassoon Toby Hession, piano Instrumental Award Scheme Performers TICKETS: Admission free

2:15pm, West Road Concert Hall

In Conversation Tim Watts (Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge) joins composer Sohrab Uduman and performers from Britten Sinfonia for a post-concert discussion. TICKETS: Free for concert ticket holders

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Monday, 24 October 2016 7:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Free pre-concert talk at 6:30pm

Friday, 9 December 2016 7:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Free pre-concert talk at 6:30pm

James Gilchrist Directs

The Glory of Venice

Purcell Suite of overtures, dances and songs J. S. Bach Cantata No. 82a Ich habe genug J. S. Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor J. S. Bach Cantata No. 55 Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht

Richard Egarr, director, harpsichord and organ Rowan Pierce, soprano Carolyn Sampson, soprano

James Gilchrist, director and tenor Pavlo Beznosiuk, director and violin Rachel Brown, flute James Gilchrist is the standout Bach interpreter of his generation. He makes his directorial debut with the AAM by performing a programme of Bach and Purcell.

TICKETS: £15, £27, £33, £5 (AAMplify members, full-time students and Under 26s). Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

TICKETS: £15, £27, £33, £5 (AAMplify members, full-time students and Under 26s). Available at Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

Joined by sopranos Carolyn Sampson and Rowan Pierce, the AAM celebrates the musical legacy of 17th-century Venice with a selection of sacred duets by Claudio Monteverdi and fiercely virtuosic sonatas by fellow Venetian Dario Castello.

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

Andrew Watkinson, violin Ralph de Souza, violin Garfield Jackson, viola David Waterman, cello Wednesday, 19 October 2016 7:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Mozart String Quartet K.458 in B-flat major The Hunt Tippett String Quartet No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 131 in C-sharp minor Mozart’s Hunt quartet gets its name from the opening tune, but it also contains a glorious slow movement and a brilliantly operatic finale. In his second quartet Tippett looked back to the first glorious age of English music with a strongly contrapuntal work, which includes a heartrending Passacaglia worthy of Purcell. For many (including the composer himself) Beethoven's Op. 131 is his greatest quartet – certainly the one in the most awkward key! TICKETS: £27, £25 (OAP), £13 (reg. disabled), £6 (students, under 16s), half price (standard or OAP tickets only) available for restricted view seats, group discount: 20% off for groups of 10+. Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET

Wednesday, 16 November 2016 7:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Haydn String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 1 in G major Bartók String Quartet No. 5 Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 127 in E-flat major The Op. 54 set suggests strongly that Haydn’s main focus when composing quartets had moved from the players to the audience (though this doesn’t make them any less fun to play!). Bartók’s fifth quartet ranges from the almost barbaric to some of the most yearningly beautiful music ever written. Op. 127 is the most lyrical of Beethoven’s late quartets containing a set of variations, which never fails to amaze with its breathtaking beauty and invention. TICKETS: £27, £25 (OAP), £13 (reg. disabled), £6 (students, under 16s), half price (standard or OAP tickets only) available for restricted view seats, group discount: 20% off for groups of 10+. Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; tickets@cambridgelivetrust.co.uk; www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MUSIC OUTREACH Tuesday, 18 October 2016 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Museum of Classical Archaeology, Sidgwick Avenue

Friday, 21 October 2016 7:00pm – 9:30pm, Old Divinity School, St John’s College

Pitch Perfect – The Sound of the Aulos with Barnaby Brown

Bringing Liszt’s Sardanapale to Life

Join us after hours to experience ancient music first hand. Grab a glass of wine and follow the sounds of the Aulos as Barnaby Brown processes through our atmospheric gallery, bringing the statues to life and playing the most popular instrument of the ancient world. TICKETS: Bookings at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk Thursday, 20 October 2016 7.30pm – 10:00pm, St John’s College Old Divinity School

Beethoven Plus Two Beethoven violin sonatas inspire new companion pieces from two of Britain’s leading composers. Jeremy Thurlow responds to the so-called ‘Champagne’ Sonata (No. 8) with its effervescent energy, twisting undercurrents and syncopation, while David Matthews matches the very different Sonata No.10 with a calm yet colourful and impressionistic sonatina. Krysia Osostowicz, violin Daniel Tong, piano Jeremy Thurlow Mehlschoeberl Beethoven Violin Sonata No.8, Op.30 Beethoven Piano Sonata No.27, Op.90 David Matthews Sonatina Beethoven Violin Sonata No.10, Op.96 TICKETS: Bookings at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

Franz Liszt spent four years composing an Italianate opera, Sardanapale. He abandoned it, partly under Wagner’s influence, and the music has lain dormant ever since. In this lecture-recital, David Trippett brings it to life at the piano, contextualising Liszt’s project and discussing the challenges of producing a modern edition. TICKETS: Admission free, but booking essential at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

Saturday, 22 October 2016 10:00am – 12:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Reimagining Opera The modern image of static singers and immobile audience obscures opera’s dynamic past. 19thcentury opera was on the move, literally and figuratively. Come and explore some of opera’s diverse reimaginings through this interactive talk. The backstage area of the old Paris Opera (Salle Le Peletier). Lithograph by unknown circa 1855 © Wikicommons

TICKETS: Admission free, but booking essential at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

Saturday, 22 October 2016 11:00am – 5:30pm, Alison Richard Building Saturday, 29 October 2016 11:00am – 5:30pm, Anglia Ruskin University

Verso la Certosa / To the Charterhouse Milan’s periphery; a 14th-century monastery; a highway junction; two lost travellers. This popup audio-documentary follows a crowd of street noises (and unreliable guides) across the kinks and folds of a city’s map. It combines interviews, music, poems and voice-over narration to reconstruct the sonic paths towards a 14th-century Milanese charterhouse. TICKETS: Admission free and no booking required. Just drop in and follow the signs ‘To the Charterhouse’.

Saturday, 22 October 2016 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

The Virtual Chopin Chopin’s ceaseless revisions resulted in many discrete versions of his music. This talk, by Professor John Rink, describes a dynamic digital resource allowing pianists to vary their performances by drawing from the multiple versions. TICKETS: Admission free, but booking essential at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

Saturday, 22 October 2016 7:00pm – 9:30pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music

Naqqali: The Persian Art of Storytelling The world premiere of a piece of neoclassical music featuring the Persian art of Naqqali: storytelling, music and dance by Faculty of Music researcher Hossein Hadisi. Also featured will be an exhibition of artworks, accessories, instruments and resources related to the tradition. TICKETS: Admission free, but booking essential at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk Friday, 28 October 2016 Saturday, 29 October 2016 8:15pm, St John’s College Chapel

Tim Watts Kepler’s Trial (premiere) The 17th-century witch-craze is evoked through music, theatre and video in this new opera by Cambridge-based composer Tim Watts (1), which draws on fresh research to tell the story of renowned astronomer, Johannes Kepler and his defense of his mother. www.keplers-trial.com Graham Walker, conductor Cerys Purser, mezzo-soprano Theo Platt, bass-baritone TICKETS: Admission free, but booking essential at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

Revolving Eye, Whipple Museum Wh.5984 © Aura Satz, with thanks to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Friday, 28 October 2016 6.00pm – 7.00pm, St Catharine’s College, Chapel

Music for a Time of Discord The French Wars of Religion, and the consequent displacement of thousands of people, was one of the most influential political and cultural episodes of the Early Modern Period. This concert presents rarely heard music from the period, including extended settings of the Calvin Psalter by Huguenot composer Claude Le Jeune; and sets this music in a historical context with readings from contemporary commentators. Music performed by the Choir of St Catharine’s College. TICKETS: Bookings at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

Sunday, 30 October 2016 2:30pm – 5:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Sunday, 30 October 2016 7:00pm – 8:00pm, West Road Concert Hall

Cambridge Young Composer of the Year Final

Cambridge Young Composer of the Year: The Hermes Experiment

A wonderful opportunity to listen to pieces entered for the Cambridge Young Composer of the Year competition performed by the Hermes Experiment quartet (below). Hear feedback on the entries and advice on composing from judge Ewan Campbell.

A short concert showcasing exciting new compositions by young people, including winning entries in this year’s Cambridge Young Composer of the Year Competition – inspired by the Festival’s theme of ‘Movement’ – performed by the Hermes Experiment quartet.

TICKETS: Admission free, but booking essential at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

The Hermes Experiment

COLLEGE EVENTS

Saturday, 22 October 2016 6:30pm, St John’s College Chapel

Thursday, 27 October 2016 8:00pm, The Old Library, Pembroke College

Cantata Evensong

Sir Arthur Bliss International Song Series

J. S. Bach Cantata No. 10 Meine Seel erhebt den Herren J. S. Bach Cantata No. 46 Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei

Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Elgar, Quilter, Britten and Bridge

Andrew Nethsingha, conductor St John’s Sinfonia, led by Margaret Faultless Choir of St John’s College with solos from members of the Choir TICKETS: Admission free Sunday, 23 October 2016 7:45pm, The Saloon, Madingley Hall

Capability Brown Then and Now – a Musical Celebration Boyce arr. Watts Ode for the New Year Mozart Trio Sonata in F major K.13 Linley arr. Watts Overture – Lyric Ode on the Witches, Fairies and Aerial Beings of Shakespeare Jeremy Thurlow Steeples Eclipse Haydn Piano Trio in E major Hob. XV:28 Emma Lisney, violin Joy Lisney, cello Matthew Schellhorn, piano A celebration of the great landscape-architect’s tercentenary year with piano trios by Mozart, Haydn, Boyce and Linley (arranged by Tim Watts) and Jeremy Thurlow. Inspired by the steeples of Fen Drayton and Fenstanton merging on the horizon, Thurlow’s Steeples Eclipse explores local landscapes, and our shaping and perception of nature in two villages where Brown lived. TICKETS: £12, £10 (concessions). Available at www. ice.cam.ac.uk/capability-sounds

Kathryn Rudge, mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton, piano A current BBC New Generation artist, Kathryn Rudge, stands at the forefront of young British mezzosopranos. In 2012 The Times selected her as the Rising Star of Classical Music. She will be joined for this recital by Pembroke’s College Musician, also straight from his BBC Proms debut. TICKETS: £20, £15 (concessions), £5 (students). Available at www.eventbrite.co.uk or the Porters’ Lodge Thursday, 3 November 2016 7:45pm Robinson College Chapel

Weaving Threads (part of Virginia Woolf and Music) J. S. Bach arr. Mozart Fugue BWV878 Rainier String Quartet Schwartz Portrait (for Deedee) (première) Jeremy Thurlow (1) Memory is the Seamstress (première) Beethoven String Quartet Op. 135 Kreutzer Quartet Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin Mihailo Trandafilovski, violin Morgan Goff, viola Neil Heyde, cello TICKETS: £15, £12 (senior citizens), £5 (students, disabled, unwaged). Available from Cambridge Live Tickets. Tel: 01223 357851; tickets@cambridgelivetrust. co.uk; www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets and at the door

Thursday, 3 November 2016 8:00pm, The Old Library Pembroke College

Sir Arthur Bliss International Song Series

TICKETS: £12, £10 (concessions), £5 (students). Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com For more information email: th501@cam.ac.uk or jc952@cam.ac.uk

Mahler Kindertotenlieder Mahler Rückert Lieder Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton, piano Jennifer Johnston is one of Cambridge University’s most successful recent graduates. Following a degree in Law, Jennifer studied at the Royal College of Music and is a former BBC New Generation Artist. She has an extensive discography and recently made her Wigmore Hall debut live on Radio 3 with Joseph Middleton. 2

TICKETS: £20, £15 (concessions), £5 (students). Available at www.eventbrite.co.uk or the Porters’ Lodge Friday, 4 November 2016 7:30pm, West Road Concert Hall Rossini Overture from William Tell Schumann Cello Concerto, Op. 129 Warlock Capriol Suite Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 Britten Soirées Musicales, Op. 9 Toby Hession, John Tothill and Josh Cleary, conductors Clare College Music Society Orchestra Leo Popplewell, cello The CCMS Orchestra presents a varied programme, exploring music of the 19th and 20th centuries from Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain. It features Leo Popplewell as the soloist for Schumann’s exquisite Cello Concerto, and culminates with Britten’s rarely heard Soirées Musicales, combining themes from both halves of the programme.

Sunday, 6 November 2016 2:30pm, Stanley Library, Girton College

Duo Karadys David Earl Sonata for Viola and Piano (written for the Duo Karadys) Delius Viola Sonata No. 3 Carol Hubel-Allen, viola Alan MacLean, piano Duo Karadys (2) features two highly experienced performers who come to Girton fresh from the Cheltenham Festival where they performed David Earl’s warmly romantic Viola Sonata to great acclaim. Duo Karadys couples this with one of the greatest English sonatas for the combination of viola and piano, the Third Sonata by Frederick Delius. TICKETS: Admission free, retiring collection

Monday, 7 November 2016 8:00pm, Chapel, Girton College

A Bachiade Girton’s annual celebration of the music of a single composer. Devised and curated by Margaret Faultless, this programme features favourite trio sonatas and preludes and fugues, alongside arias and choruses from cantatas – all by J. S. Bach. TICKETS: Admission free, retiring collection Wednesday, 9 November 2016 7:30pm, King’s College Chapel

Organ Gala Concert Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 Robin Holloway Chorale-prelude on Alle Menschen müssen sterben Duruflé Requiem Karg-Elert Fugue, Kanzone and Epilog Poulenc Organ Concerto Internationally renowned organ recitalist Thomas Trotter joins King’s College Choir, Britten Sinfonia and conductor Stephen Cleobury in a concert celebrating the organ restoration. Stephen Cleobury, conductor Britten Sinfonia King’s College Choir Thomas Trotter, organ TICKETS: £40, £30, £22, £15. Available from The Shop at King’s, 13 King’s Parade, Cambridge CB2 1SP; Tel. 01223 769340

Saturday, 12 November 2016 8:00pm, Ely Cathedral

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Mark Williams, conductor Britten Sinfonia Combined choirs of Jesus, Clare, Gonville & Caius, St Catharine’s and Selwyn colleges, and Cambridge University Chamber Choir Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir Allan Clayton (3), tenor Allison Bell, soprano Duncan Rock, bass ‘This is the best of me’, wrote Elgar at the end of his choral masterpiece. It tells of Gerontius, the Everyman, and his heartfelt expression of loss and hope in the face of death. This universal theme with Elgar’s sublime and dramatic music make any performance of this work a deeply moving experience. TICKETS: £36, £26, £16, £8 discount (all price bands) for those in full-time education. Available at www.cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk

Friday, 18 November 2016 6:00pm, St Catharine’s College Chapel

Saturday, 26 November 2016 7:30pm, Clare Hall

Kellaway Chamber Music Series

Intimate Engagements: Brahms, the Great Beethoven Successor

Beethoven Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 in C minor Pathétique Robert Saxton Selection from Hortus Musicae, Book 2 Szymanowski Three Mazurkas Op. 50 Nos. 2, 9 and 6 Stravinsky Three movements from Petroushka Clare Hammond (4), piano Acclaimed as a pianist of ‘amazing power and panache’ (The Telegraph), Cambridge alumna Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances and is developing a ‘reputation for brilliantly imaginative concert programmes’ (BBC Music Magazine, ‘Rising Star’). TICKETS: £10, £5 (concessions), £2 (students). Available at www.caths.cam.ac.uk/about-us/music/kellawayconcerts/reserve-concert-tickets

A gala concert to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Intimate Engagements Concert Series Brahms Piano Trio, Op. 8 in B major (original version) Beethoven Archduke trio, Op. 97 in B-flat major The Vienna Piano Trio (5) Stefan Mendl, piano David McCarroll, violin Matthias Gredler, cello When Brahms had his First Symphony premiered in 1876, this scrupulous composer was at the ripe age of 43. At the time, it was regarded as almost impossible to continue the symphonic tradition after Beethoven. Beethoven’s influence inspired and overshadowed

not only Brahms’ first symphony, but a plethora of his other earlier works including the original version of his Trio in B major Op. 8. This programme exemplifies the journey of inspiration from one great composer to a successor. TICKETS: £15, £10 (Clare Hall members), £5 (students). Reservations at music@clarehall.cam.ac.uk; 01223 332360, or at the Porters’ Lodge Monday, 28 November 2016 7:30pm, West Road Concert Hall

St Margaret's Society of Queens' College Annual Michaelmas Concert

Thursday, 8 December 2016 7:30pm, Jesus College Chapel

A Christmas Celebration A concert of seasonal music to include Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. Mark Williams, conductor The Choirs of Jesus College Cambridge Frances Kelly, harp TICKETS: £16, £9; £10, £5 (students) to include interval refreshments. Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com

Mendelssohn Choral Symphony Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 in D minor

Wednesday, 14 December 2016 7:30pm, Clare College Chapel

Edward Reeve, piano MagSoc Chorus and soloists

Lullaby My Jesus

TICKETS: £12, £10, £5. Available at www.magsoc.soc.srcf.net Tuesday, 29 November 2016 8:00pm, St John’s College Chapel

Handel Messiah Graham Walker, conductor St John’s Voices and Cambridge Baroque Camerata Following on from the BBC broadcast of Advent Carols and Christmas Carols, Handel’s evergreen masterpiece Messiah is given a festive performance by St John’s Voices, the impressive mixed-voice choir from St John’s, with orchestral accompaniment from long-established professional ensemble Cambridge Baroque Camerata. TICKETS: £12, £5. Available from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com

Graham Ross, conductor The Choir of Clare College A sumptuous programme of music for the last week in Advent and the birth of the Christ child on Christmas Day. The 9th-century ‘O’ Antiphons of Advent are heard alongside favourites by Bach, Praetorius and Mendelssohn, lesser-known masterpieces by Mouton, Maxwell Davies and Grainger, and a ravishing selection of Christmas arrangements. TICKETS: £20, £15. Available 1 November onwards from ADC Box Office. Tel: 01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com

EVENTS LISTING OCTOBER

EVENT

VENUE

PAGE

1:10pm

The Aether Trio: Mendelssohn and Shostakovich

West Road Concert Hall

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: Richard Causton and the Ligeti Quartet

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

5:00pm

Colloquium: Nicholas Marston

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: Jane Manning

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

1:15pm

The Iambe Company: Gurney and Fauré

West Road Concert Hall

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6:00pm

Festival of Ideas: Pitch Perfect- The sound of the Aulos

Museum of Classical Archaeology, Sidgwick Avenue

5:00pm

Colloquium: Delia Casadei

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

7:30pm

The Endellion String Quartet

West Road Concert Hall

7:30pm

Festival of Ideas: Beethoven Plus

St John's College, Old Divinity School

8:00pm; 10:00pm

Collegium Musicum: John Blow, Venus and Adonis

Round Church

8:00pm

CUMS: Season Launch Concert

West Road Concert Hall

7:00pm

Festival of Ideas: Bringing Liszt’s Sardanapale to Life

Old Divinity School, St John’s College

11:00am-5:30pm

Festival of Ideas: Verso la Certosa/ To the Charterhouse

Alison Richard Building

2:00pm

Festival of Ideas: The Virtual Chopin

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

6:30pm

Cantata Evensong

St John’s College Chapel

7:00pm

Festival of Ideas: Naqqali: The Persian Art of Storytelling Recital Room, Faculty of Music

10:00pm

Festival of Ideas: Reimagining Opera

7:45pm

Capability Brown Then and Now - a Musical Celebration The Saloon, Madingley Hall

2:00pm; 3:30pm

Practising Performance: Jacques-François Gallay for natural horn and piano

Faculty of Music

7:30pm

Academy of Ancient Music: James Gilchrist Directs

West Road Concert Hall

1:10pm

20th-Century and Contemporary Music for Trumpet & Saxophone

West Road Concert Hall

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: Mark Simpson

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

5:00pm

Cambridge Performance Studies Forum: Matthew Schellhorn

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

5:00pm

Colloquium: speaker to be confirmed

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

2:00pm

Practising Performance: Orchestral Conducting Workshop

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

8:00pm

Sir Arthur Bliss International Song Series

The Old Library, Pembroke College

6:00pm

Festival of Ideas: Music for a Time of Discord

St. Catherine’s College Chapel

8:15pm

Festival of Ideas: Tim Watts, Kepler’s Trial

St John’s College Chapel

8:00pm

CUMS Symphony Orchestra: Elgar & Shostakovich

West Road Concert Hall

11:00am-5:30pm

Festival of Ideas: Verso la Certosa/ To the Charterhouse

Anglia Ruskin University

8:15pm

Festival of Ideas: Tim Watts, Kepler’s Trial

St John’s College Chapel

2:30pm

Festival of Ideas: Cambridge Young Composer of the Year

West Road Concert Hall

7:00pm

Festival of Ideas: The Hermes Experiment

West Road Concert Hall

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

NOVEMBER 1

1:10pm

Chamber music: Strauss and Brahms

West Road Concert Hall

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: Elinor Bennett

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

10:30am-2:30pm

Faculty of Music Postgraduate Open Day

Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site

2:00pm

Open Day Talk: MPhil in Music Studies

Lecture Room 1, Faculty of Music

5:00pm

Colloquium: Helen Deeming

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

7:45pm

Kreutzer Quartet: Weaving Threads (part of Virginia Woolf and Music)

Robinson College Chapel

8:00pm

Sir Arthur Bliss International Song Series

The Old Library, Pembroke College

7:30pm

Clare College Music Society Orchestra

West Road Concert Hall

2:30pm

Duo Karadys

Stanley Library, Girton College

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VENUE

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8:00pm

A Bachiade

Girton College Chapel

1:10pm

Members of CUCO: Schoenberg and Stravinsky

West Road Concert Hall

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: Oliver Knussen

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

5:00pm

Colloquium: Bettina Varwig

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

7:30pm

Organ Gala Concert

King’s College Chapel

8:00pm

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Ely Cathedral

7:30pm

East Anglia Chamber Orchestra and CUMS Symphony Chorus: Beethoven & Mozart

West Road Concert Hall

1:10pm

Ensemble Pro Victoria: Bach Cantatas

West Road Concert Hall

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: PhD Composers

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

5:00pm

Colloquium: Giuseppe Gerbino

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

7:30pm

The Endellion String Quartet

West Road Concert Hall

2:00pm

Practising Performance: Enhanced Performance Techniques

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

6:00pm

Kellaway Chamber Music Series: Clare Hammond, piano St Catharine’s College Chapel

8:00pm

CUOS: Charpentier, The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld

The Round Church

7:00pm, 9:00pm

CUOS: Charpentier, The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld

The Round Church

8:00pm

Varsity Concert: Oxford and Cambridge University Wind University Church, Oxford Orchestras

5:00pm

Colloquium: George Lewis

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: Colin Matthews

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

8:00pm

CUOS: Fundraising gala

The Queen’s Building Auditorium, Emmanuel College

5:00pm

Colloquium: George Lewis

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

8:00pm

CUMS Concert Orchestra: Bruckner, Dvořák & Beethoven West Road Concert Hall

7:30pm

Intimate Engagements: Brahms, the Great Beethoven Successor

Clare Hall

8:00pm

CUCO: Haydn, Brahms & Bizet

West Road Concert Hall

1:15pm

Instrumental Awards Scheme

Fitzwilliam Museum

3:00pm

CMPS/IMR/GSMD Research Masterclass: Paulo de Assis

Guildhall School, London

6:00pm

CMPS/IMR/GSMD ResearchWorks: Paulo de Assis

Guildhall School, London

7:30pm

The St Margaret's Society of Queens' College: Mendelssohn & Brahms

West Road Concert Hall

8:00pm

Members of CUCC: Jesu, meine Freude

Clare College Chapel

1:10pm

Chamber music: Mozart and Poulenc

West Road Concert Hall

2:00pm

Composers' Workshops: Ligeti Quartet and MPhil Composers

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

5:00pm

Cambridge Performance Studies Forum: Paulo de Assis

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

8:00pm

Handel, Messiah

St John's College Chapel

5:00pm

Colloquium: Davinia Caddy

Recital Room, Faculty of Music

8:00pm

Cambridge University Wind Orchestra

West Road Concert Hall

DECEMBER 1

8:00pm

Collegium Musicum: J. S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio

King’s College Chapel

8:00pm

CUMS Symphony Orchestra: A Russian Evening

West Road Concert Hall

7:30pm

The Choirs of Jesus College Cambridge: A Christmas Celebration

Jesus College Chapel

7:30pm

Academy of Ancient Music: The Glory of Venice

West Road Concert Hall

1:00pm

Britten Sinfonia: At Lunch One 2016 – 17

West Road Concert Hall

2:15pm

CMPS and Britten Sinfonia: In Conversation

West Road Concert Hall

7:30pm

The Choir of Clare College: Lullaby My Jesus

Clare College Chapel