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06/07/2008

Clare Hall hosts CUBE

An evening of Baroque music played on period instruments, including violin, viola, cello, recorders, bassoon, and harpsichord.

Music by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Geminiani, and others

Special guest: David Irving (Violin).

Entrance free

12/07/2008

Amphion Consort

The Amphion Consort (Jennifer Bennett, baroque violin and Yair Avidor, lute/theorbo) present a lunchtime recital of chamber music by Bach, Vivaldi and Corelli.
Free admission, retiring collection.
www.amphionconsort.com

13/07/2008

Sister Awake!

English Ayres (Kathryn Hamilton-Hall, Jeni Melia and Christopher Goodwin) tell the story of woman’s journey through life, through songs, ballads and poems, mostly of the Elizabethan age. Many of the texts are by Lady Mary Wroth, a niece of Sir Philip Sidney, and the programme includes songs by Campion, Dowland, Morley and Purcell.

Tickets £12 (students £8)

Advance booking on linktext

20/07/2008

MONTEVERDI's ORFEO and the BOOKS OF MADRIGALS

SUNDAY 20th JULY

Cori, Balli and Balletti from MONTEVERDI’s ORFEO and the BOOKS OF MADRIGALS

Cambridge Taverner Choir

With the Musical and Amicable Society

Owen Rees, director
7.45 pm, Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Tickets £13, (£11 concessions) from Corn Exchange Box Office, 01223 357851
www.cambridgetavernerchoir,org.uk

The Cambridge Taverner Choirs 22nd annual season of concerts in Cambridge continues with two concerts of some of Monteverdis most glorious music the extraordinary Vespers, (on April 13th) and a selection of exquisite cori, balli and balletti from the opera Orfeo and the Books of Madrigals (on July 20th). The choir will be joined by the musicians of the Musical and Amicable Society, a collective of young professional period-instrument specialists (www.amicables.co.uk ). The choir performs in two highly atmospheric Cambridge venues by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, and of the Vicar and Churchwarden of Little St Marys Church. Tickets are available from the Corn Exchange Box Office, 01223 357851. Prices – Vespers: £15 (£13), Orfeo: £13, (£11)

The Cambridge Taverner Choir is one of Britains leading early music chamber choirs and has built a reputation for powerful and expressive performances of Renaissance polyphony. Since reaching the shortlist for the Gramophone Early Music Award in 1994, the choir has received acclaim for its concerts and recordings, and regularly performs to enthusiastic audiences in Cambridge and Winchester. The next concert by the Cambridge Taverner Choir in Cambridge will be on Sunday December 14th. This will be the second in the series A Voyage Round Britten, and will include Brittens A Ceremony of Carols. Further details to be announced.

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