Concerts

18/09/2010

Cerberus plays

An Evening of Chamber Music performed by
Violins: Gwen Owen Richer and Victoria Anderson
Viola: Andrew Ware
Cello: Veronica Henderson
Flute: Hugh Robinson
Clarinet: Sarah Bowden

Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.6
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115

Admission by programme on the door: £10 (£8.00 concessions)

15/10/2010

The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble at Caius

THE CAMBRIDGE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College
Friday 15 October at 7.45pm

Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor Op 49
Matyas Seiber – ‘Permutazioni a Cinque’
Ferenc Farkas – Early Hungarian Dances for Wind Quintet
Dvorak – Piano Trio in E minor Op 90 ‘Dumky’

Hisayo Shimizu – piano
Stephen Foster – violin
Oliver Gledhill – cello

Sally Landymore (flute), Graham Dolby (oboe), Sarah Whitworth (clarinet), Paul Ryder (horn), Laura Macleod (bassoon)

TICKETS: £10 (£5 students under 23) – includes interval refreshments
Phone 01223 506064 or 0794 135 1111, Mon – Sat, 9am-9pm
Tickets also available at the door, subject to availability

20th century music for Wind Quintet by Hungarian composers is framed by two of the outstanding works for Piano Trio from the Romantic period – Mendelssohn’s bravura Trio in D minor, and Dvorak’s ever-popular and most ‘folky’ chamber work.
2010 is the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of Matyas Seiber and the composer’s daughter, Julia Seiber Boyd, Chair of the Cambridge-Szeged Society, will be in attendance.

20/10/2010

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET
University of Cambridge ‘Resident Quartet’

String Quartet No 1 in B minor Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 – Dmitry Shostakovich
String Quartet No 7 in F, ‘Razumovsky’ Op 59/1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

Tickets: £21, £19 (OAP), £12 (Child, Student, Registered Disabled)
Phone for tickets: 01223 312400 Mon – Sat: 12 – 8 pm from 13 September 2010
Book Online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

Tickets also available at the door, subject to availability

One of Haydn’s masterly Op. 33 set of quartets (sometimes called the ‘Russian’) opens each concert this season. Shostakovich’s very expressive eighth quartet – dedicated to the victims of war and fascism – combines ferocity, compassion and despair. Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ completes the Russian flavour. Setting new standards of breadth and depth it also includes a Russian folksong as a nod to its Russian dedicatee.

‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ – The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

‘The Endellion Quartet’s fastidious and elegant playing … every movement delivered with energy, musical insight and a good deal of wry humour’ – BBC Music Magazine

Subscription booking for the Endellion String Quartet’s concerts at West Road is available until 27 August 2010 by contacting Deborah Gordon on 01223 312400.

21/11/2010

Cambridge Brass Day

The ACE Foundation are delighted to welcome Prime Brass as the stars for this playing day. If you play a Brass instrument you will play alongside this great ensemble with suitable parts for your ability. The day is open to all ages from Grade 1 to Diploma and will include a mixture of large and small ensembles, playing with professionals, tutors and likeminded learners.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. £45.00

26/11/2010

Cambridge Graduate Orchestra

Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from ‘Tristan und Isolde’

Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1

Sibelius – Symphony No. 1

Mark Austin, Peter Britton (conductors), Josie Robertson (violin)
Tickets: £5 (students and OAPs), £10 (full)
10% discount for online booking

Website: www.cambridgegraduateorchestra.com

19/01/2011

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET
University of Cambridge ‘Resident Quartet’

String Quartet in F Op 41 No 2 – Robert Schumann
String Quartet No 20 in D, ‘Hoffmeister’ K499 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No 2 in E Flat, ‘Joke’ Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn

Haydn’s delightful ‘The Joke’ quartet is followed by Schumann’s warm-hearted, individual and Romantic quartet. The concert ends with the exquisite lightness of a Mozart masterpiece.

Tickets: £21, £19 (OAP), £12 (Child, Student, Registered Disabled)
Phone for tickets: 01223 312400 Mon – Sat: 12 – 8 pm from 13 September 2010
Book Online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

Tickets also available at the door, subject to availability

‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ – The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

‘The Endellion Quartet’s fastidious and elegant playing … every movement delivered with energy, musical insight and a good deal of wry humour’ – BBC Music Magazine

Subscription booking for the Endellion String Quartet’s concerts at West Road is available until 27 August 2010 by contacting Deborah Gordon on 01223 312400.

23/03/2011

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET
University of Cambridge ‘Resident Quartet’

String Quartet No 4 in B flat Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No 7, ‘Concerto da camera’ H314 – Bohuslav Martinu
String Quartet No 14 in C sharp minor Op 131 – Ludwig van Beethoven

Tickets
£21, £19 (OAP), £12 (Child, Student, Registered Disabled)
Phone for tickets: 01223 312400 Mon – Sat: 12 – 8 pm from 13 September 2010
Book Online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

Tickets available at the door, subject to availability
Endellion String Quartet

Haydn’s Op. 33 quartet precedes Martinu’s seventh and last quartet. Full of vitality and neo-classical rhymic verve, it carries the listener along on its waves of energy. Beethoven Op. 131 is simply one of the most miraculous pieces ever composed: as original as it is profound it shows the composer at his height – and he was condemned to deafness well before he wrote it.

This concert is sponsored by MILLS & REEVE.

‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ – The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

‘Intonation, balance, rhythmic precision, subtleties of dynamics and colour: all were unimpeachable …. Special glory lay in the Endellions’ light conversational tone. From the very first bar, every rhythmic nicety took on a lilt and sparkle. Graceful sighs, filigree dancing and jumping-jack rhythms dominated the middle movements. In the finale, melancholy weighed in on cue, but nothing could shake the music’s smile. A lovely performance’ – The Times

‘The Endellion Quartet’s fastidious and elegant playing … every movement delivered with energy, musical insight and a good deal of wry humour’ – BBC Music Magazine

Subscription booking for the Endellion String Quartet’s concerts at West Road is available until 27 August 2010 by contacting Deborah Gordon on 01223 312400.

25/05/2011

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET
University of Cambridge ‘Resident Quartet’

String Quartet No 6 in D Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No 14 in A flat Op 105 – Antonn Dvork
String Quintet with Cambridge University Student (TBC)

Haydn’s Op. 33 is followed by the first of Bartok’s six great quartets. He was one of the great quartet composers of the 20th century and his quartets are a monument to his strong individual and utterly compelling voice. Dvorak’s ‘American’ quartet is one of the most charming and melodious pieces in the repertoire – a great favourite with players and audiences.

Tickets: £21, £19 (OAP), £12 (Child, Student, Registered Disabled)
Phone for tickets: 01223 312400 Mon – Sat: 12 – 8 pm from 13 September 2010
Book Online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

Tickets available at the door, subject to availability
Endellion String Quartet

‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ – The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

‘Intonation, balance, rhythmic precision, subtleties of dynamics and colour: all were unimpeachable …. Special glory lay in the Endellions’ light conversational tone. From the very first bar, every rhythmic nicety took on a lilt and sparkle. Graceful sighs, filigree dancing and jumping-jack rhythms dominated the middle movements. In the finale, melancholy weighed in on cue, but nothing could shake the music’s smile. A lovely performance’ – The Times

‘The Endellion Quartet’s fastidious and elegant playing … every movement delivered with energy, musical insight and a good deal of wry humour’ – BBC Music Magazine

Subscription booking for the Endellion String Quartet’s concerts at West Road is available until 27 August 2010 by contacting Deborah Gordon on 01223 312400. Concert dates: 20 October 2010, 1 December 2010, 19 January 2011, 9 March 2011, 23 March 2011, 25 May 2011.