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Gonville and Caius Composers Concert Wednesday 10th March Bateman Auditorium 8:30pm
A concert of new commissions by Caius composers such as Jonny Coffer, Musha Mullov-Abbado and Frances Balmer
Free admission
All welcome
CUMS II present their lent term concert, which includes Tchaikovsky’s Little Russian Symphony and the unusual Martinu viola concerto, with soloist Shiry Rashkovsky.
Programme: Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte Martinu: Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2
Conductors: Christopher Stark and James Henshaw
Tickets (£8, £6 concessions, £3 students) can be bought on the door or ordered online at www.cums.org.uk
Champagne Concert 2010 on Thursday , 11 March 2010 Robinson College Choir and Musicians are excited to host the 2010 Champagne Concert and wish to invite you to join them for a wonderful blend of fine music and fine champagne at Robinson College.
The event will showcase first-class performances from some of the Colleges most talented soloists and ensembles, as well as Robinson Colleges Chapel Choir, in the stunning setting of the College Chapel. During the forty-minute interval, it will be possible to meet and talk with the performers over champagne and a specially selected menu of canaps in the Hall. The programme consists includes:
Scherzo Chopin, piano solo from Helena Dukic. Piano Quintet Dvorak, chamber music from the Pegagus quartet (Victoria Marsh, Chloe Hancox, Sam Cahill, Jack Harrison) with Dr Jeremy Thurlow. Preludes Debussy, piano solo from Nia Jones and trumpet solo from Brian Sump. Greater Love hath no man – John Ireland and pieces from Vaughan Williams sung by the College Choir.
Concerts and recitals at the College are organised by the Robinson College Music Society (RCMS). These performances can vary from solo recitals to small concerts of chamber music or even programmes of full-scale orchestral works. The choir members always enjoy the opportunity to give concert performances and make their distinctive contribution to College life. They also regularly undertake tours abroad, traveling to Hong Kong in the summer of 2009. It was an opportunity to perform with some world class musicians in exciting venues, as well as to promote the College abroad. The Choir has also recorded a CD including Benjamin Brittens Ceremony of Carols and Rachmaninovs Vespers in 2008, which will be available to buy after the concert.
Tickets are £25 per person which includes two glasses of champagne and a selection of canapes. To book please use the online booking form at: http://forms.robinson.cam.ac.uk/champagne.aspx
You can also down load the booking form as a PDF using this link:
http://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/alumni2/pdfs/bookingformwithprogramme2010.pdf
and send the form to the Development Office or call us on 01223 339036 to book over the phone.
Saturday 13 March, 19.30
St Johns College Chapel, Cambridge
The Choral Pilgrimage 2010 Ceremony & Devotion: Music for the Tudors
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
The Sixteen return to Cambridge with music by Byrd, Tallis and Sheppard. All three composers lived through massive religious and political upheaval and yet, through the chaos, they managed to produce some of the most sublime and lasting choral music ever written.
Tickets: 01904 651 485 / www.ncem.co.uk or Cambridge Arts Theatre: 01223 503 333
Half-price concession for students on the door.
The Cambridge Beethoven Ensemble: Romantic Embers
Saturday March 13th 2010, 8pm, Trinity College Chapel
Programme: Debussy Prlude l’aprs-midi d’un faune arr. Beno Sachs Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (‘Songs of a Wayfarer’) – Gareth John, baritone, arr. Arnold Schoenberg Reger Romantic Suite arr. Arnold Schoenberg
Conductor: Daniel Hill
Baritone: Gareth John
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“Hear’st thou not the brooklets streaming Where sweet spring her blossom strewed, Where the woodland lakes are dreaming, By the marble icons gleaming In sweet nature’s solitude?”
The opening concert in our 2009/10 Cambridge Season is an exploration of the Second Viennese School and its glorious transcriptions for Arnold Schoenberg’s Society for Private Musical Performances. All three works are incredible journeys: Debussy’s Faune journeys to a dream world of erotic fantasy and sensuality; Mahler’s protagonist – perhaps Mahler himself – leaves behind his previous life of happiness to embark on a solitary journey to come to terms with his lost love; and Reger takes us on a journey into nature inspired by the poetry of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, to a world not unlike Debussy’s Faune, “Rise, O Sun on high! Trembling in the sky, Earth quivering with ecstasy. Boldly from the night The wooded splendour bright Is drawn in dreams still stirring.”
Patrick Hemmerle, piano
Programme:
Chopin: Four ballades
Intermission
Faur: 6th nocturne Roger-Ducasse: 2nd Barcarolle Debussy: L’Ilse Joyeuse Emmanuel: 6th Sonatine Chabrier: Tourbillon, Idylle, Danse Villageoise, and Scherzo-Valse, from Pieces Pittoresques Chabrier: Bourre Fantasque
Free Admission
An exciting opportunity to hear two fabulous young musicians in concert!
Nils Monkemeyer – viola Nicholas Rimmer – piano
Schumann – Marchenbilder, op.113 Britten – Lachrymae, op.48 Schumann – Adagio and Allegro, op.70 Shostakovich – Sonata for Viola and Piano, op.147
Bennett Room, Memorial Court, Clare College Saturday 13th March, 7.30pm
Tickets: £8 (£4 students, £3 Clare students) available in advance from Tim Brown (tcb21@cam.ac.uk)
This flexible Manchester ensemble perform electronic and instrumental music combined with spoken word on saxophone, percussion and guitar. They perform their own music written by Larry Goves and Matthew Welton, as well as music by composers they admire.
thehouseofbedlam.com
Coffee is served in the gallery from 11.30am, where you can see the latest exhibition.
Tickets £6 / £4 concessions online and on the door. “kettlesyard.co.uk/newmusic:http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/music/new.html
‘REQUIEM IN BLUE’ – HARVEY BROUGH
James Maddren – Drums; Alec Dankworth – Bass; Lynda Sayce – Theorbo; Tom Arthurs – Flugelhorn; Joy Smith – Harp; Clara Sanabras – Voice and Baroque Guitar; Caitriona O’Leary – Voice
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (dir. Timothy Brown) Hills Road Sixth Form College Choir (dir. Joss Sanders)
Harvey Brough – conductor
Great St Mary’s, Cambridge 14 March 2010
Tickets: £10/£7.50 on the door; booking in advance from Chris Webb (ckw26@cam.ac.uk)
— ABOUT ‘REQUIEM IN BLUE ‘
Commissioned by East England Arts and Wingfield Arts and winner of the first Andrew Milne Memorial Prize, ‘Requiem in Blue’ was written in 1998 in memory of Lester Brough, Harveys brother who died in a road accident. It is scored for a small ensemble – Drums, Bass, Keyboards, Chamber Organ, Theorbo (or guitar), Celtic Harp, Flugelhorn with 2 vocal soloists, SATB choir and a choir of children.
The name was chosen to reflect the piece’s many influences – although it is based firmly in the tradition of a classical mass it also incorporates the composer’s extensive work in other musical areas – jazz, pop, blues, and folk.
‘Requiem in Blue’ has been performed over 20 times since its composition, with up to 250 singers of all ages being involved in each performance. Each performance has been given to a capacity crowd in a variety of venues (from chapels to cathedrals to concert halls) invariably to a standing ovation.
The final movement (‘Lux Aeterna’) features words from Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall (writer of the original screenplay for ‘Billy Elliot’) – like all of the Requiem, this movement, although rooted in a Christian tradition is a powerful plea for universal redemption.
Jesus College Choir is joined by the Saraband Consort and outstanding soloists for a programme of baroque masterpieces.
Handel – Dixit Dominus Bach – Jesu meine Freude, Der Gerechte kommt um, Cantata No.42
Grace Davidson (soprano) Amy Haworth (soprano) Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano)
Mark Williams (director) Jesus College Choir The Saraband Consort
Tickets: Sighted: £14/students £10 Unsighted: £8/students £4 Available from choir@jesus.cam.ac.uk Advance booking recommended to avoid disappointment.
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Stephen Layton
Programme includes… Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm, and a selection of English, American and Estonian works.
Admission free
Collegium Laureatum
Conductor: Ian Cobb
Bach – St. Matthew Passion
Soloists:
Date: 27 March 2010 Venue: West road Concert Hall, Cambridge Time: 7.00 pm (please note earlier starting time!)
Tickets: £13 (£10 concessions) You are advised to get tickets in advance from choir members, the Corn Exchange Box Office (01223 357851) or tickets@collegium.org.uk. They can also be purchased on the door if still available.
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) wrote the St. Matthew Passion in 1727 while he was Kappellmeister to the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. The work was performed and revised several times by Bach. It was not well-known outside Leipzig until 1829 when Mendelssohn performed it again in Berlin, since when it has been one of the most highly-regarded works in the sacred choral repertoire. The St Matthew Passion tells about the events and suffering of Jesus in the hours before and including his crucifixion. It is written for double choir and double orchestra, with solo voices. The performance will be in English. Website: www.collegium.org.uk
Parking: There is free on-road parking on West Road and some surrounding streets in the evenings.
Suzana Ograjenek, soprano Patrick Hemmerle, piano
Clare Hall soprano Suzana Ograjenek and pianist Patrick Hemmerle present an evening of operatic music from the very beginnings of the genre through its first two centuries.
Programme: Monteverdi, Charpentier, Purcell, Handel, Gluck, Mozart.
Jakob Lindberg, one of the world’s greatest lutenists, plays virtuoso works for chitarrone by Kapsperger, Piccinini and Castaldi.
Tickets available online at www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org/concerts, or at the door.
Further details from info@CambridgeEarlyMusic.org / 01223 847330
The Cambridge Szeged Society, in association with the Matyas Seiber Trust, present
Matyas Seiber and his influences – 50 years on
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder) and Janet Simpson (piano)
Music to include: Bartk (Aus Gyergy), Seiber (Pastorale, Greek Folk Songs & To Poetry), Gibbs (Fire of Pale Desire), Wood (Dream Song), Frid (Transcripties) and Janovicky (new work)
Fitzwilliam College Chapel 14th April 2010 at 7.00pm
Tickets: £12; concessions £8 Box Office 01223 357851 & Julia Seiber Boyd 01223 506064
Dvorak – Serenade for Wind and Strings Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Beethoven – Symphony No. 6
Peter Britton and Mark Austin (conductors)
Tickets: £5 (students and OAPs), £10 (full) 10% discount for online booking www.cambridgegraduateorchestra.com
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI : Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performed by His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Cambridge University Collegium Musicum (leader: Margaret Faultless) and leading Cambridge choral scholars, directed by Martin Ennis
Friday 23 April 2010, 8pm Girton College Hall
Tickets (£10/4) are available from the ADC Box Office (01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com), and from Girton College (01223 766672; development@girton.cam.ac.uk).
Alina Ibragimova, violin
The internationally acclaimed Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova will present the pinnacle of repertoire for solo violin. The violinist and presenter together will explore the multi-facets of hidden polyphony, dance and dramatic power of Bach’s three Partitas for solo violin.
Programme Bach Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
*Tickets: £15, £10 for Clare Hall members, £5 Students Tel. 01223 332368 alumni@clarehall.cam.ac.uk*
www.alinaibragimova.com
Tickets also available on the door if not sold out in advance!
Saturday 24 April 2010, 8pm St Johns College Chapel
Tickets (£12/5) are available from the ADC Box Office (01223 300085; www.adcticketing.com), and from Girton College (01223 766672; development@girton.cam.ac.uk).
Jacqueline Shave violin Caroline Dearnley cello Gwilym Simcock piano TBC piano
Gwilym Simcock New Work (world premire tour) Messiaen Louange lternit de Jsus Ravel Piano Trio
BBC New Generation artist, Gwilym Simcock sits at the meeting point of classical and jazz music. Hailed as both a gifted pianist and imaginative composer, Gwilym presents a new work in which he will also perform. Forming the perfect partner to Gwilyms work Ravels Piano Trio has a texture of sound unusually rich for a chamber work and is known for the high level of virtuosity required. Messians Louange lternit de Jsus is a movement from his Quartet for the End of Time, composed while Messiaen was held in a prisoner of war camp.
Tickets: £7 (£3 students and under 16s) Box Office: 01223 357851 Further information – www.brittensinfonia.com
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 Ravel – Piano Concerto in G Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1
Peter Stark (conductor), Gulsin Onay (piano)
Tickets on the door: £3 (students), £10 (concessions), £14 (full)
WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL, 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP
THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET Quartet in Residence, University of Cambridge.
The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
HAYDN String Quartet in G Op.76 No.1 BEETHOVEN – String Quartet in F minor Op.95 (‘Serioso’) TBC – Quintet with Cambridge University Student
Sponsored by MILLS & REEVE
Tickets: £20, £18 (OAP), £10 (Child, Student Registered Disabled)
Box Office: 01223 503333 Book Online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
www.endellionquartet.com
New Music Morning
Musical and poetic approaches to technology, from subversive, DIY and historical perspectives. Tom Hall, Sam Hayden, Richard Hoadley, Katharine Norman and Katy Price.
Tom Hall
Free, just turn up on the door.
Chroma are known for their passion, outstanding musicians and dynamic performances. They perform new works by Mark Bowden and Charlie Piper, and a Kettles Yard commission by Andrew Hamilton.
Tickets £6 / £4 concessions and more information at kettlesyard/newmusic
chromaensemble.co.uk
Imogen Cooper piano/director* Jacqueline Shave violin/director
Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D major, K.385 (Haffner) Berio Notturno for String Orchestra Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)*
Britten Sinfonias acclaimed cycle of Beethoven Concertos with Imogen Cooper, which has received glowing reviews and audience praise, comes to its grand finale this season. Imogen performs and directs the orchestra in the majestic and noble Emperor concerto. The first half of the programme provides an eloquent contrast with one of the finest and most spirited works of Mozarts early career, and a major work by on of the 20th centurys greatest composers, Luciano Berio.
Tickets: £15 – £29 Box Office: 01223 357851 Further information – www.brittensinfonia.com
Exploring modernism from its roots to 2009 with a particular focus on pieces that reflect a sense of intimacy. Composers to be performed include late Liszt, early Schonberg, Michael Parsons, Christian Wolff and a new work by David Ryan for performers and video. There will also be a opportunity to hear preludes by the son of Alexander Scriabin, Julian, who tragically died in a boating accident aged only 11.
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Donizetti – Don Pasquale
English Touring Opera
This is a comedy with zest, cream, and an Italian accent think zabaglione! in a new production directed by William Oldroyd with Dominic Wheeler conducting. Keel Watson plays Don Pasquale, a stubborn, competitive, old batchelor and here a tyrannic orchestra conductor who wants to procure a young wife. He seems set to steal from his nephew a beautiful, and apparently submissive bride but his clumsy wooing turns to painful woe when she reveals her own mind.
Tickets £15/£25/£30/£35 plus £2 booking fee Box office: 01223 503333 www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
The plot (based on Beaumarchais controversial play) traces the intrigues of one day at the house of Count Almaviva. Figaro is to marry Susanna, (a maid, but also a favourite of the Count and operas most charming heroine, here played by Eliana Praetorian and Claire Ormshaw), but he must overcome every obstacle put in his way by the Count and his cronies, before he can be united finally with his bride.
Britten – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
First produced in 2004, ETOs hugely successful production of the Britten/Shakespeare masterpiece returns. In a fairy-haunted wood, lovers knots are tangled, and strange dreams create monstrous romances. Only in an hilarious play performed by working men are all the operas tensions and enchantments eased. Michael Rosewell conducts Brittens eerie, highly theatrical score, with a cast led by Jonathan Peter Kenny and Andrew Slater.
Sonia Rubinski, piano
Even 50 years after his death, Villa-Lobos remains uncharted territory: his belief in the inherent and fundamental link between Brazilian folklore and the music of Bach are revealed in this programme in a new way, and his belief in the universality of Brazilian folk songs is explored side by side with some of Mendelssohn’s alluring Songs Without Words. The programme ends with the Brazilian Cycle, a Villa-Lobos tour-de-force of inventiveness, lyricism and virtuosity.
Programme
Bach Ricercar a Tre from the Musical Offering Mendelssohn Songs Without Words op. 19 no. 1-6 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 Practical Guide Ciclo Brasileiro
www.soniarubinsky.com
Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 Bizet – Carmen Suites Offenbach – Overtures to Orpheus in the Underworld
Mark Austin (conductor), Alex Ievins (piano)
