Archive: Concerts in 2016
Friday 16 Dec 2016, 19:30
Red Priest's Winter Baroque Carnival
Red Priest
to include Corelli's Christmas Concerto, Vivaldi's Winter (Four Seasons) and a suite from Handel's Messiah
£20; £18 seniors; £5 students/under 18s/unwaged
from cambridgesummermusic.com
Sunday 11 Dec 2016, 18:00
A Feast of Festive Music
for trumpet and choir
Matilda Lloyd trumpet
Orwell Singers
Magog Singers
music by Henry Purcell, Ola Gjeilo, James MacMillan and seasonal favourites
£8 in advance from vaz@fairshares.co.uk
£10 on the door
Saturday 10 Dec 2016, 20:00
Music for Advent and Christmas
Fairhaven Singers
Ralph Woodward conductor
A selection of seasonal music including carols by Edward Elgar, Lennox Berkeley, Richard Rodney Bennett and Alan Bullard
£14; £6 concessions
from fairhavensingers.org.uk
Sunday 04 Dec 2016, 19:30
New Europe Society Chamber Concert
Bogdan Vacarescu violin
Heidi Parsons cello
Beethoven Duo No. 1
Bach Cello Suite in C
Mozart Duo No. 1
Paganini Duetto II
Ernst The Last Rose of Summer
Ravel Sonate
£15; £10 concessions; £5 students/child
from neweurope.org.uk
Friday 21 Oct 2016, 19:30
Songs of Shakespeare
celebrating Shakespeare's 400th anniversary
Julian Godlee Baritone
Stephen Barlow Piano
Rickman Godlee Cello
Fiona Godlee Reader
Shakespearean song settings by Purcell, Finzi, Quilter & Gershwin
Gabrielli Cello Sonata; Fantasia on Greensleeves
£16; £11 concessions
available from www.brocketconsort.com
Thursday 28 Jul 2016, 19:30
Cambridge Summer Music Festival
National Youth String Orchestral & Piatti Quartet
Damian Iorio conductor
Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Howells Elegy for solo viola
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Suk Serenade for Strings
£25; £20; £10
£23; £18; £8 concessions
students & under 26s half price
£5 unwaged
on the door or via www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/
Under Director Damian Iorio, the National Youth String Orchestra are joined by the Piatti Quartet for a varied and beguiling programme of beloved works by Mozart and Elgar, offset by lesser-known gems by Howells and Josef Suk, a pupil of Dvorák.
Wednesday 27 Jul 2016, 13:00
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Newcastle
Lunchtime Recital
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Newcastle
Peter Guy Director
Ian de Massini, Sarah Kim Organ
A lunchtime recital featuring works by Fauré, Brahms, Mendelssohn and a range of Australian compositions, including traditional Aboriginal melodies
admission free; retiring collection
Thursday 21 Jul 2016, 19:30
Cambridge Summer Music Festival
Trio Apaches & O Duo
Rossini (arr. Trio Apache) Overture from William Tell
Wagner (arr. Pringsheim) Liebesnacht from Tristan und Isolde
Glinka (arr. Hrimaly) Trio pathétique in D minor
Shostakovich (arr. Derevianko) Symphony No.15 in A
£25; £20; £10
£23; £18; £8 concessions
stduents & under 26s half price
£5 unwaged
on the door or via www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/
Trio Apaches, comprising three of the UK’s most respected soloists (violinist Matthew Trusler, cellist Thomas Carroll and pianist Ashley Wass), was officially formed in 2012 as the consequence of a shared desire to focus on innovative projects and challenging cross-genre collaborations. Unanimously praised for the infectious joy and virtuosity of their performances, the Trio are joined by percussion ensemble O Duo for a programme of audacious transcriptions.
Saturday 16 Jul 2016, 19:00
Cambridge Chorale
Flower Songs: Choral Music for a Summer's Evening
Cambridge Chorale present a programme of choral music, featuring
Britten Five Flower Songs
Whitacre Three Flower Songs
Mealor Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Lauridsen Les Chansons des Rose
Monteverdi La Giovinetta Pianta
£14; £12 concessions; £6 child/student
cambridgechorale.org.uk
08456 801 926
or on the door
Group discounts available
Friday 15 Jul 2016, 19:30
Cambridge Summer Music Festival
Opening Concert
The Schubert Ensemble
Frank Bridge Phantasy Quartet
Cheryl Frances-Hoad The Whole Earth Dances (2016)
Jeremy Thurlow String Quartet (world premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in c
£20; £15; £10
£18; £13; £8 concessions
students & under 26s half price
£5 unwaged
on the door or via www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/
The 2016 Festival opens with a celebration of 20th and 21st century British string music. Royal Philharmonic Society award-winners The Schubert Ensemble present a varied programme for strings and piano featuring beloved works by Bridge and Vaughan Williams alongside the second performance of a new piano quintet by Cheryl Frances-Hoad and the world premiere of a new string quartet by Cambridge composer Jeremy Thurlow commissioned by the Friends of CSM and dedicated to longtime former Festival Director Juliet Abrahamson.
Monday 11 Jul 2016, 19:00
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Olly Medlicott conductor
John Chillingworth organist
A programme of choral and orchestral music, to include
Duruflé Requiem
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries
Lotti Crucifixus
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
£5; for reservations please contact ldocherty@crgs.co.uk
Saturday 09 Jul 2016, 19:30
The New Europe Society
Music for Piano Duet
Marie-Noelle Kendall & Jukie Smith piano
Schumann Bilder aus Osten
Gorb Yiddish dances
Debussy Epigraphes Antiques
Goetz Sonata for Four Hands
£15; £10 concession; £5 child/student
Thursday 16 Jun 2016, 19:30
Orchestral Concert
University of Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra
Karol Jaworski and David Rice conductors
Laura Rickard violin
Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville
Dvorak Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 4
£12; £7 on the door
£10; £5 in advance from www.adcticketing.com or 01223 300085
The University of Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra will be concluding the academic year with a May Week concert, welcoming back Royal Academy of Music student, Laura Rickard, to perform Dvorak's Violin Concerto. Her performance will feature alongside Rossini's Barber of Seville overture and Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.
