classical

The Beethoven Ensemble: Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn in Trinity Chapel

The Beethoven Ensemble: Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn in Trinity Chapel
Trinity College Chapel

Saturday 28th February 2009, 8pm
Trinity College Chapel
Cambridge Beethoven Ensemble

Programme:
Mozart Don Giovanni Overture
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3

Conductor: Daniel Hill

Violin: Max Baillie
‘Cello: Matthijs Broersma
Piano: Ceri Owen

Tickets: £10, £8, £3 (students)
http://www.beethovenensemble.com

During the 18th century, “concertante” pieces were popular, especially in France. These are works featuring two or more solo instruments, or even a small ensemble acting as a solo group against the larger orchestra. Even Mozart had composed a Symphonie concertante. This type of composition had waned by Beethoven’s lifetime, however, making this “Triple Concerto” unusual for its era. Throughout the work, the piano trio is the star; the orchestras role is mainly accompaniment. Thus, we have an orchestral piece with some of the intimacy of chamber music. Beethoven composed this work in 1803-1804—about the same time he was working on his Symphony no. 3 (below)—perhaps for his young pupil, the Archduke Rudolf. When it was published in 1808, however, it was dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz, to whom Beethoven also dedicated the “Eroica” Symphony.

On July 30, 1829, Felix Mendelssohn and his friend and traveling companion Karl Klingemann, an amateur poet and attach at the German embassy in London, wrote to his family from Edinburgh about the sightseeing he and Klingemann had done, with a particular account of their visit to the palace of Holyrood, closely associated with the romantic figure of Mary Queen of Scots. Here the illfated queen had apparently succumbed to an infatuation for an Italian lutenist named David Rizzio, for which real or imagined affair the king apparently had poor Rizzio murdered. Mendelssohn was touched by the romantic tale associated with the spot. He wrote:

Classical Guitar Concert of Spanish Music

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Classical Guitar Concert of Spanish Music
Michaelhouse - Trinity Street, Cambridge

A Saturday afternoon concert of Spanish Guitar Music. Featuring the famous ’Spanish Romance’, and Flamenco themes from Malaga and Cadiz. Includes the music of Luis Milan, Gaspar Sanz and Francisco Tarrega. Played by guitarist Tim Christmas.

A wonderfully restored medieval building, Michaelhouse provides an intimate setting for this guitar concert.

Saturday 31st January starting at 3pm (doors open 2.45pm, ends 4pm)

Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street Cambridge CB2 1SU

www.michaelhouse.org.uk

John Etheridge/Christian Garrick 'At The Dimming Of The Day'

John Etheridge/Christian Garrick 'At The Dimming Of The Day'
Kettle's Yard
"Virtuoso performances here from two extremely talented performers performing on a variety of violins and guitars. Jazz is just one part of this wide ranging set which includes folk, classical and many other influences. It's simply stunning at times." - Northern Echo

"Etheridge is a guitarist for all seasons and all situations - whether reworking Frank Zappa or paying homage to Django Reinhardt. Garrick is a violinist with a thoroughly personal voice on the instrument and the technique to be able to express it eloquently." - Birmingham Post

More info at www.cambridgejazz.org and www.johnetheridge.com

Booking Info:
£16/ Arts Picture House members £15/ Concessions £12/ Student standby £8
Book online on The Junction website www.junction.co.uk or ring 01223 511511

 

Family Christmas Concert

Family Christmas Concert
St Andrew's Church, Stapleford
Stapleford Sinfonia & Singers.
With conductor: Adam Pounds.
Family Christmas Concert

Children welcome at our concert of seasonal music, which this year includes:
Zadok the Priest Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring J S Bach
works by Vivaldi and Elgar

and some traditional carols for the audience to join in.

Tickets £ 7 (adults) on the door (price includes an interval drink)
Children free!
7:30pm (after Evensong)

Hills Road Sixth Fom College

Hills Road Sixth Fom College
West Road Concert Hall Cambridge
Programme details
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 3, 1st movement
Saint Saens - 'Bacchanale' from Samson and Delilah
Gershwin - I got Rhythm
Elgar - Serenade for Strings 3rd Movement
Garland/Razaf - In the Mood
Burke/Webster - Black Coffee
Darin - Beyond the Sea

Booking Info:
www.hillsroad.ac.uk

The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain

The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Giving you one plucking thing after another since 1985!

‘Worth travelling a thousand miles to hear' Independent

The cult orchestra of all-singing, all-strumming ukulele players returns to Cambridge with their own unique brand of live entertainment!

A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is guaranteed to be a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping obituary of rock ‘n' roll and melodious light entertainment, featuring only ukuleles - little ones, big ones, high ones, low ones, with not a twang incongruous - alongside a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe-tapping oldies. No guitars, no drums, no pianos, no backing tracks. And certainly no banjos.

No style is sacred, no genre untouchable - from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Reading, the Orchestra take you on a world tour with only hand luggage.

You may never think about music in the same way once you've been exposed to the Ukes' depraved musicology!

‘The best musical entertainment in the country' Independent

WARNING: May contain seriously good music!

Booking Info:
Book Online - www.cambridgeartstheatre.com or ring the box office - 01223 503333

Cambridge Szeged Week

Cambridge Szeged Week
Multiple Venues
Szeged Week celebrates Cambridge's twinning with Szeged
in Hungary.
It will be full of fascinating and varied events including:
* Concerts - classical and jazz programmes
* Talks on science, culture, music and language
* A talk and screening of Hungarian cinema
* Visitors and performers from Szeged
* Poetry reading and much more...

Live Music events include...
Saturday 15th:
7.30pm: Howard Williams CC21 concert (Jesus College Chapel).
Sunday 16th:
1.15pm - Harmonia Consort Demonstration of Baroque Instruments (Fitzwilliam Museum),
2.45pm - Harmonia Consort Happy Music Concert (West Road),
7.30pm - Prime Brass Concert (West Road)
Monday 17th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort Vivaldi & Baroque selection (Alimentum Restaurant),
6.30pm - Harmonia Consort "Baroque Christmas Concert" (Robinson College),
8pm - Ona Cardona (clarinet) & Timothy Lissimore (piano) concert (United Reformed Church),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Jazz Selection (Alimentum).
Tuesday 18th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
Evening - Jazz selection: Ronnie Scott's (Alimentum)
Wednesday 19th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
8pm - Francis Knights (clavichord) concert (St Catherine's College),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Accordion/Jazz selection (Alimentum).
Thursday 20th:
Lunchtime - Marie-Noelle Kendall (piano) & Rachel Godsill (soprano) concert (Bateman Auditorium Caius College),
5.30pm - King's College Choir "Missa Brevis" Seiber (Kings College Chapel).
Friday 21th:

Cambridge Szeged Week

Cambridge Szeged Week
Multiple Venues
Szeged Week celebrates Cambridge's twinning with Szeged
in Hungary.
It will be full of fascinating and varied events including:
* Concerts - classical and jazz programmes
* Talks on science, culture, music and language
* A talk and screening of Hungarian cinema
* Visitors and performers from Szeged
* Poetry reading and much more...

Live Music events include...
Saturday 15th:
7.30pm: Howard Williams CC21 concert (Jesus College Chapel).
Sunday 16th:
1.15pm - Harmonia Consort Demonstration of Baroque Instruments (Fitzwilliam Museum),
2.45pm - Harmonia Consort Happy Music Concert (West Road),
7.30pm - Prime Brass Concert (West Road)
Monday 17th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort Vivaldi & Baroque selection (Alimentum Restaurant),
6.30pm - Harmonia Consort "Baroque Christmas Concert" (Robinson College),
8pm - Ona Cardona (clarinet) & Timothy Lissimore (piano) concert (United Reformed Church),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Jazz Selection (Alimentum).
Tuesday 18th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
Evening - Jazz selection: Ronnie Scott's (Alimentum)
Wednesday 19th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
8pm - Francis Knights (clavichord) concert (St Catherine's College),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Accordion/Jazz selection (Alimentum).
Thursday 20th:
Lunchtime - Marie-Noelle Kendall (piano) & Rachel Godsill (soprano) concert (Bateman Auditorium Caius College),
5.30pm - King's College Choir "Missa Brevis" Seiber (Kings College Chapel).
Friday 21th:

Cambridge Szeged Week

Cambridge Szeged Week
Multiple Venues
Szeged Week celebrates Cambridge's twinning with Szeged
in Hungary.
It will be full of fascinating and varied events including:
* Concerts - classical and jazz programmes
* Talks on science, culture, music and language
* A talk and screening of Hungarian cinema
* Visitors and performers from Szeged
* Poetry reading and much more...

Live Music events include...
Saturday 15th:
7.30pm: Howard Williams CC21 concert (Jesus College Chapel).
Sunday 16th:
1.15pm - Harmonia Consort Demonstration of Baroque Instruments (Fitzwilliam Museum),
2.45pm - Harmonia Consort Happy Music Concert (West Road),
7.30pm - Prime Brass Concert (West Road)
Monday 17th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort Vivaldi & Baroque selection (Alimentum Restaurant),
6.30pm - Harmonia Consort "Baroque Christmas Concert" (Robinson College),
8pm - Ona Cardona (clarinet) & Timothy Lissimore (piano) concert (United Reformed Church),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Jazz Selection (Alimentum).
Tuesday 18th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
Evening - Jazz selection: Ronnie Scott's (Alimentum)
Wednesday 19th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
8pm - Francis Knights (clavichord) concert (St Catherine's College),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Accordion/Jazz selection (Alimentum).
Thursday 20th:
Lunchtime - Marie-Noelle Kendall (piano) & Rachel Godsill (soprano) concert (Bateman Auditorium Caius College),
5.30pm - King's College Choir "Missa Brevis" Seiber (Kings College Chapel).
Friday 21th:

Cambridge Szeged Week

Cambridge Szeged Week
Multiple Venues
Szeged Week celebrates Cambridge's twinning with Szeged
in Hungary.
It will be full of fascinating and varied events including:
* Concerts - classical and jazz programmes
* Talks on science, culture, music and language
* A talk and screening of Hungarian cinema
* Visitors and performers from Szeged
* Poetry reading and much more...

Live Music events include...
Saturday 15th:
7.30pm: Howard Williams CC21 concert (Jesus College Chapel).
Sunday 16th:
1.15pm - Harmonia Consort Demonstration of Baroque Instruments (Fitzwilliam Museum),
2.45pm - Harmonia Consort Happy Music Concert (West Road),
7.30pm - Prime Brass Concert (West Road)
Monday 17th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort Vivaldi & Baroque selection (Alimentum Restaurant),
6.30pm - Harmonia Consort "Baroque Christmas Concert" (Robinson College),
8pm - Ona Cardona (clarinet) & Timothy Lissimore (piano) concert (United Reformed Church),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Jazz Selection (Alimentum).
Tuesday 18th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
Evening - Jazz selection: Ronnie Scott's (Alimentum)
Wednesday 19th:
Lunchtime - Harmonia Consort baroque selection (Alimentum),
8pm - Francis Knights (clavichord) concert (St Catherine's College),
Evening - Bert Santilly/Trevor Barlow Accordion/Jazz selection (Alimentum).
Thursday 20th:
Lunchtime - Marie-Noelle Kendall (piano) & Rachel Godsill (soprano) concert (Bateman Auditorium Caius College),
5.30pm - King's College Choir "Missa Brevis" Seiber (Kings College Chapel).
Friday 21th:

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