Moving Tone - classical

Fire and Ice: Steve Bingham 50th Birthday Concert

stevebingham — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:03:03 +0000

Start: 16 Jun 2013 - 19:30

End: 16 Jun 2013 - 21:40

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Local violinist and conductor celebrates his 50th birthday by staging one of the most unusual charity concerts ever witnessed in Cambridge.

Steve Bingham’s Fire and Ice concert to combine full orchestra with electric and traditional violins in a programme featuring mythical glowing birds, icy wastes, JS Bach and a looping masterpiece, all in aid of Camsight.

West Road Concert Hall, Sunday 16 June 2013, 7.30pm

Cambridgeshire-based violinist and conductor Steve Bingham has chosen to mark his 50th birthday by hiring West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge and putting on a concert in aid of Cam Sight, the local charity for people with sight loss.

Steve, who has played with some of the UK’s top orchestras as well as leading the Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and conducting the Ely Sinfonia, is a champion of the idea that a training in classical music is just the start in making music of all types an adventure for everyone. His concert, Fire and Ice, will feature modern classical, world music and film scores, as well as a full concerto for recorded birdsong and orchestra.

The concert will include Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus concerto for birdsong and orchestra, the suite from Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Bach’s Chaconne in D minor for solo violin, Keeling’s You Cut The String for electric violin and live looping, and Michael Nyman’s Suite of Film Music Pieces, including two brand new arrangements by Phil Toms.

Tickets for the concert are available from the ADC Theatre box office, tel 01223 300085, or online at http://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/fire-and-ice.aspx

Haydn's Creation

ELYCHORAL — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:18:41 +0000

Start: 23 Mar 2013 - 19:30

End: 23 Mar 2013 - 22:00

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Haydn's oratorio 'The Creation' depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the biblical Book of Genesis and in Paradise Lost. It is scored for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra. Celebrated soloists: Ruth Jenkins (soprano), Greg Tassell (tenor) and Andri Björn Róbertsson (bass) will be accompanied by the Ely Choral Society chorus and the Ely Festival Orchestra. The concert, conducted by Andrew Parnell, will be held in Ely Cathedral at 7:30 pm on Saturday 23rd March 2013. Tickets will be on sale from February 1st 2013 from Ely Cathedral Box Office.

Oxford Holywell Music Room

Breeze Murdoch — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:02:55 +0000

In the summer of 1998, the Holywell Music Room celebrated its 250th anniversary. The oldest custom-built concert hall in Europe, it opened its doors to the public for the first time in 1748. By the 1870s, it was being used for weekly rehearsals by the Oxford Philharmonic Society and its future as a musical venue was further secured after 1910 when the Oxford University Musical Union obtained a lease on the building. While Wadham College owns the Holywell Music Room, the use of this room is divided between the Faculty of Music and the College. The Faculty makes use of the room during University Term Time and Wadham during vacations, with each using its own discretion regarding policy and charges.

Chamber Concert - Olwen Turchetta and Estevan Ellul (soprano and oboe)

Breeze Murdoch — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:10:12 +0000

Start: 10 Jun 2012 - 15:00

End: 10 Jun 2012 - 16:30

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Arias from Cantatas and Oratorios, including works by Bach, Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi. Tickets available on the door or call 07775 904626 for tickets and more info.

Abbey Chamber Concert - Abbey Strings

Breeze Murdoch — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:04:36 +0000

Start: 13 May 2012 - 15:00

End: 13 May 2012 - 16:30

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Baroque program to include Bach: Brandenburg concerto no 3 and Suite in B minor, Chris Britton flute soloist

Tickets available at door, or call 07775 904626 for tickets and more info

New Theatre Oxford

Breeze Murdoch — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:05:53 +0000

There has been a theatre on the corner of George Street for almost 170 years. The first theatre built in 1836 was known commonly as the ‘Vic’, and later as the ‘Theatre Royale’ after the company that played there. Forbidden to perform plays during the University terms, the lessee of the theatre resorted to presenting ‘concerts’ or music hall entertainment and by 1880 the theatre had become quite run down.

The third New Theatre opened in February 1934 and with a wonderful revolving stage (mechanism extant) and increased capacity of 2000 (1,710 seated) attracted all the great dramatic actors, popular and operatic singers and musicians, music-hall entertainers and matinee idols of the age to Oxford. The New’s renowned annual pantomimes (with Vera Legge’s famous Oxford Babes during the war years) became an Oxford family ritual. This was the golden age lasting until the advent of television in the 1950’s when running large theatres became increasingly difficult.

The theatre is now owned by The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) who are the biggest theatre owners in the country, owning 40 theatres across the UK. Audiences at the theatre can once again see leading opera and ballet companies, from Welsh National Opera to the English National Ballet, contemporary dance, hit musicals like Chicago and Guys and Dolls, and of course sell-out pop concerts. The venue’s current capacity is 1785 and the building is not listed.

La Boheme - Oxford

Breeze Murdoch — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:40:58 +0000

Start: 23 Mar 2012 - 20:00

End: 23 Mar 2012 - 22:00

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Music by Puccini.

In a new English version by Robin Norton-Hale with piano accompaniment.

One of the most accessible and moving operas ever written, La Bohème charts the ups and downs of idealistic graduates Rodolfo and Marcello and their girlfriends Mimi and Musetta, as they bicker, party, try to make ends meet and follow their dreams. Winner of the 2011 Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production, and the 2011 What’s On Stage Award for Best Off-West End Production

“Madly brilliant... an updated, zingy translation... a fresh rediscovery” The Times ★★★★

“This is Puccini without a safety net and it works” Evening Standard ★★★★

“Has audiences mesmerised...a huge artistic success” New York Times

Call 01865 319450 for tickets or visit the North Wall website

La Boheme - Oxford

Breeze Murdoch — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:40:58 +0000

Start: 22 Mar 2012 - 20:00

End: 22 Mar 2012 - 22:00

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Music by Puccini.

In a new English version by Robin Norton-Hale with piano accompaniment.

“Madly brilliant... an updated, zingy translation... a fresh rediscovery” The Times ★★★★

“This is Puccini without a safety net and it works” Evening Standard ★★★★

“Has audiences mesmerised...a huge artistic success” New York Times

Call 01865 319450 for tickets or visit the North Wall website

La Boheme - Oxford

Breeze Murdoch — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:40:58 +0000

Start: 23 Mar 2012 - 20:00

End: 23 Mar 2012 - 22:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Music by Puccini.

In a new English version by Robin Norton-Hale with piano accompaniment.

“Madly brilliant... an updated, zingy translation... a fresh rediscovery” The Times ★★★★

“This is Puccini without a safety net and it works” Evening Standard ★★★★

“Has audiences mesmerised...a huge artistic success” New York Times

Call 01865 319450 for tickets or visit the North Wall website

La Boheme - Oxford

Breeze Murdoch — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:40:58 +0000

Start: 22 Mar 2012 - 20:00

End: 22 Mar 2012 - 22:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Music by Puccini.

In a new English version by Robin Norton-Hale with piano accompaniment.

“Madly brilliant... an updated, zingy translation... a fresh rediscovery” The Times ★★★★

“This is Puccini without a safety net and it works” Evening Standard ★★★★

“Has audiences mesmerised...a huge artistic success” New York Times

Call 01865 319450 for tickets or visit the North Wall website