A piano masterclass by Richard Goode will be given in the West Road Concert Hall on Saturday 18 May 2013, from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. This masterclass is presented by the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP) in association with the Cambridge Summer Recitals. It is also part of the [...]
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Directing Richard Wagner today: a talk by Keith Warner
Thursday 16 May 2013, 5.00 pm to 6.15 pm Robin Orr Recital Room, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge Siegfried Credit: Clive Barda / Royal Opera House Keith Warner is one of the world’s foremost directors of opera. In this event he will talk about his engagement with Wagner’s works, and discuss Wagner’s relevance [...]
Congratulations to Carlos del Cueto
Congratulations to Carlos del Cueto who, as one of nineteen individuals selected to take part in the BBC’s Music Fellowship Scheme, has been appointed as Assistant Opera Conductor for English Touring Opera. The BBC Performing Arts Fund has been able to award nineteen music organisations a total of £190,000 for the professional development of the [...]
Undergraduate Conductors’ Concert
28 February 8:30 pm West Road Concert Hall Free Entry Total running time ca. 1 hour 5 student conductors, three independent ensembles, an orchestra and a choir, comprised of part1a students of the Faculty of Music present a variety of performances for what promises to be an entertaining and enthralling concert, showcasing the talent of [...]
The Glories of Venice – 15 and 16 February
Cambridge University Chamber Choir Cambridge University Collegium Musicum (directed by Margaret Faultless) His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts (directed by Jeremy West) Martin Ennis director Works by Monteverdi, Gabrieli and their contemporaries (including Gabrieli’s 33-part Magnificat and 22-part Sonata) 1st performance : Fri 15 February, 8pm – JOHN’S CHAPEL – £15, £6 (students) 2nd performance : [...]
The Glories of Venice
Bookings First Performance – Friday 15 February, St John’s College Chapel, 8 P.M. Tickets £15, £6 (students). Second Performance – Saturday 16 February, Girton College Great Hall, 8 P.M. Tickets £12, £5 (students). Facebook Event
Performance Studies Network Second International Conference: 4-7 April 2013
CMPCP’s Performance Studies Network will hold its second International Conference at the University of Cambridge from 4 to 7 April 2013. The main conference events will be held at the Faculty of Music and delegates will be accommodated at Robinson College. A conference dinner will be held at St John’s College, and a keynote workshop featuring performers from the [...]
Foresight in Music – 15 February 2013
Professor Nicholas Cook, University of Cambridge Darwin College Lecture Series, Lady Mitchell Hall Friday 15 February 2013, 17:30-18:30 If you have a question about this talk, please contact Janet Gibson. Abstract The idea of music as a harbinger of future social trends is associated with French banker, economist, and all-purpose intellectual Jacques Attali, but the idea that [...]
Britten Sinfonia Composers’ Workshop – 16 February 2013
10.30am – 5.30pm at West Road Concert Hall Saturday 16 February 2013 John Woolrich facilitator Duncan Ward conductor Members of the Britten Sinfonia and talented musicians from the University of Cambridge. Five outstanding composers from the University of Cambridge have been short-listed to present new works to the 2013 Composers’ Workshop. Working with them will [...]
Bach Day
A day celebrating J S Bach’s life and music Academy of Ancient Music Thursday 31 January 2013 Programme 1.00 pm. West Road Concert Hall Richard Egarr (harpsichord) plays J S Bach’s English Suites for solo harpsichord Nos. 3, 4 and 6. 2.30 pm. Robin Orr Recital Room Professor Christoph Wolff (guest speaker) presents a lecture [...]
Composers’ Workshops Lent 2013
Composers’ Workshops all take place at 2pm in the Recital Room, unless otherwise specified. 22 January 2013 Tansy Davies, one of the brightest stars among the current crop of young British composers will discuss her recent work and her recurring preoccupations 29 January 2013 The Tippett String Quartet. Currently quartet-in-residence at Sidney Sussex College, the [...]
Roy Howat: Lecture & Masterclass
The Robin Orr Lecture 28 November, 5pm: West Road Concert Hall. We regret to announce that the Piano Masterclass has been cancelled.
Peter Wiegold – 26 November
Notes Inegales directed by Peter Wiegold Monday 26th November, 7:30 pm West Road Concert Hall Ensemble ‘Notes Inegales’ is directed by Peter Wiegold and features works by Richard Causton, John Hopkins and Peter Wiegold, together with ‘Postcard Pieces’ by current Cambridge students.Peter Wiegold: 3 Songs from ‘Within this Body’ (Sufi texts) John Hopkins: ‘For the Far [...]
Has equal temperament ruined harmony?
A performance seminar with Maggie Faultless and Johannes Keller FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm St Catharine’s College Chapel Johannes Keller, a graduate of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis has since 2006 been working on a keyboard with 24 keys per octave and the repertoire for the instrument; and the associated theoretical literature, has [...]