| 13Mar | Colloquium: Charlotte Bentley |
Charlotte Bentley New Orleans and the creation of transatlantic opera, 1819–1859 |
| 12Mar | Composers' Workshop: Tabea Debus and Olwen Foulkes |
After her remarkable and captivating presentation last October, recorder virtuoso Tabea Debus returns to the Faculty of Music with duo partner Olwen Foulkes for the second of two workshops, in which she showcases new works written especially by Cambridge University student composers. |
| 08Mar | Wort Lectures: Suzanne Cusick |
Suzanne Cusick Rethinking the musical nun in early modern Florence |
| 07Mar | Performing Romantic Piano Repertoire with John Rink |
Professor John Rink will discuss and demonstrate key issues of Romantic Performance Practice, using both an Erard Piano from 1842 and a modern Steinway Concert Grand. Students are invited to perform suitable repertoire in the class. |
| 06Mar | Wort Lectures: Suzanne Cusick |
Suzanne Cusick ‘La schiava dolente cantando’: sounding alterity, slavery and crusade |
| 05Mar | Composers' Workshop: Undergraduate Composers |
A practical workshop in which chamber works by the current generation of undergraduate composers are presented, rehearsed and discussed. A unique chance to hear new pieces taking shape by some of the University’s most talented young composers. |
| 01Mar | An Evening of Chamber Music |
The finest chamber musicians in the University, who hold Instrumental Awards, present a varied programme of chamber works in the beautiful surroundings of the Master's Lodge at Pembroke College. For full programme details visit music2.migrate.drupal.uis.cam.ac.uk nearer the time. Tickets include a glass of wine at the interval. |
| 28Feb | Conducting Haydn's Creation with Sian Edwards |
We welcome Sian Edwards, Head of Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, to work on another iconic work, a selection from Part 1 of Haydn's Creation. Class participants will include pianists and conductors who will be required to sing when not playing or conducting. |
| 27Feb | Colloquium: Catherine Anne Bradley |
Catherine Anne Bradley ‘First take your tenor’: quoting upon quotations in thirteenth-century |
| 27Feb | Olivier Messiaen 1949-64: experiment and regeneration III |
Messiaen Le loriot, Le courlis cendré, and other movements from Catalogue d’oiseaux Matthew Schellhorn, piano |
