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Read more at: electro//acoustic day

electro//acoustic day

Thursday, 14 March, 2024 - 12:30 to 22:00

In this celebration of electro-acoustic music, four concerts staged throughout the day will bring classical repertoire into dialogue with cutting-edge electronic compositions, inviting audiences to discover new musics, and new ways of listening. The event will also feature a sound-visual installation created through a...


Read more at: Cambridge Festival - The Phoenix Project
The Phoenix Project

Cambridge Festival - The Phoenix Project

Friday, 8 April, 2022 - 18:00 to 20:00

Hosted by the Arts Lab at the Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts (CSVPA), please join us at West Road Concert Hall for an evening of music, conversation, discovery, dance performance and projection installation, all developed in response to Professor Richard Causton’s (King's College, University of Cambridge...


Read more at: Errollyn Wallen – Songbook
Errollyn Wallen

Errollyn Wallen – Songbook

Thursday, 2 December, 2021 - 20:00 to 21:00

Following on from her public lecture on 01 December , the Faculty of Music presents Errollyn in this free concert performing songs from her Ivor Novello award winning songbook. 'All these songs were written from my heart and in a state of grace. At last they have made the journey from my battered manuscript sketchbook...


Read more at: Zoology Late: Acoustic Spaces / Hidden Places

Zoology Late: Acoustic Spaces / Hidden Places

Friday, 31 January, 2020 - 19:30 to 21:15

John Luther Adams The Light that Fills the World Benjamin Graves The Visions of Elizabeth Barton (CUMS Composer in Residence 2019/20) Kaija Saariaho Terrestre Grisey Périodes Siri Livingston New Work Hugh Rowlands New Work University of Cambridge New Music Group Darren Bloom, conductor In one way or another all of the...


Read more at: New Music Ensemble: Autumn Music

New Music Ensemble: Autumn Music

Thursday, 22 November, 2018 - 20:00 to 22:00

Autumn Music: Holloway at 75 Thursday 22 November 2018, 8.00pm KETTLE’S YARD Robin Holloway Autumn Music (World premiѐre) Tim Watts Sheer Kate Whitley 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano Chris Brammeld In Memoriam University of Cambridge New Music Ensemble Patrick Bailey conductor Tickets: £12 Students and under-18s: £5 How...


Read more at: Ligeti Quartet: Sense (Chamber Music on the Mind)

Ligeti Quartet: Sense (Chamber Music on the Mind)

Tuesday, 13 November, 2018 - 19:30 to 21:30

Helmut Lachenmann Gran Torso (1971) Kerry Andrew tInNiTuS sOnGs (2018) Georg Friedrich Haas String Quartet No. 3, "In iij Noct." (2001) The Ligeti Quartet Mandhira de Saram - violin I Patrick Dawkins - violin II Richard Jones - viola Val Welbanks - cello Immerse yourself in the links between music, sensory experiences and...


Read more at: New Music: Composers' Ensemble

New Music: Composers' Ensemble

Friday, 16 February, 2018 - 19:30 to 21:30

Friday, 16 February 2018 7.30pm, Keynes Hall, King’s College Composers’ Ensemble John Woolrich (b.1954) In the Mirrors of Asleep Richard Causton (b.1971) Night Piece (after Mozart) Richard Causton Phoenix John Hopkins (b.1949) New work Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970) Secret People Roberto Gerhard Gemini John Woolrich A...


Read more at: New Music: Chapel Lates

New Music: Chapel Lates

Friday, 9 February, 2018 - 22:00 to 23:00

Friday, 9 February 2018 10.00pm, King’s College Chapel Chapel Lates Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) Sept Papillons Luciano Berio (1925–2003) Sequenza XIV for solo cello J. S. Bach (1685–1750) Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Val Welbanks, solo cello Val Welbanks, cellist of the Ligeti String Quartet (currently in residence at the...