New Music

Now in its second year, electro//acoustic day brings together exceptional musicians performing both classical instrumental and vocal repertoire alongside cutting-edge electronic music, embracing non-traditional ways of experiencing sound to create new relationships between music, tradition, and innovation. The sonic and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...