Concerts
Note: All concerts take place in West Road Concert Hall, and start at 8pm.
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Past Concerts
CUMC: Friday 2nd May
Cordelia Williams (piano)
Schubert Sonata in B Flat d960
Alex Soares (piano)
Liszt Benediction de la dieu dans la Solitude
Boulez douze notations
Chopin Polonaise Fantasie Op. 61
CUCO: Saturday 10th May
Brahms Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5
Peter Stark (principal guest conductor), Thomas Gould (violin)
CUCO: Thursday 6th March
Nigel W Brown concert
Haydn Symphony No. 44 ('Mourning')
Bruch Violin Concerto
Schubert Symphony No. 8 ('Unfinished')
Alexander Polianichko (conductor), Charles Siem (violin)
CUCO: February 2nd 2008
The Malinke Medley
Directed by Max Baillie, this unique concert is a meeting of the West African kora (27 stringed harp) and the strings of CUCO. A dialogue between two musical traditions that date back centuries, the performance features Gambian kora master Surahata Susso. Sura comes from the West African Malinke tradition of music as handed down through a distinct family lineage since the 14th century, when West Africa was united by the great Malian king Sundiata. Multi-instrumentalists, story-tellers, praise poets and oral historians, these griots, as they are known, form a musical caste that still plays an active social role, and whose entrancing and powerful music is spreading across the world in the 21st century. Here alongside works by Bach, Merula, Pachelbel and more, are presented classical Malinke pieces, including melodic transcriptions of drumming rhythms played by the orchestra with Sura as soloist. Entwining the two genres, these original arrangements by Max Baillie aim to bring out common elements so that as well as being presented with new music, the listener also hears the familiar with refreshed ears.
Max Baillie (director/violin), Surahata Susso (kora)
CUMC: Friday 8th February
Beethoven violin sonata number 1 in D Major, Franck violin sonata in A Minor
Catherine Myerscough and Alison Rhind
Interval
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Adam Csenki (Narrator), Harry Winstanley (Conductor), Prokofiev Players
CUCO: November 24th 2007
Conductor: Jacques Cohen
Bassoon: Shelly Organ
Programme:
Vaughan Williams Wasps Overture
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Robin Holloway Bassoon Concerto
Kodaly Summer Evening
Kodaly Dances of Galanta
CUMC: November 15th 2007
Conductor: Carlos Del Cueto
Piano: Clare Hammond
Programme:
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60
CUCO: October 27th 2007
Conductor: Neil Thompson
Piano: Luis Parés
Programme:
Gloria Coates Symphony No.3
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Ravel Mother Goose
CUMC: October 19th 2007
Guy Button, Fergus Macleod, Rosalind Ventris, Adam Csenki, Sophie Gledhill and Alex Breedon
Programme:
Mozart String Quintet in G Minor Kv. 516 and
Brahms String Sextet in B Flat opus 18
CUCO: May 12th 2007
Peter Stark conducting
Tom Poster piano
Programme:
Stravinsky Apollon Musag�te
Grieg Piano Concerto
Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite
CUMC: May 18th 2007
Charlie Siem, violin
Bach – Chaconne
Ysaye – Sonata No. 2
Catherine Myerscough, violin
Alison Rhind, piano
Debussy – Violin Sonata
Chausson – ‘Poeme’
CUMC: October 20th 2006 (Changed)
Courtney Lewis conducting
Kevin Weaver violin
Szymanowski Second Violin Concerto
Beethoven Eroica Symphony
CUCO: October 28th 2006
Nicholas Daniel conducting
Priya Mitchell violin
Programme:
Brahms 3
Beethoven Violin Concerto
CUMC: November 3rd 2006 (Changed)
Clare Hammond, piano
Programme to include:
Mozart - Sonata in C major K279
Oliver Knussen - Prayer Bell Sketch
Ravel - Sonatine
Prokofiev - Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 28
---Interval---
Liszt - Three Concert Studies
Beethoven - Sonata in F minor Op. 57 'Appassionata'
CUCO: November 14th (TUESDAY) 2006
Part of the Cambridge Music Festival
King's College Chapel
Conductor Tim Brown
Violin Jamie Campbell
With University Festival Chorus
Programme:
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music K477
Bach: Komm Jesus komm (double choir motet)
Berg: Violin Concerto
Mozart: C minor mass
Tickets can be found at www.cammusic.co.uk.
CUCO: February 3rd 2007
Guy Woolfenden conducting
Morwenna Del Mar cello
Programme:
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations
Weill Second Symphony
CUMC: January 26th 2007
Azzura String Quartet
Programe:
Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 1 in G major
Dvorak: Wind Serenade in D minor, op. 44
CUMC: February 9th 2007
Alex Soares, piano
Programme:
Mozart Rondo in A minor K.511
Chopin Fantasie Op. 49
Debussy Estampes (Pagodes, Soirée dans Grenade, Jardins sous la pluie)
Balakirev Islamey (Fantasie Orientale)
Shardlow Quintet
Schubert String Quintet in C, D 956
CUCO: March 3rd 2007
Baldur Brönnimann conducting
Tim Dickinson voice
Programme:
Brahms Hungarian Dances
Mahler's Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Ligeti Romanian Carnival Overture
Schumann Fourth Symphony
CUMC: March 9th 2007
Programme:
Jeremy Thurlow – Music for Strings and Hammers
Elliott Schwartz – Pentagonal Mobile
Yumi Hara Calkwell – Groove Study XL
Schubert – Piano Trio in B flat, Op. 99 D.898
Pellizon Trio
CUCO: March 17th 2007
King's Foundation Concert
Stephen Cleobury conducting
Faure: Pavane
Sibelius: Incidental music to Pelleas and Melisande
Durufle: Requiem
For tickets and more information, please contact King's College, Cambridge.