Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Concerts

Note: All concerts take place in West Road Concert Hall, and start at 8pm.

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CUCO: Saturday 9th May 2009

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Peter Stark (cond.), Rob Buckland (saxophone)

Copland - Letter from Home
UK Premiere of the Jacob TV "Tallahatchie Concerto"
Copland - Appalachian Spring Suite
Schrecker - Chamber Symphony

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CUMC: Thursday 14th May

Gounod - Petite Symphonie
Strauss - Serenade in Eb
Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde

Conductor - Carlos Del Cueto

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Past Concerts

CUCO: Tuesday 14th April

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CUCO: Sunday 8th March 2009

Thomas Blunt (cond.), Rosie Ventris (viola)

Humperdink - Hansel and Gretel Overture
Bartok - Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 4

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CUMC: Friday 30th January

Performer: Cordelia Williams (Piano)
Schubert: Two Impromptus D935, nos. 1 and 2
Chopin: Barcarolle, op. 60, and Ballade no. 4

Interval

Performers: Harry Winstanley (Flute)
Kausikan Rajeshkumar (Piano) Bach: Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 II. Largo (trans. William Bennett)
Reinecke: Sonata for Flute and Piano "Undine" op.107

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CUMC: Friday 6th February

Performers: Ali Reid, Charlotte Reid, John Rees, Charlotte Swift

Programme: Purcell: Sonata VI in G minor from Ten Sonatas in Four Parts - Adagio
Rubbra: Phantasy for two violins and piano
Martinu: Sonatine pour deux violons et piano
Shostakovich: Three pieces for two violins and piano
Brahms: Clarinet quintet

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CUCO: Saturday 7th February 2009

Andrew Watkinson (director.), Tom Poster (piano)

Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 24
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

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CUMC: Thursday 22nd January

Beethoven - Horn Sextet

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The Amateur Dramatic Club and Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra present:

Peter Pan

PETER PAN
by J.M.Barrie

Week 4 Mainshow, Michaelmas 2008
Tues 4th - Sat 8th Nov, 7:45pm
Thurs 6th Nov, 1pm
Sat 8th Nov, 2:30pm

ADC Theatre

Wendy is growing up and has gone missing.

The Boy who won't grow up has flown her to an island where stories are lived, shadows are lost, and where to die would be an awfully big adventure

This is not a bedtime story.

This is the Neverland.

CUCO will be performing an entrancing original score of incidental music by prize-winning Cambridge composer Peter Facer for this production of J.M Barrie's infamous stage play. The classic tale is retold in terms of growing up and not growing up, wanting and learning, loving and forgetting, within the shadowey realms of Never Never Land. Tickets are on sale now and can be booked at www.adctheeatere.com or by visiting www.peterpan2008.co.uk.

PETER PAN is an intoxicating adventure for children, grown-ups and anyone in-between.

CUMC: Thursday 13th November

Cambridge Bach Ensemble
Director – Daniel Hill

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CUCO: Saturday 22nd November 2008

Philip Dukes (cond., viola), Michael Davis (violin)

Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat
Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony

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CUMC: Thursday 16th October

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Curington - Conic World Premiere
Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

Conductor - Mark Austin
Violin - Catherine Myerscough

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CUCO: Sunday 26th October 2008

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Rory Macdonald (cond.), Matthew Rose (bass), Ilona Domnich (soprano)

Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 14

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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

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Brahms Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5

Peter Stark (principal guest conductor), Thomas Gould (violin)

CUCO: Thursday 6th March

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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CUMC: November 15th 2007

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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

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CUCO: October 27th 2007

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Conductor: Neil Thompson
Piano: Luis Parés

Programme:
Gloria Coates Symphony No.3
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Ravel Mother Goose

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CUMC: October 19th 2007

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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

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CUCO: May 12th 2007

Peter Stark conducting
Tom Poster piano

Programme:
Stravinsky Apollon Musagete
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
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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

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