Concerts, Education & Musical Inspiration
Cambridge Early Music runs a lively education programme for all ages – central to which are our Summer Schools – and a series of concerts throughout the year in historic Cambridge venues.
Cambridge Early Music runs a lively education programme for all ages – central to which are our Summer Schools – and a series of concerts throughout the year in historic Cambridge venues.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
As with all performing arts organisations, we are not yet sure when we can resume our concert series. However, we continue to plan for the future and have some excellent concerts in prospect. You might like to add the dates below to your diary. We will confirm these concerts – and add more - as soon as we can, and will then put them on sale through our website
Wednesday 18 November (venue tbc)
Wednesday 18 November (venue tbc)
Brook Street Band
Friends, Foes and Fellow-Musicians
Friends, Foes and Fellow-Musicians features music with a strong East-Anglian connection. Handel’s music weaves its magic through a programme of fiery solos and trio sonatas by revered English composers Thomas Arne, Charles Burney, William Boyce, Joseph Gibbs and local Cambridge cellist Pieter Hellendaal. The concert will include a short talk by The Brook Street Band, giving insights into the social and musical background to concerts in East Anglia in the 18th Century.
Thursday 10 December at Little St Mary’s Church
Friends, Foes and Fellow-Musicians
Friends, Foes and Fellow-Musicians features music with a strong East-Anglian connection. Handel’s music weaves its magic through a programme of fiery solos and trio sonatas by revered English composers Thomas Arne, Charles Burney, William Boyce, Joseph Gibbs and local Cambridge cellist Pieter Hellendaal. The concert will include a short talk by The Brook Street Band, giving insights into the social and musical background to concerts in East Anglia in the 18th Century.
Thursday 10 December at Little St Mary’s Church
The Bach Players – Nicolette Moonen (violin) and Pawel Siwczak (organ)
The Joyful Mysteries
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704) wrote 15 Rosary Sonatas, 5 of which make up he Joyful Mysteries, appropriate for the Christmas season: The Annunciation; The Visitation; The Nativity; The Presentation in the Temple; and Jesus in the Temple.
The Joyful Mysteries
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704) wrote 15 Rosary Sonatas, 5 of which make up he Joyful Mysteries, appropriate for the Christmas season: The Annunciation; The Visitation; The Nativity; The Presentation in the Temple; and Jesus in the Temple.
NEXT EVENT
Cancellation of CEM concerts for Spring as well as our Summer Schools.
We are very sorry to announce that, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are cancelling our concerts planned for 19 March (Voces8/ROOTS/Choral Dances) and for 14 April (Elina Mustonen/ Her Infinite Variety: Women of Shakespeare in Words and Music). It may prove possible to rearrange these concerts at a later date or to offer a filmed version.
We will be in contact with everyone who has bought tickets for these two concerts to arrange a refund unless you tell us otherwise: for example, if you would like to keep a credit against a future concert or you are generously willing to convert your ticket payment into a donation to CEM.
It has also been necessary to cancel our Summer Schools and their associated public concerts, for this year.
We are very sorry to announce that, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are cancelling our concerts planned for 19 March (Voces8/ROOTS/Choral Dances) and for 14 April (Elina Mustonen/ Her Infinite Variety: Women of Shakespeare in Words and Music). It may prove possible to rearrange these concerts at a later date or to offer a filmed version.
We will be in contact with everyone who has bought tickets for these two concerts to arrange a refund unless you tell us otherwise: for example, if you would like to keep a credit against a future concert or you are generously willing to convert your ticket payment into a donation to CEM.
It has also been necessary to cancel our Summer Schools and their associated public concerts, for this year.
Choral Dances
Cancelled
Thursday 19 March 2020 at 7.00pm - Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
Voces8
Voces8
Internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble VOCES8 presents Choral Dances, a foot-tapping celebration of choral music inspired by dance. In a programme featuring music from chapels and courts, to cinemas and clubs, Renaissance repertoire sits alongside more contemporary Jazz arrangements to get you singing in the aisles, and give VOCES8 the chance to showcase its inimitable stage moves.
The programme includes a short presentation by students from the education project Roots. Roots is delivered through a partnership between Cambridge Early Music, the VOCES8 Foundation, the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Music, Brook Street Band and Anglia Ruskin University. This year Roots is supported by funding from Arts Council England and the Chapman Charitable Trust.
This concert also supports Early Music Day, which is organised by the European Early Music Network REMA and held annually on the anniversary of Bach's birthday, 21 March.
The programme includes a short presentation by students from the education project Roots. Roots is delivered through a partnership between Cambridge Early Music, the VOCES8 Foundation, the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Music, Brook Street Band and Anglia Ruskin University. This year Roots is supported by funding from Arts Council England and the Chapman Charitable Trust.
This concert also supports Early Music Day, which is organised by the European Early Music Network REMA and held annually on the anniversary of Bach's birthday, 21 March.
Find more information on our Upcoming Concerts and Events' page.
