Upcoming Concerts & Events
N.B. For concerts taking place on a Sunday, bookings via Cambridge Live will close at 5pm the day before (Saturday). Tickets will still be available on the door.
"From Virginals to Harpsichords" by Dr Dan Tidhar
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Insight Talk
Saturday 9 February, 6pm The Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall This event is part of our FOCEM Insight programme. If you would like to know more about how to become a Friend, please click here . Doors will open for pre-talk drinks at 5.15 with the talk taking place between 6.00 and 7.00. The talk is free but please let us know if you wish to attend by contacting friends@cambridgeearlymusic.org. |
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Voces8: Sing Joyfully
Tuesday 19 March, 7pm
Trinity College Chapel
Internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble, and MMus ensemble in association at the University of Cambridge, VOCES8 presents Sing Joyfully, a celebration of the joy and beauty of voices in harmony. In praise of the European Day of Early Music, Bach’s birthday (‘Boureé’!) and the commencement of our joint education project ‘Roots’, “Joy and woe are woven fine” in a programme including Byrd, Tallis, Victoria, Britten and Dove, with Monteverdi’s dramatic rendering of La Sestina at its centre-point. The programme includes a short presentation by students from our project ‘Roots’.
Trinity College Chapel
Internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble, and MMus ensemble in association at the University of Cambridge, VOCES8 presents Sing Joyfully, a celebration of the joy and beauty of voices in harmony. In praise of the European Day of Early Music, Bach’s birthday (‘Boureé’!) and the commencement of our joint education project ‘Roots’, “Joy and woe are woven fine” in a programme including Byrd, Tallis, Victoria, Britten and Dove, with Monteverdi’s dramatic rendering of La Sestina at its centre-point. The programme includes a short presentation by students from our project ‘Roots’.
“Un-plucked” – lute music from the Baroque to last month!
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Saturday 13 April, 8pm
Clough Hall, Newnham College Star Sicilian lutenist Daniele Caminiti and duo partner
Mirko Arnone present an exciting and intimate evening of music by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Bach, Piccinini, Kapsberger, Fusco and more. Early bird discount available for bookings made prior to 1 March 2019
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Dates for your diaries
FESTIVAL OF THE VOICE (9 – 11 May) - Tickets will go on sale in February
Firenze circa 1350
Thursday 9 May at 8pm - Trinity College Chapel
Sollazzo Ensemble
The Blind Fiddlers
Friday 10 May at 1.30pm - Little St Mary's Church
Sollazzo Ensemble
Spanish Glories of the 16th century
Friday 10 May at 7.30pm - King’s College Chapel
Tenebrae, Nigel Short director
Schütz: Cantiones sacrae
Saturday 11 May at 8pm - Trinity College Chapel
Magnificat, Philip Cave director
Firenze circa 1350
Thursday 9 May at 8pm - Trinity College Chapel
Sollazzo Ensemble
The Blind Fiddlers
Friday 10 May at 1.30pm - Little St Mary's Church
Sollazzo Ensemble
Spanish Glories of the 16th century
Friday 10 May at 7.30pm - King’s College Chapel
Tenebrae, Nigel Short director
Schütz: Cantiones sacrae
Saturday 11 May at 8pm - Trinity College Chapel
Magnificat, Philip Cave director
SUMMER SCHOOLS CONCERTS
Six concerts by The Parley of Instruments (28 and 31 July), The Courtiers of Grace (4 and 7 August) and students of Cambridge Early Music’s 2019 Baroque and Renaissance Summer Schools (3 and 10 August), exploring French composers working at court and in the city of Paris; from Le Jeune, Sermisy and Sandrin to Charpentier, Lully and François Couperin.
Six concerts by The Parley of Instruments (28 and 31 July), The Courtiers of Grace (4 and 7 August) and students of Cambridge Early Music’s 2019 Baroque and Renaissance Summer Schools (3 and 10 August), exploring French composers working at court and in the city of Paris; from Le Jeune, Sermisy and Sandrin to Charpentier, Lully and François Couperin.
The Friends of Cambridge Early Music have joined up with the Hughes Hall Music Society to found Insight, a series of early music events with a difference, taking place in the Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge CB1 2EW.
The series resumes in the autumn of 2018 after the renovation of the Pavilion Room.
Tickets are free but booking is essential; please contact friends@cambridgeearlymusic.org or telephone 01223 411762.
Jennie Hawks
Chairman, Friends of Cambridge Early Music
The series resumes in the autumn of 2018 after the renovation of the Pavilion Room.
Tickets are free but booking is essential; please contact friends@cambridgeearlymusic.org or telephone 01223 411762.
Jennie Hawks
Chairman, Friends of Cambridge Early Music
