Concerts 2012
8 February 2012, 1pmFREE lunchtime concertHilary Hymas (oboe)Richard Frewer (tenor )Stephen Lawrence (tenor) Stephen Armstrong (piano) will play Vaughan Williams and Schumann Location: Emmanuel United Reformed Church Tickets: No charge - retiring collection Website: http://www.emmanuel-urc.org.uk Telephone: 01223 351174 Email: emmanuelurc@btinternet.com |
8 February 2012, 1.15pmLunchtime Organ RecitalLunchtime organ recital by Robert Dixon (Jesus College) Location: St John`s College Chapel Tickets: Admission free with a retiring collection for 'Feet First' Website: http://www.organrecitals.com Telephone: 07815049686 Email: jmc209@cam.ac.uk |
9 February 2012, 19.30music without boundariesKOSMOS Harriet Mackenzie (violin) Meg Hamilton (viola) Shirley Smart (cello) "Impeccable musicianship..... I defy you not to be mesmerised" - Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Kosmos perform their own compositions, arrangements and improvisations inspired by Gypsy, Jewish, Arabic, Tango, Jazz and Balkan music. Prepare to be intoxicated by entrancing dance rhythms, soulful improvisations and Gypsy passion played with virtuoso technique and inimitable panache. Location: west road concert hall Tickets: £ 15/ £ 10 conc. / £ 5 students/children Website: http://www.neweurope.org.uk Telephone: 01223 - 365571 Email: adrian@tuchel.co.uk |
10 February 2012, 1.10pmFriday lunchtime concert @ St Giles ChurchDue to building work at Kettle's Yard in 2012, the Friday concert series will be held over the road in St Giles Church. Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Concerts begin at 1.10pm (doors open at 1pm), last about 40 mins and are free. Donations welcome. Location: St Giles Church, Castle Street Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
11 February 2012, 19:30Intimate Engagements Concert'Apres un Reve': A Feast of French Music for Flute and Piano Duo Dolan: Abigail Dolan, flute and David Dolan, piano Location: Clare Hall College Tickets: £15, £10 (Clare Hall members), £5 (Students) Website: http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/index.php?id=959 Telephone: 01223 760962 Email: ml622@cam.ac.uk |
11 February 2012, 15:00Lux AeternaA Concert for Shoppers: an hour of music by J S Bach, John Webb and others on the theme of ’Light Eternal’ New Cambridge Singers Conductor: Christopher Brown Location: St Edward`s Church, Cambridge Tickets: £8, £3 (students) on the door Website: http://newcambridgesingers.org.uk/concerts.html Telephone: 01223 844513 Email: huw_lewis@hotmail.co.uk |
12 February 2012, 12 noonNew Music Sunday Coffee Concert - Hard & Smooth: Darragh Morgan, violin and Mary Dullea, pianoFeaturing work by Michael Finnissy, Conlon Nancarrow and Gordon McPherson. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Coffee will be served from 11.30am and concert starts at 12 noon. Takes place on the ground floor of Kettle's Yard house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £7 (£4 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
13 February 2012, 8pmWinterreise Benjamin Appl -baritone and Joseph Middleton - pianoWinterreise Benjamin Appl -baritone Monday 13th February at 8pm Mentored by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone Benjamin Appl has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Akedemie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Staatskapelle Berlin. He was awarded the Audience Prize at Thomas Quasthoff’s Das Lied Competition and has given recitals at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago and at St John’s, Smith Square for Graham Johnson’s Young Songmakers’ Almanac. ‘a highly lyric baritone’ Opernwelt. Joseph Middleton - piano Pembroke College’s resident musician Joseph Middleton is one of the UK’s leading young accompanists. He appears regularly at the Wigmore Hall and in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. Recent concerts have taken him to the Aix-en-Provence, Aldeburgh, Brighton, Edinburgh, Ravinia Chicago and Toronto Festivals. He has recorded CDs with Dame Felicity Lott and Amanda Roocroft and has given recitals with Sir Thomas Allen, Ann Murray, Joan Rodgers, Christopher Maltman and Mark Padmore amongst others. ‘Middleton is as classy a Lieder pianist as can be found anywhere in the world.’ Bachtrack Location: The Old Library, Pembroke College Cambridge Tickets: Tickets £15 (£5 students) per recital. Subscription for all three £36 available from The Porters’ Lodge or on the door or on line at: http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/about/music/events/ |
15 February 2012, 1pmFREE lunchtime concertVeronica Henderson ( ‘cello) Ian de Massini (piano) will play Beethoven - 2 sonatas for cello and piano Seiber - music for cello and accordion Location: Emmanuel United Reformed Church Tickets: No charge - retiring collection Website: http://www.emmanuel-urc.org.uk Telephone: 01223 351174 Email: emmanuelurc@btinternet.com |
15 February 2012, 1.15pmLunchtime Organ RecitalLunchtime organ recital by Timothy Ravalde (Chichester Cathedral) Location: St John`s College Chapel Tickets: Admission free with a retiring collection for 'Feet First' Website: http://www.organrecitals.com Telephone: 07815049686 Email: jmc209@cam.ac.uk |
17 February 2012, 1.10pmFriday lunchtime concert @ St Giles ChurchDue to building work at Kettle's Yard in 2012, the Friday concert series will be held over the road in St Giles Church. Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Concerts begin at 1.10pm (doors open at 1pm), last about 40 mins and are free. Donations welcome. Location: St Giles Church, Castle Street Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
19 February 2012, 12 noonNew Music Morning - Alison Blunt, violin, Ian Mitchell, David Ryan, clarinets, Joe Zeitlin, cello: local contemporary music-makersAlison Blunt, violin, Ian Mitchell, David Ryan, clarinets, Joe Zeitlin, cello: local contemporary music-makers. Experimental music-making, from the totally improvised to graphic notation. Concerts take place on the ground floor of the house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
19 February 2012, 9pmSchwanengesang Matthew Rose -bass and Joseph Middleton - pianoSchwanengesang Matthew Rose -bass Sunday 19th February at 9pm A regular guest at the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, La Scala Milan and the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Matthew Rose is also an acclaimed recitalist, performing at the Wigmore Hall and Amsterdam Concertgebouw. His discography encompasses work with the world’s finest orchestras on labels including Sony, Virgin and EMI and with such conductors as Sir Colin Davis, Antonio Pappano, Richard Hickox, Sir Mark Elder, Daniel Harding, Christopher Hogwood and Sir Charles Mackerras. ‘This young artist is already great, and will be greater’ The Spectator Joseph Middleton - piano Pembroke College’s resident musician Joseph Middleton is one of the UK’s leading young accompanists. He appears regularly at the Wigmore Hall and in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. Recent concerts have taken him to the Aix-en-Provence, Aldeburgh, Brighton, Edinburgh, Ravinia Chicago and Toronto Festivals. He has recorded CDs with Dame Felicity Lott and Amanda Roocroft and has given recitals with Sir Thomas Allen, Ann Murray, Joan Rodgers, Christopher Maltman and Mark Padmore amongst others. ‘Middleton is as classy a Lieder pianist as can be found anywhere in the world.’ Bachtrack Location: The Old Library, Pembroke College Cambridge Tickets: Tickets £15 (£5 students) per recital. Subscription for all three £36 available from The Porters’ Lodge or on the door or on line at: http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/about/music/events/ |
22 February 2012, 1pmFREE lunchtime concertNatalia Williams-Wandoch (piano) Programme to include works by Scarlatti, Messiaen, Debussy and Szymanowski Location: Emmanuel United Reformed Church Tickets: No chaarge - retiring collection Website: http://www.emmanuel-urc.org.uk Telephone: 01223 351174 Email: emmanuelurc@btinternet.com |
24 February 2012, 1.10pmFriday lunchtime concert @ St Giles ChurchDue to building work at Kettle's Yard in 2012, the Friday concert series will be held over the road in St Giles Church. Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Concerts begin at 1.10pm (doors open at 1pm), last about 40 mins and are free. Donations welcome. Location: St Giles Church, Castle Street Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
26 February 2012, 12 noonNew Music Sunday Coffee Concert - Flam by Orlando Gough: The Michael Harrison ConcertFlam by Orlando Gough: actors/signers Rebecca Askew & Melanie Pappenheim. This irresistible work is a funny and moving portrait of human interaction... over a simple cup of coffee. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Coffee will be served from 11.30am and concert starts at 12 noon. Takes place on the ground floor of Kettle's Yard house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £7 (£4 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
29 February 2012, 1pmFREE lunchtime concertMaureen Galea (piano) will play music by: F. Schubert J. Suk F. Liszt B. Smetana J. V. H. Voříšek Location: Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St. Tickets: No charge - retiring colelction Website: http://www.emmanuel-urc.org.uk Telephone: 01223 351174 Email: emmanuelurc@btinternet.com |
29 February 2012, 8pmNew Music Evening Concert - Cambridge New Music EnsemblePassionate students tackle modern string quartets including Thomas Ades’s stunning “Arcadiana”. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Concerts take place on the ground floor of the house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £7 (£4 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
29 February 2012, 1.15pmLunchtime Organ RecitalLunchtime organ recital by Simon Kirk (Cambridge) Location: St John`s College Chapel Tickets: Admission free with a retiring collection for 'Feet First' Website: http://www.organrecitals.com Telephone: 07815049686 Email: jmc209@cam.ac.uk |
2 March 2012, 1.10pmFriday lunchtime concert @ St Giles ChurchDue to building work at Kettle's Yard in 2012, the Friday concert series will be held over the road in St Giles Church. Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Concerts begin at 1.10pm (doors open at 1pm), last about 40 mins and are free. Donations welcome. Location: St Giles Church, Castle Street Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
4 March 2012, 12 noonNew Music Morning - Hidden Channels: local contemporary music-makersAlison Blunt, violin, Ian Mitchell, David Ryan, clarinets, Joe Zeitlin, cello: local contemporary music-makersIn 2002 Kettle’s Yard first invited new music and sound creators based in the city but working outside organisations or formal channels to present a New Music Morning. This concert celebrates 10 years of experimentation. Concerts take place on the ground floor of the house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
7 March 2012, 1.15pmLunchtime Organ RecitalLunchtime organ recital by Roger Judd (Hereford) Location: St John`s College Chapel Tickets: Admission free with a retiring collection for 'Feet First' Website: http://www.organrecitals.com Telephone: 07815049686 Email: jmc209@cam.ac.uk |
8 March 2012, 8pmNew Music Evening Concert - The G Project: Gabriella Swallow, cello & Genevieve Wilkins, percussionThis formidable duo specialise in exciting new work for this unusual combination. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Concerts take place on the ground floor of the house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £10 (£6 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
9 March 2012, 1.10pmFriday lunchtime concert @ St Giles ChurchDue to building work at Kettle's Yard in 2012, the Friday concert series will be held over the road in St Giles Church. Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Concerts begin at 1.10pm (doors open at 1pm), last about 40 mins and are free. Donations welcome. Location: St Giles Church, Castle Street Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
11 March 2012, 12 noonNew Music Sunday Coffee Concert - Jessica Zhu, pianoThe award-winning Chinese American pianist presents her programme of “Powerful Women”. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Coffee will be served from 11.30am and concert starts at 12 noon. Takes place on the ground floor of Kettle's Yard house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £7 (£4 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
16 March 2012, 1.10pmFriday lunchtime concert @ St Giles ChurchDue to building work at Kettle's Yard in 2012, the Friday concert series will be held over the road in St Giles Church. Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Concerts begin at 1.10pm (doors open at 1pm), last about 40 mins and are free. Donations welcome. Location: St Giles Church, Castle Street Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
24 March 2012, 19:30Handel, Israel in EgyptExperience the drama of Handel’s magnificent sacred oratorio, performed in one of the most iconic buildings in the world. With Alison Daniels, Michael Chance, Nicholas Morris, Richard Lloyd Morgan and the English Chamber Orchestra. Location: King`s College Chapel Tickets: £25 (front nave), £18 (rear nave), £12/£8 (under-18s). Website: http://www.fairhavensingers.org.uk/2012/03/24/handel-israel-in-egypt/ Telephone: 01223 357861 |
24 March 2012, 19:30Handel, Israel in EgyptExperience the drama of Handel’s magnificent sacred oratorio, performed in one of the most iconic buildings in the world. With Alison Daniels, Michael Chance, Nicholas Morris, Richard Lloyd Morgan and the English Chamber Orchestra. Location: King`s College Chapel Tickets: £25 (front nave), £18 (rear nave), £12/£8 (under-18s). Website: http://www.fairhavensingers.org.uk/2012/03/24/handel-israel-in-egypt/ Telephone: 01223 357861 |
25 March 2012, 19:00Bach: The Complete MotetsAll six of J. S. Bach’s motets together with less well known works New Cambridge Singers New Cambridge Ensemble Conductor: Christopher Brown Leader: Rachel Stroud Location: Trinity College Chapel Tickets: £16, £5 (students) Box Office 01223 844513 Website: http://newcambridgesingers.org.uk/concerts.html Telephone: 01223 844513 Email: huw_lewis@hotmail.co.uk |
24 April 2012, 8pmNew Music Evening Concert - The Smith Quartet: amplified string quartet/electronicsThe Nancarrow centennial celebration is muted by George Crumb’s dark but unmissable Black Angels. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Concerts take place on the ground floor of the house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £10 (£6 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
6 May 2012, 12 noonNew Music Sunday Coffee Concert - Ensemble Bash, 4 percussionistsThree world premieres (the Three world premieres (the Efthymiou twins and Gabriel Profokiev) are sandwiched between John Cage’s 100th anniversary party piece and Montague’s Chew Chow Chatterbox. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Coffee will be served from 11.30am and concert starts at 12 noon. Takes place on the ground floor of Kettle's Yard house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £7 (£4 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
13 May 2012, 12 noonNew Music Morning - Degrees of Synchrony: local contemporary music-makersDegrees of synchrony: Tom Hall, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Richard Hoadley, choreographer Jane Turner & guests. Investigating boundaries of synchronisation through original dance, audio-visual inventions, music and performance. Concerts take place on the ground floor of the house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: free Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |
20 May 2012, 12 noonNew Music Sunday Coffee Concert - John Paul Jones: a Composer Portrait with Cambridge New Music Ensemble and interview with Stephen MontagueThis dynamic composer/performer is at Kettle’s Yard for a one-off concert. Part of the New Music series of eight concerts programmed by Stephen Montague, the Kettle's Yard /Faculty of Music New Music Associate 2010-12. Coffee will be served from 11.30am and concerts start at 12 noon. Concerts take place on the ground floor of Kettle's Yard house. Location: Kettle`s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £7 (£4 conc.). Book online or call. Website: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Telephone: 01223 748100 Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk |



