Eventsheet
August 1996 onwards
Concerts
4 AugustCharivari Agreable
Marais: Dans le Gout Etranger
Queens' College Chapel. 8 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office
4 August
Works by Dupré, Liszt, Arvo Pärt and American
composers
David Higgs - organ
King's College Chapel. 6 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office
5 August
Cambridge Heidelberg Montpellier Youth Orchestra
Conductors - Nicholas Toller, Helmut Bielfeld, Rene-Jean Lentaigne
West Road Concert Hall. 7.30 pm
Tickets: On the door (£5, £3 concessions)
6 August
Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra
Works by Sibelius and Vaughan Williams
West Road Concert Hall. 8 pm
Tickets: British Antartic Survey
Tel: 251415 (£10, £8 concessions)
6 August
Works by Mozart, Messiaen and Vierne
King's College Chapel. 6 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office
7 August
Cambridgeshire County Youth Orchestra
Works by Debussy, Holloway and Wagner
West Road Concert Hall. 7.30 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office
8 August
Castagneri Quartet
Quartets by Mozart, Beethoven and Ravel
The Fitzwilliam Museum. 7.30 pm
Tickets: Box Office
9 August
Works by Stravinsky, Schubert and Ravel
Tatiana Grindenko - violin
Great St Mary's Church. 7.30 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office Tel: 504444
11 August
National Children's Orchestra
Conductor - Vivienne Price
West Road Concert Hall. 3 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office (£7, £5 concessions)
11 August
Works by Frescobaldi, Bach and Mozart
Juan Paradell Solé - organ
Pembroke College Chapel. 4 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office
14 August
Ensemble Galant
Mozart oboe and clarinet quartets
Queens' College Chapel. 8 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office (£10, £6, concessions £8,
£4)
17 August
The Cavalli Choir
Handel - Israel in Egypt
West Road Concert Hall. 8 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office
23 & 24 August
The Cavalli Choir Soloists
Handel - Agrippina
West Road Concert Hall. 7 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office
28 August
Sospiri
Charpentier: The Four Seasons
Queens' College Chapel. 8 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office (£6, £4 concessions)
8 September
Simon Standage with Charivari Agreable
Sonatas by Biber, Telemann, Buxtehude and Schmelzer
Queens' College Chapel. 8 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office (£10, 6, concessions £8, 4)
14 September
JS Bach: The Locatelli Trio
Sonatas
Queens' College Chapel. 8 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office (£10, £7, concessions £8, £5)
18 September
Konevets Choral Quartet
Tchaikovsky, Taneyev and Borodin
Queens' College Chapel. 8 pm
Tickets: Arts Box Office (£10, £6, concessions £8,
£4)
25 September
Asaph String Quartet
Haydn, Janacek and Dvorak
Film and Drama
Arts Cinema - Education Events
6 - 8 SeptemberIndian Cinema - short residential course at Madingley Hall -
call 01954 210636
22 - 24 September
Filming Fiction - short residential course at Madingley Hall -
call 01954 210636
29 November - 1 December
Visconti and the German Dream -
short residential course at Madingley Hall - call 01954 210636
ADC Theatre
Closed during August and September
Museums
Fitzwilliam Museum
May - 1 SeptemberGraham Robertson Room
Burne-Jones and William Morris: Illustrations for the Kelmscott Chaucer and the Aeneid.
21 May - 22 September
Charrington Print Room
Tennyson and Trollope: Book illustrations by John Everett Millais
All of the galleries are open:
Tuesday to Saturday 10.00-17.00
Sunday 14.15-17.00
9 July - 13 October
Shiba Room
Japanese Drawings from the Museum's Collections
On Mondays the Museum is closed all day.
Kettle's Yard Gallery
22 June - 4 AugustThe Kettle's Yard Open Exhibition
A regional exhibition of work by 20 contemporary East Anglian artists, including a wide range of styles, experience and artistic methods reflecting the exciting work currently coming from the region's artists.
10 August - 22 September
Claes Oldenburg's Multiples
Touring exhibition from Hayard Gallery features work by American sculptor,
Claes Oldenburg, exploring twentieth century consumerism.
28 September - 10 November
Testing the System
A collaborative exhibition of new work exploring the relationship
between structure, mathematical systems and the natural world through a variety
of artistic media including sculpture, computer graphics, music and painting.
Variety of courses for children and adults including painting, photography, sculpture and ceramics. Call 352124 for details.
Scott Polar Institute
Exhibition of rare 19th century lithographs of Siberian scenes. Russian artist, Ivan Dmitriyevich Bulychov, distinguished geographer. The exhibition is presented to commemorate the late Dr Terence Armstrong.Open 14.30-16.00 Monday to Friday.
Zoology
Closed for re-wiring programme during August/September. Check with the Museum for opening times Tel: (3)36650.Archaeology and Anthropology
Until 6 September 1996Living Traditions, Continuity and Change, Past and Present.
By concession of Cambridge City Council,
extended opening hours mid-June to mid-Sept: 10.30-5.00 Monday to Friday. Until 15 November 1996
Layers of Meaning: Andaman Islands Costume and Cosmology
Museum opening hours: 2-4 pm weekdays; 10-12.30 Saturday mornings
23 September - end February 1998
Metal in Africa
Survey of the place of metals in African society
Until 21 December 1996
Nubians, Egyptians and Romans: Excavations at Qasr Ibrim
Other Events
University Botanic Garden
Friends of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. For tickets and information on all events below, contact Judy Cheney, Friends' Administrator. Tel (3)36271
22 & 29 August; 5, 12, 19 & 26 September
Autumn Flowers and Foliage
Botanical art course with Anne Abraham 10am - 4 pm. £60.
14 September
150th Anniversary Gala Concert
Wayne Sleep & The Cambridge Orchestra
at Cambridge Corn Exchange - a performance of orchestral and ballet pieces by
Wayne Sleep and guest dancers, organised by the Friends and the Cambridge
Orchestra. Tickets: Cambridge City Box office in Wheeler Street Tel: 357851
28 September
Plant Sale at the Botanic Garden
Shrubs, alpines, bulbs and herbaceous plants
Whipple Museum
Until SeptemberCultures of Natural History
A special exhibition of tools and equipment at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Free School Lane. Monday to Friday 2-4 pm.
27 - 28 September
Astronomy - Open Days
The Institute of Astronomy and the Royal Greenwich Observatory will be
open to members of the University and the public between 10 am and 4 pm each
day. Telescopes, displays, instruments, videos, posters and historical exhibits
will be available. To celebrate National Astronomy Week the Institute will open
the telescopes for public observing between 8 pm and 10 pm from 23 - 28
September, weather permitting. Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road (3)37548