Music
CU Brass Ensemble at the Painted Church
The Cambridge University Brass Ensemble (CUBE) returns to the Painted Church once again for a Sunday lunchtime recital in a varied programme for all.
Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra
Sat 3 November 2018
West Road Concert Hall
Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm Timothy Redmond introduces the music of Thomas Adès
Adès: Powder Her Face Suite
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Conductor: Timothy Redmond
Cello: Richard Harwood
Violin: Steve Bingham
Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Adès’s first opera, Powder Her Face, has become one of the greatest success stories in British operatic history. This new suite, premiered by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic in 2017, and here receiving its second-ever UK performance by the Cambridge Philharmonic, weaves themes from the opera into a glittering, virtuosic, single movement. Its multifarious musical influences, from tango to Mussorgsky and from Stravinsky to Strauss, shine through.
Richard Harwood, principal cello of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, joins the Cambridge Phil for Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Rococo Variations. We finish with Scheherazade, Rimsky-Korsakov’s exhilarating and evocative musical setting of the Middle Eastern folk tales, One Thousand and One Nights, with Steve Bingham, in his last concert as leader of the orchestra, as violin soloist.
Cost: £12, £16, £20, £25 (Students and under-18s £10 on the door)
Enquiries and booking
Booking is recommended for this event.
Enquiries: Cambridge Live Tickets Website Telephone: 01223 357851
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Venue
| Address: | West Road Concert Hall 11 West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP |
| Email: | westroad@mus.cam.ac.uk |
| Telephone: | +441223335184 |