| Wed 11 February 2015 | 1:10PM - 1:55PM |
Julia Hwang opens the St John's Music Festival 2015 with a programme of romantic music by Grieg, Debussy and Ravel. |
| 5:30PM |
Highlight The interpretation of musical notation: a performer’s view A talk by Margaret Faultless for the Friends of Cambridge University Library. |
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| 6:30PM - 7:15PM |
First Performance Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha |
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| 8:00PM - 9:30PM |
The shrunken symphony: Bruckner revisited Bruckner's Second Symphony rewritten for chamber ensemble, plus Strauss waltzes arranged by Schoenberg and Berg, form the second concert in the St John's Music Festival 2015. |
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| Thu 12 February 2015 | 1:10PM - 1:55PM |
Borrowing from Bach: Organ Recital Chorale preludes by J S Bach, and new works inspired by them. |
| 8:00PM |
Mark Padmore, tenor & James Baillieu, piano |
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| 8:00PM - 9:30PM |
The Edge of Antiquity: From plainsong to Monteverdi A stunning programme tracing the development of music from plainsong to the end of the Renaissance. |
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| Fri 13 February 2015 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM |
Highlight Free Concert Stephen Perse Foundation These concerts give young people a showcase for their talents |
| 12:30PM - 1:00PM |
Free lunchtime concert by The Stephen Perse Foundation An opportunity to support young performers whilst enjoying beautiful music, before or after lunch. |
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| 1:10PM - 1:55PM |
The Gesualdo Six: Madrigals by Monteverdi and Ligeti The Gesualdo Six, an exciting new vocal ensemble based in Cambridge, juxtapose a performance of Ligeti's 'Nonsense Madrigals' with a selection of madrigals by Monteverdi. |
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| 8:00PM - 9:30PM |
Popular Cambridge-based fusion group, Classico Latino, in concert. |
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| Sat 14 February 2015 | 1:10PM - 1:55PM |
Cello recital: Ghislaine McMullin Ghislaine McMullin performs a programme centred on Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata in G minor. |
| 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
Concert by City of Cambridge Symphony orchestra of a programme of orchestral music celebrating St Valentine's Dday |
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| 8:00PM - 9:30PM |
Highlight Robin Holloway's 'Silvered Schubert' and 'Soldered Schumann' World premieres of two works by Robin Holloway for two pianos, performed by Marie-Noelle Kendall and Patrick Hemmerle. |
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| Sun 15 February 2015 | 5:30PM - 7:30PM |
The dark concert: a return to the origins The Dark Concert is a stripped back and unique event that focuses on the absence of Light and enable attendees to experience the music with no visual distractions and perhaps generate some further reflections on what Light means to us. |
| 6:00PM - 6:25PM |
To be performed by Sarah MacDonald (Director of Music, Selwyn College) |
