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Thu 20 October 2016 8:00PM - 9:30PM

Highlight John Blow's Venus and Adonis

CUCM presents two semi-staged performances on period instruments of John Blow's 17th-century masterpiece, Venus and Adonis. Highly original in its musical content and characterisation, and using the unique space of the Round Church, the performance will feature baroque dance, an essential addition to the legend of the lovers Venus and Adonis.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Kettle's Yard chamber series: Krysia Osostowicz,violin & Daniel Tong,piano

Acclaimed chamber musicians Krysia Osostowicz, violin and Daniel Tong, piano, play the final concert in their Beethoven Plus series. For the series Krysia and Daniel invited ten composers to write a five-minute companion piece for each of Beethoven’s violin sonatas.

10:00PM - 11:30PM

Highlight John Blow's Venus and Adonis

CUCM presents two semi-staged performances on period instruments of John Blow's 17th-century masterpiece, Venus and Adonis. Highly original in its musical content and characterisation, and using the unique space of the Round Church, the performance will feature baroque dance, an essential addition to the legend of the lovers Venus and Adonis.

Fri 21 October 2016 8:00PM - 10:00PM

Highlight Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra: Season launch

The Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra opens the CUMS 2016-17 season with a varied and exciting programme under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor, Peter Stark. The Season Launch concert is a guaranteed highlight of the season, so book now to avoid disappointment!

Sat 22 October 2016 7:30PM

Highlight Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra with Matthew Trusler

Mahler: TotenFeier Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Conductor: Timothy Redmond Violin: Matthew Trusler

Sun 23 October 2016 7:45PM - 9:30PM

Highlight Capability Sounds: A Musical Celebration of Lancelot Brown

A special concert at Madingley Hall to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of ‘Capability’ Brown, England’s ‘Shakespeare of Gardening’. Francesca Barritt (violin), Joy Lisney (cello) and Matthew Schellhorn (piano) will perform music by Mozart, Haydn, Linley, Boyce and Jeremy Thurlow.