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Sun 11 March 2012 8:00AM - 5:00PM

The forgiveness project- A world to believe in

The forgiveness project; An organisation working in the field of conflict resolution, reconcilliation and victim support

9:00AM - 8:00PM

Highlight Swimmers by Quentin Blake

Works created for the new Maternity Wing of the University Hospital at Angers, France

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Miranda Boulton: Lost in the Middle

‘Lost in the middle’ is a brave statement and defines the artistic practise and visual language of Miranda Boulton.

11:30AM

Sunday coffee concert: Jessica Zhu, Piano.

The award winning Chinese-American pianist presents her programme of 'Powerful Women'.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer

Coins and medals from the 17th-century

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Grey matters: Graphite

Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas.

1:00PM - 5:00PM

Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.

1:15PM - 2:00PM

Chopin, Earl, Rachmaninoff

A Sunday prom concert at the Fitzwilliam Museum

2:00PM - 4:00PM

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Highlight Concert for wind quintet and piano trio

A free concert at Madingley Hall featuring two of the University's finest student ensembles. Hear Schubert's 'Notturno' in E-flat major D.897 for piano trio, Ligeti's exciting and ingenious Six Bagatelles for wind quintet, and a series of miniatures by student composers.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Meditation on the passion of Christ

A Lenten 'carol service' or sequence of music, readings and sung sections of the Gospel depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Bernstein: Candide

Concert by Cambridge Philharmonic Society