A listing of early-ish music in
Cambridge
with a few other selected items of note, with some musical
links.
Notes can be found at the bottom.
| 2009 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8 Jul | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday, also blues jam on Tuesdays at the
Haymakers |
| Thu 9 Jul | 21:00 | Shelford | Bar Rock |
Shelford Feast |
|
Frigidaires |
with Dr Feelgood |
| 11-12 Jul | 11:00 - 18:00 | Cambridge | art |
|
Open Studios | various local |
|
| Sat 11 Jul | 11:00 | Parker's Piece | Bar Rock |
Big Day Out |
|
The Lonely |
|
| Sun 12 Jul | 15:00 | St Bene't's |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Had We But World Enough & Time | English Ayres |
Cavalier songs & partsongs |
| Wed 15 Jul | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday, also blues jam on Tuesdays at the
Haymakers |
| 17 Jul - 8 Aug |
|
Cambridge |
Festival |
CSR |
Cambridge Summer Recitals | various |
|
| Fri 17 Jul | 20:00 | Haymakers | Bar Rock |
|
|
The Lonely |
|
| 18-19 Jul | 11:00 - 18:00 | Cambridge | art |
|
Open Studios | various local |
|
| Tue 21 Jul | 19:30 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CSR |
Music for a While | Canzona & James Bowman |
Purcell & Handel |
| Thu 23 Jul | 19:30 | St John's CC |
Renaissance Baroque et seq. |
CSR |
St John's Choir | St John's Choir |
Tallis, Handel, JSBach 'cello suites et al. |
| 25-26 Jul | 11:00 - 18:00 | Cambridge | art |
|
Open Studios | various local |
|
| 26 Jul - 2 Aug | 09:00 | Sidney Sussex | Summer school | CEM |
Baroque Music |
The Parley of Instruments |
Handel in England |
| Sun 26 Jul | 16:00 | Lt St Mary's |
Baroque |
CEM |
Hortulus Chelicus | Judy Tarling et am. |
'German' music for violin by Walther, dall'Abaco, Muffat & Handel |
| Mon 27 Jul | 19:30 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CSR |
organ recital | Anne Page |
Purcell, Handel & JSBach |
| Tue 28 Jul | 19:30 | Gt St Mary's |
Baroque et seq. |
|
Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni | Virtuosi di Colonia |
plus JSBach, BWV 1060, Mozart & Tchaikovsky |
| Wed 29 Jul | 20:00 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CEM |
The Italian Connection | Parley of Instruments |
Handel and the Italian style in London |
| 30 Jul - 2 Aug | ??:?? | Cherry Hinton Hall | folk festival |
|
Folk Festival |
|
|
| Sat 1 Aug | 19:30 | Emmanuel URC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Handel in England | Summer School Students |
Vocal and orchestral music by Handel and others |
| Sat 1 Aug | 21:00 | Haymakers | Bar Rock |
|
|
Jack |
|
| 2-9 Aug | 09:00 | Sidney Sussex | Summer school | CEM |
Renaissance Music |
Philip Thorby et am. |
A Munich Marriage |
| Sun 2 Aug | 16:00 | Lt St Mary's |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Une Chose Délectable aux Fleustes | Zephyrus Flutes |
Early C16 airs & dances |
| Wed 5 Aug | 20:00 | Trinity CC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
The Romance of the Rose | Frottola |
The art of courtly love. |
| Sat 8 Aug | 15:00 | Jesus College |
Organs |
CSR |
organ walking tour | Anne Page & Paul Binski |
|
| Sat 8 Aug | 19:30 | Emmanuel URC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
A Munich Marriage of 1568 | Summer School Students |
Lassus, de Rore & Striggio |
| Sat 8 Aug | 19:30 | Kings' CC |
Renaissance |
CSR |
Tudor Portraits | The Clerks & His Majesty's Saggbutts & Cornetts |
Wylkynson, Taverner, Gibbons, Tallis, Byrd & Henry VIII |
| Sun 9 Aug | 19:30 | Trinity CC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
In Paradisum | Stile Antico |
Byrd, Dufay, Sheppard, Schütz, Lassus & Josquin |
| Fri 25 Sep | 20:00 | Haymakers | Bar Rock |
|
|
The Lonely |
|
| Wed 7 Oct | 18:00 | LT0, Engineering | talk | Sustainable Development |
TBA |
William McDonough |
|
| Sat 17 Oct | 12:00 | Frazer Room, Trinity |
Baroque |
CEM |
A Well-tempered Clavichord | Julian Perkins |
Book 1 plus works by Fischer & Kuhnau |
| Sat 24 Oct | 19:30 | Emmanuel URC |
Medieval - Baroque |
CEM |
A Many-coloured Coat | Anthony Rooley & Evelyn Tubb |
Songs from Islamic, Christian & Jewish traditions |
| Sat 24 Oct | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
|
The Lonely |
|
| Sun 25 Oct | 02:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time ends |
|
Clocks go back an hour. |
| Wed 28 Oct | 20:00 | Trinity CC ??? |
Renaissance/ Syrian |
|
Qudduson | The Clerks, Lena Chamamyan, & George Qas-Barsoum |
Sacred Songs of East and West |
| Fri 30 Oct | 20:30 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Auf Wiener Art | Le Jardin Secret |
Baroque music from the Habsburg court. |
| Sat 31 Oct | 21:00 | Haymakers | Bar Rock |
|
|
Frigidaires |
|
| Thu 5 Nov | 20:00 | Fitzwilliam Auditorium | Baroque |
Purcell Festival |
Chamber Music & Songs |
FCMS |
350th Anniversary |
| Fri 6 Nov | 20:00 | Fitzwilliam Auditorium | Baroque |
Purcell Festival |
Abdelazar |
FCMS |
Aphra Behn with incidental music by Purcell |
| Sat 7 Nov | 20:00 | Fitzwilliam Auditorium | Baroque |
Purcell Festival |
The Fairy Queen |
FCMS |
350th Anniversary |
| Sun 8 Nov | 18:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Baroque |
Purcell Festival |
Choral Evensong |
FCMS |
350th Anniversary |
| Sun 15 Nov | 15:00 | St Bene't's |
Renaissance |
CEM |
The Consort's Journey | Catch as Catch Can |
Music for Renaissance flute consort & harp |
| Sat 21 Nov | 20:00 | Haymakers | Bar Rock |
|
|
The Lonely |
|
| Wed 25 Nov | ??:?? | King's CC | Baroque |
|
|
Fretwork |
|
| Sat 12 Dec | 19:30 | Gt St Mary's |
Baroque |
CEM |
Concerti for Christmas | Musical and Amicable Society |
|
| Sat 19 Dec | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
|
Frigidaires |
|
| 2010 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
| Sun 27 Mar | 01:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time starts |
|
Clocks go forward an hour. |
| Sun 30 Oct | 02:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time ends |
|
Clocks go back an hour. |
| 2011 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
The information here is liable to be updated at short notice,
as events are discovered, often hanging from church railings.
It is the intention that this provides as complete a listing of early music
in Cambridge as I can manage.
Please follow the links to the original information, which may be more accurate.
