A listing of early music in
Cambridge, UK,
with a few other selected items of note, with some musical
links.
Notes can be found at the bottom.
| 2012 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May - 11 Nov | 10:00 - 17:00 | The Fitz | Exhibition |
|
Search for Immortality |
中国汉代墓葬精华 |
Tomb Treasures of Han China Closed Mondays |
| 21-26 May | 12:00 - 15:00 & 17:00 - 22:30 | Jesus Green | beer | CAMRA |
Cambridge Beer Festival |
|
|
| Sat 26 May | 19:30 | Sidney Sussex CC | Renaissance /Modern | CSR | Songs of Love & Loss | Dieci |
Allegri, Victoria, Palestrina, Dunstable, Henry VIII et al. |
| Sun 27 May | 14:00 | Granchester Parish Church | talk |
|
History of Granchester |
Mary Archer |
Tea in village hall 11:00 - 16:00 |
| Tue 5 Jun | 18:00 | St Mary's, Hadleigh, Suffolk | Baroque |
SVF |
Venetian Vespers | Timothy Travers-Brown, Claire Tomlin, Sarah Kelly, Psalmody & Essex Baroque Orchestra |
Vivaldi |
| Sat 9 Jun | 15:00 | St Bene't's | Baroque |
|
Music for Monarchs |
Cecilia Music |
Recorders, Viola da Gamba & harpsichord Purcell, Couperin, Boyce & Quantz |
| Wed 13 Jun | 13:00 | Emmanuel URC | Baroque | CSR | JSBach | Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 15 of 23 |
| Wed 20 Jun | 13:00 | Emmanuel CC | Baroque | CSR | JSBach | Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 16 of 23 |
| Tue 26 Jun | 19:30 | West Rd | Baroque | AAM | Age of the French baroque | AAM |
Lully, Marais & Charpentier 18:30 pre-concert talk |
| Wed 27 Jun | 20:00 | John's CC |
Baroque |
CEM | Bach's Library | Bach Players | French influence on Telemann & JSBach |
| Sat 30 Jun | 18:30 | Queens' CC | Baroque | NewEurope |
Sonate for violin & cembalo |
Maxim Kosinov & Dan Tidhar | JSBach |
| 7 - 8 Jul | 09:00 - 17:00 | Cambridge | Art | Open Studios | various local | ||
| Sat 7 Jul | 15:00 | St Bene't's | Baroque |
|
À Tre Flauti |
Cecilia Music |
Recorders & chamber organ DScarlatti, Gabrieli, Purcell & Pachelbel's greatest hit |
| Tue 17 Jul | 13:10 | Trinity CC | Baroque |
CSR |
JSBach |
Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 17 of 23 |
| Thu 19 Jul | 13:10 | Pembroke CC | Baroque |
CSR |
JSBach |
Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 18 of 23 |
| Tue 24 Jul | 13:10 | Emmanuel CC | Baroque |
CSR |
JSBach |
Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 19 of 23 |
| Wed 25 Jul | 18:45 | St Bene't's | Baroque |
|
The Pastoral Idyll |
Cecilia Music |
Recorders & bassoon Lully & Mozart |
| Thu 26 Jul | 13:10 | Robinson CC | Baroque |
CSR |
JSBach |
Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 20 of 23 |
| Tue 31 Jul | 13:10 | Clare CC | Baroque |
CSR |
JSBach |
Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 21 of 23 |
| Thu 2 Aug | 13:10 | John's CC | Baroque |
CSR |
JSBach |
Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 22 of 23 |
| 5-12 Aug |
|
Emmanuel College | Summer School | CEM |
Baroque |
Parley of Instruments |
Music from the Dresden Court |
| Sun 5 Aug | 16:00 | Emmanuel CC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Musical Conversations | Parley of Instruments |
Telemann, Fasch & Vivaldi |
| Wed 8 Aug | 20:00 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Musical for the Dresden Court | Parley of Instruments |
Clare Wilkinson - soprano Telemann, Hasse, Reichenauer, Handel & Zelenka |
| Sat 11 Aug | 19:30 | Emmanuel CT |
Baroque |
CEM |
Hofcantorey | Summer School Students |
Lotti, Fasch, Hasse & Schütz Choral & instrumental music of the Dresden Court |
| 12-18 Aug |
|
Emmanuel College | Summer School | CEM |
Renaissance |
Philip Thorby et am. |
Music for the d'Este Dynasty |
| Sun 12 Aug | 14:00 | Emmanuel CC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
If Music & Sweet Poetry Agree | Jacob Heringman, Faye Newton |
Lute & soprano C17th settings of Elizabethan & Jacobean poetry |
| Wed 15 Aug | 20:00 | Emmanuel CT |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Sweeter than the Sirens' Song | Philip Thorby et am. |
Music from the private chambers of C16th Venice |
| Fri 17 Aug | 19:30 | Emmanuel CC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Music for the d'Este Dynasty | Summer School Students |
Small & large scale music from Renaissance Ferrara & Venice |
| Mon 20 Aug | 19:30 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Rose in Flower | Stile Antico |
Byrd, White, Taverner, Tye & Talis Masterpieces from the Tudor era |
| Wed 22 Aug | 19:00 | St Bene't's | Baroque |
|
Vivaldi & the Venetian influence |
Cecilia Music |
Recorders, 'cello & harpsichord JSBach, Vivaldi & Galuppi |
| Wed 19 Sep | 13:00 & 18:00 | Trinity CC | Baroque |
CSR |
JSBach |
Anne Page |
The complete organ works Part 23 of 23 |
| Wed 19 Sep | 19:30 | West Rd | Baroque |
AAM |
A musical feast | AAM |
from Schein to Telemann 18:30 pre-concert talk |
| Sat 27 Sep | 19:30 | West Rd | Baroque |
AAM |
Handel's Royal Music | AAM |
18:30 pre-concert talk |
| Sun 28 Oct | 02:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time ends |
|
Clocks go back an hour. |
| Sat 1 Dec | 10:30 | Mill Road | fair |
|
Mill Road Winter Fair |
various |
|
| Sat 15 Dec | 19:30 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Concerti for Christmas | Musical & Amicable Society |
|
| 2013 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
| Thu 31 Jan | 19:30 | West Rd | Baroque |
AAM |
JSBach's complete Orchestral Suites | AAM |
18:30 pre-concert talk |
| Wed 27 Feb | 19:30 | West Rd | Baroque |
AAM |
Italian passions | AAM |
Vocal & instrumental music by Albinoni, Vivaldi, Ferrandini & Veracini |
| Sun 31 Mar | 01:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time starts |
|
Clocks go forward an hour. |
| Thu 13 Jun | 19:30 | West Rd | Baroque |
AAM |
Handel in Italy | AAM |
Handel, A & DScarlatti & Corelli 18:30 pre-concert talk |
| Sun 29 Oct | 02:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time ends |
|
Clocks go back an hour. |
| 2014 | 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.
