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.
| 2010 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 - ?? Jan | 08:00 - 17:00 | Michaelhouse | photos |
|
Changing the Ring |
|
Photos of the casting of the new bells for Gt St Mary's |
| 19 Jan - 3 Jul | 09:00 - 18:00 | University Library | exhibition |
|
Under Covers |
|
Documenting Spies |
| TBA Feb | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book XI | Francis Knights |
Organ Farnaby, Sweelinck & Byrd |
| Wed 10 Feb | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday |
| Fri 12 Feb | 17:30 | Lady Mitchell Hall | talk | Darwin Lectures |
Risk & Humanities |
Mary Beard |
|
| Fri 12 Feb | 21:00 | Cricketers | Bar Rock |
|
|
Fat Friday |
|
| Sun 14 Feb | 21:00 | Bakers Arms, Fulbourn | Bar Rock |
|
|
Fat Friday |
|
| Wed 17 Feb | 18:00 | LT0, Engineering | talk | Sustainable Development |
You must be joking |
Bruce Beck |
Cities as a force for good in the environment |
| Wed 17 Feb | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday |
| Fri 19 Feb | 17:30 | Lady Mitchell Hall | talk | Darwin Lectures |
Risk, Security & Terrorism |
Lucia Zedner |
|
| Sat 20 Feb | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Baroque |
TCMS |
St John Passion |
Cambridge Bach Players College Choir |
JSBach |
| Sat 20 Feb | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
|
Fat Friday |
|
| Wed 24 Feb | 18:00 | LT0, Engineering | talk | Sustainable Development |
Cities of the Future |
Paul Brown |
|
| Wed 24 Feb | 19:30 | St John’s Church Hall | talk |
Wildlife Trust |
Cape Mountain Zebra |
Rebecca Smith |
Monitoring & Management of the Endangered Cape Mountain Zebra |
| Fri 26 Feb | 13:15 | The Fitz | Baroque |
|
Lord Fitzwilliam as Performer of Music | Gerald Gifford |
harpsichord |
| Fri 26 Feb | 17:30 | Lady Mitchell Hall | talk | Darwin Lectures |
Risk & Natural Catastrophes |
Mark Bailey |
|
| Sun 28 Feb | 17:40 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
|
Organ recital | Douglas Hollick |
North German C17th Schildt, Weckmann, JPraetorius & Strunck |
| Thu 4 Mar | 13:15 | Trinity CC | Baroque |
TCMS |
JSBach | Wang Kenyi |
violin BWV 1001 & 1004 |
| Fri 5 Mar | 17:30 | Lady Mitchell Hall | talk | Darwin Lectures |
Risk & (Human-induced) Climate Change |
Bob Watson |
|
| Sat 6 Mar | 19:30 | St Mark's, Barton Rd | Baroque |
WCMS |
Messiah | Choirs of Wolfson & St Mark's |
Handel |
| Wed 10 Mar | 18:00 | LT0, Engineering | talk | Sustainable Development |
Sustainability in building |
David Strong |
|
| Sat 13 Mar | 19:30 | John's CC | Renaissance |
|
Ceremony & Devotion | Sixteen |
Music for the Tudors Byrd, Tallis & Sheppard |
| Sat 19 Mar | 19:30 | Jesus CC | Baroque |
|
Dixit Dominus | College Choir & Saraband Consort |
Handel, JSBach & Kuhnau |
| Sun 20 Mar | 19:30 | John's CC | Baroque |
|
St John Passion | Fairhaven Singers |
JSBach |
| Sun 20 Mar | 20:00 | Michaelhouse | Baroque |
|
Ecco la Musica | Eyehall Musick |
Music by Monteverdi et al. |
| Sun 28 Mar | 01:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time starts |
|
Clocks go forward an hour. |
| Sun 28 Mar | 15:00 | St Bene't's |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Chitarrone Rectial | Jacob Lindberg |
TBC |
| Wed 31 Mar | 18:30 | King's CC | Baroque |
Easter at King's |
St Matthew Passion | College Choirs & AAM |
JSBach |
| Wed 31 Mar | 19:30 | St John’s Church Hall | talk |
Wildlife Trust |
Wildlife gardening in a landscape garden |
Richard Todd |
Anglesey Abbey |
| Wed 21 Apr | 18:00 | LT0, Engineering | talk | Sustainable Development |
Taming leviathan |
Richard Ashley |
dealing with (dis)integrated water management in England |
| Sat 24 Apr | 19:30 | Clare Hall | Baroque |
|
Intimacy & Power | Alina Ibragimova |
Bach & the Solo Violin |
| Mon 26 Apr | 19:30 | West Rd. | Baroque |
AAM |
In Stil Moderno | AAM |
C17 Italian avant garde Monteverdi & Castello |
| Wed 28 Apr | 19:30 | St John’s Church Hall | talk |
Wildlife Trust |
Breckland flora |
Tim Pankhurst |
|
| TBA May | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book XII | Francis Knights |
Harpsichord Dowland, Farnaby & Tisdall |
| Wed 5 May | 18:00 | LT0, Engineering | talk | Sustainable Development |
Sustainability in action at UCSD |
Paul Linden |
the campus as a living laboratory |
| Tue 11 May | 19:30 | Corn Exchange | Baroque |
|
Johann, I'm Only Dancing! | Red Priest |
Brandenburg 3, Toccata & Fugue in D minor et al. transcriptions for recorder, violin, 'cello & harpsichord |
| 17-22 May ?? | TBA | Jesus Green | Beer Festival |
|
Beer Festival |
|
|
| Thu 17 Jun | 19:30 | West Rd. | Baroque et seq. |
AAM |
The English School | AAM |
4 centuries of English music Purcell & Handel to Finzi & Britten |
| Wed 7 Jul | 19:00 | Shelford | Bar Rock |
Shelford Feast |
|
TBA |
|
| 1-8 Aug |
|
Sidney Sussex College | Summer School | CEM |
J.S.Bach & his World |
Parley of Instruments |
|
| Sun 1 Aug | 16:00 | Lt St Mary's |
Baroque |
CEM |
Bach Connections | Gail Hennessy et am. |
TBC |
| Wed 4 Aug | 20:00 | Trinity CC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Cantatas & Concertos | Parley of Instruments & Philippa Hyde |
Bach & Telemann TBC |
| Sat 7 Aug | 19:30 | Emmanuel URC |
Baroque |
CEM |
Bach & his World | Summer School Students |
TBC |
| 8-14 Aug |
|
Sidney Sussex College | Summer School | CEM |
Music from Renaissance Spain |
Philip Thorby et am. |
|
| Sun 8 Aug | 14:00 | Lt St Mary's |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Renaissance Lute | Jacob Heringman |
TBC |
| Wed 11 Aug | 20:00 | Trinity CC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Spanish Music of the Renaissance | Philip Thorby et am. / Frottola |
TBC |
| Fri 13 Aug | 19:30 | Emmanuel URC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Music from Renaissance Spain | Summer School Students |
TBC |
| Sat 14 Aug | 19:30 | Trinity CC |
Renaissance |
CEM |
Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart | Stile Antico |
Tudor and Jacobean devotional music TBC |
| TBA Oct | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book XIII | Francis Knights |
Clavichord Bull, Farnaby & Richardson |
| Sat 16 Oct | 12:00 | Trinity, Frazer Room |
Baroque |
CEM |
A Well-Tempered Clavichord | Julian Perkins |
Bach's '48', Book II, played on the clavichord. TBC |
| Sun 31 Oct | 02:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time ends |
|
Clocks go back an hour. |
| Sat 4 Dec | 10:30 | Mill Road | fair |
|
Mill Road Winter Fair |
various |
|
| Sat 11 Dec | 19:30 | Gt St Mary's |
Baroque |
CEM |
Concerti for Christmas: Jauchzet Gott | Musical & Amicable Society |
TBC |
| 2011 | 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. |
| 2012 | 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.