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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA Oct | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book IX | Francis Knights |
Organ Byrd, Bull & Sweelinck |
| Sat 7 Nov | 19:30 | St Edward's | Baroque |
|
Great Draughts of Clarret & a Mighty Fine Jigg |
Kyoko Murai, Maria Sanger, Jan Zarouhek & Philip Thorby |
The musical world of Samuel Peyps Soprano, recorder, viola de gamba & harpsichord |
| Sat 7 Nov | 20:00 | Fitzwilliam Auditorium | Baroque |
Purcell Festival |
The Fairy Queen |
Orchestra on the Hill |
350th Anniversary |
| 8 - 29 Nov | ??:?? | Cambridge |
Festival |
CMF |
Cambridge Music Festival | various |
|
| Sun 8 Nov | 15:00 | Judge Institute |
Renaissance /modern |
CMF |
In Memoria | The Clerks |
Dufay, Josquin & Ockeghem Antony Pitts |
| Sun 8 Nov | 18:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Baroque |
Purcell Festival |
Choral Evensong |
FCMS |
350th Anniversary |
| Wed 11 Nov | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday |
| Fri 13 Nov | 20:00 | Trinity CC |
Baroque /modern |
CMF |
University at 800 | Collegium Musicum with the choirs of Clare & Trinity |
Purcell, Handel & Christopher Brown |
| Sat 14 Nov | 10:00 |
Lt St Mary's or Quayside |
Renaissance /later |
CMF |
Cambridge’s Medieval High Street | Cambridge Voices & New Cambridge Singers |
Byrd, Victoria, Batten, Gabrieli, Dering et al. Two Church Crawls |
| Sat 14 Nov | 20:00 | Plinston Hall, Letchworth | Bar Rock |
|
|
Hamsters |
|
| 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 |
| Tue 17 Nov | 19:30 | Arts Theatre | Baroque opera |
Handelfest |
Flavio | ETO |
|
| Wed 18 Nov | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Baroque |
TCMS |
JSBach Concerto & Cantatas | Cambridge Bach Players |
|
| Wed 18 Nov | 19:30 | Arts Theatre | Baroque opera |
Handelfest |
Teseo | ETO |
|
| Wed 18 Nov | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday. |
| Thu 19 Nov | 19:30 | Arts Theatre | Baroque opera |
Handelfest |
Tolomeo | ETO |
|
| Fri 20 Nov | 19:30 | Arts Theatre | Baroque opera |
Handelfest |
Alcina | ETO |
|
| Sat 21 Nov | 19:30 | Arts Theatre | Baroque opera |
Handelfest |
Ariodante | ETO |
|
| Sat 21 Nov | 19:30 | West Rd. | Baroque |
AAM |
The Virtuoso Voice | Carolyn Sampson |
Handel & Purcell |
| Sat 21 Nov | 20:00 | Haymakers | Bar Rock |
|
|
The Lonely |
|
| Sun 22 Nov | 19:30 | Emmanuel URC |
Classical |
CMF |
Haydn & Mozart Quartets | Chiaroscuro Quartet |
Alina Ibragimova leads her period instrument quartet Pre-Concert Talk: 18:30, Ramsden Room, Catz |
| Sun 22 Nov | 21:00 | Trinity Hall, SCR | Baroque |
|
The Trinity Hall Harpsichord | Theresa Caudle & Andrew Arthur |
Inaugural recital of the new double-manual instrument after Goujon, 1749 by Andrew Garlick Couperin, Handel, Corelli & JSBach |
| Wed 25 Nov | 19:30 | St John's Church hall, Hills Rd. | talk | Wildlife Trust |
Small Mammals in Cambridgeshire |
Sheila Pankhurst |
|
| Wed 25 Nov | 20:00 | King's CC |
Baroque et seq |
CMF |
Gibbons, Purcell et al |
Fretwork |
|
| TBA Dec | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book X | Francis Knights |
Clavichord Byrd, Tisdall & Gibbons |
| Thu 3 Dec | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Baroque |
TCMS |
JSBach - Christmas Oratorio | Cambridge Cantata Consort |
|
| Fri 11 Dec | 19:30 | Histon Baptist Church | Baroque |
|
B minor Mass | Choir 2000 |
JSBach & Handel's Messiah TBC |
| Sat 12 Dec | 19:30 | Histon Baptist Church | Baroque |
|
B minor Mass | Choir 2000 |
JSBach & Handel's Messiah TBC |
| Sat 12 Dec | 19:30 | West Rd. | Baroque |
|
Messiah | Collegium Laureatum |
Handel |
| 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 |
| Wed 27 Jan | 18:00 | LT0, Engineering | talk | Sustainable Development |
TBC |
David Mackay |
|
| TBA Feb | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book XI | Francis Knights |
Organ Farnaby, Sweelinck & Byrd |
| Sun 28 Feb | TBC | Trinity CC |
Baroque/ early classical |
|
TBC | Douglas Hollick |
Harpsichord recital |
| Sun 20 Mar | 19:30 | John's CC | Baroque |
|
St John Passion | Fairhaven Singers |
JSBach TBC |
| Sun 27 Mar | 01:00 | Britain | Summer Time |
|
British Summer Time starts |
|
Clocks go forward an hour. |
| Mon 26 Apr | 19:30 | West Rd. | Baroque |
AAM |
In Stil Moderno | AAM |
C17 Italian avant garde Monteverdi & Castello |
| TBA May | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book XII | Francis Knights |
Harpsichord Dowland, Farnaby & Tisdall |
| 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 |
|
| TBA Oct | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book XIII | Francis Knights |
Clavichord Bull, Farnaby & Richardson |
| 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.
