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 | 14:00 | Fitzwilliam CC | Renaissance |
|
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book IX | Francis Knights |
Organ Byrd, Bull & Sweelinck |
| 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 |
Christmas Oratorio | Cambridge Cantata Consort |
JSBach |
| Sat 5 Dec | 10:30 | Mill Road | fair |
|
Mill Road Winter Fair |
various |
|
| Sat 5 Dec | 11:00 | Mill Road Cemetary Lodge | tour |
Town not Gown |
Mill Road Tour |
Allan Brigham |
|
| Sat 5 Dec | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Baroque |
|
Messiah | Solomon Choir & Orchestra |
Handel |
| Sun 6 Dec | 19:30 | Clare CC | Baroque |
|
Baroque Concerti | RAM students |
JSBach, Corelli & Van Wassenaer |
| Wed 9 Dec | 18:00 | Larkum Studio, ADC | talk | Café Scientifique |
Genetic testing: truth or dare? |
Caroline Wright |
|
| Wed 9 Dec | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday |
| Fri 11 Dec | 20:00 | Histon Baptist Church | Baroque |
|
B minor Mass | Choir 2000 |
JSBach & Handel's Messiah |
| Sat 12 Dec | 20:00 | Histon Baptist Church | Baroque |
|
B minor Mass | Choir 2000 |
JSBach & Handel's Messiah |
| 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 12 Dec | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
|
Jack |
|
| Sun 13 Dec | 19:30 | West Rd. | Baroque |
|
Messiah | City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra |
Handel |
| Wed 16 Dec | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday |
| Sat 19 Dec | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
|
Frigidaires |
|
| Wed 23 Dec | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday |
| Wed 30 Dec | 21:00 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
blues night |
various local |
Every Wednesday |
| Thu 31 Dec | 19:30 | Hopbine | Bar Rock |
|
|
Lonely |
free |
| 2010 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
| Sat 23 Jan | 19:30 | Fitzwilliam Auditorium | Baroque |
Fitzwilliam Chamber Series |
Baroque violin | David Irving |
violin |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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.