CUMS brochure 2010_PND 15/09/2010 16:39 Page 24 Booking information We recommend you visit our website, www.cums.org.uk, for the latest information about booking, as well as Ducker Design and pre-press: Peter Cambridge our on-line booking system for concerts at West Road Concert Hall. University Box office for concerts in King’s College Chapel and Musical CUCO Concert on 20 November 2010: Cambridge Corn Exchange Box Office Wheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QB Society Tel: 01223 357851 Members of the CUMS Supporters’ Circle are able to purchase season tickets before tickets go on sale to the Principal Guest Conductor Sir Roger Norrington CBE Box Office for CUMS Chorus and Philharmonia general public. For more information please turn to mistd Orchestra concert on 25 February 2011 and page 22 of this brochure. Principal Conductor, King’s Foundation Concert on 19 March 2011: / Printed in the United Kingdom CUMS Chorus Shop at King’s 13 King’s Parade, Cambridge CB2 1SP Stephen Cleobury CBE Tel: 01223 369340 Principal Conductor, CUMS I Martin Yates Box office for concerts in West Road Concert Hall: Maggie Heywood Cambridge University Musical Society 20 Badminton Close, Cambridge CB4 3NW West Road Concert Hall Tel/Fax: 01223 365110 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP or www.cums.org.uk www.cums.org.uk 2010–2011 Season CUMS brochure 2010_PND 15/09/2010 13:34 Page 2 CUMS 2010–2011 Page Date Concert Venue UMS embarks upon its 167th season with a of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, and in November we perform Cparticular sense of anticipation. for the first time with the East Anglia Chamber 6 Friday 24 September 2010, 4pm Alumni ‘Come and Sing’ King’s College Chapel In February we welcomed the Cambridge University Orchestra in Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus. 6 Wednesday 20 October 2010 Cameo & Festival of Ideas Concert for Schools West Road Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra to the CUMS family. CUCO has Our Great Conductors series continues in January 8 Saturday 23 October 2010, 8pm Season Launch Concert with CUCO West Road Concert Hall long been a magnificent musical flagship for Cambridge: with Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius under Sir Richard its performances are highlights of the University’s Armstrong. Libor Pesek, Conductor Emeritus of the 8 Saturday 30 October 2010, 8pm Martin Yates conducts CUMS I West Road Concert Hall musical year, and we are thrilled to feature them as part Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, takes up the 10 Saturday 13 November 2010, 8pm Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus with CUMS Chorus and of our season for the first time. baton in March to conduct CUMS I in a programme of East Anglia Chamber Orchestra King’s College Chapel A few months later we announced the appointment of Smetana, Janácˇek and Dvorˇák. 10 Saturday 20 November 2010, 8pm An evening of Brahms with CUCO West Road Concert Hall Martin Yates, ‘one of the most exciting and versatile The Cambridge University Wind Orchestra 11 Thursday 25 November 2010, 8pm Cambridge University Wind Orchestra West Road Concert Hall British conductors of his generation’ in the words of The maintains its winning streak, with four performances 11 Thursday 2 December 2010, 8pm Brahms, Schumann & Vaughan Williams with CUMS I West Road Concert Hall Times, as Principal Conductor of CUMS I. Martin’s debut including the ever-popular concert for schools and a joint 12 Saturday 22 January 2010, 8pm Sir Richard Armstrong conducts Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius on 30 October, which includes the world premiere of concert with the Oxford University Wind Orchestra. with Cambridge College Choirs, CUCO and CUMS I King’s College Chapel Arnold Bax’s Symphonic Serenade, is the beginning of our CUMS II will perform three concerts, the dates of which association which will also see him mentoring our student may be found on pages 11, 16 and 18. 14 Friday 25 February 2011, 7.30pm Stephen Cleobury conducts CUMS Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra King’s College Chapel conductors and strengthening our orchestral programme None of this work would be possible without financial on an ongoing basis. support, and I extend my grateful thanks to our many 15 Saturday 26 February 2011, 4pm Cambridge and Oxford University Wind Orchestras Trinity College Chapel West Road Concert Hall will be the place to be on supporters for their ongoing generosity. But this 15 Saturday 5 March 2011, 8pm Peter Stark conducts CUCO West Road Concert Hall Tuesday lunchtimes this year for lovers of chamber programme stands most of all as testament to the 15 Wednesday 9 March 2011 Cambridge University Wind Orchestra Schools Concert West Road Concert Hall music. The Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts talented Cambridge musicians – well over 500 of them! – 16 Saturday 12 March 2011, 8pm Libor Pesek conducts CUMS I West Road Concert Hall (admission free!) are being launched to showcase the who will perform as part of it. The University’s musical crème de la crème of the University’s musical talent. life is on exceptional form: I hope you will join me in 16 Saturday 19 March 2011, 5.30pm CUCO and King’s College Choir perform Mozart’s Requiem King’s College Chapel Under Stephen Cleobury’s leadership the CUMS enjoying it on many occasions in the year ahead. 18 Saturday May 14, 8pm CUCO plays Mozart and Shostakovitch West Road Concert Hall Chorus goes from strength to strength. Our partnership 18 Thursday 26 May 2011, 8pm Cambridge University Wind Orchestra and CUMS II West Road Concert Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Concerts at King’s Simon Fairclough 20 Saturday 18 June 2011, 8pm May Week Concert in honour of Robin Holloway King’s College Chapel continues in February with a charity performance in aid Chairman, Cambridge University Musical Society 2 Ⅵ cums 2010‒2011 cums 2010‒2011 Ⅵ 3 CUMS brochure 2010_PND 16/09/2010 14:10 Page 4 Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts This season we launch a new series of weekly chamber Tuesday 2 November 2010, 1.10pm Tuesday 14 December 2010, 1pm Tuesday 1 March 2011, 1.10pm music recitals at West Road Concert Hall. The 45 minute cuco chamber ensemble britten sinfonia celebrity recital programmes feature the finest musicians of Cambridge Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Brahms Clarinet Trio Op. 114 Stephen Varcoe bass baritone University alongside Britten Sinfonia’s established Julian Philips New Work (World premiere tour) Christina Lawrie piano At Lunch series. With free entry to the Cambridge Tuesday 9 November 2010, 1.10pm Janácˇek Concertino cuco wind quintet University Lunchtime Concerts and tickets starting from Tuesday 8 March 2011, 1pm britten sinfonia £3 for the Britten Sinfonia concerts this is a perfect way to Poulenc Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano Full programme details will be announced on our spend a relaxing Tuesday lunchtime. website shortly before each concert Programme to include: Tuesday 16 November 2010, 1.10pm Schubert Piano Quintet in A, ‘The Trout’ kausikan rajeshkumar piano Michaelmas Term 2010 (Winner of the Granta DFAS/CUMS Concerto Lent Term 2011 Tuesday 15 March 2011, 1.10pm The recitals will be each Tuesday from 12 October to 14 Competition) The recitals will be each Tuesday from 18 January 2011 final of the cums concerto competition and December (except 7 December). Cambridge University Mozart Piano Sonata in F, K332 to 15 March 2011. Highlights include: n w brown prize Lunchtime Concerts are from 1.10pm–1.55pm and Chopin Four Impromptus (Op.29, 36, 51 & 66) Britten Sinfonia concerts will start at 1pm. All the recitals Tuesday 1 February 2011, 1.10pm Full programme details will be announced on our will be held at West Road Concert Hall (except 23 Tuesday 23 November 2010, 1.10pm rachel stroud baroque violin website shortly before each concert November). Highlights include: (please see CUMS website for venue details) Programme to include works by Bach, Handel, Corelli cuco chamber ensemble and Biber. Not only can you experience chamber music of superb Tuesday 12 October 2010, 1pm Walton Façade quality you can enjoy a delicious sandwich lunch in the britten sinfonia Tuesday 15 February 2011, 1.10pm West Road foyer prior to the concert. A selection of James MacMillan For Max Tuesday 30 November 2010, 1.10pm cambridge university collegium musicum sandwiches, teas, coffees and cakes will be available. For James MacMillan 25 May 1967 cuco chamber ensemble Programme to include: up-to-date information about catering arrangements at James MacMillan Walfrid, On His Arrival at the Gates of Adams Chamber Symphony Biber Battalia lunchtime concerts, please visit our website: Paradise Stravinsky Octet Biber Sonata Representativa www.cums.org.uk James MacMillan For Sally Farina Cappriccio Stravagante Peter Maxwell Davies New Work (World premiere tour) Schmelzer Fechschule Shostakovich Piano Quintet 4 Ⅵ cums 2010‒2011 cums 2010‒2011 Ⅵ 5 CUMS brochure 2010_PND 15/09/2010 08:26 Page 6 Michaelmas Term 2010 Alumni Weekend Friday 24 September 2010 from 4pm ‘Come & Sing’ king’s college chapel Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (to be sung in English) Tickets £10 singers, £3 music hire (£5 audience for 9.30pm Stephen Cleobury conductor ‘performance’) Raphaela Papadakis soprano For further details contact CUMS Ashley Riches bass Raphaela Papadakis Ashley Riches Box Office 01223 365110, San Lau and Parker Ramsay piano [email protected] CaMEO and the Festival of Ideas Concert Wednesday 20 October 2010 west road concert hall for schools Mark Knight A Young Person’s Guide to Percussion Open to primary schools by invitation – if your school would like Orchestra made up of members of CUMS to attend please contact Ruth