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Brahms
German Requiem Cello Sonata in E Minor Graham Walker cello & music director Maurice and Thanea Hodges piano Brahms’ German Requiem, thought to be written in memory of Brahms’ mother, has an air of consolation and repose whilst his Cello Sonata in E Minor is full of contrasts: a profoundly soulful first movement and an apparently “Classical” minuet & trio give way to a powerful, muscular and passionate contrapuntal finale. The German Requiem will be performed in a version for choir and piano duet, based on Brahms’ own arrangement of the work. Saturday 9 November 2019 7.30pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge CB2 1OG Tickets £16, Students £7, Under-18s free |
Saturday 16 November 2019 7.30pm
St Andrew’s Church, Swavesey CB24 4QJ Tickets £12, Under-18s free On the door or call 01954 230019 |
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A Christmas Collection
The festive period begins here! We intersperse movements of Stephen Dodgon’s quirky and original A Christmas Collection (world première) with familiar and less-well-known music by Palestrina, Mathias, Rütti and Rutter, alongside plenty of audience carols in a concert which is sure to lift the spirits. Sunday 8 December 2019 7pm
St Andrew’s Church, Cherry Hinton CB21 3JS Tickets £14, Students £6, Under-18s free 
There will be a retiring collection for local charity Blue Smile, which provides expert one-to-one psychotherapy to children age 3-13 using the arts and play.
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Martin: Mass for Double Choir For our Lenten concert, we present two contrasting masterpieces. Swiss composer Frank Martin’s epic Mass for Double Choir is one of the pinnacles of the choral repertoire: soulful, energetic, rhythmic and achingly powerful by turns. Written in the 1920s, it was not released for publication and performance until some forty years later. Pergolesi’s famous Stabat Mater, a moving and profoundly human picture of a grieving mother composed in the final weeks of Pergolesi’s life, is performed in its version for full choir, accompanied by strings and organ. |
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Saturday 21 March 2020 8.00pm
Church of Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Cambridge CB2 1JR Tickets £16, Students £7, Under-18s free |
Saturday 28 March 2020 7.30pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, Fen Ditton CB5 8SU Tickets £12, Under-18s free Tel: 01223 295927 or Kings Head, Fen Ditton |
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Over Hill, Over Dale
For our final concerts of the season, we present an eclectic mix of secular music. Settings of Shakespeare by Vaughan Williams, Mäntejärvi and Tavener offer a variety of moods and themes with unusual and imaginative choral writing. The remarkable Romancero Gitano by CastelnuovoTedesco, a collection of Spanish folksongs for choir and guitar, will be performed alongside a newly commissioned work by Tim Watts, perhaps best known for his searingly powerful opera Kepler’s Trial. This will be our second world première of the season. Saturday 20 June 2020 7.30pm
St John the Evangelist Church, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8RN Tickets £16, Students £7, Under-18s free |
Saturday 27 June 2020 7.30pm
All Saints Church, Cottenham CB24 8SA Tickets £12, Students £6, Under- 18s free Cottenham Community Centre or Ward's greengrocer's |
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