FESTIVAL
2017
13-29 July
The Friends of CSM
Welcome
It is a great pleasure to be back to direct this
year’s Cambridge Summer Music Festival, and to
experience once more the delight of promoting
so much music and so many wonderful musicians.
Many of them have been nurtured in Cambridge
itself and it is with pride we welcome the cellists
Laura van der Hjeiden and Graham Walker,
tenor Alessandro Fisher, pianist Ashok Gupta and
harpist Anna Lapwood.
Music by Beethoven and for the piano are key
themes this year. The fantastic Aurora Orchestra
play Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony entirely from
memory, while Freddy Kempf performs his 4th
and 5th Piano Concertos with the five-piece
ensemble Wiener Kammersymphonie. The French
pianist Patrick Hemmerlé plays the entire 48
Preludes and Fugues by Bach, while Ivana Gavric
not only plays a piano recital in the Fitzwilliam
Museum, but also Schumann’s wonderful piano
concerto with the young Outcry Ensemble.
Young musicians, world music and jazz,
choral music, music outdoors and for families –
throughout these pages I hope that you will find
concerts of musical breadth to bring delight to
your summer. We hope the 2017 Festival provides
you with many happy musical memories to savour
for a long while to come!
The Friends of Cambridge
Summer Music are the closest
supporters of CSM’s work in the
Cambridge community. Each
year our Friends give thousands
of pounds towards the charity’s
core operating costs, forming
the backbone of our financial
stability. We welcome old
Friends and new. Friends’
benefits include reserved seats,
invitations to special receptions
and a complimentary copy of the
Festival Programme.
Details of how to join the
Friends are on our website
(cambridgesummermusic.com),
where there is also information
about the levels of support
and Friends’ benefits. We look
forward to seeing you at the
Festival concerts as well as the
Friends’ Reception on Saturday
15 July.
Meredith Lloyd-Evans
Friends’ Secretary
[email protected]
Juliet Abrahamson
Director
Cambridge Summer Music is grateful to its many sponsors, donors and partners including
our Major Sponsor, TTP Group, the Howard Foundation, the Williams Church Music Trust,
Coutts & Co, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Cambridge Szeged Society, the
Mátyás Seiber Trust, our media partner Cambridge Independent and the Patrons and
Friends of CSM.
Cover image: Andrew Abrahamson
Media partner
Festival diary
DATE TIME
CONCERT
5 July 6.15pm
12 July 6.15pm
13 July 7.30pm
14 July 7.30pm
15 July 2.30pm
7.30pm
16 July 1.15pm
3.00pm
7.30pm
18 July 1.10pm
7.30pm
19 July 6.15pm
7.30pm
20 July 2.00pm
8.00pm
21 July 1.10pm
7.30pm
22 July 1.15pm
7.30pm
23 July 11.00am
12.15pm
1.15pm
3.30pm
24 July 7.30pm
25 July 2.00pm
7.30pm
26 July 2.00pm
6.15pm
9.00pm
27 July 1.15pm
7.30pm
28 July 11.00am
7.30pm
29 July 1.15pm
3.00pm
7.30pm
Sounds Green Mentés Másként
CU Botanic Garden
4
Sounds Green Dodo Street Band
CU Botanic Garden
5
Festival Opening: Mozart Requiem King’s College Chapel
6
Laura van der Heijden & Friends
Jesus College Chapel
7
Cellophony
EU Reformed Church
8
Essence of Beethoven: Freddie Kempf
& Wiener Kammersymphonie West Road Concert Hall
9
Fitz Prom: Jessica Ryckewaert
Fitzwilliam Museum
10
Music for Kids: Dodo Street Band
Hills Rd 6th Form College
10
Lucy Parham: Elegie
Downing College
11
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Sidney Sussex College Chapel 12
Classico Latino
Trinity College Chapel
12
Sounds Green Westcombe Brass
CU Botanic Garden
5
Ivana Gavrić: Piano
The Fitzwilliam Museum
13
Patrick Hemmerlé
The Old Divinity School
14
Misha Mullov-Abbado Group
St Columba’s Church
14
Harriet Mackenzie & Graham Walker Corpus Christi College Chapel 15
Aurora Orchestra
West Road Concert Hall
16
Cambridge Voices
Trinity College Chapel
17
Outcry Ensemble & Ivana Gavrić
West Road Concert Hall
17
Music for Kids Children’s Workshop Hills Road 6th Form College 18
Music for Kids Family Concert
Hills Road 6th Form College 18
Fitz Prom: Andrew Brownell
Fitzwilliam Museum
19
Alessandro Fisher & Ashok Gupta
Downing College
19
Martinů Quartet & Tom Poster
Trinity College Chapel
20
Martinů Quartet Workshop Concert EU Reformed Church
21
Academy of Ancient Music
St John’s College Chapel
21
Patrick Hemmerlé
Jesus College Chapel
22
Sounds Green Afrosamba
CU Botanic Garden
5
Silent Film with organ improvisation St John’s College Chapel
22
Lunchtime Concert: Anna Lapwood Pembroke College Chapel 23
Martinů Quartet & Graham Walker EU Reformed Church
24
Choral Workshop: The Tenebrae EffectRobinson College Chapel
25
Tenebrae
Trinity College Chapel
26
Fitz Prom: Foyle-Štšura Duo
Fitzwilliam Museum
27
Music for Kids
The King’s Wobbly Musicians
EU Reformed Church
27
Festival Finale: Tim Kliphuis Sextet West Road Concert Hall
28
VENUE
PAGE
© John McMunn
Wednesdays in July
SOUNDS GREEN
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN
On Wednesday evenings in July Cambridge University Botanic Garden rings to the
sound of live music when we present Sounds Green – the best in open-air music. Bring
a rug and a picnic – open to all ages. Food, ice creams and drinks on sale. Music from
6.15-7.00pm; garden closes at 8.00pm.
Admission to garden: £5 adults, £4.50 concessions; free for accompanied children
16 and under. Retiring collection towards the cost of concerts – please look out for
stewards bearing buckets as you leave!
Wednesday 5 July, 6.15pm
Mentés Másként Ensemble
Mentés Másként are constantly
looking for new ways to revive
ancient tunes using original
instruments, singing and traditional
instrumental techniques.
Supported by the Mátyás Seiber Trust
and Cambridge Szeged Society.
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© Mentés Másként Ensemble
This lively award-winning group
specialises in the traditional folk
music and dance of their native
Hungary.
Wednesdays in July
Wednesday 12 July, 6.15pm
Described as ‘the last word in Celtic
Gypsy Klezmer’, Dodo Street Band
combine diabolical fiddle virtuosity from
international star Adam Summerhayes,
outrageous brilliance from recorder
genius Piers Adams, insane talent from
accordion master Murray Grainger,
positively evil power from bass legend
Malcolm Creese and dazzling bodhran
playing from king of folk percussion,
Cormac Byrne. The Dodo Street Band
are also giving a Music for Kids family
concert (see page 10).
© Dodo Street Band
Dodo Street Band
Wednesday 19 July, 6.15pm
Westcombe Brass
Westcombe Brass are an exciting
and versatile brass quintet based
in London. Individually the group
are successful young professionals,
appearing with most of the major
orchestras in this country; together they
are a dynamic quintet able to perform
works and arrangements spanning
hundreds of years, in a variety of
different styles.
© Becca Toft
Glenn Miller and Gershwin
Wednesday 26 July, 6.15pm
Afrosamba is a Brazilian four-piece
encompassing styles such as Afro
Brazilian Jazz, Samba and Bossa
Nova. Based in the UK, the group
is fronted by Brazilian born Pilo
Adami with seasoned musicians
from Mozambique, Brazil and the
UK. Influences are drawn from João
Gilberto’s harmonic complexities, Airto
Moreira’s experimental rhythms and
Jorge Ben Jor’s laid back approach.
© Afrosamba
Afrosamba
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© Benjamin Harte, Nick James, Arno Photography,
Jamie Wright, Stephen Cleobury
Thursday 13th
FESTIVAL OPENING: MOZART REQUIEM
Thursday 13 July 2017, 7.30pm
King’s College Chapel
by kind permission of the Provost and Fellows of King’s College
Festival Chorus
Orpheus Sinfonia
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Gemma Summerfield soprano
Elizabeth Fleming mezzo-soprano
Nick Pritchard tenor
Christopher Webb bass
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Mozart Requiem Mass
Mozart’s unfinished Requiem, composed while he was also completing two operas,
is one of the most poignant and beautiful works in the choral repertoire. Imagine his
friends visiting him the night before his death to sing through what had so far been
written – and Mozart writing the last notes he ever composed, the first eight bars of the
Lacrimosa – and you have a piece that has been in the hearts of singers and listeners
alike for the last two hundred years.
The Festival Chorus, made up of singers from choirs around East Anglia, join the
Orpheus Sinfonia to perform this great work. Stephen Cleobury directs the choir and
orchestra plus a quartet of top soloists in the wonderful setting of King’s College
Chapel.
Twinned perfectly with the Requiem is Elgar’s serene Serenade for Strings. Where
Mozart’s piece was his last, the Serenade was one of Elgar’s first, and was in fact
declared by Elgar to be his favourite work.
Tickets for this concert are only available from King’s College Box Office.
Tickets £36/30/25/15 (additional box office fee for credit/debit card bookings)
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Friday 14th
LAURA VAN DER HEIJDEN & FRIENDS
Friday 14 July 2017, 7.30pm
Jesus College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College
Laura van der Heijden cello
Martyn Jackson violin
Peter Limonov piano
Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor
Brahms Piano Trio no 1 in B major
Schubert Piano Trio no 1 in Bb
Winner of the BBC Young Musician Competition in 2012, cellist Laura van der Heijden
has already made a name for herself as a very special emerging talent.
This evening she is joined by gifted young musicians Martyn Jackson and Peter Limonov
in a programme of two major works for piano trio by Brahms and Schubert.
The concert opens with the cello sonata by Debussy, described by one writer as “one of
his most forward-looking and most aggressively experimental works”.
© Sam Trench, Martyn Jackson, Peter Limonov
Tickets £22 (concessions £20 students £12, unwaged £7) unsighted £14/8/7
Prices include box office booking fee
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© Cellophony
Saturday 15th
CELLOPHONY
Saturday 15 July 2017, 2.30pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Narrator: James Thorpe-Woods
J S Bach Allegro (Keyboard Concerto in D minor)
Barber Adagio
Richard Birchall Alice in Wonderland
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Beethoven Allegro (Pathètique Sonata)
Wieniawski Légende
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no 1
Revel in the sonorous sound of eight cellos playing together in perfect ensemble.
Cellophony have a long association with Cambridge Summer Music Festival and we
are delighted to welcome them back with a wide-ranging programme of works written
or transcribed for the cello. This is a concert suitable for all ages and includes Richard
Birchall’s setting of Alice in Wonderland, composed for the 150th anniversary of Lewis
Carroll’s work in 2015, and narrated by James Thorpe-Woods.
Tickets £20 adult, £8 child (concessions £17, student £10, unwaged £7)
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Saturday 15th
ESSENCE OF BEETHOVEN: FREDDY KEMPF &
WIENER KAMMERSYMPHONIE
Saturday 15 July 2017, 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall
Cornelia Löscher and Vira Zhuk violins
Barbara Palma viola
Sergio Mastro cello
Felipe Medina double bass
Freddy Kempf piano
The Essence of Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture Op 43, arr. for string quintet
Piano Concerto no 4 in G major Op 58, arr. for piano and string quintet
Coriolan Overture Op 62, arr. for string quintet
Piano Concerto no 5 in E flat major Op 73 ‘Emperor’ arr. for piano & string quintet
The Wiener Kammersymphonie is a chamber ensemble that performs regularly in
Vienna and around the world. This evening they will play some of Beethoven’s most
celebrated works, in arrangements by Vincenz Lachner that explore the core and
essence of the music.
For the piano concertos the ensemble will be joined by Freddy Kempf, one of today’s
most outstanding pianists. Exceptionally gifted, with an unusually broad repertoire,
Freddy has built a reputation as an explosive and physical performer not afraid to take
risks, as well as a sensitive and profoundly musical artist.
© Freddie Kempf & Wiener Kammersymphonie
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Prices include box office booking fee
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FRIENDS’ RECEPTION
This evening’s concert will be preceded by a reception for the Friends of CSM at
6.15pm. Further details will be announced nearer the time. Find out more about joining
the Friends and the benefits offered on our website: www.cambridgesummermusic.com
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© JeanRy
Sunday 16th
FITZ PROM: JESSICA RYCKEWAERT
Sunday 16 July 2017, 1.15 pm
Fitzwilliam Museum
Percussionist Jessica Ryckewaert is well-known both in her native Belgium and
internationally as one of the most charismatic performers of her generation. She is in
demand by many composers who recognise her talent for new and elegant ways to
approach technical and musical challenges. Her programme will include Arabesque
and Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum by Debussy and Arlen’s Over the Rainbow.
Admission free. Retiring collection.
MUSIC FOR KIDS: DODO STREET BAND
Sunday 16 July 2017, 3pm
Hills Road Sixth Form College Theatre
This lively concert will be introduced by
the performers and will include audience
participation.
Tickets £12 adult / £9 child / £38 family of four (max two adults) £7 unwaged
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© Dodo Street Band
Another chance to hear this fabulous band
(already featured in the Sounds Green
series, see page 5), in a concert suitable for
children of all ages,
Sunday 16th
LUCY PARHAM: ELEGIE
RACHMANINOFF – A HEART IN EXILE
Sunday 16 July 2017, 7.30 pm
Howard Theatre, Downing College
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Downing College
Lucy Parham piano and script
Henry Goodman narrator
Known internationally for her ‘composer portraits’ in words and music, pianist Lucy
Parham has created a programme which chronicles the life of composer and pianist
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Though he became an exile in 1917, Russia remained deeply
rooted in Rachmaninoff’s soul. His cultural identity and longing for his homeland imbue
his music, not least the many works he wrote for his own instrument, the piano.
The narrative, scripted from letters and diaries, follows Rachmaninoff from his youth in
Russia, through his subsequent self-imposed exile in 1917, and finally to California, USA,
where he died in 1943.
The programme includes many of Rachmaninoff’s best-loved works for solo piano,
including a selection of Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux and Moments Musicaux, some
of his own transcriptions and the haunting Elégie, as well as works by Scriabin and
Tchaikovsky.
Generously supported by the Howard Foundation
© Sven Arnstein; Charles Hopkinson
Tickets £32.50 (concessions £30, students £12, unwaged £7)
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Tuesday 18th
LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL: ANNE MICHAEL
Tuesday 18 July 2017, 1.10pm
Sidney Sussex College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Sidney Sussex College
© Classico Latino
Anne Michael, the young Organ Scholar of both Birmingham Cathedral and Symphony
Hall, plays J S Bach’s magnificent ‘St Anne’ Prelude and Fugue, three of his Schübler
Chorales including the well-known Wachet Auf, works by Daksagmüller, Couperin and
William Byrd’s Fantasia in A minor. Admission free, retiring collection.
CLASSICO LATINO
Tuesday 18 July 2017, 7.30pm
Trinity College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College
Harriet Mackenzie violin
Graham Walker cello
Ivan Guevara piano
Andria Antoniou vocals
Wilmer Sifontes percussion
Come and be swept away to the tropical warmth of a South American evening – and
find out what happened when Ivan the Colombian pianist met Graham the classically
trained cellist from Cambridge. Classico Latino have become firm Festival favourites.
This year will be their third appearance performing their unique and very popular
approach to the music of Latin America. As their name suggests, Classico Latino
blend the techniques and sounds of European classical music with authentic LatinAmerican rhythms and melodies, bringing a whole new infectious dimension to such
poignant ballads and dance rhythms as the Pasillo, Bambuco and Joropo. Let Classico
Latino seduce you with the power and passion of their music and the virtuosity of their
musicians.
Tickets £24.50/20 (concessions £22/18, students £12, unwaged £7) antechapel £12
Prices include box office booking fee
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Wednesday 19th
SOUNDS GREEN: WESTCOMBE BRASS
Wednesday 19 July 2017, 6.15pm
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
See page 4 for further details of Sounds Green concerts
IVANA GAVRIĆ: PIANO
Wednesday 19 July 2017, 7.30pm
Fitzwilliam Museum
Grieg
Two Slåtter Op 72
Two Lyric Pieces
SchumannKreisleriana
Chopin
Four Mazurkas
Nocturne Op 15 no 2
Liszt
Two Petrarch Sonnets
Rhapsodie Espagnole
A ravishing programme of piano music performed by young virtuoso pianist Ivana
Gavrić, whose third CD of works by Grieg was selected as Editor’s Choice in
Gramophone and Recording of the Year by The Grieg Society.
Ivana has given solo recitals and appeared with orchestras all over Europe and around
the world to great acclaim.
Ticket includes a glass of wine in the interval.
A wonderful and sensitive artist – direct, powerful and exciting (Maxim Vengerov)
© Dave Stapleton
Tickets £25.50 (concessions £23.50, students £14.50, unwaged £7)
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Thursday 20th
PATRICK HEMMERLÉ
Thursday 20 July, 2pm
The Old Divinity School, St John’s College
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College
Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
French pianist Patrick Hemmerlé undertakes one of
the great challenges in the piano repertoire, playing
both books of Bach’s masterpiece in two performances
during the Festival: Book I this afternoon, and Book II
on Wednesday 26 July. To hear all the 48 Preludes and
Fugues in concert is an unforgettable experience, rarely offered. Patrick Hemmerlé won
First Prize at the Paris Conservatoire in 2002 and has lived in Cambridge since 2011.
Please note concert will finish at approximately 4.20pm.
© Patrick Hemmerlé
Patrick Hemmerlé piano
Book both Patrick Hemmerlé’s Bach concerts and save £3 (see page 22).
Tickets £17 (concessions £15, students £9.50, unwaged £7)
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MISHA MULLOVABBADO GROUP
The Misha Mullov-Abbado Group
comprises some of the finest awardwinning young musicians in London.
Under Misha’s direction the group
performs his original compositions
and arrangements, influenced by
a broad spectrum of music in the
classical, jazz and pop genres as
well as folk traditions from around the world, particularly from South America. The
music contains chorale-based and contemporary-classical styles that are influenced by
Bach and Brahms, right through to Stravinsky and Bartok and beyond, as well as jazz
musicians such as Bill Frisell. Misha’s music is also heavily based on swing, funk and
other groove-based styles influenced by Avishai Cohen, Ray Brown, Gareth Lockrane
and Jasper Høiby, and pop giants Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Tickets £20 (concessions £18, students £12, unwaged £7)
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© Misha Mullov-Abbado Group
Thursday 20 July 2017, 8pm
St Columba’s Church, Downing St
Friday 21st
LUNCHTIME CONCERT:
HARRIET MACKENZIE & GRAHAM WALKER
Friday 21 July 2017, 1.10pm
Corpus Christi College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College
Harriet Mackenzie violin
Graham Walker cello
Duets and solo works by Bach for violin and cello
Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Cello Suite no 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Inventions nos 9 and 10, BWV 780 and 781
Following sold-out performances in 2015 and 2016, Harriet Mackenzie and Graham
Walker return to Cambridge for the culmination of their cycle of works for solo violin and
cello by J S Bach.
Harriet Mackenzie plays with a burning commitment and intensity … this is a
wonderful performance. (Gramophone)
© Harriet Mackenzie, Graham Walker
Tickets £17 (concessions £15, students £9.50, unwaged £7)
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© Aurora Orchestra
Friday 21st
AURORA ORCHESTRA
THE ‘EROICA’ FROM MEMORY
Friday 21 July 2017, 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor/presenter
Tom Service presenter
Strauss Metamorphosen
Beethoven Symphony no 3 in Eb major, ‘Eroica’
(preceded by an introduction with live excerpts)
Bold, fresh and fearlessly virtuosic, everything Aurora Orchestra touches sounds new.
In recent seasons the orchestra has attracted particular acclaim for performances of
whole symphonies entirely from memory. Unique amongst orchestras worldwide, this
remarkable approach allows players to connect with the music and audiences on a
new and intensely personal level. Tonight Aurora delivers what is thought to be the first
memorised performance of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony. With introductions from Tom
Service and conductor Nicholas Collon, the orchestra will harness the potential of a
memorised performance to get under the skin of this groundbreaking work.
The programme opens with Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen. Toward the end of his
life Richard Strauss underwent a profound aesthetic change that resulted in some of the
composer’s most intensely personal and philosophical music. Scored for 23 solo string
players, this ecstatic, elegiac work closes with an ‘Eroica’ quotation that mourns the
devastation brought about by World War II.
“Aurora is the most bracing breath of fresh air to invigorate the British classical music
scene in the past ten years.” (Richard Morrison, The Times)
Tickets £35.50/30.50/25.50/17 (concessions £32.50/27.50/22/17, students £12,
unwaged £7). Prices include box office booking fee
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Saturday 22nd
LUNCHTIME CONCERT: CAMBRIDGE VOICES
Saturday 22 July 2017, 1.15pm
Trinity College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College
Ian de Massini conductor
Cambridge Voices celebrate their 30th anniversary this year, under the direction of
their founder Ian de Massini. This festive event includes music written for King’s and
Trinity Colleges, alongside gospel songs, spirituals, music from The Eton Choirbook and
Duruflé’s Gregorian chant motets. The programme also includes two world premières:
Don’t be afraid! by Norwegian composer Mons Leidvin Takle and Ian de Massini’s Do
what the Spirit says!
Admission free. Retiring collection.
OUTCRY ENSEMBLE WITH
IVANA GAVRIĆ
Outcry Ensemble
James Henshaw conductor
Ivana Gavric piano
Josephine Stephenson World premiere
of new commission
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54
Mendelssohn Symphony no 4 in A major, Op 90 (Italian)
© Outcry Ensemble
Saturday 22 July 2017, 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall
The chamber orchestra Outcry Ensemble draws together outstanding young
professionals at the start of major international careers as orchestral, chamber and
solo instrumentalists. Tonight they join with acclaimed young virtuoso Ivana Gavrić to
perform a well-known audience favourite – Schumann’s joyful piano concerto, a work
suffused with passionate love for his soon-to-be wife Clara. The programme continues
with Mendelssohn’s ebullient ‘Italian’ Symphony, evoking the sights and sounds of Italy,
a piece described by one writer as “a musical rendition of the Italian blue sky”.
Renowned for performing either a world premiere or a work by a living composer at
every concert, Outcry opens this evening’s performance with the premiere of a new
piece by Josephine Stephenson.
Tickets £26.50/21/17/12 (concessions £24.50/19/15/12, students £10, unwaged £7)
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© Owen Gunnell and Quartet 19
Sunday 23rd
MUSIC FOR KIDS: CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP
Sunday 23 July 2017, 11am
Hills Road Sixth Form College Theatre
Owen Gunnell and Quartet 19
Programme to include Vivaldi Storm, Botsford Black and White Rag,
Trevino2 + 1 Marimba Duo, O Duo O Drumming, Brubeck Unsquare Dance,
Film medley Harry Potter, Incredible, Lion King
The important thing to know about this workshop is that everyone will get to play
an instrument. There will be an impromptu samba/drumming piece, as well as
improvisation on some tuned instruments…. most of all it will be fun! For ages 9-14.
Ticket includes free admission to the Family Concert below.
Tickets £8
Price includes box office booking fee
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MUSIC FOR KIDS: FAMILY CONCERT
Sunday 23 July 2017, 12.15pm
Hills Road Sixth Form College Theatre
Owen Gunnell and Quartet 19
An exhilarating, interactive concert with music from Vivaldi to John Williams via African
drumming, played on marimbas, vibraphones, xylophones and as many drums as
Owen can fit in the van!
Free admission to those who have attended the earlier Children’s Workshop.
Tickets £11 adult, £9 child, £36 family of four (max two adults) (concessions £9, students
£8, unwaged £7) Prices include box office booking fee
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Sunday 23rd
FITZ PROM: ANDREW BROWNELL
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College
Andrew Brownell piano
Ravel Miroirs (selections)
Bach French Suite no 6 in E major, BWV 817
Liszt Soirée de Vienne no 6 and Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli
© Andrew Brownell
Sunday 23 July 2017, 1.15pm
Fitzwilliam Museum
Andrew Brownell won 2nd Prize at the 2006 Leeds International Piano Competition and
has been described as “potentially one of the most significant pianists of his generation”
(Musical Opinion). This demanding and popular programme will demonstrate his
impressive skill and virtuosity.
TEA CONCERT
ALESSANDRO FISHER &
ASHOK GUPTA
Sunday 23 July 2017, 3.30pm
Howard Theatre, Downing College
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of
Downing College
Alessandro Fisher tenor
Ashok Gupta piano
© Gerard Collett, Ashok Gupta
Free admission. Retiring collection.
Schumann Liederkreis Op 24
Reynaldo Hahn Venezia
Mendelssohn Vier Lieder
A perfect way to spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon – in the company of two of
Cambridge’s most recently acclaimed musicians. Alessandro Fisher and Ashok Gupta,
graduates of Clare College, were both winners in the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier
Awards of 2016 – Alessandro joint winner of the first prize and Ashok winning the
accompanist’s award. We welcome them back to celebrate this outstanding success.
Their main offer is Schumann’s glorious Liederkreis, which stands at the outset of a
turning point in the history of the art song. Tickets include tea and Downing College
cakes to be served in the interval – a chance to explore the college grounds.
Generously supported by the Howard Foundation
Tickets £24.50 (concessions £22, students £14.50, unwaged £10)
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© Martinů Quartet, Tom Poster
Monday 24th
MARTINŮ QUARTET & TOM POSTER
Monday 24 July 2017, 7.30pm
Trinity College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College
Lubomír Havlák violin
Libor Kaňka violin
Zbyněk Paďourek viola
Jitka Vlašánková cello
Tom Poster piano
Beethoven String Quartet in F major Op 18, no 1
Schulhoff String Quartet no 1
Dvořák Piano Quintet Op 81
The celebrated Martinů Quartet from the Czech Republic offers a dynamic programme
reflecting their heritage with a colourful work by Schulhoff and the joyful, optimistic
Piano Quintet by Dvořák, for which they are joined by Tom Poster at the piano. The
concert opens with an early Beethoven quartet, the second that he composed.
‘...playing of fire, energy and intelligence...with even the smallest detail of attack,
phrasing and dynamics...played with enormous panache and relish by the Martinů
Quartet’ (International Record Review)
Tom Poster ‘is never a flashy player, even in the most demanding numbers, eschewing
overt display in favour of heart and soul. Result: a recital that is both lovely and
lovable.’ (BBC Music)
Book both Martinů Quartet concerts (see page 24) and save £4.
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Tuesday 25th
MARTINŮ QUARTET WORKSHOP CONCERT
Tuesday 25 July 2017, 2pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Following a morning’s coaching by the Martinů Quartet, young, amateur quartets
drawn from the Cambridge area will perform a variety of pieces. The Martinů Quartet
is renowned for its annual courses in the Czech Republic, when chamber groups gather
from as far afield as Taiwan, Europe and the USA to benefit from a week’s coaching.
Free admission. Retiring collection.
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
Tuesday 25 July 2017, 7.30pm
St John’s College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College
Bach Sinfonia to Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, Cantata BWV 49
Vivaldi Concerto for strings in G minor, RV 157
Bach Weichet nur Betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202
Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461
Bach Meine Herze schwimmt in Blut, Cantata BWV 199
© Patrick Harrison
Following the great success of their concert at last year’s Festival the Academy of
Ancient Music return this year with an exquisite programme of Bach and Vivaldi.
Two gorgeous Cantatas for soprano voice, and one orchestral Sinfonia by Bach,
complement a concerto for strings and another for oboe by Vivaldi. AAM is renowned
worldwide for its inspiring performances of baroque and classical music. Its players
revel in the expressive power of their period instruments and aim to recreate the style
and spirit in which this music was first performed. Over the past 40 years AAM has
played to audiences on six continents and this season undertake an extensive tour of
the US and Canada.
Tickets £32.50/22 (concessions £30.50/20, students £12, unwaged £7) Antechaple £12
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Wednesday 26th
PATRICK HEMMERLÉ
Wednesday 26 July 2017, 2pm
Jesus College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College
Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
French pianist Patrick Hemmerlé concludes his performance
of Bach’s magnificent Preludes and Fugues having
performed Book I on Thursday 20 July.
Please note concert will finish at approximately 4.20pm.
© Patrick Hemmerlé
Patrick Hemmerlé piano
Book for both Patrick Hemmerlé concerts (see page 14) and save £3.
Tickets £17 (concessions £15, students £9.50, unwaged £7)
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SOUNDS GREEN: AFROSAMBA
Wednesday 26 July 2017, 6.15pm
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
See page 4 for further details of Sounds Green concerts
Wednesday 26 July 2017, 9pm
St John’s College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College
Richard Hills improvised organ accompaniment
A unique opportunity to see The Phantom of the Opera as
you have never seen it before – with live accompaniment
on the great organ of St John’s College. It’s hard to think
of a better place to see this most gothic of all silent films,
or of a more spine-tingling accompaniment. Richard Hills
is one of the very few musicians truly to have bridged the
divide between the classical and theatre organs; his skill in
improvising live to this classic adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s
story is awe-inspiring.
Screen and equipment provided by Keith Hearnshaw Big Screen Presentations.
Tickets £18 (concessions £16)
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© Richard Hills
SILENT FILM WITH
ORGAN IMPROVISATION
Thursday 27th
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
ANNA LAPWOOD
Thursday July 27 2017, 1.15pm
Pembroke College Chapel
by kind permission of the Dean of Pembroke College
Programme will include:
William Mathias Three Improvisations for Harp
David Watkins Petite Suite
Gabriel Pierné Impromptu Caprice
Bach-Grandjany Etudes for Harp nos 3 and 6
© Anna Lapwood
Enjoy a scintillating programme of virtuoso harp
music, from Bach to the present, played by this
talented young musician, recently appointed
Director of Chapel Music at Pembroke College.
Free admission, retiring collection.
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© Martinů Quartet, Graham Walker
Thursday 27th
MARTINŮ QUARTET & GRAHAM WALKER
Thursday July 27 2017, 7.30pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Lubomír Havlák violin
Libor Kaňka violin
Zbyněk Paďourek viola
Jitka Vlašánková cello
Graham Walker cello
Tomáš Svoboda String Quartet no 12, Op 202, ‘Post Scriptum’
Janáček String Quartet no 1, The Kreutzer Sonata
Schubert String Quintet in C major, Op 163
Another opportunity to hear the superb Martinů Quartet, and two more works by Czech
composers. Tomáš Svoboda wrote his String Quartet no 12 during the autumn of 2010.
Svoboda wrote to a member of the Martinů that this work should express the sense of
loss of his friends: “the longer you live, the more likely you are to lose your friends”. But,
he adds, the “quartet is positive – a celebration of life”, and says it is a work of deep
feeling in which all human experience is accepted and transformed into tenderness.
A very different mood is provided by Janáček’s Kreuzer Sonata, sometimes called a
‘wordless opera’ because of the way the unfolding music captures the intense dialogue,
emotion and turmoil of the characters in Tolstoy’s novella which inspired the quartet.
And to bring this evening of deeply moving music to a close the quartet is partnered
by cellist Graham Walker in Schubert’s String Quintet in C. Composed only two months
before Schubert’s death in 1828, the transcendental beauty of the work is generally
recognised as his most profoundly sublime composition.
Book both Martinu Quartet concerts (see page 20) and save £4.
Tickets £20 (concessions £17, students £10, unwaged £7)
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Friday 28th
CHORAL WORKSHOP: THE TENEBRAE EFFECT
Friday July 28 2017, 11am-1pm
Robinson College Chapel
by kind permission of the Dean of Robinson College
The Tenebrae Effect is an inspiring choral development initiative developed by
Tenebrae, one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles. It is designed to challenge and
advance every participant whilst giving singers the opportunity to learn in a friendly
and challenging environment. Join Tenebrae’s Artistic Director, Nigel Short, for what is
set to be a fascinating and informative morning.
Most value is brought to those with prior choral experience who wish to improve within
smaller, focused groups; it is suggested that participants should either be familiar with
the scores or be confident sight-readers. Scores will be provided by Tenebrae on the
day. Minimum age 16.
Repertoire
Chilcott Marriage to my lady poverty
Stanford The blue bird
Parry My soul there is a country (Songs of Farewell)
Numbers are limited; prior booking essential.
Book for the workshop and Tenebrae’s evening concert and save £2.
© Sim Cannetty-Clarke
Tickets £24.50 (concessions £22, students £12, unwaged £7)
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© Chris O’Donovan
Friday 28th
TENEBRAE
Friday July 28 2017, 7.30pm
Trinity College Chapel
by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College
Tenebrae Choir
Children’s Choirs of St John the Divine, Kennington
Nigel Short conductor
Tavener Song for Athene
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Murill Two Shakespeare Songs
Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God & Funeral Ikos
Owain Park Footsteps
Stanford The Blue Bird
Elgar O Wild West
Joby Talbot Path of Miracles ‘Leon’ and ‘Santiago’
Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles was the first major work commissioned by the awardwinning vocal ensemble, Tenebrae, in 2005 and received high acclaim (“an evocative
odyssey” – The Times).
To accompany its revival, Tenebrae has commissioned a unique new choral work by
Owain Park, Footsteps, which allows Tenebrae to perform alongside the Children’s
Choirs of St John the Divine, Kennington, and marks the fifteenth-anniversary season of
this world famous choir. Candlelight, singing from memory and an imaginative use of
the concert space guarantees Tenebrae at its dramatic best.
Tickets £30.50/27.50 (concessions £28.50/25.50, students £14.50, unwaged £7)
Antechapel: £10. Prices include box office booking fee
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Tuesday 25th
Saturday 29th
FITZ PROM: FOYLE-ŠTŠURA DUO
Saturday 29 July 2017, 1.15pm
Fitzwilliam Museum
Leoš Janáček Sonata for violin and piano
Richard Strauss Sonata for Violin and Piano in
Eb major Op 18
© Kaupo Kikkas
Michael Foyle violin
Maksim Štšura piano
Michael Foyle and Maksim Štšura started their collaboration in 2012 and have since
performed extensively in prestigious venues across the United Kingdom and abroad.
Today’s programme includes Janáček’s virtuoso piece and the sumptuous sonata by
Strauss.
Admission free. Retiring collection.
MUSIC FOR KIDS: THE KING’S WOBBLY MUSICIANS
Saturday 29 July 2017, 3pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Sara Stowe
Matthew Spring
Who’s the sweetest, who’s the loudest, who’s the best of the King’s musicians? There’s
only room for one in the King’s court, so come along and help him decide. Suitable for
ages 3 – 7 years.
© Sara Stowe & Matthew Spring
Tickets £10 adult, £7 child, £28 family of four – max 2 adults (concessions £7)
Prices include box office booking fee
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Wednesday 26th
© Tim Kliphuis Sextet
Saturday 29th
FESTIVAL FINALE
TIM KLIPHUIS SEXTET
Saturday July 29 2017, 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall
Tim Kliphuis violin
Nigel Clark guitar
Roy Percy double bass
Seonaid Aitken violin and vocals
Fiona Winning viola
Su-a Lee cello and singing saw
Dutch violinist and Festival favourite Tim Kliphuis returns to Cambridge to bring the 2017
Festival to a foot-stomping end! The ensemble breathes new life into existing styles with
an exhilarating blend of classical, gypsy jazz and folk music.
Classically-trained and widely regarded as Stéphane Grappelli’s heir, Tim Kliphuis’s
improvised sound is totally new, as Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington rub shoulders
with Antonio Vivaldi, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and many others.
Expect musical fireworks and explosive energy from this award-winning group.
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