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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETYSEASON 2014-15

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Welcome to the CUMS 2014-15 Season. Following the phenomenal success of last year’s music-making, this year promises even greater spoils. We are delighted to welcome both the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra and the Cambridge University New Music Ensemble to the CUMS family – we will be joining the latter in November, for a celebration of the great Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s 80th Birthday year which will include performances by the Arditti Quartet and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Oliver Knussen.

Our Competitions continue to offer exceptional opportunities for the most talented of the University’s musicians and the winners will be a cantus firmus throughout the coming season. Our Concerto Competition Winners, Eleanor Kornas and Rees Webster, perform with the CUMS ensembles – Eleanor alongside Conducting Scholar Joel Sandelson in March and Rees with Cambridge favourite Peter Stark in October. Don’t miss the premières of new works by our joint Composers-in-Residence, Peter Yarde Martin and Alex Tay; both promise to be terrific additions to the concert season.

Martin Ennis, Margaret Faultless and Jeremy West join forces for a third time, to present ‘From Venice to Leipzig.’ If their previous two collaborations are anything to go by, this will be one of the season’s most exciting events. It is impossible to mention the terrific work of each of our ensembles, but I encourage you to support as many as possible. I would like to thank our volunteers and supporters without whose support this season would not be possible and I look forward to sharing with you the many wonderful musical experiences the 2014-15 season offers.

Ben GlassbergCUMS Student President

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Thank you to our Supporters and Funders, without whose support this season would not be possible.To find out more about supporting CUMS please contact Helen Daniels, CUMS Fundraising Coordinator, at [email protected].

WELCOME4 Season Highlights

6 The Lunchtime Concert Series

8 Michaelmas Term Listings

10 Harrison Birtwistle Festival Programme

14 Lent Term Listings

19 Easter Term Listings

21 Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra

22 Music on Tour: Beyond Cambridge

23 Our History

24 Join the Supporters Circle

25 Booking Information

26 Concert Index

Bloom Design Churchill College

Clare HallCUMS Fund

CUMS Supporters’ CircleDarwin College

The Donald Wort Fund

Gonville & Caius CollegeHomerton College

Jesus CollegeKing’s College

Lucy Cavendish CollegeNewnham College

Orpheus & Bacchus Festival, Bordeaux St Catharine’s College

University of Cambridge Faculty of MusicUniversity of Cambridge Societies Syndicate

West Road Concert HallWolfson College

Principal Guest Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington CBE

Principal Conductor, CUMS Chorus: Stephen Cleobury CBE

Principal Guest Conductor, Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra:

Peter Stark

Directors, Cambridge University Chamber Choir:

Martin Ennis & David Lowe

Chairman of the Trustees: Sir Keith Stuart

Cambridge University Musical SocietyWest Road Concert Hall

11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DPwww.cums.org.uk

find us on Facebook & Twitter @camunimussoc

Contents

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Lucy MorrisAssistant Conductor Cambridge University Wind Orchestra & Concert Orchestra

ViolinistCambridge University Chamber Orchestra

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As Assistant Conductors of CUMS, Quintin Beer, Benedict Kearns and I are incredibly excited about conducting CUMS Concert Orchestra and Cambridge University Wind Orchestra. These orchestras have always offered fantastic opportunities for the University’s student conductors and soloists; in the past CUMS CO has played under the baton of Sir David Willcocks, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Edward Higginbottom. This year I’m particularly looking forward to the Varsity concert with Oxford University Wind Orchestra - which I’m sure will be fabulously entertaining.

I joined the Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra at the beginning of last year, and have had the opportunity to play repertoire ranging from Handel’s Water Music, through

Beethoven symphonies to Bartok and Martinu. In November, the Chamber Orchestra has been invited to join Britten Sinfonia and

CUMS Chorus, to perform Britten’s War Reqiuem in Ely Cathedral, conducted by Stephen Cleobury, and I’m sure this will be a powerful

and moving experience. The CUMS Chorus have a wonderful year ahead, particularly Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony in King’s College Chapel.

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Rosalind RidoutPresidentCUMS Symphony Orchestra

PresidentCambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Harry Hickmore

The highlight of my first year in Cambridge has been playing principal flute in CUMS Symphony Orchestra, as one small part of our huge force. Now, as incoming president of CUMS SO, I am particularly excited about this year; from working with Peter Donohoe on Brahms’ first Piano Concerto, to other great symphonic repertoire including Berlioz’s masterpiece, Symphonie fantastique. We end the year with a flourish - performing Verdi’s famous Requiem with CUMS Chorus and members of The Bach Choir, in the glorious surroundings of King’s College Chapel – how thrilling!

The Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble like no other and I’m thrilled to be their president this year. Working on week-long projects with

world-class conductors and soloists, the 40-piece chamber ensemble strives for the highest musical standards. This year’s CUCO programme combines staples of the classical repertoire in Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 with less well-known works, such as Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin. In May, the orchestra joins forces with the Cambridge University Chamber Choir to perform Brahms Gesang der

Parzen and Nanie under the baton of Venezuelan conductor, Carlos Izcaray, who returns to Cambridge after a very well-received concert last season.

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Michaelmas Term 201414 October THE AULA ENSEMBLEPoulenc Sextet for Piano & Wind • Ravel String Quartet in F Major

21 October Divinity School, St. John’s CollegeTHE CODA QUINTET & CHARLES GURNHAM, pianoSchubert Quintet in C Major op. 163 Allegro ma non troppo • Debussy Estampes • Chopin Ballade no. 4, op. 52

28 October CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR& NICHOLAS MULROY, conductorLa Chiesa e La Piazza: C. Monteverdi Madrigals and Motets from Selva Morale e Spirituale

4 November CHARBEL MATTAR, bass baritone & MARTIN ENNIS, pianoWhere the Lemon Trees Blow: Songs written in celebration of the South • Wolf Michelangelo-Lieder • Ibert Chansons de Don Quichotte • songs by Liszt & Duparc

11 November THE GESUALDO SIX & OWAIN PARK, conductorRenaissance music for six unaccompanied voices including works for Remembrance Day

18 November VICTOR SUN, violin & JOHNSON LEUNG, pianoPoulenc Sonata for Violin & Piano • Debussy Sonata for Violin & Piano • Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano

25 NovemberKATIE WONG, PianoGeorge Crumb Little Suite for Christmas • Messiaen Vingt regards sur l’enfants-Jesus • Lizst WeihnachtsbaumLU

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ADMISSION FREE1.10pm - 1.55pm | West Road Concert Hall

unless otherwise stated

The Lunchtime Concert Series

Saskia Bunschoten-Binet President, CULC

Take a break from your hectic daily routine and make a date for lunch each Tuesday to relax and

enjoy chamber music of the finest quality.Our Lunchtime Concert series features the

University’s top musicians performing a diverse range of music, from Monteverdi and Corelli to

Debussy and Crumb, all admission free! I’m

particularly looking forward to ‘Where the

Lemon Trees Blow’, a concert given by

Charbel Matter and Martin Ennis of songs written

in celebration of the South. I encourage everyone to

come!

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Lent Term 201520 January JOEL SANDELSON, cello (CUMS Concerto Competition Prize-Winner) & PATRICK MILNE, pianoBrahms Sonata No.1 for Piano and Cello in E minor op. 38 Sonata No. 2 for Piano & Cello in F major op. 99

27 January Divinity School, St. John’s CollegeCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLEGIUM MUSICUM & MARGARET FAULTLESS, director All Roads Lead to Rome: Baroque sonatas and concerti by Corelli, Geminiani & Muffat

3 February 1.10 - 2.15pmCUMS CONCERTO COMPETITION FINAL 2015Performances by the CUMS Concerto Competition finalists

17 February Lee Hall, Wolfson CollegeHELEN CHARLSTON, mezzo-soprano & KEVAL SHAH, pianoSchumann Maria Stuart Lieder, Gesange der Elisabeth Kulmann, & Frauenliebe und Leben

24 February BEN COMEAU, pianoContrapunctus: Polyphony from Bach to jazz. An exploration of polyphony and improvisation through the works of J.S. Bach & jazz musicians such as George Gershwin, John Coltrane & Charlie Parker

3 March Performances by musicians from the Cambridge University Instrumental Award Scheme

Easter Term 201521 AprilMORGAN BUCKLEY, guitarThe Music of the Great 20th Century Guitarists: Works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Couperin, Eduardo Sainz de la Maza, William Walton & Stanley Myers

28 AprilMEMBERS OF CUMS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA& CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRABEN GLASSBERG, conductorBéla Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste

5 MayNAOMI WOO, piano (CUMS Concerto Competition Prize-Winner)Lizst Années de pèlerinage: Italie • J.S. Bach Concerto nach Italienischem Gusto

Visit www.cums.org.uk for full programme details, and directions to West Road Concert Hall and other venues or follow us on Twitter at @CULC_CUMS.

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Alumni Festival: Come & SingMozart’s Requiem

Cambridge University Alumni ChorusEast Anglia Chamber Orchestra

Stephen Cleobury conductorAnna Cavaliero soprano Patrick Dunachie altoToby Ward tenorHugo Herman-Wilson bass

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Tickets: £10Participant Tickets: £15 (£3 Music Hire)

Contact Maggie Heywood for details and tickets:[email protected] | 01223 365 110

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Verdi Requiem in London

Friday 24 October, 7.30 pmRoyal Albert Hall, London

Cambridge University Chamber ChoirThe Choirs of St John’s, Clare, Gonville and Caius, & Jesus Colleges Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrew Nethsingha conductorClaire Rutter sopranoCatherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-sopranoJohn Daszak tenorMatthew Best bass

Tickets: £20 - £61

Rory Macdonald conducts CUMS Symphony Orchestra

Saturday 1 November 2014, 8.00pm West Road Concert Hall

Sibelius Karelia OvertureDvořák Violin ConcertoRachmaninov Symphonic Dances

CUMS Symphony OrchestraRory Macdonald conductorKristine Balanas violin

Tickets: £20 | £14 | £10 Concessions: £18 | £12 | £8Students: £5Ravel Mother Goose

Saturday 25 October 2014, 8.00pm West Road Concert Hall

Ravel Tombeau de CouperinRavel PavaneFrancaix Oboe ConcertoIbert DivertissementRavel Mother Goose

Cambridge University Chamber OrchestraPeter Stark conductorRees Webster oboe (CUMS Concerto Competition Joint-Winner)

Tickets: £20 | £14 | £10 Concessions: £18 | £12 | £8Students: £5

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Arditti String Quartet

Thursday 6 November 2014, 7.30pm West Road Concert Hall

Beethoven Grosse Fuge op. 133Joy Lisney New Work (world première) Alban Berg Quartet op.3 Stravinsky Three PiecesHarrison Birtwistle Tree of Strings

Tickets: £24 | £18 | £12Students: £5

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Cambridge University New MusicEnsemble & The King’s Men

Friday 7 November 2014, 7.30pm West Road Concert Hall

Guillaume de Machaut Hoquetus DavidHarrison Birtwistle Hoquetus David Johannes Ockeghem Ut Heremita SolusHarrison Birtwistle Ut Heremita Solus Guillaume Dufay Se la face ay paleJohn Hopkins Se la face ay pale David Roche Chapters (world première) Alex Tay On Skipton Moor (world première) Harrison Birtwistle Secret Theatre

Patrick Bailey & Ben Glassberg conductors

Tickets: £18 | £12 | £6Students: £5

The Harrison Birtwistle festival brings some of the world’s finest performers to Cambridge for a celebration of one of our leading composers in his 80th year. Birtwistle will be in residence for three days of music-making showcasing

his own work alongside new works by student composers in what promises to be the most exciting and ambitious

festival of new music in Cambridge for a generation.

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Birtwistle’s The Minotaur: Film Screening

Friday 7 November 2014, 2.00pm – 5.00pm West Road Recital Room

Robin Orr Lecture: Sir Harrison Birtwistle in interview with Richard Causton

Thursday 6 November 2014, 5.30pm West Road Concert Hall

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Lunchtime Concert at King’s

Saturday 8 November 2014, 12.30pm - 1.30pm King’s College Chapel

Richard Causton De Profundis (world première)Harrison Birtwistle BogenstrichJae-Moon Lee Tangram (world première) Beethoven Cello Sonata op. 102

Anssi Karttunen cello Nicolas Hodges piano

Tickets: £18 | £12 | £6Students: £5

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Saturday 8 November 2014, 7.30pm King’s College Chapel

Harrison Birtwistle Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae PerpetuumHarrison Birtwistle Fantasia on All the Notes Alexander Goehr ...between the lines (Chamber Symphony) (UK première)Patrick Brennan New Work (world première) Richard Causton Chamber Symphony Harrison Birtwistle Silbury Air

Oliver Knussen conductor

Tickets: £24 | £18 | £12Students: £5

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Evensong with music by Harrison Birtwistle

Saturday 8 November 2014, 5.30pm King’s College Chapel

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Britten War Requiem

Saturday 22 November 2014, 7.30pmEly Cathedral

Cambridge University Chamber OrchestraCUMS ChorusBritten SinfoniaThe Choir of Girton CollegeThe Choristers & Choir of Jesus College

Stephen Cleobury conductorAmanda Roocroft sopranoJohn Mark Ainsley tenorNeal Davies bass

Tickets: £32 | £25 | £18 | £10

Riverdance

Thursday 20 November 2014, 8.00pm West Road Concert Hall

Shostakovich arr. Donald Hunsberger Festive OverturePhilip Sparke A Lindisfarne Rhapsody Holst First Suite in E-flat Bill Whelan arr. Carl Strommen Riverdance

Cambridge University Wind OrchestraLucy Morris conductorRosalind Ridout flute

Tickets: £10Concessions: £8 Students: £3

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Weber Clarinet Concerto

Thursday 27 November 2014, 8.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

Strauss Die Fledermaus OvertureWeber Clarinet Concerto No. 2Brahms Tragic OvertureBrahms Hungarian Dances 3 & 5

CUMS Concert OrchestraQuintin Beer conductorHelen McKeown clarinet CUMS Concerto Competition Prize-Winner

Tickets: £10 Concessions: £8Students: £3

Peter Donohoe performs Brahms

Saturday 6 December 2014, 8.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

CUMS Symphony OrchestraGad Kadosh conductorPeter Donohoe piano

Tickets: £20 | £14 | £10 Concessions: £18 | £12 | £8Students: £5

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Howard Shelley at King’s Chapel

Saturday 17 January 2015, 8.00pm King’s College Chapel

Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Brahms Ein deustches Requiem

Cambridge University Chamber OrchestraMembers of CUMS Symphony OrchestraChoirs of Clare, Gonville & Caius, Jesus and Selwyn CollegesMembers of CUMS Chorus and Cambridge University Chamber Choir

Howard Shelley conductorElinor Rolfe Johnson sopranoJonathan Sells bassTim Brown chorus master

Tickets: £35 | £30 | £20 Students: £31 | £26 | £16or £5 on the door, subject to availability

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The Lion & the Lance: From Venice to Leipzig

Friday 6 February 2015, 8.00pm St John’s College Chapel

Saturday 7 February 2015, 8.00pm Girton College Great Hall

J. S. Bach Magnificat, BWV 243 J. S. Bach Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 & works by Schein & Giovanni Gabrieli

Cambridge University Collegium Musicum Historic Woodwind of the Royal Academy of Music, LondonMargaret Faultless, director

Historic Brass of the Combined ConservatoiresJeremy West, director

Cambridge University Chamber Choir Martin Ennis, conductor

St John’s College ChapelTickets: £18 | Students: £6

Girton College Great Hall Tickets: £15 | Students: £5

Oxford and Cambridge Wind Orchestras Varsity Concert

Saturday 21 February 2015, 4.30pm Trinity College Chapel

Programme to include: James Swearingen Novena Philip Sparke Year of the Dragon Adam Gorb Awayday

Oxford and Cambridge Wind OrchestrasBenedict Kearns conductor

Tickets: £10 | £8 Students: £3

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Stephen Kovacevich

Saturday 28 February 2015, 8.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 K491 Beethoven Symphony No. 7

Cambridge University Chamber OrchestraChristopher Seaman conductorStephen Kovacevich piano

Tickets: £20 | £14 | £10 Concessions: £18 | £12 | £8 Students: £5

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Wind Orchestra Schools Concert

Thursday 26 February 2015, 1.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

James Swearingen Novena Murray Gold, Ron Grainer arr. Matthew Kemp Doctor Who MusicAdam Gorb AwaydayCharles Ives Variations on ‘America’arr. John Higgins Disney at the Movies

Cambridge University Wind OrchestraBenedict Kearns conductor

A varied and playful programme aimed at sparking the imagination of children. Pieces will be displayed in a colourful projected presentation.

Open to schools by invitation – if your school would like to attend please contact Megan Wilson at [email protected]. The concert welcomes home schooled children.

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Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

Friday 6 March 2015, 8.00pmKing’s College Chapel

Vaughan Williams A Sea SymphonyFrederick Septimus Kelly Elegy for harp and strings (in memoriam Rupert Brooke)

CUMS Chorus & East Anglia Chamber OrchestraStephen Cleobury conductorJane Irwin sopranoDuncan Rock baritone

Tickets: £30 | £20 | £15 Students: £26 | £16 | £11 or £5 on the door

CUMS Concert Orchestra

Thursday 5 March 2015, 8.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

Gounod Funeral March of a MarionetteGershwin Piano Concerto in F MajorGounod Judex from ‘Mors et Vita’Bizet Carmen Suite 1 & Habanera

CUMS Concert OrchestraLucy Morris conductorJulien Cohen piano (CUMS Concerto Competition Prize-Winner)

Tickets: £10Concessions: £8 Students: £5

Tchaikovsky Pathétique

Saturday 7 March 2015, 8.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)

CUMS Symphony OrchestraJoel Sandelson conductor CUMS Brenda Charters Conducting ScholarEleanor Kornas pianoCUMS Concerto Competition Joint-Winner

Tickets: £20 | £14 | £10 Concessions: £18 | £12 | £8 Students: £5

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King’s Foundation Concert

Saturday 14 March 2015, 5.30 pmKing’s College Chapel

Haydn Trumpet Concerto Haydn Paukenmesse

Cambridge University Chamber OrchestraThe King’s Men & former Choral ScholarsStephen Cleobury conductor John Wallace trumpet

Tickets: £35 | £25 | £20 | £15

CUMS Symphony Orchestra at the Cambridge Science Festival

Sound’scope - Snapshots of science set to music Sunday 15 March 2015

Experience Cambridge science up-close through a collection of short films set to a soundtrack performed live by members of CUMS Symphony Orchestra.

Further details to be announced at outreach.mus.cam.ac.uk/events

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Saturday 9 May 2015, 8.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

Brahms Gesang der Parzen Brahms NänieProkofiev Symphony No. 1 (Classical)Peter Yarde-Martin New Work (world première)Kodaly Dances of Galánta

Cambridge University Chamber OrchestraCambridge University Chamber Choir

Carlos Izcaray conductorDavid Lowe chorus master

Tickets: £20 | £14 | £10 Concessions: £18 | £12 | £8 Students: £5

Mahler Symphony No. 2 for Organ

Saturday 25 April 2015, 6.30pmKing’s College Chapel

Mahler arr. David Briggs Symphony No.2 (The Resurrection)

CUMS ChorusStephen Cleobury conductorRachel Bowden sopranoPhillipa Thomas mezzo-sopranoDavid Briggs organ

Free Admission, retiring collection

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Tchaikovsky & Khachaturian

Thursday 14 May 2015, 8.00pmWest Road Concert Hall

Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia Tchaikovsky Swan Lake SuiteNorman Dello Joio Satiric DancesEric Whitacre OctoberHolst Mars & Jupiter from ‘The Planets’

Cambridge University Wind OrchestraCUMS Concert Orchestra

Quintin Beer conductorLucy Morris conductor

Tickets: £10 Concessions: £8 Students: £3

Verdi Requiem Workshop with David HIll

Saturday 16 May 2015, 11.00 am - 4.00pmWesley Methodist Church

Tickets: £20 | CUMS Members: £15 Students: £10

For further details and booking information please visit www.cums.org.uk or contact CUMS Chorus Manager [email protected]

CUMS May Week Concert with The Bach Choir

Saturday 13 June 2015, 8.00pmKing’s College Chapel

Verdi Requiem

CUMS Symphony OrchestraCUMS ChorusMembers of The Bach ChoirDavid Hill conductorPhilippa Boyle sopranoJennifer Johnston mezzo-sopranoSam Furness tenorAndrew Greenan bass

Tickets: £38 | £35 | £20 | £10Students: £34 | £31 | £16 | £6or £5 on the door, subject to availability

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OUR NEW ASSOCIATE ENSEMBLE

We are delighted to welcome Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra to CUMS as an associate ensemble. CUJO is the University's premier big band which performs throughout the year in the top Cambridge jazz venues and further afield. They have worked with musicians including Steve Waterman, Stan Sulzmann, and Liane Carroll, touring to Budapest, Prague, Istanbul and Bordeaux.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA

The highlight of the CUJO year is on 6 February in West Road Concert Hall with special guest, so do put this date in your diaries!

Check the CUJO website www.cujo.org.uk closer to the time for full details.

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CUMS ON TOURIn 2014 our ensembles enjoyed exhilarating tours to Lisbon, Ghent Music Festival and Orpheus and Bacchus festival in Bordeaux, France.

This season, CUCO is planning to perform at Opera Theatre Summerfest, an exciting new festival in Verviers, Belgium. If you would like to immerse yourself in Opera and Chamber music in the stunning Salle Harmonie and Musée des Beaux Arts please visit www.cums.org.uk/cuco for full details.

LONDON CHAMBER MUSIC RECITALSCome and enjoy our London Chamber Music recitals where the University’s finest musicians perform in intimate and exclusive venues. These vibrant social events mix music, wine and conversation with the musicians.

To be the first to find out about the next concert, sign up to our London mailing list at www.cums.org.uk/alumni

CUMS Symphony Orchestra preparing at Sint Michaelskirk (Ghent, Belgium)

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OUR HISTORY

CUMS is one of the oldest and most distinguished university music societies in the world. It offers a world class musical education for members of the university and local residents, nurturing the great musicians of the future and providing performing opportunities for over 500 Cambridge musicians every year.

The society has played a pivotal role in British musical life for almost 170 years. It has educated Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Mark Elder, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Edward Gardner, Christopher Hogwood and Robin Ticciati, has premièred works by Brahms, Holloway, Lutoslawski, Rutter, Saxton and Vaughan Williams, and has given generations of Cambridge musicians the experience of visiting conductors and soloists including Britten, Dvořák, Kodaly, Menuhin and Tchaikovsky. Since the 1870s, CUMS has enjoyed the leadership of several of Britain’s finest musicians, including Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, and, from 1983 to 2009, Stephen Cleobury.

In 2009, Stephen Cleobury assumed a new role as Principal Conductor of the CUMS Chorus, and Sir Roger Norrington was appointed as Principal Guest Conductor. Martin Yates joined the team as Principal Conductor of the CUMS Symphony Orchestra, and a Great Conductors series was launched to expose CUMS members to a succession of world-class visiting conductors.

In 2010, CUMS entered another new phase when it merged with the Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra and Cambridge University Music Club. In October 2010, the society launched the Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts – a new series of weekly chamber recitals at West Road Concert Hall showcasing our finest musical talent. In 2011 it merged with the Cambridge University Chamber Choir, which is directed by Martin Ennis and David Lowe.

CUMS continues to provide opportunities for our finest student soloists and conductors by awarding conducting scholarships and concerto prizes, and it encourages new music by running a Composition Competition and premièring at least one new work each year. Recent highlights have included Wagner’s Parsifal conducted by Sir Mark Elder, a recording of Haydn and Mozart symphonies with Sir Roger Norrington, and a recording of The Epic of Everest’s original score for the British Film Institute.

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Since it was founded in 1843, CUMS has provided unique opportunities for successive generations of Cambridge musicians. It has immeasurably enriched the cultural life of the University and City, and, having launched many of the biggest careers in classical music, it has played a pivotal role in the musical world beyond.

CUMS receives no core funding from the University, and income from ticket sales does not meet the full cost of delivering a world-class musical education. The CUMS Supporters’ Circle has been established to address this pressing financial need. All those who value Cambridge’s vibrant musical heritage, and want to maintain it for the 21st Century, are invited to join the Circle.

JOIN THE SUPPORTERS’ CIRCLE

To become a member of the Supporters’ Circle, contact our

Secretary, Christine Skeen:

CUMS Supporters’ Circle Cambridge University

11 West RoadCambridgeCB3 9DP

Friend: £50 – £99 per annumDonor: £100 – £249 per annum

• Contributing membership of the Society. • Entitlement to priority booking for tickets.• The opportunity to buy a full season ticket.• Acknowledgement in programmes and website.• Drinks at each West Road performance.• Regular updates on key projects and events.

Benefactor: £250 – £499 per annumPrincipal Benefactor: £500 – £999 per annum

• All of the above, plus opportunities to sit in on selected rehearsals

The Stanford Circle: £1,000 – £2,499 per annumThe Vaughan Williams Circle: £2,500+ per annumThe Britten Circle: £10,000+ per annum

• All of the above, plus the opportunity to be recognised as the supporter of a specific activity each season.

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For Verdi’s Requiem on 24 October 2014:

Royal Albert Hall Box Office royalalberthall.com | Tel: 0207 838 3109

For Britten’s War Requiem on 22 November 2014:

Ely Cathedral Box Office tickets.elycathedral.org | Tel: 01353 660349 Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm

For Concerts at King’s concerts on 14 March 2015

The Shop at King's Box Office13 King’s Parade, Cambridge CB2 1SPMonday - Saturday, 9.30am - 5pm, & Sunday, 10am - 4.30pmEmail: [email protected] | Tel: 01223 769342

For all other concerts:

ADC Box Officeadcticketing.com | Tel: 01223 300085 ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge CB5 8ASMonday - Saturday, 1pm - 7pm

CUCO Season Ticket

King’s Season Ticket

BOOKING INFORMATION

Save 20% by booking for all 3 CUCO Concerts at West Road Concert Hall. Applications close on 17 October 2014 at 5pm.

Save 15% by booking for all 3 CUMS Concerts at King’s College Chapel. Applications close on 9 January 2015 at 5pm.

Please book your season tickets through the ADC Box Office.

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Fri 26 Sept Come and Sing: Mozart Requiem Cambridge University Alumni Chorus 9.30 pm 8

Fri 24 Oct Verdi Requiem Cambridge University Chamber Choir 7.30 pm 9

Sat 25 Oct Ravel Mother Goose Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra 8.00 pm 9

Sat 1 Nov Sibelius, Dvořák & Rachmaninov CUMS Symphony Orchestra 8.00 pm 9

Thu 6 Nov Birtwistle: Robin Orr Lecture Harrison Birtwhistle & Richard Causton 5.30 pm 11

Thu 6 Nov Birtwistle: Arditti String Quartet Arditti String Quartet 7.30 pm 10

Fri 7 Nov Birtwistle: The Minotaur Screening Film Screening 2.00 pm 11

Fri 7 Nov Birtwistle: New Music Ensemble CU New Music Ensemble & The King’s Men 7.30 pm 10

Sat 8 Nov Birtwistle: Lunchtime Concert at King’s Anssi Karttunen & Nicolas Hodges 12.30 pm 11

Sat 8 Nov Birtwistle: Contemporary Music Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 7.30 pm 11

Thu 20 Nov Riverdance Cambridge University Wind Orchestra 8.00 pm 12

Sat 22 Nov Britten War Requiem CU Chamber Orchestra & CUMS Chorus 7.30 pm 12

Thu 27 Nov Weber Clarinet Concerto CUMS Concert Orchestra 8.00 pm 13

Sat 6 Dec Peter Donohoe performs Brahms CUMS Symphony Orchestra 8.00 pm 13

Sat 17 Jan Howard Shelley at King’s Chapel Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra 8.00 pm 14

Fri 6 & Sat 7 Feb The Lion and the Lance Cambridge University Collegium Musicum 8.00 pm 15

INDEX

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Sat 21 Feb Varsity Wind Orchestra Concert Cambridge & Oxford Wind Orchestras 4.30 pm 15

Thu 26 Feb Wind Orchestra Schools Concert Cambridge University Wind Orchestra 1.00 pm 16

Sat 28 Feb Stephen Kovacevich Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra 8.00 pm 16

Thu 5 Mar CUMS Concert Orchestra CUMS Concert Orchestra 8.00 pm 17

Fri 6 Mar Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony CUMS Chorus & East Anglia Chamber Orchestra 8.00 pm 17

Sat 7 Mar Tchaikovsky Pathétique CUMS Symphony Orchestra 8.00 pm 17

Sat 14 Mar King’s Foundation Concert CU Chamber Orchestra & The King’s Men 5.30 pm 18

Sun 15 Mar Sound’scope at the Science Festival CUMS Symphony Orchestra tbc 18

Sat 25 Apr Mahler Symphony No. 2 for Organ CUMS Chorus & David Briggs 6.30 pm 19

Sat 9 May Carlos Izcaray conducts CU Chamber Orchestra & Chamber Choir 8.00 pm 19

Thu 14 May Tchaikovsky & Khachaturian CUMS Concert Orchestra & Wind Orchestra 8.00 pm 20

Sat 16 May Verdi Requiem Workshop CUMS Chorus & David HIll 11.00 pm 20

Sat 13 Jun CUMS Mayweek Concert Bach Choir, CUMS Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 8.00 pm 20

For more information about CUMS, our concerts, booking tickets, receiving our e-newsletters or getting involved, please visit our website, www.cums.org.uk, or email Chloe Davidson at [email protected]. Our website is always up-to-date with the

latest Society news, events and contact information for the individual Society ensembles.

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