Cambridge Philharmonic celebrates Vaughan Williams anniversary

On Saturday 19 March at 7.30pm, the Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus return to West Road Concert Hall. We will perform Dona Nobis Pacem and a selection from Ten Blake Songs by Vaughan Williams, and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 with new Music Director Harry Sever and soloists Alison Rose and Tristan Hambleton. In 1901 Jean …

A welcome return to West Road for Cambridge Philharmonic

On Saturday 19 March at 7.30pm, the Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus return to West Road Concert Hall after the disappointment of having to cancel their December and January events. They will perform Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan Williams with soloists Alison Rose and Tristan Hambleton and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. Harry Sever will make …

CANCELLED – Royal Albert Hall presents My Christmas Orchestral Adventure

We’re so sad to have had to cancel these concerts but the safety of our audience and musicians, and that of the Corn Exchange staff, is our priority. In light of the current, rapidly-evolving situation regarding the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, we feel we must make this decision. We wholeheartedly apologise for …

A message from Tim and Tom

There are just two weeks to go until our family concerts at Cambridge Corn Exchange on Saturday 19th December 2021, and Tim and Tom (Conductor and Chief Adventurer) have recorded this message just for you! Tickets are available now at Royal Albert Hall Presents My Christmas Orchestral Adventure
Harry Sever

Our new Music Director

We are delighted to announce that Harry Sever will be the Cambridge Philharmonic’s new Music Director, with Lucy Hollins joining us as Principal Guest Conductor. Harry and Lucy will work alongside our outgoing Music Director, Tim Redmond, during the 21/22 concert season. We met so many hugely talented conductors during an interview and audition process …

From the New World concert name for 6 November 2021

The Cambridge Philharmonic is back!

On 6 November 2021 at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, the Cambridge Philharmonic return with a concert celebrating both the chorus and orchestra in turn. The chorus, conducted by Chorus Master Tom Primrose, will take centre stage for the first half with Janáček’s Six Moravian Choruses and Parry’s Songs of Farewell. The orchestra, conducted by Timothy …

First violins socially distancing

The past two months: Socially distanced rehearsals

As we begin the second lockdown, we reflect on the past two months of music making in the Cambridge Philharmonic. Following guidelines from Making Music, the orchestra and chorus started rehearing again at the beginning of September. We began with the orchestra, starting out with just a small group of string players sitting two metres …

Raymond Leppard, 1927-2019

We are very sad to hear that world-renowned conductor, and previous Vice President of the Cambridge Philharmonic, Raymond Leppard has died, aged 92. A trail-blazing Musical Director, Leppard played an enormous role of the reintroduction of Italian Baroque-era opera into the repertoire through his historic Glynebourne productions. Also a former Director of Music at Trinity …