We are happy to announce that during the Vaughan Williams & Sibelius concert at West Road Concert hall on the 19th March 2022, we raised £797 by bucket collection alone to the DEC (Disaster Emergency Committee) Ukraine appeal! Thank you to our audience’s generosity – your contributions will be greatly appreciated!
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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 …
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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 …
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Vaughan Williams & Sibelius 19th March 2022 West Road Concert hall It was pure joy to be in the concert hall last night but joy mixed with deep sadness as after that spine-tingling finale with its utterly gorgeous theme we all remembered the opening words of the conductor. Mike Levy, The Cambridge Critique We all …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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