We are pleased to announce the internationally renowned guest soloists performing with our orchestra and chorus at the upcoming ‘The Rite of Spring’ concert. Taking to the stage are: Jenny Stafford Soprano Dominic Bevan Tenor Trevor Eliot Bowes Bass Conducted by our Music Director Harry Sever. West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge Saturday 9 November, 4pm (until 5.40pm) Limited …
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The UK premier of John Wynton Marsalis’s brassy, swingy ‘Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!’ was recently performed by The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson at Prom 21. We will be lucky to perform this new work at our upcoming concert ‘The Rite of Spring’… quite possibly the second time this work will be performed in …
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We are thrilled to introduce our upcoming season… Following sell-out concerts last year, the orchestra and chorus will be tackling some of the most titanic, heart-wrenching and thrilling pieces in the repertoire, performing at our regular venues of West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge and Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden. Our freshly launched programme features a …
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Cambridge Philharmonic have been working with young people from North Cambridge Academy as part of our quest to share classical music and singing to the wider community. Workshop leaders Suzi Zumpe (lead), John Barber and Hazel Gould have engaged with the young people to develop a mini opera which will be performed at 3.15pm in …
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Unfortunately, Vincent Regan, the presenter of our ‘Magic of the Movies’ concert in May will no longer be able to attend, due to delayed filming commitments in Scotland. We are pleased to announce that actor and singer Ben Eagle will be taking on the role, and as a self-proclaimed ‘film buff’ he will fit the …
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An informative and thought-provoking way to begin an evening’s entertainment… Our next pre concert talk will be before Elijah! on 2nd March 2024, 6.45 – 7pm, Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden. Our Chorus Master, Tom Primrose will be discussing Mendelssohn’s glorious oratorio and his connections with the University of East Anglia choir, who are joining …
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Please join us for a very special concert to make a difference to all those affected by Parkinson’s. This concert of classical and contemporary compositions will run from 16.00 to 18.00 on Sunday 28th January 2024. The concert will include performances by: Sections of the Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra Accorde, the Cambridge choral …
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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
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 …
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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 …
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