The Rite of Spring

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Saturday 9 November, 4pm (until 5.40pm)

Wynton Marsalis Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!

Sergei Rachmaninov The Bells

Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Performed by:

Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra

Cambridge Philharmonic Chorus

Harry Sever Conductor

Jenny Stafford Soprano

Dominic Bevan Tenor

Alistair Ollerenshaw Baritone

NOTE: Our conductor, Harry Sever, will be hosting an informal pre-concert talk  in the main auditorium from  3.30pm – 3.45pm. This event is FREE to all ticket holders and does not need to be pre-booked. 

FILMING – Please note that we will be professionally filming the rehearsal of this concert, audience arriving and the final applause. This is to support our continued marketing and fundraising. Our team will be discreet and not impact on the enjoyment of the performance. 

Stravinsky’s ground-breaking The Rite of Spring is forever associated with that riot at a Paris theatre in 1913. Supercharged rhythms and a mystical harmonic language coalesce to create a truly unique score that continues to shock and defy expectations.

Known as the ‘Pied Piper of Jazz’ and the ‘Doctor of Swing’, American jazz titan Wynton Marsalis performs and composes across the entire spectrum of jazz and has written jazz-influenced chamber music and symphonic works for revered classical ensembles across the US and abroad. Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! is a fanfare for brass and percussion, premiered in the UK at Prom 21, we are excited to bring this work to Cambridge. 

Rachmaninov’s vibrant setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘poetic primitivism’ in The Bells offers a technicolour fantasy of words and music. A musical feast to kick off our 24-25 concert season.

Tickets

Tickets: £15, £20, £25, £30. Student concessions available

Please note that tickets are purchased on a non-refundable basis.

Access: The building is fully accessible to wheelchair users, with wheelchair / companion seating ramps and accessible toilet facilities. Click HERE to find out more.

If you require a free carer’s ticket or have additional access requirements, please get in touch tickets@cam-phil.org.uk

TRAVEL & PARKING

West Road Concert Hall is  situated on the University’s Sidgwick Site, only a few minutes’ walk west of the famous Cambridge Backs and King’s College, West Road Concert Hall is easily accessible on foot, by bike, on public transport, or by car.

For further information click HERE 

The address is 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP