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CUCO CD

Principal Guest Conductor Sir Roger Norrington CBE

Principal Conductor CUMS Chorus Stephen Cleobury CBE
Principal Conductor CUMS Symphony Orchestra Martin Yates
Principal Guest Conductor Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Peter Stark
Directors Cambridge University Chamber Choir Martin Ennis and
David Lowe
Chairman Sir Keith Stuart
Executive Director Sarah Chambr
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 cnd26@cam.ac.uk
Our website is always up-to-date with the latest Society news, events
and contact information for the individual Society ensembles

CDs can be bought at all CUMS concerts at West

Road Concert Hall or buy on-line via the link at
www.cums.org.uk/about/cums-recording

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Cambridge University Musical Society

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Concert

Venue

Alumni Festival Come & Sing

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra performs
Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Beethoven Symphony No.5
CUMS Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler Symphony No.1
The Epic of Everest with Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
CUMS Chorus performs Mendelssohn Elijah
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra performs Bernstein and Copland
CUMS Concert Orchestra performs Mendelssohn and Brahms
CUMS Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich
Sir Roger Norrington conducts Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington conducts Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conducts Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6 and
Tippett A Child of Our Time
CUMS Chorus performs Handel, Rameau and Bach
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra Schools Concert
Carlos Izcaray conducts CUMS Symphony Orchestra
CUMS Concert Orchestra performs Beethoven and Schoenberg
Echoes of Venice: Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Echoes of Venice: Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra performs Martinu and Beethoven
CUMS Concert Orchestra and Cambridge University Wind Orchestra
May Week Concert: Elgar Enigma Variations; Janc ek Glagolitic Mass

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Welcome
A very warm welcome to the CUMS 201314 season brochure,
which offers a rich array of over 40 concerts. There is great
variety from Tallis, Bach and Scarlatti to Elgar, Jancek and
Tippet. The breadth and quality of these concerts bears
testament to CUMS mission to bring a joy and love of music
to all. We hope that you will come to share and enjoy what we
offer.
Cambridges flagship orchestra, CUCO, will be tackling
some exciting repertoire, opening with Mozarts Clarinet
Concerto with soloist David Wong and Principal Guest
Conductor Peter Stark. Two further exciting ventures are
planned for the Orchestra this autumn. On November 16, it
will perform the original orchestral accompaniment to the
newly-restored 1924 silent film The Epic of Everest; it will go
on to record the soundtrack for the BFIs DVD release of the
film. In December, it will perform Christmas concerts under
the baton of Sir Roger Norrington in Cambridge and at Kings
Place in London.
As part of our Great Conductors Series we are privileged to
welcome back Nicholas Collon to direct CUCO, the CUMS
Symphony Orchestra and the choirs of Clare, Gonville and
Caius, Jesus and Selwyn Colleges in a performance of
Tippetts A Child of our Time in Kings College Chapel in
January. A recent CUMS conducting scholar, Nicholas is now
one of Britains most exciting young conductors: he won a
RPS award in 2011, was Assistant Conductor of the London
Philharmonic Orchestra until 2012, and is in demand with
leading orchestras around Europe and beyond. The Chapel
hosts two further concerts for CUMS Chorus: Mendelssohns
romantic masterpiece, Elijah, in November with the East
Anglian Chamber Orchestra, and Janceks vibrant and

dramatic Slavonic masterwork, Glagolitic Mass, in May Week

with the CUMS Symphony Orchestra.
The Symphony Orchestra opens the year with Mahlers
triumphant Symphony No.1 on November 2. It continues with
a Russian theme in December under Principal Conductor
Martin Yates. In March, the Orchestra promises a dramatic
rendition of Stravinskys Symphony in Three Movements
conducted by the fiery Venezuelan Carlos Izcaray: he
encouraged fierce, joyous playing (The Times).
The Concert Orchestra offers wonderful opportunities to
young soloists and conductors, with programmes of
Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms. The Wind Orchestra
combines with the Percussion Ensemble in November for a
rousing programme of Copland and Bernstein, including an
arrangement of the West Side Story Suite. There is more to
enjoy as they join forces with the Concert Orchestra in May.
In complete contrast, the Chamber Choir will be joined by
the finest student period ensembles in May to bring us Tallis
Spem in Alium in their Echoes of Venice concert. There are
also a great variety of free Tuesday lunchtime concerts
showcasing the finest instrumentalists alongside Britten
Sinfonia, resident University Ensemble.
I am very excited about this superb season of concerts as I
take on the new role of Executive Director. Please support as
many concerts as you can, I am certain you will find much to
enjoy in the excellence and enthusiasm of these young people.
I hope to see you there and please dont hesitate to give us
feedback, good and bad! A final warm thanks to all who
support us: as donors, volunteers and mentors. We could not
manage without you.
Sarah Chambr
Executive Director, Cambridge University Musical Society
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Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts (admission free)

The Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts showcase the
young and emerging student talent, performing music
ranging from Mozart and Beethoven to Messiaen and John
Adams. Performances take place on Tuesday lunchtimes in
West Road Concert Hall during Full Term.
You can also enjoy a delicious sandwich lunch at West Road
Concert Hall coffee shop prior to each concert, making CULC
the perfect way to spend a relaxing Tuesday lunchtime.
All concerts are in West Road Concert Hall at
1.10pm1.55pm unless stated

Michaelmas Term 2013

Tuesday 22 October
A Celebration of 20th Century British Music; including
Warlocks The Curlew with conductor George Parris and an
ensemble of Cambridge instrumentalists.
Tuesday 29 October
Music for Wind Quintet; including Nielsens Wind Quintet
and Ligetis 10 Pieces for Wind Quintet, performed by the
.
Tuesday 5 November
Contemporary Chamber Music Showcase, featuring works by
leading composer, Harold Meltzer, and Cambridges own John
Hopkins and Jeremy Thurlow.

Tuesday 12 November
Stravinskys Les Noces, performed by the
, with William Cole,
conductor.
Tuesday 19 November
Schuberts Winterreise, performed by Nicholas Mogg, baritone
and Harry Ogg, piano.
Tuesday 26 November
Robin Holloway 70th Birthday Celebration; a concert of
music by Holloway and his contemporaries, performed by the
.
Tuesday 3 December
Shostakovichs Piano Quintet, performed by the

Tuesday 17 December, 1pm 2pm

performs a new work by Sally Beamish
alongside Mozart, Lutoslawski and Faur.
(Ticket prices start at 3. To purchase tickets please visit
www.brittensinfonia.com)

Lent Term 2014

Tuesday 21 January
Like Father, Like Son; a celebration of the music of J.S. and
C.P.E. Bach, performed by a baroque ensemble directed by Joe
Davies.

Tuesday 28 January
Beethovens Piano Sonatas Op.78 and Op.109, with Keval Shah,
piano.
Tuesday 4 February ,

The Concerto Grosso and the Birth of the Orchestra;
performed by the
, with Margaret Faultless, director.
Tuesday 11 February 1pm 2pm
performs a selection of
Schubert Songs and a new work by Roderick Williams.
(Ticket prices start at 3. To purchase tickets please visit
www.brittensinfonia.com)
Tuesday 18 February
La Nuit, Le Froid, La Solitude; a diverse programme of choral
music performed by the
and Nicholas Mulroy, conductor.

Tuesday 18 March 1pm 2pm

performs the Beethoven Septet and a
new piece by William Cole, winner of the University of
Cambridge Composers Workshop.
(Ticket prices start at 3. To purchase tickets please visit
www.brittensinfonia.com)

Easter Term 2014

Tuesday 22 April
A contrasting programme, with Patrick Milne, piano and
Rosie Bowker, flute.
Tuesday 29 April
David Mears, clarinet and a presentation of works by James
Welland, CUMS Joint Composer-in-Residence.
Tuesday 6 May 1pm 2pm

performs a new work by composer and

Tuesday 25 February
A blend of contemporary and classical works, performed by
Michael Buchanan, trombone and Elliot Laum, piano.

viola player, Brett Dean, in addition to works by Schoenberg

and Tintner.
(Ticket prices start at 3. To purchase tickets please visit
www.brittensinfonia .com)

Tuesday 4 March 1.10pm 2.15pm

Performances by the finalists of the CUMS Concerto
Competition.

Please visit our website, www.cums.org.uk, for directions

to all our concert venues. Full programme details will be
announced online shortly before each concert.

Tuesday 11 March
The first ever lunchtime recital, by the newly-formed

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Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra is

Cambridges flagship orchestra. It attracts the
Universitys very best musical talent, works exclusively
with distinguished professional conductors, and achieves
the highest possible standards. Recent highlights have
included Wagner with Sir Mark Elder, a recording of
Mozart and Haydn with Sir Roger Norrington and a live
Radio 3 broadcast with Kings College Chapel Choir
conducted by Stephen Cleobury.
CUMS Symphony Orchestra is the Universitys finest
symphony orchestra. It performs a wide range of
repertoire under its distinguished principal conductor
Martin Yates, its undergraduate conducting scholar, and
a roster of guest conductors which has recently included
Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Richard
Armstrong and Libor Pesek.
CUMS Chorus brings together singers from town and
gown, and performs at least three concerts a year, two in
Kings Chapel. The Chorus is directed by its principal
conductor Stephen Cleobury and occasional guest
conductors. Regular international tours are arranged for
the Chorus, the most recent having been to Paris in April
2012 and they will go to Lisbon in April 2014.
Directed by Martin Ennis and David Lowe, the
Cambridge University Chamber Choir provides the best
student singers with the opportunity to perform at the

highest possible level repertoire that is not usually

undertaken by the Cambridge chapel choirs. There is an
emphasis on secular music and on repertoire that offers
singers the chance to appear as soloists or in small groups.
CUMS Concert Orchestra, is our second symphony
orchestra. Since its establishment in 1921 the orchestra
has always offered an opportunity for the Universitys
best young student conductors and soloists and in the
past it has played under the baton of Sir David Willcocks,
Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Edward Higginbottom.
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra is an
ambitious wind ensemble, led by talented student
conductors, which performs repertoire ranging from wind
band classics to new works. Recent highlights have
included music by Bernstein, Dukas, Gershwin, Gorb,
Gregson, Holst, McNeff and John Williams.

Peter Ash conducts the Cambridge University Chamber Choir and Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra,
May 2013.

Introducing the CUMS ensembles

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CUMS Symphony Orchestra

performs Schubert and Mahler

Alumni Festival Come & Sing

Friday 27 September 2013

4.30pm10.30pm

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

Cambridge University Alumni Chorus

For further details and tickets

contact 01223 365110

Season Launch Concert

Saturday 26 October 2013

at 8pm

Mozart Magic Flute Overture

Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.5

Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Cambridge University Chamber

Orchestra
Peter Stark conductor
David Wong (CUMS Concerto
Competition Winner) clarinet

David Wong

Schubert Symphony No.5

Mahler Symphony No.1

Peter Stark

Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Ben Glassberg conductor

(CUMS Brenda Charters Conducting Scholar)

Tickets 15 singers (3 to hire

music)
10 audience for 9.30pm
performance

Stephen Cleobury conductor

Gabrielle Haigh soprano
Daniel DSouza baritone
William Cole, Andrew Goldman accompanists

Saturday 2 November 2013

at 8pm

Ben Glassberg

Stephen Cleobury conducts CUMS Symphony

Orchestra and CUMS Chorus in Kings College
Chapel, June 2013

By kind permission of the Provost and Scholars of Kings College, Cambridge

Michaelmas Term 2013

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Saturday 16 November 2013

at 8pm

Screening of the newly-restored 1924 silent film The Epic of Everest with live
orchestral accompaniment

Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Andrew Gourlay conductor
The Epic of Everest (J.B. Noel, 1924; compiled score from 1924 by
Frederick Laurence and Eugene Goossens Snr.)
This concert will involve a musical recreation of The Epic of Everest
(J. B. Noel), a travelogue-cum-quest adventure silent film shot on Mount
Everest in 1924 during that years Royal Geographical Society expedition,
the one on which George Mallory and Sandy Irvine died.
The film has recently been restored by the British Film Institute and is
to be shown in London with a newly commissioned score, however this is
the only planned screening with a live recreation of the original score
held in the Cambridge University Library. It is an example of a compiled
score for silent film, consisting of a number of excerpts from existing
classical works as well as a few specially composed themes.

For further information on the film

and score please visit our website
www.cums.org.uk

Mendelssohn Elijah

Saturday 23 November 2013

at 8pm

CUMS Chorus
East Anglia Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Sally Harrison soprano
Daniela Lehner mezzo-soprano
Joshua Mills tenor
Ashley Riches bass

D. Scanlan

The Epic of Everest

Stephen Cleobury

Cambridge University Wind Orchestra performs

Bernstein and Copland
Bernstein Candide Overture
Copland Quiet City
Bernstein, arr. Paul Hiley West Side Story
Jim Casella Katraterra
Copland An Outdoor Overture
Hindemith Symphony in B-flat

Thursday 28 November 2013,

at 8pm

Tickets 10 (8 concessions),
3 Students

Cambridge University Wind Orchestra

Cambridge University Percussion Ensemble
Benedict Collins-Rice conductor

Benedict Collins-Rice

Shambhala

John Noel Photographic Collection

Tickets 25, 20, 15, 10

Students: 4 reduction of above
prices and 5 on the door, subject to
availability

Andrew Gourlay

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CUMS Concert Orchestra

Wednesday 4 December 2013

at 8pm

Cambridge University Musical Societys second symphony orchestra

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Brahms Alto Rhapsody
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4

Tickets 10 (8 concessions),
3 Students

Clare Park

Alastair Chilvers conductor

Anna Harvey mezzo-soprano

Alastair Chilvers

Anna Harvey

CUMS Symphony Orchestra performs

Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

Saturday 7 December 2013

at 8pm

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

Shostakovich Symphony No.11

Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Martin Yates conductor

Sergey Levitin violin

Eric Richmond

Guy Johnson performs Brittens Symphony for Cello and Orchestra with
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash, May 2013

Martin Yates

Sergey Levitin

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Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Manfred Esser

Sir Roger Norrington conductor

Katherine Watson soprano

Katherine Watson

Hugo Bernand

Sir Roger Norrington

Saturday 18 January 2014

at 8pm

Nicholas Collon conducts Tippett A Child of

Our Time

Sunday 15 December 2013

at 6.30pm
,

Vaughan Williams The Cloud Cappd Towers

Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6
Tippett A Child of Our Time

Tickets 21.50 if booked online and

23.50 if booked by phone or at the
box office
Premium Tickets
Concert and post concert dinner at
the Rotunda Restaurant 65
Pre-concert, interval drinks and
concert 35
Pre-concert, interval drinks, concert
and post concert dinner at the
Rotunda Restaurant 75
To purchase these tickets please
book through the Kings Place Box
Office, see page 27 for details.

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Members of CUMS Symphony Orchestra
The Choirs of Clare, Gonville & Caius, Jesus and Selwyn Colleges

Tickets 35, 30, 20

Students: 4 reduction of above
prices and 5 on the door, subject to
availability

Nicholas Collon conductor

Sophie Bevan soprano
Catherine Hopper mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Henry Waddington bass
Graham Ross chorus master

Susie Ahlburg

Haydn Symphony No.104

Scarlatti Cantata Pastorale per la Nativita di nostro Signore Jesu Cristo
Mendelssohn Symphony No.1

Lent Term 2014

Sophie Bevan

Nicholas Collon

Robert Murray

Catherine Hopper

Susie Ahlburg

Friday 13 December 2013

at 8pm

Maximillian Baillie

Sir Roger Norrington conducts Cambridge

University Chamber Orchestra

Henry Waddington

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Handel, Rameau and Bach

Sunday 23 February 2014

at 8pm

Handel Dixit Dominus

Rameau Quam Dilecta
J S Bach Cantata 196

Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

CUMS Chorus
Orchestral Score
Ralph Woodward conductor
Rachel Ambrose Evans soprano
Camilla Seale soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
SJ Senanayake tenor
Michael Mofidian bass

Saturday 1 March 2014

at 8pm

Boyce Symphony No.5

Mozart Piano Concerto No.22
Handel Water Music

Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Open to schools by invitation if your school would like to attend please

contact Ned Booker at epb24@cam.ac.uk. The concert is also open to
home-schooled children.

Andrew Arthur

Verdi Overture to La Forza Del Destino

Sibelius Violin Concerto
Stravinsky Symphony in Three
Movements

Saturday 8 March 2014

at 8pm

Tickets 20, 14, 10
Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Carlos Izcaray conductor

Virginie Robilliard violin

Hannah Madsen

Dragon Photography

Andrew Arthur conductor

Gavin Roberts piano

A varied programme aimed at sparking the imagination of children.

Music worksheets and teacher guidance notes will be provided.

Carlos Izcaray conducts CUMS Symphony

Orchestra

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Thursday 6 March 2014

Quintin Beer conductor

Ralph Woodward

Cambridge University Wind Orchestra

Schools Concert

Gavin Roberts

Carlos Izcaray

Virginie Robilliard

CUMS Concert Orchestra

Cambridge University Musical Societys second symphony orchestra
Beethoven Ruins of Athens
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Schoenberg Accompaniment to a Film Scene
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No.2

Tickets 10 (8 concessions), 3
Students

Benedict Collins-Rice conductor

Jms Coleman (CUMS Concerto Competition prize-winner) piano

Jms Coleman

Benedict Collins-Rice

CUMS Chorus tour to Lisbon

11 13 April 2014
Following the success of recent tours to Tuscany, Tallinn and Paris, the
Chorus will be performing Tippetts Five Negro Sprituals and pieces by
Stanford, Purcell and Whitacre conducted by Ralph Woodward, at the
Church of Santa Engracia and in the cloisters of the Jeronimos
Monastery in Lisbon. Further details will be available on our website in
October 2013.

Tuesday 11 March 2014

at 8pm

CUMS Chorus in Kings College Chapel, June 2013. By kind permission of the Provost and Scholars of Kings College, Cambridge

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Easter Term 2014

Friday 2 May 2014

at 8pm

Echoes of Venice

Tickets 15, 6 students

Tallis Spem in alium (40-part motet)

Striggio Ecce beatam lucem (40-part motet)
Schtz Musikalische Exequien (Parts 2 and 3)
and works by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Grandi, Zielin ski, Pedersn and
Schein

Saturday 3 May 2014

at 8pm

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 10 May 2014

at 8pm

Haydn Symphony No. 88

Martinu Oboe Concerto
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances
Beethoven Symphony No.8

Tickets 20, 14, 10

Concessions: 2 reduction of above
prices
5 Students

Jamie Phillips conductor

Melanie Ragge oboe

Tickets 12, 5 students

Russell Duncan & Yves Petit

Nicholas Mulroy solo tenor

Cambridge University Collegium Musicum
Margaret Faultless director
Historic Brass of the Combined Conservatoires
Jeremy West director
Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Martin Ennis director

Jamie Phillips

Melanie Ragge

CUMS Concert Orchestra and Cambridge

University Wind Orchestra

Thursday 15 May 2014

at 8pm

Gershwin Strike Up the Band

Bedford Sun Paints Rainbows On The Vast Waves
Adam Gorb Midnight in Buenos Aires
Marquez Danzon No.2
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Margaret Faultless

Martin Ennis

Jeremy West

Tickets 10 (8 concessions), 3
students

Alastair Chilvers, Benedict Collins-Rice conductors

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May Week Concert

London Recitals

Saturday 14 June 2014

at 8pm

Elgar Enigma Variations

Jancek Glagolitic Mass

Tickets 32, 26, 20, 10

Students: 4 reduction of above
prices and 5 on the door, subject to
availability

CUMS Chorus
CUMS Symphony Orchestra

Chamber music recital, Wednesday 12 March 2014, 7pm

This evening is generously hosted by Mr and Mrs Bob Boas at their
stunning Robert Adam home just off Portland Place in central London.
The evening will begin with a sparkling wine reception, after which a
selection of Cambridges finest young musicians will perform in the
spectacular drawing room. Drinks and canaps with the musicians will
follow. To purchase tickets and for further information please contact
Karys Orman, CUMS Fundraising Coordinator at ko287@cam.ac.uk or
07805 867854

Clive Barda

Stephen Cleobury conductor

Rachel Nicholls soprano
Victoria Simmonds mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts tenor
Darren Jeffery bass
Matthew Jorysz organ

Our exclusive chamber music recitals in London exist to bring the best of
Cambridge music to a wider audience and to provide performance
opportunities for our talented young artists.

Victoria Simmonds

Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts

Darren Jeffery

Stephen Cleobury

Brian Tarr

Simon Tottman

Rachel Nicholls

CUMS would especially welcome anyone interested in supporting a

continuing programme of music-making in London by current
Cambridge student soloists and ensembles.

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Cambridge University Musical Society

CUMS is one of the oldest and most distinguished
university music societies in the world. It offers a worldclass 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 such luminaries
as Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Mark Elder, Sir John Eliot
Gardiner, Edward Gardner, Christopher Hogwood and
Robin Ticciati, has given world or UK premiers of works
by Brahms, Holloway, Lutoslawski, Maxwell Davies,
Rutter, Saxton and Vaughan Williams, and has given
successive generations of Cambridge musicians the
experience of visiting conductors and soloists including
Britten, Dvorak, Kodaly, Menuhin and Tchaikovsky. Since
the 1870s, CUMS has enjoyed the leadership of several of
Britains 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, one of the most exciting and versatile
British conductors of his generation in the words of The
Times, joined the team as Principal Conductor of the

CUMS Symphony Orchestra; and a Great Conductors

series was launched with the objective of exposing CUMS
members to a succession of world-class visiting
conductors. In February 2010 CUMS entered another new
phase of its development 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 the Universitys
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 the Universitys finest student
soloists and conductors by awarding conducting
scholarships and concerto prizes, and it actively
encourages new music by running a composition
competition and premiring at least one new work each
year.
Recent highlights have included Wagners Parsifal (Act
III) conducted by Sir Mark Elder, a recording of Haydn
and Mozart symphonies with Sir Roger Norrington,
Elgars The Dream of Gerontius with Sir Richard
Armstrong, and a BBC Radio 3 broadcast with Kings
College Chapel Choir conducted by Stephen Cleobury.

Join the CUMS Supporters Circle

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 Cambridges splendid musical
heritage, and want to maintain it for the twenty-first
century, are invited to join the Circle. Membership is
through annual donation. There are seven levels of
donation:
Friend: 5099 per annum
Donor: 100249 per annum
Friends and Donors enjoy
contributing membership of the Society, entitling them
to priority booking for performances
acknowledgement in CUMS concert programmes and on
the website
invitations to drinks at each performance at West Road
Concert Hall

the opportunity to buy a full season ticket

regular updates on key CUMS projects and events
Benefactor: 250499 per annum
Principal Benefactor: 500999 per annum
All of the above, plus opportunities to sit in on selected
rehearsals
The Stanford Circle: 1,0002,499 per annum
The Vaughan Williams Circle: 2,500+ per annum
The 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.
To become a Member of the CUMS Supporters Circle,
please contact Christine Skeen, Secretary,
CUMS Supporters Circle, Cambridge University,
11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP.
In helping us reach our targets, you will become part of
an extraordinary musical tradition.
Thank you.

May Week Concert in Kings College Chapel 2013 By kind permission of the Provost and Scholars of Kings College, Cambridge

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Thank you to our Supporters and Funders

without whose support this season would not be
possible

Booking information

Christs College
Churchill College
Clare Hall
Corpus Christi College
CUMS Fund
CUMS Supporters Circle
Donald Wort Fund
Emmanuel College
Gonville and Caius College
Jesus College
Kings College
Newnham College
Pembroke College
St Catharines College
St Johns College
Trinity Hall
University of Cambridge Faculty of Music
University of Cambridge Societies Syndicate
West Road Concert Hall
Wolfson College

For all our Cambridge Concerts please contact

the ADC box office www.adcticketing.com
Tel: 01223 300085
ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge CB5 8AS
The ADC Box Office is open Monday 12.30pm4pm,
TuesdayFriday 12.30pm7pm and Saturday 3pm7pm.
There is a 50p card charge added to the price of each telephone
transaction.

To find out more about supporting CUMS please

contact Karys Orman, CUMS Fundraising
Coordinator, at ko287@cam.ac.uk

For the CUCO concert on 15 December

2013 please contact the Kings Place Box
Office
www.kingsplace.co.uk, Tel: 020 7520 1490
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
The box office is open Monday to Saturday: 12pm6pm. Sunday: 11am
7pm (performance days only)
Please add an additional 2 per ticket if booking via the Box Office
directly, either by telephone or in person.
Premium tickets can only be bought via the box office in person or
over the telephone.
Booking is now open

Season tickets
CUCO Season ticket
Book for all five CUCO concerts in
West Road Concert Hall and save
20% on the total price of your tickets
and guarantee your seats for the
whole year.
Applications close on 18 October
2013 at 5pm.
Kings Season ticket
Book for all three CUMS Concerts at
Kings College Chapel and save 15%
on the total price of your tickets and
guarantee your seats for the whole
year.
Applications close on 15 November
2013 at 5pm.
Please book your season tickets
through the ADC Box Office

Credits: Front cover photo: Konrad Wagstyl

and Hannah Bell (Members of the
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra)
by Chris Williamson
Rehearsal and performance photos by Chris
Williamson

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CUCO CD

Principal Guest Conductor Sir Roger Norrington CBE

Principal Conductor CUMS Chorus Stephen Cleobury CBE
Principal Conductor CUMS Symphony Orchestra Martin Yates
Principal Guest Conductor Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Peter Stark
Directors Cambridge University Chamber Choir Martin Ennis and
David Lowe
Chairman Sir Keith Stuart
Executive Director Sarah Chambr
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 cnd26@cam.ac.uk
Our website is always up-to-date with the latest Society news, events
and contact information for the individual Society ensembles

CDs can be bought at all CUMS concerts at West

Road Concert Hall or buy on-line via the link at
www.cums.org.uk/about/cums-recording

Design and pre-press: Peter Ducker / Printed in the United Kingdom

Cambridge University Musical Society

West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP
www.cums.org.uk

Cambridge University Musical Society

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