Summer Music 2012
Recitals over the summer: We have a great programme of Tuesday lunchtime recitals over the summer. Tuesday, 7th August, Glen Dempsey will play all six of Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonatas – a terrific undertaking.
The recital on Tuesday 14th August will be given by Lindsay Stemp, with beautiful works by Elgar, Alain, and Dupre. On Tuesday 21st August, Ian de Massini plays a splendid French programme, and on Tuesday 28th August, we will welcome Nigel Kerry from Our Lady and the English Martyrs.
Orchestral/choir concert Saturday 22 September at 7.30 pm
The main work in the programme will be the 7th symphony of Beethoven, one of his most popular works. All the movements of the symphony are very enjoyable and in particular the second one with its brooding ostinato figure. The finale is one of the liveliest symphonic movements ever written. When it was first performed in December 1813, critical opinion was divided. Friedrich Wieck said that there was a consensus that Beethoven must have composed the symphony in a drunken state and Weber felt that Beethoven was ‘ripe for the madhouse’. However, Wagner called the piece the ‘apotheosis of the dance’ due to lively rhythms that permeate the work.
The other large work on the programme is the Violin Concerto weritten by Adam Pounds and performed by David Richmond, the leader of the Academy of Great St. Mary’s. This was composed in 1990. The piece is in three movements – the outer two are very rhythmic and accessible. The middle movement is more reflective in style and quotes from an earlier sonata for violin and piano.The concert also includes the lively overture from Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ and choral pieces performed by the choirs of Great St. Mary’s.
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What time is the lunch concert on Aug 21? Thank you. We are visiting Cambridge from 19 August to 24 August. Do you know of any Evensong or other concert/choir services in the area where I could take my family at night? I am a former student now in the USA. Thank you.
Hello Gina. The concert at lunchtime is at 1.05pm on 21st August. It features Ian De Massini playing French organ works on the Parish Organ. Entry is free, though we will place a collection bowl in a prominent position should you wish to contribute…
I do not know too much about Evensongs in the area outside of the College ones with whom we are loosely connected. They like us, tend not to have Choral Evensongs in the Summer due to their choirs going on holiday. Sorry, I cannot help in that area. Our own Evensongs will of course run on Sundays, as usual but they are not choral. Hope this helps.