Cambridge Summer Music Festival
3-31 July 2024
For the 2024 Festival, we welcomed world-renowned musicians to beautiful venues in and around Cambridge, presenting thirty events throughout July, including opera, chamber music, orchestral and choral concerts, jazz, song recitals and more – not to forget the ever-popular Sounds Green in the Botanic Garden.
Sounds Green in the Botanic Garden
3, 10, 17, 24, 31 July, 6.15pm
The best in open-air music on Wednesday evenings in Cambridge Botanic Garden – with Prime Brass, Arun Ghosh, Hannah Horton, Mighty Like the Blues and Cores Do Samba.
Geneva Lewis & Llŷr Williams
Thursday 4 July, 7.30pm
A programme of pieces for violin and piano by Korngold, Brahms, Ives and Elgar, performed by BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artist Geneva Lewis and renowned Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams.
Choir of Clare College
Friday 5 July, 7.30pm
Graham Ross directs the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in a celebratory programme of doubles: choral pairings of sacred texts from Byrd and Monte to Bingham and Marsh.
Singing Masterclass
Saturday 6 July, 12.00pm
Festival Director and acclaimed tenor Ben Johnson gives a Masterclass to some of the most promising singers of the next generation.
Emile Souvagie: clarinet
Saturday 6 July, 7.30pm
An enticing programme of works for clarinet and piano including Brahms’ Clarinet Sonata No 2 and Schumann’s Fantasiestucke.
Castor Quartet
Sunday 7 July, 3.00pm
The Castor Quartet, formed of students from London’s Royal Academy of Music, perform a beautiful programme culminating in Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2.
Ariel Lanyi, piano
Thursday 11 July, 1.00pm
Award-winnng young pianist Ariel Lanyi performs Schubert’s Sonata in G and Max Reger’s Variations & Fugue on a theme by Bach.
Bach’s St John Passion
Thursday 11 July, 7.30pm
Acclaimed ensembles, English Voices and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, join forces to perform Bach’s masterpiece.
Greek folk songs & French Romanticism
Friday 12 July, 1.00pm
Two outstanding young artists celebrate the influence of ancient Greek culture on French Romanticism, with a focus on the poetry of the Parnassian poets.
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason: piano
Friday 12 July, 7.30pm
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, heralded as “demonstrating musical insight, technical acuity, and an engaging performing persona” performs Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt & Prokofiev.
Organ Recital: Celebrating Stanford
Saturday 13 July, 3pm
Anthony Gritten, Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, performs works by Parry, Mendelssohn and Coleridge-Taylor on the historic organ designed by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford at Our Lady & the English Martyrs Catholic Church. Free entry.
Lang Lang Foundation: Young Scholars Concert
Saturday 13 July, 6.30pm
Showcasing exceptionally talented young pianists, personally selected by Lang Lang to be part of the Lang Lang Foundation’s UK Young Scholars programme. With special guest appearance by Jeneba Kanneh-Mason.
Mozart The Magic Flute
Sunday 14 July, 3pm
The Wild Arts Ensemble returns to the beautiful setting of Childerley Hall’s Long Barn to give a fully-staged production of Mozart’s much-loved opera – a fantastical tale of magic and romance.
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux & Ben Tarlton
Thursday 18 July, 1pm
Two award-winning young musicans present a programme of duos for violin and cello by Glière, Ravel, Bartók and Schulhoff.
Maxim Calver: Cello
Friday 19 July, 1pm
Brilliant young cellist Maxim Calver brings Bach to Selwyn College Chapel in this programme of music for solo cello.
Sean Shibe: Classical Guitar
Friday 19 July, 7.30pm
Multi award-winning musician Sean Shibe performs an eclectic mix of beautiful and haunting repertoire written or arranged for guitar.
Young Composers Workshop
Saturday 20 July, from 11am
A chance to hear the work of up-and-coming young composers, aged 21 and under – and to gain an insight into composing techniques.
Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert
Saturday 20 July, 7.30pm
The acclaimed Crouch End Festival Chorus bring a very special programme to the splendour of King’s College Chapel, including Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert, which blends traditional religious musical forms with the language of jazz.
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
Sunday 21 July, 4pm
Foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes, Kathryn Tickell performs in the Long Barn at Childerley Hall with the band The Darkening, exploring the connecting threads of music, landscape and people over almost 2000 years.
Verdi Requiem
Wednesday 24 July, 7.30pm
After their recent acclaimed performances of Elijah and Dream of Gerontius, Gabrieli Roar returns to Ely Cathedral to perform Verdi’s much-loved Requiem, together with 250 young singers from across the country.
Albero Trio
Thursday 25 July, 1pm
The Albero Trio perform an eclectic programme that includes music by Smetena and Haydn as well as the Grammy Award-winning contemporary American composer Jennifer Higdon.
Gesualdo Six
Thursday 25 July, 7.30pm
Acclaimed consort the Gesualdo Six, explore the legacy of Josquin, piecing together an international tale of the Renaissance, through ‘jewels in the crown’ repertoire.
Ryan Corbett: Classical Accordion
Friday 26 July, 1pm
Virtuoso classical accordionist Ryan Corbett makes a welcome return to the Festival with a programme of pieces ranging from the Baroque to the 20th Century.
Festival Finale: Mozart’s Requiem
Saturday 27 July, 7.30pm
The internationally acclaimed Academy of St Martin in the Fields join forces with the Academy of English Voices and star soloist Martin James Bartlett in a fitting Festival Finale, celebrating the music of Mozart, concluding with his Requiem.
English
简体中文
Français
Deutsch
Italiano
日本語
Español