By bringing together collections from across the University of Cambridge’s museums, libraries and colleges with loans from around the world, Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance asks new questions about Cambridge’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and looks at how objects and artworks have influenced history and perspectives.
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with the Solem Quartet.
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Nadia Boulanger (arr. A Tress): Three pieces for cello & piano (arr. string quartet)
Edmund Finnis: String Quartet No.3, ‘Devotions’
Interval
Lili Boulanger (arr. W Newell): Deux morceaux, (arr. string quartet)
Janáček : String Quartet No.1, ‘Kreutzer’
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with Alasdair Beatson.
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E major Op.109
Fauré: Theme and variations Op.26
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Webern: Variations Op.27
R Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Op.13
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with Huw Wiggin, saxophone and Noriko Ogawa, piano.
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Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody for saxophone & piano
JS Bach (arr. Harle): Sonata in G minor BWV1020
Rachmaninov (arr. Ogawa): Vocalise Op.34 No.14 (solo piano)
Iain Farrington: Paganini Variations
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Joseph Phibbs: Night Paths: Rhapsody for saxophone & piano
Debussy: Clair de lune (solo piano)
Andy Scott: Fujiko
Liszt (arr. Farrington): Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with the Nash Ensemble.
The Nash Ensemble is still the best champion that any composer could hope to have. – The Times
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Haydn: Piano Trio in G major HXV25, ‘Gipsy Rondo’
Simon Holt: Serra-Sierra for cello & piano
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Grieg: Andante con moto for piano trio
Dvořák: Piano Trio in E minor Op.90, ‘Dumky’
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house for the Max and Evelyn Forbes Concert with Jonathan Leibowitz, clarinet and Joseph Havlat, piano.
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Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody
Ravel: Mélodie hébraïque No.1: Kaddish (1914)
Weinberg: Sonata for clarinet & piano Op.28
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Brahms: Sonata in E flat major Op.120 No.2
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata (1962)
Béla Kovács: ‘Shalom Aleichem’
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with the Marmen Quartet.
Superb storytelling from four great communicators –The Strad
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Haydn: String Quartet in D major Op.33 No.6
Takemitsu: A Way A Lone
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Debussy: String Quartet in G minor Op.10
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with the Rossetti Ensemble.
The Rossetti Ensemble gave a scintillating touch of class with performances of works by Dvořák, Mahler and Brahms. The Piano Quartet in G minor by Brahms is on the grandest of scales and was given the full treatment by these wonderful musicians (each one of whom has virtuoso quality). The presto finale was such an exhilarating ride that it provided the perfect coda. – Stratford Herald
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Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house with Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman.
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Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style
Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for cello & piano
George Walker: Cello Sonata
Interval
Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor L.135
Franck: Violin Sonata (arr. cello)
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard house for the Jim and Helen Ede Concert with the Van Kuijk Quartet.
The Van Kuijk offers its characteristic accuracy of articulation and intonation, along with an observance of the composer’s expressive markings that really makes the music leap off the page. – The Strad
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