Our concert records for 'Baby' (the University of Cambridge Philharmonia, formerly the West Cambridge Sinfonia) are still incomplete; if you can correct or confirm information on concerts before Michaelmas 2002, please get in touch!

Previous UCP Concerts

Lent Term 2013

Our Lent 2013 concert was at St Edward King & Martyr Church on Tuesday the 12th of March, at 8pm.

The programme will be:

Barber - Violin Concerto

Walton - Facade

Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 ("The Reformation")

Violin: Rachel Cullum

Conductors: Sophie Fennerty, Sunil Manohar

Michaelmas Term 2012

Our Michaelmas 2012 concert was on Monday 19th November, at Jesus College Chapel at 8pm.

The programme will be:

Bruckner - Overture in G Minor, WAB 98

Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1

Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")

Piano: John Chen

Conductors: Karol Jaworski

Lent Term 2012

Our Lent 2012 concert will be at St Edward King & Martyr Church on Wednesday the 14th of March, at 8pm.

The programme will be:

Schubert - Symphony No. 8

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto

Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4

Clarinet: Sarah Whitworth

Conductors: Louisa Denby & Mark Gotham

Michaelmas Term 2011

Our Michaelmas 2011 concert will be at Jesus College Chapel on Tuesday the 15th of November, at 8pm.

The programme will be:

Rossini - The Barber of Seville

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2

Schubert - Symphony No. 4

Piano: Christina McMaster

Conductors: Mark Gotham & Alex Reid

Lent Term 2011

Our Lent 2011 concert will be on Wednesday the 16th of March in St Edward King and Martyr church, at a time to be confirmed.

The programme will be:

Beethoven - Leonore Overture No.3
Conductor: Louisa Denby

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Violin: Hannah Woolmer
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

Mozart - Symphony No. 41
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

Michaelmas Term 2010

Our Michaelmas 2010 concert will be on Sunday the 21st of November at Jesus College Chapel at 8pm.

The programme will be:

Mendelssohn - Ruy Blas Overture
Conductor: Sunil Manohar

Schumann - Introduction and Allegro, op.134

- Introduction and allegro appassionato for piano & orchestra, op.92
Piano: Lliam Paterson
Conductor: Sunil Manohar

Schubert - Symphony No. 5
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

Lent Term 2010

Our Lent 2010 concert was at 8pm on Friday 5th March in Emmanuel United Reformed Church.

The programme was:

Debussy - Clair de Lune
Conductor: Nik Myers

Mozart - Piano concerto No. 20
Piano: Daniel Tse
Conductor: Nik Myers

Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Conductor: Louisa Denby

You can download the poster here.

Michaelmas Term 2009

Our Michaelmas 2009 concert was at 8pm on Friday 20 November in Emmanuel United Reformed Church.

The programme was:

Mendelssohn - Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

Beethoven - Piano concerto No. 4
Piano: Freddie Parker
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 1
Conductor: William Norris

You can download the poster here.

Lent Term 2009

Our Lent 2009 concert was at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday 28 February at Emmanuel United Reformed Church.

The programme was:

Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
Conductor: James Henshaw

Mozart - Piano concerto No. 23 (K488)
Piano: Kelvin Chan
Conductor: James Henshaw

Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3
Conductor: Louisa Denby

Download poster: PDF (224 kb) JPG (365 kb)

Michaelmas Term 2008

Our Michaelmas 2008 concert was on Friday 21 November at St Edward King and Martyr church.

The programme was:

Mozart - Overture to The Magic Flute
Conductor: Louisa Denby

Weber - Bassoon Concerto
Bassoon: Nik Myers
Conductor: Nik Myers (and yes, this means he's conducting his own concerto, because he's clever that way).

Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
Conductor: Nik Myers

To download the poster - click here.

Lent Term 2008

Our Lent 2008 concert was on Saturday 1 March at 7.30pm at St Edward King and Martyr Church, Peas Hill, Cambridge.

The programme included:

Gypsy Baron Overture - Strauss

Flute Concerto in D major - Mozart

Symphony No. 4 - Mendelssohn

Flute: Angela Bennett

Single-handedly conducted by the wonderful Nik Myers.

To download the poster - click here.

Michaelmas Term 2007

Our Michaelmas 2007 concert was on Saturday 24 November at 8pm at Emmanuel United Reform Church.

The programme included:

Overture to Die Zauberharfe (Rosamunde Overture) - Schubert

Variations on a Rococo Theme - Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 39 - Mozart

Cello: Mark Galtrey

Conducted by Carlos Del Cueto and Emily Taylor.

Our Lent 2007 concert was at 8pm on Saturday 10 March at Emmanuel United Reform Church.

Our Michaelmas 2006 concert was at 7.30pm on Saturday 18 November in Trinity College Chapel.

2006 Lent Concert

West Road Concert Hall

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2005 Michaelmas Concert

Emmanuel United Reform Church

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2005 Lent Concert

Jesus College Chapel

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2004 Michaelmas Concert

Sidney Sussex College Chapel

Poster (jpg); programme (pdf)

2004 Lent Concert

Sidney Sussex College Chapel

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MP3 Recordings

2003 Michaelmas Concert

West Road Concert Hall

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MP3 Recordings

2003 Easter Concert

St. Edward's Church

Programme (pdf)

2003 Lent Concert

West Road Concert Hall

Programme (pdf 3.3MB), (doc 3.5MB)

2002 Michaelmas Concert

Trinity College Chapel

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2002 Lent Concert

Saint Columba's Church

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Everything from this point back has been collated from the collective memory of misc, which can be a little hazy at times, so if you think I've made any errors or if you can fill in some of the missing details, please get in touch. -- pll23

2001 Mich Concert

Saint Columba's Church

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2000 Michaelmas Concert

Wesley Church

If the original programme and poster are ever found, let alone online, I'll eat my mute.

"It all started at 3am in Michael Brown's basement one warm evening in June 2000. The meeting had lasted longer than any of the committee's patience. It was decided to form another orchestra called the Baby (well, called the West Cambridge Sinfonia, but we decided that it would always be referred to as the Baby just to be idiosyncratic, although we rejected an excellent name that the brass came up with that spelt out PINT - I forget what it stood for). Its purpose was to play earlier repertoire, to have a flautist:rest of orchestra ratio that was not utterly laughable, to give an opportunity for less experienced conductors/soloists to conduct/play solos, and to cause more work for a committee that didn't have enough to do already (ok, maybe not the last one)." -- cjp20

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