10/02/2009

Following last week's AGM, a new committee has been appointed! Yay! Details are on our committee page.

28/01/2009

Happy (belated) new year!

Some dates for your diary:
UCPO AGM - Wednesday 4 February
Last date for stash orders - Wednesday 4 February
Annual dinner - Saturday 21 February
Baby concert - Saturday 28 February
Main concert - Monday 2 March

11/11/2008

14/10/2008

Great news! The email addresses to individual committee members and other addresses like the tickets address are now working again. Please feel free to use them.

29/09/2008

Here we are again, ready for a new academic year. Welcome to all new members.

The first main rehearsal will be at 7.30 on Wednesday 8 October at St Giles Church, and the first Baby rehearsal will be on Saturday 11 October at 2pm at the Music Room at Murray Edwards College (New Hall). Directions are on the Baby page.

Concert details are on our concerts page for main, and the Baby page for, obviously, Baby.

23/06/2008

Congratulations to all who played in the Easter term concert, especially to Lottie, who played the Vivaldi so beautifully. We had a sizeable and appreciative audience in lovely surroundings (photos here). Special thanks to the windy weather for making things a little difficult.

Our soloists and conductors for 2008/09 have been selected, and are as follows:
Conductors: Louisa Denby and James Henshaw (with Nik and Emily staying on).
Soloists: Simon Cooper (cello), Rowan Bell (violin), Sunil Manohar (piano), Kelvin Chan (piano) and Nik Myers (in an exciting self-directed bassoon concerto).

Welcome to the newcomers!

At the same time, we farewell Carlos and Sam (thanks for your involvement with UCPO) as well as Pedro (again!). All the best to you all.

See everyone else in October, unless we see you at a summer social function first!

27/03/2008

The first rehearsal for Easter term 2008 will be at 7.30pm on Wednesday 23 April, at St Giles Church, which is here.

09/03/2008

Congratulations to the main orchestra for putting on a wonderful show to a capacity audience in Trinity Chapel last night. For those people who missed out on a copy of the programme, you can download one here.

19/02/2008

Once again, we have a new committee - welcome to those newcomers, and welcome back to those who love the committee too much to leave it (yet). Details are now on the committee page.

Both UCPO concerts are approaching with lightning speed - the Baby concert is at 7.30pm on Saturday 1 March at St Edward King and Martyr Church, Peas Hill - and the Main concert is at 8pm on Saturday 8 March at Trinity College Chapel. Please invite as many people as you can - they should both be great concerts.

30/09/2007

Welcome to the 2007/08 academic year! We have wonderful UCPO and Baby plans this year, so we hope to see lots of happy and keen people at rehearsals, and especially at the pub.

The first rehearsal for UCPO will be 7.20pm at St Giles on Wednesday 3 October, followed by a trip to the Castle Inn. The first Baby rehearsal is planned for Saturday 13 October, probably at the Blythe Room in Clare Colony.

The UCPO concert will be Thursday 29 November.

24/05/2007

The email addresses to [-at-]ucpo.org.uk are unfortunately broken at present, so please don't be surprised if you receive no reply. I will let you know when the problem has been fixed.

01/03/2007

G'day from your new webmaster.

Congratulations to the new committee on their election - details (temporarily minus glamorous photos) are available on the committee page.

I have put the mp3 files from the last Baby concert onto the site (hurrah!), so thanks to John for providing them, and well done Baby for putting on such a fine concert. Enjoy!

16/01/07

Happy New Year to you all! The first rehearsal of term will be on Wednesday January 24th in Selwyn diamond as usual. The concert dates will be 2nd March for Main and 10th of March for Baby.

12/11/06

This term's concerts are rapidly approaching - the Baby concert is on November 18th in Trinity Chapel and will be a Beethoven Extravaganza of the Triple Concerto, Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'. The main concert will be on Sunday 26th November in West Road, featuring Shostakovich Festival Overture, Dvorak New World Symphony and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

25/09/06

The summer is almost over (sniff), so it is almost time for the first UCPO rehearsal of the new year. This will be in Selwyn Diamond on Wednesday, October 4th , with the rehearsal kicking off at 7.20pm. This term's programme includes Shostakovich Festival Overture and Dvorak's New World Symphony. New members get a free drink at the first rehearsal - come and join us!

19/06/06

Well done to al those who played in last night's concert - it was fab :) In order to celebrate this, the UCPO garden party will be in Kings Fellows Garden at 2pm on Tuesday June 20th - the party may well move to Queens backs later in the day .....

19/06/06

For all of you who have asked about recordings of previous concerts - there are recordings of most of the recent concerts in my possession (Many thanks to John A) and I will endeavour to put them up on the web at some point soon once I can find some file space for them - when they are up I will let you know via the digest or the weekly e-mail, and of course will post the relevant link here.

15/06/06

This term's concert will be this Sunday (18th) in Trinity Chapel, starting at 7.30pm. Please come and support what should be a fab concert!

30/05/06

Please note that this week's rehearsal (31st May) will be in Churchill Chapel - leave an extra few minutes to get there on time as it's a long way from the p'lodge to the chapel!

12/05/06

In a stunning feat of orgainisation, you can now find this term's Rehearsal Schedules and Recordings of this terms music by clicking on the approriate links - aren't we good ;-)

04/05/06

This term's concert will be on June 18th (Suicide Sunday) in Trinity Chapel - put a note in your diaries now!

19/03/06

Congrats to all who played in both the Main and Baby concerts this term - both were fab. Recordings will be posted soon!

Next term's programme will include Chabrier Espana and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian) - the first rehearsal will be on Wednesday 26th April - see you soon :-)

07/03/06:

A reminder that the Baby concert is this Thursday in West Road - orchestra members can come for the special discount price of £4. It should be a fab concert so please come and support Baby!

04/02/06:

This terms concerts will be on the following dates:

Main Monday 13th March, Trinity Chapel. Wagner, Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, Weber, Clarinet Concerto no. 2 and Brahms Symphony no. 4.

Baby Thursday 9th March, West Road. Mozart, Adagio and Fugue in C minor, Haydn Cello Concerto in D, Mozart, Symphony no. 40

Further details and recordings of this terms music will be posted soon

02/02/06:

Congratulations to the new committee, who were elected at the AGM this evening. The committee pages will be updated over the next week, so there'll be a new gallery of happy smiling faces to look at soon :-)

30/09/05:

A warm welcome to any new members - come and join us at the first rehearsal on Wednesday, 5th October at 7:15pm in the Selwyn Diamond. Click here for a map.

Also note updated date/time/venue information for this term's concerts - see below for details.

23/09/05:

The next UCPO concert will be on Sunday, 20th November in West Road Concert Hall, with works from Brahms, Schumann and Ravel. Full details here.

The next Baby concert will be on Friday, 25th November at 7:30pm, in the Emmanuel URC (opposite Pembroke); the programme will include Fauré, Sibelius, and Shostakovich. More details.

28/05/05:

The next UCPO concert will be on Thursday, 16th June at 7:30pm in West Road, featuring works by Mussorgsky, Dvorak, and Wilshere. Full details available here.

03/03/05:

Recordings of this term's music, for both the Baby and main concerts, are now available online for members (local access only).

13/02/05:

For our Lent 2005 concert, on Friday 11th March, UCPO will be playing Brahms, Verdi and Saint-Saëns - full details here.

Baby, with a programme of Mozart, Schubert, Pärt and Ravel, will be performing on Sunday 6th March - full details here.

28/05/05:

The next UCPO concert will be on Thursday, 16th June at 7:30pm in West Road, featuring works by Mussorgsky, Dvorak, and Wilshere. Full details available here.
03/03/05:

Recordings of this term's music, for both the Baby and main concerts, are now available online for members (local access only).
13/02/05:

For our Lent 2005 concert, on Friday 11th March, UCPO will be playing Brahms, Verdi and Saint-Saëns - full details here.

Baby, with a programme of Mozart, Schubert, Pärt and Ravel, will be performing on Sunday 6th March - full details here.

24/11/04:

This Sunday's concert was a great success - one of our best yet, and to a packed West Road. Many thanks to everyone who played! Also, don't forget that this Saturday is the Baby concert of Mendelssohn, Glière and Beethoven in Sidney chapel.

For those who didn't get a copy before we ran out, Sunday's programme is now online.

03/11/04:

Recordings of this term's music are now available for members online.

16/09/04:

This term (Mich), UCPO will be playing Verdi, Schubert and Rachmaninov - concert details. Rehearsals start on Wednesday 6 October in the Selwyn Diamond; new students and anyone else wishing to join can turn up then, or come to our stall in the Freshers' Fair on Tuesday 5 or Wednesday 6. All will be welcomed!

Social events are also being planned.

21/04/04:

Our May Week concert of Borodin, Gershwin and Walton will be on Friday 11 June in West Road - more. Rehearsals start today and will be in the Selwyn Diamond (map) for the first few weeks.

Recordings of last term's concert are now available.

There will be no Baby this term.

06/01/04:

Our Lent term concert will be on Friday 12th March with a programme of Delius, Nielsen and Bruch. The UCP concert of Mozart, Bach and Schubert will be on Friday 27th Feb.

Rehearsals start next Wednesday (Jan 14) at the Diamond. UCPO tops (hoodies, t-shirts etc.) are also available this term - details here.

12/11/03:

UCP is holding a concert this Saturday (16th), so do come along...

Recordings of this term's UCPO music are now available for members online - email the webmaster for the password

27/09/03:

Details of this term's concerts are confirmed, with programmes including Beethoven, Sibelius and Rachmaninov.

New members are extremely welcome - we have a stall at the Freshers' Fair on the 7th and 8th, or just come along to a rehearsal or email the membership secretary.

03/05/03:

This term's concert will take place on Thursday 12th June. Baby will also be putting on a Baroque concert in May Week and is still signing up string players.

Last term's concerts were a great success, with stunning performances in both and a sell-out audience for the Elgar/Rach!

Photos from the parties should be on-line soon!

23/02/03:

A Baby social is planned for Saturday 1 March after the rehearsal, with a big meet at the Tandoori Palace.

This term's concerts will take place on Sunday 9th March at West Road (Baby - Beethoven 9 etc.) and Saturday 15th March at Jesus Chapel (UCPO - Rach 2 etc.).

14/10/02:

Rehearsals are now underway - new members are still welcome (7:20pm, Weds, Selwyn Diamond).

A formal hall is provisionally planned for later this month, see the social page for details.

Recordings of this term's music are available for members, see here.

This term's concert will provisionally take place on the evening of the 29th November at Holy Trinity Church.

19/7/02:

The old WCSO site is now being hosted at the Department of Psychiatry, unmaintained.

1/7/02:

With the end of the Easter term, 'WCSO' is no more. The name change is complete, we are now the University of Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra.

This term's repertoire is listed here.

15/6/02:

The Easter concert in Trinity College Chapel was a great success, as was the garden party