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7.30pm, Tuesday 21st February, 2004: West Road Concert Hall
- Shostakovich — Symphony No. 11 in G minor: 'The Year 1905'
Simon Smith, conductor
8pm, Tuesday May 6th 2003: Bateman Room, Gonville & Caius College
- Krzysztof Penderecki — Prelude for Clarinet Solo
- Igor Stravinsky — Three pieces
- James Macmillan — "For Neil" & "25th May 1967" *world premieres*
- György Ligeti — Etude 13: "L'escalier du diable"
- Léo Brouwer — Elogio de la Danza
- Heitor Villa-Lobos — Study No.8, Prèlude No.2
- Robert Keeley — Oboe Sonata *world premiere*
Sarah Bowden (clarinet)
Simon Smith (piano)
Emile Chabal (guitar)
Tom Barber (oboe)
James Southall (piano)
8pm, Monday March 3rd 2003: St Edward's Church
- Nielsen — Flute Concerto
- Nyman — Where the Bee Dances (Concerto for Soprano Saxophone)
Becky Thomas (flute), Jo Kirkbride (oboe), Simon Cosgrove (sax)
Conductors Jonny Sells, Steven Rajam
8pm, Monday February 3rd 2003: Queen's Building, Emmanuel College
- MacMillan — Piano Sonata
- Messiaen — Quatuor pour le fin de temps (Quartet for the end of time)
Simon Smith (piano), James Hewitt (violin), James Hopkins (cello), Grace Chen (clarinet)
Wednesday 27th November 2002: Queen's Building, Emmanuel College
- Varèse — Octandre
- Webern — Symphony, op.21
- Stravinsky — The Rite of Spring (arr. for piano duet)
- Schnittke — Piano Sonata no.1
Mat Trustram, Matthew Pritchard (piano duet)
Simon Smith (piano)
Sinfonietta, conductors Jonny Sells, Sam Hayes
Thursday 31st October 2002: Michaelmas Term Concert, West Road Concert Hall
- Shostakovich — Symphony no.4 in C minor, Opus 43
conductor: Steven Rajam
Thursday 13th June 2002: Summer Concert, Church of St. Edward
- Nielsen — Helios Overture
- Mahler — ‘Adagietto’ from Symphony no.5
- Prokofiev — Suite from ‘Romeo and Juliet’
- Khachaturian — ‘Waltz’ from the Masquerade Suite
conductors: Sadaharu Muramatsu, Jonny Sells, Steven Rajam
Friday 8th March 2002: Spring Concert, Cambridge Union Society
Coltrane @ 75: 2 Serenades
- Mozart — Divertimenti in D,F
- John Coltrane — A Love Supreme
directors: Robin Ticciati, David Gange
Sunday 27th January 2002: Lent Term Concert, Cambridge Union Society
The Twentieth Century in Black and White: A Piano Concerto Celebration
- Ravel — Piano Concerto in G
- Poulenc — Concerto for Two Pianos
- Shostakovich — Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings
conductors: Sadaharu Muramatsu, Steven Rajam; Tau Wey, Matthew Pritchard, Mat Trustram, Tom Stothart (piano), David Gange (trumpet)
programme | review a | review b
Tuesday 27th November 2001: Christmas Concert, Jesus College Chapel
- Debussy — Danses Sacrée et Profane
- Ibert — Concertino da Camera for Alto Sax and Chamber Orchestra
- De Falla — Harpsichord Concerto
- Prokofiev — Peter and the Wolf
conductor: Steven Rajam; narrator: Rohan Stewart-Macdonald; Isabel Kernthaler (sax), Katherine Mathews (harp)
Sunday 28th October 2001: Michaelmas Term Concert, Jesus College Chapel
- Stravinsky — Danses Concertantes
- Mahler — Symphony no.1
conductor: Steven Rajam
programme | list of performers | review