Stravinsky’s ground-breaking The Rite of Spring is forever associated with that riot at a Paris theatre in 1913. Supercharged rhythms and a mystical harmonic language coalesce to create a truly unique score that continues to shock and defy expectations.
Known as the ‘Pied Piper of Jazz’ and the ‘Doctor of Swing’, American jazz titan Wynton Marsalis performs and composes across the entire spectrum of jazz and has written jazz-influenced chamber music and symphonic works for revered classical ensembles across the US and abroad. Herald Holler and Hallelujah! is a fanfare for brass and percussion.
Rachmaninov’s vibrant setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘poetic primitivism’ in The Bells offers a technicolour fantasy of words and music. A musical feast to kick off our West Road concert season.
more about Cambridge Philharmonic
Cambridge Philharmonic, founded in 1887, is one of Britain’s oldest and most distinguished music societies. It comprises both a full symphony orchestra and large chorus. Concerts are held throughout the region, in venues such as West Road Concert Hall, Saffron Hall, King’s College Chapel and Ely Cathedral.
The society’s members are drawn from in and around Cambridge and represent a wide range of ages and backgrounds. Under the direction of Music Director Harry Sever, Cambridge Philharmonic performs a wide range of repertoire as part of its annual concert series, including an opera, family concert, classical and contemporary works. Find out more here