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Concerts at King's is an annual series of concerts organised by King's Director of Music, Stephen Cleobury.

The programme is performed by various ensembles and orchestras, including the College's quartet in residence, the Dante Quartet, and the Cambridge University's Musical Society (CUMS).

Download the 2011-12 programme

Fêtes françaises

10 February 2012, 9.00pm
The Hall
Roy Howat

Roy Howat

'Not only has Roy Howat made a speciality of French music, he performs it with sovereign skill, attaining a perfection that demands a rare finesse of touch, a technique that allies 'pearled tone' with a very wide palette of colours, a very special use of the pedals, and above all a profound awareness of the composers' intentions.' (L’Express).

  • Chabrier: Aubade; Mélancolie, Idylle
  • Chopin: Nocturne in E op 62 no 2; Waltz in A flat op 42
  • Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau; L'isle joyeuse
  • Debussy: Preludes, Book 2 (complete)

Roy Howat, piano

Tickets £12 (students under 25 free, on the door only), available from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340; email: shop [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk).

Pre-concert talk 7.45pm Chetwynd Room (free admission).

Piano masterclass, Saturday 11 February, 1.30 - 4.30pm in the Keynes Hall. Observers welcome.

Badinage

3 March 2012, 8.30pm
The Hall
Catherine Bott and Jonathan Cohen

Catherine Bott and Jonathan Cohen

Catherine Bott, soprano
James Bowman, counter tenor
Jonathan Cohen, piano

Performed with piano accompaniment, this captivating and witty recital celebrates the long friendship of two great artists. “This [is a] hugely entertaining concert, the repertoire wide-ranging, the atmosphere informal” (London Evening Standard).

Tickets £18, £150 for a table of 10, available from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340; email: shop [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk). Wine on sale on the night.

Foundation Concert

17 March 2012, 5.30pm
The Chapel
Tom Poster

Tom Poster

  • Parry: I was glad
  • Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2
  • Elgar: Coronation Ode

Tom Poster, piano

Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Jennifer Johnston, mezzo soprano
Christopher Gillett, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass

King’s College Choir and former Choir members
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra (CUCO)
Sir Philip Ledger and Stephen Cleobury, conductors

Brahms’ dramatic and lyrical piano concerto is played by outstanding pianist and Kingsman, Tom Poster, accompanied by the impeccable CUCO. The works by Parry and Elgar celebrate the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.

Tickets: £30, £25, £18 (students £5, on the door only), available from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340; email: shop [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk).

Gala Charity Concert

27 April 2012, 7.30pm
The Chapel

Richard Strauss's oboe concerto, begun in the last days of the war, has a Mozartian lightness and grace and will soar into the Chapel. A warm, romantic programme which ends with Puccini's rarely performed Messa di Gloria.

Strauss, Bruckner, Verdi and Puccini

Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Kings College Choir, CUMS Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury, conductor

Tickets: £60, £50, £40, £25 (students £5, on the door only), available from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340; email: shop [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk).

For VIP supper tickets contact concerts [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk.

In support of Homestart and Concerts at King’s.

Debussy Anniversary

5 May 2012, 8.00pm
The Chapel
Debussy

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, Leon McCawley presents a wide ranging and illuminating programme of influences on Debussy’s pianistic style.

  • Bach: Italian Concerto
  • Chopin: Nocturnes
  • Debussy: Pour le Piano; Cloches à traverse les Feuilles
  • Rachmaninov: Etudes-tableaux

Leon McCawley piano

Tickets £16 (students £5, on the door only), available from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340; email: shop [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk).

In support of the Cambridge-based charity Arts and Minds.

Eternal Flame

13 May 2012, 8.30pm
The Hall
  • Beethoven: String Quartet op 131
  • Schubert: String Quartet D887

Dante Quartet

These great quartets were composed in 1826 in Vienna. Schubert worshipped Beethoven from afar and was a torchbearer at his funeral. The dying Beethoven, when shown some of Schubert's songs, declared that 'this young man possesses the divine spark.' Just before his own death in 1828, Schubert asked to listen to Beethoven's C sharp minor quartet, commenting 'After this, what else is left for us to write?'

Tickets £16 (restricted view £10, students under 25 free, on the door only), available from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340; email: shop [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk).

Singing on the River

24 June 2012, 7.30pm
The river at King's

A classic Cambridge experience: King’s Choral Scholars sing Byrd to the Beatles from punts on the River.

Booking details to be announced.

Summer Choral Concert

6 July 2012, 7.30pm
The Chapel
  • New work for the Olympic Procession
  • Mozart: Requiem
  • Handel: Dixit Dominus

King’s College Choir
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury, conductor

A new work on the eve of the passage of the Olympic Torch through Cambridge opens this summer concert. Mozart's beautiful requiem, recently recorded by these forces, is partnered by Handel's joyful psalm setting.

Tickets on sale from early April.

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