A listing of early music in
Cambridge, UK,
with a few other selected items of note, with a page of
Musical links and
Where shall I eat?
Notes for this listing can be found at the bottom.
| 2026 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct | 02:00 | Britain | Summer Time | British Summer Time ends | Clocks go back an hour | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Baroque | CEM | The music more full than it was | Arcangelo | Sacred vocal music from the Restoration era of Charles II. There will be a pre-concert talk. |
| Fri 13 Nov | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Renaissance | CEM | Cozzolani Unbound! | Echo | Meet Chiara Margarita Cozzolani – singer, nun and composer of genius |
| Wed 2 Dec | 19:30 | West Road | Baroque | AAM | The Art of the Harpsichord | AAM | Harpsichordist Alastair Ross plays Bach, Handel, Laschanzky and their contemporaries |
| Thu 17 Dec | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Baroque | CEM | Handel's Messiah | Wild Arts | Performing the entire piece from memory, the singers bring music and story to life |
| 2027 | time | place | style | series | title | performer | details |
| Fri 5 Feb | 18:00 | Catz CC | Renaissance | CEM | I, Elizabeth: A Monarch in Crisis | Elina Mustonen | Harpsichordist and actor Elina Mustonen weaves together text and music to imagine a monarch in crisis. |
| Sat 6 Feb | Movable Feast | 春节 | Chinese New Year - year of the Sheep | ||||
| Wed 10 Feb | 19:30 | West Road | Classical | AAM | Septet: Beethoven & Hummel | AAM | |
| Fri 5 Mar | 18:00 | Catz CC | Renaissance | CEM | La dolce vista | Sollazzo Ensemble | Sollazzo Ensemble brings to life the music of Francesco Landini. In collaboration with the Kellaway Concert Series at St Catharine’s College |
| Thu 18 Mar | 19:30 | Catholic Church | Baroque | CEM | Theile: St Matthew Passion | Fretwork | Fretwork performs the St Matthew Passion – but perhaps not the version you expect… |
| Sun 28 Mar | Movable Feast | Easter Sunday | |||||
| Sun 28 Mar | 01:00 | Britain | Summer Time | British Summer Time begins | Clocks go forward an hour | ||
| Sat 10 Apr | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Renaissance | CEM | The Light of Spain | De Profundis | The music of 16th-century Spanish composer Cristóbal de Morales. |
| Wed 21 Apr | 19:30 | West Road | Renaissance | AAM | The Royall Consort | AAM | King Charles I was at the cutting edge of 17th century music |
| Fri 7 May | 19:30 | Trinity CC | Baroque | AAM | Bach/Pärt: Eternal Beauty | AAM | with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir perform timeless testaments to faith. |
| Mon 24 May Sat 29 May | Jesus Green | Beer | CAMRA | Cambridge Beer Festival | |||
| Sun 31 Oct | 02:00 | Britain | Summer Time | British Summer Time ends | Clocks go back an hour |
The information here is liable to be updated at short notice,
as events are discovered, often hanging from church railings.
It is the intention that this provides as complete a listing of early music
in Cambridge as I can manage.
Please follow the links to the original information, which may be more accurate.
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