Concert Diary
Wolfson College Music Society provides a wide range of concerts throughout the year. A regular lunchtime concert series is held on Saturdays at 1.30pm in the Lee Hall, and the Music Society also organizes the Michaelmas and Lent term concerts. These give performance opportunities to the choir, and to talented Wolfson soloists and ensembles.
Lent Term 2012
Saturday 21 January- Lunchtime Concert
1.30pm, Lee Hall
Maiko Mori (piano)
- programme includes Scarlatti, Ireland, Liszt,
Rachmaninov and Gershwin
Friday 3 February - Music & Madeira 7.15 for 7.30pm, for dinner in Hall; concert begins 9.00pm in Lee Hall. Shelley Katz (piano) The programme includes: Haydn's Sonata in D major, Hob:XVI/37, Mozart's Sonata in B flat major, K. 570 and Beethoven's Sonata op.57 Appassionata
Please refer to the Term Notices for details of the booking options for this event. The recital is free; dinner and dessert must be booked and are charged separately.
Tuesday 7 February - College Service 6.15pm, Lee Hall The College Choir provides musical accompaniment for the termly ecumenical College Service.
Saturday 11 February - Lunchtime Concert 1.30pm, Lee Hall
Andrew Goldman (piano)
Fundraising concert for Wolfson Choir's tour to Greece in July
Saturday 18 February - Lunchtime Concert 1.30pm, Lee Hall
Junior Prime Brass - from Monteverdi and Mozart to swing classics
Conductor: Christopher Lawrence
Sunday 26 February - The Symphanova Project 7.30pm, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium An evening of opera and operetta featuring Wolfson College Choir, Fitzwilliam Chapel Choir and Herstmonceaux Castle Choir Conductor: Dr Shelley Katz Soloists: Diana Gilchrist (soprano) and Lynette Alcántara (mezzo soprano) Fitzwilliam College website
Saturday 3 March - Lunchtime Concert 1.30pm, Lee Hall Jane Bevan (flute), Philippa Jones (>cello), Maurice Hodges (piano) Programme to include Haydn, Debussy and Piazzolla
Tuesday 6 March - Wolfson Chamber Singers 11.00am, University Centre
Performance for he Newcomers and Visiting Scholars' coffee morning
Saturday 10 March - Lunchtime Concert 1.30pm, Lee Hall Anton Lukoszevieze (cello), Christopher Green-Armytage (piano) Programme to include Fauré, Pergolesi, Chopin and Beethoven
Sunday 18 March - Bach St John Passion 7.30pm, St Mark's Church The combined choirs of Wolfson College and St Mark’s Church with orchestra Conductor: Graham Walker Evangelist: Dan Auchincloss Jesus: Ben Oakley Sopranos: Helen-Jane Howells and Emma Hopegood Alto: Lynette Alcántara Tenor: Matt Sandy Pilatus: Charles Jones Tickets available from the Porters’ Lodge from late February, or on the door
Easter Term 2012
Saturday 5 May - Lunchtime Concert 1.30pm, Lee Hall James Westbrook - Guitar Extravaganza
Tuesday 15 May - College Service 6.15pm, Lee Hall The College Choir provides musical accompaniment for the termly ecumenical College Service.
Saturday 19 May - Lunchtime Concert 1.30pm, Lee Hall Patrick Hemmerle (piano)
Tuesday 22 May - Music & Madeira 7.15 for 7.30pm, for dinner in Hall; concert begins 9.00pm in Lee Hall. Artist TBC Please refer to the Term Notices for details of the booking options for this event. The recital is free; dinner and dessert must be booked and are charged separately.
Sunday 27 May - University Sermon 11.15am, Great St Mary's Church
Music provided by Wolfson College Choir
Saturday 2 June - Lunchtime Concert 1.30pm, Lee Hall Kyoko Murai and Taro Takeuchi (programme TBC)
Sunday 17 June - College Garden Party 3.00pm, East Court & Lee Hall The College Choir will perform a selection of summer music to entertain Garden Party guests.
Sunday 17 June - The Mary Bevan Recital 7.30pm, Lee Hall Given by prize-winners of the CUMS Concerto Competition 2012
Monday 16 to Friday 20 July - Wolfson Choir Tour - Thessaloniki, Greece Performances at ISME 30th World Conference
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