HARRY DADSWELL is impressed by the “Yankee swagger” of the CUMS Symphony Orchestra.
Cambridge students play Soviet music just like real repressed citizens for TIM COOMBES. Strange…
ANTHONY FRIEND tells how, despite its lack of theatricality, The Dream of Gerontius a was compelling and sensitive performance.
JOE BATES launches the new classical music column and tells you why Elgar’s Gerontius, the visit of Libor Pesek and an interesting marriage of Figaro and Facebook mean that Cambridge concert-goers are in for a treat.
JOE CONWAY : ‘Wind orchestra players have their own repertoire, their own culture, and their own attitude. Which is basically that they make music primarily for their own edification and delight.’