Well, March is drawing to a grey and damp close here in Cambridge and it feels like it’s been a very long Winter indeed but let’s be hopeful that warm Spring sunshine is just around the corner. Here’s the what’s on listing for April. It’s an eclectic mix of events that come to my attention so if you know about an event that could be included, please get in touch through my Contact page. I’ll update this listing through the month, so do check back when you can.
1 – 18th 9am – 5pm “In a Room of One’s Own”, an exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Woodcut Prints. Nan Shiomi. Clare Hall, Herschel Road, CB3
1 – 21st 8am – 5pm Monday – Saturday. Kaleidescope, an exhibition of original Textile Art. Free entry. Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street http://www.easternregiontextileforum.co.uk
2nd 5.30pm Organ Recital. William Whitehead. Parry, Schumann, Liszt, Bach, Jackson and Planyavsky. King’s College Chapel. Tickets from King’s College Visitor Centre, King’s Parade
3 – 7th 7pm Rodelinda. Cambridge Handel Opera Company. The Great Hall, The Leys School. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/rodelinda
6th 7.30pm A celebration of Georgian song. Members of Ialoni women’s ensemble from Tbilisi with Chela and Buska. Little St. Mary’s Church. Free entry
7th 7.30pm Cambridge Choral Society. Dvorak and Puccini. West Road Concert Hall. Tickets on the door http://www.cambchoral.org.uk
8th 1 – 4pm Trinity College Fellows’ Garden open under the National Garden Scheme http://www.ngs.org.uk
8th 2.30pm Shelly Organ (bassoon) and Tim Watts (piano). Programme includes music by Saint Saens. Madingley Hall. Free admission. http://www.eventbrite.co.uk
12 and 14th 7.30pm “I deserve a better chance”, a brave production by people with and without mental health challenges. CB2 Cafe, CB1 http://www.actingnow.co.uk
13 – 15th Cambridge Literary Festival http://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com
14th 7.30pm Best of British. Cambridge Wind Band. West Road Concert Hall Facebook: cambridgewindband http://www.adctheatre.com
14 – 21st 10am – 5.30pm Art Exhibition, Cambridge Drawing Society. Paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture. The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street. Free admission http://www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org
14th 7.30pm Pentecost in Rome. De Profundis. Palestrina and Victoria. Chapel of Sidney Sussex College. Tickets on the door
18th 6.30 – 9pm Cam Lates: Fashion at the Fitzwilliam. Fitzwilliam Museum https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/cam-lates
18th 8pm Endelienta Baroque. Bach cantatas. Chapel of Jesus College. Free entry
20th 7.30pm Ivor Jones Memorial Concert. Harp and organ. Wesley Church, Christ’s Pieces https://ivorjonesconcert.eventbrite.co.uk
21st 6.30pm David Wright, harpsichord. Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Gonville & Caius College. Tickets on the door. http://www.neweurope.org.uk
22nd 2.30pm Cerys Purser (mezzo-soprano) and Tim Watts (piano). Programme includes music by Watts and Berio. Free admission. Madingley Hall http://www.eventbrite.co.uk
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