Back in January, I posted a piece on the e-Luminate Cambridge Festival and tonight it opened, with fabulous light installations illuminating some of the city’s most iconic buildings.
It’s a really cold night here in Cambridge but I wanted to get some photos, just taken on my phone, to give you a flavour of the event.
Firstly, Senate House with its installation “I See”, created in collaboration with The Ordered Universe Project.
In Bene’t Street, another moving image projection, “Bright Lights – The Colours of the Brain”, has been created by artists working with Cambridge community groups in a series of workshops.
Gonville & Caius College is looking glorious with its installation “The Colours of Caius College” created by artist Patrice Warrener using the Chromolithe technique that he developed thirty years ago.
At The Fitzwilliam Museum, projection artist Ross Ashton has created a colourful projection which shows some of the most iconic artefacts held in the Museum’s collection.
You’ll find more installations outside King’s College Chapel, at Trinity Hall and at the Guildhall. Full details of all these are on the event website. It may be freezing out there but it’s really worth wrapping up and getting out to see the city in a whole new light.
Well, we’ve almost got through a very grey and murky January so here’s the what’s on listing for February. 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 via my Contact page. I’ll update this listing through the month, so it’s worth checking back every so often.
3rd 10am – 12pm Ages 11 – 15, 1pm – 2.30pm Ages 7 – 10 Come and Play at Trinity. Music making for young instrumentalists. Trinity College. Email concerts@tcms.org.uk
3rd 1pm St Clement’s Players. Mozart, Haydn, Sammartini. St Clement’s Church, Bridge Street
3rd 7.30pm Fairytales for Grown Ups: Grim Grimms. The Crick Crack Club with Ben Haggarty. Cambridge Junction http://www.junction.co.uk
3rd 7.30pm East Anglia Chamber Orchestra. Mendelssohn and Vaughan Williams. West Road Concert Hall http://www.adcticketing.com
3rd 9.30pm Messiaen. King’s College Music Society. King’s College Hall. Tickets on the door
5th 7.45pm Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Screening of the 1920 movie with live organ improvisation by David Briggs. The Leys School Chapel http://www.theleys.net/boxoffice
8th 8pm Ben Crosland Quintet plays the Ray Davies Songbook. Hidden Rooms, Jesus Lane http://www.cambridgejazz.org
11th 4pm Be My Love Charity Gala for Arthur Rank Hospice and Multiple System Atrophy Trust. Michaelhouse, Trinity Street. For tickets email adriancb23@gmail.com
11th 8.30pm The Chilingirian Quartet. Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Selwyn College Hall http://www.selwynalumni.com
16th 7.30pm Mortal Voices, The Academy of Ancient Music. Pergolesi, Corelli and Handel. West Road Concert Hall http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets. Please note there is a free pre-concert talk at 6.30pm.
22/24th 7.45pm and Sat.1.30pm L’Elisir D’Amore, Donizetti. Cambridge University Opera Society. West Road Concert Hall http://www.adcticketing.com/amore
New in Cambridge 