Bury Rd
Stapleford, Cambridge CB22 5BP
UK
Up Coming Events in May at Stapleford Granary
Adrian Bradbury & Andrew West
Sunday 15 May, 12:00pm
Tickets: £18 | £9 (under 25)
Cellist Adrian Bradbury and pianist Andrew West present an extraordinary programme of Alfredo Piatti’s ingenious operatic fantasies. Playing from original manuscripts found in the Donizetti library in Bergamo, Adrian performs and discusses the repertoire that bewitched and amazed Piatti’s audiences. Their acclaimed album of these works has been described by The Times and The Strad as ‘dazzling’ ‘heroic’ and ‘enormous fun’. Essential listening for opera lovers and cello lovers alike!
Dante Quartet
Friday 20 May, 7:45pm
Tickets: £22 | £11 (under 25)
The Dante Quartet are one of the UK’s finest ensembles, widely known as award-winners recording artists and acclaimed international performers. Their programme includes Robert Simpson’s exceptional 8th quartet (a composer influenced by Nielsen, Sibelius and Shostakovich) and Beethoven’s quartet in C sharp minor, arguably the zenith of his late music.
Zoe Francis Blue Town Trio
Saturday 11 May, 7:45pm
Tickets: £22 | £11 (under 25)
Zoe’s new album, Blue Town, is a selection of bittersweet songs and features multi-award winning guitarist Jim Mullen and the incomparable Ross Stanley on Hammond organ. The repertoire includes classic standards with fresh arrangements. Zoe’s beautiful voice set against the rich layers of the organ and guitar lines make this trio sound like a miniature orchestra.
Ruth Wall, Harpland
Friday 27 May, 7:45pm
Tickets: £22 | £11 (under 25)
Scottish harp virtuoso Ruth Wall and Cornish composer Graham Fitkin have taken old Gaelic songs from LPs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books to make ‘creative transcriptions’ for Ruth’s three harps – the sitar-like Renaissance bray harp, the beautiful medieval Gaelic wire harp (clàrsach) and the Scottish lever harp. Ruth’s long-term research into the pibroch piping technique – a highly ornamental style underpinned by a drone – informs her playing style and inspires the sound world of this fascinating and unique concert, combining ancient oral sources with modern technology.
