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The Sounds of Shakespeare
8th May 2023
BSA Members have been offered a discount on tickets for Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra’s amazing concert on 20th May, featuring musical interpretations of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Bernstein, and a special musical showcase by pupils from local schools.
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Cambridge Philharmonic’s next concert ‘The Sounds of Shakespeare’ is part of a new education project to spark student-led creativity in response to Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Cross-curriculum workshops with the performing arts collective ‘Three Inch Fools’ will culminate in a showcase featuring young people from local schools to be presented at the start of the concert.
Principal Guest Conductor, Lucy Hollins, will then lead the orchestra through a programme of Shakespearean adaptations:
- Tchaikovsky’s ‘Hamlet’ Overture
- Shostakovich’s ‘Hamlet’ Suite13-movement op. 32 (the incidental music to the play)
Followed by:
- Tchaikovsky’s Fantasy Overture to ‘Romeo & Juliet’
- Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’
The programme will be accompanied by excerpts from some of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, performed by actors Anna Tolputt and Matt Pinches.
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Details
Location: West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
Date: Saturday 20th May 2023
Schools’ Showcase from 6.45PM,
Main Concert will commence at 7.30PM
Tickets from £15 (student concessions and free carers tickets available) https://cambridgephilharmonic.com/whats-on/sounds-of-shakespeare/
BSA Members concession code CPSBARD