King s. Easterat. March April Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate. Messiaen L Ascension. Bach Ich habe genug

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1 Easterat King s March April 2010 A festival of services and concerts for Holy Week and Easter Choir of King s College Bach St Matthew Passion Stephen Cleobury James MacMillan St John Passion Academy of Ancient Music Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate James Lancelot Messiaen L Ascension Britten Sinfonia Bach Ich habe genug

2 FRIENDS OF KING S Become a Friend of King s and support King s College Chapel and Choir The Chapel of King s College, Cambridge, is one of the most important medieval buildings in Europe. For the last five centuries, choral services have been an essential part of the daily life of the College. The architectural majesty of the Chapel and the great musical quality of the Choir are admired and loved by millions of people the world over. Yet the College is solely responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Chapel and the costs of the Choir. Over the years our friends and supporters have contributed to the restoration and conservation of the Chapel, funded choristerships and bursaries, provided music practice rooms and renovated the Chapel music library. By becoming a Friend of King s, you will benefit from a privileged relationship with the College, help secure the future of the Chapel and Choir and ensure that they remain world treasures. To find out more about how you can become a Friend of King's and support the King s College Chapel and Choir, please visit or contact us at: Friends of King s King s College Cambridge CB2 1ST Tel: +44 (0) friends@kings.cam.ac.uk CALENDAR Saturday 13 March 5.30pm Foundation Concert Tuesday 30 March 6.00pm James MacMillan, in conversation with James Naughtie, on the interplay of faith and music 8.30pm Pilgrim s Progress Wednesday 31 March 6.30pm Bach St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday 1 April 5.30pm Sung Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar 8.30pm Chamber music for Maundy Thursday Good Friday 2 April 10.30am Ante-Communion and Veneration of the Cross 5.00pm Choral Evensong 7.00pm James MacMillan St John Passion Holy Saturday 3 April 7.30pm Britten Sinfonia Easter Day Sunday 4 April 10.30am Sung Eucharist 3.30pm Festal Evensong Easter Monday 5 April 4.00pm James Lancelot plays Bach, Messiaen & Duruflé Public booking for all concerts opens Monday 25 January Attending Services Members of the public are welcome to attend all services at King s; no tickets are required for any listed here. Doors open approximately 15 minutes before a service starts. Please be aware that large numbers of people come to the Good Friday and Easter Day services; you should expect to join a substantial queue which often forms in the main Court of King s well before a service is due to start. CHOIR OF KING S COLLEGE (Gerald Place) JAMES MACMILLAN (Eric Richmond/Arena PAL) KING S COLLEGE CHAPEL STEPHEN CLEOBURY (Gerald Place) 2 Box office:

3 SATURDAY 13 MARCH 5.30pm Foundation Concert [finish c.7pm] Schumann Celebration Francis Grier piano King's Choral Scholars past and present Ladies of King s Voices Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Stephen Cleobury conductor Schumann TUESDAY 30 MARCH Piano Concerto in A minor Scenes from Goethe's Faust [part III] Schumann s bicentenary is celebrated with his famous piano concerto, ebullient and lyrical by turn, and his rarely performed dramatic oratorio. Tickets: 30, 22, 15 6pm Discussion [finish 7pm] James MacMillan & James Naughtie James MacMillan s music plays a prominent part in this year s Easter at King s. In preparation for the first broadcast of his setting of the St John narrative, he discusses with James Naughtie the interplay of faith and music in his own work and in contemporary culture. WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 6.30pm Concert [finish 9.45pm] Bach St Matthew Simon Wall Evangelist Mark Rowlinson Christ Richard Lloyd Morgan Pilate Katharine Fuge soprano Clare McCaldin mezzo soprano Thomas Hobbs tenor Jonathan Sells bass King s College Choir Choristers of Jesus and St Catharine s College Choirs Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Cleobury conductor Bach St Matthew Passion King s performances of a Bach Passion remain a central feature of Holy Week in Cambridge. This is the only performance of this iconic work, and one which will sell out very quickly indeed. Tickets: 60, 48, 32, 25 (unsighted seats 10) SIMON CALLOW (Kevin Davis) KATHARINE FUGE (Maro Borggreve) SIMON WALL (Donald Beltvelsen) Tickets: 10 unreserved 8.30pm Concert [finish c.9.50pm] The Pilgrim s Progress Simon Callow narrator Philharmonia Voices Aidan Oliver director A sequence of words and music based on Bunyan s classic morality tale. Brought to life by narrations describing Vanity Fair, The Giant Despair and other episodes, the music includes Allegri s Miserere, Tippett s setting of the spiritual Deep River, Philips O crux splendidor and music by Byrd, Tallis, Bruckner and Lassus, journeying through to the final climax of Who would true valour see. Tickets: 25, 20, 12 (unsighted seats 5) 4 Box office: ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (Marco Borggreve) 5

4 MAUNDY THURSDAY 1 APRIL 5.30pm Service [finish 6.45pm] Sung Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar James MacMillan Westminster Mass conducted by the composer 8.30pm Concert [finish 9.45pm] Music for Maundy Thursday Gethsemane: a sequence of music and poetry John McMunn tenor Richard Lloyd Morgan baritone Julian Azkoul violin Morwenna Del Mar cello Jeremy Begbie piano Peter Stevens organ Howells Britten James MacMillan Prelude De profundis By the waters of Babylon Holy Sonnets of John Donne A Different World Kiss on Wood Tickets: All seats (unnumbered) 15 This performance will take place in the Choir area of the Chapel. BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA (Chris Christodoulou) 6 Box office: GOOD FRIDAY 2 APRIL 10.30am Service [finish 11.40am] Ante-Communion and Veneration of the Cross Allegri Miserere mei, Deus Victoria St John Passion Reproaches King John IVof Portugal Crux fidelis 5pm Service [finish 5.45pm] Choral Evensong Agostini Adoramus te, Christe Victoria O vos omnes sung by the Choral Scholars of King s College 7pm Concert [finish 9pm] MacMillan St John Mark Stone baritone Choir of King s College Philharmonia Chorus BBC Concert Orchestra Stephen Cleobury conductor James MacMillan The Passion of our Lord according to St John (2007) The first broadcast performance of James MacMillan s very personal response to the well known St John texts. In this setting, the part of the narrator is taken by a chamber choir, with the main chorus and soloist commenting on the action. A blazing blockbuster, a piece as fiercely communicative as anything that the composer has written before... the end of Part One was masterly: no loudspeaker wailing as the Crucifixion loomed, but a resigned, pianissimo meditation, threaded with keening instrumental solos. (The Times) Tickets: 35, 25, 20 The concert is being broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and must start punctually. Please arrive in good time; latecomers will not be admitted until the interval. Supported by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation 7

5 HOLY SATURDAY 3 APRIL 7.30pm Concert [finish 9.15pm] Britten Sinfonia Lucy Crowe soprano Jacqueline Shave violin/director Britten Sinfonia Pärt Bach Haydn Fratres Cantata No 82 Ich habe genug Symphony No 30 in C major (Alleluja) Erkki-Sven Tüür Action Passion Illusion Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate Easter at King s final major concert looks back to the Passion story, and forward with joy to Easter. Action-Passion-Illusion is a sequence of movements for strings, the first dancing, the second with the intensity reminiscent of Tüür s compatriot Arvo Pärt, and the third loosely based in the Baroque. Tickets: 35, 30, 23 (unsighted seats 5) Also available from The Shop at King s, 13 King s Parade, Cambridge CB2 1SP, tel: This concert is being recorded by BBC Radio 3 for transmission on Tuesday in Easter week. JACQUELINE SHAVE, BRITTEN SINFONIA LUCY CROWE (Sussie Ahlbug) JAMES LANCELOT 8 Box office: EASTER DAY SUNDAY 4 APRIL 10.30am Service [finish 11.45am] Sung Eucharist with Procession Mozart Missa brevis in F accompanied by a string ensemble 3.30pm Service [finish 4.30pm] Festal Evensong Stanford Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A S.S. Wesley Blessed be the God and Father EASTER MONDAY 5 APRIL 4pm Concert [finish 5.15pm] James Lancelot Organ Recital James Lancelot organ Langlais Incantation pour un jour saint Kelly Easter Music Bach Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV 626 Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn BWV 630 Messiaen L'Ascension Dupré Veni Creator (Le tombeau de Titelouze) Bach Komm, Gott, Schöpfer BWV 667 de Grigny Veni Creator Duruflé Choral varié sur le Veni Creator James Lancelot, one time organ scholar of King s, now Director of Music at Durham Cathedral, brings a programme to take us from Easter to the music of Ascension and Pentecost. Tickets: All seats (unnumbered) 10 Also available from The Shop at King s, 13 King s Parade, Cambridge CB2 1SP, tel:

6 SEATING & ACCESS INFORMATION Seating Plan ANTECHAPEL CHOIR ORGAN SCREEN PERFORMERS KEY: FRONT ANTECHAPEL: TOP PRICE SECOND ANTECHAPEL: SECOND PRICE THIRD ANTECHAPEL: THIRD PRICE REAR ANTECHAPEL: LOWEST PRICE CHOIR AREA (UNSIGHTED) Where there only three price brackets in the Ante Chapel, the second and third areas are combined and the third price is the whole area behind the gangway. Except on Maundy Thursday, all concerts will take place in the Ante- Chapel where seats are numbered and reserved. Seats in the Choir Area are normally unnumbered, unreserved and unsighted (except for Maundy Thursday concert). Concessionary tickets A 2 discount for concessionary patrons will be available on unsold tickets for OAP s, registered job seekers and those assessed as disabled from one hour before the concert starts. For students under 25, 5 standby tickets will similarly be available. Once purchased, tickets cannot normally be exchanged. Please note that tickets are not required for services. Wheelchair users The Chapel is wheelchair accessible. We ask wheelchair users to book in advance so we may allocate a designated seat. Those assessed as disabled may have two tickets for the price of one for any concert. General enquiries For enquiries not related to booking, contact the series organiser, Gillian Perkins, on gillian.perkins@dsl.pipex.com BOOKING INFORMATION Advance booking Booking opens on Monday 25 January 2010 Tickets for all concerts are available from the Cambridge Corn Exchange Box Office Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB Open Monday Saturday 10.00am-6.00pm (Please note that it will not be possible to purchase tickets on Good Friday, or Easter Monday from the box office here. Tickets for Britten Sinfonia and Easter Monday Organ Recital can be obtained from the Shop at King s, see below. Good Friday tickets will be available from the Chapel Kiosk from 6pm on the day.) In person: from Cambridge Corn Exchange Box Office By phone: (Fax: ) By post: to the above address using the form overleaf (see notes below) Tickets for the Britten Sinfonia concert and James Lancelot organ recital are also available from The Shop at King s 13 King s Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SP Open Monday Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm, Sunday 10am-4.30pm In person: from The Shop at King s By phone: , fax By post: to the above address using the form overleaf (see notes below) If booking by post at either box office, make sure you give correct dates, ticket price options and enclose a stamped addressed envelope for posting tickets to you (otherwise they will be held for your collection from the Chapel). Payment can be by cheque MasterCard, VISA or Switch. Please check all the numbers and if paying by Switch ensure you give the start date and issue numbers. Cheques should be made payable to Cambridge City Council if booking through the Cambridge Corn Exchange, or to King s College Enterprises Ltd if booking through The Shop at King s. Please add your name, address, cheque card number on the rear. Cheques can be left blank with the words not exceeding xxx in the bottom left hand corner, where xxx is the total you are prepared to pay. This allows the box office staff to give you the best available seats where top price tickets are all sold. Postal applications should also include a telephone number/e mail address for use in case of queries.) Tickets on the door Any remaining unsold tickets will be available from the North Door of the Chapel one hour before the concert starts. Please note that sighted seats for some concerts may be completely sold out in advance. (Geoffrey Robinson) Easter at King s is promoted by King s College and is made possible with the support of the Provost and Fellows of King s College and BBC Radio 3. King s acknowledges generous support for the series from Robin Boyle, the Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation and from Lady Williams. The information given in this leaflet is correct at the time of printing. All finish times are estimates. Easter at King s reserves the right to alter events if necessary. Further information can be obtained from the series administrator on , gillian.perkins@dsl.pipex.com. 10 Box office:

7 BOOKING FORM Foundation Concert (Sat 13).... total James MacMillan in conversation (Tues 30) total Pilgrim s Progress (Tues 30).... total Bach St Matthew (Wed 31).... total Chamber Music (Thu 1).... total MacMillan St John (Fri 2).... total Britten Sinfonia (Sat 3).... total James Lancelot (Mon 5).... total total I am willing to accept alternative price tickets I am willing to accept unsighted tickets (we will not substitute unsighted tickets for sighted ones unless you state specifically that you are willing to accept these) If paying by cheque, please leave the amount in both figures and words blank, but cross the cheque with the words not exceeding xxxx (indicating the maximum amount you are prepared to pay for your tickets). Cover photo: Gerald Place Name Address: Postcode: Daytime telephone (for queries): I enclose a cheque (see overleaf for payee details) I wish to pay by Mastercard/VISA/Switch (delete as appropriate) (We are unable to accept American Express.) Card Number Name on card Issue no (Switch only) Start date / Expiry date / Signature Please add my details to the King s Concerts mailing list (We will not give your details to a third party) Please send your completed booking form, together with a stamped, addressed envelope, to Easter at King s Box Office, the Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB or (for Britten Sinfonia or James Lancelot only) to The Shop at King s, 13 King s Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SP 12 Box office: