Cambridge University Collegium Musicum
(formerly the Faculty of Music Baroque Ensemble)
Artistic Directors: Martin Ennis, Margaret Faultless, Andrew Jones
Introduction
The ensemble
The makers and their instruments
Concert season 2008-09
Archive of past concerts
Pictures from 2006-07 season
Contacts
Introduction
The Faculty of Music has recently established an ensemble of baroque instruments,
the Cambridge University Collegium Musicum, which will form part of its programme of
encouraging practical music-making within the University. The instruments have been
commissioned from leading makers of period instruments in this country and abroad.
Members of the Collegium will be drawn from across the whole University and will receive
professional coaching in historical performing techniques. Either the full Collegium or
chamber groups derived from it will give a small number of concerts each year. The Faculty
of Music will continue to support the Collegium, and will foster existing links with professional
groups such as The Academy of Ancient Music, currently one of the ensembles in residence at the Faculty.
The ensemble
The orchestra, when complete, will comprise:
- eight violins
- three violas
- three cellos
- one double bass
- two flutes
- two oboes
- one bassoon
- three trumpets
- two horns
- one harpsichord
- one chamber organ
The Faculty of Music has already raised the sum of £77,000 from its own resources.
This, in addition to a generous grant of £24,000 from the Societies Syndicate of Cambridge
University, has enabled the Faculty to purchase six violins, two violas, two cellos, one double bass,
two flutes, and two oboes. (The Faculty already owned one baroque viola and a harpsichord.) One bassoon,
three trumpets, and a chamber organ have been commissioned, and the Faculty is working hard to raise the money
needed to complete the project. If you would like to support the activities of the Collegium, please contact one
of the Artistic Directors (see 'Contacts').
The makers and their instruments
Alan Beavitt, Scorraig
Three violins: all based on Cremonese models of c. 1720, heavily influenced by Stradivari, all dated 2006.
Rowland H. Ross, Hampshire
Three violins: one based on Guarneri del Gesù model of 1742 (the 'Cannon'), dated 2005; one based on Stradivari model of 1715 ('von Vecsey'), dated 2005; one based on Nicolò Amati model of 1662 ('Grand Amati'), dated 2006.
Chris Johnson, Loughborough
Viola in the style of Andrea Guarneri, dated 2006.
Jonathan Woolston, Cambridge
Viola in the style of Andrea Guarneri model of 1676 ('Conte Vitale'), dated 2006.
David Rubio, Cambridge
Cello based on 1770 Italian model, dated 1987.
George Stoppani, Manchester
Cello based on Stradivari model of 1710 ('Gore-Booth'), dated 2006.
Kai-Thomas Roth, Somerset
Double bass made after the outline of an original by Domenico Montagnana (Venice, 1747), dated 2006.
Martin Wenner, Singen, Germany
Two flutes after Carlo Palanca (Turin, c. 1750) , dated 2006.
Pau Orriols, Barcelona, Catalonia
Two oboes after Thomas Stanesby, dated 2006.
Hiring
The instruments will be loaned free of charge to members of the Collegium for one year at a time;
those who use the instruments will be responsible for their day-to-day maintenance.
It will be possible for the ensemble (players plus instruments) or sections of it to be hired
for short periods. Anyone interested in doing so should contact one of the Directors (see 'Contacts').
Concert season 2008-09
Orchestral concert
Fri 5th December 2008, 7.30pm
Emmanuel College Old Library
Biber: Battalia
Biber: Sonata tam aris quam aulis serviens
J. F. Fasch: Sonata in F major
Leclair: Deuxieme recreation de musique
Telemann: Trio sonata in a minor
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major
Tickets on the door: £10 (full price), £2 (students), £8 (pensioners)
Orchestral Concert
Friday 16 January 2009 at 7.30 pm in the West Road Concert Hall
Handel's Water Music and works by Charpentier, Rebel, Couperin, and Rameau.
Tickets: £12 (£3 students) from the Corn Exchange Box Office (01223 357851)
(booking opens 1 December 2008).
Maurice Greene's Ode for St Cecilia
with the Cambridge University Chamber Choir as part of the 800th-anniversary celebrations
Thursday 16 April 2009 in Great St Mary's Church (first half) and the Senate House (second half)
Tickets: £15 (£13) for centre seats in GSM, £10 (£8) for side seats; all Senate House seats unreserved.
First half only (GSM): £5 at the door.
Tickets from the Corn Exchange Box Office
(booking opens Monday 2 February 2009).
Cambridge Handel Opera Group: staged production of Handel's opera Ariodante
29, 30 April, 2, 3 May 2009 at 6.30 pm in West Road Concert Hall
Tickets: £6 to £25 from the Corn Exchange Box Office
(booking opens 2 March 2009).
Archive of past concerts
Fund-raising concert of chamber music for violin, cello, and harpsichord
Tuesday 23 October 2007 at 7.30 pm in Emmanuel College Old Library
Corelli: Violin sonata in G major, op. 5 no. 1
J. S. Bach: Suite in C minor for unaccompanied cello, BWV 1011
Biber: Sonata representative
J. S. Bach: Violin sonata in A major, BWV 1015
Handel: Violin sonata in D major, HWV 371
Margaret Faultless (violin)
Jonathan Manson (cello)
Martin Ennis (harpsichord)
Concert of baroque chamber music
Saturday 1 December 2007 at 7.30 pm in Christ's College Chapel
Duo sonatas, trio sonatas, and cantatas performed by ensembles drawn from the Collegium
Orchestral concert
Friday 18 January 2008 at 7.30 pm in the West Road Concert Hall
Concertos by Corelli, Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, and Handel
Collegium Musicum directed by Margaret Faultless (violin) with Rachel Baldock (oboe)
A Musical Soirée in Georgian London
Tuesday 11 March 2008 at 7.30 pm in Emmanuel College Old Library
Chamber music by Arne, Corelli, Geminiani, Loeillet, and Handel
Members of Collegium Musicum with Suzana Ograjenšek (soprano)
Cambridge Handel Opera Group
Sunday 4 May 2008 at 8.30 pm in Selwyn College Hall
Concert of vocal and instrumental chamber music by Handel
Programme to include Agrippina condotta a morire, Silete venti, Concerto grosso op. 3 no. 2
Ann Mackay (soprano)
Margaret Faultless (director)
Inaugural Concert
12 February 2007 at 7.30 pm in the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Purcell: Suite from The Fairy Queen
Locke: Suite from The Tempest
Handel: Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 7 in B flat major
Handel: Overture to Imeneo
Hellendaal: Concerto grosso op. 3 no. 1 in G minor
Purcell: Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1683, 'Welcome to all the pleasures'
Cambridge Handel Opera Group
2, 3, 5 and 6 May 2007 at 7.30 pm in the West Road Concert Hall
Staged performances of Handel's opera Imeneo
Pamela Hay (Rosmene), Clara Mouriz (Tirinto), Edmund Connolly (Imeneo),
Katherine Bond (Clomiri), Robert Gildon (Argenio)
Stage director: Tom Hawkes
Faculty of Music Baroque Ensemble conducted by Andrew Jones
Pictures from 2006-07 season
Contacts
Artistic directors:
Martin Ennis, Girton College, Cambridge, CB3 0JG;
mwe20@cam.ac.uk
Andrew Jones, Selwyn College, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ;
avj1000@cam.ac.uk
Last up-dated: December 2008
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