About the CUMS Chorus
CUMS Chorus is East Anglia's most ambitious choral society. It is open to members of the University and local residents. The Chorus performs with the world-renowned Philharmonia Orchestra, as well as CUMS I and Prime Brass, in venues including King's College Chapel and the Royal Albert Hall.
We rehearse on Thursday evenings during Full Term, and perform at least four full-scale concerts each year. Our Principal Conductor is Stephen Cleobury, Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge and Conductor Laureate of the BBC Singers. This year we will also perform with Tim Brown, Director of Music at Clare College and Conductor of English Voices.
Join the Chorus this year to sing works by Elgar, Haydn, Walton and Beethoven, plus the world premiere of a major new commission from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of the Queen's Music.
CUMS Chorus Concerts
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Mon 1st December 2008: The Philharmonia Orchestra with CUMS Chorus and King's Voices
19:30, King's College Chapel
Elgar The Kingdom
Free pre-concert talk in Keynes Hall at 7pm
The Philharmonia Orchestra
CUMS Chorus
King's Voices
Choir of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Rachel Nicholls Soprano
Louise Crane mezzo soprano
Justin Lavender tenor
Peter Savidge bass
Tickets £35, £30, £22
On sale from Cambridge Corn Exchange Box Office 01223 357851 from 1st September 2008
Thu 18th December 2008: CUMS Chorus at the Royal Albert Hall
19:30, Royal Albert Hall
Programme to include excerpts from
Haydn The Creation (Part 1)
Mendelssohn Overture to St. Paul
Franck Panis Angelicus
Bach Ave Maria
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden
Ruby Hughes, John McMunn, Giles Underwood Soloists
Philharmonia Orchestra
King's College Choir
CUMS Chorus
Philharmonia Chorus
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Tickets £45, £44, £39.50, £37, £35, £29, £25, £20, £14,50, £11.50
On sale from Box Office for Royal Albert Hall 0207 589 8212
Sat 7th March 2009: CUMS Chorus: Walton, Rutter, Bruckner - with Prime Brass
20:00, Trinity Chapel
Walton Coronation Te Deum
Henri Tomasi Procession Nocturne
Winning work in the CUMS Choral Composition Competition 2008-09
Rutter Gloria
Bruckner Four motets
Schoenberg Fanfare on motifs of Die Gurrelieder,
Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Timothy Brown Jesus Christ's Expostulation
Arvo Pärt De Profundis
Walton Jubilate Deo
Prime Brass
CUMS Chorus
Tim Brown conductor
Soloists taken from CUMS Vocal Soloists Competition.
Sat 13th June 2009: CUMS I and Chorus: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Sir Peter Maxwell Daviews world premiere
19:30, King's College Chapel
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies new work, commissioned by CUMS in celebration of the University of Cambridge's 800th anniversary (world première)
Beethoven Symphony No.9
Free pre-concert talk in Keynes Hall at 6.30pm by Robert Culshaw
Lynne Dawson soprano
Madeleine Shaw mezzo
Andrew Staples tenor
Gerald Finley bass
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Mon 22nd June 2009: 2009 City of London Festival
19:30, Royal Albert Hall
CUMS I and Chorus will be opening the 2009 City of London Festival alongside King’s College Choir with a repeat performance of our new Maxwell Davies piece and sections of Haydn’s The Creation.