➞ What's on
West Road hosts a variety of different types of event, including classical concerts, talks, and comedy. Use the filters below to help your search, or browse the list to discover what's on!
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Tuesday 18 February
Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert
2nd year music student Hebe Kan, Prize-winner of University Concerto Competition 2024, presents Handel’s Harp concerto with a string quartet, followed by an Instrumental Awards Scheme Piano Trio
Saturday 22 February
Cambridge University Orchestra
Cambridge musicians come together to celebrate the music of the great composer Shostakovich on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Sunday 23 February
Camerata Musica
Legendary pianist Dame Mitsuko Uchida performs some of the repertoire for which she is most renowned: sonatas by Beethoven and Schubert
Thursday 27 Feb - Saturday 1 Mar
Cambridge University Opera Society
Word on the street is that Nero’s having an affair with shameless socialite Poppaea - to the vexation of his wife, the Empress Octavia... and Poppaea's husband, Otho.
Tuesday 4 March
Instrumental Awards for Chamber Music Scheme (IAS) holders perform music from Rachmaninov and Schubert.
Wednesday 5 March
Coming to you live from Cambridge University Pole Sports: it's Pole O'Clock!
Monday 10 March
Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra
Join Cambridge's premier student-run symphony orchestra for their Lent Concert, featuring works by Gershwin, Bernstein, and Brahms.
Tuesday 11 March
The University’s most talented classical instrumentalists compete for the opportunity to perform a concerto with one of the University orchestras, following a first-round selection process.
Wednesday 12 March
Academy of Ancient Music
AAM rediscovers the glorious music of Brazilian composer Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia – in the company of his heroes Mozart and Haydn.
Thursday 13 March
Cambridge University New Music Group
The University’s New Music Group presents recent works by composers from Finland and Iceland, including one of Kaija Saariaho’s final works, Semafor, written in 2020.
Friday 14 March
The multi-award-winning Quatuor Van Kuijk perform string quartets by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Beethoven
Saturday 15 March
Cambridge Philharmonic
Our Principal Guest Conductor Lucy Hollins presents a magical tale to enchant children of all ages, weaving a story of space travel and adventure through some of the greatest music ever written.
Monday 17 March
Cambridge Music Festival
Recently listed among the ‘50 greatest pianists of all time’, Benjamin Grosvenor unlocks the poetry of Brahms’ Intermezzi and conquers the muscular virtuosity demanded by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Tuesday 18 March
One of Cambridge’s finest brass ensembles, directed by Chris Lawrence, returns to West Road to perform a variety of works
Saturday 22 March
Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra
The Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra teams up with former National Youth Jazz Orchestra Artistic Director Mark Armstrong for a thrilling programme of Latin and Afro-Cuban Jazz.
Saturday 29 March
City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
Two old friends, and a new acquaintance.
Saturday 5 April
The Sampson Orchestra of Cambridge
Orchestral works by Beethoven ("Egmont" Overture and Symphony No. 3, "Eroica") and Brahms (Piano Concerto No. 1)
Tuesday 29 April
Christian Gerhaher and his long-time collaborator Gerold Huber return to Camerata Musica to perform song cycles by Schumann
Saturday 3 May
KJV Community Children's Choir
From different parts of the Island, childhood friends, Jack and Sarah, are caught up in a war between the north and the south. When a severe drought threatens their existence, it is music that saves the day – and of course, there is a dog!
Wednesday 14 May
Four actors, four musicians, one unparalleled musical genius. From the theatrical imagination of Bill Barclay, a completely new journey into Bach’s astonishing Art of Fugue.
Saturday 17 May
Dorothy Howell’s rarely heard Piano Concerto, and William Walton’s intense Symphony no. 1
Saturday 24 May
A trio of works exploring the theme of sanctuary in this special concert to celebrate Cambridge’s refugee community, featuring the world premiere of a new Concerto for Kamancheh and Orchestra by Iranian composer and virtuoso Rouzbeh Parsa.
Saturday 31 May
One of the world’s most revered pianists performs a programme of Fantasies, including Beethoven’s celebrated ‘Moonlight Sonata’
Friday 27 June
Down for the Count
Join the 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra for a celebration of one of the most iconic figures in show-business history – the incomparable Sammy Davis Jr. – in his centenary year
Saturday 28 June
CCSO’s season closes with three reflections on ultimate questions