CCSO Feb 2015

Programme

Richard Rodney Bennett - Celebration

Grace Williams - Violin Concerto

Gustav Holst - The Planets

Performers

City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

Robert Hodge - conductor

Fenella Humphrys - violin

James Mayhew - narrator & artist

Box Office

ADC Ticketing 01223 300085

Adults £20, students £10, children £6

Book tickets

The Planets will be introduced by narrator James Mayhew, who will also illustrate the music with interactive art which will be projected on to a large screen.

more about City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

The City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra started life in 1973 as the Harston String Orchestra. Later, as a result of a change in venue, it became the Barton String Orchestra. In 2000 Leon Lovett took over as conductor and shortly afterwards, the orchestra changed its name to the Cambridge String Players. Under his baton, the orchestra has appeared regularly in West Road Concert Hall and in other venues around Cambridge. In addition to playing works for strings, the orchestra increasingly invited wind players to join it to perform works from the symphonic repertoire. Recognising this change of emphasis, the musicians decided that the orchestra needed a new name and in September 2008, it became the City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra. In February 2012 Robert Hodge became CCSO’s new conductor.