Music news

  • The Bird and the Frog
    Fitzwilliam String Quartet performed Haydn’s 'The Bird' and 'The Frog' quartets, and Mozart’s celebrated String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, on Sunday 22 April.
    24 April 2012
  • Choir at Little St Mary’s
    Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir gave a Christmas Concert at Little St Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Thursday 1 December, raising just over £200 for Cambridge charity Wintercomfort for the Homeless.
    05 December 2011
  • Louis Couperin marathon
    Fitzwilliam hosted recitals celebrating the 350th anniversary of 17th-century French composer Louis Couperin on Saturday 5 November.
    05 December 2011
  • Choir sing in Norwich
    Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir joined the congregation at St Catherine's Church, Mile Cross, Norwich, on Saturday 12 November, to celebrate the church's 75th Anniversary.
    23 November 2011
  • Opera world premiere
    Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera presented the world premiere of 'Fables of La Fontaine' by leading British composer Ivan Moody, in a double bill with Judith Weir’s 'The Consolations of Scholarship' on 5 May 2011.
    18 May 2011
  • Music essay competition winners
    Music essay competition winners were presented with their certificates at the recent College open day.
    18 May 2011
  • Choir at Herstmonceaux Castle
    Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir performed Brahms’s ‘German Requiem’ to a packed audience on Sunday 6 March, at Herstmonceaux Castle.
    15 March 2011
  • StAnza competition win for Lliam Paterson
    Lliam Paterson (Music 2009) is one of the winners of the 2011 StAnza Composition Competition.
    01 February 2011
  • Linguist turned singer
    Saffron Jones (MML 2005) is now on the Masters in Vocal Studies course at the Royal Northern College of Music.
    20 December 2010
  • Fitzwilliam College Wind Ensemble debuts
    Fitzwilliam's newest music group, The Fitzwilliam College Wind Ensemble, gave their first performance in the College chapel.
    03 November 2010