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Robert Macfarlane on Orford Ness in Suffolk

Weather-washed, tide-turned

14 Jul 2012

When Cambridge academic and writer Dr Robert Macfarlane was asked to write a libretto for a performance celebrating the extraordinary landscape of...

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Squeaky Gate

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

09 May 2012

Cambridge neuroscientists will be among the members of an innovative educational charity joining a Pink Floyd tribute band to celebrate the...

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Microphone.

Funny fellows

17 Nov 2011

Half a dozen Cambridge academics are about to take the plunge and attempt to communicate their research through the medium of stand-up comedy. Nobody...

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Musical instrument.

Six hours of total performance

14 Jul 2011

A “total immersion” event in Cambridge this weekend marks the climax of a conference examining the work of performers and their creative role in...

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Detail from the event poster.

You hymn it, we’ll play it

21 Jun 2011

An epic, 24-hour celebration of religious music will be taking place at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, this week, starting on Wednesday evening (...

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A Cambridge Mass

Vaughan Williams work performed for first time

12 Oct 2010

An early work by composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 138 years ago today, is to be performed for the first time after being spotted in an...

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Violin

Creative research on musical performance

01 Sep 2009

A pioneering research centre studying live musical performance as creative practice launches in the Faculty of Music in October with funding from the...

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