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All's Well

A musical expedition to Scott’s South Pole

01 Mar 2012

A cycle of songs imagining the final thoughts of Captain Scott and his polar party has been composed by Cambridge graduate Jake Wilson – with the...

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Jarvis Cocker

Lyrics without music, poetry without borders

21 Feb 2012

A series of recitals organised by poet John Kinsella looks at the relationship between song lyrics and poetry, inviting renowned musicians to perform...

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Music at the Whipple - part of Cambridge Science Festival 2012

The sweet sound of science

15 Feb 2012

Musicians and music-lovers alike are invited to this year’s Cambridge Science Festival – the UK’s biggest free science festival – which runs from...

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Cecilia McDowall.

Q&A with Scott Centenary Tour composer

01 Feb 2012

The Scott Polar Research Institute is proud to have provided the inspiration for a major new composition by leading British composer, Cecilia...

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Captain Scott writing his journal during the Terra Nova expedition

Conquering the Antarctic: The Scott Centenary Concert Tour

25 Jan 2012

City of London Sinfonia, in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), will embark on an ambitious concert tour in February to...

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John Paul Jones

Rock ‘n Roll royalty comes to Kettle’s Yard

21 Jan 2012

Kettle’s Yard has unveiled its 2012 New Music Series featuring 12 cutting edge concerts performed by world class musicians.

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Ian and Tim

Queuing for the magic of King's on Christmas Eve

23 Dec 2011

Each year hundreds of people queue day and night in the cold to experience the magic of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College...

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Music in action

Music – or language in action?

24 Nov 2011

Music is more than just sound. Sharing many features with language, it has all the hallmarks of a communicative system, as Cambridge researchers are...

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Ruined building in Hiroshima that acts as a memorial and reminder of those who died and were injured during the dropping of the atomic bomb on the city during World War Two.

Dark Sun - 1945: Singing from the same song sheet

08 Oct 2011

Do you like singing or playing an instrument and fancy performing in a huge musical ensemble?

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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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Festival of Ideas 2011

Whistleblowers, zombies… and how to stay out of prison

13 Jul 2011

Freedom, revolution and communication have shaped human history since the earliest days of mankind.

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Russian State Archive of Literature and Art in Moscow, where the Stalin Prize Committee transcripts are held

Musical notes from Stalin’s prize-givers

07 Jul 2011

The voices of the artistic elite of Stalin’s Soviet Union, among them Dmitri Shostakovich, are being heard afresh in a new comprehensive study of a...

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