Saturday 25 July 2026, 7.30pm
- Saffron Hall
- Good availability
- Tiered seating
Cambridge Summer Music: Festival Finale Celebrating the legacy of the Boyd Neel Orchestra
Cambridge Summer Music: Festival Finale Celebrating the legacy of the Boyd Neel OrchestraPresented by Presented by Cambridge Summer Music
The Cambridge Summer Music Festival comes to a close with a fitting finale of music for string orchestra.
Celebrating the legacy of the Boyd Neel Orchestra
After studying medicine at Cambridge, Boyd Neel instead followed his passion for music and founded an ensemble of players from the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music. In 1933 the Boyd Neel London String Orchestra (later the Boyd Neel Orchestra) was born. A pioneering chamber ensemble, Boyd Neel was responsible for commissioning and reviving some of the most beloved and popular chamber works that we know today. This programme, especially devised by our Festival Director Ben Johnson, pays tribute to Neel and his ensemble, gathering together music closely associated with them including Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, which the Boyd Neel Orchestra gave the premiere of in 1944.
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Seating style
This event has tiered stalls and balcony seating
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Programme and performers
Programme
- Seiber Besardo Suite No. 2 selection: Intrada, Guillemette, Madrigal, Courante
- Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
- Christopher Wood Aberfan
- Holst St Paul’s Suite
- John Rutter Suite for Strings I. A-Roving
- Delius Air and Dance
- Warlock Serenade for the 60th Birthday of F. Delius
- Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Performers
- The London Mozart Players
- Jonathan Bloxham conductor
- Laurence Kilsby tenor
- Martin Owen horn
- Petroc Trelawny presenter
Information for your visit
Saturday 25 July 2026, 7.30pm
Schedule
All timings are approximate and will be updated closer to the show date. Please check the website on the day of the performance for up-to-date information.
Latecomers can usually be admitted at a suitable gap within the performance.
When to arrive
6.30pm - 7.15pm
We have over 400 free parking spots for anyone driving.
Foyer opens
6.30pm
Enjoy a drink at the bar before the auditorium opens.
Auditorium opens
7pm
Get your tickets ready for checking, find your seats, sit back and relax.
Show starts
7.30pm
Interval
Interval (20 mins)
Show ends
To be confirmed
Location
Saffron Hall
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