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Join The Gesualdo Six & Matilda Lloyd in Cambridge as they present their stunning programme, Radiant Dawn, exploring different shades of light through music.
From religious processions to military victories, the combination of voices and trumpet has played a prominent role in concerts and ritual for centuries.
Works from the Golden Age of polyphony by Tallis and White are juxtaposed with modern compositions by Roxanna Panufnik, Alec Roth and Deborah Pritchard. Highlights include Sir James MacMillan’s ‘O radiant dawn’, an evocative setting from the composer’s Strathclyde Motets, alongside Richard Barnard’s ‘Aura’, co-commissioned by the artists.
In 1958, a group of engineering students managed to hoist an Austin Seven car onto the roof of Senate House, with the help of some clever calculations. It took the university a week to remove it – and will surely go down in history as one of the boldest student pranks ever!