Nigel Kennedy (violin) & quartet: Bach to Fats Waller
Murray Perahia (piano/director) & Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Beethoven piano concerto cycle, nos 1 & 3, with Haydn and Stravinsky
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Choir of King’s College Cambridge & Florilegium: Purcell & Britten
Mark Padmore & Britten Sinfonia: Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Chamber music & recitals:
Nash Ensemble (string sextet): Strauss, Dvorak & Tchaikovsky
James Gilchrist (tenor) & Anna Tilbrook (piano): Schubert, Faure, Britten & Sally Beamish
Escher Quartet: string quartets by Elgar, Bridge & Britten
Free events / new music / installation:
Pekka Kuusisto (violins & electronics): Finnish folksongs, Rautavaara, Sallinen & improvisations
Friday Afternoons: major vocal education project across Cambridgeshire
Virtual Choir – Eric Whitacre’s ‘Water Night’: 3,700 singers from 76 countries form a Virtual Choir, projected on the Senate House
