Professional Music
Professional Concerts at Trinity Hall
Alongside the myriad of opportunities available for student music-making, Trinity Hall is proud to support an annual season of professional concerts.
These events provide a wonderful addition to the thriving musical life at Trinity Hall, offering a greatly valued opportunity for all constituents of the College community to come together alongside members of the public to enjoy fabulous music performed in some stunning performance spaces.
Trinity Hall Professional Concert Series: 2024-2025 Season
Michaelmas Term, 2024
Bach Dialogues I
Rachel Stroud (baroque violin) and Andrew Arthur (harpsichord)
- J.S. Bach – Sonata III for Violin & Obligato Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1016
- J.S. Bach – French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814
- J.S. Bach – Sonata VI for Violin & Obligato Harpsichord in G major, BWV 1019
Lent Term, 2025
Bach Dialogues II
Rachel Stroud (baroque violin) & Andrew Arthur (harpsichord)
- J.S. Bach – Sonata V for Violin & Obligato Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1019
- J.S. Bach – French Suite No. 4 in Eb major, BWV 815
- J.S. Bach – Sonata IV for Violin & Obligato Harpsichord in C minor, BWV 1017
Odysseus Piano Trio
Domonkos Csabay (piano), Sara Trickey (violin), Rosie Biss (‘cello)
- Ludwig van Beethoven – ‘Ghost’ Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1
- Helen Grime – Three Whistler Miniatures
- Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio in B major
Easter Term, 2025
Bach Dialogues III
Rachel Stroud (baroque violin) & Andrew Arthur (harpsichord)
- J.S. Bach – Sonata I for Violin & Obligato Harpsichord in B minor, BWV 1014
- J.S. Bach – French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817
- J.S. Bach – Sonata II for Violin & Obligato Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1015
De Pasión Mortal
Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny & Toby Carr (guitars & theorbos)
Songs from Seventeenth-Century Europe juxtaposed with those of Modern Latin America,
featuring works by by Purcell, Monteverdi, Ramírez, de Murcia, Méndez, de Visée, Rodriguez, Rojas & Jara
Ensemble in Residence
Orpheus Britannicus was welcomed to Trinity Hall as ‘Ensemble in Residence’ in 2008, since which time each season has seen a highly successful series of concerts and has offered some unique opportunities to current Trinity Hall students to engage with the musicians in the context of ‘open’ rehearsals, master-classes and private lessons.
Orpheus Britannicus has established itself as one of the most dynamic period-instrument and vocal ensembles to have emerged in recent years. Its players and singers are drawn from some of the UK’s leading performers in their field. Founded by Andrew Arthur in 2002 and based in London, the group has enjoyed great success, building a reputation in particular for its expressive and emotional approach to the rich vocal chamber repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Recent performances have included Handel’s newly discovered Gloria for Soprano and strings, J S Bach’s complete cantatas for solo voice, Zelenka’s Lamentations, Buxtehude’s cantata cycle Membra Jesu nostri and numerous solo songs, dialogues and odes by Henry Purcell and John Blow. Recent choral projects at Trinity Hall with the Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort include four contrasting programmes of 17th century English verse anthems, Venetian motets, German Romantic motets and music by S S Wesley.
Orpheus Britannicus also regularly assumes orchestral proportions, and has enjoyed some fine collaborations with the London-based Chandos Chamber Choir. Performances in this guise have included J S Bach’s Johannes Passion, Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Dixit Dominus, Messiah, and verse anthems and Welcome Odes by Henry Purcell. Future engagements include J S Bach’s Messe in H-moll and ‘Lutheran’ Missae. The name Orpheus Britannicus is taken from the title of Henry Purcell’s two great volumes of songs, published by Henry Playford in 1698 and 1702 respectively.