Mozart Solemn Vespers and Haydn Nelson Mass | West Road Concert Hall

7:30pm, Saturday 5 December 2026

East Anglia Chamber Orchestra, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus
Mozart Solemn Vespers and Haydn Nelson Mass
Performers
David Young - conductor
Lydia Baldwin - soprano
Helena Paish - mezzo soprano
Hugo Williamson - tenor
Alex Semple - bass
Box Office
Saffron Hall 0845 548 7650
£26, £19, £12 (general) £24, £17, £10 (concessions), £5 (students & U18s)
Join Cambridge University Symphony Chorus and the East Anglia Chamber Orchestra for an evening of two masterpieces of the Classical choral repertoire at West Road Concert Hall.
Under the direction of David Young, the programme opens with Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K.339), a setting of the Vespers liturgy that combines jubilant choruses, lyrical solo writing, and the soaring beauty of the celebrated fifth movement Laudate Dominum.
After the interval, Haydn’s powerful Nelson Mass brings the evening to a dramatic conclusion. Written at a time of political upheaval and later associated with Admiral Nelson’s victories, the work is one of Haydn’s most compelling sacred compositions, renowned for its striking orchestration, thrilling choruses, and moments of profound reflection.
mheore about East Anglia Chamber Orchestra

The East Anglia Chamber Orchestra (EAChO) was founded in 2010 and has been acclaimed as the best chamber orchestra in the region. The orchestra draws players from around East Anglia, and whilst based in Cambridge, the orchestra performs regularly in other parts of East Anglia: past seasons have seen visits to The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, Ely Cathedral, the new Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden, as well as West Road Concert Hall, St John’s College Chapel, Trinity College Chapel and King’s College Chapel in Cambridge.

EAChO focuses primarily on chamber orchestra repertoire, and most programmes contain a mixture of the familiar and the less well known. The orchestra enjoys the benefit of inviting professional guest conductors and soloists for each of its concerts, who challenge the players to ever increasing heights of achievement.

Recent guest conductors have included Jacques Cohen, Toby Purser, John Paul Jennings, Dominic Grier, Ben Sheen and Mark Austin. Guest soloists have included Dame Evelyn Glennie, Andrew Watkinson, David Cohen, Gülsin Onay, Julien Van Mellearts, Kristine Balanas, Nicholas Daniels, Michael Foyle, Philippa Boyle, Sasha Grynyuk, Leonid Gorokhov and Thomas Kelly. Our regular leader is Jamie Foreman.
mre about Cambridge University Symphony Chorus

Cambridge University Symphony Chorus (CUSC) is a busy and vibrant choir of approximately 120 members that gives singers the fantastic opportunity to perform some of the most dramatic and passionate choral music ever written, and rarely performed by the college choirs. CUSC is made up of students, staff, alumni, and members of the wider Cambridge community.
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