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Cambridge University Musical Society

The flagship symphony orchestra, giving five concerts in the academic year, often involving renowned conductors, particularly the principal conductor Martin Yates.


Stephen Cleobury

He was conductor of Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) from 1983 to 2009, and made many recordings with that group, including Verdi’s Quattro Pezzi Sacri and Goehr’s The Death of Moses.


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Coronation Ode

Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Richard Morton (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass), Cambridge University Musical Society, Choir of Kings College Cambridge, Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall conducted by Sir Philip Ledger, recorded at Chapel of Kings College, Cambridge, February 1977 EMI CLASSICS 5 85148 2