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PLAYERS of Royal Northern Sinfonia treated a virtual audience to a selection of their personal favourites, showcasing their individual talents and collective strength, at the latest concert live streamed from Sage Gateshead. With the year marking the centenary of tango master Astor Piazzola, what better work to form the core of the specially-curated programme than his Four Season of Buenos Aires. Four violinists stepped from the ranks to lead the different seasons, each bringing their own distinctive flair. Spring was fronted by Marie Schreer who attacked the rhythms with gutsy bowing, while her rhapsodic lines had a sensuous flow. The foot-stamping Summer was propelled forward with vigour by Gaëlle-Anne Michel, who took relish in the tremolos and glissandi, ending with a flourish, to strains of Vivaldi’s Winter.
With more than 100 free events aimed at the whole family, choosing which to highlight is no easy feat.
Starting with the under-12s, here are just a few events that can be enjoyed by anyone, anywhere in the world during the course of the festival.
The Institute of Astronomy is teaming up with the Department of Engineering to host a series of fun activities all about our closest cosmic neighbour – the Moon.
The Institute of Astronomy is teaming up with the Department of Engineering to host a series of fun activities all about our closest cosmic neighbour, the Moon, as part of the Cambridge Festival.
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Adolescent Mental Health and Development, on April 3 from 3-4pm, and then all day on April 4, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscience, discusses the impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire s Chris Mann.
Professor Blakemore explains why teenagers feel and act the way that they do. She explores how the teenage brain changes and how COVID-19 might be impacting adolescent development and mental health.
Professor Blakemore‘s recent book, Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, was awarded the Royal Society Book Prize 2018 and the British Psychological Society Book Prize 2020, and was voted Hay Festival Book of the Year 2018.
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