Première of Susannah Self’s new Gloria in Cambridge

Name: Première of Susannah Self’s new Gloria in Cambridge
Start: 2026-07-03T19:30:00+01:00
Location: West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP

Schedule

Fri, 03 Jul, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP | Cambridge, EN

**Première of Susannah Self’s new Gloria in Cambridge**
**Selfmade Music** is premièring Susannah Self’s fourth major new choral work, the **Gloria**, in a performance on Friday July 3rd, 2026, 7.30pm in Cambridge’s **West Road Concert Hall**. It will be paired with Handel’s **Dixit Dominus**, a brilliant work written in Italy when he was only 22. In addition, Susannah Self’s radiant work for violin and strings, **Harbour**, will be given its third performance with soloist **Kayla Nicol**.
Directed by **Dr Susannah Self**, **North Sea Voices and Orchestra** are joined by top chamber choir **Ely Collegium,** and will give the first official performance of this impressive new work. They previously introduced Dr Self’s **Sea Requiem** (2023), **Stabat Mater** (2024) and **Magnificat** (2025). The first was given a glowing review by Paul Conway in Musical Opinion:
“Sea Requiem was a substantial score, yet the material flowed naturally… the extended silence which followed this conclusion…. was a tribute to the audience’s rapt concentration and the cumulative effect of Susannah Self’s fervent, directly expressive music.“ -Paul Conway, Musical Opinion 2023
Susannah Self is developing a growing reputation for her large-scale choral works, which audiences are responding to with enthusiasm. Graduating from the Royal College of Music in voice and composition, she spent 25 years as a successful opera singer, mainly on the Continent, before deciding to devote herself primarily to composition. She gained degrees in Cambridge and Birmingham, and now conducts five choirs in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Her output includes a wide range of chamber music, operas and choral works. She is published in Vienna by Universal Edition and in the UK by Composers Edition.
Admission to the performance in the West Road Concert Hall is **£10, £15, £20 and £25**.
Booking for this West Road Concert Hall concert is via the ADC Theatre’s website: [https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/self-gloria-handel-dixit-dominus/](https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/self-gloria-handel-dixit-dominus/)