The 2010 tour will be The Sixteen's tenth Choral Pilgrimage, and will focus on some of the finest music by three leading Tudor composers: John Sheppard, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd. At the heart of the programme is Sheppard’s monumental antiphon Media vita in morte sumus and Byrd’s deeply personal setting of Infelix ego. All three composers lived through decades of religious turmoil in mid-sixteenth-century England and expressed in different ways their devotion to the Catholic faith
Programme
William Byrd Laudibus in sanctis
Haec dies
Infelix ego
Thomas Tallis Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis
Miserere nostri
Iam Christus astra ascenderat
John Sheppard Media vita in morte sumus
Sacris somemniis
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BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and Artist-in-Residence at New College Mahan Esfahani returns to the Holywell Music Room for a recital featuring virtuoso works for solo harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, and Richard Strauss.
Described recently by The Times as ‘exceptionally gifted’, Esfahani is quickly gaining recognition internationally as a major solo artist on early keyboards and as a broadcasting and recording artist.
Running Time: 2 hrs
A recital of the sequences of Hildegard of Bingen and settings of some of the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins featuring Vox Angelica and the actor Robert Hardy as Br Joseph, Hopkins and a newspaper correspondent.
The Programme includes The Wreck of the Deutschland.
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Nicholas Cleobury conductor
Elizabeth Atherton soprano
Wendy Dawn Thompson mezzo soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Derek Welton baritone
Bob Chilcott Requiem world premiere
Beethoven Mass in C
Music at Oxford and the Oxford Bach Choir bring to Oxford a new work by Bob Chilcott to be premiered tonight, Requiem. In a perfect partnering, Chilcott’s work is matched with Beethoven’s rarely heard masterpiece, Mass in C.
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Co-promotion with the Oxford Bach Choir
Running Time: 2hrs
Rising star Miranda Westcott is currently attending the Cardiff International Academy of Voice and has already made her Royal Opera House debut. Her programme includes songs by Schumann, Mahler’s ‘Rückert Lieder’ and Judith Weir’s ‘Songs from the Exotic’.
Running Time: 1:30
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED DATES FROM THE 14th FEBRUARY 2010
Season Ticket Price: FULL - £96 & Concession - £84
Free Admission To Children between ages of 10 and 5 When Accompanied by an adult
Please note we do not allow children under the age of 5
Running Time: 1hr
Haydn: G major op 77 no 1
Sibelius: D minor Voces Intimae
Smetana: E minor Aus mein Leben
The Dante Quartet was founded in 1995 at the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove and has performed at the major venues and Festivals in the UK, also in France, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, Poland and Finland, last year being featured at the Nuremberg Festival. If has a special relationship with King's College, Cambridge. Recordings include the quartets of Janacek, Rubbra Lyapunov and Gretchaninov, and song cycles by Gurney and Vaughan Willliams with tenor Andrew Kennedy. Their Faure and Franck quartets were released by Hyperion last year. Several new commissions to write music inspired by Dante's epic trilogy. In 2007 the Quartet won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music.
Full time students under the age of 25 will be admitted free of charge if they provide details of their college/school and full address
Running Time: 2hrs
Free Admission To Children between the ages of 10 and 5 When Accompanied By An Adult.
Please note we do not allow Children under the age of 5.
Refreshments Served In The Interval
Running Time: 1:45
Seyla Benhabib, Cosmopolitanism since Kant: Claiming Rights...
Wednesday 17/3 17:30 at The Hall, Taylor Institute, St Giles, Oxford ,
Lecture | Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2010
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Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2010 Self-Evident Truths? Human Rights and the Enlightenment
Seyla Benhabib is Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale.
This lecture is part of a series. Visit www.oxford-amnesty-lectures.org for more details and to sign up for our e-newsletter.
Running Time: 1hr
Melvyn Bragg - Notes from an Amateur on the History of the Royal Society
The Royal Society - Melvyn Bragg
The virtuoso oboist Christopher Redgate will give a recital of works for oboe and piano including CPE Bach: Sonata in G minor, Edward Cowie: Kandinsky’s Oboe (world premiere), Marin Marais: Variations on La Folia, Saint-Saëns: Sonata for oboe and piano, Christopher Redgate: Carnival for oboe and piano, Poulenc: Sonata and Pasculli: I Vespri Siciliani.
Christopher Redgate is currently an AHRC Research Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music. He has an international reputation as a virtuoso soloist, has many solo recordings to his credit and has broadcast frequently on BBC Radio Three. Tonight’s programme includes some beautiful Baroque music, astounding virtuoso music from the 19th century as well as repertoire favourites and a world premiere!
More information can be found on www.christopherredgate.co.uk
Running Time: 1:45
Pei-Jee Ng cello
Pei-sian Ng cello
JS Bach Cello Suite No 3 in C, BWV 1009
Daniel Kidane Black River for two cellos
JS Bach Cello Suite No 4 in E flat, BWV 1010
Elena Kats-Chernin Phoenix Story for two cellos
Bach cello suites are masterworks of western music which only the most assured performers programme. We’re in very safe, if youthful hands, here with Pei-Jee Ng recently described by the FT as ‘an artist whose age is irrelevant to his musical maturity’. Daniel Kidane’s work is described as ‘quietly impressive’. Phoenix Story is a highly melodic work, coloured by oriental modes to conjure the fabulous bird which rises from the ashes.
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Running Time: 90min
This family workshop accompanies the show ‘This Is A That’.
Take a ride to the moon with Papa and Josette, walk on your ears, find odd things in unexpected places, and meet strange creatures called Jacqueline. This workshop is a companion to Peut-etre Theatre’s play This Is A That and is an opportunity for children and their parents to explore an extraordinary world.
Running Time: 50min
Britten : Rejoice in the Lamb, Hymn to St Cecilia, A Hymn of St Columba
Vaughan Williams : Mass in G Minor
Running Time: 1:30
Bach's St. Matthew Passion arguably ranks as his greatest choral composition alongside the Mass in B Minor, and remains a favourite amongst choirs and audiences alike. The version being performed is a Mendelssohn revision from 1841 sung in English.
Running Time: 2 hrs
Season Ticket Price: FULL - £96 & Concession - £84
Free Admission To Children between ages of 10 and 5 When Accompanied by an adult
Please note we do not allow children under the age of 5
Running Time: 1hr
Bugs!!
Alasdair Malloy presenter.
A Creepy-Crawly concert featuring those insects we either love or loath! Alasdair will be in ‘David Attenborough’ mode and the audience are invited to come dressed as a bug or to bring along a toy or homemade bug. Music includes The Wasps
Overture, The Ugly Bug Ball and a Tarantella for Tarantulas as well as a unique and unforgettable version of The Flight of the Bumble Bee!
Come dressed as a bug ready to make your antennae in the pre-concert activities from 2pm.
Concert suitable for ages 4 – 8.
Pre Concert Activities from 2pm
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Running Time: 70min
Second Convention for Readers and Reading Groups
Whatever your taste in books,
this is an opportunity to network with other readers,
meet experts in the book world and
be inspired by reading group projects in the community that change lives.
Talks, debates and hands-on workshops where
you can learn about the reading technologies of the future or
take tuition in performance reading or
open your eyes to the literature of the East.
Morning coffee, afternoon tea & cakes included. Hot lunch included in full-day programme only
Morning and afternoon half-day sessions £20 each . Lunch optional extra £10
No Wheelchair access / No Under 18
See our website http://thereadersvoice.googlepages.com/
Running Time: 8.5hr
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The boy choirs of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum sing Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater'
Bachs 'Ich habe genug' completes the programme.
Running Time: 1hr
Following the success of OCM Open in Spring 2009, Oxford Contempoary Music returns to open up the stage to more of Oxford's finest and most innovative bands and performers. In association with The North Wall Arts Centre & Oxford Fringe Festival.
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen - 50th Anniversary Tour
Light supper provided
Kenny Ball is a legend. Probably the greatest test of an artist's success is his durability. Kenny is now a genuine institution, and the most successful jazz trumpet player this side of the Atlantic. His landmark recordings of the 1960s such as 'Midnight in Moscow' catapulted him to worldwide fame, and since then he has become a living legend.
http://www.kennyball.co.uk/
All profits will go to Rotary Eradicate Polio Fund
Running Time: 2:30
The Italian chitarrone was the largest member of the lute family and was both solo and accompanying instrument in the early 17th century.
Here is a rare opportunity to hear Jakob Lindberg, one of the world's leading lutenists, play virtuoso solo repertoire by the three leading composers for the instrument.
Running Time: 1:45
The late renaissance composer, Prince Carlo Gesualdo wrote some of the most expressive and emotionally charged music for Holy Week.
In Merton Chapel's famous acoustic, this event is not to be missed.
Running Time: 1hr
Season Ticket Price: FULL - £96 & Concession - £84
Free Admission To Children between ages of 10 and 5 When Accompanied by an adult
Please note we do not allow children under the age of 5
Running Time: 1hr
A family concert
2pm - 0-5yr olds & 4pm 5-10 yr olds
Problems problems... HOW TO MAKE A MUSICAL CAKE (5-10 years) and how to get lunch up all those stairs in THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S LUNCH (0-5 years). Solving these will call for a big cooking pot, seagulls,
recipes, games, a swinging basket, children... and music!
A Co-Promotion with Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
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Running Time: 1hr
Bach's Passion brings the first Merton Festival to a close.
A distinguished group of soloists join the the College Choir and the period Oxford-based ensemble Charivari Agreable
Running Time: 2hrs
Written after his mother's death, Brahms' Requiem speaks of consolation and reassurance. Ignoring liturgical texts, brahms makes his own selection: "A requiem for the whole of humanity". Presented in Brahms' own arrangement for two pianos, the work gains an intimate, hauntingly moving character.
Running Time: 1:10
Zippos circus rolls into town with a fantastic new circus show for 2010 "Encore!" Hosted by Norman Barrett MBE, the World's Greatest Ringmaster, it's a dazzling and daring circus spectacular for all the family, with all the thrills, magic and excitement you have come to expect from Zippos - once again voted 'Britain's Best Circus'.
The performance may include bright or flashing lighting, non-particle smoke effects and loud sound effects
We give vouchers to businesses displaying our posters admitting two adults free on purchase of one souvenir programme Children must pay the appropriate price - visit www.zippos.co.uk or call the onsite box office 0871 210 2100 from the 24th March.
Running Time: 2:15
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Chopin, award-winning pianist Jack Gibbons performs an all Chopin recital in the first of two Easter concerts, the programme to include the 4 Ballades and the composer’s greatest masterpiece, the Sonata in B minor Op.58, interspersed with mazurkas, waltzes and other musical gems.
Running Time: 2HRS
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Easter Concert
HANDEL Messiah
Mhairi Lawson Soprano
Anne Marie Gibbons Mezzo
Richard Edgar Wilson Tenor
David Stout Bass
Oxford Philomusica Orchestra and Chorus
(Chorus Master:
Andrew Stewart)
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Handel famously remarked that he had written his most famous oratorio not so much to entertain his audience but ‘to make them better’. Oxford Philomusica’s well-practised reading of Messiah is sure to deliver enjoyment and improvement in equal measure.
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Running Time: 2:30
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Oxford’s Afropean Choir perform polyphonic songs in a contemporary style influenced by music from South Africa, the Congo, Mali and many other African traditions.
In a lively and entertaining show, the Afropean choir bring together urban and ethnic sounds in a concert of unique music composed and arranged by Anita Daulne, founding member of acclaimed Belgian/Congo band Zap Mama.
Jack Gibbons, hailed by the BBC as “THE Gershwin pianist of our time”, recreates the breathtaking virtuoso piano style of George Gershwin through his famous note-for-note transcriptions of the composer’s original recordings of Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and the composer’s original improvisations on I Got Rhythm, The Man I Love, etc..
Running Time: 2hrs
Songs and works works for violin and piano by Debussy, Messeian, Saint-Saens and Schubert as featured on 'Fantasy', the new CD released by Stone Records.
Running Time: 1:30
In this classic the singers are joined by Vox Amicorum of Antwerp.
The cathedral provides an atmospheric setting for Handel's best-loved masterpiece.
Two choirs combine with soloists and orchestra in this special performance.
Refreshments available in the interval.
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Running Time: 2:45
Lucy Crowe soprano
Anna Tilbrook piano
Rapidly establishing herself as one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation, Lucy Crowe is joined by acclaimed young pianist, Anna Tilbrook. They have won numerous awards and both currently work with some of the top names in the musical world. They join us for an evening of lieder from Mendelssohn and Schumann, works by Debussy, Gershwin and lushly romantic offerings from Alban Berg, rounded off with a group of delightful English songs.
‘...beautifully poised singing... she rose to the challenge of music that exploited every range of her soprano.’
THE TIMES, 2009
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Running Time: 1:45
Tango is an improvised dance with highly addictive qualities. It is a dancers response to the music they're hearing. By the end of this beginners workshop you will learn the Tango basics and have fun. Ben and Katja started to teach Argentine Tango some 6 years ago and have danced it for almost a decade. Their main interest lies in Tango as a social dance and not how it is danced on the stage.
This Tango workshop accompanies the show Tangomotion.
The Retreat are offering a ‘Tangomotion Meal Deal’ (from 6.15pm). Full details available at www.dancinoxford.co.uk
Running Time: 1hr
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Vivaldi Spring
Pachelbel Canon
Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe & Violin
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.2
Roland Roberts - Director/Violin , Tim Watts - Oboe , Graham Mayger - Flute
Efterklang returns, delivering a stripped back sound that exudes warmth and rich melodies.
“it’s as if the listener has stumbled into a forest glade to find welcoming strings, piano, brass and pump organ, serenaded by rich, mellifluous vocals” Mojo
Heather Woods Broderick supports.
Please note tickets booked for this event will be kept for collection at the O2 on the evening of the show.
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Jacqueline Johnson - Cello
Tallis Barker - Piano
Beethoven - Sonata in A Major op. 69
Bartok - Rumanian Dances
Martinu - Sonata no.2
Chopin - Polonaise
"Played superbly" Oxford Times
"Music with a sense of joyous purpose" Melbourne Age
Running Time: 90min
James Bowman - Countertenor
London Octave Dietrich Bethge - Director
One of the key personalities of the early music revival joins London Octave. "No countertenor before or since has managed to match his clarion sound" The Independent
Program includes:
Handel - The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba
Handel - Overture to Faramondo
Handel - Arias from the operas and oratorios
Bach - "Agnus Dei" from Mass in B minor
Bach - Concerto for two violins
Mozart - Salzburg Symphony No. 2 in Bb
Running Time: 2hrs
Fresh from winning the 2009 British Composer Award, Graham Fitkin has assembled a nine-piece band of virtuoso musicians to perform his latest compositions. Vibrant sounds, pulsating rhythms, with a hint of Jazz and minimalism
Andrew Fardell conducts The Oxford Sinfonia, viola soloist Martin Outram of the Maggini Quartet
Mozart Symphony no 35 ‘Haffner’
Bartok viola concerto
Schumann Symphony no 3 ‘Rhenish’
Running Time: 1:50
Behzod Abduraimov piano
Winner of the London International Piano Competition
Hot off the press – the very recent winner of the 2009 London International Piano Competition shows how he
impressed judges at the Royal Festival Hall. Recent winners of the competition have included artists such as Simon Trpceski, Paul Lewis, Leon McCawley, Ashley Wass and Herbert Schuch who have all emerged to careers of international stature. Do join us to see the very impressive Behzod Abduraimov on his journey to the world-wide stage.
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Running Time: 1:45
Haydn: Quartet in D minor op 76 no 2
Bartok: Quartet no 3
Ravel: Quartet in F major
The Badke Quartet was formed in 2002 and is one of Britain's finest young quartets, having held Leverhulme Junior and Senior Chamber Music Fellowships at the Royal Academy of Music, the Bulldog Scholarship for String Quartet at Trinity College of Music, and taking First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 2007. The Quartet has studied at Prussia Cove with Gabor Takacs-Nagy and in Cologne with the Alban Berg Quartet, and has been 'in residence' at Britten-Pears in Aldeburgh. Festival appearances include Montreux, Aldeburgh, Lichfield, Cork, Mecklenburg and Verbier.
Full time students under the age of 25 will be admitted free of charge if they provide details of their college/school and full address
Running Time: 2hrs
Stefano Ballani Piano
Jesper Bodilsen double bass
Morten Lund drums
Following two incredible Oxford concerts, solo in 2006 and duo with trumpeter Enrico Rava in 2008, the Italian pianist returns with his 'Danish Trio', a group that already has six years of playing experience behind it. Tonight's gig will showcase music from Stefano's latest ECM release 'Stone in the Water' with material which spans originals by Bollani and Bodilsen, ballads by Caetano Veloso and Antonio Carlos Jobim and Poulenc's 'Improvisation 13 en la mineur'.
Now 36, Bollani is one of the shooting stars of jazz. A winner of numerous international awards including the European Jazz Prize 2007, his mercurial skills see hiim combine irrepressible humour, vaudevillain showmanship and jaw-dropping technique with a wild imagination and quirky musical wit.
'Playful, cerebral and virtuosic in equal measures.' - Mojo
Running Time: 1:50
Nizar Rohana is a prominent oud (Arabic lute) player and composer on the Palestinian musical scene and internationally. He is known for his original compositions which are firmly based in the classical Arabic tradition but which employ a very personal expressiveness and innovative rhythms.
Running Time: 1:30
Now in its third year, Oxford May Music returns with its authoritative mix of concerts from some of the leading musicians performing in the UK today and exciting lectures from experts in their fields. Science, music and the arts meet in creative harmony.The festival runs from April 28th – May 3rd, with a format of lectures starting at 5:30pm and recitals at 8:00pm. On the opening day there is additionally a Colloquium in which members of the Faculty of Music in Oxford will engage with the general public on different approaches to the creative process in music. This year’s lecturers include Professor Eric Clarke on creativity in musical performance, Nobel Laureate Sir Peter Mansfield (tbc) on MRI scanning, Professor Russell Foster on the science of the body clock, Sir Jeremy Dixon on music and architecture, Professor Colin Gough on the secrets of Stradivari, and Clive Marks on music composed under oppression. Midway between lecture and music, Rainer Hirsch will entertain us with his hilarious take on classical music in “All Classical Music explained”. A stellar array of musicians includes the Elias String Quartet, Bengt Forsberg, Gabriel Schwabe, Nicolai Gerassimez, Piers Lane, Clara Mouriz, Julius Drake, Kate Gould, Matthew Jones, Maximiliano Martin, Victoria Sayles and of course our artistic director, Jack Liebeck.
A 'Festival Pass' for all events is available for £80, or '3 for 3 pass' for 3 concerts and 3 lectures for £39.99
For information on becoming a Patron of Oxford May Music, contact Brian Foster on brian@oxfordmaymusic.co.uk.
For more details see www.oxfordmaymusic.co.uk
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Creativity and Musical Composition – a colloquium by members of the Faculty of Music, Oxford University
In this afternoon of presentations and discussion, a number of composers from the Faculty of Music at Oxford will discuss, and illustrate, their different approaches to the creative process in composition. Composers will include Nirmali Fenn, Mena Hanna, Martyn Harry, Thomas Hyde, and Robert Saxton.
Free entry to the Colloquium by showing a ticket for the evening recital or lecture (subject to availability).
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
Festival “3-for-3” pass – 3 concerts and 3 lectures of your choice: £39.99
Running Time: 2:30
Communication and creativity in musical performance – Professor Eric Clarke, Heather Professor of Music, University of Oxford
At some level of detail, every human musical performance differs from every other, and in that respect could be said to be 'creative' in a minimal sense. But what makes performances interestingly creative? What scope for creativity is there in different kinds of performance - score-based, memorized, improvised, collaborative? How do performers handle the influence of the huge number of recorded performances? This talk looks at ways in which performance can be said to be creative, considers the relationship between communication and creativity in music, explores manifestations of creativity in performance, and propose various ways in which creativity is distributed across minds and materials.
Free entry to the lecture by showing a ticket for the evening recital or colloquium (subject to availability).
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
Festival “3-for-3” pass – 3 concerts and 3 lectures of your choice: £39.99
Running Time: 1hr
The Elias String Quartet with Jack Liebeck and Bengt Forsberg
Hadyn: String Quartet in E flat op. 64 no.6;
Schubert: String Quartet in D minor D810 - “Death and the Maiden”
Interval
Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
The brilliant Elias Quartet return to the Festival to play Haydn in the hall in which he rehearsed his Oxford symphony, and Schubert's greatest string quartet, "Death and the Maiden". After the interval, they are joined by our Artistic Director and our Musician in Residence in Chausson's wholly original chamber "concerto".
“The Elias are a quite exceptional quartet” Gramophone
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
Festival “3-for-3” pass – 3 concerts and 3 lectures of your choice: £39.99
Cavatina Ticket Scheme: Free tickets for 8 - 22 year-olds in full-time education can be reserved by calling 01865 273323 or are available on the door. Details of place of study MUST be given on arrival at Holywell
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): the first forty years
Professor Sir Peter Mansfield, FRS, Nobel Laureate 2003, Department of Physics, University of Nottingham (tbc).
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revolutionised medical diagnosis within a decade from its theoretical conception. Imaging times have been reduced from many minutes to a few hundredths of a second, enabling motion to be effectively frozen. With the development of functional MRI (fMRI), neuroscientists have acquired a non-invasive window into the workings of the human mind, arguably the greatest unsolved scientific mystery. The lecture concludes with a discussion of new developments that herald the next revolution in MRI.
Free entry to the lecture by showing a ticket for the evening recital (subject to availability).
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
Festival “3-for-3” pass – 3 concerts and 3 lectures of your choice: £39.99
Running Time: 1hr
O DUO percussion duo
Oliver Cox & Owen Gunnell
Programme: Bongo Fury, Mendelssohn, Bach, Chopin, Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond, Stephen McNeff, Wayne Siegel, Prokofiev, Albeniz, Minoru Miki.
Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘brimming with style and panache’, over the last year O Duo have made their BBC Proms debut, won a Special Commissioning Award from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and been appointed Artistic Directors of the Children’s Classic Concerts series in Scotland. In 2010 they give the premiere of an especially commissioned concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and return to Wigmore Hall (2 March).
Running Time: 1:40
Pierre Fournier Award Prize Concert
Gabriel Adriano Schwabe (Cello) & Nicolai Gerassimez (Piano)
Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Beethoven: Sonata in A major Op.69
Interval
Takemitsu: Orion
Brahms: Sonata No.2 in F major, Op. 99
The current Fourier Award Winner plays an attractive programme ranging from the passion of Brahms F major Sonata to the haunting sonorites of Takemitsu's "Orion" by way of Beethoven's A Major Sonata and the Debussy Sonata, with its distant echoes of the music of Couperin.
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
Festival “3-for-3” pass – 3 concerts and 3 lectures of your choice: £39.99
Cavatina Ticket Scheme: Free tickets for 8 - 22 year-olds in full-time education can be reserved by calling 01865 273323 or are available on the door. Details of place of study MUST be given on arrival at Holywell
Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
John Rutter Suite Lyrique
Debussy Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane
Bizet Symphony in C
John Rutter makes a welcome return to conduct Suite Lyrique, for which the Orchestra will be joined by Catrin Finch, described as the ‘The Queen of harps’. This delightful springtime concert opens and closes with two Gallic backward glances – Ravel’s formalised tribute to friends fallen in the First World War, and Bizet’s only, but brilliant and classically-conceived, symphonic excursion.
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Running Time: 2hrs
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Rhythms of Life – the 24-hour body clocks that rule our lives.
Professor Russell Foster, FRS, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford
The past decade has witnessed remarkable progress in understanding our 24h biological clock (circadian clock) which controls, modulates and fine-tunes every aspect of our physiology and behaviour. There has also been a growing appreciation of the severe consequences of ignoring the impact of these rhythms on our health and quality of life. The talk will consider how circadian rhythms are generated and why internal time must be taken into consideration in both medical treatments and in our increasingly 24/7 society.
Free entry to the lecture by showing a ticket for the evening recital (subject to availability).
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
Festival “3-for-3” pass – 3 concerts and 3 lectures of your choice: £39.99
Running Time: 1hr
Piers Lane & Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Schubert: Two Characteristic Marches D968b
Brahms: Waltzes for Piano Duet Op 39
Schumann: Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck Op 5
Chopin: Nocturnes Op 37 No 2 in G; Op 48 No 12 in C minor; Op 55 No 2 in Eb; Op post in C sharp minor
Schumann: Variations on a Nocturne of Chopin
Lord Berners: Chinoiserie; Valse Sentimentale; Kasatchok
Percy Grainger: Country Gardens (Handkerchief Dance)
Arthur Benjamin/Trimble: Jamaican Rumba
Piers Lane makes a welcome return to Oxford May Music and joins Bengt Forsberg in a varied programme of solo piano music and music for four hands. The duets include pieces by Schubert and Brahms and stray into exotic climes via that fascinating English eccentric, Lord Berners and Arthur Benjamin’s Jamaican Rumba; the solo piano repertoire is represented by Chopin Nocturnes and a great favourite from Percy Grainger.
“dazzling, bustling, hustling and terrifically entertaining” Glasgow Herald (PL)
“Forsberg is a piquant, vivid accompanist” Gramophone
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
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Music and architecture -
Two contrasting venues – The Royal Opera House & King’s Place
Sir Jeremy Dixon, Dixon Jones Ltd.
The ROH and Kings Place are set in contrasting areas of London, requiring both attention to the technical challenges of creating music spaces and responsible urban planning.
The impact of stringent acoustic requirements on architecture, as well as the differences in working with a large number of ‘clients’, as in the ROH, compared to a single man with a vision, Peter Millican in King’s Place, will be discussed.
Sir Jeremy Dixon has been one of the UK’s leading architects for more than forty years; his buildings include the two discussed this evening as well as the National Portrait Gallery and the Venice Bus Terminus.
Free entry to the lecture by showing a ticket for the evening recital (subject to availability).
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Running Time: 1hr
Schola will be joined by many former members, including Emma Kirkby the world-renowned soprano soloist, for its 50th anniversary reunion concert.
Handel The King shall rejoice
Handel Dixit Dominus
James MacMillan Bring us O Lord God (premiere of a new commission)
Bach Magnificat
Bach Singet dem Herrn (from cantata 190)
James Burton, Conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Running Time: 2:15
"All Classical Music Explained” by Rainer Hersch
Comedian Rainer Hersch’s simple and stupid approach to a difficult subject! Is the triangle hard? What do conductors actually do? …and why classical music is so much like sex. All Classical Music Explained is an erudite and witty hour-long journey through the world of classical music peppered with irreverent spoofs and the common touch. Rainer has performed on every major comedy stage in Britain and abroad, including twelve times at the Edinburgh Fringe – the show has become a series on BBC radio.
“This is a Broadway caliber show" – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Jack Liebeck (violin)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Kreisler: Selected pieces
Debussy: Sonata
Rachmaninov: Deux Morceau de Salon
Follow that, as they say! Jack and Bengt will do their best with a light-hearted programme to end the evening consisting of delightful miniatures by Fritz Kreisler and Rachmaninov as well as Debussy’s ethereal Sonata.
“Wondrous and compelling” Daily Telegraph (JL)
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"The Stradivarius Secret - Myth or Reality”
Professor Colin Gough, Department of Physics, University of Birmingham
Antonio Stradivari is widely accepted as the greatest violinmaker of them all. Did he have a “secret”, either in how he selected his wood, made his violins, the recipe for his varnish, or some other arcane mystery? Distinguished physicist and amateur violinist Colin Gough explores this question with scientific methods and the latest measurements on many Strads and the other great Cremonese makers, as well as their modern counterparts.
Free entry to the lecture by showing a ticket for the evening recital (subject to availability).
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Running Time: 1hr
Clara Mouriz (mezzo Soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)
Falla, "Siete canciones populares"
Granados, "Canciones Dolorosas"
Montsalvatge, "Cinco canciones negras"
Falla's Cancion Andaluza,
songs by Villa Lobos and others
Doyen of pianists Julius Drake makes a welcome return to the festival in the company of an astonishing new talent. Spanish-born Clara Mouriz has taken the concert halls and opera houses of Europe by storm since making her Wigmore Hall debut last year. Her programme centres around songs from her native Spain and Portugal by composers including Falla, Granados, Montsalvatge and Villa Lobos, many of which appear on her debut CD with Sonimage.
“A classy act: a light, agile mezzo of great charm and elegant intelligence” Times (CM)
“One of the most sought-after pianists by UK singers” Guardian (JD)
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"Stalin: the mother of all music critics” – music composed under oppression
Clive Marks
Clive Marks has been lecturing on music for over fifty years. For many years he was a director of Britain’s oldest music publishing firm, Novello and Co and has been a trustee of Trinity College of Music and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. His lecture will cover many aspects of the impact of oppressive regimes on musical composition, with examples from the Nazis, the Second World War and Stalinist Russia.
Free entry to the lecture by showing a ticket for the evening recital (subject to availability).
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Running Time: 1hr
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Kate Gould (Cello)
Matthew Jones (Viola)
Jack Liebeck (Violin)
Maximiliano Martin (Clarinet)
Victoria Sayles (Violin)
Beethoven Clarinet Trio B flat major Op.11
Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2 in E minor Op. 44
Bartok “Kontrastes” for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34
The final concert of the festival is full of contrasts – not least the eponymous piece by Bartok! Mendelssohn’s youthful and exuberant string quartet is a foil to the beauty of Beethoven’s Op. 11 clarinet trio. The concert and festival ends with Weber’s famous and scintillating Clarinet Quintet.
“Martin’s masterful combination of liquid tone and dazzlingly articulate virtuosity are compelling” Scotsman (MM)
“An irresistible mixture of high drama and exquisite sensitivity” Bridgwater Mercury (VS)
“Breathtakingly beautiful” Classic FM Magazine (KG)
The following offers are available by phone 01865 305305 and in person at Oxford Playhouse:
Festival pass for all lectures and concerts: £80
Festival “3-for-3” pass – 3 concerts and 3 lectures of your choice: £39.99
Cavatina Ticket Scheme: Free tickets for 8 - 22 year-olds in full-time education can be reserved by calling 01865 273323 or are available on the door. Details of place of study MUST be given on arrival at Holywell
Xuefei yang guitar
This brilliant young guitarist can already claim an international concert career. Her programme is true to her reputation for choice of repertoire that intrigues and delights, one of the ingredients which has led to the success of her award-winning discs. Bach, Albeniz, Chopin and Regondi are to be enjoyed in the crystalline acoustic of Merton College Chapel.
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Book all 3 Chapel Series events and get 20% discount by calling 01865 305305 or in person at Oxford Playhouse
Running Time: 2hrs
Recital given by Oxford Pianist, Geoffrey Hopkins, to commemorate the bicentenary of Chopin's birth.
Programme: 24 Preludes op.28, Berceuse, Ballade no.1 in G minor op.23, Nocturne in C minor op.48 no 1, Ballade in F minor op.52.
Running Time: 1:45
Leader - Mariette Richter
Music Director - Robert Max
Soloist - Nicola Eimer (Piano)
Programme: Smetana - Bartered Bride Overture
Shostakovitch - Piano Concerto 2
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Running Time: 2hrs
Jeremy Waldron, Dignity, Defamation and Rights...
Wednesday 12/5 17:30 at The Hall, Taylor Institute, St Giles, Oxford ,
Lecture | Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2010
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Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2010 Self-Evident Truths? Human Rights and the Enlightenment
Jeremy Waldron, Professor of Law and Philosophy, New York School of Law.
This lecture is part of a series. Visit www.oxford-amnesty-lectures.org for more details and to sign up for our e-newsletter.
Running Time: 1hr
Inspired line-up of musicians, all combining folk, classical and contemporary song with wide-ranging results. Prepared piano player Hauschka, singer and multi-instrumentalist Nancy Elizabeth and 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw harness wild impulses into measured musical journeys.
Running Time: 2hrs
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Prices: £12 (£10)
VIVALDI Four Seasons (from ‘Il cimento dell`armonia e dell`inventione` Op. 8)
PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Tamás András director/violin
Oxford Philomusica’s recently appointed and highly-distinguished leader, Tamás András, makes his solo debut with the Orchestra in this fascinating double bill. Vivaldi’s familiar four concertos are presented in tandem with the colourful companion pieces written late last century by the Argentinian master of the ‘new tango’, Astor Piazzolla.
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Running Time: 1:40
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45 minute informal concert with Mark Hooper especially devised for children. Fun for all the family.
Bring your own cushion! All concerts sell out, and numbers are limited for each concert, so please book in advance for your preferred time.
9.30am, 10.30am & 3pm for Under 5's. 11.30am for Over 5's
Running Time: 45min
Mark Padmore tenor
Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano
Schumann Dichterliebe
Schumann Liederkreis Op 24
Free Pre-concert Talk/Discussion for all ticket holders at 7pm by Mark Padmore
Schumann’s ultimately romantic treasure, ‘Dichterliebe’ is brought to life by two of the world’s’ finest musicians, Padmore and Bezuidenhout. Schumann’s powerful unfolding of passion, tension, conflict and love are all played out in this stunning song cycle which evokes an atmosphere of longing and uncertainty to the very end. The richly expressive melodies are sure to reward all who hear them especially in the hands of such illuminating artists.
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Book 6 or more events in the Music at Oxford Season Oct 09 – June 2010 and get 15% discount by calling 01865 305305 or in person at Oxford Playhouse ( excludes Chapel Series)
Running Time: 2hrs
Come and hear Cranford Choral Society sing Rutters Requiem and Gloria , together with the exuberant and extraordinary
Rio Grande by Constant Lambert in the exquisitely atmospheric surroundings of Dorchester Abbey.
Groups buy 10 tickets for price of 9 (not available online. please call 01865 305305)
Running Time: 1:45
Holst Singers are excited to be singing in Oxford! Especially in such a fine chapel with amazing acoustics. Joined by cellist
Joseph Crouch for a concert combining two of Bach’s hauntingly beautiful and virtuosic suites for solo cello, with four of his motets.
Bach wrote motets only for special occasions (probably funerals) with the texts based on biblical quotations and chorales.
On the occasions for which they were composed, he normally had more choristers at his disposal than was usual and was thus able to use between five- and eight-part writing, musical complexity of the kind at which the Holst singers excel.
Children Under 6 are not admitted
Running Time: 1:55
Musical innovators Spiro create distinctly contemporary music rooted in English folk tunes. The result is complex, driving and uplifting combining minimalism, dance rhythms, classical harmonies and discords to entrancingly joyful effect.
Cliff Stapleton supports with hurdy-gurdy.
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Prices: £16 / £14
BACK by popular demand, Take the Space return to Oxford with their sell-out success, Hanging Hooke, to mark the 350th anniversary of The Royal Society. This tale of intrigue and betrayal is here for two nights only..
Starring Chris Barnes, and written and directed by Siobhán Nicholas, Hanging Hooke explores the captivating 17th century world of The Royal Society, new science, discovery and intense rivalry. Was ‘England’s Leonardo’ buried by another Da Vinci plot? In hot-blooded times, passions explode… History is on trial. Robert Hooke, your time has come.
Running Time: 1:25
The King’s Singers
will you, won’t you join the dance?
This stellar group is regarded as one of the world’s elite classical musical ensembles. They return to our Season with an entertaining exploration of music inspired by dance over the centuries including works by Byrd, Schubert and Poulenc. Wit, waltzes and a world tour of dance from one of our most sought-after vocal ensembles.
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Book 6 or more events in the Music at Oxford Season Oct 09 – June 2010 and get 15% discount by calling 01865 305305 or in person at Oxford Playhouse ( excludes Chapel Series)
Running Time: 2hrs
700 singers will be coming together to perform Mozart’s Requiem to raise £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support and celebrate the wealth of singing talent in Oxfordshire. Singers of all abilities welcome.
See www.voicesofoxford.com for more details.
You will need to book in your ticket in one of the voice parts Soprano, Contralto, Tenor or Bass
Doors open from 2pm
Rehearsals 3pm - 6pm
Concert 8pm - 9pm
Running Time: 1hr
VERDI
Messa da Requiem
Teresa Cahill Soprano
Rosalind Plowright Mezzo
Adrian Dwyer Tenor
TBC Bass
London Symphony Chorus
(Chorus Master: Joseph Cullen)
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
When the greatest operatic composer of his day turned his attention to the innately dramatic text of the Latin mass for the dead, a work of extraordinary theatricality was the inevitable result. For this performance of Verdi’s still truly awe-inspiring masterpiece, Oxford Philomusica is joined by the London Symphony Chorus.
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Running Time: 2hrs
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The Petite Messe Solennelle was one of Rossini's two late religious choral masterpieces, written only a few years before his death. It has been described as spare, unsettling and emotionally complex, and is certainly unlike any other mass.
Running Time: 2hrs
45 minute informal concert with Mark Hooper especially devised for children. Fun for all the family.
Bring your own cushion! All concerts sell out, and numbers are limited for each concert, so please book in advance for your preferred time.
9.30am, 10.30am & 3pm for Under 5's. 11.30am for Over 5's
Running Time: 45min
Legendary baritone Sergei Leiferkus will be joined by pianist Semion Skigin in an all-Russian programme to include Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death. Leiferkus has been hailed the world over as one of the great singers of this repertoire and this is an unmissable opportunity to hear him in the intimate setting of the Holywell Music Room.
"THE GREAT SERGEI LEIFERKUS MAKES A BRIEF BUT SHOW-STEALING APPEARANCE AS HIS EXCELLENCY"
NOV. 2009, THE GUARDIAN, REVIEWING THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE'S THE TSARINA'S SLIPPERS
Running Time: 1:30
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Anne Schwanewilms soprano
Strauss Sextet from Capriccio
Strauss Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Mahler Symphony No 4
Free Pre-concert Talk/Discussion for all ticket holders at 6.30pm by Sir Mark Elder
The dream combination of the Halle Orchestra and their chief conductor Sir Mark Elder is heavenly enough, but with the added excitment of their Strauss/Mahler programme and an internationally renowned soloist, this becomes a sumptuous temptation not to be resisted! German soprano Anne Schwanewilms is considered one of today’s finest interpreters of music by Strauss and Mahler and because of her unique stage presence and her multi-faceted voice, she is one of the most coveted singers on the international opera scene. Unmissable!
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Book 6 or more events in the Music at Oxford Season Oct 09 – June 2010 and get 15% discount by calling 01865 305305 or in person at Oxford Playhouse ( excludes Chapel Series)
Running Time: 2:15
The Barbirolli Quartet are widely regarded as one of the most exciting young ensembles in the UK and are currently touring Europe as ECHO “Rising Stars”. They open the concert with Haydn’s jaunty D major quartet (Op. 20, no. 4), followed by Vaughan Williams’ beautiful setting of A.E. Housman, On Wenlock Edge. They are joined for this by tenor Daniel Norman, who will be remembered by many for his exceptional readings of Britten’s complete Canticles at last year’s Festival. In the second half of the concert, the Barbirolli Quartet and Sholto Kynoch will perform Brahms’s mighty F minor Piano Quintet.
Running Time: 1:30
The Cambridge Taverner Choir is one of Britain's leading early music chamber choirs. Like The Tallis Scholars and The Sixteen, the choir emerged from the Oxford and Cambridge choral tradition and has built a reputation for powerful and expressive performances of Renaissance polyphony. Since reaching the shortlist for the Gramophone Early Music Award in 1994, the choir has received acclaim for its concerts and recordings of Renaissance choral music. In addition to appearances throughout Britain and abroad, the choir regularly performs to enthusiastic audiences in the beautiful and resonant medieval environments of Trinity College Chapel and Little St Mary's Church in Cambridge, and the Church of St Cross in Winchester.
For further information, please see the Choir's website at www.cambridgetavernerchoir.org.uk
Tonight's concert presents Monteverdi's beautiful mass, Missa In illo tempore, along with motets by Palestrina and Gombert.
Running Time: 2:15
What makes some people musical and others not? Composer Michael Zev Gordon explores this question in a new work performed by New London Chamber Choir, plus other contemporary works on the theme of light, talks and tour of the synchrotron.
Synchrotron tour - starts 7pm - You muyst be at the venue by 6.30pm
Advance bookings only, limited tour spaces (12 years must by accompanied by an adult) - Tour Only
Performance starts 8pm - You must be at the venue by 7.30pm
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Prices: £15 / £0
Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy
TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons
MUSTONEN Jehkin Iivana, Sonata for piano
SCRIABIN Etudes, Op. 8
Olli Mustonen piano
Olli Mustonen is a world renowned Finnish pianist, conductor and composer with an impressive recording catalogue
His brilliant technique and startling interpretations have challenged and fascinated audiences throughout Europe
and America.
To complement the Piano Festival concert programme, the 12th Summer Academy offers over 50 hours of
masterclasses to outstandingly gifted pianists, open to the public.
Olli Mustonen masterclass: Tuesday 3 August, 9.30-12.45, JDP. Observer tickets £9 available from 020 8450 1060
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Running Time: 2hrs
Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy
BEETHOVEN 6 Bagatelles Op. 126
HAYDN Sonata in C Hob 48
CHOPIN Impromptu No. 1 in A flat, Nocturne in F, Fantasie - Impromptu in C minor, Waltz in G flat
SCHUMANN Fantasy in C
Michael Roll piano
Michael Roll is widely considered one of Britain’s most distinguished pianists and has established a career as a
deeply probing and expressive artist. “The fact is that Roll remains one of the most perceptive and intelligent
pianists this country can claim.” The Independent
To complement the Piano Festival concert programme, the 12th Summer Academy offers over 50 hours of
masterclasses to outstandingly gifted pianists, open to the public.
Michael Roll masterclasses: Wednesday 4 August, 2.15-4.15pm and 4.30-6.30pm, JDP. Observer tickets £6 available
from 020 8450 1060
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Running Time: 2 hrs
Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy
Fou Ts’ong Piano
Hailed as 'the greatest Chinese musician alive today' Fou Ts’ong returns to the festival after his spellbinding Haydn
recital in 2009. Dubbed ‘The poet of the piano’, Fou Ts’ong is famous for his deeply spiritual interpretations of
works by Chopin, Schubert and Mozart. This year he presents a Chopin recital to celebrate the composer’s 200th
anniversary.
To complement the Piano Festival concert programme, the 12th Summer Academy offers over 50 hours of
masterclasses to outstandingly gifted pianists, open to the public.
Fou Ts’ong masterclass: Thursday 5 August, 2.15-5.30pm. Observer tickets £9 available from 020 8450 1060
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Running Time: 2 hrs
Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat ‘Eroica’
Cristina Ortiz piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
It is the passion, spontaneity and allure so characteristic of Cristina Ortiz’s Brazilian cultural heritage, which are
central to her music-making. She returns for the fourth time to the festival to appear as soloist with Oxford
Philomusica in Chopin’s unmistakably romantic Piano Concerto No. 2.
To complement the Piano Festival concert programme, the 12th Summer Academy offers over 50 hours of
masterclasses to outstandingly gifted pianists, open to the public.
Cristina Ortiz masterclass: Friday 6 August, 9.30am-12.45pm. Observer tickets £9 available from 020 8450 1060
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Running Time: 2 hrs
Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy
Oxford Philomusica International Piano Festival welcomes every year many extraordinarily talented pianists from all
over the world. In this recital by Festival Participants, you will witness exceptional playing by pianists on the verge of
international careers.
To complement the Piano Festival concert programme, the 12th Summer Academy offers over 50 hours of
masterclasses to outstandingly gifted pianists, open to the public.
Piano Festival masterclasses: 1-8 August, 9.30am-12.45pm, 2.15-4.15pm and 4.30-6.30pm. Observer tickets £9 or
£6 available from 020 8450 1060
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Running Time: 2:30
Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 14 ‘Moonlight’
Sonata No. 21 ‘Waldstein’
SCHUMANN Sonata No. 1 in F minor,
Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6
András Schiff Piano
Festival President and world-acclaimed pianist, András Schiff makes a welcomed return to the stunning setting of
Christ Church Cathedral. The Hungarian-born pianist’s thoughtful and fresh performances challenge traditional
interpretations while critics claim, ‘There is nothing more reliable in the world of classical music today.’
To complement the Piano Festival concert programme, the 12th Summer Academy offers over 50 hours of
masterclasses to outstandingly gifted pianists, open to the public.
András Schiff masterclass: Sunday 8 August, 9.30am-12.45pm, JDP. Observer tickets £9 available from 020 8450
1060
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Running Time: 2 hrs
"Action and Contemplation: Franciscan Spirituality Today"
Friday 3/9 10:00 at St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL ,
MISC | Third Order of the Society of St Francis
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This is a Two day conference on Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th September 2010 with Richard Rohr, OFM Both Days 10am-4.30pm
www.st-james-piccadilly.org/rohrintro.html
"The greatest vocation is not the contemplative, nor is it the active, but the utter art form of putting the two together." (Fr Richard)
Are you a social activist? Or do you prefer to remain in the background and pray or meditate for peace with justice? It’s been said that we should pray as if everything depended on God, and act as if everything depended on us. Either way, the Franciscan priest Fr Richard Rohr, who founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico, tells us the most important word in that three word phrase is “and":
“And teaches us to say yes
And allows us to be both-and
And keeps us from either-or
And teaches us to be patient and long suffering
And is willing to wait for insight and integration
And keeps us from dualistic thinking
And does not divide the field of the moment
And helps us to live in the always imperfect now
And keeps us inclusive and compassionate toward everything
And demands that our contemplation become action
And insists that our action is also contemplative.
And heals our racism, our sexism, heterosexism,
and our classism
And keeps us from the false choice of liberal or conservative...
...And is the mystery of paradox in all things...”
Fr Richard will lead this challenging two-day conference, teaching the art form of holding together compassionate service grounded in a contemplative lifestyle. Sponsored by the Third Order of the Society of St. Francis - European Province.
Running Time: 6.5hr
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