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With dazzling technique and a refusal to bend to tradition, Mahan Esfahani has transformed the image of the harpsichord. Now Sean Shibe is doing the same for classical guitar, rejecting cliché and challenging preconceptions about the cannon. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see them both perform together, with the programme including works by Vivaldi, J.S. Bach and Boccherini.
Kindly sponsored by Christopher and Wendy Ball
Duration: 1 hour 45mins with interval
Sun 10 Mar
Oxford Opera Company makes its debut at the Playhouse with a performance of Bizet’s classic tale of love, jealousy and revenge. Following the incredible success of Tosca, the city’s new opera company presents an original production starring Hannah Pedley. This most passionate of operas is directed by Paul Carr, with the Oxford Chamber Orchestra conducted by Neil Farrow.
Mon 1 Apr
For 50 years The Pasadena Roof Orchestra have been re-creating the sounds of a golden era of music from the 1920s and 1930s to widespread acclaim. Enjoy beautifully arranged songs from Irving Berlin, Ray Noble, Cole Porter and their contemporaries and re-live the electrifying hot jazz from Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington. Led by suave singer and band leader Duncan Galloway, experi...
Tue 9 - Wed 10 Apr
In the Willows is an explosive new British musical, with soaring vocals and spectacular street dance, starring Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe, deaf street dancer Chris Fonseca (The Greatest Dancer), Seann Miley Moore (X Factor) and Matt Knight (Let It Shine). Mole’s first day in ‘The Willows’. Her classmates look a bit scary. Surely Mr Badger will look out for her, as streetwise Rattie...