**Philharmonia Orchestra**
** Andras Schiff **director/piano
** Serge Zimmermann** violin
** Mendelssohn** String Symphony in B Minor
** Me... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 12:02pm
**Stephen Darlington** conductor
A landmark double concert premiere of English composition from 16th & 21st centuries. The first part celebrates... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:59am
**Beethoven** String Quartet Op 18 No 3
** Tunde Jegede** String Quartet No 2
** Tunde Jegede** Exile and Return
** Bartok** String Quartet No 1... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:56am
Classical and jazz guitar legends join forces in a rare outing. As you might expect, their different backgrounds will be much in evidence as they plot... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:53am
Celebrating 25 Years of Music at Oxford
This one-off gala event features two of Britain’s finest and most famous singers with one of the best a... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:51am
**Haydn** Piano Trio in Ab major Hob XV:14
** Schumann** Piano Trio No 3 in G minor, Op 110
** Beethoven** Piano Trio Op 97 Archduke
This is no ord... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:47am
**Haydn** Seven Last Words from the Cross
** Gesualdo** Responsorias
Holy Week is an intensely spiritual time in the Christian tradition. This... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:45am
**Britten** Sinfonietta
** Haydn** Symphony No 6 ‘Le Matin’
** Mozart** Symphony No 1
** Copland** Appalachian Spring
For a fresh take... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:42am
**Purcell / Britten** Chacony
** Britten** Phantasy for oboe and strings
** Strauss** Prelude from Capriccio
** John Woolrich** Quiddities
**... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:39am
The Sheldonian Theatre will be transformed into a jazz palace for this special occasion, featuring two legendary musicians. This hugely successful duo... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 11:35am
**Beethoven** Piano Sonata Op 57 No 23 *Appassionata*
** Brahms** 3 Intermezzi
** Grieg** Piano Sonata Op 7
** Prokofiev** Piano Sonata No 2
Often... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 10:40am
*Nature’s Voice and Violin*
**Academy of Ancient Music**
**Pavlo Beznosiuk** director/violin
** Elin Manahan Thomas** soprano
** Vivaldi**... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 10:36am
**Elizabeth Kenny** Director/lute
**Sophie Daneman** Soprano
** William Purefoy** Counter-tenor
** James Gilchrist** Tenor
** Matthew Brook** Bass... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 10:30am
** Christ Church Cathedral Choir**
** Stephen Darlington** Conductor
** Jean Marsh** Reader
** Robert Hardy** Reader
** Victoria Davies** Harp... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 10:27am
**Christ Church Cathedral Choir**
** Stephen Darlington** Conductor
** Jean Marsh** Reader
**Victoria Davies** Harp
The run... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 10:03am
The Rise of the Italian Violin Concerto: The Golden Age
** Vivaldi** Concerto for Violin
** Locatelli** Concerto da chiesa in C
** Locatelli*... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 1st August @ 9:59am
Maxim Rysanov - viola
Katya Apekisheva - piano
Kristina Blaumane - cello
** Britten** Lachrymae
** Frank Bridge** There is a Willow Grows A... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Thursday 31st July @ 5:22pm
Elizabeth Watts - soprano
Gary Matthewman - piano
Elizabeth Watts is something quite special. Her recent achievements include representing Engl... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Thursday 31st July @ 5:16pm
Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil Vespers Op 37
The Vespers or All Night Vigil setting of the Orthodox Church is regarded as one of Rachmaninovs fine... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Thursday 31st July @ 5:12pm
Often compared to Jacques Loussier, David Rees-Williams is gaining awards and fans wherever he goes. Featuring three supremely talented musicians, th... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Friday 11th January @ 11:24am
A fabulous concert featuring some of Handel’s most exquisite and well-known Coronation Anthems concludes The Sixteen’s season with Music at Oxford... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 5:43pm
Melvyn Tan – Piano
Tasmin Little – Violin
Colin Carr – Cello
Dimitri Ashkenazy – Clarinet
Four exceptional musicians come together... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 5:39pm
Dame Gillian Weir’s intense programme of great organ works marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messian. This performance will have... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 5:34pm
The Sixteen performs a programme devoted o three composers born in, or just before, the reign of King Henry VIII (1509-1547) and who not only survived... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 5:29pm
This concert partners two classical gems with two giants of the 20th century. Haydn on his death bed was only able to complete two movements before si... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 5:12pm
The programme features the two great works for quartet and clarinet, both late works and written as a result of the direct inspiration of particular c... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 5:10pm
Beethoven’s dark, stormy trio in C minor is set against the exotic flavour of eastern European folk music, translated through the distinct musical l... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 5:06pm
Edward Gardner conducts the Philharmonia in a programme including Tchaikovsky’s emotionally-charged Sixth Symphony. Said to contain some of his lov... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:49pm
Renowned Bach practitioner Masaaki Suzuki returns to direct the Academy of Ancient Music with soprano Carolyn Sampson in this feast of baroque sacred... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:48pm
With a busy international touring schedule and some outstanding CD releases, the Hungarian born Peter and Zoltán Katona come to Oxford. Albéniz, Vi... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:48pm
Music From The Siglo De Oro
The title reflects not only the penitential nature of this programme, (the tears shed for Christ on the cross), but als... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:47pm
For Kings And Noblemen
A sparkling programme of baroque courtly entertainment delivered with EUBO’s celebrated panache.
‘Delightful music, o... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:45pm
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Stephen Darlington Conductor
Jean Marsh Reader
Last year, to meet demand for tickets, we programmed two perform... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:45pm
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Stephen Darlington Conductor
Jean Marsh Reader
Last year, to meet demand for tickets, we programmed two perform... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:44pm
James Gilchrist - Tenor
Anna Tilbrook - Piano
James Gilchrist’s superb tenor voice is complemented by an exceptional musical intelligence whic... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:44pm
Undisputedly one of the greatest artists of our time, Alfred Brendel revisits Oxford with music by some of the composers with whom he is most closely... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 13th August @ 4:43pm
For the closing concert of the season, Emma Kirkby, whose pure, agile voice has been celebrated around the world, joins the London Handel Players for... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Thursday 7th June @ 2:31pm
Leon McCawley and Ashley Wass are two of today’s finest young British talents. In an electrifying concert for two pianos we explore the freshness of... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Monday 14th May @ 3:41pm
To mark the 150th anniversary of Elgar’s birth, legendary conductor Sir Andrew Davis will be stepping onto the podium for this exhilarating programm... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:22pm
After a sell out concert in 2001, this inspirational ensemble is back to entice you into the beautiful and ethereal sound world of the viol consort. F... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:21pm
We welcome back this young and dynamic orchestra,whose talents have earned them a well-deserved worldwide reputation. They are joined by Natalie Clein... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:16pm
Paul Lewis completes his epic journey through the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas in this, his final concert. Don't miss your last chance to hear th... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:14pm
Paul Lewis returns for the penultimate concert of his epic journey through the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. His exceptional musician ship and se... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:10pm
In this outstanding combination of artists and programme, highly-acclaimed conductor Vassily Sinaisky leads the finest English tenor Mark Padmore and... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:07pm
The members of this dynamic Australian quartet have each occupied principal positions in groups such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Australian C... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:05pm
Roderick Williams is an exceptional talent. A baritone with a velvety tone and an immensely charismatic style, his reputation has soared over recent... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 1:03pm
Paul Lewis continues his epic journey through the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. His exceptional musician ship and self-effacing style saw his pop... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 12:59pm
Carols from Christ Church is the Christmas experience that has become a must for so many, prompting two performances this year. The music is an entic... more
Posted by Victoria Bosher, Tuesday 12th December @ 12:56pm