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Holywell Concerts

Various music societies and private hirers use the Holywell Music Room in addition to the Faculty of Music.

All events are open to the public; tickets prices vary. 

 

Wednesday 16 May, 7:30pm
Lecture Recital around Ruth Crawford Seeger

Given by her daughter Peggy Seeger, her biographer Judith Tick, and talented Graduate Music Students.
Tickets: £12/£8
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305

Friday 18 May, 8pm
Arve Henriksen and Trio Mediaeval
Incredible trumpeter Arve Henriksen and the Grammy nominated vocalists Trio Mediaeval come together with a mix of Norweigan folk and mediaeval music, commissioned contemporary music and improvisation.
Tickets: £14/£10
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305

Saturday 19 May, 7.30pm
Oxford Guitar Society presents a Guitar Recital by Raymond Burley
Music of Spain and South America.
The programme includes works by Villa-Lobos, Lauro, Barrios, Pujol, Piazzolla and Ayala.
Tickets: £12, £8 (concessions) available from: www.ticketsoxford.com
Information: 07989 240 195, or 01993 700 332

Sunday 20 May, 11.15am
Coffee Concert - London Bridge Ensemble
Mahler Piano Quartet Movement in A minor, Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat major, K. 493
Tickets: £11/10 Children under 10 free
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305 / 07518 479062

Sunday 27 May, 11.15am
Coffee Concert - Heath String Quartet
Haydn String Quartet op.33 no.4 in b flat, Tchaikovsky String Quartet no.3 in E flat
Tickets: £11/10 Children under 10 free
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305 / 07518 479062

Monday 28 May, 8pm
Pieter Wispelwey plays J S Bach Complete Cello suites

Tickets: £12/£8
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305

Friday 1 June, 8pm
William Walton - Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V
Andrew Arceci - Suite no.2 in g minor, for Viola da Gamba, String Orchestra, and Percussion
John Williams - Munich: A Prayer for Peace
Dmitri Shostakovich - Chamber symphony Op. 73a, Mvts I-III (String Quartet No. 3 arranged for small orchestra by Rudolf Barshai)
Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione
Viola da Gamba: Andrew Arceci

Sunday 3 June, 11.15am
Coffee Concert - Adderbury Ensemble
Beethoven String Quartet Op.18 No.6, Beethoven String Quartet Op.135
Tickets: £11/10 Children under 10 free
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305 / 07518 479062

Sunday 10 June, 11.15am
Coffee Concert - Richard Uttley (Piano)
Bach - Partita No.1 in B flat, BWV 825, Debussy - Deux Arabesques, Toru Takemitsu - Rain Tree Sketch II, Chopin - Polonaise in A flat Op.53 - "Heroic"
Tickets: £11/10 Children under 10 free
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305 / 07518 479062

Saturday 16 June, 7.30pm
Harp & Percussion Recital, featuring Claire Jones, immediate past Royal Harpist to HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and her husband, a professional percussionist
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305, Colin Edwards 07859 316611, John Prout 07836 599255, www.oxfordshirewelshsociety.com

Sunday 17 June, 11.15am
Coffee Concert - Eroica String Quartet
Haydn String Quartet op.50 no. 6 in D major, Beethoven String Quartet op.18 no.6
Tickets: £11/10 Children under 10 free
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305 / 07518 479062

Monday 18 June, 5.30 pm
World Premiere: "Particle partitas" by Edward Cowie: lecture and music performed by Brian Foster and Jack Liebeck, telling the story of particle physics in words and music
Information: www.einsteinsuniverse.com,b.foster@physics.ox.ac.uk 01865 273323

Monday 18 June, 7.30 pm
Jack Liebeck (violin), Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Information: www.einsteinsuniverse.com, b.foster@physics.ox.ac.uk 01865 273323

Sunday 24 June, 11.15am
Coffee Concert - Bartosz Woroch (Violin), Robert Thompson (Piano)
Mozart Violin Sonata in E minor, K.304, Szymanowski Myths, Op.30 (1915), Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op.82 (1918)
Tickets: £11/10 Children under 10 free
Information: www.ticketsoxford.com / 01865 305305 / 07518 479062

 

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