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Speaks | Michael Finnissy

A Pre-Concert Talk with Prof. Martyn Harry

Michael Finnissy
07 November 2025 18:00
Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, and online
Michael Finnissy

In his 6pm <speaks> talk, Michael Finnissy will discuss the aesthetic and technical ideas that helped form his work, and introduces a key early work, 'Two Cut-ups of Three Fantasias by Alonso Mudarra' (1966-67) played by Thomas Bruges (solo guitar). 

The talk will be livestreamed here: https://youtube.com/live/KGEvO8H_MJM?feature=share

Tickets for the in-person event, at the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, can be found here: ENSEMBLE ISIS <edge> SERIES | St Hilda's College Oxford

Oxford Chamber Orchestra - Dvorak, Martines and Owen

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Oxford Chamber Orchestra and conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey are joined by pianist Idith Korman to showcase Marianna Martines' Piano Concerto in G alongside Morfydd Owen's atmospheric Nocturne and Dvorak's great Symphony No. 7.

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A jazz concert with the Alex Ho Trio.

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

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From Photos to Forensics: Borders and Fatalities in Calais, Italy, and the Mediterranean Sea

OSJ Ensemble Launch Concert

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Jan Schmolck, violin, and Howard Moody, harpsichord and piano

Ensemble Isis | Andrew Hamilton

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Music by the Dublin-born composer, Andrew Hamilton, alongside new works by student composers.

Strings masterclass with Professor Matthew Jones

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An afternoon masterclass with Matthew Jones, Professor of Viola and Head of Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, exploring repertoire, technique and the art of ensemble playing.