Piano masterclass with Steven Osborne

The Centre for Theology and the Arts will launch the year with a special seminar-recital on musical and poetic explorations of psalms of praise.

Join us at Merton College Chapel for an evening of music with Marcelo Amaro, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, educator, and music producer. Afro-Brazilian Loops Experience is a vibrant journey through ancestry, samba and the sounds of Brazil. Voice, cavaquinho and percussion meet live looping, improvisation and audience participation.

Neglected for decades, French composer Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955) is now being celebrated as one of the most compelling musical voices of her generation. Join us for a special evening exploring her extraordinary story through film, discussion and live performance, curated by pianist Reiko Fujisawa.

The fantastic Areya Quartet – Eva Fidler (sax), Alexander McNamee (piano), Arthur Bird (Double Bass) & Ross Baker (Drums) – returns to Oxford, bringing their characteristic mix of 1950s bop, Modern Jazz and original compositions.

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.

Brahms' moving German Requiem is performed by the Wykeham Consort, conducted by Patrick Maxwell with star piano and vocal soloists. For the first time, it is performed alongside James Fenton's poem, 'A German Requiem'.