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Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

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05 December 2025 13:15
Recital Hall, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, OX2 6GG
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Free admission with retiring donations gratefully received - no registration required.

Our popular Lunchtime Recital Series returns but in the new venue of the Recital Hall, within the new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. The series takes place on Friday afternoons throughout the term.

Come and listen to Faculty of Music students showcase their talent and dedication to the music they are currently working on. Each concert lasts around 30-40 minutes and offers a variety of repertoire. 

 

 

 

 

Programme:

Huang Zi Three Wishes of the Rose (玫瑰三愿) & Spring Longing (春思曲) 

Ao Changqun Song of River City (江城子) 

Bette Zhaoyi Yan, soprano

Shangge Li, piano

 

J.S. Bach Ciaccona, Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004/5

Max Wong, violin

 

G.F. Handel, arr. Halvorsen Passacaglia for Violin and Viola

Eric Silberger, violin

Max Wong, viola

 

Rémy Ballot and OUO Solo Players - Bruckner: String Quintet, Mathilde Kralik: Nonet

08 November
Following their successful chamber ensemble programme of Mozart and Strauss last January, violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot is joined by a chamber ensemble drawn from members of OUO to give a concert that presents Bruckner’s resplendent String Quintet alongside the work of his student, Mathilde Kralik. Kralik’s Nonet is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, bassoon, two horns, string quartet and piano.

Music, Indigeneity and the Right to Listen

11 November to 13 November
A journey through three Listening Circles and The North American Indigenous Songbook

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

12 November
From Iranian Classical Music to Bad Bunny: Resistance and Global Cultures in France, Canada and the US

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Davitt Moroney (University of California, Berkeley)

12 November

Solo violin masterclass with Rémy Ballot

13 November
The Oxford University Orchestra is delighted to welcome distinguished violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot for a solo violin masterclass in Balliol College Chapel.

Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

13 November
Rilke’s Poetry