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A discussion with Katherine Spencer and Alison Balsom

Historically-Informed Performance Practices

Bate Collection
11 March 2026 17:00
Recital Hall, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, OX2 6GG
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Free entry - registration required.

Bate Collection

We are delighted to be welcoming two trailblazing musicians known for their impact on historically-informed performance practices. Katherine Spencer from Orchestra of the Age Enlightenment is joined by trumpeter Alison Balsom for a discussion and show-and-tell about how their lives were and are shaped by being custodians of their instruments; people, events and things that inspired them through challenges, and the ground-breaking work that arose from all this. This event will be chaired by the Director of Performance, Dr Maria Razumovskaya.

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