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Keble Early Music Festival - Bate Collective

directed by Dr Jonathan Williams

Bate Collective
26 February 2026
Keble College Chapel

Free entry with retiring collection - no registration required.

Bate Collective

A varied programme of vocal and instrumental music from the 16th and 17th centuries, and featuring a suite of dances from Tielman Susato's Danseyre (1551), repertoire made popular by the extraordinary work of the Early Music pioneer David Munrow, who died 50 years ago this year.

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